born-again-atheist wrote:
The problem with Cameron's Greenpeace commercial was not that it was implausible, but that it was never justified or explained. Not just the science, but the mechanics, the reasons for actions.
That's not what you said earlier:
Avatar ignored magic and tried to use science. It failed like the new Star Wars
born-again-atheist wrote:So these guys master interstellar travel with who knows how many planets available to them, and choose a single planet to conquer all to get a metal which doesn't seem to have a practical purpose
There are still limits in interstellar travel.. the Alpha Centari system is the closest to Earth
born-again-atheist wrote:
where the trees are not really trees but animals with neurological pathways - not to mention memory and sentience - which look and behave like trees.
And they just ignore something like that? Are they already so disaffected with xenoforms that they can not see the practical use of studying a network of memories spanning... millenia?
That is what Dr Augustine is studying hence her taking samples everywhere and she doesn't really begin to understand it until later on in the film
But more importantly..... ARE you even aware of the human race and what they do? Are you kidding me.. ? We disregard nature, rape the planet, make species extinct, abuse animals for fun...
born-again-atheist wrote:And exactly how many alien life forms must they have encountered to treat the Native Americans the Navi Like that?
Again do you know humans? I once read about how a bird was thought to be extninct and a guy looking out for this bird saw one.. what did he do? he shot it..
One of the reasons I despise religion is the fact that it gives humans an inflated sense of importance and makes them think they can treat other species like crap. You seem surprised that humans would act that way - are you aware of what goes on in the world.. look at how we behave to members of the same species - Slavery was no so long ago, there is still genocide happening worldwide.. Do you think we'll act any differently in 140 years? Do you think if our planet is at stake we will?
born-again-atheist wrote:If these are the first signs of intelligent life on another planet humanity has encountered, the last thing to happen would be an expedition to get metal from a big fuck off tree by blowing it to shit.
Earth is in a seriously bad state. Jake tells you that
born-again-atheist wrote:Nothing in the movie explained any of their actions. It was just assumed that 'corporations are automatically evil and will blow the fuck out of anything to get at rock' -
You say that as though it is a fabrication of human behaviour....that is what we do