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joeylovesgaia 11-14-2010 03:10 AM

Avatar on tvtropes
 
AVATAR - Television Tropes & Idioms

Ashen Key 11-14-2010 04:10 AM

Yep. There used to be another section devoted to the characters, but that got disbanded and spread about the character tropes, I think.

SaphirJD 11-14-2010 04:15 AM

I love TVTropes.. Sometimes i can laugh my ass off when reading stuff there :D

Ashen Key 11-14-2010 06:37 AM

And I still think that casting the Na'vi vs the humans as Elves vs Dwarves is genius.

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In James Cameron's Avatar, the Na'vi are incredibly good and natural archers, have a deep empathy for their environment, are not ones to really mess around, and are tall, slender, and lacking in body hair. The Humans are incredibly skilled at craftsmanship, construction, and engineering, utilize big guns, mining machines, and high impact weaponry, live in dark multi-layered cities with lots of technology and little vegetation and natural light, mostly lack a spiritual connection with their world, and are rather gung-ho and upfront, not to mention short, stocky and hairy, when compared to the Na'vi.

Human No More 11-14-2010 11:42 AM

I hate tvtropes... I used to edit quite a lot before eventually getting disillusioned, because 99% of pages there are just people complaining about series/films/books/games that they don't like and in their opinion that makes them bad.

Ashen Key 11-14-2010 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Human No More (Post 110484)
I hate tvtropes... I used to edit quite a lot before eventually getting disillusioned, because 99% of pages there are just people complaining about series/films/books/games that they don't like and in their opinion that makes them bad.

Aw, I'm sorry you think so. I certainly disagree with it on some things (thank you, but Trudy is not a Spicy Latina just because she's Hispanic and occasionally raises her voice), but mostly, I see it as just plain fun. There is certainly honest admiration through it, as well as mocking. Most of the mocking I would say is good-natured, but it all depends on where one's sense of humour lies, I guess.

SaphirJD 11-14-2010 05:02 PM

TVtropes has awesome villain descriptions, for this alone it is high in my site rankings for all time :D

ISV Venture Star 11-15-2010 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Human No More (Post 110484)
99% of pages there are just people complaining about series/films/books/games that they don't like and in their opinion that makes them bad.

99% of the internet is just bitter, impotent bile and cynical invective.

SaphirJD 11-15-2010 12:35 AM

but in every bitter part you can find a little bit sunlight always ;)

Isard 11-15-2010 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ISV Venture Star (Post 110660)
99% of the internet is just bitter, impotent bile and cynical invective.


Oh you flatterer. :awesome:


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