Show Earth - at the beginning of the film

[Jacob]

I'd like to see Earth in the sequel. The mentions of it in the Activist Survival Guide give some tantalizing clues as to what life on are planet is life ~150 years into the future, but I'd like to see it for myself on the big screen.

However, given the almost six year time it takes to travel between Earth and Pandora, and that the film will be at least partially on Pandora with Jake and Neytiri, I don't think that a big break in the middle (especially not if it said "Six Years Later" on the screen...) would be particularly good. It would wreck the pacing and split the movie into two or more far too distinct parts.

My solution would be to show Selfridge and the rest of the RDA people arriving back at Earth in the first few minutes and the RDA execs discovering what happened on Pandora. They would then send an even larger force to Pandora to retake it. This is falling into the "RDA Strikes Back" model but frankly I don't see how the sequel can be much different. With the sky-high price of Unobtanium and it's vital role in Earth's economy the RDA would have to be insane to give up on Pandora.

[Ethan]

ya it would be cool to see the earth in the movie

[Avatarfanboy161]

If you buy The Na'vi Quest it tells you what earth is like in the beginning. Pretty cool read

[Orcakat]

I'd imagine Earth looks a little like it does in Wall-e.

It would be kinda cool to see what Earth looks like, but I don't think Cameron will show what Earth looks like, unless it adds to the plot of the second movie.

[Jacob]

If you buy The Na'vi Quest it tells you what earth is like in the beginning. Pretty cool read

I've never heard of that, though I do have James Cameron's Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide which talks a good deal about Earth at the beginning. Same book, perhaps?

[Avatarfanboy161]

I've never heard of that, though I do have James Cameron's Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide which talks a good deal about Earth at the beginning. Same book, perhaps?

No thats another book, its this one.
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/James-Camerons-Avatar-Navi-Quest/dp/0061801267/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262144042&sr=8-5"]Amazon.com: James Cameron's Avatar: The Na'vi Quest (9780061801266): Nicole Pitesa: Books[/ame]

[Nethox]

I dont think earth will look completely apocalyptic after just 150 years from now.. In any case it will be much different that's for sure, especially with technology evolving exponentially these days.

Me what I think is that the humans are going to find some sort of a wormhole(shortcut, if you want) to travel to Pandora faster and it will take them less than a year to do so, which would make the plot far more interesting IMO, as I believe that many years passing by would make it far less interesting. I want to see Selfridge coming back with a new strategy (like establishing a base on a close moon as it was mentioned in another thread) and Jake before all that happens I think seeing more of Pandora would be great.

[Jacob]

It sounds like a mini-novelization from the Amazon summary. That could be quite cool, though I think a full official novelization would be cooler.

[Avatarfanboy161]

Incase anyone doesnt wanna buy it to read the earth part here it is.

Earth. But this is not the Earth you know. This Earth is no longer, lush, green, and full of forests and creatures not yet discovered. Its oceans no longer dance with fish of all shapes and sizes. This is an Earth in the not-so-distant future, where cities of gray have expanded to the horizon and way up high in the sky. Every street is a Times Square display of flashing lights and advertisements viewed by rushing people wearing masks to filter the polluted air. This is a different Earth. This Earth is home to Jake Sully.

[Jacob]

I dont think earth will look completely apocalyptic after just 150 years from now.. In any case it will be much different that's for sure, especially with technology evolving exponentially these days.

I don't know how reliable the ASG is (it's clearly written by an anti-RDA propagandist) but Earth sounds fairly miserable: polluted, partly destroyed by WMDs, decreasing biodiversity, disappearing ecosystems, massive urban sprawl, etc., etc. Parts of Earth are clearly not that bad though as the movie mentions "bush" in Venezuela and the ASG implies jungles exist in Brazil. I suspect there is a gap between the super-technological countries (the U.S. and probably also Canada and western Europe; possibly also China, India, and the "Asian tigers") and the so-called Third World countries in South America and Africa that were never as industrialized.

Me what I think is that the humans are going to find some sort of a wormhole(shortcut, if you want) to travel to Pandora faster and it will take them less than a year to do so

That could be cool, though I think such a shortcut would at least partially go against the very hard Sci-Fi setting that has been created so far (no FTL, minimal superluminal communication, etc.). I actually rather like the filmmakers (relative) respect for physics.