COLMA

cross High School Musical with a John Water's concept musical and the little bastard musical COLMA slides out....a blue collar musical contrasting with the thoroughly bourgeoisie Zac Efron vehicle.....I had never heard of the film until it was recently shown on Sundance.......

Unobtainium!.....only Pyrite, after all...... it's always a matter of Perspective, isn't it?

I departed this awesome 3-D IMAX screening of AVATAR, satisfied not only by the visual feast, but the that Hollywood had given us a beautiful and powerful mythic portrayal of the contemporary struggle to save the natural world and that honored indigenous, shamanic wisdom under threat of being destroyed by corporate/military/technological forces. Avatar offers an evolution of the StarWars/DancingWithWolves/FantasticPlanet/TerminatorSalvation/Emerald Forest saga myths that infused a generation with a way of understanding the "Kô-k zh n" Evolution. Avatar brings in a greater sense of our contemporary struggle regarding the life of the planet and the movement towards more earth and nature focused spirituality.

In Avatar, the alien race, Na’avi, are giant beings who appear as montages of various native people of our planet Earth, attuned to the natural world of the magical plants and animals and having the ability to merge with Consciousness, aware of the living intelligence of the planet on which they live. Unfortunately, even their most intuitive shaman is incapable of seeing through the mendacity and duplicity of the gentle-eyed ex-marine human agent sent to spy on them for corporate and military groups seeking the Unobtainium. The hero falls in love with one of them, however, and crosses over to lead the united Na'avi tribes into the standard Hollywood fierce and bloody battle to save them and their moon-planet from pillage and devastation.

The Aesthetic and relevance of the eco-sensitive myth of the story is undermined by it's reinforcement of the prejudice of “dominant-race superiority”. Like Tarzan, the upper-class European who, upon being dropped into Africa, quickly becomes the King of the Negroes, the hero in Avatar, after a very short training period in the ways of the Na’avi, becomes better at their ways than any of them! American audiences just will not go to movies unless that is the way the story unfolds, of course. Avatar is a great film and worth seeing. But, I want to make a screenplay suggestion to the next great filmmaker who wants to demonstrate the beauty and wisdom of native cultures and wants to support them in their efforts to not be destroyed by “us”. Yes, have the hero/heroine fall in love with a member of the mythic “other”; have him or her learn their ways and the magic of their wisdom teachings. But NO, don’t have him become their Master of their own teachings. Let him get blessed and go back and teach his own people. Or, have her join with the tribe and be part of their efforts, in struggling against the aggression.

Maybe it’s too much to ask to have a film challenge all the destructive myths in modern Western Civilization, but this one idea (of the great white savior) has been hanging on too long. "Help us Ben Kenobi...YOU are our only hope!" "I AM the Quizzat Hadderat!"....."Hi , Jews, I'm Jesus....and these are NOT blue contact lenses, and this IS my natural hair color!" This is not about political correctness. It is a distorted prejudice about human intelligence that keeps us from each other. The indigenous peoples of the Earth are reaching out to us, calling on us to stop destroying not only them, but the Life systems upon which we all depend. Let us learn without 'kick-butt' warring, how to integrate our knowledge and that of others for an enlightened Consciousness.

Now,nevertheless, millions of Wi/Nintendo/PS4 -equipped adolescents can relive their twisted "take" on the film, purchasing the appropriate hardware and software, that they too can re-inact the murder and devastation of the film.... with their fingers on controllers, blowing up the evil Humans to save the beautiful Na'avi, when, in reality, they are only substantiating the Na'avi's claims of the violent nature and predatory instincts of Humankind........ The power of denial and rationalization rules! "Watch out, Bob!.....there's a "bug" on your arm......SWAT!.....O.K. I got it!"..........

what a setup for a jillion dollar sequel........the nice guys let the bad guys return to Earth......or whatever place they're currently trashing, in the event that Earth-living is untenable by then.......to regroup and return with that thirst for the unobtainable filler for Humankind's Great Emptiness....and they WILL come back.....with spiffier technology, bigger laser cannons and hardware designed for the newest, greatest shoot-em-up/blow-em-up multi-platinum-selling video game......"Farting Assholes of Earth vs. Tail-Fucking Blue Aliens", rated "R" for mindless idiocy and senseless violence.......and "AVATAR2.....COMEUPPANCE", with Sigourney, again brought to life from DNA, to fight for Right Science.......music by Tangerine Dream in Concert with Blue Man Group.........Tickets only $20, with a $2 online convenience fee....buy them now for the Jan, 2013 Event.....NOW!

Avatar Scriptment by James Cameron -

ELEANOR POWELL DANCING WITH A DOG

i had a dancing collie, Cindy, who loved to be costumed and loved to dance......but Eleanor's pup was a real talent! and, i was just thinking......movies with dancing and singing are my real favorites.....give me Busby any day!!

FIRST OF 2010 THOUGHTS

Let the heart of Amalie be an example from the many Lives from the Silver Screen......