For our maiden voyage, we are honoured to be captained by Ciaran Murphy, ironically of the good ship Second Captains. He is tackling the 2009 billion dollar blockbuster Avatar. We are granted entry into the extended Murphy Cinematic Universe where we discuss how Ciaran’s family shaped his early cinematic tastes, his journey through one extremely specific edition of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, the creation of everyone’s favourite Second Captain’s pandemic spin off series, the Murph’N’Mal’s Movie Club and the joys of a brisk 90-minute film (note: this definitely does not apply to Avatar).  Over on Pandora, we chat about the mystery of Avatar’s box office success and subsequent cultural disappearance, Cameron’s casting choices, the non-appeal of 3D and beyond, how the sequels will cope with problematic racist overtones in a post- Get Out world, the film’s contradictory positions when it comes to environmentalism, potential plagiarism in the Star Wars universe, why you really shouldn’t smoke in science lab and of course our perennial fave -  it was capitalism all along! Ciaran’s choice of movie that not enough people have seen is a little Easter egg for any World Service subscribers, what’s the one film he and Ken Early have ever agreed on? Answers on a postcard to The Last One To See Films mentioned throughout the episode: https://letterboxd.com/davidpfitz/list/the-last-one-to-see-episode-1-avatar-with/ ~ To see what David was talking about during What’s In The Box, follow the podcast on Instagram and Twitter. Also, just follow us. Ah go on. Let’s be internet friends. ~ Use our promo code RAF-87MP-76AC-32WR-17EJ when signing up for an Unlimited card at Cineworld UK or Cineworld Ireland to get an extra month’s membership for free! ~ Follow David on Letterboxd and Twitter. Follow Kate on Twitter. Follow Christine on Twitter. ~ Email: [email protected] ~ Our theme music is “80's And Chill” by Empyreal Glow ~ Background image courtesy of Mars Plex at unsplash.com Ticket images courtesy of KStudio at freepik.com ~ The Last One To See is part of The Shift Podcast Network. Check out https://theshift.ie/