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I liked the technology. It looked plausible, not primitive. Exoskeletons that are "beginning to be deployed" can plausibly be widespread in the future. I can be

by philh 17y ago

I liked the technology. It looked plausible, not primitive. Exoskeletons that are "beginning to be deployed" can plausibly be widespread in the future. I can believe that guns will continue to operate on the same principals as they have done for a thousand years. They didn't show the same restraint with the nature, unfortunately. Why did everything need six legs and four eyes, and why didn't Na'vi hair evolve to be prehensile when they started needing to shove it down the data tubes of irate wildlife? As an aside, having all those links in the text is very distracting.

gnaritas 17y ago
> Why did everything need six legs and four eyes For the same reason most animals on earth have 4 legs and two eyes, common genetic ancestry; It was actually a nice touch. > and why didn't Na'vi hair evolve to be prehensile when they started needing to shove it down the data tubes of irate wildlife They already had hands, a prehensile hair connection wouldn't likely offer enough advantage to become a primary trait.
- cracki 17y ago
  four eyes might actually benefit the owner. with 2 eyes, you can cover 360 degrees without stereo vision, or half that with stereo vision. two pairs of eyes should give the owner superior awareness of its surroundings. six legs... the na'vi didn't have 6 limbs. they're an exception. that should have been continued, to maybe 4 arms, like the tree monkeys did. showing the use of 6 legs isn't a problem. enough things on earth already do that. humanoids with 4 legs might have worked... they'd have looked less human though. also, i can't imagine why a 4-legged humanoid would ride a 6-legged horse. Kurzweil pointed out that this film is meant to make money, so 4 legs wouldn't have worked so well. humanoids with 4 arms, that's already difficult from a practical standpoint. what does a 4-armed humanoid use its arms for? the bow and arrow for a 4-armed creature might just be too hard to extrapolate.

by philh 17y ago

gnaritas 17y ago

> Why did everything need six legs and four eyes For the same reason most animals on earth have 4 legs and two eyes, common genetic ancestry; It was actually a nice touch. > and why didn't Na'vi hair evolve to be prehensile when they started needing to shove it down the data tubes of irate wildlife They already had hands, a prehensile hair connection wouldn't likely offer enough advantage to become a primary trait.

cracki 17y ago
four eyes might actually benefit the owner. with 2 eyes, you can cover 360 degrees without stereo vision, or half that with stereo vision. two pairs of eyes should give the owner superior awareness of its surroundings. six legs... the na'vi didn't have 6 limbs. they're an exception. that should have been continued, to maybe 4 arms, like the tree monkeys did. showing the use of 6 legs isn't a problem. enough things on earth already do that. humanoids with 4 legs might have worked... they'd have looked less human though. also, i can't imagine why a 4-legged humanoid would ride a 6-legged horse. Kurzweil pointed out that this film is meant to make money, so 4 legs wouldn't have worked so well. humanoids with 4 arms, that's already difficult from a practical standpoint. what does a 4-armed humanoid use its arms for? the bow and arrow for a 4-armed creature might just be too hard to extrapolate.