Yes, it is quite likely that other planets would create living conditions that would favor forms and shapes of life much differently than that on earth. To suppose that all other life in the universe was based on such earth-bound models would be ludicrous.
but there's nothing that says they can't be humanoid either. If the same (or similar) pressures are exerted by the alien ecosystem as the pressures that were exerted on earth-based evolution, it's quite likely you would end up with similar creatures.
Oh and there's one other little detail.
It's an entertainment movie
Really, why does no one keep in mind this movie was meant to entertain?
but there's nothing that says they can't be humanoid either. If the same (or similar) pressures are exerted by the alien ecosystem as the pressures that were exerted on earth-based evolution, it's quite likely you would end up with similar creatures.
Oh and there's one other little detail.
It's an entertainment movie

Really, why does no one keep in mind this movie was meant to entertain?
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"Avatar" discussion thread
- 17/12/2009 08:10:04 AM
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Innovative world-building sci-fi, dull cliched story
- 17/12/2009 01:13:47 PM
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Doesn't that last paragraph describe Star Wars? *NM*
- 18/12/2009 03:33:58 AM
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Re: Doesn't that last paragraph describe Star Wars?
- 18/12/2009 09:49:23 AM
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Star Wars had many things. Good characters was not one of them. *NM*
- 18/12/2009 09:06:18 PM
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Re: Star Wars had many things. Good characters was not one of them.
- 19/12/2009 02:57:43 AM
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Avatar is basically Return of the Jedi, at least the part on Endor. But less militarily plausible
- 19/12/2009 02:22:35 AM
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Re:Avatar is basically Return of the Jedi, at least the part on Endor. But less militarily plausible
- 19/12/2009 03:04:37 AM
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Predictable with a tired & preachy plot. (spoilers) Also, the ending was completely ludicrous.
- 19/12/2009 03:02:21 AM
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A rebuttal! For the points I disagree with, anyway.
- 20/12/2009 05:07:59 AM
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Re: A rebuttal! For the points I disagree with, anyway.
- 21/12/2009 08:48:55 PM
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It would help if you'd leave my quotes by the arguments, but whatever.
- 22/12/2009 10:36:42 AM
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- 22/12/2009 10:36:42 AM
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wow, you really do need help
- 21/12/2009 07:23:12 AM
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If the bad guy has all the stones and still loses, how heroic were the heroes?
- 21/12/2009 08:53:00 PM
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That's uncalled for IMO
- 25/12/2009 09:04:01 PM
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I am pretty sure she refered to the fact that he sheered for the bad guys and wished the Na'vi ill.
- 25/12/2009 09:19:32 PM
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I agree with your social commentary about the movie as ideological mirror for Cameron. *NM*
- 28/12/2009 05:09:56 AM
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Saw it a few hours ago, and enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
- 20/12/2009 05:14:11 AM
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An absolutely breathtaking film whose beauty is surpassed only by its predictability.
- 20/12/2009 10:57:53 AM
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Has anyone seen this in 3D and not enjoyed it??
- 20/12/2009 06:11:52 PM
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Cannoli, presumably.
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- 20/12/2009 10:41:48 PM
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- 20/12/2009 10:41:48 PM
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Sure make fun of the visually impaired, asshole.
- 21/12/2009 08:57:33 PM
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Sci-fi Pocahontas
- 21/12/2009 01:12:02 AM
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My friend and I spent the whole movie
- 07/01/2010 12:50:56 AM
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Oh so you're the kind of movie-goer in the seat behind me...
- 07/01/2010 11:20:56 AM
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No way!
- 07/01/2010 03:48:48 PM
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that you mock at all is incredibly disrespectful
- 07/01/2010 05:31:55 PM
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You're overreacting.
- 07/01/2010 06:20:06 PM
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You said you do it quietly
- 07/01/2010 08:18:07 PM
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Except maybe the purist who really needs to be kept in a total sensory deprivation chamber.
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- 08/01/2010 10:51:58 PM
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- 08/01/2010 10:51:58 PM
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Nothing's more satisfying that seeing and hearing the crowd around you react like you do
- 09/01/2010 01:36:36 PM
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As usual, Hollywood shoves an ideology down peoples' throats. *NM*
- 26/12/2009 04:30:20 AM
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So, a silly thing I found distracting...
- 29/12/2009 07:26:02 AM
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A silly thing I found distracting was that the aliens were humanoid. *NM*
- 29/12/2009 09:48:46 AM
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Umm you would rather watch non-humanoid aliens? Yeah thats fun *NM*
- 29/12/2009 03:29:26 PM
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well. it's not necessarily erroneous either.
- 30/12/2009 06:28:57 AM
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Yes.
- 03/01/2010 05:08:17 PM
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I believe she was speaking about their tails.
- 07/01/2010 07:37:46 AM
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If I remember it was the "USB Plug" in their hair. *NM*
- 08/01/2010 08:29:38 AM
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Yep
- 08/01/2010 09:33:08 AM
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It was the best movie I've seen in ages. I'm seriously thinking of going to see it again. *NM*
- 29/12/2009 12:20:11 PM
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Wife and I saw it yesterday. We're going to the IMAX a town over to catch it again.
- 29/12/2009 09:22:01 PM
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Project 880: The Avatar that might have been
- 31/12/2009 10:30:21 AM
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It just took the double at the Golden Globes.
- 18/01/2010 04:04:08 AM
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