I do like the change of making Yue a waterbender here. Since the moon spirit is the one who gives people the ability to waterbend, I can’t imagine why she shouldn’t have that ability. Even when the koi fish was killed, she can still do it due to drawing the moon’s power inside of her which makes sense.
It's one of those things that I never thought about until the live action and then I'm like... waaaait a minute, why wasn't she a waterbender before??? Yeah
It makes me so sad that most of the reactors I watch on here didn't like or even hated this live action, so I wanted to thank you for remaining positive throughout it. It's not a perfect adaptation by any means but I don't think it deserves all the hate that it's getting. Great reaction as always✨️ excited for whats to come😊
I have definitely found things about the series that are not my favorite, and I think that there are some things that they improved on. I’m not shy about hiding my feelings if I don’t like some thing, but I think a lot of the hate that it’s being given is undeserved.
@@funnylilgalreacts oh absolutely, the series needs a lot of work and hopefully they take in the criticism, but the level of hate to the cast which some are literal children just makes me sad, especially the girls who play Azula and Mai, they are just being destroyed
@@ecramos95 Oh wow, really? I thought the actress that played Azula did amazing, and was one of the best characters in the show, despite how little she was on screen.
I think the reason Iroh sheds a tear is because Zuko's words "See you when I have the avatar" have similarities to Luten's letter saying "General Iroh, see you after we win the war. Your loyal son, Lu Ten" but never come back.
I interpreted it as him feeling sad & hopeless for Zuko cause of his stubborn persistence with this unattainable mission. At the end when he says "What do you wanna do Prince Zuko?" & Zuko says he's tired, he's cheerful and relieved to see him finally settle to stop & breathe .
I love that the waterbenders can't bend anymore when the moon spirit is killed, but Yue still can, because she has the spirit of the moon inside her. Her bending is also a great change for me.
21:25 I mean I always called the animated version "Koizilla", they just kinda leaned more heavily on the Godzilla aspect of the design than they did in the animated.
One of the many things I appreciated in the live action is the real sense of WAR. It's not just some flashy stuff flying around. I mean, yeah, the original was on Nickelodeon, so its understandable. But actually seeing destruction, loss, and grieving really brings everything home.
@@wtimmins AAAAAAHHHH. OMG. I FEEL SO STUPID. I just spent half an hour reading something with a whole bunch of ridiculous acronyms and my head just defaulted. Thank you! 😂😂😂😂🙏
I honestly enjoyed this series and can’t wait for Season 2. But the only criticism I have to give is how Aang and Katara were never taught waterbending by Pakku at all. I understand that Katara is a prodigy and a quick learner but she still had to be taught by Pakku to become as good as she did in the original series. It’s hard to believe she became a master just from a single waterbending scroll. I never imagined that Aang would never waterbend even once in the entirety of this one season which is based on Book One: Water.
Katara got better from all her practice plus constant fightning from firebenders, not just the scroll. Maybe the beginning of next season they can so some training since they are still in the north. The live action version gave more agency for them going north because they knew a tragedy was going to happen so there was less time. The cartoon didnt have quite that kind of agency.
Also, they renamed this season so it's not called "Water". It didn't bother me as I don't want a perfect 1 to 1 recreation, because like .... what's the point at that point?
@@kevinsims5791 I think you meant urgency not agency. Very different things. Live action team avatar had little to no agency. Kiyoshi literally commanded Aang to do his duty and go North.
Katara did mostly learn on her own in the cartoon too. They can still have Paku teach them, but that's probably going to be something that happens between seasons, if it happens at all.
@@casualpotato44 yes urgency ha ha 😆 thank you for that. Kyoshi showed Aang the destruction of the north if he doesnt go there to stop it. Aang didnt know the time frame so he just had to go cause the sooner the better. In the cartoon they where completely willnilly up until they found out about the comet coming back so he basically had a whole year to learn the other elements. Thats more time.
I think it was probably a good change not to give a specific timeline for the return of Sozin's comet in this episode. It gives them a way to be a little more inflationary with the timeline of the series and account for the kids aging.
With Han, I think in this version, it shows that he truly did love Yui too, when you truly love someone you have to be willing to let them go so they can be happy. and that he probably figures if she CHOSE Sokka, he must be a great guy because he trusts her judgement
12:00 Zhao's _".... I'm only gonna kill the moon"_ line gets me every single time. The comical levels of sociopathy in that one comment just cracks me up. 😂😂 It's like.... Bruh, that's not any better! 😂😂
The dialogue writing left a lot to be desired, but the overall story arc was very well done, and the actors did a great job regardless. And the changes gave us some really great moments, particularly with Zuko and Iroh. I have high hopes for next season. Can't wait
"Sometimes it all bleeds together." I think this is a sign of a good adaptation; when it becomes just a new telling of the same story. I loved this series, it's the story I remember (haven't watched the original in years) just told differently.
I would say in defence of live-action Bumi, he definitely ends up at the same place as the animated one, even if he starts out pretty jaded. Looking forward to more of him!
I hope you're correct because that was the one character change that I just couldn't accept. Like my mind rejected it, even though it made perfect logical sense for this darker live action. I just couldn't accept it on an emotional level. And I recognize that it's my attachment to original Bumi that is rejecting this new vision.
Yeah, Bumi was a weird change. It just seems so out of character for him. Also, when he was complaining about how much time it took for Aang to show up and fulfill his destiny, Bumi was literally wasting even more of Aang's time. It just made no sense.
@@07Flash11MRC To be fair he is an old broken man, saying he was wasting more of Aang's time, while true, in his mind mind the time he is wasting pales in comparison to the hundred years of war he has been fighting, especially when he thought his friend died 100 years ago with his people. He already mourned the loss of Aang and his people, but now he is standing in front of him, which probably caused so much trauma in his head because now he feels abandoned, like "I've been suffering with my people for 100 years and their may not be anyone in the whole world older than me that has been fighting as long as I have, and you just wander in here like nothing changed".
Since we didn't get a "The Storm" episode in live action I think Bumi was filling in the spot of the jaded old man that hires Sokka to go fish "Your the Avatar....you turned your back on the world"
i really wish they added Yue's spirit ascending and kissing Sokka. they made it a point to have her already not want Hahn and say sokka is the boy of her dreams and it seems like nothing was produced from it.
Geez. Jules-Pierre Mao is always involved in world-changing plans and machinations! Anyway, thanks for giving me the ATLA veteran’s perspective of this series. As a newbie, I enjoyed this show immensely and it’s great to get insights from the animated show from someone _healthily_ invested in the story. Yip yip!
If they keep the trajectory the show was on into a season two, i am really looking forward to seeing what they do with it. Katara and Aang just need a little more time to develop their characters. The extra time Zuko got was used really really well.
I really enjoyed the extra love they gave to Sokka here at the end, too. Inspiring the northern water tribe troops, and commanding Aang and Katara when they take out that ship. The bit with him and his father was a great touch, too. Not everyone uses weaponry to fight!
2:32 Thank you for your fairness to Lizzy Yu's portrayal of Azula! I'm so happy for he. I was a HUGE reader of The Babysitters' Club books as a kid and when Netflix released them with her as Claudia I fell in love with her! I LOVE that she's been dating Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin from Stranger Things) for over 5 years and they are so cute!
She’s really great. I liked the backstory - though it was so Ozai centric. Always thought that Azula could have sought her dad’s approval in order to compensate for Zuko’s mom favoring the older son a bit. Her standing as a prodigy would have helped.
I really loved the arc that Katara had in this episode it felt even stronger here than even the animated show. and the fight scenes were absolutely amazing. and really loved the Black and white once the Eway was killed with the color of the fire bending phasing in and out. I had a few issues of the editing in some of the moments around the pond with Jiao i wish they had a better way to shoot around its moments as it felt like they could not do the blocking very well (if that makes sense ) thanks for the reaction it was a fun season and im excited to see how season 2 plays out (in about 2 years time 😭😭😭 thank for the reactions it was an entertaining show,
There's a lot I liked and a lot I didn't like about the live action. My favorite change was that they dropped the storyline of Paku being engaged to GranGran. It never sat right wit me that that was the reason he gave Katara respect, and that GranGran decided to get back with him all those years later? icky. Love that in the live action he respected Katara from her own merit. Shoutout to the 41st division detail also- that was a phenomenal addition. My least favorite change is how they jumped right into Iroh being on the avatars side and his backstory. In the og that took longer to for the audience to learn and that's what made it feel so worth it. I feel like while OG season 1 it was always evident that Iroh's cared more about Zuko than the fire nation, it wasn't until the Zhao harmed the moon spirit that we really saw that Iroh's priorities lay in worldly balance rather than the fire nation. And while the live action funeral scene was excellent, I wish they'd waited a season for it to feel more earned. This is getting nitpicky but I'm also really not a fan of how Aang was just "going out to clear his head" and getting lost in the storm in the live action, rather than running away from his responsibility and getting lost in the OG. It took away a lot of nuance to Aangs character that made him perfectly imperfect.
You're stronger than I am, I cried like a baby when momo got hurt. Koizilla looked awesome. Han and the other young waterbender that died made me sad too, I felt the same way that Han was made more likeable than the animated series. Carry the 2 lol.
It can't be denied the effects are top notch, this is what the film should have looked like. I'm just a little disappointed by some of the choreography and dialogue delivery, kind of wishing the Water Bending was acted with a little more faster movements, but even still there's SO much more effort in this show.
I watched the show and i thought it was okay but with a lot of space to grownth in next seasons, i'm glad i saw your reaction, see the show through your eyes it was really fun and a refresh from reactors complaining about it and your comments added great insights about the show and the characters, i'm really glad by it, thank you for share it with us
I guess they don't intend for us to see... ahem... any more of Zhao 😬😅. I said on another video when they get it right on this show, they really get it right. It is excellent. It has had its slow moments, weird choices of dialogue, but it's growing. And that's what you want, for it to get better and better and build alongside us getting closer to these actors. And I am. I pushed past some early side-eyeing of them and now I really like them in the roles. And dang, I'd love a live-action Kyoshi with Yvonne.
