An idyllic¹ planet populated by blue aliens is an ideal setting for cinematic escapism. But the world of the sci-fi epic² Avatar is so perfect people have admitted being plagued by depression and suicidal thoughts at not being able to visit the planet.

蓝色外星人居住的田园般的星球是电影逃避主义的理想之地，但科幻巨著《阿凡达》中的虚幻世界太完美，以至于让很多人因无法真正生活在这样的星球而感到抑郁，部分影迷甚至产生了自杀的念头。

The planet Pandora is inhabited by peaceful race of blue-skinned creatures called the Na'vi.

Set in the future when Earth's resources have been depleted耗尽, director James Cameron's film tells the story of a corporation trying to mine a rare mineral.

The humans clash with the natives - a peace-loving race of 7ft tall, blue-skinned creatures called the Na'vi, who exist in perfect harmony with nature.

Fans have flooded the internet with their confused feelings. On the site Avatar Forums⁵, the topic 'Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible无形的，难以理解的' has more than 1,000 posts.

In a similar forum⁴, one user wrote: "When I woke up this morning after watching Avatar for the first time yesterday, the world seemed grey. It just seems so meaningless.

"I still don't really see any reason to keep doing things at all. I live in a dying world."

On another site, one fan was even more affected⁶, admitting: "I even contemplate⁷沉思，注视 suicide thinking that if I do it I will be rebirthed in a world similar to Pandora."

On the Avatar site Naviblue, a fan calling himself Jorba has even asked others to join him in starting a real Na'vi tribe.

The incredible visual realism of the film could mean viewers become particularly attached, the Daily Mail reports.

Dr Stephan Quentzel, psychiatrist⁸ and Medical Director for the Louis Armstrong Centre for Music and Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Centre in New York told CNN: "Virtual life is not real life and it never will be, but this is the pinnacle⁹尖峰，极点 of what we can build in a virtual presentation so far.

"It has taken the best of our technology to create this virtual world and real life will never be as utopian空想家 as it seems onscreen. It makes real life seem more imperfect."

But not everyone viewing the film has been hit by the 'Avatar Blues¹⁰', as a small but vocal¹¹ group have alleged¹² it contains racist¹³ themes - the white hero once again saving the primitive原始的，远古的 natives.

Since the film opened three weeks ago, hundreds of blog posts, newspaper articles, tweets and YouTube videos have said things such as the film is 'a fantasy about race told from the point of view of white people' and that it reinforces 'the white Messiah救星 fable¹⁵'."

The film's writer and director, James Cameron, says the real theme is about respecting others' differences.