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LTK:
But they didn't even imply that the joke name was used as a joke name. Sure, it's completely believable that the periodic table name of ununseptium was too hard for the non-scientists to remember and called it Unobtanium instead, but that was never shown. They said "Unobtanium" with a straight face, and that is what made it ridiculous.
Lines:
I don't see this can't be related to any culture taking over land that belongs to an indigenous one. This has pretty much happened on every continent except Antarctica and saying that it can't/shouldn't be compared to just North America is kind of dumb. Brits/Americans wanted land, so when they had to, they took it by force and kill a shit ton of people in the process. This happened with Spain and Mexico, when Britain tried to colonize just about everything, etc etc. So I don't really see why you're hating on the connections to Native Americans, though yes I do understand that there are better connections.
Really if anything this movie just shows that humans are assholes.
Nodaisho:
--- Quote from: LTK on 03 Jan 2010, 07:25 ---They said "Unobtanium" with a straight face, and that is what made it ridiculous.
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One person said it, the aforementioned fast-talking coked-up executive, who probably would have to have anything remotely scientific broken down into two-syllable words, and referring to something as unobtainium would be done with a straight face, not a Groucho Marx eyebrow waggle. So it is basically a MY IMMERSION thing for you?
Chesire Cat:
Because the humans didnt give two shits about the land. They wanted the Unobtainium and would scorch earth to get it.
And on the subject of Unobtainium, its funny strictly because they wink at the camera when they said it, and the word as mentioned many times, conveys all the meaningful properties without having to explain them. In the context of the movie, the only meaningful property is its rare and worth a cajillion mega-dollars.
KvP:
--- Quote from: Professor Snuggles on 03 Jan 2010, 00:02 ---So you love melodramatic cliche space opera and you didn't like this, which is epic melodramatic cliche fantastical sci-fi?
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How are these two any different?
I was going to go see this movie in IMAX 3D but I had a medical emergency that put me away for a week. I'm going to try and go see it tonight.
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