Some of my family hadn’t seen the original and really enjoyed this, so I had fun watching this. I wish Aang used waterbending a little but I can’t wait till next season and I’m so excited for Toph.
Thank you for being so open minded with this, it’s refreshing to see! So many reactors and comments just hating on it, and it’s frustrating. Some reactors wouldn’t even finish it, and I think it gets better as it goes, so their loss. I can see how much they love the original, and see the respect, but also loved how they made it their own. I also loved how they made him more likable in the show too, bc it makes her choosing Sokka more worthy. I hate the troupe like she doesn’t pick the one guy bc he’s a jerk, no, make him likable and make it a harder choice for her, so it looks like Sokka isn’t just getting chosen bc he’s not a jerk.
I personally really like this adaptation. I went into it knowing that it’s not going to be a carbon copy and I didn’t want that anyway. I feel like we are missing a lot but it still told a good story. I really appreciate how they are taking snippets from all 3 seasons and even reached into the comics with the mother of faces and the fog of lost souls from korra
The scroll, Aang and Jet, fighting the earthbenders and creating a fighting style, taking on Pakku and Zuko, liberating the women in the tribe to fight in combat… yeah. She didn’t learn anything.
@@funnylilgalreacts In the previous episode she says herself she still as a lot to learn. She also says she needs help with her accuracy and increasing power then fights pakku and all of the sudden she’s a master waterbender?? And that was before her fight with Zuko and idk what liberating the women in the tribe has to do with her becoming a master bender
I think we may get kooky Bumi next season. They gave Bumi an arc. He needed to heal. He felt abandoned by his friend, he was hurting for 100 years. In matters not related to the avatar he was quite goofy. So now that Bumi had his arc I'm betting he is mostly kooky with seriousness when required.
ATLA: “They will be taught about the great Zhao, Zhao the Moonslayer, Zhao the Conquerer” TLOK: “I am Zhao the moonslayer, Zhao the Conquerer, Zhao the invincible” Live action: “I am Zhao, the Moonslayer!”
I have to say I have enjoyed watching you greatly the positivity you have given is amazing 😁😁 I enjoyed the beginning now I can’t wait to see how it all will end ❤️❤️ also those who keep say that Katara didn’t really earn the name Master you are all dead wrong a Master is now all about skill and ability it’s about your dedication and love for that ability to learn it and use it to defend what you believe in
She lead the women in combat, advocated for them, fought Pakku and taught HIM something new AND held her own against a fire bender 1v1… what more does she have to do? I think having yo hear Pakku say she’s a master is cheapening the moment. Her self declaration is a MOMENT
Paramount announced the ATLA animated film is scheduled to be released on Oct 10, 2025. Dave Bautista from GOTG is going to voice the villain. Other cast members are Eric Nam who is listed as the voice of adult Aang, Jessica Matten and Roman Zaragoza who I'm guessing will voice Katara and Sokka, and Dionne Quan who I'm also guessing will voice Toph.
There's a video out there showing a 12 year old Dallas Lui performing at a martial arts competition. The Normies showed it before their watch of, I think, episode 6
I look forward to seeing season 2, I wonder if they'll have more episodes because there's also so many stuff to cover including the Desert, Ba Sing Sei, etc. I look forward to seeing who'll be playing Toph, and for a little laugh, and it'd be a longshot, but if they somehow get The Rock to play The Boulder, that would be pretty funny. Also I have a feeling that Roku might let Aang in about Sozin's Comet since it was now brought up in the post credit scene. And while I will always love the Animated series, I genuinely loved the live action series as well.
People who don’t like the live action are those who can’t get over that it’s not supposed to be scene for scene like the animated series. Sure there’s some flaws but even the animated series has flaws. However, as an ADAPTATION!! The series was done so well and the spirit of the show was kept. That’s all you could ask for.
Yes exactly, they both did thing that are better than the other, one thing I liked in the LA is that they moved Katara's "we're your family now" speech to the end of the season, it makes way more sense now considering in the original the barley knew him when she said that, so moving it to the end gives them time to really bond and grow together so it feels more genuine that way.
@@atorothcassidy4866 The live action did episode 1, the blue sprit, and siege of the north so much better than the original. Just like the original the live action had bed episodes also. But what the live action is doing with Zuko and Iroh is way better than the original. However, they do have the luxury of the animated series knowing that zuko and iroh aren’t actually bad guys.
I feel a big change they made with his version of Zuko is that he is much more emotionally intelligent, compared to the original animated version. He's very much aware, and grateful, of Iroh's support and companionship (which makes the events of Season 2 that much more heartbreaking). Rather, he's just completely influenced by and conditioned into wanting to please Ozai. Which is classic coercive control.
Something I just thought of...so, they just figured out how to predict when Sozin's Comet is returning? So Sozin just mobilized the whole army fast enough to react to it coming last time? But he had a premeditated diversion with the Earth Kingdom? Confusion
9:28 I mean they probably can do some amount of waves but there is a limit to how much they can do (it took 2 each to make those large jets) and boats are designed to handle some pretty crazy waves. I mean Katara at the start season 3 was barely able to push a ship enough to give them some separation and that was sideways whereas these are coming in head on and boats are practically designed to handle waves front on best.
I discovered you through your Avatar-verse reactions, and it's been fun binging my way through your reactions to all 3 shows. I really love your positivity about this live action version - it gets way too much hate from people who mostly seemed determined to hate it before it even came out. I really loved the addition of Aang communing with the prior avatars, and I adored pretty much everything they did with the fire nation characters. My only complaint is that they split up the main trio for side quests so often that their relationships don't feel as deep and meaningful as they should by this point. But they built enough of a foundation to fix that in season 2. I'm so looking forward to seasons 2 and 3.
I know people complaining about them calling Katara a master in this already, we know in the show she for sure becomes a master but at this point I kinda see their point... BUT, if they follow the same rules as the air benders, to be a master you have to invent a new move and she did, the ice discs, it shows her mastery over her element to do that. Yes the earth benders already did it, but she is implied to be the first water bender to do it with ice. Which isn't even the base bending. So it could be why the boy warrior called her master knowing those rules and that the discs were a new thing.
I mostly enjoyed this series, with a few pain points here and there (I disagree with the thought that not jaded Bumi couldn’t work in this, I’m sure he could’ve been used as a positive contrast to the darkness around). I think they did mostly well. In regards to this episode, a few things for me… 1) I..don’t like the change to Zhao’s death. I much preferred the Ocean taking him as vengeance..or justice. The interaction that led to it is reminiscent of their Agni Kai early in cartoon book 1, but Zuko tries to actually kill him and misses, and instead of just blocking Zhao, Iroh kills him. With Zuko, I think it was a miss to have him actually go for the kill than try to save Zhao or intentionally miss, showing that he, in a way, still has compassion and mercy to separate him more from Azula and Ozai. 2) Katara being a master. It’s..an issue I have with the cartoon as well, due to what determines the title being never really said or anything. *it works for themes and fantasy*, but it was weird, especially after having taken a little bit of martial arts that had tests and such, to just be deemed a master or consider yourself one after a confidence boost and a random NWT guy call you that. The “yeah, you’re looking at her” kinda just felt clunky to me? I can’t put my finger on that one. But that applies..honestly not just to Katara but the cartoon as a whole as well. The whole concept is just…you know, it was really unclear. 3) I love Katara’s speech here to Koizilla Aang, but, and suuuuuper minor gripe on the directing, I wish it felt like she was saying it in a way he might actually hear it? Like Zhao’s speech in “Masks”, it felt like she was talking to someone 3 feet from her, and all I had in my head was the Kung Fu Panda 2 scene where Po is trying to yell a speech at Shen and the peacock just goes…”WWWHHHAAAAATTTT?!?!”
How dumb the Firebenders must be if Sozin's Comet returning is a surprise to them. Thing was every 100 years like clockwork, and that's how Sozin took advantage of it. The Airbenders knew about it. But Ozai needs this mechanical thing to tell him about it? What a dingus.
I think the writers misunderstood Yue's sacrifce. In this version Yue gives her life to resurrect the Moon Spirit, but in the animated version Yue doesn't die, she undergoes an apotheosis and becomes the Moon Spirit. I guess they'll revisit that in season two, but not showing Yue's spirit rising from the water as the Moon Spirit really missed a chance for a beautiful image.
To me it would've made more sense if they had made then season 10 episodes so they could focus more on Katara getting better at waterbending and then her teaching Aang. I feel that's my biggest problem with this season is Aang didn't learn waterbending at all.
I absolutely love this live action too. I think they did an amazing job. They managed to capture the essence of the original and it exceeded expectations. Thank you for always being positive and kind. Like Iroh said- 'If you look for the light, you can often find it.But if you look for the dark that is all you will ever see.' ❤
I really love your reactions to the adaption. Too many people I feel are way too critical towards it and don't get me wrong, there are things to criticize but I feel like a lot of people don't really take the time to really think about the things they're critiquing and are just saying stuff or just want a play by play copy of the cartoon. I really appreciate how open minded you were especially to the child actors. I've seen a lot of criticisms about their acting (one even being visibly angry by it which was concerning) and I feel like some people don't always get that child actors deserve the chance to get better as they go along. Overall, I really enjoyed the adaption despite the flaws. I think a lot of the criticisms I have are things that can be worked on.
I never realized Yue could still bend, and it totally makes sense. Han got the bill treatment from Last of us. I love the loss that was created in the change. I kind of wish they recreated the Aang getting sucked into the water as it was such a stylistic moment in the cartoon/anime. but otherwise Kaiju fish was perfect. I really like that Yue figured out what she had to do over being prompted by Iroh, it gives her more agency in her sacrifice. sad no Ghost kiss though. The kid dieing was sad because he was so pure and respectful to Katara. Surprisingly green flag waterbender males for the sexism that prevailed prior.
