Urghh, don't ask me why I'm doing this..i just am for the sake of some form of weird curiosity and boredom.
ANYWAY, the idea of this is that say you were sent back in time and James Cameron approached you to instead make the movie in whatever way he wished. However, there are some conditions: Firstly, you have to keep the science fiction setting and you have to keep Pandora in there. Other then that, its basically a go nuts spree with what you can change.
Personally, i would have kept the setting,races and the organization there but the plot and characters would be mostly different.
Characters: The most significant change, the lead. Instead of being a crippled former soldier, he would become a mercenary turned criminal called Nero Angelo, who was captured for crimes against humanity. He would be very Reminiscent of the Character of Snake Plissken played by Kurt Russel then anything, a man who cares really only about his own survival and has become completely disillusioned not only with his government but also the human race as a whole. However, he still does have something of a heart and isn't just about to go kill people for fun that much...Aka. Jerk with a heart.
The Na'vi would be kept in, but wouldn't really be there in the same way. Think of them as more reminiscent of the Aliens from Alien or the Predator from Predator. They don't like the lead character, the antagonists or anyone off world and there gonna do whatever they can to make both sides life on the planet a living hell.
The general would mainly be more a support character offering information, along with most of the other company personnel. Presidents just there to be rescued, nothing that big of a change.
The antagonists are now former members of the Organizations military and scientific teams who went renegade. There leader is basically a disgruntled and maddened man, willing to throw lives away and kill his own dog if it looked at him the wrong way. And above all, he's plotting to essentially take over the corporations military, combine it with the prisoners to make a force that would rival earths. Add to this a super weapon that's been developed, and you've got a legitimate threat to the whole of Earth.
Plot: Now with unlimited resources at there disposal, and far away from earth, the R.D.A (I think that was the name of them, to lazy to change it) has become one of the leading manufacturers on the planet. They not only manufacture all manner of space technology, but have expanded to military and even more recently space prisons. The most recent of these is the 'Hades', a prison in orbit around Pandora. Those who have committed grave crimes, or deemed unfit for earth society are transported there. The rules are simple: Once in there, you don't ever come out..and if you are causing trouble there, you are sent to Planet below to be killed by the natives.
All goes well for the R.D.A until a scientist, accompanied by military members and other scientific staff, goes insane on the planets research facility. With a powerful super weapon that is being developed, they demand control of the company in order to gain a military influence strong enough to challenge earths. Add to this that the company head has been captured on a routine inspection, and things look grim.
Enter Nero Angelo, a man sentenced to life imprisonment on the space station but is offered a full pardon for all his crimes if he performs a mission for them: Firstly, to rescue the president of the company. Secondly, to try and secure or destroy the superweapon. And finally, disarm the threat by any means necessary. If not completed within twenty-four hours, the corporation launches an orbital nuclear strike that destroys the facility and most of the surrounding area.
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And...thats basically it for my idea, show me what you can think up.
ANYWAY, the idea of this is that say you were sent back in time and James Cameron approached you to instead make the movie in whatever way he wished. However, there are some conditions: Firstly, you have to keep the science fiction setting and you have to keep Pandora in there. Other then that, its basically a go nuts spree with what you can change.
Personally, i would have kept the setting,races and the organization there but the plot and characters would be mostly different.
Characters: The most significant change, the lead. Instead of being a crippled former soldier, he would become a mercenary turned criminal called Nero Angelo, who was captured for crimes against humanity. He would be very Reminiscent of the Character of Snake Plissken played by Kurt Russel then anything, a man who cares really only about his own survival and has become completely disillusioned not only with his government but also the human race as a whole. However, he still does have something of a heart and isn't just about to go kill people for fun that much...Aka. Jerk with a heart.
The Na'vi would be kept in, but wouldn't really be there in the same way. Think of them as more reminiscent of the Aliens from Alien or the Predator from Predator. They don't like the lead character, the antagonists or anyone off world and there gonna do whatever they can to make both sides life on the planet a living hell.
The general would mainly be more a support character offering information, along with most of the other company personnel. Presidents just there to be rescued, nothing that big of a change.
The antagonists are now former members of the Organizations military and scientific teams who went renegade. There leader is basically a disgruntled and maddened man, willing to throw lives away and kill his own dog if it looked at him the wrong way. And above all, he's plotting to essentially take over the corporations military, combine it with the prisoners to make a force that would rival earths. Add to this a super weapon that's been developed, and you've got a legitimate threat to the whole of Earth.
Plot: Now with unlimited resources at there disposal, and far away from earth, the R.D.A (I think that was the name of them, to lazy to change it) has become one of the leading manufacturers on the planet. They not only manufacture all manner of space technology, but have expanded to military and even more recently space prisons. The most recent of these is the 'Hades', a prison in orbit around Pandora. Those who have committed grave crimes, or deemed unfit for earth society are transported there. The rules are simple: Once in there, you don't ever come out..and if you are causing trouble there, you are sent to Planet below to be killed by the natives.
All goes well for the R.D.A until a scientist, accompanied by military members and other scientific staff, goes insane on the planets research facility. With a powerful super weapon that is being developed, they demand control of the company in order to gain a military influence strong enough to challenge earths. Add to this that the company head has been captured on a routine inspection, and things look grim.
Enter Nero Angelo, a man sentenced to life imprisonment on the space station but is offered a full pardon for all his crimes if he performs a mission for them: Firstly, to rescue the president of the company. Secondly, to try and secure or destroy the superweapon. And finally, disarm the threat by any means necessary. If not completed within twenty-four hours, the corporation launches an orbital nuclear strike that destroys the facility and most of the surrounding area.
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And...thats basically it for my idea, show me what you can think up.
