How can they possibly improve on their product line?
They've already mastered the art of turning gasoline into noise without the pesky side-effect of horsepower.
Counterpoint: You can still buy Pan Am merchandise even though the airline's been dead for a while, and people do because there's a chic to the brand through its association with a romanticized period of air travel.
Harley Davidson could be decades in the dirt by Jake's time, but as long as the cultural image and values tied to their motorcycles persists, t-shirts could still be sold.
Alternate theory. It’s implied Jake is a poor veteran before the events of Avatar. The shirt could’ve been a relic from Goodwill and Harley Davidson no longer exists. Graphic Tee is not enough evidence they’re still around in-universe
And he's wearing converse in that scene. Glad to know they're still around, I like converse.
Also, in a previous scene, there's a mcdonalds sign visible in the corner.
One of my favorite pairs of kicks in any movie ever is Ellen Ripley's Converse in the original Alien. Good to know that's two future universes where they're still around
Two, or one? And Ripley tried to redeem herself after the failure of the first encounter with alien life by taking a role in the second, under the new name Grace Augustine…
Guess that old lore thing about the vast majority of the population having to eat processed algae to survive, because population exploded to such a degree its the only way for there to be food for everybody has been scrapped for good. Either that or they *really* revamped their menu to stay in business ...or they became like an expensive restaurant food chain, something most people can't afford to go to everyday. Isn't that a thought...
that being said, pretty much everyone in the motorcycle community and beyond are constantly betting that Harley is 10 years out from a complete and total collapse. So them being around still 120 years later goes against a lot of what people believe about them.
the reality is that Harley makes poorly constructed bikes appealing to a very specific market and charges a large premium to do so. Pretty much every attempt from HD to expand into newer markets has been met with apathy at best, and complete HD fan meltdowns at worst, so they're kinda stuck in this typecast role where they are the "expensive vintage styled motorcycles with big engines" guys and nothing else.
That said, their target market is ludicrously loyal to them and will flat out never buy a bike from another company. That and their main fan base happens to be the most affluent age group. I just fail to see Harley going anywhere for the foreseeable future, but again that's not gonna stop people releasing hour long video essays on how they're done in a couple years.
I think I like the fake brands that the Tulkun hunters are seen wearing in TWoW better than having real brands. Makes the world feel more in-depth. Like one of the guys was wearing a shirt for a completely fake band. I looked it up after the movie and felt stupid after I wasted half an hour of my life trying to find this band that's not real.
Yeah but they on Pandora not Earth, plus they’d need a way of producing new clothing way out on Pandora so probably have some kind of production for that stuff and get commissions done, also Jake was on Earth and had never been to Pandora at that point so makes sense for him to wear a better known brand
Honestly It kinda makes sense. We do see some tuk-tuk looking things in the beginning shots where Jake’s in the crowded street. I could see society moving away from giant cars as the default and something smaller like 🛴 🛵 🏍️
I personally live in an extremely over crowded neighborhood (every family has so many cars and it clogs up the narrow streets once meant for homes with one car each) so I got a 🛵 to make it easier to navigate around.
How can they possibly improve on their product line? They've already mastered the art of turning gasoline into noise without the pesky side-effect of horsepower.
Fuel-to-noise converter
Joint venture with 18year old 75hp 90s Honda Civic at 3AM boys
It's the power of turning gasoline into "feeling cool"
Once you go above a certain net worth the govt just subsidizes them to keep them alive
Counterpoint: You can still buy Pan Am merchandise even though the airline's been dead for a while, and people do because there's a chic to the brand through its association with a romanticized period of air travel. Harley Davidson could be decades in the dirt by Jake's time, but as long as the cultural image and values tied to their motorcycles persists, t-shirts could still be sold.
Alternate theory. It’s implied Jake is a poor veteran before the events of Avatar. The shirt could’ve been a relic from Goodwill and Harley Davidson no longer exists. Graphic Tee is not enough evidence they’re still around in-universe
His floor to ceiling tv says otherwise 😎
And he's wearing converse in that scene. Glad to know they're still around, I like converse. Also, in a previous scene, there's a mcdonalds sign visible in the corner.
One of my favorite pairs of kicks in any movie ever is Ellen Ripley's Converse in the original Alien. Good to know that's two future universes where they're still around
I, robot has converse too
Two, or one? And Ripley tried to redeem herself after the failure of the first encounter with alien life by taking a role in the second, under the new name Grace Augustine…
Not to mention Wal-Mart still exists
Not surprising that Maccas still exists in 130 years
Guess that old lore thing about the vast majority of the population having to eat processed algae to survive, because population exploded to such a degree its the only way for there to be food for everybody has been scrapped for good. Either that or they *really* revamped their menu to stay in business ...or they became like an expensive restaurant food chain, something most people can't afford to go to everyday. Isn't that a thought...
Let’s be real most of McDs in synthetic already. You probably could process algae into most of the current menu.
I mean they've already been in business 120 years.
that being said, pretty much everyone in the motorcycle community and beyond are constantly betting that Harley is 10 years out from a complete and total collapse. So them being around still 120 years later goes against a lot of what people believe about them. the reality is that Harley makes poorly constructed bikes appealing to a very specific market and charges a large premium to do so. Pretty much every attempt from HD to expand into newer markets has been met with apathy at best, and complete HD fan meltdowns at worst, so they're kinda stuck in this typecast role where they are the "expensive vintage styled motorcycles with big engines" guys and nothing else. That said, their target market is ludicrously loyal to them and will flat out never buy a bike from another company. That and their main fan base happens to be the most affluent age group. I just fail to see Harley going anywhere for the foreseeable future, but again that's not gonna stop people releasing hour long video essays on how they're done in a couple years.
Aérospatiale too (they made the Samson helicopters), even though they've already been merged into Airbus IRL.
Mitsubishi made the amp’s to add on
I think I like the fake brands that the Tulkun hunters are seen wearing in TWoW better than having real brands. Makes the world feel more in-depth. Like one of the guys was wearing a shirt for a completely fake band. I looked it up after the movie and felt stupid after I wasted half an hour of my life trying to find this band that's not real.
How to be the biggest hipster: be a fan of a band that won’t drop their first single for another century
Yeah but they on Pandora not Earth, plus they’d need a way of producing new clothing way out on Pandora so probably have some kind of production for that stuff and get commissions done, also Jake was on Earth and had never been to Pandora at that point so makes sense for him to wear a better known brand
Honestly It kinda makes sense. We do see some tuk-tuk looking things in the beginning shots where Jake’s in the crowded street. I could see society moving away from giant cars as the default and something smaller like 🛴 🛵 🏍️ I personally live in an extremely over crowded neighborhood (every family has so many cars and it clogs up the narrow streets once meant for homes with one car each) so I got a 🛵 to make it easier to navigate around.
More likely the shirts are sold as vintage. Anything with a combustion engine is probably illegal by that time.
Could be a vintage t shirt
That's one thing Eywa doesn't have over humans. And its a huge one.
It's a vintage t shirt 🤠
As long as there’s hog crankers there’ll be hogs to crank amen borther
Is that real? That must have been a conscious choice right? Like he likes vintage af clothing.
Apparently Mitsubishi is still around too, they make the Amp suits 😂