'Avatar 2' meets tension: Employee accuses exploitation, exposes hidden details related to Titanic, Disney

Recently, an employee in the post-production team of the blockbuster " Avatar 2 " has just revealed that he and many colleagues were abused at work.

Although the production cost of Avatar 2 is up to 350-400 million USD, many employees in the film crew are not satisfied with the salary they receive. Most recently, a VFX (visual effects) artist has criticized the film's post-production partner company for being treated badly and being paid too low, Cbr newspaper reported on December 6.

"I'm dedicated to Avatar 2 and feel proud of it. But I'm not happy with how little Weta Workshop pays the post-production staff. Whether as a concept artist ( I was paid a very meager salary, even 10 USD/hour less than when I did other animation shows. Many colleagues. mine is just paid the same, "said Logan Preshaw on his personal Twitter page.

"I worked 10 hours a day for 21 NZD/hour, equivalent to more than 13 USD. After 8 months of hard work, it also only increased to 23 NZD/hour. 3 months later, I decided to take a break. work," Preshaw revealed further. Earlier in June 2020, this company was also exposed by some former employees for harassment and bullying at work.

According to the share, Preshaw worked on the Avatar 2 project through Weta Workshop, a props and special effects company based in Miramar, New Zealand. In addition to Avatar and Avatar 2, Weta Workshop has worked on other blockbuster projects such as The Lord of the Rings, Mad Max: Fury Road, Alita: Battle Angel, Dune or Thor: Love and Thunder...

However, Preshaw also emphasized that his criticism was specific to Weta and not to director James Cameron and 20th Century Studios.

After the first week of global release, Avatar: The Way of Water has really become a "blockbuster" as expected with huge revenue, far ahead of projects that are showing at the same time. James Cameron's latest project brings audiences back to Pandora, but there are many other interesting details. Many segments in Avatar 2 remind the audience of many old works, spanning different cult brands.

Inspiration for the sea clan Metkayina

According to the team itself, the image of the Metkayina clan is deeply inspired by the Maori - a minority tribe living in New Zealand. In fact, some Maori actors assisted the design team to create the right setting and costumes for the Metkayina characters in Avatar 2.

Learn how to be a Na'vi

That is the strategy of General Quaritch after returning to Pandora once again. He advised his teammates to learn to walk and talk like a true Na'vi to blend in, like Jake Sully did in the past. This detail is reminiscent of some of the cult movie projects of the past, when the main character also had to "integrate" into the mountains to survive, like Dutch in Predator or Walter in Apocalypse Now.

Tarzan of the land of Pandora

The character Spider boy is built with many similarities with the famous Tarzan guy through Disney animation. Like Tarzan, Spider also had an unhappy childhood, no family and was protected and raised by a different kind of human (here, the Na'vi). Since then, Spider has behave and live more like Na'vi people than humans. Even his hair and appearance are reminiscent of Tarzan.

Catch fish

Near the end of the film, the audience had the opportunity to indignant, heartbroken when watching people hunt a lot of Tulkun fish just to get a little bit of translation from their brains. This series of compounds can help people stay young forever, considered the most valuable substance that the people in Avatar 2 have ever found. This detail is closely related to a real-life event, when there was an activity of catching sperm whales to exploit Ambergris - a substance secreted from their digestive system and used to produce water. flower.

Tribute to Titanic

Avatar: The Way of Water as a way that James Cameron pays tribute to his "love history" in the past - Titanic. In addition to inviting "Rose" Kate Winslet back to the sea, James Cameron also brought a shipwreck scene at the end of the film, making viewers as nervous as the 1997 film.

The whole human ship sank into the deep sea, in which many characters were in danger like Jake Sully, Neytiri, baby Tuk and General Quaritch. In particular, the scene of mother and daughter Neytiri trapped in a water-filled drill and panicking really "smelt" of Titanic.

Learn from Ghibli movies

After all, Jake Sully lost his eldest son Neteyam in a battle with humans. The whole family made Neteyam's funeral in accordance with the rites of the Metkayina clan, taking him to the sea and then sinking him, releasing him into the lap of Metkayina's Tree of Souls. This detail is inspired by the detail in the cartoon The Princess in the Valley of the Wind, when the heroine Nausicaa used to lie in a place with similar visual effects.

Besides, Avatar 2 also has many familiar details, reminiscent of part 1. The return of General Quaritch in Na'vi form similar to Jake Sully in the past, or how the characters must respect the difference. In particular, looking at the surrounding life with a different lens is also clearly shown. The film is showing in theaters nationwide.

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