I loved the live action especially after watching it and not comparing the original it helps me see the series in a different light one thing I will say is I felt that the writers were scared to take risk when it came to the characters 😊
The one change I was hoping for is that Zuko, instead of killing Zhao would defeat then capture him and send him back on the air ship to explain to the Fire Lord how he lost the ENTIRE fleet save for one prototype air ship, and 1 ship crewed by the 41st, as a way to show that the plan his sister backed, failed miserably! Or maybe send him back WITH the 41st if they start season 2 with Iroh and Zuko on their own
Wouldn’t that first idea of yours change the direction of Zuko’s journey drastically? Like by them beginning of season 2 he’s already back at the fire nation? That could be… interesting I suppose but I’m curious if you have a grander vision for that direction because that would probably require a complete rewrite of Zuko’s journey from there on out. Edit: Okay maybe not necessarily let him back in since he still hasn’t fulfilled the mission of capturing the avatar, but it would still alter Ozai’s perception of Azula and Zhao quite a bit, which actually works for this adaptation since Azula isn’t treated as the golden child. You know what? That’s not a bad idea now that I think about it. It could play into season 2 to enhance Azula’s motivation of getting her hands dirty and handling things herself.
@@joshbuoy8661 Yeah I couldn't remember if season 2 started with them on their own yet. And actually if he hand delivers Zhao and Zhao had already told the Fire Lord the prince was dead on top of that... would have made for a great scene. And Azula and Zuko meeting up again ect. It's been awhile since I watched the show all the way thru and a lot of it runs together in my head lol
I love your reactions, and I have enjoyed your reactions to this live action series. Having watched the original several times, I love these characters as well, but I was an adult when this show came out, so I don't have childhood nostalgia attached, and I'm not a purist. I can love the original and still enjoy this interpretation, which I do. It's really been refreshing to follow your reactions. My biggest criticism of this iteration is the writing and some of the narrative decisions. I did not mind mixing storylines. That was efficient use of the time given, especially when an overlap could work. if they needed to, maybe extend the episodes to accommodate the combined stories. Slow it down just a bit, give the story room to breathe. Another 10 minutes on some episodes could have really helped, imo. Aang not waterbending is a real controversial issue. I think they did themselves and the actor (Gordon) a disservice because his character does nothing but complain that he needs to become the Avatar but does nothing to make it happen. And while I am aware he was deeply grieving the genocide of his people, the way they chose to convey that was poorly written. Having Gordon repeat the same dialogue nearly verbatim, that it's his fault, he needs to be the Avatar, he needs to start his training, got old fast. I lay that responsibility at the feet of the writers, and anyone else involved with developing the script and making sure tv episodes are cohesive. So Aang's lack of waterbending got annoying after a while and it's clearly not an oversight. This is a deliberate choice. I can only assume they wanted to wait until after they got renewed for the next season to start that journey of becoming a fully realized Avatar. Not to mention, Gordon will be older and bigger and we'll see about other potential developments. My other concern was Bumi. The changes fit this darker world but I just did not care for it. My final narrative concern is the rule about only calling on the past Avatars in their shrines. We know that rule never existed before. I feel this could become a problem but who knows how future seasons will play out. Anyway, that said, I have thoroughly enjoyed myself. I wish the fandom was gentler with these young actors. Let's not make perfection the enemy of the decent/enjoyable.
Also, that last exchange between Zhao and Zuko was pretty amazing. You know that there had to be people in the Fire Nation who were saying that Iroh should have become the Firelord instead of Ozai because he was firstborn and Ozai was secondborn. It makes me think that Ozai made a decision at some point to favor his secondborn child over his firstborn to prove all those people wrong. That Agni Kai with Zuko was more about teaching Azula the proper lesson instead of Zuko, and it's pretty clear that he was successful in this.
Zuko rankings, based on my over all opinion - 1) Dante Boscp (he will always be the top one) 2) Dallas Liu (he was perfect for this version; I loved that Dallas was able to show more than just Zuko's anger - much more realistic characterization. It's not until Book Two that we get to see Dante's range) 3) Bruce Davidson - Granted his Zuko was of a different generation and a different series, but for what was needed, he gave a first rate performance. 4) Derek Basco - Yeah, a parody, but a brilliant one and this my list (not meaning to hyjack your video, Angela) so I'm including him 4) There was another Zuko? Seriously, making the Fire Nation Indian and the dance number the earth benders had to perform, just made the who thing seem like a Ballywood musical adaptation. Dev Patel is a decent actor, but wasn't right for this role. I though he was less two dimensional that a cardboard cutout. As a fan of the animated series, and one who was questioning the series once Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko left the live action, I really liked what they did here. I know you didn't like they way Bumi was done here, but I liked the way they fit him in. I was surprised mostly with "Spirited Away" with the complete rewrite of the Hei-bi story. I do like that they drew on other sources of the show like Kora and the comics (I never knew about The Mother Faces or the relationship to Koh). I think the most emotional impact for me was the last meeting of Aang and Gyatso. Lim Kay Siu was a really good choice. When he told Aang there wasn't anything he could have done during the fire nation attack...I still tear up thinking about that performance. Overall, I am very happy with how this came out. It doesn't take away from my love of the animated series, and I'm excited for season 2 and 3. And, I can't wait to watch them along side your reactions. Toph will be interesting, and I wonder what Michaela Jill Murphy will say about her.
there’s plenty wrong with the show. I’m happy with it though. I’d give it a 4/5. I’m so happy you enjoyed it too :). It feels great hearing some positive opinions. Daniel Dae Kim and Ken Leung being in this. You should start watching Lost. It’s one of my top tv shows.
I really wish the Once Piece adaption had come out before they started filming Avatar. They both were filming around the same time and Avatar went more of the traditional Hollywood adaption rout and pulled away from the more "cartoony" personalities of the characters. The traditional belief is that it doesn't work in live action. What I loved about Once Piece was they didn't hold back. They pushed the characters right up to the edge of being "too cartoony", but it gave them so much personality and character. They felt like their animated counterparts. I enjoyed this adaption overall, but they could have pushed the personalities of the characters much further. I missed Aang's goofy childish excitement of the world. I missed Sokka's lame dad jokes and overall over the top expressiveness. And I missed Katara's motherly assertiveness. They just felt like shells of their animated counterparts and One Piece proved that saying "you have to do that for live action" isn't true. I feel like if they had seen the success of One Piece before writing Avatar, they would have pushed it even more.
hearing Sokka being so hungry reminded me of the Ember Island players: how awesome would it be to have the voice actors or the 2011 cast as the Players?
Master here is not denoting mastery, but a comparison ones of skill who is the teacher vs another who is the student. Each time the term is used for Katara here it is in this context. They never say she is a master waterbender in total. When Zuko said it she was teaching herself mostly, so when she replies it was a simple quip. When the northern waterbending boys call her master it is because they were told to follow her instructions and assist her - in recognition that she is better at waterbending than the boys. When Pakku calls her master he is referring to her being Aangs teacher - aka Master. None of that implies she is better than Pakku, who is a Master Waterbender because he also easily defeated her despite Katara being better than a majority of his pupils.
Thank you for your reactions, I appreciate you :) have you read the novels yet? And do you think you would ever do a reaction about the books ? Can’t really do a side by side lol but it would be really cool to hear what you think of the books. Hope you have a great day ☀️
So like you I love both in their own way but to your question of what I didn't like, I didn't really like Roku, he wasn't horrible but something about it just through me out, it's almost like they wanted to give him Bumi's original personality and joke around. Roku was way more serious in the cartoon, like when he show up at Jeong Jeong "YOU THINK I AM WEAK". Speaking of Jeong Jeong I missed him for sure but there are a few thing that were left out that I think weren't actually left out but moved up to season 2. Just as they moved a few season 2 moments down to season 1 like the secret tunnel scene. I believe that the earth bender prison ship and Haru to focus on the earth Kingdom in season 2 as well as Jeong Jeong.
There are some things I really love about the series, like just about everything involving Zuko and Iroh. I have no notes, and the additions made the show better. However, when it comes to most everything else, I feel the writing was often lacking. Sometimes the excess of exposition was sometimes laughable. Dialogue in general struggled in my opinion. For me, it isnt even about changes or whether they stayed true, it's really a writing thing for me. I would give it about a 6/10. Its a bit of a confusing 6/10 for me because there were things that i not only liked, but loved. I'll probably still watch season 2.
I agree. The story mix-up was fine with me, as well. 😊 I liked the first 3 episodes a lot, but I absolutely LOVED ep. 4 🥰 King Bumi was not as fun, but I totally got his bitterness after 100 years of war. So that was also okay. Adding the funeral with this amazing version of leaves from the vine... OMG, I cried days. 😅 Episodes 6-10 were okay. I understand the anger of the community about relatable Azula in this adaptation, but I also can go for her being humanized. Zhao was okay. The ruthless, animated one I liked better. Backstory to the crew was a nice addition. BUT Episode 5 was a mess. I was disappointed about Koh. Leaving out the emotion part was unnecessary. Adding Wan Shi Tong was just stupid and without sense. Finally, I also didn't like Roku much. But we got a stunning Kyoshi in the series. 🤩 So it's evened out, I guess.😅 So I would go with 7-8/10 or 3.5-4 out of 5. 😊 Lastly, I love your reactions. You are emotional and always positive. Great character 🫂
Something that I didn't even notice the first time I watched but bothered me a little watching reactions is when they do closeups when they are on Appa's saddle, there's no wind. Moving like that there should be some blowing of hair or clothes but there isn't; it's all still which kinda kills the illusion of movement and makes it a bit more obvious they are just sitting in front of a green screen background (probably most obvious at the beginning of episode 5 and at the beginning of episode 7), and I hope they fix that next season but if they don't I'll just try to look past it.
