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Avatar: The Way of Water — Slice of Life Filler (That Can be Improved Upon) / Thoughts — Review

February 18, 2023February 19, 2023 Fildy 0 Comments avatar (2009), avatar: the way of water, films, movies

Avatar: The Way of Water is a visually stunning slice of life film, that sometimes feels like a filler. While it can be improved upon, it holds its own as a sequel to Avatar 1.

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Finding love in an alien world / TV Trope

June 14, 2022January 24, 2023 Fildy 0 Comments atlantis, avatar (2009), disney, extraterrestrials, featured, finding love in an alien world, futurology, movies, pocahontas, spiritual journey, stargate, TV Tropes

The other day I was talking about aliens in fiction, which got me thinking about Avatar, which then brought to

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Let’s create better aliens / Why the idea we have of aliens doesn’t approximate “reality”

June 5, 2022December 14, 2022 Fildy 6 Comments aliens, american horror story, american horror story: death valley, american horror story: double feature, extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrials, featured, futurology, horror genre

We need more realism in the way we portray, or imagine, aliens. What do I mean by “realism”? A little less ruled by our fears, potential inferiority complex, and other negative things we like to project on the idea of extraterrestrial life.