There are a lot of characters inAvatar: Frontiers of Pandora,and some seem a little more familiar than others. One who fits that description is the game’s main antagonist, John Mercer. So, was John Mercer also in the movies?
Is John Mercer inAvatarorAvatar: The Way of Water?
Despite John Mercer looking mighty familiar,he hasn’t previously made an appearance inAvatarorAvatar: The Way of Water. At first, I was convinced that I had seen him before. However, after scouring the characters of both films, I came to the conclusion that I conflated him with Giovanni Ribisi’s character fromAvatar,Parker Selfridge.
Both characters are businessmen, they’re both in charge of their respective facilities, and they look similar, even down to both rolling up their button up shirt sleeves. Maybe it’s just really hot on Pandora, and they didn’t bring air conditioning all that way.
I was kind of disappointed for itnotto be Giovanni Ribisi’s character but it makes sense given thatFrontiers of Pandoratakes place in the Western Frontier of the planet. An area that was designed for the game and that we’ve never seen before in the movies.
Still, I’d wager that the artists for John Mercer took at least a smidge of inspiration from Parker Selfridge in the first movie. And it’s possible that John Mercer will show up in futureAvatarmovies, asFrontiers of Pandorais confirmed to be canon. Maybe we can get an on-screen business showdown between him and Parker Selfridge.
