Magenta Panther
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In the film, humans had to learn the Na'vi culture, their creatures, their habits, etc. They had to adapt and learn to coexist in nature. What does it matter that the nature doesn't occur on Earth? If Dragons and Unicorns were supposed to be granted access to Animal Kingdom, then so can pretty much anything in my book. They aren't legend as much as myth. Pandora fits under the wide umbrella definition of "Mythical" and "imagined"
If anyone has a textbook definition that says Animal Kingdom has to focus solely on Earth, then please let me know, because I don't recall anything of the sort.
Welcome to a kingdom of animals... real, ancient and imagined: a kingdom ruled by lions, dinosaurs and dragons; a kingdom of balance, harmony and survival; a kingdom we enter to share in the wonder, gaze at the beauty, thrill at the drama, and learn.
—Michael D. Eisner, April 22, 1998
I don't see any blue kitty cats in Eisner's description. And I sure as heck didn't see any dragons in Avatar.
Dragons, unicorns etc. are eternal icons. They've appeared in film, art, and literature and their appeal has spanned centuries. Cameron's blue kitty cats are a flash in the pan. Avatar was just eye candy coupled with a boring preachy environmental message. Overrated film. Iger bought the rights because he's a cement head who thought he'd hit on a way to counter Potter. He was wrong. I don't visit AK as it is, because as a Disney fan, I'm disgusted by the broken yeti and there's not much to do there anyway. If Avatar is inflicted upon it, I'll avoid the place like the plague.