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Ben :bc:

It annoys me in films when they 'science-up' an ordinary word. Like in Avatar when the humans were on Pandora to mine Unobtainium. Or in the new Matrix when Trinity is held in the area they create the anomalies called.... The Anomaleum. You can't just add an ium/eum to the end of things to make it a thing. Where do I keep my fruit? In the bananaeum. Oh I need to wash the floors, I'll use some of this floorium cleanium. IT'S STUPID.

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Mombie πŸ§Ÿβ€β™€οΈ || Fα΄€Κ€α΄€Κœ

@NickGates @GayDeceiver @TheBreadmonkey Every time someone says they like Avatar, I just imagine they’re talking about the last air bender, for their sake

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@farah @NickGates @GayDeceiver @TheBreadmonkey
Isn't that a completely different movie?
I loved Avatar. I was not crazy about The Last Airbender. I guess it's cute for children though. Since it's about a child anyway.

GayDeceiver

@Nuncio @farah @NickGates @TheBreadmonkey

The first version of the TV series slapped. The movie by M Night was terrible.

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@farah @NickGates @GayDeceiver @TheBreadmonkey
Oh geez. Thats right - everything has a second life as animated series.
When's the Broadway musical coming out?

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@farah @NickGates @GayDeceiver @TheBreadmonkey
I almost wish I've been keeping up with these things. I love sci-fi. But I don't have channels on a TV anymore. Gotta buy a new streaming service every time one thing I like comes out.
So I choose to pay the $200/month for one streaming service and stick with that.

GayDeceiver

@Nuncio @farah @NickGates @TheBreadmonkey

Avatar the Last Airbender was a Nickelodeon animated series. It was really great. It did so good, M Night decided to make it into a live film … and stripped all that was good about the TV show from it.

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@farah @GayDeceiver @TheBreadmonkey

I hated James Cameron's Avatar movie but I loved the Cartoons (OG and Korra) and Last Airbender movie. Have yet to watch the Netflix series.

BeeCycling

@GayDeceiver @TheBreadmonkey It sounds like something you come up with as a temp name because you don't have time to think of anything better right now. And never get around to coming up with an actual permanent one.

Quincy Peck

@GayDeceiver @TheBreadmonkey I’ve always thought it was purposefully lazy. Kind of like using plain old Papyrus font for the title.

Chad :vbike:

@TheBreadmonkey The term unobtainium is far older than Avatar.

β€œSince the late 1950s, aerospace engineers have used the term "unobtainium" when referring to unusual or costly materials, or when theoretically considering a material perfect for their needs in all respects, except that it does not exist.”

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobta

Aviva Gary

@TheBreadmonkey As someone who needs to make up names on the regular I just want to say...

It is hard out there lol πŸ˜†

Ben :bc:

@Aviva_Gary

Yes I realised after hitting send on this I couldn't do any better.

We're on this planet to mine precious gems we need for some reason. What are they called? Sparklyoniums.

Terrible.

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@TheBreadmonkey
As a writer, making up name for things is hard. I mean, 'rack my brain for months' hard. Sometimes, adding ium/eum is all we writers have. 🀣

So‑Called Vaughn

@TheBreadmonkey @GayDeceiver Florium cleanium sounds like something they teach in Hogwarts’ Janitorial Arts class.

dennisaurus

@TheBreadmonkey Back when he was making Babylon 5, J. Michael Stracynszki held an impromptu contest for the fans to come up with the name of the fictional material needed to make the jump gates and drives the show used for FTL.

Of the top three candidates, two were trademarked and the third got him a call from an unspecified Three Letter Agency asking where he'd heard that word.

So yeah, this can be a challenge. 😎

Phil Haigh

@TheBreadmonkey stupid I’m actually. Get with the programium.

Reay Jespersen

@TheBreadmonkey … so it falls into the category of stupidium?

elverkonge

@TheBreadmonkey

Unobtainium is just one higher than obtanium. No questions, please.

Carolyn

@TheBreadmonkey LOL, I didn't think of that as sciencing up but dumbing down. Unobtainium really was lame.

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