Cameron recognized that this type of female role was not common in this era’s action films—and he used that to his advantage, creating big-budget films that could appeal to both men and women. He followed Aliens with the notoriously troubled production of The Abyss.

The topic arose as Belloni asked Cameron about reports of Netflix and Paramount’s recent bids to buy Warner Bros. Cameron gave his recommendation to Paramount because “Netflix would be a disaster. Sorry,

Cameron continued by lampooning Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos' cinematic strategy, "We'll put the movie out for a week, we'll put it out for 10 days; we'll qualify for Academy Awards consideration. See, I think that's fundamentally rotten at the core. The Academy Awards, to me, mean nothing if they don't mean theatrical."

James Cameron has recently said that Netflix films shouldn't be eligible for the Oscars and here's what makes him think so.

It is important to note that later in his appearance on The Town with Matthew Belloni podcast, Cameron did his best to clarify his stance on Netflix films and their Oscar eligibility. His overall thinking is that films without a true theatrical release are by definition not worthy for contention at the Academy Awards, and that Netflix,

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James Cameron, director of Avatar and Titanic, states streaming-first movies like Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein shouldn't qualify for Oscars.