Why is Avatar So Successful?

Nerd of Mouth

The Last Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Leisure, Video Games

4.7 • 649 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Avatar is the number one box office king of the world and yet it leaves no real cultural footprint despite being hella pretty to look at. You don't see cosplays, there aren't memorable quotes (unless angry hissing counts) and there's an almost naked boy named Spider that they reeeeeallly want to be a thing. Jake, flying in on a dragon connected to a braid in his hair flies in to defend the franchise, why these movies are important, why they're successful, and how there's a deeper meaning. Mike's the detractor here because of how long and boring he thinks they are, and Holden, much like Spider, is somewhere in the middle trying to figure out where he belongs. Want even more Nerd of Mouth? Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nerdofmouth

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0:00.0	Nerd of mouth.
0:19.6	Under Ewa's light in the Vitraya Ramunang, we gather here the various clans, whether we are a water people, sweaty Holden, or a fire people, angry Mike, or I, simple Jake from a world he did not know, brought in
0:39.6	and learning not only to breathe, but to walk again.
0:42.7	You're the sexy military guy, protagonist.
0:46.0	I'm definitely Eadie Falco.
0:47.5	People are like, what the fuck is he doing here?
0:49.5	And I'm a Sigourney Weaver.
0:51.4	Just because, you know.
0:52.6	Because you're sometimes old and sometimes a teenager.
0:57.4	I played with Lego last night before I went to bed.
1:00.7	And he kissed a spider.
1:02.7	I am here to...
1:05.0	We're all here.
1:06.2	None of us are spider.
1:07.3	That's what matters.
1:08.5	I'm a little spider.
1:10.3	Come on. First of all, I hope by the end of this. I do not love spider. I'm going to try to get you to love spider at the end of this. It ain't going to happen. Yeah, we're team anti-spider. But I will say, I do think we have a little bit of spider in each of us because I'm pretty sure he drugged us at some point. And insinimated. This spider ruined a franchise more than Ben Riley did. No, you're wrong.
1:29.8	You're all wrong.
1:30.6	The world is wrong. drug us at some point and insininated. This spider ruined a franchise more than
1:27.5	Ben Riley did. No. You're wrong.
1:29.7	You're all wrong. The world is
1:31.3	wrong. It is not
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