Via Machinima Expo:
Reallusion, the makers of iClone 4 and Crazy Talk 6, have agreed to sponsor the Machinima Expo this … petition categories.
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Avatar is set during the 22nd century on a small moon called Pandora, which orbits a gas giant, and is inhabited by the tribal Na’vi, ten foot blue humanoids that are peaceful unless attacked. Humans cannot breathe Pandoran air, so they genetically engineer human/Na’vi hybrids known as Avatars that can be controlled via a mental link. A paralyzed Marine named Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) volunteers to exist as an Avatar on Pandora, falling in love with a Na’vi princess and becoming caught up in the conflict between her people and the human military that is consuming their world.
I picked this animation by Andy Lubershane to showcase on digipendence.com because it presents a contentious - for some people - subject in an interesting manner: