Cameron: Amazon dam dispute a real-life 'Avatar'
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Molenir
To an econut, there is nothing worse then building a damn. The sacrilege involved is unacceptable. Their religion does not accept any reason for this. I don't know any of the details of this particular project, but suspect that if Cameron is opposed to it, pretty much any reasonable person would be in favor of it.
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LostinNagoya
Molenir, you're wrong. Being in Brazil, I know, or more accurately, I can feel what's going on. In short, Brazilian President, Lula, is a dumb man. He is one of those leaders who refers to US as "that imperialist nation that have dominate our beautiful country..." So, you infer the rest. Basically, he is not protecting Amazon forest as he could. Last year he fired his Minister for Environment Affairs, because she was against this dam. Cameron may be a merchant, but he is doing the right thing now.
And for those shrugging their shoulders about Amazon, remember that it's very likely that the medicine that saved someone you love came from plants, microorganisms or animals from that region.
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Molenir
I grant the possibility here. I don't know the details of the project, the why's and wherefores, so I can't come out and say, this is a good thing. However adding power generating capacity is a good thing. Hydroelectric, is the cleanest type of energy, though you have to destroy a canyon to create it.
Still, if Cameron is opposed to it, you have to wonder if maybe its a good thing after all. I mean, he's such a raving lunatic about his religion that its hard to take him seriously about anything. Well, apart from movies that is.
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goddog
They should build a nuclear power plant instead.
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manfromamerica
He has not yet responded to James Cameron??? An outrage!! Doesn't Silva know that Cameron is from Hollywood???
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smithinjapan
Molenir: "....but suspect that if Cameron is opposed to it, pretty much any reasonable person would be in favor of it."
And Molenir proves beyond the shadow of a doubt how shallow his arguments, and how devoid of proof they are. Doesn't like someone, so they simply must be 'wrong'.
Personally, one of the reasons I didn't like Avatar as much as it was hyped (it was pretty good, but not THAT good!) was that the story was so simple. You could relate it to anything -- the war in Iraq, or any struggle of natives against an opposing force. Cameron's stories have always been relatively simple and plain in terms of what they are supposed to represent, although again his earlier action movies in particular can be fun. Still, my not liking the man all that much is in no way any indication that the issue is 'wrong'; only that his support of it doesn't make it any less real than it was before (of course, save for the hype).
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manfromamerica
Ahh, the real reason for the Avatar plug. Very savvy, Mr. Cameron.
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Molenir
Perhaps you missed the part where I mentioned he's a raving lunatic. For example, if Iranian President Achmadinajad is in favor of something, do you think its a good thing? He's a nutcase as well, though obviously of a different sort. For the most part I like movies by Cameron, though for me, Avatar was a bit too preachy, still overall the mans a good storyteller. But being a good storyteller does not make him a good person, or any less of a fruitcake.
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skipthesong
So, how much cash is Mr. Cameron dropping on this cause?
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smithinjapan
Molenir: I didn't miss the part where you said he is a raving lunatic. In fact, I think you said it in regards to how he talks about his religion... which is what, by the way? I simply said that you cannot judge a cause to be right or wrong simply by one single person promoting it. You can judge that person's record, and you can, if the cause seems suspicious, say perhaps there are connections between the person's promotion of something and its merit, but simply to say it's wrong because one person approves or disapproves -- particularly when you admit you know nothing of the project in question -- is a little bit silly.
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Molenir
Smith, did you really read my post? Go ahead and reread it now please. I admit, I don't know much about the project. I admitted that. To me, the fact that a person I think is a religious nut, is involved in this issue, suggests that I might want to be on the other side. Now, if I knew the issue, was aware of all the details, I freely admit I might choose the same side. However that wasn't my point. My point was that, if you don't know the details, and hear that some nutcase is opposed to something, your instinctive reaction is to be on the opposite side. In the absence of further information, thats a natural reaction. So why are you calling me out for it? Particularly when I freely admit the situation?
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