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The Science of Avatar

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the god-i-want-to-see-this dept.

Jamie noted a bit on The Science of Avatar running on Ain't it Cool, written by a professor of astrophysics who has worked on searching for planets and SETI. I believe I might be the last person on earth who hasn't seen it; here's hoping I can find 3 free hours over the holidays.

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  1. Re:I haven't seen it by TheKidWho · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's unfortunate, while the story is ho-hum the 3D visual effects are simply amazing.

  2. Re:You aren't missing anything by TiberiusMonkey · · Score: 5, Informative

    er... Unobtanium is a word that's been used for sometime now, like before I was born. Knowing the word already and then hearing it in the film I felt that either the character was making fun of how amazing this metal was, or that James Cameron was poking fun of the "made up material/substance" we so often see in sci-fi to explain things. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtainium