@@strikerbowls791 it does kinda shift the vibe to the start of the film, but I do wish they would have kept the scenes of what Earth is like somewhere in the movie
myeah he gave us a town with some lightbulbs and a jungle with some purple and generic aliens in it, id rather have one cool setting than two with zero depth or personality.... =)
@@Skribber pandora is one of the coolest alien worlds ever made. and what do you mean with zero depth you literally see hundreds of alien plants and animals in the movie 😂
@@Skribber And yet, some people left the movie with PADS, Post Avatar Depression Syndrome, because they yearned for the world of Pandora so much greater than our own. Say what you want, still doesn't discredit the world James Cameron created.
@@roberthankins8247 not sure how me not liking a thing discredits it in any way, when ppl tell me they dont like alien or whatever other Cameron movie i enjoy it dont deminish it in any way but "pads" really? Wow i feel secondhand cringe over shit like that
@@rangerbubblegum7509 myeah floaty islands out of any mmo and a jungle with some purple plants hell even the aliens look dull imo, i really dont see whats special about it. Might have been able to care if the story was intresting and not just dww for dummies in space 🙃
Having just seen the Way of Water, I come back to this scene and realize its not just Jake's life: all of Pandora is insane. The humanity of Avatarverse is an invasive and cruel species. Even the "good humans" like Jake and the scientists are surprisingly inured to suffering. They are not as taken aback by random displays of brutality as the Na'vi because deep down they are too used to it. Pandora is a paradise world where everything lives in perfect balance, and yet the humans named it "pandora" almost as if expecting something terrible to happen for no reason.
This is one of the very few moments we ever get to see how life on Earth is in the future. I wished there were more scenes here to show how dystopian the world has become.
It's supposed to represent a hyper capitalist dystopia and a potential future where unfettered capitalism results in mass deforestation and resource depletion, although the excess population in the movie of 20 billion humans is somewhat unrealistic
the parallel between tommy’s casket entering the flame and jake when making the link to his avatar in the container is amazing. one life ends while another begins
yeah really links in with the theme of reincarnation James Cameron was going for with the movie. Cant wait to see what he does with this second release
"The one thing I've always wanted in my life is something worth fighting for." All you need is to hear those words and we now know why Jake accepted the offer to be shot out lightyears into space to Pandora. It's also a perfect understanding of why he chose to fight for the Navi. He was fed up with his life on Earth and he found peace and something worth fighting for with the Navi. They needed his help, and he needed theirs.
Just like Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) from the Last Samurai. The life and world he knew before gave him no purpose and only shame, the new world would give him what he’d been missing his entire life, a purpose and something to fight for.
@@cgallegos2106 FINALLY!! Someone besides me saw The Last Samurai reference in this film!! That is exactly what I thought the first time I watched this film. That it was exactly like The Last Samurai. A soldier, lost and alone in a world in constant chaos, searching for answers and purpose. He is in pain, and needs something to fight for. But it can’t be more of his old world. A new world calls to him. That’s why I love this movie. Nobody saw the kind of man Sully was because this scene was left out, but I did and I loved it.
@@nateborie6329 tbf it’s a pretty standard trope. Dances with Wolves had it too, as did the game Greedfall. Don’t get me wrong I do love the premise and the stories as always so amazing and unique, but they do have that common thread.
@@cgallegos2106 I haven’t watched Dances With Wolves so that’s definitely on my bucket list. But you’re right. It is a common trend among films. But the reason why it’s so common is why filmmakers can have so much fun with it and make any story they want from it.
so much for strong prey on the weak. we’ll sometimes the strong protects the weak even when they’re helpless. Maybe that shouldn’t of been the way things are.
I hate this opening isnt in the theatrical release like cut everything else out its nice but its extra just leave this opening!😭That line you quoted doesn't connect the same with the shortened weirdly edited opening from the theatrical release where we don't even see earth here you see the claustrophobic icky overpopulation overdeveloped reality of living in earth in the next couple of centuries mother earth is dead they are living on a corpse.
@@whitefox2316 James said he was concerned people would get annoyed wearing 3d glasses for so long because no 3D movie was ever over 1:30, and Avatar was well over 2 hours long so he cut a lot of things out he wanted. But after no complaints came in for Avatar that concern was not real so he would've kept these scenes in if he had known.
you know, scenes like this kinda make me understand why Jake did what he did. I feel like this shouldn't have been removed from the theatrical release, it only helps us get to know Jakes character better and see just how bad earth has gotten.
You can't betray someone who never stood with you to begin with. Humanity used him and then have the audicity to get upset when he turns the tables. Society reaps what it sows.
nah, he didnt betray humanity, he just chose to help the navi because the corporations methods were going to cause a lot of needless suffering on both sides.
I noticed a lot of weird things in this scene: - Everyone was wearing masks. Maybe because Earth's air is toxic. - He is a veteran. He says a VA check and $12 will get you a cup of coffee. The average VA check is like $1200 now, but he is completely disabled so he probably gets more like $2000/mo. So no one can afford anything. - Even with expensive health coverage, you are still placed on a waiting list. - This movie takes place in like the year 2120-2150, because the TV says that there are a lot of animals that went extinct a century ago, making a come back. - Another crazy thing is that the morgue had people in cardboard coffins ⚰️, then they burn the bodies. My guess is everyone is dying at a high pace and there is no more room to bury people. So they just burn everyone. One thing I disagree with is the fact that his brother was killed over the money in his pocket. I don't think there will be paper money in the future.
@@mw9688 that's the weird part: cardboard is corrugated thick paper, which is wood pulp. While you can make lots of cardboard from little wood, why use wood at all.
@@eitkoml it’s the humans who destroyed all the resources on earth… then they go to another plant and try to do the same…. Committing genocide as they go…. They didn’t learn from destroying their own planet so it’s a GOOD thing they lost on this one… the RDA are evil
@@eitkoml I thought it's gonna focus on Pandora's coasts and water ecosystems, but yeah there needs to be some action atleast I guess, maybe the RDA will return for revenge
"A VA check and twelve bucks will get you a cup of coffee." Some things never change. Soldiers fight, die, and get maimed in the name of 'freedom' and get jack shit in return. Reminds me of Vietnam vet treatment after that particular mess of a conflict.
"Back there I can drive a tank. Back there I can fly a gunship. I was in charge of million dollar equipment! Back here I can't get a job PARKING CARS!!!" - John Rambo's lament over his involvement in Vietnam War from First Blood
"The strong prey on the weak..." Theres a factual observation "...and nobody does a damn thing about it" Theres the cynic *Proceedes to fight someone bigger than himself* Theres the hero
I believe that since nature of Earth is destroyed in this world, that most of animals are extinct. Just like birds in Cyberpunk 2077 or Blade Runner franchise.
As for India is concerned, our Bengal tigers are rising in numbers 🤞🏻 Though yes, a trivia, when the movie was released Bengal tigers reached the all time low of 1411. So perhaps James Cameron made a subtle hint on it as he's known to be an advocate of conservation.
They should’ve included this opening in the theatrical version. It would’ve shown Jake before he shipped out, and it would’ve given much more context to what was going on, as well as a contrast between Earth and Pandora
The only reason he like pandora so much is because of its beauty. it has trees, animal life narvi people. that is what earth should of been like after the RDA corruption came along and polluted our planet just for money
I think we will get Earth in the sequels. The only way Pandora can be saved is if RDA is destroyed. Also, Pandora's plants can be used to save Earth's environment. The Avatar books say that RDA rules humanity despite being a megacorporation.
@@ELCarnerojrLFDO You mean Wall E? Also, RDA is planning to move humanity (only important humans like scientists) to live on Pandora and is likely going to attempt to kill all Na'vi to make Pandora their new home. However, this will change when the RDA characters will learn that Pandora's plants can save Earth.
If it isn't the RDA it'd be another megacorporation or government trying to preserve its best interests (which would be saving the human race, or at least their state). No realistic chance in hell humanity would ever give up and stop persisting in the quest to harvest Pandora for its resources
Especially when people criticized Titanic they said that Cameron has this popular appeal. That he is too on the nose with his visual style and his characterizations. But I think it's just people desperately trying to find something bad because they instinctively distrust things that are massively popular. The crematorium says so much about this world. It looks like the cryo-bay of the large spaceship. But it's really old and run down. It's very huge, suggesting that on earth, they burn everyone because they've run out of space and are overpopulated. They also burn them in cardboard boxes. This is a great example of how Cameron is just a master of visual story telling.
@@en2p187 I think because we want to distinguish ourselves from the crowds. Many people have the desire to portray themselves a US something better, by sneering at popular culture.
@@Rubashow so we desire to be different from each other. Then why do we all try to emulate popular beauty standards. Or get ashamed of differences and promote how deep down we're all the same and we all bleed red. We're a weird species
Jake had a big role in saving some Navi tribes not an entire race. The Colonel said he was expecting some 20.000 Navi to show up for battle. Jake was about to get killed before Neytiri shot the Colonel, saving his Avatar body then finding his human body and saving that from asphyxiation. The battle was essentially lost before the Hammerheads and Thanators showed up. Other than those tiny details all credit goes to Jake of course.
Especially since Jake warned Eywa the same fate that befell on Earth could happen on Pandora if nothing is stopped. Hence, it's why she sent the hammerheads and Thanators to the Navi's aid. Eywa saw enough of Grace's and even his own memories of the future Earth to intervene.
We've seen Jake's life earth as a civilian and wheelchaired. In wanna see a flashback of when he was still a marine. Like the day he was injured. Or even the kind of relationship he and his brother had before.
@@phillipwalling7470 I wasn't thinking of the deleted bar fight scene, I was thinking of his past life as a Marine - what wars was he employed to fight, and wounded, in?
Amazing film, and I really enjoyed this scene, great way to start a great film. The first time I played Cyberpunk it reminded me of it. Strong pray on the weak, strong message. Can’t wait for the next instalments.
There is a deleted clip of jake partying with the Na'vi in wich Tsu'tey challanges jake to a drinking game and loses and the Na'vi that were watching were chanting jakes name. A nice little call back to this clip here.
I don't know why, but this is the first time that looking at super-advanced Cyberpunked earth made me terrified. I believe it is because I know how devastated Earth is in this universe.
