Atlas
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Okay, this has been a long time on my mind, and the more I think of it, the more obvious it is.
Of course, anyone of us who has watched a few classic movies and Avatar notices that Avatar's plot is a straight copy of that of Dances with wolves or Pocahontas, but that's not the point, I reckon everyone has heared enough of it.
But as I was watching avatar, even the setting seemed plagiated from H.P. Lovecraft's Int he walls of Eryx. For those of us who have never readed it I'm going to do a little summary of it's satting and plot for you.
Humanity has traveled to Venus and discovered crystal orbs, which can be used as a source of electric energy, and doesn't pollute and so on. It jsut hapens that the venusian primitive lizardmen aren't too happy about humanity stealing their holy chrystals from them, and of course there is a fight over them.
Venus has a toxic atmospehere, and everyone travelling in Venus' toxic jungle needs a breathing apparatus and a protective suit to stay alive. Also the jungles have mind-affecting plants and a very thick underbrush.
The story describes the main character (An employee of a mining company) going on a chrystal collecting trip to the jungle. At first the main character is strictly thinking that the lizardmen should be eradicated and their cities burned to the ground, but then he gets trapped in an invisible maze supposedly created by the lizardmen. In hte maze is a skeleton of an other miner, who had found the hugest chrystal ever seen. the main character gets trapped in the maze and his watersupply is running short, and there's a huge flock of the "primitive" lizardmen outside of the maze seemingfully watching the main character suffer and being amused of it. The main character starts to realize that MAYBE htey aren't that primitive afterall, and understands the religious meaning of the alien chrystals, and in the end before dying scribbles in his diary that humanity should leave Venus for good and let the lizardmen be as they were.
But of course this doesn't happen and the mining company jsut gets a platoon of flamethrower corps to wipe the lizardmen out, and the story ends with the maze destroyed.
This Sh!t sounds a lot like Avatar.
Yeah, exept it came out 1936!
James Cameron, I am disappointed in you.
This is not intended as an insult towards anyone who liked Avatar, or anyone who likes Cameron's films, because, hell, I like them too. Avatar was a good or an ok film at least, but for a 16-year development, no cigar.
Okay, now I have this off my heart. I hope there's at least someone who also sees my point. Thanks for reading this far.
_Atlas
Of course, anyone of us who has watched a few classic movies and Avatar notices that Avatar's plot is a straight copy of that of Dances with wolves or Pocahontas, but that's not the point, I reckon everyone has heared enough of it.
But as I was watching avatar, even the setting seemed plagiated from H.P. Lovecraft's Int he walls of Eryx. For those of us who have never readed it I'm going to do a little summary of it's satting and plot for you.
Humanity has traveled to Venus and discovered crystal orbs, which can be used as a source of electric energy, and doesn't pollute and so on. It jsut hapens that the venusian primitive lizardmen aren't too happy about humanity stealing their holy chrystals from them, and of course there is a fight over them.
Venus has a toxic atmospehere, and everyone travelling in Venus' toxic jungle needs a breathing apparatus and a protective suit to stay alive. Also the jungles have mind-affecting plants and a very thick underbrush.
The story describes the main character (An employee of a mining company) going on a chrystal collecting trip to the jungle. At first the main character is strictly thinking that the lizardmen should be eradicated and their cities burned to the ground, but then he gets trapped in an invisible maze supposedly created by the lizardmen. In hte maze is a skeleton of an other miner, who had found the hugest chrystal ever seen. the main character gets trapped in the maze and his watersupply is running short, and there's a huge flock of the "primitive" lizardmen outside of the maze seemingfully watching the main character suffer and being amused of it. The main character starts to realize that MAYBE htey aren't that primitive afterall, and understands the religious meaning of the alien chrystals, and in the end before dying scribbles in his diary that humanity should leave Venus for good and let the lizardmen be as they were.
But of course this doesn't happen and the mining company jsut gets a platoon of flamethrower corps to wipe the lizardmen out, and the story ends with the maze destroyed.
This Sh!t sounds a lot like Avatar.
Yeah, exept it came out 1936!
James Cameron, I am disappointed in you.
This is not intended as an insult towards anyone who liked Avatar, or anyone who likes Cameron's films, because, hell, I like them too. Avatar was a good or an ok film at least, but for a 16-year development, no cigar.
Okay, now I have this off my heart. I hope there's at least someone who also sees my point. Thanks for reading this far.
_Atlas
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