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Originally Posted by lolwut
People complained about Cameron's predictable writing/dialogue in Avatar but not Aliens.
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That's partially because Avatar has a significant part of its formula "borrowed" directly from Aliens:
- cryogenic sleeping during space travel
- smarmy corporate "bad" guy who is working in his own self-interest
- mouthy, cocky, unlikable space marines battling alien creatures
- walking humanoid mechanical load lifters/war machines fighting in final climactic battle
Aliens was fresh at the time, but I think it seems dated and predictable today because we have been spoiled by so many similar themes in other movies, comics, and video games since then.