Skyler's Avatar and Terra Incognita Comparisons

8/2/2019 Skyler's Avatar and Terra Incognita Comparisons

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Terra Incognita & Avatar Comparison

My name is Skyler, I am eighteen years old. I wrote the "Terra Incognita &

Avatar comparison". Avatar is one of my favorite movies, so I was very

interested in reading Emil's script when he told me about the similarities

between his script and Avatar. I've read the script many times, and

watched Avatar many times, and the similarities are astonishing.

At the conclusion I have come to is that although the exact story lines

differ, the core concepts and main characters are almost exactly the same


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Concept Similarities

IMPORTANT- Each of the following Terra Incognita quotes

or statements, describe both Terra Incognita & Avatar

"The major concept of the mythical land, peoples & creatures of Terra

Incognita is to compare & contrast how their different values allow

another way of life from what we witness & experience on earth, mainly

due to absence of racism. The Terra Incognita beings work together to

create a harmonious existence without damaging the environment. This

concept enables the viewer to not only escape into a highly mythical

world. But also challenges the individual by helping question the valuesshaping our existence in an educational & stimulating way" TI pg 41

"The basic concept is to create a community that is similar to earth

people in many ways but is different in ways that stretches our

imaginations & questions our values" TI pg 1

"Our aim here is to learn respect for other creatures through

understanding, similarly to value the environment, or the habitats in

which animals live" TI pg 13


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It is mentioned in the script, that Terra Incognita is to be realistic, using

computer animation, to capture the audience.

"This Particular concept only works if done as real-not cartoons" TI pg 3

"The animals are to be real, like the animals in Jurassic park were real, oras ET was real" TI pg 31

Coincidentally, before even reading Terra Incognita, after I watched Avatar, the last 4 points

describe my experience.

"Racism does not exist in their world" TI pg 3b

"The astronauts found meadows, rivers, lakes and forests like on earth

but they noticed everything more clean & lush & waters full of fish" TI pg4

"The energy source, called orgonite, is known to have been in short

supply on terra, as an evil god secretly removed this substance to another

planet" TI pg 10b

"Heat & light source magnetically generated from within, thus creating a

magnetic barrier that disrupts radar transmissions of any sort" TI pg 12b(same scenario occurs in Avatars flux vortex)

Both the planets, Pandora (Avatar) and Terra Incognita (Terra Incognita)

are blue planets


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Character Similarities

Terra Incognita - Lt Deming Avatar - Col. Miles Quaritch

1"Lt Deming is a member of a secret

military organization who's assigned to

monitor the NASA space program" TI pg 4b

2 "At 35 he is a strong, well built soldier

who stands over 6 5 & has no sense of

humor & takes trivial matters seriously" TI

pg 4b

3"Deming often thwarts the heroes efforts

by coming in guns blazing & weapons of

mass destruction at the ready. Though they

are both on same side, Demings patronizing

attitude toward Mathew and his gang, and

his refusal to listen to the histories of the

conflicts makes him an antagonist figure" TI

1Part of military space program

2Very serious, strong, well built soldier

3Thwarts heroes efforts by coming in guns

blazing, Antagonist to main characters

4Believes main characters are "betraying

their own race", & does everything possible

to thwart Dr Grace Augustine, Jake & his

friends from Pandora who he believes are

enemies of earth and does everything he can

to stop them

5Puts main characters in jail

6Hard nosed Soldier who believes all

battles are fought with weapons


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pg3e

4 "he sees Mathew and Prof. Pyre as

dreamers & considers them especially to be

a menace to his own plans to save earth &

does everything possible to thwart prof.

Pyre, Matt & his friends from Terra who he

believes are enemies of earth" TI pg5b

5Puts main characters in jail

6"Hard nosed Soldier who believes all

battles are fought with weapons" T.I. pg 8f


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Terra Incognita - Matt Avatar - Jake Sully

1Leaves earth on a special mission to

another planet

2Befriends daughter of the clan leader and

falls in love

3"He meets Ophir, daughter of Yushin, the

ruler of Terra Incognita, together they

embark on many adventures" TI pg 4 b

4"The final prophecy shows Mathews life

sacrificed saving the planet" T.I. pg"15c

"then before their eyes, the ashes roll into a

ball and the ball becomes a boy, and the boy

is Mathew. He is cleansed by fire and

reborn." TI pg 17 c

5"Mathew didnt set out to save the world,

but once he realized he might be the only

one to do it, he took on the challenge" TI

pg1f

6 Mathew has a dragon - Quetzalcoatl

1Leaves earth on a special mission to

another planet

2Befriends daughter of clan leader and falls

in love

3He meets Neytiri, daughter of Eytukan, the

ruler of the Omaticaya, together they

embark on many adventures

4After fighting off the humans, saving the

planet, his human body dies and he is

reborn in avatar body at the end of movie

5Took on challenge to save the Omaticaya

6 Jake has a dragon Last Shadow


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Terra Ingognita-Mathew-con'd Avatar - Jake Sully - contd7 Mathews scientist father, named Jake, wassent to an alien planet by the NASA space

program to gather orgonite, which is key to save

earth from impending disaster. Jake was a

significant investment for the NASA space

program because he was a trained astronaut &

the first to visit Terra Incognita, but he went

missing. So Mathew, completely inexperienced in

his fathers field, took his place.

