Comments on: Sunday Bulletin Jan 3, 2010 http://theprophetjoel.com/2010/01/sunday-bulletin-jan-3-2010/ Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Derekhttp://theprophetjoel.com/2010/01/sunday-bulletin-jan-3-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Derek Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:00:42 +0000 http://theprophetjoel.com/?p=785#comment-581 Re. the religious themes in Avatar, I was chatting afterward with my wife about how I believed the director/screenwriter James Cameron had to make some sort of scientific reason to protect the Na'Vi's sacred places, otherwise it wouldn't work as purely and anti-imperialist/pro-environmental movie.There are a few scenes where Sigourney Weaver's character is discovering/explaining the botantic network making up Pandora.It felt almost as if they were trying to convey that since the science corroborated the network and interconnectedness of all things on Pandora, then (and only then) it was noble to protect it. Re. the religious themes in Avatar, I was chatting afterward with my wife about how I believed the director/screenwriter James Cameron had to make some sort of scientific reason to protect the Na’Vi’s sacred places, otherwise it wouldn’t work as purely and anti-imperialist/pro-environmental movie.

There are a few scenes where Sigourney Weaver’s character is discovering/explaining the botantic network making up Pandora.

It felt almost as if they were trying to convey that since the science corroborated the network and interconnectedness of all things on Pandora, then (and only then) it was noble to protect it.

]]> By: Matt @ The Church of No Peoplehttp://theprophetjoel.com/2010/01/sunday-bulletin-jan-3-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Matt @ The Church of No People Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:02:10 +0000 http://theprophetjoel.com/?p=785#comment-580 I thought the religious themes were fitting with a people who were supposed to be equivalent to Native Americans. What I found completely heavy-handed were the rampant political themes. I thought the religious themes were fitting with a people who were supposed to be equivalent to Native Americans. What I found completely heavy-handed were the rampant political themes.

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