REF: http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/200...e-fantasy/
I happen to be a big fan of Dr. Zero, so today, when I read his article dissecting the intent behind Avatar (as opposed to the effect), I realized why I left the movie feeling pretty damn pissed. It wasn't just a preach-fest to me - I realized that my anger was the same to when some self righteous moron tries to impress their views on me (religious fanatics at UCLA do that the most, hence my aggression). I do agree with Zero that Avatar is a holier than thou suicide fantasy, complete with stereotypical military-industrial complex bad guys with a company structure that mysteriously places all of the decision heavy work with a small handful of people, despite that corporations leverage hierarchies of executives, managers and division heads to plan strategy. That was not so bad, until you add in the fallacy of the Noble Savage. That irritated me. Badly.
I get that people see logic in weaving a story to rail against particular trends, but I also make the argument that Avatar blew everything out of proportion. Oh well. At least I got to see my fellow audience members be titillated while watching servicemen, whom apparently are pawns of companies, die in numerous, rip-squish-chomp ways. Maybe its just the dozens of journals and Vietnam veterans I talked to coming back to haunt me.
I happen to be a big fan of Dr. Zero, so today, when I read his article dissecting the intent behind Avatar (as opposed to the effect), I realized why I left the movie feeling pretty damn pissed. It wasn't just a preach-fest to me - I realized that my anger was the same to when some self righteous moron tries to impress their views on me (religious fanatics at UCLA do that the most, hence my aggression). I do agree with Zero that Avatar is a holier than thou suicide fantasy, complete with stereotypical military-industrial complex bad guys with a company structure that mysteriously places all of the decision heavy work with a small handful of people, despite that corporations leverage hierarchies of executives, managers and division heads to plan strategy. That was not so bad, until you add in the fallacy of the Noble Savage. That irritated me. Badly.
I get that people see logic in weaving a story to rail against particular trends, but I also make the argument that Avatar blew everything out of proportion. Oh well. At least I got to see my fellow audience members be titillated while watching servicemen, whom apparently are pawns of companies, die in numerous, rip-squish-chomp ways. Maybe its just the dozens of journals and Vietnam veterans I talked to coming back to haunt me.
