What exactly is an "African accent"? - listen to Neytiri speaking at 1min 9 sec.
'Making noise, don't know what to do ...'
To my ears, this is a vaguely African accent.
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Avatar (2009) - a mixed-bag but entertaining movie
by LoveUniHateExams inso a few months ago i saw avatar (2009) from beginning to end for the first time.. if i'd seen this when i was ten, i'd probably have loved it.
i find the film entertaining but i do have issues with it.. the movie is beautiful to look at, and there's definitely some interesting concepts.. but star wars it ain't.. first issue, the na'vi: these are blue-skinned humanoids with tails.. my first question is: why do blue monkeys who live 5 light years away on an extrasolar moon have african accents?!.
i know what writer/director james cameron is doing in this film.
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Avatar (2009) - a mixed-bag but entertaining movie
by LoveUniHateExams inso a few months ago i saw avatar (2009) from beginning to end for the first time.. if i'd seen this when i was ten, i'd probably have loved it.
i find the film entertaining but i do have issues with it.. the movie is beautiful to look at, and there's definitely some interesting concepts.. but star wars it ain't.. first issue, the na'vi: these are blue-skinned humanoids with tails.. my first question is: why do blue monkeys who live 5 light years away on an extrasolar moon have african accents?!.
i know what writer/director james cameron is doing in this film.
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So a few months ago I saw Avatar (2009) from beginning to end for the first time.
If I'd seen this when I was ten, I'd probably have loved it. I find the film entertaining but I do have issues with it.
The movie is beautiful to look at, and there's definitely some interesting concepts.
But Star Wars it ain't.
First issue, the Na'vi: these are blue-skinned humanoids with tails.
My first question is: why do blue monkeys who live 5 light years away on an extrasolar moon have African accents?!
I know what writer/director James Cameron is doing in this film. He's criticising capitalism, which done excessively or irresponsibly, ruins the environment. The Na'vi are the 'noble savages', living in harmony with nature. But giving them even vaguely African accents is frankly ridiculous. XD
And Cameron glosses over or misses out entirely just how savage nature is and how violent humans were when we lived in tribes. In Avatar, tribal massacres are not even referred to, let alone seen.
Cameron's critique of capitalism leads to my second issue: a film like Avatar can have a lot to say on environmental issues but can we please have some nuance? These issues are pretty complex. Certainly much more complex than a military force destroying Home Tree, with a dumb grunt (twice) saying 'Yeeeah! Come get some!' whilst holding his big gun.
And here's a coupla extra little things, a little cherry on the top.
After the military forces of 'the Sky People' have destroyed Home Tree, Neytiri's mother (the shaman-type woman) begs Jack Sully to 'help us' and unties him. So, a primitive tribe living in essentially Stone Age conditions are saved by the White Man, lol. Jake Sully, using his avatar body made from capitalist technology (go Capitalism!) captures a Turok and becomes Turok Makto, a rider of Turok, leading the fight against the military complex and saving the day! Yayyy!
And one more thing: the phrase 'I see you' is used several times and means more than simply seeing someone, and if I'm not mistaken has been borrowed by trans activists and their 'allies'. Well, I'd just like to state here that I didn't see any Na'vi who were trans or gay or whatever. Maybe the Na'vi have institutionalised homophobia and transphobia in their society. Just a thought.
But, yeah, it's pretty entertaining even if it slightly loses its way in the final act with its crude commentary on environmentalism and capitalism. I'd give it 6/10, I guess.
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Colorado Mass Shooting
by Simon interrible news out of colorado this morning of a mass shooting in a supermarket leaving 10 dead.. missing from the homepage of cnn is any description of the shooter.
that's because it's a muslim refugee from syria who was apparently anti-trump and not a "maga white guy" which would otherwise be included in every headline.. more kids in cages than ever before (but strangely, now no one in the media seems to care) and now this.. biden doesn't have the magic wand he promised after all, right?.
