In one of my Avatar Could Have Been Way Better gripefests, I rattled off all the possible plots that would have been more in-depth and engaging than the one they came up with: Off the top of my head: lost wanderer human falls in with Na’vi, humans and Na’vi band together to save Pandora or Earth from some outside threat, humans decide to save Pandora from some outside threat while remaining unknown to the natives, Na'vi do that for humans, Na’vi and humans establish trade, etc., etc..
Even now, about six other ideas popped into my head. Maybe Eywa gets sick and the humans with their medical technology team up with the Na'vi's in-depth knowledge to solve the problem? Or the Na'vi can bring their knowledge to Earth to help fix it! (Also, I wish they hadn't made it so that humans and Na'vi couldn't really interact without Avatars. It would've been kinda fun to see half-size humans frolicking around with their big blue buddies.)
Of course, the awkward thing about humans is that we really CAN'T have nice things a lot of the time. But call me a Star Trek optimist, because I really want science fiction to show the OTHER possibilities. Be a role model!
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Date: 2013-05-31 11:28 pm (UTC)Even now, about six other ideas popped into my head. Maybe Eywa gets sick and the humans with their medical technology team up with the Na'vi's in-depth knowledge to solve the problem? Or the Na'vi can bring their knowledge to Earth to help fix it! (Also, I wish they hadn't made it so that humans and Na'vi couldn't really interact without Avatars. It would've been kinda fun to see half-size humans frolicking around with their big blue buddies.)
Of course, the awkward thing about humans is that we really CAN'T have nice things a lot of the time. But call me a Star Trek optimist, because I really want science fiction to show the OTHER possibilities. Be a role model!