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Did anybody else notice that Avatar was a bit, sort of, Hindu?

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(jflinden wifflewaffle, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:14, archived)
# No.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:15, archived)
# Not completely
The top left word that you probably can't read is Kurukshetra which is where a famous battle took place in 5561BC. There, a Hindu Avatar (where have I hear that word before) revealed his true form (ie, as an avatar of God, effecting a positive outcome for the battle which lasted 18 days and involved the killing of several million people) and, he also had lotus blue skin and safron coloured clothes.

Also, 'navine' (for want of a better way of spelling it) means 'new' and, the belief system of the natives in the film is fairly close to pantheist.
(jflinden wifflewaffle, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:32, archived)
# Interesting
Shame it turned out like Pocohontas in Space. He should've stuck to the original script.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs πŸ¦‡ ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉΙ₯Κ‡ ↓πŸ¦‡, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:34, archived)
# Hahahaha
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:44, archived)
# several million people that long ago was probably half the worlds population
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:39, archived)
# You learn something every day.
(I helped save b3ta! Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:40, archived)
# You need to go to the Avatar forums and tell them this.
They are all so very upset that Pandora isn't real and that they can't live/be like the Na'vi. Maybe they'll all convert to Hindu and leave the internets alone.

There are also this lot who believe deep down in their souls they really really are Na’vi.

One poster (Some News halfway down the page) has procreated and in his words: ...."we have decided to raise the child according to Na'vi ways. The child will be taught Na'vi philosophy and Na'vi history Na'vi ideaologies and the Na'vi faith system."

(I helped save b3ta! wuffle, the b3ta bunny 's flea collar isn't working on, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:47, archived)
# The Internet:
Supplying you with nutters to laugh at since 1990.
(I helped save b3ta! Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:48, archived)
# I suppose scary people have always been with us
it's just that they have a visible outlet for their scariness in the Internet and easy-to-find groups of other scaries to play with.

Before the internets people generally had to keep their fantasy lives to themselves and/or exercised some restraint in public life rather than indulge themselves 24/7 and expect everyone else to indulge them too.
(I helped save b3ta! wuffle, the b3ta bunny 's flea collar isn't working on, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:53, archived)
#
"My partner did put her foot down at the dressing our child in blue clothes and turning down the heating so that their skin has a light blue tinge, however, and on reflection I agree that this was not a good idea"

I suspect someone is doing what is known colloquially as "taking the piss".
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs πŸ¦‡ ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉΙ₯Κ‡ ↓πŸ¦‡, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:50, archived)
# I truly hope so!
(I helped save b3ta! wuffle, the b3ta bunny 's flea collar isn't working on, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:56, archived)
# Foma.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokononism)
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)β”Œ Κ…(́◑◝)Κƒ, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:50, archived)
# Well, I didn't know that.
I didn't know that.Thanks for that link it's very informative.
(I helped save b3ta! wuffle, the b3ta bunny 's flea collar isn't working on, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 19:05, archived)
# Are hindus blue, predictable and mindblowing?
I never knew that.
(I helped save b3ta! zeltergiset, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:16, archived)
# Don't touch my berries :(
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:16, archived)
# i hope that's a euphemism
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:24, archived)
# ONO HE TUTCHED YR BEREYS
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)β”Œ Κ…(́◑◝)Κƒ, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:28, archived)
# Now their ruind!
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:33, archived)
# TUTCHED YR BEREYS :(
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)β”Œ Κ…(́◑◝)Κƒ, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 19:02, archived)
# My favourite berries is your berries.
(I helped save b3ta! zeltergiset, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:36, archived)
# Star Wars.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:37, archived)
# It was blue cats in space.
That's not Hindu
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:31, archived)
# Mmm
do you mean 'हिन्दी'?
(jflinden wifflewaffle, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:34, archived)
# Squiggly
(I helped save b3ta! zeltergiset, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:35, archived)
# That looks like a cat and a dog under a table.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:35, archived)
# Blue cat???
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiESwuVz_bI
(I helped save b3ta! The Twisted Omentum vidi vici veni, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:54, archived)
# pfffffft
HINDU ISLAM
(b0rk3d Jokes are better than technique!, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 18:42, archived)