I am so sick of near-future space exploration/colonization in which exploration is the problem and humans are utter ducks about it. #AvatarWayOfTheWater #IntentionalTypos

I had the honor of listening to professional book reviewer Paul Goat Allen talk last week about how Golden Age scifi looked ahead to a bright future, and recent scifi doesn't really. (Hopepunk/solarpunk notwithstanding, I assume.) #AvatarWayOfTheWater is a great example.

Humanity in #AvatarWayOfTheWater is invasive, destructive, inconsiderate, and selfish, except for our few protagonists. It's not a terrible reflection of our society as it stands now, but they had the chance to build a better future for your fictional world and model it for today's audiences. And they blew it.

I hate to think that near-future cinematic SF is going to continue to be that irresponsible.

Zero hearing protection, flying on rotorcraft with their avatar heads poking out. The antagonist team is going to lose their hearing by the end of the film. #AvatarWayOfTheWater