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Lo'ak was even more of a dumbazz than his dad. Like this dude literally kept getting his siblings in near death situations and succeeded with one in the end. All for what Spider???

​@@Idizol78fr and I was so furious on spider for saving his dumbass father in the end

@ohboi6280 Thank you!! People only see that Lo'ak is the main character so you have to like him but that dude was HOT TRASH. There was nothing good about this dude aside the whole whale thing to make you set that this dickhead got a soft spot for animals and that's it. Then spider was a waste of a Tarzan wanna be character. This dude seeing how God awful his dad who was on a murderous rampage, STILL SAVED HIM! Omg

@@Idizol78Lo’ak didn’t bring Tuk it was mainly Kiri.

​@@ohboi6280 i understand you. I was also very mad at spider for that u til i realized that he did that because he was his FATHER. Spider was hesitating at first, you could se that he did not want to save hip at first, but quarich (i think that was his name) was the only person that cared about him. He SAVED HIS LIFE. Netiri wanted to kill him and quarich SAVED him. I think that spider did not feel like he had a real family and quarich was the only person that cared about him, just try to put your self in Spider shooes.

I know right. It made me sad he couldn't go with his ancestors

Yeah let’s take his dead body on the ikran and hope he doesn’t slip and fall on their long journey back to bury him in the grounds of the forest bcuz I’m sure it won’t look silly and unserious. Eywa provided she let Neteyam go back home.

⁠@@nug5477he is with his ancestors tho since everything is connected… that’s the point of all the avatar movies.

@@OTMP. Mddrrrr why are u mad honey. Tonowari said himself don't go, stay here with us, ur son is lying with our ancestors, ur metkayina now. Maybe he can still go with his ancestors but he was buried in the metkayina clan anyway, even though he wanted to go "back home". Ofc they wont take the body to Omatikaya lmao, and i think as well that Eywa connects all things but it's just sad he had to die amongst others than his people when he wanted to come back home so bad. Bref prends pas la tête

Pandora is all, no matter where you go in the planet, because this is their fortress

I don't think aonung resembles tsu'tey at all.

Disagree, disrespectful that you would even Compare Tsu’tey to a literal child with no responsibilities

That middle school bully was nothin like Tsu’tey

​@@CSGray-nf2hxI'm surprised Jake didn't mention Tsutey at all in part 2

@Neal Small why would he? Tsu'tey wasn't the only friend Jake lost in the first movie, I do agree that they should have shown something about him or a reference idk, same for Judy, but idk maybe in the next movie.

Imagine losing your brother at such a young age

Apparently Jamie Flatters is on the cast list for A3 so I think we're gonna get flashback scenes!

​@@harleyloraine7699I saw that ! I also saw that he's listed in Avatar 3 and 4 but what if Kiri revies him 🤔

Exactly...

@@harleyloraine7699 yeah,I’m thankful for that much at least🥲.I hope,if there are flashbacks,we still get a little more insight on him through them

@@nealsmall9316 I really want this to be true but I just don’t think James Cameron would revive a character after killing him off and his death being such a core moment in the series.🥲

Really? In the interviews I saw when someone asked him to speak in na’vi he struggled. Maybe he forgot the language since he doesn’t need to use it anymore.

He's still gonna be in flashbacks, but who knows. There's still a chance he could be brought back, and honestly he should be.

What are you talking about? He is alive and thriving 👍😀

REAL as a fanfic writer i basically stream his videos while writing

So awesome to hear! I hated talking about that part haha

As a fanfiction reader, I'm really thankful to all of you who keep him alive in their storys! And I totally agree with ignoring his heath. Not gonna happen until we have to face the fact that he's not alive in Avatar 3! But I also don't want them to bring him back to life just for the sake of it. It either get's a damn good story behind it or it's not gonna happen at all!

No literally like no one talks about it 💀it’s too emotional for me

yep, My older brother died almost a year ago, If was very hard on me and my mom, when she heard about his passing she was so distress that people from the store had to sit her down on a chair and even drive her home. Neytiri definitely did the right thing.

@@elizabethhenry6827 I am sorry for your loss, may he rest in peace and praying for comfort for you and your family

@@-t96 thank you very much, my mom is doing better now. ❣

​@@elizabethhenry6827I'm sorry for your lost 😔😢🙏🏾

@@elizabethhenry6827 OMG :'( So sad to hear about real life Neteyam dying. Was he shot too?

While their relationship isn’t shown in great detail, Miles is much closer to Neteyam's younger siblings. Miles leaves out Neteyam's name when he lists the "family" he has left. While in the beginning of the film after being wounded in the mag-lev assault Spider was heard teasing Neteyam when he was being patched up by his grandmother Mo’at, while later on in the film, Miles was caught on the ship, Neteyam felt the risk was too great to bother saving him, and it was only when Lo'ak insisted that Neteyam agreed to the rescue. Neteyam is also seen doing an annoyed growl at the idea. Despite this, Neteyam risked his life and perished in order to save Miles from Quaritch. Spider was crying after he learned that Neteyam had perished.

