Off to see Avatar premier tonight...

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

I saw this article just now, thought you guys would be interested... "Some see racist theme in alien adventure 'Avatar' (AP)"

"Strange as it may seem for a film that pits greedy, immoral humans against noble denizens of a faraway moon, "Avatar" is being criticized by a small
but vocal group of people who allege it contains racist themes — the white hero once again saving the primitive natives."

Alien

Originally Posted by ANGRY-ALIEN

I saw this article just now, thought you guys would be interested... "Some see racist theme in alien adventure 'Avatar' (AP)"

"Strange as it may seem for a film that pits greedy, immoral humans against noble denizens of a faraway moon, "Avatar" is being criticized by a small
but vocal group of people who allege it contains racist themes — the white hero once again saving the primitive natives."

Alien

These are probably the the same narrowminded dumbasses who made this

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[ANGRY-ALIEN]

... that's just wrong...

[shaunjohnson]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

These are probably the the same narrowminded dumbasses who made this

i thought that was fecking funny!!!
the tree...not black? umm....LOL
the spider?

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by ANGRY-ALIEN

I saw this article just now, thought you guys would be interested... "Some see racist theme in alien adventure 'Avatar' (AP)"

"Strange as it may seem for a film that pits greedy, immoral humans against noble denizens of a faraway moon, "Avatar" is being criticized by a small
but vocal group of people who allege it contains racist themes — the white hero once again saving the primitive natives."

Alien

lol... who's to say the film wasn't racist to whites? The barbaric and warlike white imperialists come to destroy the peaceful and harmonious natives to feed their gluttony. The great white warrior has a trancedent experience, as taught to him by the beautiful native princess, and he turns his back on his wicked ways to overcome his weakness and become their greatest champion. [/sarcasm]

Maybe I can blog that all over the place and Yahoo can write a story about it. Its easy to misconstrue racial themes when they are looked at so simplemindedly. If you wanted to get all radical and hardcore, my sarcastic version is prolly closer to the truth then those dumbasses.
Is it a story told from a white perspective? Well yeah.
If it borrows from the story of the settlement of America by European settlers and war against the Indians, then you wouldn't tell it from an African or Asian perspective, as they were not around.