OK first off I thought the film was average, not bad, not brilliant, it was par, a cool crisp spring morning, the film had stunning visuals, excellent motion capture, good story and as good as can be expected acting. I was bored and could never get into it for little bits and pieces I coudn't overlook in my OCD ways, besides, I found it quite boring.
However, these points:
> Unobtainium, good use of a original name, at least call it something, that just annoyed me.
> Why the hell was it worth $20,000 a gram? That's almost as much as experimental cancer and aids/HIV pharmaceuticals! What does this material do that makes it so freaking valuable?
> Why did the guy digging it up refer to it as $20M per Kg? In his field he'd know to refer to it in grams.
> There are regulations to stop companies moving indigenous species off their homeland/territory, so activist groups and laws would stop the company doing what they are doing. Yes Pandora is another planet but, the laws protecting indigenous species would easily carry over to another planet with the amount of publication Pandora and other planets would get, especially because countries would apply pressure not to wipe out life from another planet.
> But I hear you say that "Earth isn't green anymore" Well, then why aren't governments using ambassadors to negotiate for resources, as what's left of them would in a global crisis.
> Why would he want to dig up something that valuable, having a massive source that's untouchable would ensure the resource doesn't run out and anyway, they would want to restrict the flow of the material to keep it's price high.
> Why did a former Marine send cavalry in a frontal assault on mechs and machine guns? Military tactics 101 come on
> Finally, new planet, new intelligent lifeforms, Earth would rejoice, governments would ALL attempt to save face and enter negotiations with them before the metal was even found, so they should know of holy places and that mining corp would have just been closed down by Earth.
I allowed myself to be drawn in to the whole, planet is alive thing, and mother nature pwns technology, but it still couldn't stop my brain nit picking the film away.
/rant, thank you escapistmag.com, I feel so much better, if you've read to here, wow, thanks I most likely have covered the same thing a few times, if you're still here, point out if I missed anything, I was picking at it with parts of my University course.
However, these points:
> Unobtainium, good use of a original name, at least call it something, that just annoyed me.
> Why the hell was it worth $20,000 a gram? That's almost as much as experimental cancer and aids/HIV pharmaceuticals! What does this material do that makes it so freaking valuable?
> Why did the guy digging it up refer to it as $20M per Kg? In his field he'd know to refer to it in grams.
> There are regulations to stop companies moving indigenous species off their homeland/territory, so activist groups and laws would stop the company doing what they are doing. Yes Pandora is another planet but, the laws protecting indigenous species would easily carry over to another planet with the amount of publication Pandora and other planets would get, especially because countries would apply pressure not to wipe out life from another planet.
> But I hear you say that "Earth isn't green anymore" Well, then why aren't governments using ambassadors to negotiate for resources, as what's left of them would in a global crisis.
> Why would he want to dig up something that valuable, having a massive source that's untouchable would ensure the resource doesn't run out and anyway, they would want to restrict the flow of the material to keep it's price high.
> Why did a former Marine send cavalry in a frontal assault on mechs and machine guns? Military tactics 101 come on
> Finally, new planet, new intelligent lifeforms, Earth would rejoice, governments would ALL attempt to save face and enter negotiations with them before the metal was even found, so they should know of holy places and that mining corp would have just been closed down by Earth.
I allowed myself to be drawn in to the whole, planet is alive thing, and mother nature pwns technology, but it still couldn't stop my brain nit picking the film away.
/rant, thank you escapistmag.com, I feel so much better, if you've read to here, wow, thanks I most likely have covered the same thing a few times, if you're still here, point out if I missed anything, I was picking at it with parts of my University course.
