Avatar | the mythological origins of the Na'vi world

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Another one! It’s been a while, but James Cameron is back with even more. What is he basing all this off of, and what took so long? Is the Na’vi language real, and why are the aliens blue? Let’s get some answers!

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Extras:

• video, Avatar The Way of Water making-of
• article, the 45 page doc of Jim Cameron’s Avatar influences
• video, Cameron’s first short film Xenogenesis
• graph, color spectrum for sci-fi interfaces over time
• website, the Na’vi language and grammar rules

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