• thirteene@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    FYI since you appear to be stuck on this point. Unobtainium is used in science and engineering for a material that can meet requirements but is too expensive, yet to be discovered or inaccessible by any means. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtainium

    That being said bluvatar was a cookie cutter adventure story. Nothing special but it has mass appeal. For those of us who enjoy movies and television typically acknowledge that ATLA has a rich story, tons of depth and conveyed meanings and somehow doesn’t take itself to seriously. ATLA is a work of art, bluvatar was a cash grab.

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      10 months ago

      Unobtainium is used in science and engineering for a material that can meet requirements but is too expensive, yet to be discovered or inaccessible by any means.

      That was their point. It’s a sci-fi trope, a stand-in term that describes a thing that doesn’t exist, and Cameron decided nah, it’s not a stand-in term anymore, that’s just what this blue stuff is called. Most fictional media names it Adamantine, or Vibranium, or Stellarium, or something.

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        10 months ago

        I thought that was the joke? Someone with a sense of humour names it that and there’s people unironically calling it unobtanium.

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          I think that’s part of the problem. It’s not a joke, it’s played completely straight. That is the name in universe of the substance. If this was a comedy named SpaceBalls 2: Pocahontas in Space, sure, that would be a cute and funny detail. But it is an action adventure drama. It’s completely out of place and displays a complete lack of sci-fi creativity.