Totally off topic:
Very inspired to get back into my artwork.
Everything you said I totally agree with but what really caught my attention was the artwork bit. You know, I've always liked to draw since I was a kid. When I was 13 I picked up flash and photoshop and started creating little web sites, animations, games, wallpapers, digital drawings, etc. For some reason, however, I always believed I'm a programmer at heart so when the time to pick up a college came I never even considered art schools. Instead, I picked a college and double majored in computer science (for the programmer in me) and "interactive media and games" (for the artist in me ... I just thought/hoped this second major will be more about art and interactive media than anything else). It turned out this major was picked by geeks who were playing damn games all the time so after year 1 I just dropped that major and continued with computer science and an art sufficiency ( i.e. took 6 art classes)
Now, 4 years later, I realize that going to a tech school was the biggest mistake in my life. The thought of doing another degree in art had crossed my mind in the past couple of years but I could not justify spending another 4 years studying for another B.S. degree and at the same time I cannot just do some advanced masters-like degree with no prior art experience (and above all - not to mention the costs involved).
I then came across VFS (Vancouver Film School) and I told myself that no matter what - I will attend their 2 year program. After seeing Avatar I got so incredibly inspired that I just began thinking of all sorts of web app/site ideas that I can turn into finished products in the next year or so and then hopefully sell some of them to help me gather some money towards the $100K that I would need to attend VFS for 2 years.
So yeah, I was planning on making a thread about all that to see if anyone else has been in the same boat as me but after I saw your post I just thought I'd explain why I love Avatar so damn much

It's an awesome movie and very very inspiring to me personally
Jesus am I random or what :BLAA: