It showed up out of nowhere, made the most bank in history (for a movie), refused to explain and disappeared for like 15 years, then came back out of nowhere with a sequel movie, a AAA game, and like 3 more movies in the works.
Edit: I think it now has like a Lego line too?
Hero’s journey shows up in every culture around the planet.
I’m not familiar with many tales that include a myco-connected planetary intelligence (celestial goddess, of you wanna phrase it like that).
Manifestation of a Global Inelegance via Fungal Connections
…is all I wanted to hear about in the sequel.
Avatar? Created highest hopes of conversation & art gravitating towards exploration & celebration of our own planet’s “wood wide web”. And demolishing toxic effects of corporations on the planet & people.
Avatar Way of Water? Top disappointment in my film watching experiences. My own fault, of course, the expectations I created for mystic becoming better manifest in stories on screen.