Jun 15, 2017, 12:24 PM

@Auspice said in Date Thenomain:

@HelloProject said in Date Thenomain:

@Meg

I haven't seen most Mel Brooks movies, though I plan to.

I don't care about Jaws because it's a movie about a shark and it doesn't even have lasers or is a ghost.

I've never seen any Indiana Jones movie.

I don't care about Avatar (the blue people), because the concept sounds boring, so I never watched it.

I hate Inception.

I've seen snippets of Avatar and tried to start watching it. It's not for me.
I watched Inception. I did not like it. Yes, good use of SFX. Meh story.

I do think you should give at least Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (the first) a chance. It's a classic for me. If it's not your bag, it's not, but it's just one of my childhood gems. πŸ™‚

Avatar (blue people) is basically just Cameron ripping off Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Word for World is Forest" by way of Pocahontas and Dances with Wolves.

Per Wikipedia:

Resemblance to Avatar:

Several reviewers have noted that the narrative of the 2009 film Avatar has many similarities to that of The Word for World is Forest. Specific similarities include the notion that the Earth's resources have been used up, the extraction of resources in an exploitative manner from another planet, a native population on that planet which lives in close harmony with their world, and a rebellion by those natives against the exploitative human colonizers. A key difference lies in the roles of the "benevolent" humans in both works: Raj Lyubov in The Word for World is Forest, Jake Sully and the human scientists in Avatar. While Lyubov made an impression as a "sensible" human and did help mediate peace between the Athshean people and humanity, he is not the savior of their race, and he does not survive to claim any "prize" from it.ΒΊ Additionally, in The Word for World is Forest militarism is regarded by the Athsheans – especially Selver – as an unfortunate but necessary addition to Athshean culture, and one that may destroy their way of life. In contrast, militarism is seen less critically in Avatar.ΒΊΒΊ

ΒΊ Pocahontas connection.
ΒΊΒΊ Dances with Wolves connection.

Avatar is a hot mess. It's an extremely gorgeous hot mess, but it's still a hot mess.