It's because it's believable. In Blade Runner, the Earth is devastated too, but the setting is so dramatized and different from what we know, that you can suspend your disbelief. That's not *really* Earth, it's not *really* our future. There's no way it could get *that* bad and still be livable. This version of Earth feels very plausible. Nature is suffocating to death. People are impoverished and miserable. We're more advanced than ever yet we've lost our souls in the process. Jake is surrounded by luxury and holograms and advanced technology, but he lives in a shitty, paint-peeling one-room box of an apartment. He's got a television display across an entire wall yet his cot is feet away from his toilet. This version of Earth is terrifying because we're currently on track to it being our future.
@@Raynsideways > This version of Earth feels very plausible. Nature is suffocating to death. People are impoverished and miserable. We're more advanced than ever yet we've lost our souls in the process. Jake is surrounded by luxury and holograms and advanced technology, but he lives in a shitty, paint-peeling one-room box of an apartment. This is literally how Earth is in Blade Runner as well
@@MemoirsofaBasketcase Humankind is incapable of destroying nature. look at all the past mass extinction events Earth has had in the past. Life still thrived despite all this. We'll just lose ourselves, not nature
I didn't realize just how bad the Earth was. It's kind of hard when they don't have any other scenes in the entire movie, showing us the state of the planet. This would have helped a lot.
“I started having these dreams of flying, I was free… sooner or later though, you always have to wake up.” The subconscious is the only thing that seems to comfort us from the pain and reality. No wonder why I like to sleep too much.
I can see why this part was cut from the theatrical release but I still think it’s worth a watch. Avatar was my favorite movie in high-school and Avatar 2 was DEFINITELY worth the wait!
@@clevergirl4457 Actually the release dates of all the next films (4 and 5 still depending on the success of 2 and 3) are set. The third movie for example is almost completely filmed already and parts of 4 also. The script for all movies are done
I think when Jake says he dreamed flying like on another planet or so and woke up, it’s like how Cameron got the idea of Avatar/Pandora when he was in Collage and waited many years to make it
we arent good at mitigation. most likely we will find a way to reverse the damage we do but we will most likley not stop doing what we do. We would rather come up with a way to suck out the carbon from our atmosphere then stop putting out carbon emissions
@@kratmostang9049 Fortunately the U.N.'s people in charge of population stats are seeing data that shows birth rates slowing over time, and the global population will plateau somewhere around 11 Billion, which is still sustainable.
0:28 Just one shot speaks so much about Earth in Avatar universe. Lack of energy (motion-powered car and bicycles), bad ecology (masks), overpopulation, poverty.
And people say Jake betray humanity for getting laid... I must disagree The Earth give him nothing, expected him to be comply. While Pandora give him everything he want.
Literally don’t care. He sold his soul for some demonic planet and cat person ass. He deserves nothing more than the worst form of torturous punishment. Maybe hooked up to an avatar simulation of his trees burning over and over until he goes insane.
blade runner vibes. now i want to watch all avatar sequels. heard the Na’vi will visit Earth so Jake and his Fam will be there and it’ll be Avatar x Blade Runner collab 😮
Ah... The film just started and they used the "likability formula": Main character puts themselves at risk to help another, without even doubting it. I'm not saying it's a bad thing. It shouldn't have been eliminated. It works.
@maxsotomayor3674 according to the producers Neytiri will "finally open her eyes" and gain some compassion for them. For now we only see her hostility
i don't know whether it's cgi, but jake's legs look really realistic, you often see it in paraplegics, they have really thin legs because they can't use them
Honestly this scene really should have stayed in it adds so much it the film in just 4 minutes. And if you watch Avatar 2 it actually contrasts really well with the opening of that film. This should have been in the main theatrical cut of the film.
I found the extended edition of Avatar 2009 in my basement after my theatrical dvd stopped working randomly. Extended cut answers a lot of questions and better fleshes out many characters
I know there are comics and role playing video games. But what I'm hoping for is that if all 5 Avatar movies are made, with likely some reference on the current state of Earth, current as in the late 22nd century. But what I'm hoping for is a prequel or several prequels (even if it's just one) on how Earth became the place what it's portrayed to be in 2154. When the RDA was formed and how Pandora became the destination for RDA's mining operations, including the original Avatar program.
This is it. The Bengal tiger still exisits. The only four that needs to make a comeback are listed. We can do time travel. 1. Caspian 2. Bali 3. Javan 4. South Chinese
Man, this shouldn't have been cut out. It gives Jake so much more depth in just a very short amount of time.
This and the super cool cyberpunk visuals !
Nah, I’m glad they kept this out of the movie.
@@jujublue4426 This,
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@@mannyoommen2768 bad take
@@strikerbowls791 it does kinda shift the vibe to the start of the film, but I do wish they would have kept the scenes of what Earth is like somewhere in the movie
James Cameron didn’t have to create a whole cyberpunk dystopia as well as his alien civilization but he did and we love him for that.
myeah he gave us a town with some lightbulbs and a jungle with some purple and generic aliens in it, id rather have one cool setting than two with zero depth or personality.... =)
@@Skribber pandora is one of the coolest alien worlds ever made. and what do you mean with zero depth you literally see hundreds of alien plants and animals in the movie 😂
@@Skribber And yet, some people left the movie with PADS, Post Avatar Depression Syndrome, because they yearned for the world of Pandora so much greater than our own. Say what you want, still doesn't discredit the world James Cameron created.
