Originally Posted by Human No More (Post 135673)

Any infiltration is extremely unlikely, the Na'vi would notice any impostor instantly because they would have literally no clue about anything. None of the marines cared at all about Pandora. Anyway, Avatars are 'insanely expensive', and any skxawng who appeared out of nowhere and who nobody knew (and sleeps like avatars do) and started trying to kill people would be dead very quickly (if they even survived the forest :P ). Also, the fact that they would still need to arrive at Pandora, and so would be broadcasting their arrival for months in advance even before arriving, plus the fact that it would be 13 years at a minimum before any specifically sent mission would arrive, longer if avatars were developed. Of course, not to mention the fact that the RDA are concerned with money, not random war.

Originally Posted by BotanicalMedley (Post 156877)

It's interesting because on Wikipedia, it says that Stephen Lang is going to be playing Colonel Miles Quaritch in 'Avatar 2'. Look at his filmography here ---> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Lang_(actor)

Originally Posted by ahoragi (Post 156894)

Originally Posted by Empty Glass (Post 156914)

I love Wikipedia as much as the next guy, but I'm not sure if I trust it this time. There's nothing on his IMDB page that says he'll be in Avatar 2. Frankly I'm still not sure how he could be legitimately brought back apart from a flashback)

Originally Posted by Human No More (Post 156921)

No, he won't. Again, you want to see spess mehrens and invasions, you picked the wrong film.

Wikipedia is accurate, right?
Oh wait :P
Any idiot can add speculation like that.

Originally Posted by Human No More (Post 156923)

That doesn't mean he's going to be a dead character (unless flashbacks count). Anyway, Sam has previously said that in the sequel his avatar will be fat and asking Neytiri to get him beers, should that be taken seriously as well? :P

...oh, and that link is about Sigourney weaver :P

Originally Posted by Empty Glass (Post 156914)

that pic: WAT

(Off-topic, but it looks like he's going to be in a TV series about the American Civil War playing...Abraham Lincoln!)

Originally Posted by Advent (Post 156937)

I think that humans will come back eventually, maybe not in Avatar 2, but then in the next one. Simply because JC won't get nearly enough attention if he just 'explores the oceans' or shows clan warfare. Also, the introduction of another alien species is just bull****.

Simply, some good ol' climatic battle scenes is what JC needs to keep the trilogy running for a wide audience.

Originally Posted by Human No More (Post 157129)

Coming back in a realistic capacity is VERY different from a troll thread like this one about 'invasion'.

Originally Posted by Human No More (Post 157129)

Coming back in a realistic capacity is VERY different from a troll thread like this one about 'invasion'.

Originally Posted by Woodsprite (Post 127185)

Wow... more intelligent? :hmm: They fell for the avatar program at first, tried to attack a strike force of 15 samsons and a dragon gunship from the ground with arrows, charged point-blank heavy gunfire with nothing but direhorses, trusted a former marine who was gathering intel for their enemy...

The humans landed in one small area of Pandora, and they've only occupied the area for about 25 years. Jake and the Omaticaya traveled a few hundred miles at most to notify other clans to come to their aid. Then there's the rest of the entire moon to think about, where humans never traveled, and where the Na'vi were never notified by Jake and the Omaticaya about their predicament. The other distant clans are unaware that the humans ever landed. How would they know?

The RDA, at one point in time, had to have set up Hell's Gate on Pandora. They did this with precision and patience, and at that time, the Na'vi were probably more curious than hostile. If the RDA were to start from square one again, landing on a different area of the moon, far away from Hell's Gate, and repeated the same task (only doing it multiple times instead of one) among other clans who had no idea what happened with the Omaticaya, they could very well take over the moon... That is, if Eywa doesn't recognize who they are in these other areas. Chances are, it will, which will make the process much more difficult... but still possible. Eywa acted when there was an emergency at the last minute, which could imply that she's a benign force up to the point of extreme measures.

As far as whether or not the Na'vi need technology, I agree. As their lifestyle dictates, they don't need tech. But if threatened by a massive force of trained soldiers with full firepower (considering how their small strike force of about 50 samsons and a dragon gunship defeated 2000 Na'vi warriors), the Na'vi cannot withstand them without combining human weapons tech with every able fighter, along with Eywa. That's the only possible way they could defeat the humans if threatened by such an immense force... as far as I see it, at least, not to say my opinion is the be-all, end-all, word and the way.

And don't forget, as far as we know, the main commanders in the battle were using coms. That was human technology. ;)

Originally Posted by Clarke (Post 156922)

Stephen himself thinks there's something planned. :P
Sigourney Weaver Returning for Avatar 2? - ComingSoon.net

Originally Posted by taylorcraftbc65 (Post 166118)

What I want to know, is what is going to happen in twelve years when a Armada of Terran spacecraft show up in Pandoran orbit, with orders to use Vapor bombs to wipe out all life on the surface of the planet, and strip it bare of it's minerals at all costs. Due to the overpopulation of Earth, losing a couple of million soldiers in waves of Suicide attacks during the take over of Pandora will actually be a good thing in the minds of those that pull the strings back on Earth. In their minds, it would mean far less mouths to feed.

Originally Posted by taylorcraftbc65 (Post 166118)

Jake and the others are either going to have to transform the Na'vi into a technological Defense Force, from the Stone Age Clans that they are now, or Eywa will have to interviene again, and fry the inbound armada to the last ship, with a high energy plasma wave from a local star that she causes to go supernova as they pass it. Then, as it falls through itself becoming a black hole, the remaining "space junk" is pulled into the black hole forever. How's THAT for an ending with "Hellfire and damnation" spiritual overtones??

Originally Posted by Clarke (Post 166135)

Apart from the fact that Alpha Centauri fuels all of Pandora's ecosystems, and so affecting it in any significant way won't help, the RDA have the capability (though perhaps not the motivation) to literally or metaphorically nuke the site from orbit, do not pass Go, collect 200 (million) dollars.

You don't require any loss of human life to poison Pandora permanently. You need any one of various "super"-weapons, all of which can be delivered pretty cheaply and are basically unblockable with 22nd century technology, let alone Na'vi technology. There is nothing Eywa can do in this matter, because to stop the RDA requires some modicum of space access, which the Na'vi are centuries from.