First footage from Avatar: The Way of Water is a glorious supercharge to the senses at D23

Few people will forget the first time they saw the original Avatar in 3D, the gorgeous, verdant alien rainforests of Pandora popping out of the screen as if every viewer in the auditorium had just been fitted with 31st century tech upgrades to finally allow ourselves to see the full picture. And yet pre-release hype for James Cameron’s forthcoming sequel to the highest-grossing film of all time, Avatar: The Way of Water, has been bogged down with a general sense that we have seen this all before, that a return to the world of the N’avi is less exciting than it was in 2009,