How James Cameron Got The Idea For Avatar

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[@Mr_Bob_A_Feet]

“A dream I had in college…” That’s a nice roundabout way of saying it came from an acid trip. Lol

[@beesmongeese2978]

Nice catch

[@storm4515]

This was exactly my thoughts

[@shashavengesayi6055]

😂

[@pippiesroom4822]

😂😂

[@ajproductionful]

watched the movie on acid in 4dx, first time forgetting I was watching a movie. felt like I put on vr glasses and got thrusted into another world. walked outside afterwards at 1am it was slightly raining and covered in fog. best cinema experience ever.

[@smpq1177]

Now it became everybody‘s dream

[@Loveselfloveall]

Not really

[@larrythekillerclown2633]

​@@Loveselfloveall 55 people seem to disagree

[@rickgrimes7432]

Nah bro, 69 people bro

[@doggedsam42-75]

Nah bro, 131 people bro

[@TTikuu]

Nah bro, 175 people bro

[@ComicAcolyte]

This film series changed my life. Lots of love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 we are blue too!💙

[@praisethelordpig1212]

Moan eh scotland

[@thereistheonlyone]

I used to have a team - a marketing team, I named us "Ephraim Highlander" here in Indonesia. I took the inspiration from the tv series "The Highlander" back in 90s with Adrian Paul as the star. The philosophy was that I would not give up until I managed to build a team & lead them. "You never surrender. If you get killed, you will live again - unless you get beheaded. It's the time for you to die (to resign)." And turned on the CD player from Queen's Prince of the Universe' whenever I could. From 2001-2015. I learned a lot to interact with people. ✨

[@mickeymouse3933]

Same here and I’m Scottish we are blue people 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

[@jarp5581]

Nahh we are this 🇬🇧

[@dutchmansmine9053]

I'm blue ba ba de bu boo ba da, doo ba de ba du ba blue ba do be du ba da.

[@wildmutt536]

The fact that he's wearing a fox t-shirt tells me he's a mountain biker

[@tyler93539]

i though fox was dirt bike gear

[@wildmutt536]

@@tyler93539 dirt bike and mountain bike

[@rokaanalzeer7148]

I mean he does love nature so it would be understandable.

[@tamie341]

Lol James Cameron has done more extreme sports in his life than most people know of. This guy isn't just a movie director. First man to take a sub to the bottom of the mariana trench 7 miles underwater

[@cowboytanaka6675]

He always wears that

[@loveissalvation7268]

He forgot to mention Govinda ! 😉

[@thekeyframealchemist]

How can he !

[@haroldgodwinsonii8392]

🤣🤣🤣

[@v-trigger6137]

Wtf 💀😭

[@asimdey9530]

When Cameron was in College Govinda did not exist 😂

[@avatarsingh1015]

lol imagine him auditioning for this movie

[@khushi2003.]

Avatar is a sanskrit word which means "descent" and different forms mainly pronounced as "avatara". And I don't understand what kind of dream he is talking about and plus he forgot to mention that Indian actor name Govinda who suggested him that name "Avatar"

[@johncra8982]

it's so beautiful man, we're blessed to be living in the timeline where he got to literally realize his dream

[@thereistheonlyone]

He had a lucid dream. Like McCartney when he wrote "Yesterday" And Robbie Williams when he wrote "Better Man." It's what human beings can do - if we want to really listen & see within. We have many capabilities & potencies we hardly know about ourselves. Those who learn about it, and then apply it; they're really excel in life. ✨

[@TaxemicFanatic]

James Cameron is a master of story telling and cinema. Also seems like a very down to earth guy.

[@rishabhjuyal6907]

All lies, we all know Govinda (a Bollywood actor) gave him the idea 😂

[@prabhakaranudayakumar7556]

Pocohantas as well somewhere 😅

[@moniquestevens9709]

Yes,just saw avatar...it was awsomme!

[@oscarrimore]

Yeah “dream” of a bioluminescent forest when I was in college, let’s call it that 😜😉🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🌿🌿🌿

[@enough_about_me]

Love you James Cameron..continue ignoring the haters👇🏽

[@ShinkuRosetta]

No, the inspiration came from Avatar the last airbender

[@forehead-l3l]

things dreams can do

[@aashishbhagat2160]

Did you ever offer a role to govinda in avataar, he was saying so,

[@ray1ashwin]

NOT TRUE!Govinda from bollywood gave him the idea 😂

[@thenicefox1462]

So a dream made one of the greatest film ever. Powerful

[@preetchauhan9517]

Hey you forget To give credit to GOVINDA

[@joeauvaa8346]

This man is a genius and a visionary

[@alfredestrada2729]

Creativity is everything 🇨🇦🙌

[@CanErduman]

The avatar idea is from "Old Man's War" , a Novel by John Scalzi.

