James Cameron Is Officially a Supervillain Now

Say you’ve made the highest-grossing movie of all time, and say that movie introduced new 3-D technology to the entertainment world, so that everyone saw it for the spectacle — and yet few people actually liked it. Now, you have more money than you know what to do with, so if you want to just go shooting yourself to the bottom of the ocean (as is your hobby) you’re welcome to do so. That’s not evil. Devoting yourself to only making sequels to that movie, despite what the general public want? That may not be evil, but it is pretty selfish, and that’s James Cameron. Here’s his quote from The NY Times:

“I’ve divided my time over the last 16 years over deep ocean exploration and filmmaking. I’ve made two movies in 16 years, and I’ve done eight expeditions. Last year I basically completely disbanded my production company’s development arm. So I’m not interested in developing anything. I’m in the ‘Avatar’ business. Period. That’s it. I’m making ‘Avatar 2,’ ‘Avatar 3,’ maybe ‘Avatar 4,’ and I’m not going to produce other people’s movies for them. I’m not interested in taking scripts,” Cameron said about his future plans. “And that all sounds I suppose a little bit restricted, but the point is I think within the ‘Avatar’ landscape I can say everything I need to say that I think needs to be said, in terms of the state of the world and what I think we need to be doing about it. And doing it in an entertaining way. And anything I can’t say in that area, I want to say through documentaries, which I’m continuing.”