'Unobtanium In The Film Avatar'

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Avatar is a film that tells the story of the planet Pandora and its inhabitants, as seen through the eyes of Jake Sully a marine and native of Earth. Sully along with his earthling companions seek to colonize and control the planet and its peoples. This all done with the hope that a rare new mineral called “Unobtanium” can be procured and used in order to solve the energy crisis that has ensued their planet, Earth. This program is lead under the guise of a research project led by Dr.Grace Augustine who plans to study the natives of Pandora, in an effort to get to know them, and to further enhance the remote controlled Na’vi bodies or Avatars. This in turn will help with the procurement of unobtanium as it is under their sacred land, and they

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