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* At first glance Avatar could look like your typical Pocahontas-like movie telling you that respecting nature is good and genociding natives is bad. But the true message of it is actually much scarier. At the core the hero is a traitor to humanity, who rejects his human nature to become an alien, and does this not for peace...but to actively declare war on the human race! Then, he personally leads an entire army of hostile aliens to purge all human presence from Pandora, remorselessly killing anyone in the way. On top of it, the film repeatedly describes Earth as a "dying planet", making the future of humanity look pretty bleak after all hope on Pandora is crushed. Jake single-handedly screwed over humanity as a whole just so that he could have kinky hair sex with an alien babe, and all along the movie acts like he did the right thing.

* At first glance Avatar could look like your typical Pocahontas-like movie telling you that respecting nature is good and genociding natives is bad. But the true message of it is actually much scarier. At the core the hero is a traitor to humanity, who rejects his human nature to become an alien, and does this not for peace...but to actively declare war on his own species. Then, he personally leads an entire army of hostile aliens to purge all human presence from Pandora, remorselessly killing anyone in the way. On top of it, the film repeatedly describes Earth as a "dying planet", making the future of the human race look pretty bleak after all hope on Pandora is crushed. Jake single-handedly screwed over humanity as a whole just so that he could have kinky hair sex with an alien babe, and all along the movie acts like he did the right thing.

* At first glance Avatar could look like your typical Pocahontas-like movie telling you that respecting nature is good and genociding natives is bad. But the true message of it is actualy much scarier. At the core the hero is a traitor to humanity, who rejects his human nature to become an alien, and does this not for peace...but to actively declare war on his own species. Then, he personally leads an entire army of hostile aliens to purge all human presence from Pandora, remorselessly killing anyone in the way. On top of it, the film repeatedly describes Earth as a "dying planet", making the future of the human race look pretty bleak after all hope on Pandora is crushed. Jake single-handedly screwed over humanity as a whole just so that he could have kinky hair sex with an alien babe, and all along the movie acts like he did the right thing.

** Not to mention that particular grove of trees was a direct link to her ancestors. RDA was essentially bulldozing a graveyard and cathedral at the same time.

* The scene of [[spoiler: Hometree being burned and brought to the ground]]. It's heartbreaking and terrifying at the same time, especially since it's inevitable that [[spoiler: many Na'vi, including children, were killed]].
** The 9/11 parallels, said to be unintentional, are extremely eerie. From the [[spoiler: collapsing tree trunks]] to the ash and smoke [[spoiler:after the collapse]], it really does resemble September 11th.

** [[spoiler: A deleted scene reveals that Wainfleet walks up to him and shoots him at point blank range with that massive gun of his. Imagine the outcome of that...]]

* Pandora's atmosphere is extremely toxic to humans, and yet it has ''just'' enough essential gases to make asphyxiation lengthy and quite painful - specifically hydrogen sulfide, which ''burns'' the mucous membranes lining the esophagus, and causes other nasty damage to the lungs. Even very limited and minor inhalation could result in permanent damage - luckily [[spoiler:Jake tossed away his human body in the end.]] On average, a human asphyxiates from carbon dioxide build-up and poisoning while their head is trapped in a plastic bag from roughly 1 to 2 minutes. Due to Pandora's slightly lower C02 content (18%) and high enough presence of oxygen, it's stated that it takes roughly ''four minutes'' to fully suffocate. This is shown near the end where Jake is gasping for breath for quite some time before he collapses and starts convulsing, after his mobile lab was accidentally damaged and exposed to the air. If Neytiri hadn't shown up right then and there and quickly figured out how to operate the Exopack, [[FridgeHorror he would've died a rather graphic and gruesome death.]]

* Pandora's atmosphere is extremely toxic to humans, and yet it has ''just'' enough essential gases to make asphyxiation lengthy and quite painful - specifically hydrogen sulfide, which ''burns'' the mucous membranes lining the esophagus, and causes other nasty damage to the lungs. Even very limited and minor inhalation could result in permanent damage - luckily [[spoiler:Jake tossed away his human body in the end.]] On average, a human asphyxiates from carbon dioxide build-up and poisoning while their head is trapped in a plastic bag from roughly 1 to 2 minutes. Due to Pandora's slightly lower C02 content (18%) and high enough presence of oxygen, it's stated that it takes roughly ''four minutes'' to fully suffocate. This is shown near the end where Jake is gasping for breath for quite some time before he collapses and starts convulsing. If Neytiri hadn't shown up right then and there and quickly figured out how to operate the Exopack, [[FridgeHorror he would've died a rather graphic and gruesome death.]]

