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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
My Avatar plot prediction
Loved the movie. It took quite a number of hard-to-believe leaps to make the plot work, but I just took it for what it was and enjoyed the film.
I just wanted to publish this here to check back later if I was right.
I predict the plot over the next movies to be that the colonel turns into a good guy and helps the avatar peoples defend the planet against the invading sky people. As a blue man who also has a Pandora-raised son that saves his life, I predict that the colonel's character arc will somehow make him flip sides and join the natives to fight against the sky people. He will learn that he cares about his son. He will live as a blue native. He will learn to "see", just like Jake did. He will atone for his sins in a dramatic fashion by sacrificing himself or dying in battle right after his character finally learns a moral lesson. The battle will no longer be Jake VS colonel (idk names). The new villains will just be the larger-sprawling sky people plotting to take over the planet, and the series will end in a war being narrowly won by the native tribes and human defectors coming together, while the surviving human species has to learn to live peacefully in balance with the planet and its peoples.
Kumbyah.
I'll check back in 15 years to see if I was right.
The Business of Drugs (2020)
Educational for the general public
Nothing new or groundbreaking is presented in the series. However, in a world where nearly all education on drugs is politicized in some way in favor of advocating the "war on drugs", the presentation of the material seeks and, in my opinion, successfully serves to re-baseline public knowledge of the black market of various drugs in a simple, digestible and entertaining way - suitable and obtainable for the massive Netflix audience to consume. This series knows what it is, knows what it is trying to convey, knows the audience, and executes its objectives well.
Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One (2020)
Laughing through painful tears
Was not expecting to have to deal with feelings. I feel honored to know that this exists. Whitmer created something truly honest and special. Thank you for your story, your art, and the laughs.