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more about #race gigshaft: It's an interesting perspective, and I admire the work that went into it, but I have to agree with the people who say there's as much "white guilt" in... more » TheMac: I haven't even looked at the comments, but I'd bet the 3D glasses I just stole at the theater seeing Avatar that people are trying to make the lame-as... more » TheMac: Double post. more » Segador: I just left the 3-D, IMAX movie. Man, was it amazingly beautiful, but it's gotta be the first one-dimensional 3D movie I've ever seen. This article w... more » zenpoet: I don't remember the comedian who said it, but it really pointed out this very idea to me. I don't remember the beginning of the joke, but his punchl... more » Jesse Burgheimer: Ms. Newitz seems so full of self-loathing that she can’t enjoy a story told by white people because it’s ingrained with the natural-born racism an... more » mhpadams: The "white people this, white people that" tone is extremely sanctimonious and condescending to both whites and people of color. more » problematic: What I'm really wondering is: what is it about Avatar that is causing people with this opinion to speak up so strong and so loud now? I could be wrong... more » RexMaximus: I completely disagree and I think Ms. Newitz is reading too far between the lines regarding Avatar. So the main human characters are white, so what? ... more » iconoplast001: I haven't seen "Avatar" yet, and I get the feeling, just from the youtube trailers I've watched, that I may just throw up a little in the back of my m... more » sicboi: Speaking as a Pacific islander, I see more insult in this movie not from a race perspective but the persistent romanticizing of so-called native or tr... more » desereestukes: A very thought-provoking article as well as comments. Of course, Annalee if you had been a African-American blogger you would have been accused of "p... more » ilves: First off, stop talking about 'white' people as one giant mass of people with one homogeneous culture throughout the world that hinges on a colonial/i... more » javocles: The story needed Sully to be the main character; it couldn't have focussed on a Na'vi. Sully had to be "enlightened" - he had to grow and change throu... more » latinbro: so let me get this straight, anal nutwitz: i, as a latino, have more in common with the 18 feet tall tailed blue alien navi because of our colors than... more » rohandagreat: annalee,being white or black seriously doesnt matter...i agree that the human(sully) was'nt that important but whats important is that the movie was e... more » Ruthless, If you let me: Oooh Annalee, you real got some blood boiling on this post. Seems a lot of people want to present a cogent counter-point or discussion, but end up put... more » langdonboom: Why does it have to be guilt that drives Jake Sully's transformation? That's not how I read it at all. I see it more as actually realizing the insani... more » bruce.falk: I'd suppose it's impossible to ever divorce yourself credibly from your own perspective or culture. I wonder how Annalee views Howard Zinn and his "Pe... more » AcaciaTerra: For the love of God! Nigerians were focused on in District 9 because in South Africa, today, Nigerians are the class being ghettofied and treated like... more » -
#rant
When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like "Avatar"?
Critics have called alien epic Avatar a version of Dances With Wolves because it's about a white guy going native and becoming a great leader. But Avatar is just the latest scifi rehash of an old white guilt fantasy. Spoilers... More » -
#conceptdesign
Kick Up Some Waves With This Flying Sea Pod
Antigrav will give us flying cars, but more importantly it'll reinvent jetski technology. These seacraft hoverpods look sexier than those pod racers in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Plus you could zip up onto the beach and spray sand in the face of the jock who bullied you during high school. More » -
