AVATAR KURUK 👀 AVATAR: The Last Airbender “THE NORTH” 1x7 Reaction & Review
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- Опубліковано 13 бер 2024
- In this video, we review and react to the episode "The North" of Netflix's Live Action AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER #AvatarNetflix
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I LOVE Ken Leung's performance as Zhao. He honestly killed this role. He built it up from a sly, conniving nobody to a really awful POS who's easy to hate. He didn't play it the same as the cartoon but he made him such a good, interesting villain! He deserves much more praise :)
100!! I loved Ken’s performance as Zhao too. He really played the villain and role so well 🙏🏽
I mean, Zhao was very super villain evil in the cartoon, but when we get the fog scene later it's almost like, "Oh yeah that dude, remember that?". Whereas this Zhao I will 100% remember well. That says something.
Ken really took a character already hammed up by Jason Issacs and said you know what this needs more of? Cheese! Man turned that role into a ham and cheese sammich and I am 120% in. You can clearly tell he's loving playing a slimy baxtard 🤣🤣🤣❤
Katara bothered me a lot at first, but it took me time to realize that her personality and arc is different. In the animated series, she is brash and bold and fiery but gains confidence and focus.
In the live series, she starts meek and weighed down by guilt and doubt, learns confidence and boldness over time. We see this with the Pakku fight here.
It's a bit confusing if you are mainly used to the animated series, but having seen the whole arc, I applaud the change.
When you see her mother burned to death right in front of her it's understandable why her emotions are always suppressed. I hope next season she really opens up.
Katara was really the pillar that grounded the group in the animation. She allowed Sokka to be an idiot and Aang to be a kid. You could even forget she was Sokka's younger sister.
That's harder to pull off in live action. Sokka looks a lot older - which is a good choice. And they wanted Aang to be more central. I think the arc makes sense for the live action version,
though I do miss the Katara from the animated version.
I kinda think that once the writers toned down Sokka’s sexism, it started to make it less clear why Katara would be so bold and brash. I think it also works better since they’re forced to deal with the characters aging. I think there’s lots of good reasons to have the live action characters move towards some of the traits we expect them to have from the beginning
Fans: Ozai is SO hot!
Kuruk: Hold my beer...
Forget both of them... Hakoda omg o.o This show is dilf central
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Thanks for the reactions. Been enjoying your fair criticisms along with the balanced positives as you went along. I'm sure you know by now it's been approved for Seasons 2 & 3, and I'm among the people who are waiting with hope and anticipation that the writers, directors, and producers will do the series justice with the extended time and resources they've been given.
Totally agree that the crew making the series needs to settle down and not mess with the characters and the personalities too much. Personally, I gave a lot of leeway in the storyline for season one because I knew there was a "wait and see" stance taken by Netflix, and the writers and producers wanted to show as much of what they could from the overall storyline to stir interest and pull viewers in (old and new) using some of the most emotionally and morally compelling aspects of ATLA. Evidently, Netflix feels the crew did a good job since they're extended for the next two seasons.
To me, the biggest challenge, other than keeping faithful to the original animated release, will be dealing with the age of the child actors. They're all well into puberty now, and from the interviews I've seen with "Aang", he's had a growth spurt and his voice seems to be changing as well.
I believe it could work and be even better than the animation if written carefully, as time should have passed and it is possible for Aang as a character to mature in knowledge, skills, and stature, but audiences will need to let go of the childish nature of the cartoon Aang and embrace a young man doing all he can to discover, know, and be faithful to who he is (in the words of Gyatso) but also to embrace and take on the responsibility of being the one who keeps balance in the world as the Avatar.
I'll be waiting for your finale of season one.
Aloha & keep up the solid reactions 🙂🤙
This is all so well-said! Couldn’t agree with you more that this fan base will have to embrace a much older “Aang” in the future seasons. It just makes sense with the timing of production and in between seasons that the gaang also grows up and ages. As you mentioned, we’ll see how the writing improves to accommodate for the physical changes of the actors. But we are optimistic nevertheless! Still excited to see how seasons 2+3 will pan out 😊
S1 Finale coming out sooner than you think 😉❤️
I get what you mean about Ang and absolutes. However, his soul purpose is to protect the world. Good and evil, is absolute, power is absolute; maybe thats why Ang see's his purpose as linear, as the Owl said, "Stay on the path.."
