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By Andrew Pollack on 11/18/2009 at 01:13 PM EST
I'm in a bit of a friendly disagreement with Lotus Geek (Rocky) over the cultural impact of one or another movie as it relates to the geek crowd.
The two movies are due out soon -- one is "AVATAR" and the other is "NEW MOON". Rocky has posted embedded YouTube frames for the current previews of each.
I agree that New Moon will make more money. It's both cheaper to produce, and has a much better demographic for money making -- teen age girls.
AVATAR, however, looks to be a visually stunning Sci-Fi blockbuster that will (if it doesn't suck) win the hearts and minds of the adult geek set with far more depth that New Moon. I contend that you may get dragged to see "New Moon" with your wife or daughter, but the one you'll really want to see will be "AVATAR".
Go check out Rocky's Site and make your comment known.
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