* [[spoiler: The scene near the end where Jake just about dies from asphyxiation after his link is broken and he's exposed to the open air. [[FridgeHorror If Neytiri hadn't figured out what to do in time]]...]]

** What makes those few minutes when the Na'vi are being massacred indiscriminately even more horrifying & tearjerking is that things like this has actually happened in the real world. Not the mini mechas & the 10 ft tall humanoids, but time & time again in our history indigenous people have gone up against a foreign power armed with vastly superior military technology in defense of their lands. Many of them fought bravely, sometimes extremely so. Yet, except for a handful of times, they lost. Very badly.

* [[spoiler: The scene near the end where Jake just about dies from asphyxiation after his link is broken and he's exposed to the open air. If Neytiri hadn't figured out what to do in time...]]
* This didn't make it into the final cut, but in the draft of the script, Tsu'tey survives his fall out of the Valkryie Bomber. Wainfleet, loaded up in his [[HumongousMecha AMP suit]] comes across him. He doesn't shoot him. He doesn't stomp on him. [[FateWorseThanDeath He brings out a knife, picks up Tsu'tey by the queue and slices it off at the base]]. Keep in mind that a queue is akin to a Na'vi's nervous system. Tsu'tey's screams are said to be agonizing. Make matters worse, he holds it up like a trophy.
---> '''Wainfleet:''' I hear this is worse than death for you, chief.

---> ''Wainfleet:''' I hear this is worse than death for you, chief.

** Even if Norm's Avatar had a painless and pacific demise (which he hadn't, but that's besides the point), poor Norm actually experienced death. Not a near death thing, but for a moment he felt how it feels to die. Think about it.

* The scene where Neytiri tries to drag Jake's unconscious body through the forest while massive tree clearing machines roll towards them. Think about it: desperately trying to carry someone you just realized you love away from these machines that are so massive they are clearing away 20 ft tall trees like they were nothing. It's particularly heart wrenching to hear her screaming at Jake to wake up.

[[caption-width-right:350:Run! '''''DEFINITELY''''' run!!!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Run!]]

** The 9/11 parallels, said to be unintentional, are extremely eerie. From the collapsing tree trunks to the ash and smoke after the collapse, it really does resemble September 11th.

* The Colonel stabbing the Thanator got a bit... violent.

* This didn't make it into the final cut, but in the draft of the script, Tsu'tey survives his fall out of the Valkryie Bomber. Wainfleet, loaded up in his [[HumongousMecha AMP suit]] comes across him. He doesn't shoot him. He doesn't stomp on him. [[FateWorseThanDeath He brings out a knife, picks up Tsu'tey by the queue and SLICES IT OFF AT THE BASE]]. Keep in mind that that is akin to a Na'vi's nervous system. Tsu'tey's screams are said to be agonizing. Make matters worse, he holds it up like a trophy.
---> ''Wainfleet:'' I hear this is worse than death for you, chief.

** Even if Norm's Avatar had a painless and pacific demise (which he hadn't, but that's besides the point), poor Norm actually experienced death. Not a near death thing, bur for a moment he felt how it feels to die. Think about it.

---> ''Wainfleet:'' I hear this is worse than death for you, chief.

* The scene of [[spoiler: Hometree being burned and brought to the ground]]. It's [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] and terrifying at the same time, especially since it's inevitable that [[spoiler: many Na'vi, including children, were killed]].

* Banshees and Thanators and Viperwolves... oh, my!

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** Even if Norm's Avatar had a painless and pacific demise (which he didn't, but that's besides the point), poor Norm actually experienced death. Not a near death thing, bur for a moment he felt how it feels to die. Think about it.

** Even if Norm's Avatar had died a painless and pacific demise (which he didn't, but that's besides the point), poor Norm actually experienced death. Not a near death thing, bur for a moment he felt how it feels to die. Think about it.

* [[spoiler: The scene near the end where Jake just about dies from asphyxiation after his link is broken and he's exposed to the open air. If Ney'Tiri hadn't figured out what to do in time...]]