Koizilla! Good thing that Iroh is a good dude and showed respect and reverence to Avatar Aang and the Koi Fish: Tui and La. Ozai and Azula probably would have use lightning bending to kill Aang and stop the Koizilla assault.
I loved what they did with the live action series!!! They had to make some changes cause if it was a carbon copy of the animation, it would've been boring and a total failure! Cannot WAIT to see live action Toph next season!!!!!!! My guess for the Season 2 stories they do for each episode will be... 1-The Avatar State/Return to Omashu 2-The Swamp/The Blind Bandit 3-Zuko Alone/The Chase 4-The Library/The Desert/Appa's Lost Days 5-The Drill/City of Walls & Secrets 6-Lake Laogai/more of Appa's Lost Days 7-The Earth King/The Guru 8-The Crossroads of Destiny
Mine is kinda the same 1. Avatar State Avatar State/Return to Omashu 2. Visions The Swamp/The Blind Bandit 3. Alone Zuko Alone/The Chase 4. I can’t think of a title for this one Bitter Work 5. Deserted The Library/The Desert 6. The Walls Serpents Pass/The Drill 7. Ba Sing Se City of Walls and Secrets, Zuko’s Tale, Iroh’s Tail, maybe a bit of Momo’s tale at the end 8. The King Lake Laogai/Earth King 9. Destiny Guru/Crossroads of destiny I honestly think they won’t do Appa’s lost days due to the pure cost of the CGI needed I’ll throw in Book 3 too 1. Awakening The Awakening and maybe the headband 2. Masters Sokka’s Master, The Runaway, The Deserter (I hate how they got rid of Jeong Jeong because he is so vital to the worldbuilding and history of firebending, which tie into major parts of Aang and Zuko’s arcs so I have no idea why they ditched him) 3. The Firelord Avatar and the Firelord (with reckoning of Roku coming out soon, they could probably include some of that to pad this out to 1 hour) 4. Nightmares The Puppetmaster, Nightmares and Daydreams 5. The Invasion The invasion 6. Again I have no idea what to call this Western Air Temple, Firebending Masters 7. Boiling Rock The Boiling Rock 8. Wrath of Water Southern Raiders and first part of Sozin’s comet 9. Avatar The rest of Sozin’s comet A 9 episode structure would be so much better for me, lots of shows already do it
Regarding Bumi, didn't like it , either. It took a little time for me to realize I wasn't meant to. The man himself, Iroh, called it when he said, "You may not like what you see." Then they turned around and literally made us not like what we saw. That' genius writing, acting, and directing right there. One can imagine that version of Bumi is who Sokka might have become left on his own to defend the Southern Water Tribe for another 80 or 90 years, a half world away from anyone with the ability or inclination to help him like Bumi was.
Yes I completely agree with you about how you feel about this adaptation! I only have a few issues with it but nothing too crazy where I’d drop the show lol. I’ve enjoyed it a lot and can’t wait for what’s in store for season 2 and 3!
I've rewatched this version about three times now, and I've noticed that you really start picking up some subtleties in it. It's not perfect; I felt like there were some pacing issues in the front half of the season that could have probably been fixed if they had done ten episodes instead of eight. There was some clunky dialogue in spots, but I don't really feel like it was on the actors for that. And there were a few VFX issues that needed to be tweaked (mostly that with waterbending, if someone, say, got hit with a water whip, they're still dry afterwards). Small nitpicks here and there, but overall, I felt they did a great job with this season. And I actually really enjoyed how Zhao was portrayed; he starts out conniving, but gets bolder and bolder with it as the season progressed. The disrespect he has towards Iroh and Zuko grew organically, and his fight with Zuko felt especially earned. He was the classic "reach far exceeds his grasp" character. One thing I do hope they expand on a bit as the show goes on is the theme of destiny and fate, like how Aang was meant to go into the ice when he did, for instance. Had he not, how would that have affected Katara and her learning to waterbend? Would Toph have figured out metalbending? And so on. Destiny is touched on in the original show, but it would be cool to see them expand on it
you COULD just call it "Netflix's Avatar (tlab)"... which has been alright but not great... unlike *Netflix's She-Ra!* Which was *AWESOME* and was directly made possible by the Sapphic Moment that ended Korra!
I know I am totally an outlier here, but I liked this version better than the animated series. I didn't grow up with ATLAB like a lot of people did, I didn't even watch it until about 7 years after it was over. My first exposure was the movie. I liked the more condensed and fast paced story telling. I felt the original series dragged a bit at times. The only criticism I have is I don't appreciate the changes to Sokka and Katara. Removing his sexism and her anger issues turns them into flat characters that are going to lack the arcs they would eventually have. Like, I can't see this version of Katara doing the things Katara would eventually do when she's on the hunt for her mother's killer. And last...I kinda liked what they did with Bumi. I thought his anger and bitterness helped raise his character a bit, being bitter about the choices he had to make just to keep a city safe. I definitely feel in this version the over-rule of the Fire Nation is much of a threat than in the animated series. And Iroh is killin' it.
Between Wan Shi Tong getting a Spirit World cameo and the Fire Priests now being responsible for making the planetarium / orrery, I get the impression that they're planning on skipping the Library entirely in season 2. Now, if they can just also skip losing Appa and most of the Ba Sing Se episodes, it'll be a much more enjoyable season.
Enjoyable, maybe. But good, absolutely not. I don’t want them to skip the library as it’s probably the most vital episode in all of book 1 and 2 (exceptions being the boy in the iceberg and crossroads of destiny”
I really liked this finale. Thought it was very true to the original spirit. The one thing that felt a bit forced here was the use of Momo’s injury as a way of getting Sokka and Yueh into the spirit Oasis, when they also had Kuruk doing the same thing with Aang. Something clunky about that. Just a small peeve though. My main issue with the series is that the writing sometimes gets really clunky, like they didn’t trust the audience to figure stuff out and go along for the ride. Also I didnt feel like the Bumi change was that well thought out or executed. But maybe there is a plan. I get people feeling the Aang gang was not enough of a focus - and it was shifted too much toward Zuko-Ozai-Azula (which I think was done beautifully except for Mai and Ty Lee). They really wanted Katara to own her own growth into a more confident self made master, but that growth was invisible, and an initially shy Katara robs the group of a lot of its inner dynamic. There is no emotional core other than each character’s doubts. Their stories are a bit individualized as a result, despite them always saying “with our friends.” Overall, despite some clunkiness, I thought it was much better than I thought it would be. This is the first live action remake of an animated show that I have ever liked. I hate single number rankings, but if forced I give it a 7.5/10.
I have a generally positive viewpoint about this live action series. However, I don't like the changes they made to Bumi either, and I didn't like how they did the Spirit World plot with Katara and Sokka being trapped by Koh. Only the Avatar could go to the Spirit World in the original series. The only other thing I really didn't like was that Aang doesn't waterbend a single time in this season. Book 1 is Water, he is supposed to learn waterbending. Overall, I liked the Zuko and Iroh storyline and I want to see more.
yeah i agree as a huge fan of the animated version even rewatched the whole series like 5 times in a month and still planning to watch it again the live action was enjoyable yeah there were moments i didnt like some i liked i went into as its its own things and nothing can beat or be compared to the animated. i enjoyed this journey with you. im thinking about joining your pat so i can watch the full versions uncut
I only have a few quibbles. Bumi as u mentioned. And it works but he is noticeably a different character and didn’t really need to be in my view. Katara and aang not learning from pakku. I love everything else about that arc, but she needed his experience to become a master in the series. I like her gradually learning as she travels as in the animated series. And the way she more explicitly shows him the error of his sexism in this version is a great improvement that would have allowed her to learn from him while also allowing her agency in showing him the error of his sexism which is a truer harder more applicable victory to me than - ohh she never needed this sexist cow to become a master. Also changing iroh creeping on June to June creeping on iroh is ??? Like I get wanting to remove that from irohs arc, but how does it help to invert it? Seems really strange and double standardy to me. We need more aang goofy time! But it’s hard with the tightened season. But those don’t stop my enjoyment. It’s not perfect, but most of that for me is them trying to keep as much in as they could in the 8 episodes they got to work with. It was made by people with a clear great love for the series. Some of the new stuff may be unnecessary but most of it works really well. It was an impossible task and they did damn well. Not perfect but a solid good.
I do like the change of making Yue a waterbender here. Since the moon spirit is the one who gives people the ability to waterbend, I can’t imagine why she shouldn’t have that ability. Even when the koi fish was killed, she can still do it due to drawing the moon’s power inside of her which makes sense.
It's one of those things that I never thought about until the live action and then I'm like... waaaait a minute, why wasn't she a waterbender before???
Yeah
Plus the royal family should have at least some bending “genes” given that 70 years later, the entire royal family is composed of powerful benders
You're one of the few who likes and is able to separate the animated and the live action. You're awesome.
I feel the exact same way, I wouldn't say one of the few... but the ones that don't like it certainly are loud about it
@@FenixNade agreed
@@FenixNade Yeah they are for sure a very vocal minority.
It makes me so sad that most of the reactors I watch on here didn't like or even hated this live action, so I wanted to thank you for remaining positive throughout it. It's not a perfect adaptation by any means but I don't think it deserves all the hate that it's getting. Great reaction as always✨️ excited for whats to come😊
I have definitely found things about the series that are not my favorite, and I think that there are some things that they improved on. I’m not shy about hiding my feelings if I don’t like some thing, but I think a lot of the hate that it’s being given is undeserved.
@@funnylilgalreacts oh absolutely, the series needs a lot of work and hopefully they take in the criticism, but the level of hate to the cast which some are literal children just makes me sad, especially the girls who play Azula and Mai, they are just being destroyed
Those girls are getting picked apart, and it is so awful! They are children!
