This film or show by James Cameron has come up 3 times across 2 different shows: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Andrej Karpathy, Bradley Cooper, Joe Rogan. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-10-29 and the most recent from 2026-01-09. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Joe Rogan Experience #2435 - Bradley Cooper
“I love Avatar. I love you know and I love sci-fi stuff... I loved one and two. I [ __ ] love those movies”— Bradley Cooper
The guest here is Bradley Cooper: Oscar-nominated actor and director (American Sniper, A Star Is Born, Maestro) who directed the new standup-world film Is This Thing On?. A New York-trained method actor from the Actors Studio. Bradley Cooper talks craft, becoming Chris Kyle, raising kids, AI's coming wave, and why connection beats the dopamine drip.
Joe Rogan Experience #1984 - Brian Redban
“I saw Avatar in the movie theater I took my kids we were on vacation and went to see it it was great yeah it's great”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Brian Redban: Comedian, longtime JRE producer/engineer, and owner of the Sunset Strip Comedy Club in Austin, located next door to Joe's Comedy Mothership. Joe Rogan and Brian Redban riff on Austin's comedy boom, smartphones, AI deepfakes, VR, food, and exotic cats.
Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333
“The Matrix Lord of the Rings all three Avatar Fifth Element so on goes on Terminator two”— Andrej Karpathy
The guest here is Andrej Karpathy: Former director of AI at Tesla and a founding member of OpenAI, previously a researcher at Stanford. One of the most influential figures in deep learning, known for his teaching (CS231n) and hands-on explanations of neural networks. Andrej Karpathy on Tesla's vision-only self-driving, Optimus, the Transformer, aliens, simulation theory, and the path to AGI.
