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Newsbusters: Prompted by NBC's Meredith Vieira, on Monday's Today show, Avatar director James Cameron revealed the liberal undertones in his new blockbuster as he told the Today co-anchor the plot centers on how greed and imperialism "tends to destroy the environment..." and how the human characters in the sci-fi flick "are doing the same thing on another pristine planet that we've done on earth."
Big Hollywood's John Nolte reports, in his review of the film, "Avatar is a thinly disguised, heavy-handed and simplistic sci-fi fantasy/allegory critical of America from our founding straight through to the Iraq War," in which the human characters want to "strip mine" the alien planet for its resources.
A two-week-long garbage crisis in Naples, Italy has left the streets strewn with giant piles of trash, restaurant owners fuming, and politicians at their wits' end (it's the latter's fault, actually -- they forgot to build enough dumps). I dread to think what NYC would look like after something like that:
Originally posted by groingrinder
Where did he say he was a communist? I missed that part.
Originally posted by groingrinder
I totally agree that greed and imperialism have destroyed our planet and it's treasures. Case in point were the Spaniards who destroyed all the written work of the South and Central American Indians they conquered because they thought them the works of the devil as they ravaged the continent for gold. Then there is the CIA who ran amok around the world killing people and starting wars to create a better business climate for AMERICAN BIG BUSINESS.
Originally posted by groingrinder
Five stars, three cheers, and two thumbs up for AVATAR and JAMES CAMERON, but no flags and stars for you.
Originally posted by spirit777child
I hear what your saying OP however i think we all have to accept responsibility for our own actions.
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Originally posted by ElectricUniverse
He has embraced the Communist ideas that "Imperialism, and Capitalism are a problem", and he is blaming MAINLY the United States....
He might not say he is Communist, he claims to be Liberal, but he is a Communist sorry to say.
Originally posted by ozzraven
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I guess communism as other extreme ideologies (as capitalism) does that too with his own mediums , but from outside North-America we see how many of you believe with fanaticism and lack of self-criticism in capitalism and any criticism at all is quickly called "communism" .
Originally posted by ozzraven
I dont believe in the extreme exacerbation of capitalism, but i do believe in freedom, God and human progress, so sharing the criticism to capitalism doesnt makes me a commie
Putin says Iraq planned US attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that after the 9/11 attacks Moscow warned Washington that Saddam Hussein was planning attacks on the US.
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Speaking on a visit to Kazakhstan, Mr Putin said Russia had warned the US on several occasions that Iraq was planning "terrorist attacks" on its soil.
"After the events of 11 September 2001, and before the start of the military operation in Iraq, Russian special services several times received such information and passed it on to their American colleagues," he told reporters.
He said the information received by Russian intelligence suggested Iraq was planning attacks in the United States, "and beyond its borders on American military and civilian targets".
But he said it did not change Russia's opposition to the war in Iraq.
"Despite that information... Russia's position on Iraq remains unchanged," he said.
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Originally posted by ozzraven
Outside USA the most part of the people knows that difference, but here in ATS i read so many people (from usa mostly) blind in that wrong believing.
I never understood why.
Is because of the long cold war?
Originally posted by ozzraven
BTW i never understood why North-Americans like to call themselves as "Americans". Its funny because i live in America too, but not in USA. America is so much more than USA.
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Cameron Rocks, his movies are a joy to watch, despite their obvious agenda. The entirety of Hollywood has a far-left agenda, contempt of law-abiding decent middle class, hatred of Capitalism, etc. - but you have to admit, their movies are sure entertaining.
[edit on 17-12-2009 by Skyfloating]
Originally posted by jimmyx
c'mon sky...taking something by force is capitalism?? even you don't believe that.