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Yes, good point in the OP.
Compare media coverage of this Arab-American nutter with the coverage of that white guy who is a supposed sex addict and killed some Asian women.
The mainstream media is systemically anti-white, it seems.
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Report Card : How’s President Biden Doing?
by minimus ini give him an f for falling down on the job..
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May be the “Don” wasn’t so bad after all
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Report Card : How’s President Biden Doing?
by minimus ini give him an f for falling down on the job..
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6000 yrs for mankind
by lastmanstanding ini have a question to the board.. if someone asks you the below question, how do you respond?
please reflect on why you think the question was asked.
(background... the spouse was talking to dubs about 6000 yrs and wanted to tell them that it was proved false).
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6000 yrs for mankind - XD
^^^ Meet Turkana Boy (Homo ergaster), a 6,000 year old fossil, lol
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Welcome to the UK, where sharing a meme can get you arrested
by LoveUniHateExams iner, yes, i'm not kidding.
if you share anything deemed 'grossly offensive' online you will be standing in a court before a judge if someone is offended, wets their pants, and complains.. some policeman in devon shared a meme of george floyd (not particularly nice, but illegal?!
) in a whatsapp message to his mates, some of whom were coppers, some not.. and someone complained and he's been arrested.. first: yes, george floyd memes are highly likely to offend at least some people.
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Er, yes, I'm not kidding. If you share anything deemed 'grossly offensive' online you will be standing in a court before a judge if someone is offended, wets their pants, and complains.
Some policeman in Devon shared a meme of George Floyd (not particularly nice, but illegal?!) in a whatsapp message to his mates, some of whom were coppers, some not.
And someone complained and he's been arrested.
First: yes, George Floyd memes are highly likely to offend at least some people.
But why on Earth should we have a sweeping law which can be interpreted so broadly?
The limits on freedom of speech and expression are:
No incitement to violence or criminality
No shouting 'fire' in a crowded theatre if you know there is no fire
^^^ That should be it. Offensive things should be legal. It's not ideal but it's best in the long run.
What society are we at the moment?
What society will we become?
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When You Were A Witness Did You Believe Everything Taught?
by minimus inobviously at some point you stopped believing the witnesses had the truth or else you wouldn’t be here.
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but for the most part, were you a true believer or were you typically a rebel or a doubter?
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I still believe the Witnesses have the truth - lol
Deary me, where to start? XD
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Complexity, Evolutionists Biggest Problem
by Sea Breeze inrecently, some scientists modeled one of the simplest known cells - that of a bacteria.
it took an army of 128 computers running for 10 hours to process the data required in the 25 categories of molecules that are involved in this "simple cells'" life processes.
think about that for a moment - 128 computers running for 10 hours just to compute the data, not actually do it mind you; but just to model the known processes in one of the simplest known cells, which is many orders of magnitude simpler than a human cell.
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The evolution theory has run out of time - this is a dubious statement.
Life has existed on Earth for billions of years. That's untold individuals for natural selection to act on, over many, many generations.
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Rap Music That Debases Should Be “Cancelled “
by minimus ini find it interesting that we live in a cancel culture.
the influencers go after abraham lincoln, uncle ben , aunt jemima, the flag, the national anthem, people they perceive as not following their agenda.
in the midst of all of this, rap music and its dehumanizing culture are off limits to talk about.
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I think any music that encourages violence against anyone else should be banned - the thing is, most rap songs don't encourage actual violence against real people.
The lyrics do seem to glorify violence, though.
However, haven't we been here before?
There is no link between pornography and men who rape women, from what I remember.
There is no link between people who watch horror films and violent crime.
Can't people listen to rap, with the strongest of lyrics, without murdering a bunch of people?
I mean, it can't be a legitimate excuse, can it - a young thug arrested for attempted murder, and the guy says 'well, I listen to rap music, you see, and the lyrics told me to do it'