@@roberthankins8247 not sure how me not liking a thing discredits it in any way, when ppl tell me they dont like alien or whatever other Cameron movie i enjoy it dont deminish it in any way but "pads" really? Wow i feel secondhand cringe over shit like that
@@rangerbubblegum7509 myeah floaty islands out of any mmo and a jungle with some purple plants hell even the aliens look dull imo, i really dont see whats special about it. Might have been able to care if the story was intresting and not just dww for dummies in space 🙃
the contrast between his life on earth and his life on pandora is insane
Having just seen the Way of Water, I come back to this scene and realize its not just Jake's life: all of Pandora is insane.
The humanity of Avatarverse is an invasive and cruel species. Even the "good humans" like Jake and the scientists are surprisingly inured to suffering. They are not as taken aback by random displays of brutality as the Na'vi because deep down they are too used to it.
Pandora is a paradise world where everything lives in perfect balance, and yet the humans named it "pandora" almost as if expecting something terrible to happen for no reason.
he sees the hologram lights in the city on Earth and then later he sees the beauty of nature's lights on Pandora which is more of a spectacle
@@fernandorivera4719 you're right and this is why people say villains are one dimensional. Humans killed their mother (earth) as said by jake.
Yet the colors of earth, the deep purples and neons, aren’t much different…which is a choice I find interesting.
On earth, he was at rock bottom.
On Pandora, Jake lives a much better and happier life.
This is one of the very few moments we ever get to see how life on Earth is in the future. I wished there were more scenes here to show how dystopian the world has become.
I think this and the other probably give does a pretty good idea how foolishness destroyed the Earth.
We are getting there, more and more infrastructure and less nature
dont worry we will see more of dytopian earth in Avatar 4/5
I hope its not just another boring Blade Runner carbon copy.
@@okayman2057why u say that?
This cyberpunk aesthetic in the beginning is just amazing
The closest thing we got a Cyberpunk 2077 movie.
It's depressing
It's supposed to represent a hyper capitalist dystopia and a potential future where unfettered capitalism results in mass deforestation and resource depletion, although the excess population in the movie of 20 billion humans is somewhat unrealistic
It looks cool but the reality would be so miserable
[I Really Want to Stay at Your House playing]
the parallel between tommy’s casket entering the flame and jake when making the link to his avatar in the container is amazing. one life ends while another begins
also the soundtrack during the cremation is the same soundtrack from when Tsu'tey gets shot, his second brother.
It all makes you wonder what if Tommy would drive his Avatar?
yeah really links in with the theme of reincarnation James Cameron was going for with the movie. Cant wait to see what he does with this second release
@@afrodan7350no it’s not it has the same motif but it’s not the same soundtrack
@@zoxyy.1x Listen again and compare the two scenes, its the same melody.
"The one thing I've always wanted in my life is something worth fighting for."
All you need is to hear those words and we now know why Jake accepted the offer to be shot out lightyears into space to Pandora. It's also a perfect understanding of why he chose to fight for the Navi. He was fed up with his life on Earth and he found peace and something worth fighting for with the Navi. They needed his help, and he needed theirs.
I would happily give up existence on this wretched planet for some REAL meaning and purpose.
Just like Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) from the Last Samurai. The life and world he knew before gave him no purpose and only shame, the new world would give him what he’d been missing his entire life, a purpose and something to fight for.
@@cgallegos2106 FINALLY!! Someone besides me saw The Last Samurai reference in this film!! That is exactly what I thought the first time I watched this film. That it was exactly like The Last Samurai. A soldier, lost and alone in a world in constant chaos, searching for answers and purpose. He is in pain, and needs something to fight for. But it can’t be more of his old world. A new world calls to him. That’s why I love this movie. Nobody saw the kind of man Sully was because this scene was left out, but I did and I loved it.
@@nateborie6329 tbf it’s a pretty standard trope. Dances with Wolves had it too, as did the game Greedfall.
Don’t get me wrong I do love the premise and the stories as always so amazing and unique, but they do have that common thread.
@@cgallegos2106 I haven’t watched Dances With Wolves so that’s definitely on my bucket list. But you’re right. It is a common trend among films. But the reason why it’s so common is why filmmakers can have so much fun with it and make any story they want from it.
“If it ain’t raining we ain’t training!”
That’s how you know he’s a Marine 🤣
🤦♂️Can somebody please get him off of the ground.
@@darthdracul8372 dont, you're ruining his mood
@@sugandesenuds6663 😆
A real ground pounder
so much for strong prey on the weak. we’ll sometimes the strong protects the weak even when they’re helpless. Maybe that shouldn’t of been the way things are.
“See the world we come from, there’s no green there… they Killed their mother”
I hate this opening isnt in the theatrical release like cut everything else out its nice but its extra just leave this opening!😭That line you quoted doesn't connect the same with the shortened weirdly edited opening from the theatrical release where we don't even see earth here you see the claustrophobic icky overpopulation overdeveloped reality of living in earth in the next couple of centuries mother earth is dead they are living on a corpse.
