# Episode 58: "Avatar is for the children." James Cameron / Avatar: Fire and Ash

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Podcast: [Make Me Watch It](https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-me-watch-it-7098023)
Published: 2026-01-05T20:33:58+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brendanagnew/episodes/Episode-58-Avatar-is-for-the-children--James-Cameron--Avatar-Fire-and-Ash-e3d7hcf
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Duration seconds: 9425

## Resource

The lads welcome John Nicholson back to the show to celebrate the return of Big Jim Cameron to theaters with the hotly-anticipated Avatar: Fire and Ash . We talk first Cameron experiences and the cultural landscape at the time of the original Avatar 's release, how Way of Water and Fire and Ash have cemented it as the sci-fi-saga of the 21st century, and why Oona Chaplin's Varang is Mommy. There's also spoiler-free discussion of Stranger Things Season 5, Agnew reflecting on his completed 2025 George A. Romero odyssey, 2026 Movie Resolutions, and more. Our Opening/Closing Music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): "Skies of Hope" by RA https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/skies-of-hope You can follow John Nicholson on ⁠BlueSky⁠ and ⁠Letterboxd⁠ , you can catch Foley on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and/or read his work on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and you can follow Agnew on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , writing at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ occasionally, and wherever you can bloody well find him.

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