During a recent interview with Vanity Fair magazine Cameron was asked about PIRANHA 3D because of his involvement of the 1980's sequel PIRANHA 2. It appears as if the film maker would like to forget the non-blockbusters of his past career because this is what he had to say about the topic.
"You've got to remember: I worked on 'Piranha 2' for a few days and got fired off of it; I don't put it on my official filmography," he explained. "So there's no sort of fond connection for me whatsoever."
Cameron wasn't done there he also went on to literally throw horror movies shot in 3D under the bus.
"In fact, I would go even farther and say that I tend almost never to throw other films under the bus, but that is exactly an example of what we should not be doing in 3-D. Because it just cheapens the medium and reminds you of the bad 3-D horror films from the 70s and 80s, like 'Friday the 13th 3-D.' When movies got to the bottom of the barrel of their creativity and at the last gasp of their financial lifespan, they did a 3-D version to get the last few drops of blood out of the turnip."
Here is one response from horrorbid.com:
The apparent Godfather of 3D James Cameron has been vocal on a number of topics since his recent success with AVATAR. No offense to Mr. Cameron but since his success he seems to be an "expert" on many topics both film and non-film related. Having a voice is one thing but self proclaiming yourself as the know it all on a topic simply because you've had films do well at the box office is another...
The problem here is he is bringing up the awful 3D that was prevalant back in the mid 20th century. This was not the 3D technology of today but the traditional (anaglyph 3D) red and blue glass technology that many of us grew up watching. Yes it was horrible and yes it was a gimmick. No argument there Mr. Cameron. Does that mean that we shouldn't use your 3D technology on horror movies today because your technology is somehow above the genre you once were apart of?
