Thoughts on James Cameron’s Avatar and “Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out”

Re:Thoughts on James Cameron’s Avatar and “Turn On, Tune In,... by ryanwaggoner on Monday December 28, 2009 @07:04PM (#1019715)

While there are some interesting points in this article, I didn't take this movie as either anti-corporate or anti-technology.

It's more anti-military / anti-imperialism than anti-corporate. Yes, the bad guys are a corporation, but I get the feeling that they did that to make the film more marketable. Americans probably would have a much harder time cheering for the aliens who are slaughtering US Marines. But very little about plot would have changed had the bad guys been military instead of a private corporation.

As for anti-technology, I think it's more about the dangers of abusing power of any kind, including the power that technology lends us.

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Re:Thoughts on James Cameron’s Avatar and “Turn On, Tune In,... by char on Monday December 28, 2009 @08:24PM (#1019817)

"I didn't take this movie as either anti-corporate or anti-technology."

Agreed. I think many people are reading way too much into this plot. Sometimes a story is just a story.

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Re:Thoughts on James Cameron’s Avatar and “Turn On, Tune In,... by kingkongreveng_ on Monday December 28, 2009 @11:27PM (#1020051)

I haven't seen it yet, but I assume it's just a regurgitation of a "noble savage" story.

I want to make a movie about a technologically and culturally advanced people who encounter a primitive race. The primitives have high murder & infanticide rates, endless stupid tribal wars, etc. The technologically advanced people force assimilate or drive off the primitives and live happily ever after. The End.

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Re:Thoughts on James Cameron’s Avatar and “Turn On, Tune In,... by ryanwaggoner on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @11:47PM (#1021938)

Watch any old western :)

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