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ysengrinA few (non-spoiler) things to think about ... and a warning that comments may well *be* spoilery, so avoid this thread unless you've seen the film.
The environment of Pandora has been worked out in great detail for the film. All the 'higher' life is based off of a hexapod (six limbed) base. With a very notable exception - the Na'vi.
The avatars are supposed to be a hybrid mix of human and Na'vi. Aside from the interesting point that life on Earth and Pandora must have a lot of similarities for that to work (and that Earth biotech is really, really advanced), the film offers a lot of details that show the avatars are *not* Na'vi -- they smell different, have a different number of fingers and possibly other gross differences as well.
Pandora seems to be the only source of Unobtainium (which is supposedly a room-temp superconductor, though I'm not sure that's stated in the film). Is it possibly biological in origin?
There's also a big chunk of ecological speculation that *is* spoilery, so I'll leave it for later.
The environment of Pandora has been worked out in great detail for the film. All the 'higher' life is based off of a hexapod (six limbed) base. With a very notable exception - the Na'vi.
The avatars are supposed to be a hybrid mix of human and Na'vi. Aside from the interesting point that life on Earth and Pandora must have a lot of similarities for that to work (and that Earth biotech is really, really advanced), the film offers a lot of details that show the avatars are *not* Na'vi -- they smell different, have a different number of fingers and possibly other gross differences as well.
Pandora seems to be the only source of Unobtainium (which is supposedly a room-temp superconductor, though I'm not sure that's stated in the film). Is it possibly biological in origin?
There's also a big chunk of ecological speculation that *is* spoilery, so I'll leave it for later.
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Date: 2009-12-27 03:50 am (UTC)a; it makes me happy that they are basicly required to have long hair in order to protect their ...cables? whatever.
b; Jake was actually grabbed by the hair when the Na'vi escorted him places (escorted in a police sense), which is something I've been dying to see happen with nearly every long haired figher character (It's a fucking liability to have a rope attached to your head in close combat!!)
c; I totally just picked up the art book AND "Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora "..so, ask me anything after I have the book and I'll jolly well try and find an answer XD
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Date: 2009-12-27 04:50 am (UTC)