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 Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:17 pm
im thinking that it was spot on not just about the military but the whole world is like that and even those who ""believe in justice and peace"" break that peace when what they want is on the other side we as a race of people are not strong enough to hold on to morals and those who do hold to them are ridiculed so all in all the movie really captured the real way that humans are
arogent violent and hatefull
just look into our history even the men who where supose to be christains killed thousands and even enslaved the helpless witch makes us real christains look bad
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:21 am
i think it was just for the sake of the story. we arent allowed to bomb churches or anything. we respect their culture.
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:30 pm
Like the creator originally states, many of these people oppressing the Na'vi were mercenaries, therefore by definition they are merely hired guns that toss aside morals for their own benefit. My guess is that these men, upon exiting the military, could not cope with civilian life and thus longed to return to an atmosphere they were comfortable with. Along with returning to a life they were used to they were also promised extremely good pay for excavating (insert weird mineral name here). I think what the author was portraying was not so much the military, but more along the lines of how human greed can cloud judgement and one's sense of morality.
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:34 pm
Karo Kiba James Cameron's new movie "Avatar" came out on friday. It is a very well-made film, but as I watched it I couldn't help but think that some of the characters that were mercenaries (most of them retired american soldiers.) seemed cruel and quite violent/trigger happy. But I guess from their POV the Na'vi in a way are an obstacle towards their goal of ensuring the well-being of the human race. But what gives them the right to decide to do things to benefit their race at the cost of another? However, in the film two of the characters that become dedicated to helping the Na'vi are former soldiers. They are the characters named Trudy Chacon and Jake Sully (main protagonist). For those of you who haven't seen the movie, here is a basic outline of the plot: WARNING: SPOILERS It is the year 2156. Former marine Corporal Jake Sully is traveling to a distant moon of a far away planet called Pandora, where there is a mining operation. Jake unfortunately was paralyzed when he was shot in the line of duty. Jake arrives on Pandora, a beautiful but deadly world where humans can't breathe the air but they have set up a mining operation nonetheless. There are sentient beings there called the Na'vi. There is also the avatar program, which is what Jake has gotten recruited into. The concept of this program was to basically create na'vi like creatures using DNA of the Na'vi and DNA of the person who was going to control or "drive" the body by using a mental link. Jake is told by the heads of this mining operation that he has to basically infiltrate the Na'vi. If he successfully infiltrates them then Colonel Quaritch (one of the main antagonists) will arrange for him to get an expensive surgery that will enable him to walk again. The oppressed Na'vi are on the brink of war with the human miners or, "sky people" as they call them. Jake becomes one of them and learns their ways. He then has to choose between the Na'vi and the human sides of the conflict. He tries to solve things diplomatically by getting the Na'vi to move so that the miners can get the material they want but the situation escalates into an all-out war. He has fallen in love with the daughter of a Na'vi chief and he over the course of the movie becomes fascinated by the Na'vi way of life. So what do you think of the movie in regards to it's portrayal of soldiers? MORE ON THEIR UNIFORMS
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:47 pm
xXTears of the WolfXx i think it was just for the sake of the story. we arent allowed to bomb churches or anything. we respect their culture. not if they where sitting on ((i know it was something different but lets just say)) a mountain of uranium something of that value and of that much danger to us if they find out how to use it or if we feel some one else is comming for it the military would kill a thousand infants with steam rollers in an instant and claim it cured cancer and the moron masses would believe it as long as we threw money at the right people who would agree with us
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:21 pm
I think if that were the case they'd fins another way. or maybe they would just promise to build them another church. idk
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