Jake, Mathews father, is a NASA scientist who

has always dreamed and believed in

extraterrestrial lifebravely sacrifices his life on

Earth by being assigned to a special NASA mission

in order to save the planet from an impending

disaster. Pg 5 b

Five years ago Jake disappeared on a special

mission to the planet Terra Incognita. pg 3 b

"The orgonite energy is what will also save Earth

from destruction. pg 10 b

Jake knew that others would eventually

discover that Quetzalcoatl would be the key to

locating the orgonite on Terra. He thought that if

he travelled to Terra Incognita and retrieved the

energy source, he would save Earth from

destruction. Pg 11 b

7 Jakes scientist brother, named Tommy, was goingto be sent to an alien planet for the Avatar program,

which is an offshoot of the R.D.A. , whos main

mission is to mine unobtanium , to save earth from

its energy crisis. Tommy was a "significant

investment" of the Avatar program because he had

years of training for it, but he was murdered. So

Jake, completely inexperienced in his brothers

field, took his place.

"Unobtanium (pronounced un-ub-TAIN-e-um) is a

highly valuable mineral found on the moon

Pandora. Humans mine unobtanium to save the

Earth from its energy crisis; bluntly put, they need it

for their survival."

Quote from Avatar wiki - http://james-camerons-

avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Unobtanium

The Resources Development Administration, orRDA, is the largest single non-governmental

organization in human space. Its power is such that

it outmatches most Earth governments in wealth,

political influence, and military capability. The RDA

has monopoly rights to all products shipped,

derived, or developed from Pandora and any other

off-Earth location.

Quote from avatar wiki http://james-camerons-

avatar.wikia.com/wiki/RDA
http://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Unobtaniumhttp://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Unobtaniumhttp://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Unobtaniumhttp://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Unobtanium


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Terra Incognita- Ophir Avatar - Neytiri

1Daughter of clan leader

2"She can be quick tempered, impatient

and defiant, she is also very intelligent and

caring" TI pg 5b

3"African Features" TI pg 5b

4"Living with the animals, Ophir has

learned to stalk like a panther, climb like a

cat, make animal sounds, and run like agazelle" TI pg5b

5"Her martial arts style excellence makes

her a formidable opponent." TI Pg 3f

6"She has a major attitude" TI page 3f

1Daughter of clan leader

2Quick tempered, impatient and defiant,

she is also very intelligent and caring

3African features

4Living with the animals, Neytiri has

learned to "stalk like a panther", "climb like

a cat", make animal sounds, and "run like a

gazelle"

5Well trained in martial arts

6 She has a major attitude


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Terra Incognita - Prof. Pyre Avatar - Dr Grace Augustine

1Red hair

2Age 53

3Scientist character

4" Morpheus Pyre, age 53 is a world

renowned archeologist and scientist, and is

a consultant for the NASA space program.

5"Pyre is often in trouble with the

management of space program, however iswell respected" TI pg4b

6Surrogate father to Mathew

1Red hair

2Age 50

3Scientist character

4Dr Grace Augustine, 50 years old, is a world renowned

author of a comprehensive book on Pandora's plants and a

xenobotanist, and is in charge of the Avatar Program.

5She is often at odds with the management of the

AVATAR program, however is still well respected.

6Mothering to Jake


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Terra Incognita Riva Avatar - Thanator

1"A massive black panther like creature which

nearly vanquishes Mathew on Terra" T.I. pg 7f

2"A hissing disturbs them. Down jumps a huge

black panther-like creature. This is Riva." TI pg10

3Later on Riva becomes an ally

4"Riva is virtually indestructible"

5"Riva starts to untie the vines at frantic speed,

then having no luck, starts to gnaw, her teeth do

the work in seconds and vines snap" TI pg 95d

1A massive black panther like creature which

nearly vanquishes Jake on Pandora

2In Avatar, in the scene where Jake thinks he

scares a Hammerhead Titanothere, a hissingdisturbs them, and down jumps a huge black

panther-like creature. The Thanator.

3Later on the Thanator becomes an ally

4The Thanator is unharmed by bullets

5The scene where the Thanator chases Jake, it

starts to untie vines at frantic speed trying to

get at Jake hiding underneath, then having no

luck, starts to gnaw, its teeth do the work in

seconds and the vines snap like twigs.


