20 Things You Somehow Missed In Avatar

1. The RDA Uses The Same Gas As The Marines In James Cameron's Aliens

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Here's one for the ride-or-die James Cameron fans. When the RDA launches a gas attack on Pandora in an attempt to drive the Na'vi out - about a minute before starting their missile barrage - fans of Cameron's Aliens might notice something a little familiar.

The gas canisters being fired out seem to be basically identical to the CN-20 gas canisters briefly mentioned by the Marines in Aliens as a possible weapon against the Xenomorphs.

Though there's about 30 years between the events of Aliens and Avatar, is this a way of Cameron low-key implying the movies are in the same universe? Probably not, but it's a fun Easter egg all the same.

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