When I was lying there in the VA hospital...
...with a big hole blown through the middle of my life...
...I started having these dreams of flying.
I was free.
Sooner or later though,...
...you always have to wake up.
In Cryo you don't dream at all.
It doesn't feel like 6 years.
More like a fifth of tequila and ass-kicking.
Tommy was the scientist, not me.
He was the one who wanted to get shot light-years out in space to find the answers.
Are we there yet?
Yeah, we're there sunshine.
We're there.
It's about your brother.
So, a week before Tommy was gonna ship out...
A guy with a gun ends his journey...
...for the paper in his wallet.
Being in Cryo for 5 years, 9 months and 22 days.
You will be hungry, you will be weak.
If you feel nauseous please use the...
Yeah, Tommy was the scientist.
Me, I'm just another dumb grunt going some place he's gonna regret.
Up ahead was Pandora.
You grew up hearing about it, but I never figured I'd be going there.
Your brother represented a significant investment.
We'd like to talk to you about taking over his contract.
And since your genome is identical to his,
you could step into his shoes.
So to speak.
It'd be a fresh start, on a new world.
And the pay is good.
Very good.
Exo-Packs on! Let's go, Exo-Packs on!
Remember people, you lose that mask you're unconscious in 20 seconds.
You're dead in 4 minutes. Let nobody be dead today.
It looks very bad on my report.
This is TAD-1-6 on approach.
Crossing outer marker. Monument in sight.
One life ends...
Another begins.
Harnesses off. Get your packs... - Put it together. Let's go.
One minute, let's go.
When the ramp comes down, go directly into the base. Do not stop.
Go straight inside. Wait for my mark!
Go! Go! Go! Go!..
Get out of there!
Keep moving. Let's go!
There's no such thing as an ex-Marine.
You may be out...
...but you never lose the attitude.
I told myself I could pass any test a man can pass.
They can fix the spine, if you got the money.
But not on Vet benefits, not in this economy.
Let's go Special K. Do not make me wait for you!
Well, well, ladies.
Look at all this fresh meat!
Back on Earth, these guys were Army dogs. Marines.
Fighting for freedom.
Look out hot rod.
But out here they're just hired guns, taking the money, working for the company.
Check this out man. Meals on wheels.
Aww, man, that is just wrong.
You are not in Kansas any more.
You are on Pandora, ladies and gentlemen.
Respect that fact, every second of every day.
If there is a hell,
you might wanna go there for some R and R after a tour on Pandora.
Out there beyond that fence,
every living thing that crawls, flies or squats in the mud
wants to kill you and eat your eyes for ju-ju beads.
We have an indigenous population of humanoids called the Na'vi.
They're fond of arrows dipped in a neurotoxin
that will stop your heart in one minute.
And they have bones reinforced with naturally occuring carbon fiber.
They are very hard to kill.
As head of security, it is my job to keep you alive.
I will not succeed.
Not with all of you.
If you wish to survive you need to cultivate a strong mental attitude.
You've got to obey the rules.
Pandora rules.
Rule number one...
It's nothing like an old school safety brief to put your mind at ease.
Jake, you're Jake right?
Tom's brother.
You look just like him.
Sorry, I'm Norm Spellman. I went through Avatar training with him.
The Bio-Lab. We're gonna spend a lot of time here.
How you doing, Norm, Avatar driver.
Here's the link room right here.
This is where we're connecting to the Avatar.
Me and Norm are here to drive these remotely controlled bodies called Avatars.
And they're grown from human DNA mixed with the DNA of the natives.
Hey, welcome.
Welcome to Pandora, good to have you.
Damn, they got big. - They fully mature on the flight out.
So the progress up the stim seem to work really well.
Yeah, they got great muscle tone.
It'll take us a few hours to get them prepared,
but you can take them out tomorrow.
There's yours.
Doctor, Norm Spellman. - Pleasure to meet you.
Looks like him.
Looks like you.
This is your Avatar now, Jake.
The concept is that every driver is matched to his own Avatar.
So that their nervous system are in tune.
Or something...
Which is why they offered me the gig, because I can link with Tommy's Avatar.
Which is insanely expensive.
Is this right?
I just say whatever to the video log?
Yeah, we gotta get the habit of documenting everything.
What we see, what we feel, it's all part of the science.
And good science is good observation. - Plus it'll help keep you sane
for the next 6 years.
Whatever.
So uh,...
Here I am.
Doing science.