@@whitefox2316 James said he was concerned people would get annoyed wearing 3d glasses for so long because no 3D movie was ever over 1:30, and Avatar was well over 2 hours long so he cut a lot of things out he wanted.
But after no complaints came in for Avatar that concern was not real so he would've kept these scenes in if he had known.
@@floofy5529 id watch this type of movie for 4 hours if i have to
@@pr00009 Have you heard about Avatar 3 being 9 hours long? I'm so excited!
And now they’re going to try to do the same to Pandora. We never learn anything
you know, scenes like this kinda make me understand why Jake did what he did. I feel like this shouldn't have been removed from the theatrical release, it only helps us get to know Jakes character better and see just how bad earth has gotten.
This makes you really understand why Jake betrayed humanity for Pandora
For real
@@neofulcrum5013 Didn't betray humanity, just the corporation.
@@tatskamaster hummanity was about to suffer a power struggle they needed the navi metal for power as a room tempt super conducter
You can't betray someone who never stood with you to begin with. Humanity used him and then have the audicity to get upset when he turns the tables. Society reaps what it sows.
nah, he didnt betray humanity, he just chose to help the navi because the corporations methods were going to cause a lot of needless suffering on both sides.
I noticed a lot of weird things in this scene:
- Everyone was wearing masks. Maybe because Earth's air is toxic.
- He is a veteran. He says a VA check and $12 will get you a cup of coffee. The average VA check is like $1200 now, but he is completely disabled so he probably gets more like $2000/mo. So no one can afford anything.
- Even with expensive health coverage, you are still placed on a waiting list.
- This movie takes place in like the year 2120-2150, because the TV says that there are a lot of animals that went extinct a century ago, making a come back.
- Another crazy thing is that the morgue had people in cardboard coffins ⚰️, then they burn the bodies. My guess is everyone is dying at a high pace and there is no more room to bury people. So they just burn everyone.
One thing I disagree with is the fact that his brother was killed over the money in his pocket. I don't think there will be paper money in the future.
Also…. Cardboard is cheaper than wood and it would appear that wood is rare.
Maybe frase about paper in wallet was just an idiom
This is why I love the Director's Cut over the theatrical one. This whole sequence alone provided ample amounts of worldbuilding within 4 minutes
Pollution and earth in Avatar have 20 billion people
@@mw9688 that's the weird part: cardboard is corrugated thick paper, which is wood pulp. While you can make lots of cardboard from little wood, why use wood at all.
Jake is honestly one of the most relatable characters in science fiction films that I have seen. 🙂
I hope we get to see more of Earth in the sequels.
Where all the resources can recover.
We will. The sequel will show things getting really bad due to the loss of the supply of unobtanium.
@@eitkoml it’s the humans who destroyed all the resources on earth… then they go to another plant and try to do the same…. Committing genocide as they go…. They didn’t learn from destroying their own planet so it’s a GOOD thing they lost on this one… the RDA are evil
@@eitkoml I thought it's gonna focus on Pandora's coasts and water ecosystems, but yeah there needs to be some action atleast I guess, maybe the RDA will return for revenge
@@anthrazite Take a look at the trailer for this sequel:
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"A VA check and twelve bucks will get you a cup of coffee."
Some things never change. Soldiers fight, die, and get maimed in the name of 'freedom' and get jack shit in return. Reminds me of Vietnam vet treatment after that particular mess of a conflict.
Lies again? Vodka shots
"Back there I can drive a tank. Back there I can fly a gunship. I was in charge of million dollar equipment! Back here I can't get a job PARKING CARS!!!" - John Rambo's lament over his involvement in Vietnam War from First Blood
It really depends on the country. I cannot understand, why does the US abandon its veterans.
@@FidoLpProduction Ultimately comes down to the incompetence of bureaucracy
...and yet they keep volunteering. Strange, huh?
One of the best parts of avatar 1&2 is the character of Jake Sully. He’s honestly a very underrated sci-fi protagonist
“The strong pray on the weak…”
There’s the cynic.
“…and nobody does a damn thing.”
And there’s the hero.
And there's satire.
"The strong prey on the weak..."
Theres a factual observation
"...and nobody does a damn thing about it"
Theres the cynic
*Proceedes to fight someone bigger than himself*
Theres the hero
“The bengal tiger, extinct for over a century…” please humanity don’t let this become a reality
I believe that since nature of Earth is destroyed in this world, that most of animals are extinct. Just like birds in Cyberpunk 2077 or Blade Runner franchise.
Knowing humanity, it will.
All things die, fact of life
Except it'll be our fault
As for India is concerned, our Bengal tigers are rising in numbers 🤞🏻
Though yes, a trivia, when the movie was released Bengal tigers reached the all time low of 1411. So perhaps James Cameron made a subtle hint on it as he's known to be an advocate of conservation.
