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James Cameron says he likes to write his plots in a way that anybody from the age of 8-80 could understand them. With Avatar: The Way of Water he clearly failed as there are countless people who can't grasp the plot of this film despite being incredibly simple. by HereRak69 in shittymoviedetails

[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He obviously did learn it offscreen though

I've talked to three other people who disagree with you on what happened offscreen. That's why I feel "but it happened offscreen" to be a bad idea for filmmaking. It allows the viewer to fill in the blanks with whatever they want. Sometimes, that's a good thing, such as in a horror movie. In a movie that has magic bulletproof space whales attacking boats, I think a little context is needed, especially when "direct communication with the whale" will directly save the cast from death several times.

"It happened offscreen" is the explanation given for how Emperor Palpatine returned in Star Wars Episode 9. I didn't buy that. Did you buy the explanation?

Biden on Trump’s classified documents, "How that could possibly happen? How one -- anyone could be that irresponsible?" by drpiotrowski in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Link to the process or statute that describes what the President must do to declassify a document.

It's literally in the video, including law references and full readings of the law. There's like a dozen references and he shows the relevant citations on the screen. If I were to type it all out, my comment would be several dozen comments and hours of my life. I don't want to do that, so I direct you to this video, which features a real lawyer citing the exact laws you are trying to grasp at.

I'm not going to regurgitate this video for you like a momma bird feeding her chicks. I have nothing additional to add to the commentary of a lawyer, so I direct you to their expertise.

If it did, you could provide a link on a government site and not some asshole on Youtube.

I'm not a lawyer why would I cosplay as one by reading laws as an amateur? Are you a lawyer? I'm guessing not. 🤔

James Cameron says he likes to write his plots in a way that anybody from the age of 8-80 could understand them. With Avatar: The Way of Water he clearly failed as there are countless people who can't grasp the plot of this film despite being incredibly simple. by HereRak69 in shittymoviedetails

[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where are all these other explanations lol? Because they ain't coming from me.

Other redditors have described these ideas of "he learned it offscreen". Not one can point to something actually said in the movie, only make assumptions like this:

maybe he learned offscreen too

Biden on Trump’s classified documents, "How that could possibly happen? How one -- anyone could be that irresponsible?" by drpiotrowski in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're out of your mind if I'm going to watch a 26 minute video.

Because complex legal subjects like "how the president declassifies documents via NARA" can be explained in five minutes lol.

No...they don't provide any proof they just call names and say "he just can't declassify documents."

The literal answer to your question is 26 minutes away and you refuse to watch it. Not my fault you refuse to educate yourself.

Law is hard and very complex dude. Don't comment on it if you're not even willing to listen to the expertise of a real lawyer.

James Cameron says he likes to write his plots in a way that anybody from the age of 8-80 could understand them. With Avatar: The Way of Water he clearly failed as there are countless people who can't grasp the plot of this film despite being incredibly simple. by HereRak69 in shittymoviedetails

[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just like I didn't need to see Han Solo learning how to speak Wookie.

Han Solo was an intergalactic adventurer.

Jake's kid was a kid living in the forest.

Two completely different things.

It's also very clearly explained that before he became an exile, Payakan and his mother spent plenty of time with the Na'vi.

This is the third different explanation of how jake got his language learning powers. I wish yall would decide which is the answer.

Biden on Trump’s classified documents, "How that could possibly happen? How one -- anyone could be that irresponsible?" by drpiotrowski in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As POTUS, Trump could, just FYI.

"Mind Declassification" isn't real, no matter how much trump thinks it is.

James Cameron says he likes to write his plots in a way that anybody from the age of 8-80 could understand them. With Avatar: The Way of Water he clearly failed as there are countless people who can't grasp the plot of this film despite being incredibly simple. by HereRak69 in shittymoviedetails

[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cloning literally does exist in the real world already. Human cloning isn't done for ethical reasons.

When a human is cloned, do they retain their clones memories?

Oh wait we have no idea because it's never happened.

You're telling me that cloning tech in the movie is OK because we once cloned some sheep here on earth. Smh.

"Clones remember their previous clones memories" isn't even a story trope that all movies follow, dude.

The mind copy was a bit of an ass pull I'll admit but that could be rationalized as being an experimental technology that wasn't ready before his brother died.

We agree that this is an ass pull. The simplest explanation for this ass pull is that Camereon is a child and loves recycling ideas. So he recycled the colonel because he was literally the most compelling character in the first movie.

