Yes, Avatar is critized for just retreading the Pocahontas storyline. But it’s a story after all, a bit of narratization is needed. As for the fact that they need the ‘big strong human to protect them’, yes, that is woven into the story too. Jake has both insider knowledge and intel. He not only knows what the human military contractor is going to do, he also knows the motivations behind their action, how far they are willing to go and what it will take to stop them. As such, his input is crucial to rally the tribes and get nature on his side. Only with the help of Grace’s memories is he able to rally Eywa to their side.
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Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksto
Fuck Cars@lemmy.world•SpaceX Is Buying Up an Unfathomable Number of CybertrucksEnglish
138·3 days agoLaws are so 2010. Get with the time, it’s all corruption and gambling now.
Imagine if people who know how to use search engine properly called themselves “search engine prompt engineer”. Maybe people who are good at communicating should start calling themselves “human interface prompt engineer”.
But the military doesn’t care. Jake is still in a wheelchair at the start of the movie. Only by accepting a highly dangerous mission, infiltration, is he given the promise of having his old legs restored. And he is only given this job, because his brother passed away and left the Na’vi clone behind. So they are not offering this to any crippled army veteran. And yes, there are some good apples in the military. They turn on the military.
How is it military propaganda? The plot is about a private military contractor destroying an ecosystem for profit, while there is nothing but good things being said abou the way of life of the Na’vi.
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksto
World News@lemmy.world•Food becoming more calorific but less nutritious due to rising carbon dioxideEnglish
12·5 days agoInterstellar is real! i think, I don’t know the plot so well
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksto
Technology@lemmy.world•Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdogEnglish
7·6 days agoI know they aren’t left, that’s why I wrote “left of the tories”. They are centrist and how Starmer ever managed to become prime minister is beyond me. That guy as a suit through and through.
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksto
Technology@lemmy.world•Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdogEnglish
281·6 days agoI’m baffled that all this tracking nonsense is pushed through by a government that is supposed to be left of the tories. I guess that goes to show you that “center” parties can be just as evil as conservatives.
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•The USA and Europe are now enemies
92·11 days agoSadly, they are not. Merz of Germany came crawling to Trump like a little bitch.
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksto
United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Kemi Badenoch: Tories to scrap petrol ban if they win next electionEnglish
19·11 days agoBut companies need to be told what to do. Because for them, keeping everything the same and never changing is the cheapest. Even if you factor in the massive amount of lobbying they do against alternatives.
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksto
Europe@feddit.org•Von der Leyen opens up to economic migrants: "Let's bring skills to Europe"English
23·14 days agoWow, so even the conservatives now realized that if you leave no legal avenue for migrants, they will simply come here illegally?
But let’s not get too crazy. If you flee your country with no way of obtaining a work permit in your country, you are still screwed.
No more FemShep on Liara action, that’s banned now. Future ME games will only feature the Quarrians, because they are already “veiled”.
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Trump renames U.S. Institute of Peace after himselfEnglish
6·20 days agoYou think that republicans will try to make it a taboo to talk about any conflict between entities Trump “brokered a peace with” as a war, as to keep up the myth of Trump actually ending those conflicts? And do you think Democrats will be so weak that they’ll just let the Republicans do that?
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksto
Television@piefed.social•TV Release Roundup, December 2025
3·24 days agoCould you lik the previous roundup in these posts? I’d like to be able to go back and see what I missed.
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksto
Europe@feddit.org•The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly a resolution to ban children from using social mediaEnglish
121·25 days agoI don’t see European nations being the aggressor in the next 30 years to be honest.
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksto
memes@lemmy.world•Stargate is going to go the way of Mass Effect
2·1 month agoYou certainly shouldn’t make the mistake of using the default character faces. Those faces have been tarnished by the massive motion capture issues early on.
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksto
memes@lemmy.world•Stargate is going to go the way of Mass Effect
111·1 month agoI guess they want to insinuate that Andromeda killed Mass Effect. While Andromeda certainly got a studio killed, the game itself is actually pretty good in my opinion.
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksto
Stargate@sh.itjust.works•Amazon Greenlights A New Stargate Series » GateWorld
3·1 month agoI will just treat this series as an entirely new franchise. I expect, and hope, that the old canon won’t be touched anyways.
Edit:
Veteran Stargate writer and producer Martin Gero created the show and will helm it as executive producer and showrunner. Fellow Stargate alums Brad Wright and Joseph Mallozzi are also on board as producers. The new series will continue the franchise with the same universe, canon, and tone that made Stargate a global hit.
Maybe there is a chance
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksto
Technology@lemmy.world•Norway’s mega wealth fund to reject Elon Musk’s $1 trillion Tesla pay packageEnglish
1112·2 months agoPiss baby Musk should take his final breath under a bridge with nothing to his name. That would be fair.










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