They should’ve included this opening in the theatrical version. It would’ve shown Jake before he shipped out, and it would’ve given much more context to what was going on, as well as a contrast between Earth and Pandora
No wonder jake liked planet pandora better
+Conner Champion Earth has literally devolved and degenerated into a universal sewerage
The only reason he like pandora so much is because of its beauty. it has trees, animal life narvi people. that is what earth should of been like after the RDA corruption came along and polluted our planet just for money
And if you ask me earth is without trees and animals and jake lived in that world
@@tommydingo1h547 also that every person on earth nearly was a complete asshole
@@connerchampion5656 the same assholes who don’t give a shit about nature
I think we will get Earth in the sequels. The only way Pandora can be saved is if RDA is destroyed. Also, Pandora's plants can be used to save Earth's environment.
The Avatar books say that RDA rules humanity despite being a megacorporation.
Like bnl
@@ELCarnerojrLFDO You mean Wall E? Also, RDA is planning to move humanity (only important humans like scientists) to live on Pandora and is likely going to attempt to kill all Na'vi to make Pandora their new home. However, this will change when the RDA characters will learn that Pandora's plants can save Earth.
If it isn't the RDA it'd be another megacorporation or government trying to preserve its best interests (which would be saving the human race, or at least their state). No realistic chance in hell humanity would ever give up and stop persisting in the quest to harvest Pandora for its resources
Buy and Large in Wall-E except, humanity was living in space for a long time.
We didn't so far.
Earth in the Avatar world feels like Night city in Cyberpunk.
But with less bugs and glitches
Some of the design influences came from there
@@JR28. funne
@@ryvcy true though.
Don't talk crazy. I haven't seen a single T-pose with no pants in Avatar.
Especially when people criticized Titanic they said that Cameron has this popular appeal. That he is too on the nose with his visual style and his characterizations. But I think it's just people desperately trying to find something bad because they instinctively distrust things that are massively popular.
The crematorium says so much about this world. It looks like the cryo-bay of the large spaceship. But it's really old and run down. It's very huge, suggesting that on earth, they burn everyone because they've run out of space and are overpopulated. They also burn them in cardboard boxes. This is a great example of how Cameron is just a master of visual story telling.
Why do we distrust popular things?
@@en2p187 I think because we want to distinguish ourselves from the crowds. Many people have the desire to portray themselves a US something better, by sneering at popular culture.
@@Rubashow so we desire to be different from each other. Then why do we all try to emulate popular beauty standards. Or get ashamed of differences and promote how deep down we're all the same and we all bleed red. We're a weird species
this scene is so relatable I can't describe it but it is
This crippled nobody shown at the beginning of this film, is the hero and saviour of an entire race in another planet.
Jake had a big role in saving some Navi tribes not an entire race. The Colonel said he was expecting some 20.000 Navi to show up for battle.
Jake was about to get killed before Neytiri shot the Colonel, saving his Avatar body then finding his human body and saving that from asphyxiation.
The battle was essentially lost before the Hammerheads and Thanators showed up.
Other than those tiny details all credit goes to Jake of course.
Especially since Jake warned Eywa the same fate that befell on Earth could happen on Pandora if nothing is stopped. Hence, it's why she sent the hammerheads and Thanators to the Navi's aid. Eywa saw enough of Grace's and even his own memories of the future Earth to intervene.
We've seen Jake's life earth as a civilian and wheelchaired. In wanna see a flashback of when he was still a marine. Like the day he was injured. Or even the kind of relationship he and his brother had before.
Or, likewise, what was the conflict he was fighting in on this Dystopian Earth about?
@@quillmaurer6563He assumed the guy was slapping a lady and tries to save her.
@@phillipwalling7470 I wasn't thinking of the deleted bar fight scene, I was thinking of his past life as a Marine - what wars was he employed to fight, and wounded, in?
@@quillmaurer6563 Too many, I bet.
2:35
Tell me that you see it, Pandora in the reflection of water 💙
Great simbolism, art.
This feels like a huge nod to Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. I know both Cameron and Scott have mad respect for each other's film work.
Amazing film, and I really enjoyed this scene, great way to start a great film. The first time I played Cyberpunk it reminded me of it.
Strong pray on the weak, strong message.
Can’t wait for the next instalments.
I can't remember this scene being in the movie
@@alexandersmidt5289 I’ve got a feeling it might have been in an extended cut.
@@alexandersmidt5289 it wasn't in the original
@@alexandersmidt5289 it's in the directors cut of the film
Such a tough call cutting this out. I understand it but also adds so much depth for Jake’s character
There is a deleted clip of jake partying with the Na'vi in wich Tsu'tey challanges jake to a drinking game and loses and the Na'vi that were watching were chanting jakes name. A nice little call back to this clip here.
That clip was amazing, wish they kept it in and its hilarious when the guy falls over 🤣
That crowd of people wearing masks, very accurate prediction of the future.
Very similar to the pandemic.
It's the lack of oxygen in the future, but i agree with it
If you study about the future you will realize a masked future was always gonna be a thing.
Tokyo has been like this for decades.. Guess New York will soon have the same population density and the mask culture too.
@@yuanw365 But most of all, they were used when the pandemic came.
They shouldn't have cut this!
Did you see the one scene they cut with Parker!?
@@christopherazzato7680 No!