They're coming out.
Attention, drivers coming out of the lane.
Oh God...
- Where's the lab coat? - Where's her lab coat?
Who's got my goddamn cigarette!?
Guys, what's wrong with this picture?
Thank you!
Grace Augustine is a legend.
She's the head of the Avatar program. She wrote the book.
I mean literally wrote the book on Pandoran botany.
That's because she likes plants better than people.
Here she is, Cinderella back from the ball.
Grace I'd like you to meet Norm Spellman and Jake Sully.
Norm, I hear good things about you. How's your Na'vi?
Grace, this is Jake Sully.
Yeah yeah, I know who you are and I don't need you.
I need your brother. You know, the PHD
who trained for three years for this mission...
He's dead.
I know it's a big inconvenience for everyone.
How much lab training have you had?
I dissected a frog once.
You see?
They're just pissing on us with out even a courtesy of calling it rain.
I'm going to Selfridge. - No Grace!
No man, this is such bullshit!
I'm gonna kick his corporate butt.
He has no business sticking his nose in my department.
Here tomorrow, 08:00.
Try and use big words.
Scorpion 2 Hotel, Hell's Gate Tower. You are cleared for South departure...
Did you see that? - Yes sir.
No you didn't, you were looking at the monitor. I love this putter Ronnie.
Parker...
I used to think it was benign neglect,
but now I see that you're intentionally screwing me.
Grace, I enjoy our little talks...
I need a researcher, not some jar-head drop out.
Well, actually, I thought we got lucky with him.
Lucky? - Yeah.
How is this in any way 'lucky'?
Lucky your guy had a twin brother.
And lucky that brother wasn't some oral hygenist or something.
A Marine we could use. I'm assigning him to your team as security escort.
The last thing I need is another trigger-happy moron out there.
Look, you're supposed to be winning the hearts and the minds of the natives,
isn't that the whole point of your little puppet show?
You look like them, you talk like them and they'll start trusting us.
We build them a school, we teach them English...
But after how many years relations with the indigenous are only getting worse.
That tends to happen when you use machine guns on them.
Right, come here.
This is why we're here, Unobtanium.
Because this little gray rock sells for 20 million a kilo.
That's the only reason. It's what pays for the whole party.
It's what pays for your science. Comprendo?
Now, those savages are threatening our whole operation.
We're on the brink of war and you're
supposed to be finding a diplomatic solution.
So use what you've got and get me some results.
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How much link-time have you logged?
About 520 hours. - That's good.
You're in there. You're here.
How much have you logged? - Zip.
But I read a manual.
Tell me you're joking.
This is cool.
Let's go.
Don't. I got this.
So you just figured you'd come out here
to the most hostile environment known to man...
with no training of any kind and see how it went?
What was going through your head?
Maybe I was sick of doctors telling me what I couldn't do.
Biometrics are good. - 1-3 is ready.
Keep your arms in, hands in.
Head down.
Down.
Just relax and let your mind go blank.
That shouldn't be hard for you.
Kiss the darkest part of my... - Initiate link.
Run sequence, Unit 3. - Launching.
I have the first congruency.
That's a gorgeous brain. Nice activity.
Go figure. - Phase lock 40%.
I'm going in.
I'm going in in 4.
Phase lock 99%. Link is stable.
Jake, can you hear me?
Can you hear me, Jake?
Pupillary reflex is good.
Hearing response normal. How are you feeling Jake?
Hey guys.
Welcome to your new body Jake.
Good.
We're gonna take this nice and easy Jake.
- And touch your thumb to your fingers. - Yeah.
Thumb to your fingers.
No problem. - Good. I can see you remember that one.
Got it.
Well, if you want to sit up, that's fine.
Let's take it nice and slow, Jake. No tranquil attacks here, that's good.
Are you feeling light-headed or dizzy at all?
- Are you wiggling your toes? - Good Jake.
Distal motor control is good.
Are you feeling any numbness or pain?
That's great, Jake. Hold on now. Don't...
Take it easy, don't get ahead of yourself, okay?
There's a few more sensory and motor reflex tests we need to run, so take it easy.
Sit down. - Jake listen to me.
Jake I need you to sit down. - It's OK, I got this.
Jake you need to sit down. - Guys, get him back on the gurney now.
You need to sit down. you need time to adjust to atm..
Yeah!
Sedate him!
1,000 mg of Seconal.
Stop!... - Stop!
Woah... Woah.
