[john in springfield]

In a bid to recapture the same emotions of the film, a group of fans in Florida have announced that they will create a commune inspired by the ecological principles of the Na'vi.

Lotta luck with that.

"The final irony, of course, is that this entrancing vision of prelapsarian innocence is the product of the most ruthless and sophisticated money-machine the world has ever seen. With a budget of $237 million and with takings already at £1 billion [$1.6 billion], this exquisite capitalist guilt trip represents one of the great triumphs of capitalism."

Even without being so dramatic in the statement of it, the irony is that the fantasy of a beautiful all-natural world of beauty and harmony has only been made possible by the development of highly advanced, capitalism-enabled, post-industrial-era computer and imaging technology.

[john in springfield]

In a bid to recapture the same emotions of the film, a group of fans in Florida have announced that they will create a commune inspired by the ecological principles of the Na'vi.

Actually, the story of how that project goes ought to be almost as entertaining as the movie.