@@vippsmillennial6336 Look up Avatar deleted scenes and find the one with him and Quaritch
I am not able to find this entire scene on any of the streaming service.
@@Tate525
Extended cut only.
I don't know why, but this is the first time that looking at super-advanced Cyberpunked earth made me terrified. I believe it is because I know how devastated Earth is in this universe.
It's because it's believable. In Blade Runner, the Earth is devastated too, but the setting is so dramatized and different from what we know, that you can suspend your disbelief. That's not *really* Earth, it's not *really* our future. There's no way it could get *that* bad and still be livable.
This version of Earth feels very plausible. Nature is suffocating to death. People are impoverished and miserable. We're more advanced than ever yet we've lost our souls in the process. Jake is surrounded by luxury and holograms and advanced technology, but he lives in a shitty, paint-peeling one-room box of an apartment. He's got a television display across an entire wall yet his cot is feet away from his toilet.
This version of Earth is terrifying because we're currently on track to it being our future.
@@Raynsideways > This version of Earth feels very plausible. Nature is suffocating to death. People are impoverished and miserable. We're more advanced than ever yet we've lost our souls in the process. Jake is surrounded by luxury and holograms and advanced technology, but he lives in a shitty, paint-peeling one-room box of an apartment.
This is literally how Earth is in Blade Runner as well
It’s coming dear. I have no hope in humanity that we will save our planet. If we don’t destroy ourselves, we will only spread our greed to the stars,
@@MemoirsofaBasketcase Humankind is incapable of destroying nature. look at all the past mass extinction events Earth has had in the past. Life still thrived despite all this. We'll just lose ourselves, not nature
@Reaper 62 And build trains everywhere.
I didn't realize just how bad the Earth was. It's kind of hard when they don't have any other scenes in the entire movie, showing us the state of the planet. This would have helped a lot.
“I started having these dreams of flying, I was free… sooner or later though, you always have to wake up.”
The subconscious is the only thing that seems to comfort us from the pain and reality. No wonder why I like to sleep too much.
This is why I love Jake and I hope he don't get kill off in Avatar the way of water.
this actor has the most amazing eyes
I can see why this part was cut from the theatrical release but I still think it’s worth a watch. Avatar was my favorite movie in high-school and Avatar 2 was DEFINITELY worth the wait!
Thank God we watched it on dvd with my family then
The whole opening scene of Jake Sully being himself on earth in James Cameron’s Avatar: The Extended Edition gives me the Blade Runner vibes.
2:04 "I don't know why I did it, I guess I never liked seeing girls getting hit. But from that moment, I was dead in that town...."
12 bucks for a coffee really doesn’t sound too bad, especially for 100 years time
He said a VA check and 12 bucks get you a coffee. The joke being the VA doesn't pay much
@@gabemartinez2558 ohhh I understand it now
God I was really hoping for some Earth scenes in Avatar 2.
I believe we're getting that in avatar 5
@@Pocket543 it releases in 6 years
@@MichaelK1710 make that 16 lol.
@@clevergirl4457 make that 60
@@clevergirl4457 Actually the release dates of all the next films (4 and 5 still depending on the success of 2 and 3) are set. The third movie for example is almost completely filmed already and parts of 4 also. The script for all movies are done
Yet another deleted scene that could have made the movie better. It gives us an insight to Jake's life on Earth and what he's like as a character.
I love how they added the line "and the pay is good" "very good".
I want an entire movie just set in this cyberpunk dystopia.
I think That will be Avatar 4.
Blade Runner 2049 is a good recent one. Highly recommend it!
@@gonzobliter8or992 I love the original Blade Runner but I just haven't got around to 2049 for some reason.
@@tylertheguy3160 2049 is just plain boring in most of the scenes it, every character is very stoic and there's no emotion at all
@@leonscottkennedy007 Ryan Gosling is the same guy in almost every movie he's in.
I think when Jake says he dreamed flying like on another planet or so and woke up, it’s like how Cameron got the idea of Avatar/Pandora when he was in Collage and waited many years to make it
That beginning was the first time I experienced IMAX 3D. It also made me legit nauseous. Glad the scene lasted a few seconds.
Harden your mind.
The trees? Because the rest of this scene has never been released in 3D
“Strong prey on the weak.”
I just love Jake Sully’s lines.
I hope peace can be achieved so earth can still be saved
The Earth in this movie is what it could be like if we do not reduce climate change. This movie have so many themes!
That's why we found ways to reduce climate change. Let nature have its own climate change.
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we arent good at mitigation. most likely we will find a way to reverse the damage we do but we will most likley not stop doing what we do. We would rather come up with a way to suck out the carbon from our atmosphere then stop putting out carbon emissions
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Hopefully they will show earth for like ten minutes because earth is important of the story and why humans chose to stay in Pandora.
@@user-xd7mk2xz2h why?
@@user-xd7mk2xz2h true
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James Cameron made two world: earth's cyberpunk and Pandora in one movie.
Earth has devolved into an extremely uninhabitable and even toxic sewerage world
If it ain't raining we ain't training! 🤣
Fuckin Marines and our goddamn catchphrases lol. Always hated that one 😂
The Bengal tiger news is actually significant to the pilot who helps them later on as she has it painted on her ship
0:29 That's a really bleak depiction of future Earth.
