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You have to review things sometimes. Like when pitchfork reviews hip hop albums because they find something viable about the art form regardless of which character they were on Degrassi. Do we do it to bring in readers? Do we do it to give the audience a common interest easy enough to relate to? Do we even consider ourselves a we? Does James Cameron believe in Haiti relief? No, we review cross cultural magnets to show you which culture we are in, and then to trick you into thinking you are part of that culture. Was I stoned when I saw Avatar? Should I not have been? The answer there is you shouldn't care. We have all been exposed to Avatar reviews by now, by friends, by overheard conversations, by jokes by friends who care about joking to convey their message, by being alive in 2010. So- story bad, visual good. But I'll give you a specific- when the Blue People show emotion when they get attacked at first (spoiler? this is a month after a billion dollar movie came out and you care about the spoiler? Also, sorry I said blue people) is a hilarious bit of over-trying with your technology to show something off putting and awkward. Avatar might make the Oscars suck this year, but since when do you care about the Oscars. You never heard of Colin Firth until last week on Conan. Who am I attacking? Who's side am I on? This is a review judging the review about judging the selection of a review with undertones of Avatar and my struggling with how to end this review. Right here? Right now.
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