- Jake! - Jake, listen to me.
You're not used to your Avatar body, this is dangerous.
This is great. - Come on, they're gonna put you out.
Sit down!
No no,... I got to get out of these leads.
Goddammit! Bring them!
Come on, you ain't got no skills.
I don't even have to play defense. - Hey guys.
It's OK, I'll get him. - Jake you have to come inside.
Sorry.
You're not supposed to be running!
Sorry. - Watch it.
Hey Marine!
Damn...
Grace?
Who did you expect numb nuts?
Think fast!
Motor control is looking good.
C'mon everybody quiet down.
Lights out.
C'mon Louise, chop chop.
Don't play with that, you'll go blind.
That's kinda freaky. - C'mon.
Scat.
Lights out, see you at dinner kitties.
Welcome back.
You all right? - Yeah, I'm OK.
I'm Trudy, I fly all the Scientzoids.
And this here is my baby.
Hold on a second.
Hey Wainfleet, get it done.
We bounce at 09:00. - I'm on it captain.
Mine-Strike's still loose. - You guys are packing some heavy gear.
Watch it!
That's cause we're not the only thing flying around out there.
Or the biggest.
But I need you on a Door-Gun. I'm a man short.
Thought you'd never ask.
There's your man. See you on the flight lane.
You wanted to see me Colonel?
This low gravity will make you soft.
You get soft...
Pandora will shit you out dead with zero warning.
I pulled your record Corporal.
Venezuela, that was some mean bush.
Nothing like this here though.
You got some heart, kid, showing up in this neighborhood.
Figured it's just another hell hole. - I was the first Recon myself.
Few years ahead of you, well maybe more than a few.
Three tours in Nigeria, not a scratch.
I come out here...
Day one. Think I felt like a shavetail Louie?
They could fix me up, if I rotated back.
Make me pretty again.
But you know what, I kinda like it.
It reminds me every day what's waiting out there.
The Avatar program is a bad joke.
Bunch a limp dick science majors.
However, it does present an opportunity
most timely and unique. Clear!
A Recon GI-re in an Avatar body.
That's a potent mix, Gives me the goosebumps.
Such a Marine could provide the intel I need, right on the ground.
Right in the hostile's camp.
Look Sully, I want you to learn these savages from the inside.
I want you to gain their trust.
I need to know how to force their cooperation
or hammer them hard if they won't.
Am I still with Augustine? - On paper.
You walk like on of her science pukes...
You quack like one...
But you report to me.
Can you do that for me son?
Hell yeah sir.
Well all right then.
Son, I take care of my own.
You get me what I need, I'll see to it you get
your legs back when you rotate home.
Your real legs.
That sounds real good sir.
Link's ready.
Just keep your mouth shut and let Norm do the talking.
Link 3 ready.
All right, I'm going in.
Shut it down, we're gonna stay a while.
Norm, your pack.
Stay with the ship.
One idiot with a gun is enough.
You the man, Doc.
Prolemurs, they're not aggressive.
Relax Marine, you're making me nervous.
So, how will they know we're here? - I'm sure they're watching us right now.
Keep moving Norm. - Keep up guys.
And here I go. - Scanning.
It's that fast?
Amazing isn't it? - Yeah
That is signal transduction
from this root to the root of the tree next to it.
So, we should take a sample.
Okay,... Sample.
You know, it's probably electrical, based on the speed of the reaction.
Norm, you've contaminated the sample with your saliva.
Oh, right.
Don't shoot.
Don't shoot. You'll piss him off.
It's already pissed off.
Jake, that armor is too thick, trust me.
It's a territorial threat display, do not run or he'll charge.
So what do I do? Dance with it?
Just, hold your ground.
C'mon, what you got?!
Oh yeah. Who's bad? That's right.
That's what I'm talking about bitch.
That's right, get your punk ass back to mommy.
You got nothing, keep running. Why don't you bring back some friends.
What about this one? Run, don't run, what?!
Run, definitely run!
We're gonna have to call it guys, we're not allowed to run Night Ops. Col's orders.
Sorry doc, he's just gonna have to hang on till morning.
He won't make it till morning.
I don't have all goddamn night.
Come on!
Wait, don't!
Great.
I know you probably don't understand this.
But...
Thank you.
That was pretty impressive.
I would have been screwed if you hadn't come along.
Wait a second, where are you going?
Wait up.
Slow down.
I just wanted to say thanks for killing those things...
Don't thank.
