Well...I disagree that Cameron simplified the situation on Pandora to sterotypes...here's the lay of land for the movie:
- Pandora is 5-7 years travel from Earth (can't remember)
- It's very costly to get there, and the populace on Earth has only a hazing understanding of the situation on the ground.
- The Free Press (If there is one) has NO presence on the Planet, so ALL media is directed thru the corporation and Government entities
- There is the most valuable resource in the known galaxy on the planet in massive quantities, so much so that the ROI is $20 million/LB.
- The indigenous species is alien to us, and while exotic, are still alien.
And with these factors, you'll think it's implausible for the events to transpire in the movie as they did? Are you guys serious....? I think it's extremely plausible, given the historical context...even today, we have large corporation doing seedy things in the developing world, and other areas that there is no/little attention being paid. The Nigerian Oil Delta region/ Monsanto's unscrupulous tactics of bio-engineered seeds to create a dependency by local farmers and last but far from least, the Wall Street debacle that nearly collapse the financial structure on a global scale. There is ample examples of how given enough incentive, greed can grow out of control, and a VERY distant planet with an ridiculous valuable mineral sounds like realistic scenario.
The monday number is scary...I think this movie is going to top Titanic...do you guys realize how riddiculous it is for a movie to JUMP on it's second Monday, rather than drop 30-40% over the past week?
"...You can't kill ideas with a sword, and you can't sink belief structures with a broadside. You defeat them by making them change..."
- From By Schism Rent Asunder