​@@iandanielcassidy8126He should've never agreed to save Spider...Lo'ak is so dumb

@@Idizol78 I disagree with you

@@iandanielcassidy8126 How do you disagree?

​@@iandanielcassidy8126I disagree with you

damn

Huh? Neteyam didn't get shot trying to save Payakan. Neteyam got shot after the Sullys made it out but Lo'ak convinced Neteyam to go back for Miles "Spider". Even though Quaritch wasn't going to kill Spider. As for Payakan? Payakan was doing his own thing taking out the naval fleet practically on his own. Sure he was getting shot by machine guns but tulkun have extremely thick skin and the bullets essentially bounce off and have the effect of less than a paper cut to the tulkun. Like the poacher said midway through the movie, the tulkun are extremely difficult to kill, you can't simply gun them down, you have to use the technique with the harpoons and balloons to make them float. Honestly Ro'a and her baby tulkun getting poached for amirita, plus the RDA just brutally taser-torturing the Metkayinans was enough trauma for one movie. Neteyam didn't have to get shot and apparently die, for now. Really hoping Cameron gets it right with Eywa and Neteyam for Avatar 3.

It wasn’t the whale. It was Spider.

They always sacrifice the best of men

no fr every mention of him instantly makes me break downn

@@lilikaramirez1848 facts!!!

@popckyy ugh literally! Like I'll never not hurt over him :(

Did I miss something ..? I thought the brother was the one who died.? Or are you talking about the books?

What's up with u?

loool mine too, but I'm still holding onto hope that he'll be brought back. It's basically confirmed that we'll see him in any form; flashbacks or resurrection since Jamie Flatters, the actor that plays Neteyam is signed to all 5 upcoming movies.

@@veronica.v2007 There's only 3 movies left. Next one comes out in December, 2025. But yes I'm firmly on the train of Neteyam being fully restored to life through Kiri and Eywa. Eywa does not make "exceptions" often, but 'she' will realize that Neteyam's death at such a young age is a mistake for Pandora. That 'balance' will reign supreme. Though, make no mistake about it, Lo'ak will be the mighty world warrior, hero, and main protagonist of the remaining three films. Neteyam's ceiling if he is indeed resurrected is to return to Mo'at, Omatikaya, i.e.. Home. Safely out of harm's way from the RDA and Ash People. And ultimately he can work towards fulfilling his destiny, becoming what his father was there for the time between Avatar 1 and 2, marrying a beautiful wife, etc. But Lo'ak is destined for great conquest with Payakan and Tsireya from the Metkayina base, and will be the main character. I don't know if there's ever been a hybrid Omatikaya-Metkaniya child before. Lo'ak and Tsireya are obviously way too young for that in Avatar 3, but maybe we'll get to see that by the end of Avatar 5.

@@jandrew1994there may be an avatar 7 and more to follow if there is a high demand for it

Right? They went from assimilation to just straight up back tracking.

Well, it's not 15 years later for raising the kids. Neteyam is pretty old. People change but they don't lose old habits, they just don't use them as much. A massive reason Jake abandoned his human form when other members of the research team didn't and still use their human and avatar forms is because Jake's legs don't work. He's always hated being stuck in a wheelchair. The entire reason he accepted the program AND accepted Quaritch's offer to spy on the research team was because of the promise of restoring his legs. The other reason he abandoned it was because that's simply where his family is now. He doesn't have any family back home, his brother is dead, and Earth kinda blows anyways. Being stuck between Avatar and human would make living with Neytiri and the clan a lot harder than it needs to be. It's easier to just swap bodies. He raises his kids like a human because he's still a human. He may have learned the Na'Vi ways, but he emulates them, he doesn't live them. It's like learning formalities and table manners as an aristocrat; he does things because they're expected of him, not necessarily because he believes them (Though he probably does). The same goes for fighting. The Na'Vi may have their own ways of combat, but to be blunt, humanity has pretty much perfected the art of war. Human CQC, tactics, and weaponry is far superior to the natives, and it's not even close. Don't forget the Na'Vi would have lost by a HUGE margin if not for Eywa turning the entire planet against them. By the time the Na'Vi were in full retreat, humanity had barely sustained any losses, and definitely no relevant ones. The walkers were fully intact, and both large shuttles were completely unharmed. The only benefit the Na'Vi have on their side is size. They are much larger, stronger and their bows have massive penetrating power, but that just makes them a bigger target for guns. Tsu'Tey might have been the best warrior of the entire clan but he still got dropped by a single guy freaking out and spraying gunfire at him. Ultimately Jake is still a human and a marine at heart. He simply doesn't use that skillset normally because he's not living with humans and he's not in active duty. But once the circumstances arise, he still has that skillset to pull upon when needed.