He's also a 12 yr old, 100 yr old man lol.
Aang on that Benjamin Button life lol
I’m kind of glad they changed Hahn and Yue’s arranged marriage situation. In the cartoon, it didn’t sit right with me that her father would force her into an arranged marriage with a jerk KNOWING she would essentially die young and turn into the moon spirit. Here she at least had a say in it.
He didn’t know she would die young
@@sese8976 He did. Towards the end of the season 1 finale of the og show, her father says, "The spirits gave me a vision when Yue was born. I saw a beautiful, brave, young woman become the moon spirit. I knew this day would come."
Thank you both for enjoying the show. Haters will be haters this show is not a KIDS Cartoon so remember that when comparing. (03/14/24)
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I ended up liking that they left out the Gran Gran & Pakku subplot. I like that in this version, Katara earns the respect of the other students in the Northern Water Tribe first, and then earn's Master Pakku's respect on her own merits, rather than who her Gran Gran is.
I brushed it off in the cartoon, but it honestly never quite made sense to me that this stubborn old man throws away ALL his traditions because Katara is the granddaughter of the woman who straight up ditched him, lol.
The part I don't love is that it also removed the importance of Katara's necklace. That was a real part of her identity and it was tied to the memory of her mother in the cartoon, so it's sad to see that excluded. They could at least keet the aspect that it was given to her by her mother. Maybe they can still include it next season. Then by the time they have to go into disguise when they reach the Fire Nation, it can still feel like a big deal for her to have to take it off.
(Also I can't wait to see them all in their Fire Nation outfits!)
I like the way they handled Paku's change of heart in this version more as well. That said, I do still understand the og one. It wasn't because Katara was the granddaughter of the person who left him, but because she made him realize that the love of his life left him because of his and his tribe's traditional/sexist ways.
I agree. I do wonder if that’s only left out now because it’s a bit extra to add if you don’t know you’re getting renewed. Maybe they’ll make use of it at the start of season 2?
I love Amber Midthunder's performance as Yueh too. She played it so naturally. The dessert scene was so good. Possibly one of the most natural in the show.
It's a shame she got reduced to memes because of the wig looking unnatural.
Oh did yall see her in Prey btw? That would be a REALLY fun one to react to!
We haven’t seen Prey actually! Need to look into it 😊
Amber Midthunder was also in Legion as part of a split person (it's convoluted and weird). Great actress.
@@MeeshDeeReacts Absolutely! Prequel to the Predator series.
Good thing this is my first atla experience. So I can easily avoid these drama. 😅
It’s good, i am loving it.
We’ve learned to love the live action series too! 🥰 can’t wait for S2 & 3!
Your type of opinion is what I value most in all opinions: for someone who never knew the full story of the original Nickelodeon animated series, how do you like it? Just like LotR, most people who never knew who Tolkien was LOVED the movies then read the books. I grew up with his books so I knew what every book was about, but I also love and enjoy watching the movies (extended editions) every year. Did it follow the book word for word? No... but it was a wonderful portrayal and adaptation of the story which honored the intent of Tolkien in the best way possible.
I think this live action ATLA is doing the same to this point. Like what Meesh & Dee said, no need to bash one another. Discussion and exchange of thoughts, ideas, and opinions are welcome, but we are all fans, period, and we should simply enjoy the experience together.
@kendallshimabukuro6250 beautifully said 😌🙏🏽🫶🏼
What some people who are fanatics about the animated version are missing is
1. There are gags and tropes that make for classic cartoon features would not translate into live-action, either logistically or ideologically.
2. Twenty-five years ago, TV seasons were 17- 22 episodes. Today, TV seasons are 6-10 episodes.
In making a live-action adaptation of a classic animated story there's a vast lore that has to be told with fewer episodes per season. Those who hate on this version are just blinded by nostalgia. That's why I am so glad I came to be an ATLA fan late. I don't have to be bound by the group-think of the fandom. 😎😎😎
Great review and reaction y’all! As a day 1 ATLA fan, I completely agree with what y’all said before y’all started the reaction. It’s wild how some fans can’t separate loving the OG series while also appreciating some of the new aspects of this live action, but that’s why I appreciate this channel. Honest dialogue, yet it’s not too biased and it’s not hateful. 🙏
I liked the inclusion of more Kuruk lore because we only see a glimpse of him in the tail end of the OG series.
