The Science of Avatar

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.

Comments

Re:I haven't seen it

[thisnamestoolong]

It's all well and good to occasionally embrace your inner child -- but it is something else entirely when an entire nation is collectively incapable of every rising beyond that. You end up having people do stupid things.

Like not questioning unjust wars.
Like not questioning why we kill each other and attemping to do something about it.
Like allowing all of our entertainment to completely go to shit because we don't care about art anymore and just want big explosions.

Re:I haven't seen it

[MobyDisk]

lol. Yet another site that confuses "Republican" with "Christian." Christians have nothing against Marxism or environmentalism. Christians are not capitalists. This reviewer probably claims to be a Christian but can't tell Jesus from George Bush.

Re:I haven't seen it

[GameboyRMH]

Yesterday I was reading an article about "prosperity gospel," basically capitalist Christianity that believes Jesus was a rich man (LOL WUT?), and that God wants all Christians to be rich - so they can help others. Yeah.

The reviewer could be a member of this new sect...and I think this could really take off and become the fastest growing religion in North America quite easily. Christianity's stance against greed (and general bad vibe with capitalism) is one of the most in-your-face areas where it conflicts with American conservative lifestyles (next to tolerance and pacifism, at least as taught by Jesus and not Supervillain God of the Old Testament)...push that hangup under the rug and the religion becomes much more appealing to them. It's like offering horny teenagers a form of Christianity where God wants you to physically love your neighbor.