You don't thank for this.
This is sad.
Very sad, only.
OK, I'm sorry.
Whatever I did, I'm sorry.
All this is your fault. They did not need to die.
My fault? They attacked me. How am I the bad guy?
Your fault! - Aye, wooo.
Your fault. - Easy.
You're like a baby, making noise, don't know what to do.
Fine
If you love your little forest friends...
Why not let them just kill my ass?
What's the thinking?
Why save you? - Why save me?
You have a strong heart.
No fear.
But stupid, ignorant like a child.
Well if I'm like a child, then..
...maybe you should teach me.
Sky people can not learn. You do not see. - Teach me how to see.
No one can teach you to see.
Come on, can't we talk?
Where did you learn to speak english?
Dr. Augustine's school?
You're like a baby.
I need your help.
You should not be here.
OK, take me with you. - No, go back.
No.
Go back.
What are they?
Seeds of the sacred tree.
Very pure spirits.
What was that all about?
Come.
Where are we going?
Come.
What's your name?
What's going on?
What's happening?
What's he saying?
My father is deciding whether to kill you.
Your father?
It's nice to meet you sir.
That is mother, she is Tsahik,
the one who interprets the will of Eywa.
Who's Eywa?
What are you called?
Jake Sully.
Why did you come to us?
I came to learn.
We have tried to teach other sky people.
It is hard to fill a cup which is already full.
My cup is empty, trust me.
Ask Dr. Augustine, I'm no scientist.
What are you?
I was a Marine.
A warrior, of the jarhead clan.
It is decided.
My daughter will teach you our ways,
Learn well Jake Sully.
And we will see if your insanity can be cured.
Good evening.
Please don't get up.
Sorry.
Hey, how you doing?
Jake... Jake. - He's coming out.
Jake!
Come on back kid. Come on. That's it.
There you go.
You were talking like a tick.
Is the Avatar safe? - Yeah Doc.
You are not gonna believe where I am.
The last thing we see is this Marine's ass
disappearing into the bush with this angry Thanator coming after him.
It's not something you can teach.
For reasons I cannot fathom the Omaticaya have chosen you.
God help us all.
Jarhead clan?
And it worked?
I'm practically family.
They're gonna study me, I have to learn to be one of them.
That's called taking initiative son. I wish I had ten more like you,
Sully, just find out what the blue monkeys want.
You know, we tried to give them medicine, education...
...roads, but no, they like mud.
And that wouldn't bother me, it's just that their uh...
Can somebody just... Sector 12.
Stop.
Where.. Stop. Jesus.
Their damn village happens to be resting on
the richest Unobtanium deposit within 200 clicks in any direction.
I mean, look at all that cheddar.
Who gets them to move? - Guess?
What if they won't go?
I'm betting that they will.
Killing the indigenous looks bad.
But there's one thing that shareholders hate more than bad press.
And that's a bad quarterly statement. I didn't make up the rules.
So just find me a carrot that will get them to move,
otherwise it's going to have to be all stick.
Okay?
You got three months. That's when the dozers get there.
Well we're wasting time.
I like this guy.
OK, let's run through them again.
Moat: Dragon lady.
Eytuken. - Eytukan
He's the clan leader. She's their spiritual leader.
Like a Shaman. - Got it.
Tsutey. - Tsu'tey
He'll be the next clan leader.
Neytiri. - She'll be the next Tsahik.
They become a mated pair.
So who's this Eywa? - Who's Eywa?!
Only their Deity. Their Goddess made up of all living things.
Everything they know. You'd know this if you had any training whatsoever.
Who's got a date with the chief's daughter?
Let's go. Village life starts early.
Don't do anything unusually stupid.
Easy boy.
It's a female.
Easy girl
That is Sa'helu, the bond.
Feel her.
Feel her heart beat.
Her breath.
Feel her strong legs.
You may tell her what to do, inside.
For now, say where to go.
Forward.
You should go away.
Nah, you'd miss me.
I knew you could speak english.
Again.
If you want to hit this thing, it's going to be complicated.
Your scan doesn't show the internal structure.
There's an outer row of columns, real heavy duty.
There's a secondary ring here, and an inner ring.
There's a core structure like a spiral.
That's how they move up and down.
We're gonna need accurate scans of every column.
Roger that.
What else can you tell us about the structure?
I'm guessing this secondary ring, that's also load bearing.
Where are we going?
Getting out of Dodge.