[@anamelessmonster]

Some Indians thinks that avatar inspired from stanatan drama 🤣 Indians are so funny

[@AdnanAhmed-cp2fz]

They're always in mythologies That's why no one take'em seriously

[@r.shreyas9680]

Bruh the director himself mentioned it in an interview about this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2jMeaOkhdaVgtE

[@anamelessmonster]

@@r.shreyas9680 kzbin.infoEh-RHtzAo7k?feature=share

[@BenjaminMilekowsky]

According to them fantastic 4 was real

[@SimV239]

Indians think that? James himself explained in an interview how he drew inspiration from Hinduism. Because he has great deal of knowledge about it. The word Avatar is a Sanskrit word, taken from Hinduism, which means, incarnation. There’s also a mention of the word Amrita in Avatar 2, the fluid extracted from Tulkun which keeps you young forever. Amrita also is a Sanskrit word used in Hinduism, meaning “Elixir of immortality”. It’s what Hindu gods took to keep themselves young and beautiful and immortal. This elixir was extracted from the deep sea, by the greedy demon gods. The gods in Hinduism are all blue in tone, same as the avatars in the movie. There’s a lot more references in the movie, I don’t want to divulge.

[@COSMIXA]

Avatar characters have similarities to hindu god Shiva and goddess Kaali. Also, they remind me of a combination of tribal people.

[@punisher2_18]

Yeah also the name AVATAR from Sanskrit

[@anamelessmonster]

In reality these gods are dark, all are dravidian gods but north indians portrait them as blue 🤣

[@ETWT360]

😂😂😂kuch nai ho sakta tum logo k 😂😂Abe wo dark the Nila kabse ho gaya 😂😂😂 market ki picture dekh k bol rahe ho kya...aur koi Nila rang k hai wo tumhare god se inspired ho gaya 😂😂Abe tum log jabardasti k kahe apan gand utha lete ho aur koi mar deta hai to chilane lagte ho 😂😂😂

[@ETWT360]

​@@punisher2_18 Abe sale Jo movie hai AVTAR k full form janao sale ek dam se gadhe ho kya

[@anamelessmonster]

@@ETWT360 yeh log sabhi discovery Aur invasion mai bhi apni mythology ko ghusate hain 🤣

[@Smokalata]

Dream or DMT😂

[@sibtainpeerzada1499]

He forgot to mention Govinda

[@travellingwithorfee3600]

Govinda......

[@thereseember2800]

He’s a genius

[@youngboiii5021]

no credit to the indigenous who clearly inspired the navi lmaoo

[@justsaythewordzoinks3896]

Answer: Govinda

[@harshgaud89]

😂

[@RicoLee27]

?

[@RT_8637]

It was not his dream. He forgot that he had read C.S. Lewis "Out of the Silent Planet" 1. Planet's Flora in pink / purple colours. 2. Local race that is moraly unspoiled. 3. Tall slim creatures like Sorns 4. Main character forced by evil people to decieve local race. 5. The Eywa = Eldil

[@Tyrexthecreaturedesigner]

One of my personal world building projects is an alien world. It’s heavily inspired by the amazing work of James Cameron!

[@captaincaptain2128]

He watched Pocahontas and thought, hey I can rip this off for my overrated tech demos I'm calling a movie.

[@avataruser1214]

I'm definitely sure that he's a genius of movie world

[@AdnanAhmed-cp2fz]

And Indians say that it was inspired by hindu mythologies 🤣🤣🤣

[@r.shreyas9680]

Bruh Cameron himself said it in an interview. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2jMeaOkhdaVgtE

[@basaiahable]

Asshole he said in his avatar 1. Meaning of avatar is Sanskrit word and . In avatar 2 there is Amrita they take it from big animal. So many thing concept he has taken .

[@Exen88]

What if.. as ludicrous as it sounds.. Aliens projected Jim Cameron to make this movie so that we as a specie gets slowly accustomed to the idea of Aliens and as well as living with them. Because one day they’ll just pop up and be like “Hello! We’re your new neighbors!”.

[@Babytronians]

As cool as that sounds (and who knows, it could very well be the case…), I think that’s missing the point of the movie. It’s deeply spiritual and it’s a wake up call that we as a race have forgotten how to live in peace and harmony with our own world. We’ve isolated ourselves and forgotten how connected we are to a greater consciousness.

[@key745]

@@Babytronians Exactly the message, beautifully said!

