Avatar – is it something new?

Many have asked my response to AVATAR, the movie. I am catching up on movies as we vote soon for the Oscars and WGA and Academy members get in free to all the films for a time this winter. SO I saw the IMAX-3D version of AVATAR.

While the technology is impressive, the story was the same: might wins. I would have been really impressed if there was created a new story paradigm to match the brilliant animation. For instance, what if  the avatars were so spiritually evolved that there was a protective shield surrounding them? There was no need to be violent or fight as nothing could hurt them. Now that would be something! Of course, this might not make a good video game.

Isn’t it time to evolve our stories as well as our machines?

– Catherine Ann Jones www.wayofstory.com