I'm not about to let Selfridge and Quaritch micro-manage this thing.
There's a mobile link up as site 26, we can work out of, way up in the mountains.
The Hallelujah mountains?
That's right. - Are you serious?
Yeah.
Yes!
The legendary floating mountains of Pandora, heard of them?
We're getting close.
Yeah, look at my instruments.
We're in the flux vortex.
VFR from here on. - What's VFR?
Means you got to see where you're going.
You can't see anything. - Exactly.
Ain't that a bitch.
Oh my God...
You should see your faces.
Thank you for flying Air Pandora.
Welcome to Camp.
So, this is my bunk. - This stuff is nasty.
Norm, go under.
Grace didn't miss a thing.
She knew I was talking to the Colonel.
But I had what she needed, a way back in with the clan.
So she's playing nice.
Jake, hang a left.
You'll be in the link at the end.
Unit 1: Beulah.
She's the least glitchy.
Holy shit.
Do not look in her eye.
Ikran is not horse.
When Sa'helu is made...
Ikran will fly well.
Only one hunter in the whole life.
To become Aron'yu, hunter...
You must choose your own Ikran and he must choose you.
When? - When you are ready.
Okay,...
This is video log 12.
Time is 21:32.
Do I have to do this now? Like, I really need to get some rack.
No, now, when it's fresh.
Location, shack.
The days are starting to blur together.
The language is a pain, but...
I figure it's like field stripping a weapon, repetition, repetition...
If only you were stronger.
Neytiri calls me Scoun.
It means moron.
Norm's attitude is improved lately.
But it's not just I'm seeing you in front of me
I see into you...
It's good he's back on board, but he thinks I'm a Scoun too.
You've got to run, OK?
Let's go.
I feel me getting tougher.
I can run farther every day.
I have to trust my body to know what to do.
Yeah, check it out!
Crap.
Every day it's reading the trail,
track's of the wora'hon, tiniest scents and sounds.
She's always going on about the flow of energy
the spirits of animals.
I really hope this tree hugging crap isn't on the final.
This isn't just about eye-hand coordination out there you know.
You need to listen to what she says.
Try to see the forest through her eyes.
Excuse me, this is my video log here.
With Neytiri it's learn fast or die.
You got to be kidding me.
I talked Moat into letting Grace into the village.
1st time since her school was closed down.
No you don't, come back here.
Bon apetit.
Come on, Marine.
I'm trying to understand this deep connection
the people have to the forest.
She talks about a network of energy.
That flows through all living things.
She says, all energy is only borrowed.
And one day you have to give it back.
A clean kill.
You are ready.
Learning to ride an Ikran, we call them Banshees,
is the test every young hunter has to pass.
But to do that, you got to go where the banshees are.
Ooh-rah
Jake Sully will go first.
Now you choose your Ikran.
This you must feel inside.
If he also chooses you move quick like I showed.
You will have one chance Jake.
How will I know if he chooses me?
He will try to kill you.
Outstanding.
Let's dance.
Make the bond!
Jake!
Sa'Helu Jake!
Sa'Helu!
Stop!
That's right, you're mine.
First flight seals the bond, you can not wait.
Think fly. - Fly?
God damn...
Oh shit!
Shut up and fly straight!
That's it.
Bank left.
Level out! That's it.
Go Jake Sully!
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Yeah baby I got this!
Oh shit!
I may not be much of a horse guy, but I was born to do this.
I came like this, this you,
I turn, I feel the wind, I turn very strong.
I see, I bank so hard.
The Tree of Souls.
Aybetraya Ramunam It's their most sacred place.
See the flux vortex and these full color images?
Yeah, that's what messes up my instruments.
There is something really interesting going on in there biologically.
I would die to get samples.
Outsiders are strictly forbidden.
You lucky swine.
I was a stone cold aerial hunter.
Death from above.
Only problem is, you're not the only one.
Dive!
Follow me!
Our guys call it a Great Leonopteryx.
It is Toruk, Last Shadow.
Right, it's the last one you ever see.
My grandfather's grandfather was Toruk Makto.
Rider of last shadow.
He rode this?
Toruk chose him.
It has only happen five times since the time from the first songs.
That's a long time. - Yes.
Toruk Makto was mighty.
He brought the clans together in a time of Great Sorrow.
All Na'vi people know the story.
Everything is backwards now.
Like out there is the true world, and in here is the dream.
It's hard to believe it's only been three months.
I barely remember my own life.