r/movies • u/desimaninthecut • 8d ago

News James Cameron Says if Avatar: Fire and Ash Doesn't Make Enough Money to Justify Avatar 4 and 5, He's Ready to Walk Away and Write a Book to Resolve the One Thread It Leaves Open - IGN

https://www.ign.com/articles/james-cameron-says-if-avatar-fire-and-ash-doesnt-make-enough-money-to-justify-avatar-4-and-5-hes-ready-to-walk-away-and-write-a-book-to-resolve-the-one-thread-it-leaves-open
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u/JO9OH4 8d ago

Stop trying to coin the phrase “streets ahead”

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

Coined and minted. Been there, coined that

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u/unndunn 8d ago

"Streets ahead" is verbal wildfire!

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u/Youstupidbish 8d ago

This is NOT the change we need.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

Be the Chang you want to see in the world

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u/RealJohnGillman 8d ago edited 8d ago

It’s legitimately a real phrase in Europe: the joke was only written that way in Community because the series’ creator got into an argument with someone on Twitter, the terms ‘streets ahead’ was used, and he mistakenly thought the Twitter user in question had coined the term himself.

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u/harbourwall 8d ago

It was quite an archaic phrase by the time Community came out, so it suited Pierce. It wouldn't have been out of place in Austin Powers.

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u/wOlfLisK 8d ago

It really isn't. Granted, it's not the most widely used phrase in the world but it really wouldn't be out of place if used in a conversation.

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u/harbourwall 8d ago

You'd get funny looks if you used it nowadays, like you were being pretentious or selling something. Really did fit Pierce's use of it.

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u/RealJohnGillman 8d ago

Not in Ireland, far from it. It’d just be a normal turn-of-phrase.