Comments on Tea and Food: On Avatar

Back to the original topic: NY Times' David Br...

2010-01-08T18:03:56.779-05:00

Back to the original topic: NY Times' David Brooks has now taken up the argument, too: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/opinion/08brooks.html?th&emc=th

Normally I'm against commenting more than once...

2010-01-03T17:01:04.187-05:00

Normally I'm against commenting more than once in a blue moon or so...but, hey, it was a blue moon on New Year's Eve, so maybe that gives me some mild license to say WTF?! to Mehfil's note. WHERE did our Tea and Food blogger say that the movie should've followed the Word of God? Oh, yeah, in that comment about the genius of using the will of God to justify colonialism--but that'd be sarcasm, so often lost on so many. And WHAT exactly does the blockade of Palestine have to do with Avatar, Jurassic Park, the blogger (who doesn't appear to be blockading anyone, even Wal-Mart) or the price of tea? But I suppose the anti-Semitic card is always an option for those who pull their comments out of their...teacups...rather than actually responding to the arguments in the actual post.

I will use Mehfil's post as an anti-example the next time I have to teach logical argument to my freshmen.

--Catherine

Dang, Aaron writes one movie review on his food bl...

2009-12-28T19:52:31.711-05:00

Dang, Aaron writes one movie review on his food blog wherein he mentions that he's Jewish and the idiot anti-semites come out of the woodwork.

Mehfil, you realize that if the author hadn't mentioned that he's Jewish, you never would have posted what you wrote. Your comment adds nothing to this conversation and only demonstrates that you're a bigoted moron.

Anyway, I thought the movie was Fern Gully meets the Matrix. I thought the special effects really did represent an advance in CG technology but the story was just so-so. The characters were a bit flat, too. As for why the aliens look the way they do (i.e. tall and slender), it's due to the low gravity on Pandora (mentioned in passing in the film). This isn't an excuse for the aliens' look and the message it conveys, but at least Cameron thought through some of their biology.

Now, back to food...

So you're saying that even entertainment has t...

2009-12-24T15:01:34.457-05:00

So you're saying that even entertainment has to follow the Word of "God" ( A Jew supporting Bigoted God at that ! ) and follow the Torah to the Hilt ?

Wow, You have STANDARDS at least , No matter How retarded your views maybe. I wonder if you had any Negative views against Jurassic Park as well, I highly doubt that since the movie producer was a Jew !

and talking of decimating, You are doing quite effectively in Palestine, 8 years of blockade is transparent to you while a fucking movie is ?

I rest my case.!

Yes! I also totally thought of Baraka. You might l...

2009-12-23T14:06:45.262-05:00

Yes! I also totally thought of Baraka. You might like this other review, which makes the very good point that we've all seen this movie before, when it was called Dances with Wolves, and then we REALLY had to pee like a third of the way through. http://io9.com/5422666/when-will-white-people-stop-making-movies-like-avatar
I'm just waiting for Stuff White People Like to pick up this topic, too.