So I'm sitting here watching Avatar again

[Recovered Repug]

and I can't help but ask myself 2 questions.

1. Why am I watching Avatar again?

2. Why is it that humans have the technology to travel to planets light years away, but still use bullets in their weapons?

Off the top of my head, the only movies that have space travel with energy weapons are Star Wars and Star Trek movies. Captain Kirk or Luke Skywalker never ran out of ammo.

[sakabatou]

1. I've watched it and it's still awesome.

[pokerfan]

2. I never understood why conservatives hated that movie

when it was essentially about property rights. Or was it because the corporation and private military were portrayed negatively? :shrug:

[Lasher]

5. They are for property rights when the right pelple own the property.

The Avatars didn't seem to represent what they consider the right people.

[tblue]

3. Did you notice it's Pocahontas with blue people?

Funny question, #2. Haha. Very true!

[alphafemale]

4. Well...there are only a few good "themes"

Marketable ones anyway.

Jaws is essentially Beowolf.

Saw is essentially Leviticus.

[bikebloke]

9. A Man Called Horse

That's what I saw. But then I never saw Pocahontas. I'm sure he lifted things from a dozen movies.

[pokerfan]

11. ...

This was making the rounds when the movie was released...

[WolverineDG]

13. It's Fern Gully on another planet too nt

[AsahinaKimi]

6. You are right...

I always wondered why in STARSHIP TROOPERS..they had to USE metal bullets.

[hedgehog]

12. Why in Starship Troopers did they fall for two bug sneak attacks?

And why didn't they use grenades all the time when clearly bullets didn't work?

[NewJeffCT]

14. why not just nuke the site from orbit?

only way to be sure...

[givemebackmycountry]

15. Perfect Post.

:toast:

[alphafemale]

7. Metal Bullets WORK

Why lug around or invent a multi-billion dollar "death ray" when you can have genocide for pennies on the pound?

[oneshooter]

8. "pennies on the pound" You haven't bought any ammo recently, have you. n/t

[Recovered Repug]

10. Why lug around pounds of bullets when you can have a

blaster? It just seems like a contradiction to me - interplanetary travel but still using bullets.

[NewJeffCT]

16. blasters - so uncivilized

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA8sHtmy0vo

[MilesColtrane]

17. Look on the bright side.

It's possible that James Cameron will get the George Lucas post-release "tinker" bug.

Maybe he'll go back and add a decent story when Avatar eventually comes out on HoloCube™.