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Terra Incognita IKHN Avatar - Parker Selfridge

The boss of mineral mining operation

Powerful

Greedy

Rich

Kills planet inhabitants

The boss of mineral mining operation

Powerful

Greedy

Rich

Kills planet inhabitants


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Other Character SimilaritiesCross between earthly animal species (Note that the exact animal crosses betweenAvatar and T.I. are different, but the concept of crossing earthly animal species remains the same.)

Terra Incognita

Zebra RhinoRabbit Peacock

Elephant Giraffe Monkey Panther


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Avatar

Elephant body & Hammerhead shark head Reptile head, bird/bat body, bug wings.

Horse body, ant-eater tongue Dog body, reptile teeth, monkey hands.


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Hair braids

Terra Incognita Avatar


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Big cute "cuddly" eyes for merchandising

"They must pass the "stuffed animal" test, this is important for two reasons; one, merchandising; and two,

cuddliness promotes bonding and bonding promotes caring." "Large eyes in proportion to head" TI pg2



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Girls wearing almost no clothes to attract males.

"The older boys will be able to identify and enjoy the adventures & boobs TI pg 31

Screenshot of practically topless Neytiri from Avatar


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Environmental Similarities

"The trees rise above them like gnarled sky scrapers, a mass of twisted

limbs & vines. The whole forest is a monochrome of darkness" TI pg 41 D

Screen shot of Avatar forest


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"we can see its an enormous tree, the width of a city block, and so tall its

branches disappear into the night sky" TI pg 58D

Screenshot of home tree from Avatar

"where ever Mathew has been, the trees walls have lit up & the whole

area is being suffused with a blue light" TI pg 96d

Screen shot of Avatar's Jake walking through forest at night


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"The orgonite energy source gives off a strong glowing light" TI pg 13

"The life tree, orgonite runs through it like sap" TI pg 58D

Screen shot of tree of souls from Avatar


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Other Similarities

Third eye symbolism & telepathy

The third eye symbolizes consciousness. It is believed in cultures around the world once its opened,

telepathy and other psychic abilities are activated.

In Terra Incognita, Mathew communicates telepathically with Quetzalcoatl.In Avatar the Na'vi communicate telepathically with each other, animals and trees, through the bond.



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Mining of precious stones

Terra Incognita -Orgonite

"The orgonite is being shipped from Terra to the god of gold on another planet" TI pg 146

Avatar -Unobtanium

Unobtanium is being shipped from Pandora to another planet, Earth.

Screenshot of Avatars unobtanium


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Sacred tree with mineral deposits underneath

Terra Incognita Lifetree, with orgonite underneath

Avatar Home tree, with unobtanium underneath

Screenshot of Avatars home tree being analyzed for destruction in order to mine minerals underneath


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Collective memories

Terra Incognita -Ophir shows Mathew the memories of her people

"She reaches into her robes and pulls out a forked stick" "its called the pacal. It is sacred to our people.

Within it are contained our collective memories." TI pg 31D

Avatar -Neytiri shows Jake the memories of her people

Neytiri shows Jake the tree of voices, which contain the voices of her ancestors

Screenshot of Avatars Neytiri showing Jake tree of voices


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Inhabitants of planet fight off aliens

Terra Incognita- The children and animals of terra incognita bond together to fight the enemies oftheir planet" TI pg 3b

Avatar- In avatar the clans & animals of Pandora bond together to fight the enemies of their planet

Screenshots of children and animals of Pandora bonding together to fight enemies of planet


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Animal communication, friendship & integration into society

Terra Incognita -Animals talk, are befriended as equals, and integrated into workplace.

Avatar - The Na'vi communicate with animals through "the bond", the Na'vi bond with the banshees asfriends, they fly banshees to hunt ground animals


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Use of Helicrafts

Terra Incognita - "Matthew boards the helicraft" TI pg 2g

Avatar - Helicraft are main modes of transportation in Avatar

Screenshot of Avatar helicraft


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And lastly

On side of the "dragon warship" in Avatar, it's the same dragon as

Quetzalcoatl from Terra Incognita


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Core Differences between Avatar & T.I.

-The AVATAR program whereby a human is hooked up to a machine and

has its consciousness transferred into the body of an alien, in order tooperate in an alien environment.

-"The Bond" (the tentacle hair that allows telepathy)

-The dialogue script

-The linear storyline (only random segments of the T.I. storyline seem to

have been used, and not in chronological order)

One last observation

-It looks as though James Cameron attempted to cover up and change

Terra Incognita as to be un-recognizable, but failed because as you can

see, the similarities dramatically outweigh the differences.

In conclusion, the similarities are astonishing; it is clearly evident that Terra Incognita has laid down the

foundation and framework for Avatars Creation. This cannot be coincidence or divine intervention.

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