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Avatar the Disco Zap fantasy
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Avatar provides a world where the signs are simple, only if it was so simple, the signs on Earth are complex and can take centuries to decipher and the retribution is slow but exact. The creation of Pandora makes a complex ecosystem that gives clear signs. Earth has not been excused for being subtle, trees don't light up like it is Christmas or a shopping mall. They silently grow and have the utmost subtlety. This is life not fantasy, life on Earth has taken many forms and is always open to expansion and extinction, preservation is crucial and that is the real test. Preservation is not subservience or mastery but a solution in itself within a planet that changes through our interaction with it. It is important to modify your actions if they will have an effect on your ability to survive or you can just hope for the best which is what the character Jake Sully does. Is this the real message? Just go for broke and it will be all ok? Take a chance? Throw the dice? To survive on Earth ...