The one thing I could not get over is how they did my girl Yue dirty with that wig. like whhhy could they not find a proper lace front. 😭😭
Hakoda, Kuruk, these waterbenders daddies are daddying 👀
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What was missing in the fight scene with Paku was the physics of movement. Katara needed to run and slide, make movements while jumping, instead she was just standing and sliding, which looked fake. This is what Disney does so well. And of course the acting could have been better as per usual. This was an okay episode, the last one was way better.
I agreee! Couldn’t pin point why it didn’t look that good, but that makes sense. -M
yea its not perfect but I dont get why some people hate it sooo much. its possible to like both! i enjoy both! i like how the live action expands on some things! of course the original will always be my favorite though!
They did the same with The Legend of Korra. I liked Korra even if it wasn't as good as ATLA. It added positively to the Avatar culture. Some people live to hate apparently. This live action series was a better than a good first effort. I hope they will look at the feedback and make the next two seasons better. We are either sitting on a goldmine or a port-a-potty. I think it can be gold, and I hope they can elevate it from good to great.
Avatar Kuruk isn't so "Go with the flow type" in this version, huh?
Definitely 😅
Fun fact: Yagoda's actress is the voice of Disney's Pocahontas!
The cinematography is gorgeous in this episode. Definitely agree that Sokka has more chemistry with Yue vs. Suki. There's a lot that can be improved on for seasons 2 and 3 but I'm still loving the show.
Agreed! We’re so stoked for S2&3 !! 🤩🤩
The fight between Katara and Pakku was about as good as I think it could have been. The effects are good, but unless they get a CGI budget on par with like.. Avengers Endgame, I think the most epic bending fights are going to be hard to live up to the cartoon. For that reason, I was happy they incorporated little moments of hand-to-hand. I'd honestly like to see that hand-to-hand aspect increase as the show goes on and the actors have more time to train! Zuko is already extremely talented!
yess I agree with you on the waterbending looking amazing but slow at the same time. I hope they make those a little faster but idk how difficult that is to make. The waterbending with Avatar Kyoshi looked great and fast so theres hope
They did Amber Midthunder wrong with that wig. She was great as Yue though.
Lmaaoo right?? That wig was not wigging 🤣
The only down I have in this ep is they didn't include Katara's betrothal necklace scene.
Let's face facts. Being the Avatar kinda sucks. You train your entire life, you have to deal with the worst of society as you try to dole out justice while maintaining balance, and you largely walk alone. Most people couldn't handle it for a day let alone a lifetime. No wonder most of the dead Avatars are kinda broken.
Hey Avatar Meesh and Avatar Dee "Happy Thursday ". I hope you two day is going well. This was a great episode. Lt Lee warning Zuko that he will be arrested and tried for treason for only Zuko to flee on a boat that was set up by Zhao by trying to kill Zuko.
I like the casting of Yue, Master Pakku, Arrnok, and Avatar Kuruk. The Northern Water Tribe. I like that we got the backstory on Avatar Kuruk and how he explains to Aang he spent his life fighting off spirits and losing lover face to Koh. Pretty much telling Aang that being the Avatar is being alone. In which Aang want to part ways with Katara and Sokka out of fear of losing them and not being able to be strong enough to protect them.
I like the Sokka and Yue moment as he figures out she was the spirit fox in the spirit world. And how she was sick and with the help of the Moon spirit. She was granted a chance of life.
Azula refused to play her father game as she demonstrated her power to use lightning in which led to her father being impressed.
Katara realizing that the Northern Tribe refuse to teach women how to fight and expect them to be more healers as she challenge him to fight with Sokka, supporting her in which was amazing in live action. Even tho I wish the build up to the fight was better since the animated series build up to the fight was done so well.
I like Katara in this episode in which her strength, determination, and resolve won over people. As well, Katara is telling Aang she isn't going to listen to him or Pakku as she chooses to fight. As she sees him as family as she gets him to write his own story. But anyway I hope you two have a wonderful day. Stay safe, take care and stay amazing
Thanks for all of your insights as always, Avatar Rob! ❤️✨
I really enjoy this live action and yalls reaction to it. Please keep doing what youre doing.
