Whereas "unobtanium" is merely a 'placeholder' term utilized by scientists and researchers to conveniently label an element which has certain DESIRED characteristics, when discussing such an element theoretically and/or hypothetically. ❋ Unknown (2010)
And its happening in Nigeria, except the unobtanium is oil. ❋ Cimmerians (2010)
Doesn't it take a five-year old to realize that "unobtanium" -- let's use the word as a generic term for mineral wealth -- is unobtainable in Afghanistan under current, if any, conditions? ❋ Unknown (2010)
Doesn't it take a five-year old to realize that "unobtanium" -- the mineral in Pandora human corporations want at all costs -- is unobtainable in Afghanistan under current, if any, conditions? ❋ Unknown (2010)
The RDA corporation exploits Pandora's reserves of a valuable mineral called unobtanium much like Jim Cameron abuses and capitalizes on his creative team of digital artists. ❋ Unknown (2010)
I'm not even sure you can call the unobtanium thing a joke- it wasn't funny. ❋ Mtlawson (2010)
Avatar is a nineteen-hour long film about a stupid ex-Marine who is employed by one of those The Companys one often hears about in science fiction movies to infiltrate the native American Indian/blue panther population of a planet because all the good stuff—a propertyless mineral called unobtanium haw haw, I write scripts and look at the Internet! ❋ Nihilistic_kid (2009)
As most of you who have watched it know, it's basically about evil nasty humans strip mining and helping themselves to the resources of a far-away planet Pandora, apparently the thing they're after is called unobtanium, really original isn't it. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The film, set in 2154, revolves around a paraplegic marine assigned to a planet where brutish humans are forcing the natives from their homes to mine a precious mineral, unobtanium, which is the only thing that will keep Earth going. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The film, set in 2154, revolves around a paraplegic marine assigned to a planet where brutish humans are forcing the natives from their homes to mine a precious mineral, unobtanium, which is the only thing that will keep Earth going … ❋ Unknown (2009)
There, in the year 2154, we are the invaders wanting - as all aliens do - to make off with natural resources (a magic mineral called unobtanium) despite the objections of the primitive but plucky locals. ❋ Unknown (2009)
He's a United States Marine and unless you throw in a crappy line (no crappier than 'unobtanium') like 'Dad was an aussie' or something of the like I can't forgive it. ❋ Unknown (2010)
It is amazing how many reviewers (especially SF people who should know better) miss the fact the "unobtanium" is pureposefully meant as a joke. ❋ Unknown (2009)
(We ordinary Americans, taxpayers that we are, know down deep we can't afford imperial misadventures such as getting "unobtanium," especially in light of the oil disaster in the Gulf). ❋ Unknown (2010)
However, the humans who have invaded this Garden of Eden planet are intent on destroying the tree for the precious metal, "unobtanium," which lies beneath it. ❋ Unknown (2010)
So that's why we're in Afghanistan ... to find/enrich ourselves with the minerals, the kind of unobtanium stuff "humans" went after in Pandora. ❋ Unknown (2010)
(We ordinary Americans, taxpayers that we are, know down deep we can't afford imperial misadventures such as getting "unobtanium," especially in light of the oil disaster in the Gulf.) ❋ Unknown (2010)
We're never told what this "unobtanium" does for humanity, so therefore we don't know the marine's true motives. ❋ Unknown (2010)
those [taillights] must be made of unobtanium, [i cant] find them [anywhere] ❋ Sayonaura (2004)
It may have come from the movie "The Core," when [Delroy] [Lindo] is describing the ship needed to go to the [Earth's] core, which can only theoretically be built. When someone asks him what it would be made of, he said, "The real name has 37 syllables, but I just call it... unobtanium." ❋ Misterdoe (2005)
"Did you get a new [GPU]?"
"No, [scalpers] took them all. They're practically considered [unobtanium] at this point" ❋ RedForkKnife (2021)
You may never ever [get this], [this is] [unobtanium] ❋ 0eA (2014)
