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The AP is reporting that in the next day or two, Avatar will overtake Titanic as the #1 money making film of all time, something industry insiders said even a few weeks ago they weren’t sure was possible.

I saw Avatar, and liked but didn’t love it. I did, however, marvel at the dense, beautiful 3D world created by director James Cameron. But I’m not feeling sad I can’t physically go there….

CNN reports that over 1000 people have posted comments on a fan forum about the sense of depression they have experienced since seeing Avatar. Said one moviegoer:

Ever since I went to see Avatar I have been depressed. Watching the wonderful world of Pandora and all the Na’vi made me want to be one of them. I can’t stop thinking about all the things that happened in the film and all of the tears and shivers I got from it,” Mike posted. “I even contemplate suicide thinking that if I do it I will be rebirthed in a world similar to Pandora and the everything is the same as in Avatar.

On one hand, you could write this off as crazy. On the other hand, could this signal the new kinds of issues facing us as media becomes more and more immersive? As storytelling technology becomes more powerful, is it perhaps going to be more difficult for people to emotionally separate fantasy from reality?

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