@@ecramos95 Oh wow, really? I thought the actress that played Azula did amazing, and was one of the best characters in the show, despite how little she was on screen.
@@krazytreRTM yes, it's been awful, mostly fat shaming them ☹️ I've seen a lot of hate towards Gordon as well
I think the reason Iroh sheds a tear is because Zuko's words "See you when I have the avatar" have similarities to Luten's letter saying "General Iroh, see you after we win the war. Your loyal son, Lu Ten" but never come back.
I interpreted it as him feeling sad & hopeless for Zuko cause of his stubborn persistence with this unattainable mission. At the end when he says "What do you wanna do Prince Zuko?" & Zuko says he's tired, he's cheerful and relieved to see him finally settle to stop & breathe .
Pre reaction babble was too long. lost interest in the reaction.
I love that the waterbenders can't bend anymore when the moon spirit is killed, but Yue still can, because she has the spirit of the moon inside her. Her bending is also a great change for me.
I agree. That makes a lot more sense than what happened in the series.
Can’t help but feel like the Melon jokes were a reference to Melon Lord being introduced next season 👀
21:25 I mean I always called the animated version "Koizilla", they just kinda leaned more heavily on the Godzilla aspect of the design than they did in the animated.
One of the many things I appreciated in the live action is the real sense of WAR. It's not just some flashy stuff flying around. I mean, yeah, the original was on Nickelodeon, so its understandable.
But actually seeing destruction, loss, and grieving really brings everything home.
Sorry what does WAR stand for?
@@shestewa6581 Ha, it doesn't stand for anything; I'm saying 'war' but with emphasis.
@@wtimmins AAAAAAHHHH. OMG. I FEEL SO STUPID. I just spent half an hour reading something with a whole bunch of ridiculous acronyms and my head just defaulted.
Thank you! 😂😂😂😂🙏
@@shestewa6581 hahahaa very understandable
I honestly enjoyed this series and can’t wait for Season 2. But the only criticism I have to give is how Aang and Katara were never taught waterbending by Pakku at all. I understand that Katara is a prodigy and a quick learner but she still had to be taught by Pakku to become as good as she did in the original series. It’s hard to believe she became a master just from a single waterbending scroll. I never imagined that Aang would never waterbend even once in the entirety of this one season which is based on Book One: Water.
Katara got better from all her practice plus constant fightning from firebenders, not just the scroll. Maybe the beginning of next season they can so some training since they are still in the north. The live action version gave more agency for them going north because they knew a tragedy was going to happen so there was less time. The cartoon didnt have quite that kind of agency.
Also, they renamed this season so it's not called "Water". It didn't bother me as I don't want a perfect 1 to 1 recreation, because like .... what's the point at that point?
@@kevinsims5791 I think you meant urgency not agency. Very different things. Live action team avatar had little to no agency. Kiyoshi literally commanded Aang to do his duty and go North.
Katara did mostly learn on her own in the cartoon too. They can still have Paku teach them, but that's probably going to be something that happens between seasons, if it happens at all.
@@casualpotato44 yes urgency ha ha 😆 thank you for that. Kyoshi showed Aang the destruction of the north if he doesnt go there to stop it. Aang didnt know the time frame so he just had to go cause the sooner the better. In the cartoon they where completely willnilly up until they found out about the comet coming back so he basically had a whole year to learn the other elements. Thats more time.
Yue being a water bender in this adaptation didn’t even phase me at all because I literally forgot that she wasn’t one in the original series
I agree, I'm not phased too cause the change actually makes sense, cause she has a piece of life from the moon spirit, so she can bend.
I love that we got to see her Waterbend, I didn’t expect it at all
To educate, not belittle, as I enjoyed and agree. The word you are trying to use is faze, not phase.
@@loupgarou56 thank you for the correction 🙏😅
Same. I never even thought about whether the animated Yue was a waterbender or not.
I think it was probably a good change not to give a specific timeline for the return of Sozin's comet in this episode. It gives them a way to be a little more inflationary with the timeline of the series and account for the kids aging.
I love zhao actor so much... i never hated a villain this much before.. 😂😂😂 avatar was great... cant wait for season 2 and 3
With Han, I think in this version, it shows that he truly did love Yui too, when you truly love someone you have to be willing to let them go so they can be happy. and that he probably figures if she CHOSE Sokka, he must be a great guy because he trusts her judgement
12:00 Zhao's _".... I'm only gonna kill the moon"_ line gets me every single time. The comical levels of sociopathy in that one comment just cracks me up. 😂😂
It's like.... Bruh, that's not any better! 😂😂
Ken Leung absolutely _nailed_ the role of Zhao! You loved to hate him!
I never hated a character villain so much 😂😂😂 it's sad that's he's gone now
The dialogue writing left a lot to be desired, but the overall story arc was very well done, and the actors did a great job regardless. And the changes gave us some really great moments, particularly with Zuko and Iroh. I have high hopes for next season. Can't wait
"Sometimes it all bleeds together." I think this is a sign of a good adaptation; when it becomes just a new telling of the same story. I loved this series, it's the story I remember (haven't watched the original in years) just told differently.
I enjoy both the original and live action shows. Can't wait for season 2 and Season 3!
I would say in defence of live-action Bumi, he definitely ends up at the same place as the animated one, even if he starts out pretty jaded. Looking forward to more of him!
I hope you're correct because that was the one character change that I just couldn't accept. Like my mind rejected it, even though it made perfect logical sense for this darker live action. I just couldn't accept it on an emotional level. And I recognize that it's my attachment to original Bumi that is rejecting this new vision.
Yeah, Bumi was a weird change. It just seems so out of character for him. Also, when he was complaining about how much time it took for Aang to show up and fulfill his destiny, Bumi was literally wasting even more of Aang's time. It just made no sense.
@@07Flash11MRC To be fair he is an old broken man, saying he was wasting more of Aang's time, while true, in his mind mind the time he is wasting pales in comparison to the hundred years of war he has been fighting, especially when he thought his friend died 100 years ago with his people. He already mourned the loss of Aang and his people, but now he is standing in front of him, which probably caused so much trauma in his head because now he feels abandoned, like "I've been suffering with my people for 100 years and their may not be anyone in the whole world older than me that has been fighting as long as I have, and you just wander in here like nothing changed".
Since we didn't get a "The Storm" episode in live action I think Bumi was filling in the spot of the jaded old man that hires Sokka to go fish "Your the Avatar....you turned your back on the world"
i really wish they added Yue's spirit ascending and kissing Sokka. they made it a point to have her already not want Hahn and say sokka is the boy of her dreams and it seems like nothing was produced from it.
Maybe they're saving her spirit appearance for the swamp?
@@qrowing I heard someone say they probably won’t do the swamp because the visions they had in episode 5 replaced them
Geez. Jules-Pierre Mao is always involved in world-changing plans and machinations!
Anyway, thanks for giving me the ATLA veteran’s perspective of this series. As a newbie, I enjoyed this show immensely and it’s great to get insights from the animated show from someone _healthily_ invested in the story.
Yip yip!
If they keep the trajectory the show was on into a season two, i am really looking forward to seeing what they do with it.
Katara and Aang just need a little more time to develop their characters.
The extra time Zuko got was used really really well.
I really enjoyed the extra love they gave to Sokka here at the end, too. Inspiring the northern water tribe troops, and commanding Aang and Katara when they take out that ship. The bit with him and his father was a great touch, too. Not everyone uses weaponry to fight!
Man I never thought this show would make me sad for Hans death. He really was so much better in this
They finished off strong. Can't wait for seasons 2 and 3. Thank you for the reactions! ❤
Yay Gizmo!
2:32 Thank you for your fairness to Lizzy Yu's portrayal of Azula! I'm so happy for he. I was a HUGE reader of The Babysitters' Club books as a kid and when Netflix released them with her as Claudia I fell in love with her! I LOVE that she's been dating Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin from Stranger Things) for over 5 years and they are so cute!
Dusty and Azula???!!!
She’s really great. I liked the backstory - though it was so Ozai centric. Always thought that Azula could have sought her dad’s approval in order to compensate for Zuko’s mom favoring the older son a bit. Her standing as a prodigy would have helped.
@@funnylilgalreacts😮would u be interested to react to squid game next? Has also 8 episode
The most popular show on netflix history🎉
@@stephenbaines9750 agreed! I just recently completed the animated series a couple weeks ago and hated Azula until the final 2 episodes.
I really loved the arc that Katara had in this episode it felt even stronger here than even the animated show. and the fight scenes were absolutely amazing. and really loved the Black and white once the Eway was killed with the color of the fire bending phasing in and out. I had a few issues of the editing in some of the moments around the pond with Jiao i wish they had a better way to shoot around its moments as it felt like they could not do the blocking very well (if that makes sense ) thanks for the reaction it was a fun season and im excited to see how season 2 plays out (in about 2 years time 😭😭😭 thank for the reactions it was an entertaining show,
There's a lot I liked and a lot I didn't like about the live action. My favorite change was that they dropped the storyline of Paku being engaged to GranGran. It never sat right wit me that that was the reason he gave Katara respect, and that GranGran decided to get back with him all those years later? icky. Love that in the live action he respected Katara from her own merit. Shoutout to the 41st division detail also- that was a phenomenal addition.
My least favorite change is how they jumped right into Iroh being on the avatars side and his backstory. In the og that took longer to for the audience to learn and that's what made it feel so worth it. I feel like while OG season 1 it was always evident that Iroh's cared more about Zuko than the fire nation, it wasn't until the Zhao harmed the moon spirit that we really saw that Iroh's priorities lay in worldly balance rather than the fire nation. And while the live action funeral scene was excellent, I wish they'd waited a season for it to feel more earned. This is getting nitpicky but I'm also really not a fan of how Aang was just "going out to clear his head" and getting lost in the storm in the live action, rather than running away from his responsibility and getting lost in the OG. It took away a lot of nuance to Aangs character that made him perfectly imperfect.
