ITP: Two Options

[takeme2urpants]

[It's getting to be rather late in the evening. ZEX is fiddling around with a really cool alien gadget, just outside and around the corner from the Mess Hall. It's a tiny projector that shows a big blue translucent sphere, upon which there are thousands of tiny dots of two different colors: green and red. He is moving the green dots my pointing and

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[ahandsomeshark]

Because most literature comes from earth.

... And I believe it's because they want-they want to give alien species "sex appeal."

[takeme2urpants]

At this time, yes.

..."Sex appeal"? In what way?

[ahandsomeshark]

I don't know about literature from other places.

The creatures in Avatar were very attractive. James Cameron made a point to make them that way. We are ... motivated by that.

[takeme2urpants]

Avatar? I have not seen this film... one moment, as I search.

[ahandsomeshark]

It was nominated for a Best Film Oscar.

[takeme2urpants]

...Two of the people from this movie were in Camp but months ago.