So I finally went to see avatar (this post does not contain spoilers). I’ve actually seen this movie before, many years ago, only then it was called Ferngully and the music was much better.

It was an interesting flick if you could get past the unoriginal plot and the glaring irony of a major corporation producing a movie where the idea of a major corporation is evil. But past all that, there’s something else which began to sink in as I peered through my 3D glasses: the missing villains.

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Are you a real Micheal Jackson fan? Then buy this shit. If you won’t buy this shit, you’re nothing.

Like most americans, my childhood was filled with thoughts about this magical day wherein I could open all my presents and the wondering what they were would finally be over. There was such a buildup, such an incredible excitement, then days of glow while messing with all the new junk I acquired.

As I got older and grew to loath consumerism, the magic of Christmas wore off for me. Consumerism is like a kind of modern Robin Hood tale where retailers steal from the poor and give to the rich.

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