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Charlie
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Avatar is Albion?

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I've noticed a good bit of plot and character similarities between a 90s game called, Albion and the upcoming movie Avatar.

What do you think?

The Movie
http://www.avatarmovie.com/

The Game
http://www.bluebyte.net/eng/products/albion/index.htm
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Made me think of a sci-fi Dances With Wolves...
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Starcraft v. Warcraft.

Or Space Marines v. Furries, I suppose. Good movie though.
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NickD wrote:Made me think of a sci-fi Dances With Wolves...
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I saw it.... Alien Indians with USB cords. How nice. The mech kinds of reminds me of Warhammer Juggernaughts with space marines for fodder. I could care less about the 3D in a movie. Beowulf was my first experience with 3D movies. Seeing Angelina Jolie naked in 3d did have its merits though. Now I hear the next cash hole is 3D TV sets.
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Saw it tonight. Brilliant! Good to see Sigourney doing sci-fi again.

I was a bit hesitant at watching a 2hr40min flick in 3D but my eyes quickly adjusted and the experience was very enjoyable. A real rollercoaster of a good time.

Lots of snazzy critters and beasties, luminescent foliage, and over-sized blue-skinned wild elves with fiber-optic cables growing from their hair braids... 8)
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Fiberoptic cables in their heads? Sopunds like there might be a 1% The Matrix in there somewhere.....
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