Neteyam was in the entire movie . Have you watched it ? This RU-vidr got the brothers mixed up. We followed neteyam😂 through the entire movie it was his brother lo’ak who died saving spider and neteyam at the end I can’t believe everyone in this comment sections got the movie wrong 😂

@@Deeonte u gotta be joking hahaha. I really hope u are

FOLLOW THE LIVES OF KIRI LO’AK TUK AND SPIDER INTO ADULTHOOD in Avatar 3 (2024), Avatar 4 (2026), and Avatar 5 (2028).

james cameron said we arr not ready for the death and grief that will come next

@@teleportingpotatoe I watched Attack on Titan, I can assure you I am ready. Nothing beats that trauma, that's for sure. And while Neteyam's death was sad, it's almost hilarious because of how badly written it was.

​@@strawberryfox8819On God.

@@strawberryfox8819 it was NOT badly written. I’m so SICK of seeing people type that shit! *blocked*

@@GreatOldOne9866 It was. Especially since we had very little interaction with him, yet knew he was going to die within the first few minutes of the movie. On top, his death is pointless so far and only made worse by the continous plotholes in this movie. Sure, it was an emotional scene and Neteyam had lots of potential as a character. But he was barely utilized and only as an added sob story. The majority of the audience didn't get attached because his death was clearly foreshadowed in the beginning. It was the clearest warning sign you could ever have in a movie.

Cringe

​@@Deeonte no lol??? you've got them mixed up...

Lo’ak was the one who did this not nateyam I’m sorry but re watch the movie ..

😂😂😂❤ IKR!?

His name is Lo'ak^^ But I get what you're saying and I kind of agree. I think she might have thought "Five fingers, this one's gonna be either very special or a troublemaker. Or both" xD

Neytiri is very racist indeed.

​@@davidcabreonmunoz6258 What 🤨

@@davidcabreonmunoz6258how?

@@OTMP. Four fingers: Perfect Na'vi. Five fingers: Mongrel abomination.

I'm so happy to hear that!

Same!

there's definitely gonna be flashbacks of him! also there's still a chance he'll be brought back.

@@veronica.v2007I want Neteyam back 😢😢

In a nutshell: NETeYam = young NEYTiri Lo'AK = young jAKe suLLy

If I remember, Neytiri was a little of a wild child when she was younger. She gave her parents mini heart attacks here and there lol I've noticed she matured more after her sister died

@@rock2946 I don't recall this. As far as I know, she was a very dedicated child and admired by their hunting skills since her childhood. But she was the younger sister: her older sister was supposed to marry Tsu'tey, but she was killed by SpecOp personnel and this broke the peace between Na'Vi and humans, thus leading to the point in History where the 1st movie starts, with Neytiri stepping in the place of her deceased sister (and therefore becoming supposed to marry Tsu'tey).

@yurisucupira You're not wrong. I was referring more so to the "adapt or die" comic when she and her sister were doing tricks. She definitely had a lot of energy as a kid but was super eager to learn.

@@rock2946 Oh, ok, got it. 👍🏻

I think Neteyam will come back to life and I think Kiri will revive him since she has powers

@@nealsmall9316 he definitely should, and how they were talking basically about how energy can be gifted but one day you have to give it back and how sometimes other things can happen , I really hope they bring him back I also want to see how the villagers react to kiri’s powers

Yes!

It is

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I actually hated editing that part because I got a little too emotional myself

give Cameron a chance to write his revival story in the next movie. If the movies are finished and he is never given his second chance, then yeah you can hate Cameron and proceed to go full Quaritch on Cameron's first born son and yell "JUSTICE FOR NETEYAM!! BLUE LIVES MATTER WOO HOO!!!!!"

Gins son? Orion? Im a long time fan but havent read everything, so im curious!

I very much appreciate that!

AGREED

@@BryceEdwardBrown Could you do a video of him possibly coming back? I'll love to see your theory on it. I think they could sample Neteyam's DNA in some way and use it to make a clone of his body and somehow Kiri or the scientists can figure out how to transfer his conscious back to his now cloned body. I mean, how did they transfer Quaritch's dead conscious to his avatar body? I think Neteyam could be brought back the same way Quaritch did. Also, Kiri could also bring him back someway with her connection with Eywa.

​@@veronica.v2007maybe kiri can revive him

@@veronica.v2007 It won't be the same way as Quaritch. That was human technology.

Thank you! 💙

Soon!

THANK YOU

I feel like Neteyam was written to comeback, since his funeral was inspired from a movie where the main character shared the same fate as Neteyam did, but at the end was resurrected. I feel like Cameron definitely has something planned out with Neteyam, but if he doesn't... I'm 100% sure we'll see him in flashbacks & through spirit tree.

I don't think he's "better" than Lo'ak, even though personally I'm a Neteyam They're just different. Lo'ak is creative, craftsy, curious, adventurous, and thinks outside the box. Neteyam is practical, respectful, valiant, conservative, family-oriented, and responsible. Basically, Neteyam is a Gryffindor with some Hufflepuff tendencies, while Lo'ak is a Ravenclaw with some Gryffindor tendencies. Nothing wrong with either.

I didn’t feel any emotion when he fell. Then again there is something wrong with me.

lol we can be friends 😊

Thank you so much!

So happy to hear that!