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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 5034996" data-attributes="member: 5">[spoiler]It's a pretty standard David and Goliath tale with a pro-environmental stance against corporate greed.  It's morally and ethically argued in some portions of the movie but never really gets politicized as there is no political arena represented.  It takes place in 2154 (according to the daily log screen read out) and there are places where they mention that the humans come from a dying planet but the humans are not there to colonize, they are after a metal ore.  So, apparently they are not after the land of the indigenous people except as a means of collecting the ore in as swiftly and cheaply a manner as possible.So, too, do they have scientists who can put effort into biological and genetics research and development that allows them to create hybrid human-alien bodies into which they can temporarily implant their non-physical selves over great distances.  If the human species were in danger of dying out, it is unlikely resources would have been put toward such an effort (and it must be a huge expenditure since the biotech is developed very quickly, considering how early in the process the mining operation seems to be).  The other implication is that there might be human clone-avatars walking around with the non-physical portion of the person from whom they were cloned.  Maybe that will be some portion of a sequel.Of course, I won't discuss real world politics on these boards due to board policy restrictions.[/spoiler]</blockquote>

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