WTF is Unobtainium?
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 Published On Dec 1, 2023

While we are all waiting for the Avatar 3, here's a little research into element that James Cameron has already used not just once, but twice: the unobtainium. It was the precious rare superconductor that earthlings wanted to mine from Na'vi lands in the first Avatar, but the meaning of 'unobtainium' is not limited to just that. Space whale brain liquid amrita from the Avatar 2 counts as unobtainium as well, and I have a slight suspicion that we might see another unobtainium variety from Cameron in the third part. So, it's time to finally answer some questions regarding unobtainium: what is it, when and why did it appear, and what types of it can you encounter in the wild of the modern science fiction.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:22 Unobtainium definition
2:24 Unobtainium origin types
3:34 Durabilium
4:42 The magic rule
5:04 Philosopher's stone and Alchemium
5:36 Immortalium
6:47 Luxurium
7:28 Mysterium
8:17 Mutatium
9:33 Energium
10:27 Transportalium
11:15 Spice case
11:57 Psyonium
12:25 Destructium
13:22 Antagonium
14:00 Digitronium
14:56 Handwavium
15:10 Outro

Idea, research, script, pixelart, voice and editing by Surge
Music by Heepothesys

*a lot of the information given in the video is based on the knowledge of the author, who has no special education in most of the topics he speaks on, so please take it with a grain of salt and leave a comment if you disagree

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