Summary
AlthoughAvatar: Fire and Ashwill introduce less heroic Na’vi, the sequel needs to provideAvatar: The Way of Water’s most underrated villain with a bigger role. Since there are somany upcomingAvatarmovies, there is plenty of time for the franchise to explore its fictional universe.Avatar: Fire and Ash’s storywill continue the saga of Jake Sully and his nemesis Miles Quaritch, but future movies in the series can expand the world of the series and look into other aspects of the RDA’s invasion of Pandora.
That said, there are already a lot of existing supporting stars who theAvatarsequels must flesh out.Avatar’s Dr. Normbarely appeared inAvatar: The Way of Water, but he gave a few hints about Kiri’s powers that prove he could potentially be pivotal in explaining the events of future sequels. Similarly, Kate Winslet’s Ronal was underused but her role in reviving Kiri after her seizure shows that the Metkayina elder has potential beyond her brief supporting role. However, it is a human villain thatAvatar: Fire and Ashmust prioritize when the sequel returns to Pandora.
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Avatar: The Way of Water’s Frances Ardmore Is Avatar: Fire and Ash’s Biggest Threat
Edie Falco’s Human Villain Is More Ruthless Than Quaritch
Edie Falco’s terrifying General Ardmore wasAvatar: The Way of Water’s most underrated villainandThe Sopranosstar needs a bigger role inAvatar: Fire and Ash. Ardmore is a human general who commands the attempts to take over Pandora, and her dispassionate approach to the project couldn’t be less like Miles Quaritch’s bloodthirsty zeal for killing the Na’vi. However, viewers shouldn’t mistake Ardmore’s apparent indifference towards the natives for kindness or understanding. While Quaritch at least views Pandora’s natives as worthy adversaries, to Ardmore, the Na’vi is simply a problem to be permanently eradicated.
Director James Cameron already hinted that the sequel’s antagonists would include the Na’vi fire clans as well as the RDA’s forces.
WithAvatar: Fire and Ash’s title, director James Cameron already hinted that the sequel’s antagonists would include the Na’vi fire clans as well as the RDA’s forces. However, while the fire clans may not be as friendly as the Metkayina and the Omatikaya clans, they will be nothing compared to Ardmore. InAvatar: The Way of Water’s disquieting early scenes, the arrival of Ardmore’s conquering forces is heralded by the flames of spaceship engines indiscriminately devastating the plant and animal life of Pandora’s sacred forests. Quaritch is tough and unrelenting, but Ardmore is uncaring, aloof, and coldly ruthless.
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Avatar: The Way of Water’s Terrifying Spider Scene Proved Ardmore’s Villainy
Falco’s Villain Almost Killed Spider Before Quartich Intervened
Quaritch’s straightforward villainy was complicated inAvatar: The Way of Wateras he developed a relationship with his estranged son Spider. He will be more conflicted than ever now that Spider saved his life during the sequel’s finale, and this will allow Ardmore to become the perfect representative for the RDA’s unfeeling attacks on Pandora. WhileAvatar: The Way of Water’s Tulkun subplothad no satisfying conclusion, it is vital to note that Ardmore was the one who gave the Tukun hunters the go-ahead to hunt the endangered species in Pandora, despite how this would impact the natives.
Falco’s villain will turn out to be a major antagonist in Avatar: Fire and Ash.
Ardmore further reinforced her villainy during a chilling scene where she tortures Spider for information. After his capture, Jack CHampion’s defiant hero is seen trapped in a G-force simulator that Ardmore sent spinning until he was almost unconscious. Although it was clear that this torture wasn’t going to extract any information, the detached Ardmore was happy to continue the process until Spider passed out or worse. Her unflinching ability to witness a child’s torture and simply push the soldiers to inflict more pain proves that Falco’s villain will turn out to be a major antagonist inAvatar: Fire and Ash.
Ardmore’s Bigger Avatar: Fire and Ash Role Justifies The Fire Na’vi
James Cameron Hinted That The Sequel’s Na’vi Were More Violent And Dangerous
With his genocidal hatred of the Na’vi propelling his efforts to take over Pandora, it is tough to imagine a villain that makes Quaritch look understanding. However,Ardmore proved herself to be more dangerous than Quaritch inAvatar: The Way of Water, and she will likely become a force to be reckoned with in the subsequent sequels. SinceQuaritch’s potentialAvatarredemption arcis already in motion thanks to his relationship with Spider, Ardmore could come to represent the opposite side of humanity’s takeover of Pandora.
While Quaritch is invested in his tough guy persona, Ardmore is more concerned with wiping out Pandora as efficiently as possible.
Where Quaritch is driven by the machismo of the Marines, Ardmore cares only about results. While Quaritch is invested in his tough guy persona, Ardmore is more concerned with wiping out Pandora as efficiently as possible. Ultimately, Quaritch still retains some of his humanity and this makes it possible for him to switch sides. In contrast,Avatar: The Way of Water’s Ardmore is an unfeeling villain, andAvatar: Fire and Ashwill prove just how lethal this makes her.
