# Ghosts of Mars

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-of-mars/552775>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 6, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-of-mars/552775 "2010-09-06T07:30:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-of-mars/552775/1 "2010-09-06T07:30:34Z")

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James Cameron + decent budget, passable actors (Hendricks, Cube, Stratham), an attempt at a soundtrack what went wrong?

Well obviously the script, but… what gives? Is the same producer that gave us Avatar?

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**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-of-mars/552775/2 "2010-09-06T07:58:30Z")

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You’re confusing [James Cameron](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cameron) with [John Carpenter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carpenter).