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Old 09-09-2010, 10:23 AM
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Default This is kind of sad... :(

“Avatar” Sequels Could Be Less Violent, Influenced by South American Tribe > Spout

I first found a smaller mention of this, so I had another look and found that... I really hope the sequel doesn't lose that epicness of the first... - I don't know, I guess I can see where he's coming from, but I really will not be happy if it's just the Na'vi and Selfridge sitting in a room talking for 2 hours
Yes, I want to see more of Pandora, more of the Na'vi,of the creatures of Pandora... But it will be empty without killing those ayskxawng tawtute

Also, from a more practical point of view, I think that really, talking rarely actually resolves much, especially when one side has a lot more to gain than the other, and standing up for what you want to protect is a very important message...
I get how the Na'vi are based on humans in that way, but really, I can't honestly say they are completely the same. Just because there are obvious parallels doesn't mean they need to be a direct copy (isn't that the basis of a lot of idiots who dislike Avatar based on that anyway?)

I don't know, I kind of wish I hadn't seen this article really... I guess that if I hadn't, I wouldn't have noticed the lack of action in the sequel like that, but now it makes me worry

I trust JC, but I hope he knows what he is doing... - I'm sure Avatar 2 will be fine, but I hope he doesn't overdo it just for the sake of that...

This comment says it perfectly:
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The woman at the end of the first video said that there should be “un otro mensaje despues de ese,” meaning “another message after this one.” This is quite different from what numerous other sites reported, quoting her as saying that it needs a “better message.” Those sites need a better message; they’re throwing out some serious misinformation. It’s important to the current cross-cultural dialogue to look carefully and literally at how a people group like this would respond, and saying that the film needs “a better message” is a very different thing from saying that there needs to be “another message after this one.” It’s cool that they enjoyed the film and felt that it left an impact, but also recognize the need for a follow up because of the destruction that occurred. Funny how the sites reporting on this story neglected to mention the overall favorable reaction to the film.

In conclusion, my only straight up disagreement with what the last woman said was that Avatar showed no dialogue between the opposing forces. The protagonist forces stuck in the middle of the fight (Grace, Jake, other scientists) attempted dialogue, but the antagonist forces would not hear it. The movie shows the negative impact of what happens when we has humans refuse to engage in dialogue and hear the pleas of people groups that are being trod upon. The fight happens as a result of the brutish greed of the antagonist forces, and it also happens to make an entertaining movie with a good build. As terrible as war in the real world is, I couldn’t imagine Avatar without that last fight—because it’s a story, a movie. What is physical violence in the movie can actually represent the importance of a different kind of “fight” in the real world. It is important not to overlook that kind of symbolism.
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