[@spadezondeck8030]

Nah avatar is basically explaining how us carbon based beings used to be before Christopher columbus “aka” the invaders took over our homeland called Atlantis. We are multi dimensional beings trapped in a matrix.

[@C159-q3f]

🕉️🕉️🕉️

[@AbhiShek-vm4qb]

Govinda gave him tittle!! No mention oh my god so bad!!! Didn't expect this from James!!

[@gamelover3073]

Are here to look for Govinda comment 🇮🇳😂🇮🇳🇮🇳🇧

[@redballoons3260]

As per Indian Actor Govinda he had given you this idea regarding Avtar and he predicted that it will become a superhit

[@ClownPnis]

Yo Jim, you forgot mentioning Walt Disney's "Pocahontas" which you totally copied into a sci fi Film.

[@TheGreenGorman]

That's funny because I call bulshit😂

[@KatherineHardie]

Lee Harris actually mentions that they knew this was a download about avatar

[@goldenlightpictures6223]

James Cameron gets a lot of movies from dreams! (Terminator also came from a dream)

[@theod01rider.18]

Ava tar ... this word is sanatnai sanskrit word 🚩🚩🚩

[@SimV239]

So?

[@enigma533]

And.... Avatar name and concept from Hinduism

[@PrinceJes]

Wrong

[@aniel_ani]

​@@PrinceJes idiot Avatar It's a Hindu Word.. James Cameron admitted this

[@PrinceJes]

@@aniel_ani wrong false. Avatar has many meanings. The movie doesn't explain Hinduism and has no Hindu inspiration

[@aniel_ani]

@@PrinceJes Brother Hindus believe that everything is connected with Brahman...( Trinity of Hindus) Brahma , Vishnu , Shiva Navi believe everything is connected to eywa.. Only our Supreme God Vishnu takes incarnation. Only Hindus worship trees. .. Hinduism based on reincarnation concept.... Something similar shown in this movie ..

[@PrinceJes]

@@aniel_ani there are many avatars in the movie, you are mistaken already

[@StarsNStraps]

That’s kind of weird. I mean it was a good movie, but his story behind it is really weird.

[@Jason_Bover9000]

Well he was on acid

[@cometstudios7241]

This story is really similar to how i got my own idea for a movie i made. I saw Avatar 2 yesterday. I enjoyed it a lot

[@venka16952]

I want to talk directly with you sir

[@jayadeepjayesh5280]

He forgot to mention the Vietnam Colony DVD he stumbled upon in the 90s (iykyk)

[@johnvonmartin7501]

god he is naturally gifted creature with extreme curiosity.

[@sonicfan1able]

Thats a nice way of saying he got inspired by Dances with Wolves 😂

[@srivigneshsp9u]

sir you are want to come our Krishnagiri district Sir because here having more natural mountain and natural resources. I will give support you sir when you are coming to Krishnagiri district Sir.

[@View_finderr]

🤣indian idiot

[@srivigneshsp9u]

Thank you very much for your reply.☺️☺️☺️

[@bekjanbektenov9343]

Dream or mushrooms?

[@rajrathod5770]

all time blockbuster director 🫡

[@tezclark6370]

African tribes

[@LoneWolf22_]

LIES!!!!!!!

[@LizRealGirlBeauty]

stop making avatar films and get busy discovering cameroneum!

[@vinodvagadurgi414]

Legend

[@lifearoundwesternghats]

James kameroon said avtar is derived from Hindu scripture The word " AVTAR" itself is a Hindi word

[@DSds..]

Sanskrit word ha vo

[@jakob3634]

Stole the idea from Pocahontas

[@trunkblast785]

Going to the forest, n capturing things? Uuuuuuuummmmmmm. One with nature n things? Capturing things, ether killing things or putting forest creatures in a locked or controlled environment other than their own.? Dat avatar said n pt 2. DEVIL BLOOD.

[@Mikecorsale]

Actually, he was given a book by Arnold Swcharzenegger by Semyon Bek (arnies old strength coach) who said he had astral travelled as a child to many different worlds and as a very old man was persuaded to write an account of his experiences. One of those worlds is EXTREMELY close to avatar

[@BMXFU]

yea Jim is fulla shit tbh I don't believe a lot of what he says and he's always contradicting in interviews. trying to make himself sound cool whenever possible

[@dutchmansmine9053]

James Cameron doesn't do what James Cameron does for James Cameron. James Cameron does What James Cameron does because James Cameron is James Cameron!

[@WAG-kg8ys]

Great video, but I wanted to know how you managed to contact James Cameron. I've been trying for weeks because I have a film about him. Please, if you read this comment, could you give me a phone number or an email address? It would help me a lot. Thank you.