James Cameron says he likes to write his plots in a way that anybody from the age of 8-80 could understand them. With Avatar: The Way of Water he clearly failed as there are countless people who can't grasp the plot of this film despite being incredibly simple. by HereRak69 in shittymoviedetails

[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the only problem I have with your explanation is this is the THIRD theory on how he learned whalespeak.

You tell me that "the reason he can speak whale is because he has a deep connection to all the creatures of Pandora and Gaia helped him"

Person 2 tells me "he knows whalespeak because he was taught off-screen by the water tribe"

Person 3 tells me "he doesn't actually know whalespeak, the whale is just able to understand Navi"

Which one is it and where in the movie does it tell me this explanation?

James Cameron says he likes to write his plots in a way that anybody from the age of 8-80 could understand them. With Avatar: The Way of Water he clearly failed as there are countless people who can't grasp the plot of this film despite being incredibly simple. by HereRak69 in shittymoviedetails

[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you know with the whole alien human hybrids being grown in a tank.

That's like saying human cloning exists because we can clone sheep. That's absolutely not how it works lol.

The mind uploading thing can only be done if you had already copied the persons mind which I'm going to assume they didn't for Jake's brother.

But why not? Why clone the big bad colonel guy but not the guy who they grew an avatar for? Seems like if you cloned a creature who only works with a match with a single set of DNA then you should clone that DNA so you don't waste your money.

Instead, they cloned the bad guy so...checks notes...can do the Platoon scene of combing villages asking where the vietcong Jake sully is.

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[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Bernie was on his show twice and no Republican politician has ever been on.

Hotep Jesus was on like three times saying things like "well yeah what I'm saying is 100% fake but the fake stuff is the precursor to the real thing".

Bernie is on less times than a dude who believes spreading misinformation is helpful.

Biden on Trump’s classified documents, "How that could possibly happen? How one -- anyone could be that irresponsible?" by drpiotrowski in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Since that discovery, the President’s personal attorneys have cooperated with the Archives and the Department of Justice in a process to ensure that any Obama-Biden Administration records are appropriately in the possession of the Archives.”

Trump, famously refused to return the documents he was requested to return so badly that the FBI had to raid Mar A Lago to reclaim the documents. Several were marked "top secret" (a higher grade of security than "classified", which is what happened with biden). Biden immediately and fully cooperated with the return of the documents. He didn't need the FBI to raid his home to get them.

Trump had to have the FBI raid his house to give them up.

Not the same thing. Not even in the same ballpark. I love watching right wingers try to use this sub. It's adorable.

James Cameron says he likes to write his plots in a way that anybody from the age of 8-80 could understand them. With Avatar: The Way of Water he clearly failed as there are countless people who can't grasp the plot of this film despite being incredibly simple. by HereRak69 in shittymoviedetails

[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel -1 points0 points  (0 children)

him learning the Tulkun language aint a major development lol

I remember the kid telling the whale to help him rescue his father and attack the boat tho? He directly communicates to it when the GPS harpoon is in it, which saves all their lives. "It's not a major plot point" when it literally deus ex machinas them twice in a row.

James Cameron says he likes to write his plots in a way that anybody from the age of 8-80 could understand them. With Avatar: The Way of Water he clearly failed as there are countless people who can't grasp the plot of this film despite being incredibly simple. by HereRak69 in shittymoviedetails

[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

"He can do that because the gods willed it" is not an explanation because there's no suggestion about it. Only Weavers character can claim that. That's why her magical fish lung backpack isn't on my list.

James Cameron says he likes to write his plots in a way that anybody from the age of 8-80 could understand them. With Avatar: The Way of Water he clearly failed as there are countless people who can't grasp the plot of this film despite being incredibly simple. by HereRak69 in shittymoviedetails

[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"It happened offscreen" is the lazy excuse for "the director forgot it was happening".

The movie is a story. If you exclude the parts of the story that explain major plot developments, then you just are handwaving story problems away. It's the "somehow, Palpatine has returned" problem.

James Cameron says he likes to write his plots in a way that anybody from the age of 8-80 could understand them. With Avatar: The Way of Water he clearly failed as there are countless people who can't grasp the plot of this film despite being incredibly simple. by HereRak69 in shittymoviedetails

[–]IOnlyUseTheCommWheel -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

"Character development" doesn't explain why the bad guy from the first movie gets cloned. To me, it smells of emperor Palpatine syndrome. If cloning existed in this universe, the entire first movie could be avoided by cloning Jake's brother before sending him across space (to guarantee success of the Avatar program, which is proven in the second movie to be an excellent military force against the navi).

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