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Avatar's reception has been somewhat mixed. Most of it's criticism came over the fact that large sections of its plot have been used multiple times over by earlier films (such as ''Dances with Wolves'' and ''Ferngully: The Last Rainforest''). | Avatar's reception has been somewhat mixed. Most of it's criticism came over the fact that large sections of its plot have been used multiple times over by earlier films (such as ''Dances with Wolves'' and ''Ferngully: The Last Rainforest''). In fact, TVTropes has a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/Avatar page with a very long list] of similar works. | ||
Despite that, it has been a big-budget hit and has come up in versus debates frequently because of it's success. That said, its ranking in terms of of versus scenarios is fairly low. Their is no FTL capacities and humanity has minimal extrasolar presence. Typical scenarios involve ground combat against the Na'vi and/or RDA Marines by small numbers of forces or survival in the dangerous jungles of Pandora. | Despite that, it has been a big-budget hit and has come up in versus debates frequently because of it's success. That said, its ranking in terms of of versus scenarios is fairly low. Their is no FTL capacities and humanity has minimal extrasolar presence. Typical scenarios involve ground combat against the Na'vi and/or RDA Marines by small numbers of forces or survival in the dangerous jungles of Pandora. | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
Revision as of 17:55, 9 August 2011
Avatar is a science fiction film directed by James Cameron, released in 2009. It is notable for being the highest grossing film of all time. It is not to be confused with Avatar: The Last Airbender. A sequel is currently in the works
Setting
Avatar takes place on Pandora, a moon in which RDA, a mining company, has set up a mining colony. Its activities bring it conflict with indigenous primitive sapients known as the Na'vi.
Reception and Debate Position
Avatar's reception has been somewhat mixed. Most of it's criticism came over the fact that large sections of its plot have been used multiple times over by earlier films (such as Dances with Wolves and Ferngully: The Last Rainforest). In fact, TVTropes has a page with a very long list of similar works.
Despite that, it has been a big-budget hit and has come up in versus debates frequently because of it's success. That said, its ranking in terms of of versus scenarios is fairly low. Their is no FTL capacities and humanity has minimal extrasolar presence. Typical scenarios involve ground combat against the Na'vi and/or RDA Marines by small numbers of forces or survival in the dangerous jungles of Pandora.
External Links
- [1] Pandorapedia