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It's just simplistic. Like a Disney movie, but no songs. What really bugs me is that the Company beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 08/01/2010 08:48:32 AM
It's not a particularly deep plot. It's freaking gorgeous, and that's about it.


Although, there's a throwaway line in the movie that really sums it up for me. It's when scientist lady is shrieking about how the planet is worth more than just the rocks in it. It's totally, completely true, and the fact that the Company is too stupid to realize that irritates me.

You have found a planet with 1)Sentient lifeforms 2)Flying mountains and 3)ORGANISMS WHICH NATURALLY TELEPATHICALLY COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. ANY of those three represents an unprecedented leap ahead in our understanding of science, and all the Company cares about is the rock underneath!?

Sociology, Psychology, Art, even Theology would all be radically altered by studying the Na'vi (Hey, these aliens act so similar to us in some ways. Is all sentient life similar? Do they all have a God?)

You've found massive rock formations that are lighter than air- so light that they can support entire ecosystems. INSANE. What? How?!

TELEPATHIC INTERFACE. Avatar is set not even 200 years in the future. Obviously there's been some advances in neurotechnology- that's what the Avatar program is, after all. But can the humans control their vehicles with their thoughts? Can they store memories in trees, and share them with each other? Do the humans have anything even remotely close to a semi-sentient PLANET?


Sheesh. And that's not even going to the whole "the cure for AIDS could be in the rainforest" arguments...
I amuse myself.
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LOL...~hands Dannymac a clue~ damookster - 06/01/2010 04:51:43 AM 869 Views
Just judging him based on what he writes... Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:17:49 PM 712 Views
the point is... damookster - 06/01/2010 11:25:46 PM 678 Views
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trespasses against persons is subjective. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:09:22 AM 735 Views
Actually, it isn't. Tom - 07/01/2010 03:46:30 PM 634 Views
ah I wasn't aware you were referring to a legal term LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:37:10 PM 677 Views
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what about those not capable of walking away? LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 03:51:10 AM 595 Views
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Re: trespasses against persons is subjective. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:12:57 PM 687 Views
but it is wrong to deny the legal ramifications of marriage LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:19:02 AM 778 Views
Civics & economics 101 Cannoli - 10/01/2010 08:47:07 AM 768 Views
okay, I can agree on your points LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:14:32 PM 572 Views
That's not Economics 101. That's practically Anarcho-capitalism. Ghavrel - 13/01/2010 11:54:22 PM 637 Views
Duh. Cannoli - 14/01/2010 03:00:56 AM 630 Views
The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Ghavrel - 18/01/2010 09:01:07 AM 624 Views
Re: The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Cannoli - 18/01/2010 11:57:33 AM 931 Views
Apaprently I misread your earlier post. Very good points. *NM* Ghavrel - 19/01/2010 01:17:01 AM 327 Views
I'll agree to the trespass against persons imlad - 09/01/2010 06:07:29 PM 697 Views
What bullshit you write. Tom - 10/01/2010 01:30:02 AM 604 Views
He's such a parody of himself, one wonders if he's not a fake identity created by rightists. *NM* LiterateDog - 10/01/2010 05:14:31 AM 340 Views
uhm...nothing in nature shares with all. LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:28:04 AM 658 Views
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That's just the point. Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:15:48 PM 777 Views
Precisely *NM* ironclad - 06/01/2010 04:45:58 PM 361 Views
indeed. they are not "soldiers" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:12:32 AM 643 Views
that's a weasel script AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 09:55:13 AM 652 Views
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huh. Well, my hunch would be AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 10:34:35 PM 753 Views
what makes them "look like military"?? imlad - 09/01/2010 06:15:24 PM 710 Views
arguing the natives as terrorists would be a stretch *NM* LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 10:39:13 PM 341 Views
guessing you've seen it by now AgentOrange - 10/01/2010 12:48:57 PM 573 Views
AMEN *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:09:27 PM 315 Views
if the foo shits, wear it *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:08:11 PM 368 Views
I completely disagree with you about Avatar. Tom - 06/01/2010 02:18:22 PM 744 Views
would you have felt better if they were albino aliens? LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:16:20 AM 643 Views
You really have a habit of missing the point of my posts in the name of snide remarks. Tom - 07/01/2010 03:47:36 PM 707 Views
Yes well, it's a habit I picked up from the rest of the posters. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:41:51 PM 747 Views
It's just simplistic. Like a Disney movie, but no songs. What really bugs me is that the Company beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:48:32 AM 726 Views
Yeah, I liked The Neverending Story better. Tom - 08/01/2010 01:41:37 PM 652 Views
You know what it is for me... Jeordam - 06/01/2010 07:37:10 PM 753 Views
That's understandable LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:25:23 AM 632 Views
That's totally what it is, hah beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:57:10 AM 763 Views
See...that's where I'm different. Jeordam - 08/01/2010 03:33:30 PM 640 Views
I suppose the lesson is to not read about celebrities' politics? beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 06:22:10 PM 529 Views
But that's kind of the point... Jeordam - 08/01/2010 06:51:05 PM 638 Views
Uh oh, you used the "c" word... Dannymac - 08/01/2010 07:47:40 PM 745 Views
I hate it when you sound like an actual preacher LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:03:28 PM 651 Views
Aw, I liked some of those sentences. Ghavrel - 08/01/2010 11:07:15 PM 595 Views
Isn't that a Bible quote? *NM* Legolas - 09/01/2010 12:33:51 AM 345 Views
I guess maybe from an epistle? *NM* Ghavrel - 09/01/2010 02:44:36 AM 323 Views
Yup, Romans 8:31 Darth_Katie - 09/01/2010 11:36:46 PM 546 Views
it's not that it was bad LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 01:01:21 AM 709 Views
That seems like a pretty dangerous philosophy. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:24:35 AM 708 Views
Agreed. It also sounds absurd. I have +2 Armor of Christ. How about you? *NM* Tom - 10/01/2010 06:42:24 PM 327 Views
he he *NM* LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:20:26 AM 299 Views
Maybe a little. Dannymac - 11/01/2010 06:06:24 AM 752 Views
I like your philosophy. Thanks for sharing! *NM* Darth_Katie - 11/01/2010 03:08:09 PM 295 Views
Ok, so apart from political subtexts, Mad Cow Bomber - 07/01/2010 05:40:28 AM 659 Views
You have to admire the world building though LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:27:13 AM 573 Views
Both of you are more or less right beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:59:34 AM 594 Views
He DID write the original screenplay, I thought? LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:04:07 PM 601 Views
And why is it that anyone who can <spoilers!> beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 09:03:45 AM 861 Views
Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. Gher - 08/01/2010 04:59:16 PM 658 Views
You're looking at it from the outsider point of view LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:12:15 PM 640 Views
I don't buy it. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:29:07 AM 668 Views
Especially with the warrior tribe mentality they all have! beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:25:57 PM 531 Views
if there were all these hotshot warriors trying LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:22:19 AM 613 Views
Poor scriptwriting *NM* Gher - 11/01/2010 12:56:24 AM 306 Views
oh come on LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 01:00:40 AM 656 Views
Gher's right. It's Plot convinience, with a capital P *NM* AgentOrange - 13/01/2010 09:42:07 PM 311 Views
Re: Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. ironclad - 09/01/2010 01:27:59 PM 829 Views
It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:27:20 PM 833 Views
Re: It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things ironclad - 10/01/2010 08:56:38 PM 603 Views
seriously LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:23:58 AM 570 Views
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