This movie was technology vs nature. There are just so many archetypes one can use. He could have i suppose based it on Rome conquering other countries but maybe they weren’t technologically advanced enough. Perhaps Nazi Germany but Europe wasn’t so in touch with nature at the time and that fight,initially one sided from an armaments standpoint (Polish cavalry)or tactics (duh French)did not stay so for a long time.
Any European contact with the new world or Africa would have been alright to use but again,the differences between repeating rifles vs bows and arrows or a Spanish conquistador loading his rifle one shot a time is not quite the stark contrast.
At the end of the day,when a technologically superior civilization meets one not so advanced,one perhaps more nature based,there will be problems.
I’d love to know just what civilization the critics would model the story on?
Don’t forget,there are stories out there where we,planet Earth,is the backward civilization and ends up on the short end of the stick.
Oh and one last thing. The story doesn’t make every earth person evil. I watched it and didn’t feel like i was linked to the evil humans or the scientists. I enjoyed it for what it was.
It's like ingesting a little poison. It won't kill you, but you are in real trouble if you take too much. A little propaganda won't destroy a society's values, but a lot will -- especially if the propaganda is expensive and well done.
America is giving away its values and its soul for some flickering lights.
“Don’t forget,there are stories out there where we,planet Earth,is the backward civilization and ends up on the short end of the stick.”
Yeah ! Remember , “ Its a cookbook” from Twilight Zone To Serve Man.
Actually, the Nazis were Europe's first big enviros.
I haven't seen this movie, but one thing about the reviews has struck me.
If the natives are good enough at combat to beat the invaders, presumably it's because they've had a lot of practice. That practice would presumably have been on each other. I bet that gets left out of the story, with the natives all being Ghandi until whitey shows up.
Another thing that bugs me is the claim that this story line is original. The basic theme has been one of the most common SF story lines for the last 40 years. I bet there are at least 15 or 20 Star Trek (in its various versions) episodes where it plays out. Even one of the Star Wars movies had this basic plot. Ewoks and all that.
James Cameron didn’t have to make a film that was jam packed with leftist themes and cliches. The fact that he did shows that he was out to preach a leftist sermon.
I thought the movie fell short. It was a bit too long and the “evil military commander” was too over the top and not at all realistic. That said, I didn’t see any reason to feel like my values were being put on trial. Though a visually stunning film, I found it mostly a bore.