[Gavinfoxx]

keyword inevitable slide into decay. The story of the fall of an empire, by a more vigorous empire is a very human story... as is the story of a group finding a place with lower tech natives and overhwelming them.

These sorts of things happened in history, and can still make good drama... even if everyone has a pretty good idea on how its going to end...

Also, I hated Dancing With Smurfs (the Avatar movie for those of you unfamiliar with the jargon). The humans should have won; they needed that room temperature superconductor so that billions wouldn't die.

Seriously, its okay for the underdog to lose sometimes. The Aztecs had it coming. I'm not saying that Cortez was a nice guy, but he was way more ethical than the Aztecs. And I'm okay with the idea that he conquered the Aztecs in general... same goes here...