Minority Mindset

King Casiodorus made an agreement with the dragon Vermithrax to offer her two young women each year as a sacrifice. However, others, like Valerian, wanted to kill the dragon and save these women. Dragonslayer is a quintessential fantasy story, and even after nearly 50 years, it’s still considered a standout example of dark fantasy for many viewers.

I was pleasantly surprised by how Avatar: Fire & Ash changed my opinion of Neytiri. After The Way of Water (2023) left her in a difficult situation, I developed a theory about her. But a surprising plot point in Fire & Ash completely proved me wrong about the matriarch of the Sully family, as portrayed by Zoe Saldaña.

Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is truly amazing. Consider the movie Avatar: Fire and Ash – James Cameron used CGI to make Sigourney Weaver, who voiced a character, appear as a teenage Na’vi. It’s incredible what he can achieve! For the third Avatar film, Cameron digitally transformed the 72-year-old actress into Kiri, a blue alien. However, in their pursuit of a grand cinematic experience, they overlooked a key aspect of teenage life: romance. Kiri develops a romantic connection with Spider, played by Jack Champion, a human teenager living on Pandora, and they share a kiss. Importantly, Champion was actually a teenager himself – between 14 and 16 years old during filming – so Cameron and Weaver thoughtfully considered this detail.

Nielsen reports that the premiere week of Stranger Things (November 24-30) drew a massive 8.46 billion minutes of viewing time. This is a new record for any streaming show, exceeding the previous record by over a billion minutes. Stranger Things previously held the record with 7.2 billion minutes watched after the season 4 premiere in 2022.