You're stronger than I am, I cried like a baby when momo got hurt. Koizilla looked awesome. Han and the other young waterbender that died made me sad too, I felt the same way that Han was made more likeable than the animated series. Carry the 2 lol.
It can't be denied the effects are top notch, this is what the film should have looked like. I'm just a little disappointed by some of the choreography and dialogue delivery, kind of wishing the Water Bending was acted with a little more faster movements, but even still there's SO much more effort in this show.
I watched the show and i thought it was okay but with a lot of space to grownth in next seasons, i'm glad i saw your reaction, see the show through your eyes it was really fun and a refresh from reactors complaining about it and your comments added great insights about the show and the characters, i'm really glad by it, thank you for share it with us
I guess they don't intend for us to see... ahem... any more of Zhao 😬😅. I said on another video when they get it right on this show, they really get it right. It is excellent. It has had its slow moments, weird choices of dialogue, but it's growing. And that's what you want, for it to get better and better and build alongside us getting closer to these actors. And I am. I pushed past some early side-eyeing of them and now I really like them in the roles. And dang, I'd love a live-action Kyoshi with Yvonne.
Some of my family hadn’t seen the original and really enjoyed this, so I had fun watching this. I wish Aang used waterbending a little but I can’t wait till next season and I’m so excited for Toph.
She is a Moon herself. Of course she CAN waterband even without moon :D
Made total sense to me, same with her ability to visit the spirit world. I'm surprised the original didn't have that.
I agree with both of you. I think Yue got better in the Netflix series.
Thank you for being so open minded with this, it’s refreshing to see! So many reactors and comments just hating on it, and it’s frustrating. Some reactors wouldn’t even finish it, and I think it gets better as it goes, so their loss. I can see how much they love the original, and see the respect, but also loved how they made it their own. I also loved how they made him more likable in the show too, bc it makes her choosing Sokka more worthy. I hate the troupe like she doesn’t pick the one guy bc he’s a jerk, no, make him likable and make it a harder choice for her, so it looks like Sokka isn’t just getting chosen bc he’s not a jerk.
I found myself waiting for Paku to notice his betrothal necklace. 😢 They may be rewriting that element.
Your hair looks amazing btw!!!!!
I personally really like this adaptation. I went into it knowing that it’s not going to be a carbon copy and I didn’t want that anyway. I feel like we are missing a lot but it still told a good story. I really appreciate how they are taking snippets from all 3 seasons and even reached into the comics with the mother of faces and the fog of lost souls from korra
Katara became a master with no lessons
The scroll, Aang and Jet, fighting the earthbenders and creating a fighting style, taking on Pakku and Zuko, liberating the women in the tribe to fight in combat… yeah. She didn’t learn anything.
@@funnylilgalreacts In the previous episode she says herself she still as a lot to learn. She also says she needs help with her accuracy and increasing power then fights pakku and all of the sudden she’s a master waterbender?? And that was before her fight with Zuko and idk what liberating the women in the tribe has to do with her becoming a master bender
A master doesn’t mean stop learning, it means you’ve mastered the craft. She knows what she’s doing and can teach. That doesn’t mean she’s the best.
I wish Koh was in this episode rather than the spirit one, with how much he tied into Kuruk’s Story
I think we may get kooky Bumi next season. They gave Bumi an arc. He needed to heal. He felt abandoned by his friend, he was hurting for 100 years. In matters not related to the avatar he was quite goofy.
So now that Bumi had his arc I'm betting he is mostly kooky with seriousness when required.
The Legend Of Korra had Zhao "The Conquerer" but this version has Zhao "Moon Slayer"!
The original had both
ATLA: “They will be taught about the great Zhao, Zhao the Moonslayer, Zhao the Conquerer”
TLOK: “I am Zhao the moonslayer, Zhao the Conquerer, Zhao the invincible”
Live action: “I am Zhao, the Moonslayer!”
I have to say I have enjoyed watching you greatly the positivity you have given is amazing 😁😁 I enjoyed the beginning now I can’t wait to see how it all will end ❤️❤️ also those who keep say that Katara didn’t really earn the name Master you are all dead wrong a Master is now all about skill and ability it’s about your dedication and love for that ability to learn it and use it to defend what you believe in
She lead the women in combat, advocated for them, fought Pakku and taught HIM something new AND held her own against a fire bender 1v1… what more does she have to do? I think having yo hear Pakku say she’s a master is cheapening the moment. Her self declaration is a MOMENT
Paramount announced the ATLA animated film is scheduled to be released on Oct 10, 2025. Dave Bautista from GOTG is going to voice the villain. Other cast members are Eric Nam who is listed as the voice of adult Aang, Jessica Matten and Roman Zaragoza who I'm guessing will voice Katara and Sokka, and Dionne Quan who I'm also guessing will voice Toph.
There's a video out there showing a 12 year old Dallas Lui performing at a martial arts competition. The Normies showed it before their watch of, I think, episode 6
I look forward to seeing season 2, I wonder if they'll have more episodes because there's also so many stuff to cover including the Desert, Ba Sing Sei, etc. I look forward to seeing who'll be playing Toph, and for a little laugh, and it'd be a longshot, but if they somehow get The Rock to play The Boulder, that would be pretty funny. Also I have a feeling that Roku might let Aang in about Sozin's Comet since it was now brought up in the post credit scene. And while I will always love the Animated series, I genuinely loved the live action series as well.
People who don’t like the live action are those who can’t get over that it’s not supposed to be scene for scene like the animated series. Sure there’s some flaws but even the animated series has flaws. However, as an ADAPTATION!! The series was done so well and the spirit of the show was kept. That’s all you could ask for.
Yes exactly, they both did thing that are better than the other, one thing I liked in the LA is that they moved Katara's "we're your family now" speech to the end of the season, it makes way more sense now considering in the original the barley knew him when she said that, so moving it to the end gives them time to really bond and grow together so it feels more genuine that way.
@@atorothcassidy4866 The live action did episode 1, the blue sprit, and siege of the north so much better than the original. Just like the original the live action had bed episodes also. But what the live action is doing with Zuko and Iroh is way better than the original. However, they do have the luxury of the animated series knowing that zuko and iroh aren’t actually bad guys.
That's one BIG water puppy!!! Hogira indeed =P
I feel a big change they made with his version of Zuko is that he is much more emotionally intelligent, compared to the original animated version. He's very much aware, and grateful, of Iroh's support and companionship (which makes the events of Season 2 that much more heartbreaking). Rather, he's just completely influenced by and conditioned into wanting to please Ozai. Which is classic coercive control.
Bratty Zuko wouldn’t have worked well in LA, but he was just jerky, angry and whiney enough to not be obnoxious
Glad you loved the show, I did too! Loved it even more on a second watch. Loved your reactions.
Thank you for expressing your interpretation given another way. How will all of us continue understanding.
Something I just thought of...so, they just figured out how to predict when Sozin's Comet is returning? So Sozin just mobilized the whole army fast enough to react to it coming last time? But he had a premeditated diversion with the Earth Kingdom? Confusion
9:28 I mean they probably can do some amount of waves but there is a limit to how much they can do (it took 2 each to make those large jets) and boats are designed to handle some pretty crazy waves. I mean Katara at the start season 3 was barely able to push a ship enough to give them some separation and that was sideways whereas these are coming in head on and boats are practically designed to handle waves front on best.
I discovered you through your Avatar-verse reactions, and it's been fun binging my way through your reactions to all 3 shows.
I really love your positivity about this live action version - it gets way too much hate from people who mostly seemed determined to hate it before it even came out.
I really loved the addition of Aang communing with the prior avatars, and I adored pretty much everything they did with the fire nation characters.
My only complaint is that they split up the main trio for side quests so often that their relationships don't feel as deep and meaningful as they should by this point. But they built enough of a foundation to fix that in season 2. I'm so looking forward to seasons 2 and 3.
I know people complaining about them calling Katara a master in this already, we know in the show she for sure becomes a master but at this point I kinda see their point... BUT, if they follow the same rules as the air benders, to be a master you have to invent a new move and she did, the ice discs, it shows her mastery over her element to do that. Yes the earth benders already did it, but she is implied to be the first water bender to do it with ice. Which isn't even the base bending. So it could be why the boy warrior called her master knowing those rules and that the discs were a new thing.
I mostly enjoyed this series, with a few pain points here and there (I disagree with the thought that not jaded Bumi couldn’t work in this, I’m sure he could’ve been used as a positive contrast to the darkness around). I think they did mostly well. In regards to this episode, a few things for me…
1) I..don’t like the change to Zhao’s death. I much preferred the Ocean taking him as vengeance..or justice. The interaction that led to it is reminiscent of their Agni Kai early in cartoon book 1, but Zuko tries to actually kill him and misses, and instead of just blocking Zhao, Iroh kills him. With Zuko, I think it was a miss to have him actually go for the kill than try to save Zhao or intentionally miss, showing that he, in a way, still has compassion and mercy to separate him more from Azula and Ozai.
2) Katara being a master. It’s..an issue I have with the cartoon as well, due to what determines the title being never really said or anything. *it works for themes and fantasy*, but it was weird, especially after having taken a little bit of martial arts that had tests and such, to just be deemed a master or consider yourself one after a confidence boost and a random NWT guy call you that. The “yeah, you’re looking at her” kinda just felt clunky to me? I can’t put my finger on that one. But that applies..honestly not just to Katara but the cartoon as a whole as well. The whole concept is just…you know, it was really unclear.
3) I love Katara’s speech here to Koizilla Aang, but, and suuuuuper minor gripe on the directing, I wish it felt like she was saying it in a way he might actually hear it? Like Zhao’s speech in “Masks”, it felt like she was talking to someone 3 feet from her, and all I had in my head was the Kung Fu Panda 2 scene where Po is trying to yell a speech at Shen and the peacock just goes…”WWWHHHAAAAATTTT?!?!”
