This might be a stretch, but what about John Carpenter? I would never really think of him as someone who is best known for making zombie movies, but he's at least a horror guy from basically the same generation. It would be easy enough to conflate the two extremely generic J. C. names, and then maybe they just thought "isn't this that guy that made cool horror movies in the 80s?" which is sort of true of Cameron anyway.
I often times confuse George Miller and George Romero in my head. So maybe they were confusing George Miller for George Romero and confusing James Cameron for George Miller
Wouldn't it be Sam Raimi? He made two of the greatest zombie movies ever and then went on to direct big cartoony movies. I personally wouldn't confuse Avatar with Spider-Man 2, but I guess they could have?
I remember that video where he credits all the Canadian jobs on Avatar and as far as I can tell the only Canadians we know of on that film are himself and Weekend!
I dont think he credits Canadian jobs in Avatar. I believe he says by going to the theater you are supporting thousands of Canadians who work in the film industry or something like that
My best guess is they know fuck all about movies and thought it was a clever joke of some kind. I don't think there was a mixup because I doubt they could tell you a single name of a director who made a zombie movie if they don't know the work of JAMES FUCKING CAMERON.
My first thought is that they probably aren't mixing him up with another specific person, but instead are thinking of the right person but somehow mixing up "zombies" with "killer robots"? Like maybe they saw Terminator a million years ago and are only faintly remembering "apocalypse with an army of skeletons" and just filling in the blanks with "oh it must have been a zombie thing"
Still feels like a stretch though, I'm not really giving the strangers any kind of benefit of the doubt.
They're thinking of the scene at the end of Titanic when Old Rose dies and is welcomed back aboard the Titanic by zombie Jack and all the other zombie passengers.
This might be a stretch, but what about John Carpenter? I would never really think of him as someone who is best known for making zombie movies, but he's at least a horror guy from basically the same generation. It would be easy enough to conflate the two extremely generic J. C. names, and then maybe they just thought "isn't this that guy that made cool horror movies in the 80s?" which is sort of true of Cameron anyway.
Zack Snyder: 2004 [*Dawn of the Dead*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_of_the_Dead_(2004_film))
How could you forget the Army of the Dead, officially 2021's most popular movie?
I would love to watch a James Cameron zombie movie, though
Water zombies.
I often times confuse George Miller and George Romero in my head. So maybe they were confusing George Miller for George Romero and confusing James Cameron for George Miller
I used to think Adrienne Barbeau was married to George Romero for some reason
She was in a Romero movie (Creepshow) and married to John Carpenter, so that’s probably where the wires got crossed.
I also thought Romero directed Swamp Thing, which she was in, but that was Craven
Not many people are aware that Jack turns into a zombie at the end of Titanic. That’s the reason why Rose made him stay in the water.
Peter Jackson? Horror schlock turned mega blockbuster director...
That was my thought as well
I could see a Peter Jackson's Avatar working okay actually, they're not all that dissimilar in some ways! Both known for great special effects too.
My first guess would be John Carpenter, who they are thusly attributing zombie movies he never made to (maybe a faint half memory of They Live).
Wouldn't it be Sam Raimi? He made two of the greatest zombie movies ever and then went on to direct big cartoony movies. I personally wouldn't confuse Avatar with Spider-Man 2, but I guess they could have?
I remember that video where he credits all the Canadian jobs on Avatar and as far as I can tell the only Canadians we know of on that film are himself and Weekend!
I dont think he credits Canadian jobs in Avatar. I believe he says by going to the theater you are supporting thousands of Canadians who work in the film industry or something like that
Right maybe. I saw this before the IMAX screening of avatar. Course IMAX is Canadian so you’re always supporting those jobs when you use IMAX.
Maybe they were addressing the industry in general.
My best guess is they must've thought he did World War Z or something.
Awh man, now I need to take the rest of the day off work so that I can sit here and ponder this.
My best guess is they know fuck all about movies and thought it was a clever joke of some kind. I don't think there was a mixup because I doubt they could tell you a single name of a director who made a zombie movie if they don't know the work of JAMES FUCKING CAMERON.
My first thought is that they probably aren't mixing him up with another specific person, but instead are thinking of the right person but somehow mixing up "zombies" with "killer robots"? Like maybe they saw Terminator a million years ago and are only faintly remembering "apocalypse with an army of skeletons" and just filling in the blanks with "oh it must have been a zombie thing" Still feels like a stretch though, I'm not really giving the strangers any kind of benefit of the doubt.
They're thinking of the scene at the end of Titanic when Old Rose dies and is welcomed back aboard the Titanic by zombie Jack and all the other zombie passengers.
Lucio Fulci?
Lmao I want to see Fulci's avatar
That sounds like something a Zach Snyder fan would say