We appreciate all the love!! We’re not going anywhere 😌 more to come ✨❤️
Hans actor actually went to highschool in my city, we even graduated highschool in the same year!
I wish they had Katara say "you cant knock me down!" Its a better line than "is that all you got?"
I prefer “is that all you got” because it sounds more in the moment; more organic. I just wished they added “…BITCH” at the end of that
Another upload, just in time. Was getting relaxing after a long day. 🖤🙏🏼🙏🏼
Love that we can watch together! ❤️🙏🏽
@@MeeshDeeReacts I agree that as a fan of the original series, obviously if we do a one to one comparison, there will be issues here and there. But there's no reason to hate on everything. The show is taking its own direction, it showed us some good moments and some bad. I think the shows writing could be cleaner in certain aspects but the hate most of the cast get isn't fair.
We learned this with Hayden Christensen as Anakin, great actor... Horrible script. We love this show and just want to give pure criticism out of love and respect for the source material but still acknowledge the good that it does have.
Watching this with you two ladies has been really fun, from the original show to this. And as always, looking forward to future uploads. 🙏🏼🔥🔥🖤🖤
You are on point with all of this! Love the analogy with Anakin too - very true!
We really appreciate all of your support here and can’t wait to get to the S1 finale and onto Legend of Korra next✨🥰
@@MeeshDeeReacts Excited 🌊⛰️🔥💨
Amber Midthunder was a great choice for Yue, and I like the way they handled her character. Just...that wig is terrible.
Loved Amber as Yue too! But damn… that wig lol 🫣
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@@MeeshDeeReacts Most of the costuming, hair, etc. on the show ranges from decent to great. And then there's...that. You can even see her real hair peeking out sometimes. Oh, well. On to the finale! (Which I think is mostly very good)
Hahah not the hair peeking through the wig lol 🥴
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It's funny how all the elderly in this version look weird except for "Iroh", huh? 🤔😂
I can say it has the same vibes than the cartoon when they arrives to the North Pole. That battle between Katara and Paku was great! ❤
North Pole was all the vibes ✨
POV:
(Zukka moment)
Sokka: my first girlfriend turned into the moon...
Zuko: thats rough buddy...
The Actor who plays Aang his high pitched kid voice and his height he looks more like the girl Avatar who played Aang in the play. “Avatar State Yip Yip”
You can never really take an anime, book,etc and completely do a 1:1 with it. You have to change some stuff to adapt it to the big screen more importantly you need to make it so it appeals to the general normie public. Those people are dumb tbh :/
Agree, I remember 1st season of the animated series being more appealing towards kids in the comparison to the other ones and having it's own flaws. It was still amazing. But I can't imagine seeing the carbon copy of the animated show in the adaptation, they had to make it work by changing some plots and leaving few things behind. Personally I think writers have done a good job
14:56 this is a good point. He does tend to speak too much in absolutes. Though if I think about it, kids tend to do that more frequently. “This is the worst thing ever…”. Still they could tone it down a bit.
17:58 I’d be curious to know why you think so? Both seem really fast for the amount of “love” they try to portray. Same in the cartoon.
18:53 lol. Yup. Need to keep those in-combat sandwiches coming woman.
I liked the episode. I enjoyed the Katara fight. I liked the development of Azula as well. She’ll definitely be more menacing in se2.
We always enjoy your timestamps and commentary 😂🙏🏽 thanks for watching along with us! S1 finale coming soon 😊
Get your 🥪 ready! lol
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1 to 1 is hard to do in live action because directors and writers understand that the actor are growing up as they shoot so they need to cover as much ground as possible my meshing together storylines in order to stay as original as possible before the actors/actresses grow out of the roles physically. When this was shot the case was 3 to 4 years younger. Look at the cast today .. they’ve grown substantially
So as a writer/director things have to make sense in what is being done in season 1 and combine what they can and cant without going outside the scope just in case season 2 happens and when that does and they start shooting the cast has grown 4 years older and 2 feet taller.
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It's been interesting watching various reactions and what triggers different people. I absolutely love the animated series. It's tough to live in the shadow of one of the best and most dearly beloved TV shows of all time. It does take a while to get used to the changes. But once I began to understand what they were after, and why they made them, I really came to like the live series. I think it's true to the spirit of the original.
