Um, he didn't call Cameron any names there anywhere in that quote. Insulted him, yes, but there wasn't any name calling. Just saying.

And you did nothing to prove your point. Avatar does follow some of the same plot points as Dances W/ Wolves, as do just about any stories that involve native tribes meeting the white folks. Tons of critics point it out. It's not a knock against the film in my book, but to attack someone for pointing out those similarities seems foolish to me.

I think you're being a little too defensive because someone else didn't like Avatar. It was a fair to middling plot with amazing special effects. It has a lot of liberal talking points included in it. Cameron says so himself in a recent Entertainment Weekly article (and also espouses his respect for eco-terrorism, which is far more scary than anything projected on to the screen in Avatar). Conservatives and libertarians interested in film and popular media analysis (you know, the people regularly posting on Big Hollywood) are invariably going to take issue with that.

If you like the film and disagree, don't let anyone detract from your enjoyment. But at the same time, don't start throwing out words like "sheep" when a group of people disagree.

And may I just point out that this is again why I'm terrified of A Princess of Mars ever being filmed.

And that thing from the Asylum doesn't count.

Wow, maybe I'm reading too much in to this one, but that really sounds like you're trying to:
1. combine conservatives with the tea parties, which while linked are by no means the same thing.
2. lump both in to some kind of hate group.

I think you will find conservatives far more accepting of liberals than the other way around. Trust me, I've dealt with that kind of bias for most of my life. And I'm a freakin' libertarian.

I'm actually a little insulted that you think it's okay to dumb down films for general consumption. Especially SF. Unfortunately, the masses will often flock to them (Transformer 2 & Avatar as prime examples) just for amazing effects. It no way excuses bad scripts.

I'm a writer. I know James is a writer (I've been following his comics for decades). Writers strive to make good works, in whatever form it takes. Unfortunately, while Mr. Cameron spent years fleshing out Avatar's visuals, he never bothered to edit that scripment enough to cover the glaring silliness.

If you don't find the concept of Unobtainium preposterous and down right silly, I don't know if you get humor. It was lazy writing. That's the main quibble most of the people here have with Avatar I could have enjoyed the movie if they actually tried to make something challenging mentally instead of visually.

Oh, and again with the conservative thinker name dropping. Except for his name is Mark Steyn. Thanks for playing.

Why so obsessed with Rush Limbaugh? Did anyone else even bring up Rush Limbaugh?

Believe it or not, people have their own ORIGINAL thoughts around here. And while I don't agree with every point James makes here, you really are coming off as infantile with the name calling/dropping. It hurts every point you made at the beginning, some of which (specifically the negotiation points) I thought were fair.

The graphic novel is a strange attempt at a liberal message that ended up being far more conservative than either its writer or artist intended. The character of Rorschach fails to be seen as the insane right-wing madman we're supposed to see him as and instead becomes the only man unwilling to compromise everything he stands for in the name of the 'greater good'. If Snyder stays close enough to the original work to keep that concept alive, Watchmen will be a winner.