On I Hated 'Avatar' With The Fire Of A Thousand Suns, by Maria Bustillos
They aren't placental mammals (which I'm guessing means they don't produce milk)? Why would they have breasts at all then? Honestly, the pseudoscience of this movie pisses me off more than any of the patronizing feminism.
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On I Hated 'Avatar' With The Fire Of A Thousand Suns, by Maria Bustillos
I'm surprised no mention was made of the female lead's overt anorexia. While most of the blue natives were lanky, her emaciation was glaring. Small breasts, thin thighs and a lanky frame is almost precisely antithetical to traditional expressions of female fecundity (i.e. larger distended breasts, and a large waste). I realize that distended breasts are hardly attractive in modern American culture, but surely large breasts are. Still, Cameron makes her breasts small and her hips narrow. Yet another subtle implication that her culture is impotent without the white man's infusion of fertility (so to speak).
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On Important Preparation Video for 'Avatar' and Just in General
Kid of frustrating the movies weren't listed in any sort of credits. I was able to pick out 2001, contact, stargate, and the lawnmowerman. I'm pretty sure Tron was in there too, but it's been a long time so I can't say for sure. I'm also guessing the "organic" phase is from the original fantastic journey?
As for missing ones, I'm pretty sure Explorers had one (dream sequence), and Weird Science had one of sorts (as they were hacking the mainframe)
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On I Hated 'Avatar' With The Fire Of A Thousand Suns, by Maria Bustillos
Couldn't you extend this final moment of pseudo-feminism to an even greater degree? After impaling the consumptive warmonger she rescues her lover, now trapped in his impotent human body. She gives the oxygen mask to him, literally giving his body breath, while cradling him like a bizarre extraterrestrial Madonna (if there was white light to balance her blue skin I might think this was intentional).
Despite the oedipal implications, are we to think of her as a midwife to their life "after the time of sorrow?"