[@F1Qan07]

Govinda gave the title avatar to you why are you lying James 😁😂

[@winkekatze5593]

Never heard of him.

[@F1Qan07]

@@winkekatze5593 some indian joke, man.

[@garanamogudu5396]

​@@winkekatze5593 dude he is not mocking the Film maker, it's just a joke abt an indian guy

[@meanderthalensis]

James can’t remember watching Princess Mononoke? 🧐

[@kuku1647]

He copied avatar story from mollywood movie viatnam colony. And he copied god krishna.

[@2buckgeo843]

Dude no one cares

[@skysedgeproductions6170]

All we ever want to see in Avatar 3 is to humans to win. Is it asking too much Mr. Cameron?

[@vonckjordy]

No we don't

[@beesmongeese2978]

@@vonckjordy It would make the victory/payoff in 4 or 5 more satisfying

[@narrowistheway77]

They’re the “sky people”. The first movie is actually a subliminal message about the book of Revelation and that’s why the humans lose is because James Cameron is a Gnostic Luciferian and wants to rewrite the end of the world in the world’s favor and plant the seed in his audiences mind to do the same… doesn’t matter though, GOD will still win and so in reality the sky people should be the winners in these films instead of the worldly dragon riding pagans 😉

[@sujithsudhan3698]

My favorite director James Cameron ❤❤❤ by #timeridersujith

[@MoY1600]

But people insist on calling it pocahontas. Such nerve

[@lauriemhaysom1396]

also dances with Wolves and fern gully films

[@projectgamer3369]

I can see this man possibly able to one day be richer then Elon Musk

[@Darren-sn4ki]

Amazing

[@dariesartry738]

Noooo! This movies come from the 100 of millions of years of knowledge they took from us. I say this movie is as real as it get, just sad they try to hide the truth from us still today!!

[@BroughtCat]

absolutely fascinating.

[@hksoni_]

Indian Actor Govinda gave him title Avatar but he didn't mentioned So that no one else gets the credit for it.

[@NateMaka]

It’s not a dream. It’s a reality for most today. And a lot us forever

[@blue_ig1]

Maybe I should use dreams like this too

[@renae4091]

Beautiful movies.

[@BMXFU]

a dream aka mf watched Fern Gully

[@seemedecrazymuse]

I’m blue da ba dee da ba da

[@berrycola8358]

Maybe he saw into a different dimension

[@garvishtayal]

He is lying Even the name of the movie is a hindu word 'Avatar' which means Incarnation. The movie was set around the concept ' Nature is god' All Hindus worship Nature You just read some about Hinduism and you will verify on your own I really appreciate the work he put to make such a beautiful movie. But he must have the credit to Hinduism. 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@moalzaben5554]

Mad respect for James Cameron 😎🫡

[@shauryaverma2705]

Biolumiscent

[@bacchusendo9032]

Pocahontas, he got the idea after watching Pocahontas.

[@narrowistheway77]

and Fern Gully haha

[@guillaumeinjjuz1744]

Je suis d’accord avec Cyranno le premier album de Shreez était un peu meilleur que le nouveau

[@justingary5322]

A dream

[@manuramirez1057]

He had a dream and made greatness

[@Itsmeshree99]

Fun fact: nobody was painted in blue😂

[@Memes4__U]

I am laughing at my Indian friends who are saying that this is a movie inspired by our Indian God's. Well the reason for my laughter was that I did not know that Robots was also there in our history. Everything is connected, so it is not right to take credit by associating the hard work of others with your religion. We Indians keep on pointing towards others all our life and we ourselves are trapped there. I just know that anything can be written on the edge of a sword

[@stutinaik4685]

Well the word avatar is literally a Sanskrit word

[@suryaphaniteja7486]

Avatar is a sankrit word if you dont believe google it

[@dalitnahipehlehinduhu6569]

When u dont see his interview

[@fattiger2000]

The concept of blue skin comes from the hindu gods of old. It is why the smurfs are blue and it is why the navi are blue. Avatar means "incarnation".

[@gourav4672]

I would say it is more inspired by indigenous people and thier culture.

[@BungieStudios]

I like Avatar but it's Pocahontas in space. This is more about how James Cameron got the idea for Pandora.

[@mr.engineer3314]

Govinda toh kuch aur hi bol raha tha

[@valentinocaruso9282]

Avatar 2 doesn’t make any sense. The journey of the hero, nothing at all

[@TheStOne1]

Wish I could see that first sketch come directly from his dream.

[@NitzVision]

Why don't you talk about word "avtar"

[@kevingamble1472]

Stole it from Dances with wolves and Fern Gully.