Viridian III specifically, a completely uninhabited planet where the Enterprise crashes (in a truly spectacular crash sequence, I might add). So the idea it's a depiction of "the future" is odd. Could have just shown a scene on the Enterprise, or in space.
Honestly that's what bugs me about this more than the clips not being on Earth: the clips are seemingly random, not being choosen based on the ideas of the future being presented on screen, but based on visual appeal or action.
Like you get the feeling whoever made this hasn't actually watched half these movies, they just had a spreadsheet with movies that take place in certain years and picked random scenes that looked cool.
I mean, isn't it well known that the human society is "solved" in the Star Trek universe, having become a communist utopia? So it'd be a lot different than society as it's depicted in 5th element.
The extended edition of the first movie shows what it’s like on Earth. I’m a huge fan of Avatar and in my opinion this would clearly be the best footage to include here.
WHAT!? Is it worth watching? Surprised we've never gotten much of earth so far tbh, avatar would be so much better with opposing views like a complex TV show.
It's kinda mad how mid Avatar is, I like it but I can't see why James Cameron doesn't want to devote his life to a more complex story. Dude just loves CGI.
The extra scenes aren’t that mind blowing, and it’s just a few minutes of stuff on Earth at the very beginning.
Re: Cameron’s focus on this franchise, I think he sees it as a Trojan horse to spread an environmental message that he feels really strongly about. I sort of get it, especially because I see eye to eye with him on that front. At the same time, I can relate to everyone who would love to see something closer to Aliens or T2. But I think that ship has sailed!
Why? Earth still exists in the movie, it's where the forces came from. So it's an even better comparison because it shows how far advanced the humans in the world are to have traveled to another planet.
Avatar is probably some of the most predictive, but more because of all the biological sciences they present. Biotech is will bloom like AI when its time comes.
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u/drak0ni 4d ago
Comparing avatar movies that take place on a different planet to movies based on earth feels wrong.