>Unobtainium
Jesus Christ Cameronm, really?
Canttakeidium
>>66553899
What's wrong with unobtanium?
>>66553899
>>66553933
dubsium
Whitepeoplearebadium
>>66553899
So why is it called Unobtainium? I mean he clearly obtained some.
>>66553899
2nd, I couldn't take the movie 100% seriously after I heard that.
>>66553933
Sounds too close to Unobtainable.
Cameron should really, really try a scientific advisor.
This unubtanium thing, the dumb plot device "no clothes" in terminator, the "no space for two", etc, would be easily solvable issues.
>>66553975
Colonialism baaaaaad, native american gooooooood: The Flick
>>66553899
What, would some other nonsensical plot device work better for you? At least they are being up front about being hacks.
Also the term has existed since the 70's
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtainium
darthickyium
>>66553985
That's the fucking point, retard.
Transformium
>>66554055
But.... they were able to obtain it. So what exactly is the point?
Endthewhiteraceium
>>66553899
But what was it good for? Despite being shilled as that holy grail and mankind's savior, we never saw it used for anything.
>>66553963
>>66554123
Okay, stop this.
>>66554164
Crapinmymouthium
>>66554161
It's supposed to be a room temperature super conductor, hence the floaty mountains
>>66554112
It's because it's a perfect component that is probably unobtainable in real life.
>>66554164
Twentysixteenium
I'm happy that Cameron is surrounded by yes men who allow shit like this to make it on-screen.
Avatar2 should be more full of memes.
>>66554017
>>66553970
>>66553975
Unobtanium is a scientific term for a rare and unclassified mineral.
Maybe read a fucking book before running your ignorant mouths. Trump supporters definitely.
>>66554112
>wow francium...sounds like .... FRANCE?
>BUT IT'S NOT MADE OF FRANCE??? FUCKING STUPID SCIENTISTS
>>66554017
for you
>>66554268
I read GoT, no lines about unobtainableium
>>66554254
I personally can't wait.
>>66554268
The material is also impossible, it's more of a concept than a real thing.
Adamantium is an unobtanium for example.
>>66554418
>It's more of a concept than a real thing
What does this even mean? Do you think the periodic table is made up of concepts? It is definitely a real thing
>>66554562
It's not a real thing, it's a fictional material that's perfect for whatever the person wants it to be.
>>66554279
Wow. Google "chemistry Francis".
>finally we have become the RMS Titanic
JESUS CHRIST REALLY?!
>>66554268
>he just googled unobtainium and read the first definition
>>66554864
Don't be smug about it, brother. We all make mistakes.
>>66554643
Wait I'm referring to actual scientific metals than made up film shit.
>>66554562
wut?
>>66554908
Ano, unobitainium is not real.
>>66554353
>A hack in action
There's an in-universe explanation somewhere about "Unobtainium" and it's actually fairly smart on Cameron's part. Here's the jist of it:
"Unobtainium" is an old engineering expression that acts as a place holder for whatever x-energy source is required to power something that can't work in real life because that energy source doesn't exist. This is a practical tool for engineers because they can still flesh out designs even if they can only exist on paper.
So this is an ongoing practice in real life but in the fictional world of Avatar one day a new mineral is discovered that would radically alter our energy supply needs. A journalist has an interview with a scientist who is working with the new material. Over the course of the interview the scientist comments that, "we have finally foun our unobtainium" meaning that designs that engineers had been working on years and years could finally be completed and function. Now, this interview or article or whatever starts getting passed around and dissemenated but what happens when people start discussing this new wonder material is that they start taking the scientists words out of context and refer to the mineral as "Unobtainium" since it hadn't been named yet, or if it had the public wasn't aware. Since the erroneous neologism gained so much traction, so fast, it just stuck, and everyone just calls it "Unobtainium". There probably is a more proper academic name for it but it's just not in common usage.
It's a fun and fascinating little linguistic observation on Cameron's behalf, no doubt oweing to him being from a family of engineers, but it's just too bad that it's lost on most people and we end up with threads like this.
What would've been a better name for it?
Magnavirium
Planufragorium
Multafidium
Personatium
Iustium
Neoimperioritum
Comprehendunturium
Nonestmihium
Quisquiladium
Purgamentium
Nonamicium
Vermpanium
Quidsibivulthocium
Raneum
Bisium
Falsuxoremium
Infuscium
Annoum
>>66555953
Fluoromantite
>>66555953
Macguffinum
>>66555618
Basically this. It is just a common name. It obviously would have a more scientific name also.
notferngullyium
>Unobtainium
that's clearly meth
>>66554279
>not remembering business>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>science
Dindunuffium
>this whole thread
>that's what butthurt haters actually believe
Cry more.
>>66556312
it does have a scientific name - 'little grey rock'.
>>66553985
>>66553899
Unobtanium is a real science/engineering term for material that has properties that don't or can't exist or is extremely rare.
For example if I designed an airplane that would be too heavy if made from standard materials I would say the plane would have to be made from Unobtanium.
For neckbeards nerds most of you seem pretty dumb.
>>66554199
getdubsium
chekemium
>>66554268
>Trump supporters definitely
hey faggot you got it backwards since this is my favorite movie and I like Trump.
>>66553899
Starcucksonsuicidewatchium.
>>66555953
bazingium
cuckium
desuium
>>66554268
>it's a le tricky hook post
For you people saying unobtainium isn't real. How do i have some then?
>>66555953
JUSTIUM
>>66554279
>mfw Californium isn't made of California
>mfw Einsteinium doesn't contain the decaying organic matter of Einstein
>>66557030
its a scientific colloquial, a joke term
they've never actually named a substance after it, and it seems unlikely they would
BAZINGONIUM
Alimonyum
>>66557681
>its a scientific colloquial, a joke term
>they've never actually named a substance after it, and it seems unlikely they would
STEM people love dorky humor like that. If we found an incredible material that had unheard of properties that radically altered our lives I could easily see the discoverer naming it Unobtanium as a sort of joke.
>>66558338
Bear in mind that Cameron was a STEM guy before getting into film, and continues to spend most of his money on engineering and science projects. He may have stuck that in as an in-joke for engineers watching.