I feel depressed every time I see it, I only hope that it doesnt escalate to that same depiction as the movie transcribed it
@@kratmostang9049 Fortunately the U.N.'s people in charge of population stats are seeing data that shows birth rates slowing over time, and the global population will plateau somewhere around 11 Billion, which is still sustainable.
Very happy that tigers are still around
Seeing the city on earth makes it feel like a whole different movie
I hope to see more of earth in fututre avatar movies
like no-one else would see that slap. that place was packed.
Unfortunately we live in a society where even if people did see something, they wouldn't get involved, not wanting to risk hurting themselves.
Imagine getting jumped by a guy in a wheelchair
The shame. HA!
I really like Jake's opening narration
One of the Best CG movie on earth!
I played this to celebrate Sigouory Weaver's birthday
I like the part where Jake sees Tom
Jesus Tommy
They should've kept this in...
Pg thank you, i dont see any jake human scenes in tiktok,you help me so much ❤
0:28 Just one shot speaks so much about Earth in Avatar universe. Lack of energy (motion-powered car and bicycles), bad ecology (masks), overpopulation, poverty.
And people say Jake betray humanity for getting laid... I must disagree
The Earth give him nothing, expected him to be comply. While Pandora give him everything he want.
Literally don’t care. He sold his soul for some demonic planet and cat person ass. He deserves nothing more than the worst form of torturous punishment. Maybe hooked up to an avatar simulation of his trees burning over and over until he goes insane.
I hade absolutely no idea that this existed until about 5 minutes ago and I love avatar
blade runner vibes. now i want to watch all avatar sequels. heard the Na’vi will visit Earth so Jake and his Fam will be there and it’ll be Avatar x Blade Runner collab 😮
Man, if I lived in this kind of future, I'd definitely sign up to get blasted out to Pandora.
Ah... The film just started and they used the "likability formula": Main character puts themselves at risk to help another, without even doubting it.
I'm not saying it's a bad thing. It shouldn't have been eliminated. It works.
OK this is my first time seeing this and I did not believe earth would look like that so futuristic 😱
I can't imagine how the Na'vi will react to Earth
avatar 4-5 i heard Navi will visit earth
@@deexero Really? Oh I so want to see that! I hope one of those Navi People is Neytiri and the Sully Children🤞
@@deexero holy shit.. I can't wait when it would be released...
@@maxsotomayor3674 We will definitely win the war against these blue savages. Humanity rules anyways!
@maxsotomayor3674 according to the producers Neytiri will "finally open her eyes" and gain some compassion for them. For now we only see her hostility
Best scenes in the whole movie. At least some depth. Some acting.
Perfectly shown how our world will change with the rising of modern technology
This movie demonstrates why we must still have nature in our planet!!! If we destroy our planet, we destroy what God created!!!
We can't destroy what God created. Only He can.
1:36 Zlatan is still a young promising talent in 2154 🤌🏾
"for the paper in his wallet" - makes sense 😅
0:56 That's just sad
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i don't know whether it's cgi, but jake's legs look really realistic, you often see it in paraplegics, they have really thin legs because they can't use them
it's real prop
They are made of rubber. He has his real legs thug under the bed or the wheelchair and his real legs are erased with photoshop/cgi
You have to admit.. Loak is more like Jake....
yup. That's what I caught on my second viewing lol!
The best intro ever!!!
Avatar 5 will explore Earth and would be interesting to see how Navis interact with the cyberpunk world.
Wind blows, rain falls, and the strong prey upon the weak.
Spoilers Avatar 2
It's like when Lo'ak hit Ao'nung after he insulted Kiri. Like father like son, huh? 😁
Honestly this scene really should have stayed in it adds so much it the film in just 4 minutes. And if you watch Avatar 2 it actually contrasts really well with the opening of that film.
This should have been in the main theatrical cut of the film.
this is what cyberpunk should have been
"Doesn't look like him" he said regarding the dudes identical twin brother 😆
I have no clue why it was cut, one of the best scenes from the movie.
It's going to be interesting when the navi come to earth in the later sequels and everything has this cyberpunk feel to it..
I found the extended edition of Avatar 2009 in my basement after my theatrical dvd stopped working randomly. Extended cut answers a lot of questions and better fleshes out many characters
All this advanced technology but couldn’t get an electric wheelchair 🧑🦼 😂
I saw this scene n my first viewing of avatar 1. Pretty sure it was on direct tv
I know there are comics and role playing video games. But what I'm hoping for is that if all 5 Avatar movies are made, with likely some reference on the current state of Earth, current as in the late 22nd century.
But what I'm hoping for is a prequel or several prequels (even if it's just one) on how Earth became the place what it's portrayed to be in 2154. When the RDA was formed and how Pandora became the destination for RDA's mining operations, including the original Avatar program.
Good to know Harley Davidson's still around in the future.
This is it. The Bengal tiger still exisits. The only four that needs to make a comeback are listed. We can do time travel.
1. Caspian
2. Bali
3. Javan
4. South Chinese
Wow. This scene must in the moive so this movie isn't just sci-fi movie. This movie also cyberpunk with aliens. 😳