How dumb the Firebenders must be if Sozin's Comet returning is a surprise to them. Thing was every 100 years like clockwork, and that's how Sozin took advantage of it. The Airbenders knew about it.
But Ozai needs this mechanical thing to tell him about it? What a dingus.
I think the writers misunderstood Yue's sacrifce. In this version Yue gives her life to resurrect the Moon Spirit, but in the animated version Yue doesn't die, she undergoes an apotheosis and becomes the Moon Spirit.
I guess they'll revisit that in season two, but not showing Yue's spirit rising from the water as the Moon Spirit really missed a chance for a beautiful image.
I'm gonna assume that "soon" as dar as the comet coming is the male version of soon which could mean anywhere from a few weeks to a few years. 😂
To me it would've made more sense if they had made then season 10 episodes so they could focus more on Katara getting better at waterbending and then her teaching Aang. I feel that's my biggest problem with this season is Aang didn't learn waterbending at all.
I loved your reaction to this entire series! I’m going to miss your avatar reactions so much 😢❤
I absolutely love this live action too. I think they did an amazing job. They managed to capture the essence of the original and it exceeded expectations. Thank you for always being positive and kind. Like Iroh said- 'If you look for the light, you can often find it.But if you look for the dark that is all you will ever see.' ❤
I really love your reactions to the adaption. Too many people I feel are way too critical towards it and don't get me wrong, there are things to criticize but I feel like a lot of people don't really take the time to really think about the things they're critiquing and are just saying stuff or just want a play by play copy of the cartoon. I really appreciate how open minded you were especially to the child actors. I've seen a lot of criticisms about their acting (one even being visibly angry by it which was concerning) and I feel like some people don't always get that child actors deserve the chance to get better as they go along. Overall, I really enjoyed the adaption despite the flaws. I think a lot of the criticisms I have are things that can be worked on.
I never realized Yue could still bend, and it totally makes sense. Han got the bill treatment from Last of us. I love the loss that was created in the change.
I kind of wish they recreated the Aang getting sucked into the water as it was such a stylistic moment in the cartoon/anime. but otherwise Kaiju fish was perfect.
I really like that Yue figured out what she had to do over being prompted by Iroh, it gives her more agency in her sacrifice. sad no Ghost kiss though.
The kid dieing was sad because he was so pure and respectful to Katara. Surprisingly green flag waterbender males for the sexism that prevailed prior.
I loved the live action especially after watching it and not comparing the original it helps me see the series in a different light one thing I will say is I felt that the writers were scared to take risk when it came to the characters 😊
The one change I was hoping for is that Zuko, instead of killing Zhao would defeat then capture him and send him back on the air ship to explain to the Fire Lord how he lost the ENTIRE fleet save for one prototype air ship, and 1 ship crewed by the 41st, as a way to show that the plan his sister backed, failed miserably! Or maybe send him back WITH the 41st if they start season 2 with Iroh and Zuko on their own
Wouldn’t that first idea of yours change the direction of Zuko’s journey drastically? Like by them beginning of season 2 he’s already back at the fire nation? That could be… interesting I suppose but I’m curious if you have a grander vision for that direction because that would probably require a complete rewrite of Zuko’s journey from there on out.
Edit: Okay maybe not necessarily let him back in since he still hasn’t fulfilled the mission of capturing the avatar, but it would still alter Ozai’s perception of Azula and Zhao quite a bit, which actually works for this adaptation since Azula isn’t treated as the golden child. You know what? That’s not a bad idea now that I think about it. It could play into season 2 to enhance Azula’s motivation of getting her hands dirty and handling things herself.
@@joshbuoy8661 Yeah I couldn't remember if season 2 started with them on their own yet. And actually if he hand delivers Zhao and Zhao had already told the Fire Lord the prince was dead on top of that... would have made for a great scene. And Azula and Zuko meeting up again ect. It's been awhile since I watched the show all the way thru and a lot of it runs together in my head lol
I love your reactions, and I have enjoyed your reactions to this live action series. Having watched the original several times, I love these characters as well, but I was an adult when this show came out, so I don't have childhood nostalgia attached, and I'm not a purist. I can love the original and still enjoy this interpretation, which I do. It's really been refreshing to follow your reactions.
My biggest criticism of this iteration is the writing and some of the narrative decisions. I did not mind mixing storylines. That was efficient use of the time given, especially when an overlap could work. if they needed to, maybe extend the episodes to accommodate the combined stories. Slow it down just a bit, give the story room to breathe. Another 10 minutes on some episodes could have really helped, imo.
Aang not waterbending is a real controversial issue. I think they did themselves and the actor (Gordon) a disservice because his character does nothing but complain that he needs to become the Avatar but does nothing to make it happen. And while I am aware he was deeply grieving the genocide of his people, the way they chose to convey that was poorly written. Having Gordon repeat the same dialogue nearly verbatim, that it's his fault, he needs to be the Avatar, he needs to start his training, got old fast. I lay that responsibility at the feet of the writers, and anyone else involved with developing the script and making sure tv episodes are cohesive.
So Aang's lack of waterbending got annoying after a while and it's clearly not an oversight. This is a deliberate choice. I can only assume they wanted to wait until after they got renewed for the next season to start that journey of becoming a fully realized Avatar. Not to mention, Gordon will be older and bigger and we'll see about other potential developments.
My other concern was Bumi. The changes fit this darker world but I just did not care for it.
My final narrative concern is the rule about only calling on the past Avatars in their shrines. We know that rule never existed before. I feel this could become a problem but who knows how future seasons will play out.
Anyway, that said, I have thoroughly enjoyed myself. I wish the fandom was gentler with these young actors. Let's not make perfection the enemy of the decent/enjoyable.
RIGHTTT? I've always thought some extreme hate this series were getting were all so unnecessary
I don’t get it either
Also, that last exchange between Zhao and Zuko was pretty amazing. You know that there had to be people in the Fire Nation who were saying that Iroh should have become the Firelord instead of Ozai because he was firstborn and Ozai was secondborn. It makes me think that Ozai made a decision at some point to favor his secondborn child over his firstborn to prove all those people wrong. That Agni Kai with Zuko was more about teaching Azula the proper lesson instead of Zuko, and it's pretty clear that he was successful in this.
You’re so sweet and I LOVE YOUR REACTIONS
Zuko rankings, based on my over all opinion -
1) Dante Boscp (he will always be the top one)
2) Dallas Liu (he was perfect for this version; I loved that Dallas was able to show more than just Zuko's anger - much more realistic characterization. It's not until Book Two that we get to see Dante's range)
3) Bruce Davidson - Granted his Zuko was of a different generation and a different series, but for what was needed, he gave a first rate performance.
4) Derek Basco - Yeah, a parody, but a brilliant one and this my list (not meaning to hyjack your video, Angela) so I'm including him
4) There was another Zuko? Seriously, making the Fire Nation Indian and the dance number the earth benders had to perform, just made the who thing seem like a Ballywood musical adaptation. Dev Patel is a decent actor, but wasn't right for this role. I though he was less two dimensional that a cardboard cutout.
As a fan of the animated series, and one who was questioning the series once Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko left the live action, I really liked what they did here. I know you didn't like they way Bumi was done here, but I liked the way they fit him in. I was surprised mostly with "Spirited Away" with the complete rewrite of the Hei-bi story. I do like that they drew on other sources of the show like Kora and the comics (I never knew about The Mother Faces or the relationship to Koh). I think the most emotional impact for me was the last meeting of Aang and Gyatso. Lim Kay Siu was a really good choice. When he told Aang there wasn't anything he could have done during the fire nation attack...I still tear up thinking about that performance.
Overall, I am very happy with how this came out. It doesn't take away from my love of the animated series, and I'm excited for season 2 and 3. And, I can't wait to watch them along side your reactions. Toph will be interesting, and I wonder what Michaela Jill Murphy will say about her.
there’s plenty wrong with the show. I’m happy with it though. I’d give it a 4/5. I’m so happy you enjoyed it too :). It feels great hearing some positive opinions.
Daniel Dae Kim and Ken Leung being in this. You should start watching Lost. It’s one of my top tv shows.
I watched Lost when it originally aired on TV 😬
I really wish the Once Piece adaption had come out before they started filming Avatar. They both were filming around the same time and Avatar went more of the traditional Hollywood adaption rout and pulled away from the more "cartoony" personalities of the characters. The traditional belief is that it doesn't work in live action. What I loved about Once Piece was they didn't hold back. They pushed the characters right up to the edge of being "too cartoony", but it gave them so much personality and character. They felt like their animated counterparts. I enjoyed this adaption overall, but they could have pushed the personalities of the characters much further. I missed Aang's goofy childish excitement of the world. I missed Sokka's lame dad jokes and overall over the top expressiveness. And I missed Katara's motherly assertiveness. They just felt like shells of their animated counterparts and One Piece proved that saying "you have to do that for live action" isn't true. I feel like if they had seen the success of One Piece before writing Avatar, they would have pushed it even more.
I think around 3 years for season 2, but season 3 will come very shortly after
hearing Sokka being so hungry reminded me of the Ember Island players: how awesome would it be to have the voice actors or the 2011 cast as the Players?
I think they are a bit too old, especially Noah
I loved this reaction as well as the live action ❤ I’m so excited for book 2!
Master here is not denoting mastery, but a comparison ones of skill who is the teacher vs another who is the student. Each time the term is used for Katara here it is in this context. They never say she is a master waterbender in total.
When Zuko said it she was teaching herself mostly, so when she replies it was a simple quip.
When the northern waterbending boys call her master it is because they were told to follow her instructions and assist her - in recognition that she is better at waterbending than the boys.
When Pakku calls her master he is referring to her being Aangs teacher - aka Master.
None of that implies she is better than Pakku, who is a Master Waterbender because he also easily defeated her despite Katara being better than a majority of his pupils.
