Trudy Chacon & The Love Story That Was Cut From Avatar | Avatar Explained

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We need to reach out to James Cameron and make a full 4 hour cut of the movie

I LOVED Trudy and was genuinely devastated when she died. Such a great character and such a heroically tragic way to go.

Finally someone addressed this in a full video. They completely cut out Norm and Trudy's characters, and while I feel that it worked fine with Trudy since I'll be fully honest, the extra info really doesn't add much for the story itself, Norm's evisceration was a crime. The deleted scenes explain the choices he made, going from nerd to jealous of Jake to genuine, ride-or-die ally that simply can't be drawn from implication alone since even the implication was cut. Of course, I would have also much appreciated Trudy having an extended role beyond "Michelle Rodriguez is a pilot in this one." If someone, whether Cameron or anyone else, decides to release the full 4-hour-long cut of the movie, janky PS1 Na'vi animations included, I would still watch the hell out of it.

I didn't even know her last name was Chacon let alone all this other backstory. She was one of the most intriguing characters in the movie, even with so many scenes cut. Says a lot about Michelle Rodriguez as an actress.

Aw, man... Trudy was a fav character of mine, and it sucked so bad that they killed her off! That we didn't get to see the rest of the story, though... huge bummer!

I liked her, but there was so much about her that I didn't know. Thank you for this video. It's so sad that Trudy's not coming back. I really wanted to see her fly and kick some ass as an avatar.

That’s it. I want an extended cut released. If LOTR can have directors cuts that add hours onto each movie then Avatar can have that too!!

I think this would have definitely given some good character development to Norm and Trudy. It would have explained why she decided to switch sides and help Jake and his allies, and it would have also given more screentime to Norm. It would have been nice if Trudy survived the crash as well, as they could have gotten married, and their kids could make cameo appearances in Way of the Water. Perhaps Trudy and Norm would become the new administrators of the RDA base on Pandora after the humans were kicked out. It would have only required under 5 minutes of additional screentime, and by shortening some of the exposition scenes at the beginning, it wouldn't have even required the runtime to be longer.

I need one thing in my life. A complete 4 hour Avatar edition of this.

Norm's avatar didn't die, he's seen using his avatar at the end standing over the humans being forced to leave pandora...the only reason that he abandoned his avatar during the final fight, is that when his avatar was wounded..norm felt that pain and it caused him to lose his mental concentration and it disrupted his bond with his avatar...but the avatar was only wounded, not dead.....UNLESS, They just screwed up during the editing or post production.

She was one of my favorite characters before I ever knew about the deleted scenes, and I agree her character arc did not receive justice. I am a sucker for the tragic hero story, and she embodied it more than almost anyone else in the movie--she knew their odds of success were extremely low, while the odds of dying extremely high, but she did it anyway and proved even in her defeat that she was far superior to those who defeated her. These deleted scenes add so much to her story!

Trudy's character was literally the best side character. Would have loved to see more

I am so glad you made this video. I’ve never seen the deleted scenes. But even with her limited screen time and arc in the final cut she has always been my favorite character. I’m glad you also see how underrated she is and that she is getting much deserved attention in this analysis!!!

Trudy has and will still always be my favorite character

As the biggest Michelle Rodriguez fan ever, it's awesome to see her character in my favorite movie ever made my day!! 💜✌️🤓

4:15 the way he mentions this and just keeps on talking about aircrafts- idk why its so funny to me LMAOOO CRYING RN

Excellent video. Trudy's and Norm's backstory/love interest were cut from the final version of the film for pacing reasons, but add so much to the overall story. With all the deleted scenes (some of which really didn't add anything and should have been cut in any case) they could have easily had a movie over four hours long. What they should have done is cut the thing in half and released the first part as Avatar and the second part as the sequel, released a year or so after the first part. However, that might not have worked out as good as what they eventually released as the first movie. I think the Collector's Edition Extended Cut is the definitive version of the film. It has the Earth opening, explains more about the school and what happened there, gives more context to the Jake and Neytiri romance, and shows us more of Pandora and the Na'vi. Those 16 minutes of restored scenes add much more depth to the story. I remember reading more than a few fanfics on Fanfiction.net back in 2010 about Trudy and Norm's relationship and her backstory. I ended up writing a novel-length fanfic in 2010 (started in February of that year and finished in November) that explored the film's backstory and was my take on the direction I thought the story could take. It also added some dimension to Trudy's backstory and sheds some light on the decisions and actions she makes in the film, specifically the escape sequence. It will be interesting to see the sequel in a couple weeks. Anyway, good video.

I agree, besides Neytiri, I find Trudy as one of the most interesting characters in Avatar. I've always felt the character was in spirit a nod to Vasques from Cameron's Aliens. James has a thing for badass chicks 😉

Trudy deserves to come back in a hallelujah moment in an Na’vi body, Eywa showing her thanks by taking that human woman who died saving her people and giving her a second chance. Well now I’m off to see if there is fanfic about that.