Paraphrasing Toph to Katara: It's at least fun to argue about.
100! 🙏🏽 couldn’t have said it better!
"..The person who'll write the legend of Aang"
"She means you, you got that right?"
Man, they really need to improve the writing of those scenes.
I feel like the live action is best watch one ep at a time. There's a lot to love and observe once you get past the initial reactions. Binging has the effect of carrying both positive and negative momentum which can compound confirmation bias.
Great point! 🙏🏽
Man, I hope no one is giving you guys hate for being positive. Yeah there are some flaws with the live action, but considering the preproduction quagmire it was stuck in, I think they did pretty good! I LOVED 6 and some of the added scenes, anything Iroh/Zuko especially. Those two made me cry more than I care to admit. Now that we've got two more season locked down, I really tend to think it can only improve in the areas where it lacks (coughdialoguecough) but the actors themselves are doing amazing. Been loving you two's reactions since I found your OG watch ❤
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They (Netflix) "NERF'ed" Ruku" in this version.
I want to see a Blasian play Toph.
I agree with you ladies this is a good but it is not perfect. You can never please everyone.
Exactly 😊❤️
Changes are always good.
The Anime is as it is... nothing can ruin that.
Having a 1to1 copy of it... would be pointless... it wouldn't have a right to exist.
please upload the next reaction nowww 😂
Soon!✨
Han not being a simple derpy a-hole is one of many changes that, IMO, improve on the animated series.
Are you guys planning to continue invincible? The 5th episode just dropped.
You already know we’re filming asap 😉🙏🏽
I am tired of Aang saying "friends" all the time. We get it! It's like Vin Diesel saying "family" all the time in the Fast and the Furious movies.
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They have to kill it with Toph. Toph is a perfect character. I hope they don't drop it. If they mess up Toph I will not finish the season. Toph is the reason I love Earth bending over any other element
It's interesting that they didn't give anytime to get some lessons in. that coupled with Aang not learning any waterbending is weird in terms of choices made.
I like that Pakku didn't change his mind because of the necklace. Instead, others saw her value and she didn't need him to validate her. not a fan of the wig they used on Yue. the Actress is stunning but the wig did her a disservice.
Sokka does come across a little f boyish considering how many girls he keeps hitting on. We all know Suki is coming back but it wasn't clear she wasn't a permanent character yet in the show.
Oh while you’re making a sandwich can you make me one too MEESH. LOL! 😂 Just Kidding!
earlyyyy
This show gets too much hate. I understand it's not going to live up to the origional series and there are definitely critiques that should be considered, but overall I think it's a good show
Animated Master Pakku is better then Live Master Pakku.
literally the reason the netflix show gave aang spirals and designs in his tattoos instead of making his tattoos solid blue was because most fans actually enjoyed that the m night movie adding detail to the designs, literally the only reason aangs tattoos look the way the do here is because of fans actually liking aangs tattoos in the movie lmao
just curious if you are twins because you almost have the same face 😅
lol nope we are dating 😌 I’m Filipina and Meesh is Vietnamese/Laos. Different type of Asians 😉
This was one of the worse episodes I think, katara was hella weak, I honestly don’t like that the betrothal necklace has no place in this story, making Yue waterbend is weird and how she canceled her engagement with Han is very new world and not how it would have happened in a tribe like this, just I don’t know. I want to like this series and I’m giving it a chance but like you guys have said some of the changes just don’t vibe 😅
I can't imagine see (that) Mai with Zuko. 😅
I can’t either… lol
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The show was great... so far its better than one piece... one piece fighting scene are horrible...😂😂
Not really hating on it for say it's just that it is severely lacking in certain areas, for example it's book one and he has not learned water bending at all
I've recently rewatched the animated version, and noticed that Aang started learning water bending with Katara only after he found out about the Sozin's Comet coming really soon and that he needed to master all the elements basically in a few months. So they've started trainings right away in a middle of a season. First half of the book 1 their goal was only to start learning after they come to the North Pole and find teachers
In this version they doesn't know about the comet coming back yet, and they have a couple more years before this moment (as the writers stated) so they're doing it one step a time, coming to North Pole to save it first, and next then Katara becomes more confident with her bending, they will start to teach Aang
@@arknexI still think it’s a poor choice to leave out waterbending in book 1 titled WATER