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Schöneboom · 10-05-10, 10:16 AM

I never saw "Avatar" -- it was one of those times when I opted not to follow the herd. Hearing the plot later, I knew I hadn't missed much. Cameron sure knows how to press our entertainment buttons, and that's a good skill to have.

However the story itself wasn't so hot. Sure we all feel bad about the genocide of native tribal peoples in the New World, but making a fantasy about noble savages defeating the greedy modern guys doesn't actually help, IMO. It's just anesthesia for guilt.

In truth, had the humans studied their own history, they could have crushed those nice blue people even before deploying the Space Marines -- using an engineered virus fatal only to Na'avi. 90% fatalities, for ex. Was that in the movie?

I know, I'm a bad, bad human!

10-05-10, 10:16 AM	#16
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	I never saw "Avatar" -- it was one of those times when I opted not to follow the herd. Hearing the plot later, I knew I hadn't missed much. Cameron sure knows how to press our entertainment buttons, and that's a good skill to have. However the story itself wasn't so hot. Sure we all feel bad about the genocide of native tribal peoples in the New World, but making a fantasy about noble savages defeating the greedy modern guys doesn't actually help, IMO. It's just anesthesia for guilt. In truth, had the humans studied their own history, they could have crushed those nice blue people even before deploying the Space Marines -- using an engineered virus fatal only to Na'avi. 90% fatalities, for ex. Was that in the movie? I know, I'm a bad, bad human! __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."