Thank you for your reactions, I appreciate you :) have you read the novels yet? And do you think you would ever do a reaction about the books ? Can’t really do a side by side lol but it would be really cool to hear what you think of the books. Hope you have a great day ☀️
So like you I love both in their own way but to your question of what I didn't like, I didn't really like Roku, he wasn't horrible but something about it just through me out, it's almost like they wanted to give him Bumi's original personality and joke around. Roku was way more serious in the cartoon, like when he show up at Jeong Jeong "YOU THINK I AM WEAK". Speaking of Jeong Jeong I missed him for sure but there are a few thing that were left out that I think weren't actually left out but moved up to season 2. Just as they moved a few season 2 moments down to season 1 like the secret tunnel scene. I believe that the earth bender prison ship and Haru to focus on the earth Kingdom in season 2 as well as Jeong Jeong.
There are some things I really love about the series, like just about everything involving Zuko and Iroh. I have no notes, and the additions made the show better. However, when it comes to most everything else, I feel the writing was often lacking. Sometimes the excess of exposition was sometimes laughable. Dialogue in general struggled in my opinion. For me, it isnt even about changes or whether they stayed true, it's really a writing thing for me. I would give it about a 6/10. Its a bit of a confusing 6/10 for me because there were things that i not only liked, but loved. I'll probably still watch season 2.
I agree. The story mix-up was fine with me, as well. 😊
I liked the first 3 episodes a lot, but I absolutely LOVED ep. 4 🥰
King Bumi was not as fun, but I totally got his bitterness after 100 years of war. So that was also okay. Adding the funeral with this amazing version of leaves from the vine... OMG, I cried days. 😅
Episodes 6-10 were okay. I understand the anger of the community about relatable Azula in this adaptation, but I also can go for her being humanized. Zhao was okay. The ruthless, animated one I liked better. Backstory to the crew was a nice addition.
BUT
Episode 5 was a mess.
I was disappointed about Koh. Leaving out the emotion part was unnecessary. Adding Wan Shi Tong was just stupid and without sense. Finally, I also didn't like Roku much.
But we got a stunning Kyoshi in the series. 🤩 So it's evened out, I guess.😅
So I would go with 7-8/10
or 3.5-4 out of 5.
😊
Lastly, I love your reactions. You are emotional and always positive. Great character 🫂
Something that I didn't even notice the first time I watched but bothered me a little watching reactions is when they do closeups when they are on Appa's saddle, there's no wind. Moving like that there should be some blowing of hair or clothes but there isn't; it's all still which kinda kills the illusion of movement and makes it a bit more obvious they are just sitting in front of a green screen background (probably most obvious at the beginning of episode 5 and at the beginning of episode 7), and I hope they fix that next season but if they don't I'll just try to look past it.
Koizilla! Good thing that Iroh is a good dude and showed respect and reverence to Avatar Aang and the Koi Fish: Tui and La. Ozai and Azula probably would have use lightning bending to kill Aang and stop the Koizilla assault.
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Can’t wait for more romance between Ang and katara
i like the series and i hope season 2 and 3 are even better and could learn from the first
You should watch Dragon ball, Dragon Ball Z (Or Kai), Dragon ball Abridge (Definitely), and Dragon Ball Super :D
I loved what they did with the live action series!!! They had to make some changes cause if it was a carbon copy of the animation, it would've been boring and a total failure! Cannot WAIT to see live action Toph next season!!!!!!! My guess for the Season 2 stories they do for each episode will be...
1-The Avatar State/Return to Omashu
2-The Swamp/The Blind Bandit
3-Zuko Alone/The Chase
4-The Library/The Desert/Appa's Lost Days
5-The Drill/City of Walls & Secrets
6-Lake Laogai/more of Appa's Lost Days
7-The Earth King/The Guru
8-The Crossroads of Destiny
Toph. I cannot wait for her!
Mine is kinda the same
1. Avatar State
Avatar State/Return to Omashu
2. Visions
The Swamp/The Blind Bandit
3. Alone
Zuko Alone/The Chase
4. I can’t think of a title for this one
Bitter Work
5. Deserted
The Library/The Desert
6. The Walls
Serpents Pass/The Drill
7. Ba Sing Se
City of Walls and Secrets, Zuko’s Tale, Iroh’s Tail, maybe a bit of Momo’s tale at the end
8. The King
Lake Laogai/Earth King
9. Destiny
Guru/Crossroads of destiny
I honestly think they won’t do Appa’s lost days due to the pure cost of the CGI needed
I’ll throw in Book 3 too
1. Awakening
The Awakening and maybe the headband
2. Masters
Sokka’s Master, The Runaway, The Deserter (I hate how they got rid of Jeong Jeong because he is so vital to the worldbuilding and history of firebending, which tie into major parts of Aang and Zuko’s arcs so I have no idea why they ditched him)
3. The Firelord
Avatar and the Firelord (with reckoning of Roku coming out soon, they could probably include some of that to pad this out to 1 hour)
4. Nightmares
The Puppetmaster, Nightmares and Daydreams
5. The Invasion
The invasion
6. Again I have no idea what to call this
Western Air Temple, Firebending Masters
7. Boiling Rock
The Boiling Rock
8. Wrath of Water
Southern Raiders and first part of Sozin’s comet
9. Avatar
The rest of Sozin’s comet
A 9 episode structure would be so much better for me, lots of shows already do it
Regarding Bumi, didn't like it , either. It took a little time for me to realize I wasn't meant to. The man himself, Iroh, called it when he said, "You may not like what you see." Then they turned around and literally made us not like what we saw. That' genius writing, acting, and directing right there. One can imagine that version of Bumi is who Sokka might have become left on his own to defend the Southern Water Tribe for another 80 or 90 years, a half world away from anyone with the ability or inclination to help him like Bumi was.
That ten fold comment felt out of place in the live action... if he said it a bit later and zhao actually reacted to it would have felt more epic
Yes I completely agree with you about how you feel about this adaptation! I only have a few issues with it but nothing too crazy where I’d drop the show lol. I’ve enjoyed it a lot and can’t wait for what’s in store for season 2 and 3!
I've rewatched this version about three times now, and I've noticed that you really start picking up some subtleties in it. It's not perfect; I felt like there were some pacing issues in the front half of the season that could have probably been fixed if they had done ten episodes instead of eight. There was some clunky dialogue in spots, but I don't really feel like it was on the actors for that. And there were a few VFX issues that needed to be tweaked (mostly that with waterbending, if someone, say, got hit with a water whip, they're still dry afterwards). Small nitpicks here and there, but overall, I felt they did a great job with this season. And I actually really enjoyed how Zhao was portrayed; he starts out conniving, but gets bolder and bolder with it as the season progressed. The disrespect he has towards Iroh and Zuko grew organically, and his fight with Zuko felt especially earned. He was the classic "reach far exceeds his grasp" character.
One thing I do hope they expand on a bit as the show goes on is the theme of destiny and fate, like how Aang was meant to go into the ice when he did, for instance. Had he not, how would that have affected Katara and her learning to waterbend? Would Toph have figured out metalbending? And so on. Destiny is touched on in the original show, but it would be cool to see them expand on it
you COULD just call it "Netflix's Avatar (tlab)"... which has been alright but not great... unlike *Netflix's She-Ra!* Which was *AWESOME* and was directly made possible by the Sapphic Moment that ended Korra!
I know I am totally an outlier here, but I liked this version better than the animated series. I didn't grow up with ATLAB like a lot of people did, I didn't even watch it until about 7 years after it was over. My first exposure was the movie. I liked the more condensed and fast paced story telling. I felt the original series dragged a bit at times. The only criticism I have is I don't appreciate the changes to Sokka and Katara. Removing his sexism and her anger issues turns them into flat characters that are going to lack the arcs they would eventually have. Like, I can't see this version of Katara doing the things Katara would eventually do when she's on the hunt for her mother's killer. And last...I kinda liked what they did with Bumi. I thought his anger and bitterness helped raise his character a bit, being bitter about the choices he had to make just to keep a city safe. I definitely feel in this version the over-rule of the Fire Nation is much of a threat than in the animated series.
And Iroh is killin' it.
Between Wan Shi Tong getting a Spirit World cameo and the Fire Priests now being responsible for making the planetarium / orrery, I get the impression that they're planning on skipping the Library entirely in season 2.
Now, if they can just also skip losing Appa and most of the Ba Sing Se episodes, it'll be a much more enjoyable season.
Enjoyable, maybe. But good, absolutely not.
I don’t want them to skip the library as it’s probably the most vital episode in all of book 1 and 2 (exceptions being the boy in the iceberg and crossroads of destiny”
@@mranima748 It's vital because of the information they find there. If they find that information elsewhere, what's the issue?
I really liked this finale. Thought it was very true to the original spirit. The one thing that felt a bit forced here was the use of Momo’s injury as a way of getting Sokka and Yueh into the spirit Oasis, when they also had Kuruk doing the same thing with Aang. Something clunky about that. Just a small peeve though.
My main issue with the series is that the writing sometimes gets really clunky, like they didn’t trust the audience to figure stuff out and go along for the ride. Also I didnt feel like the Bumi change was that well thought out or executed. But maybe there is a plan.
I get people feeling the Aang gang was not enough of a focus - and it was shifted too much toward Zuko-Ozai-Azula (which I think was done beautifully except for Mai and Ty Lee). They really wanted Katara to own her own growth into a more confident self made master, but that growth was invisible, and an initially shy Katara robs the group of a lot of its inner dynamic. There is no emotional core other than each character’s doubts. Their stories are a bit individualized as a result, despite them always saying “with our friends.”
Overall, despite some clunkiness, I thought it was much better than I thought it would be. This is the first live action remake of an animated show that I have ever liked. I hate single number rankings, but if forced I give it a 7.5/10.
I have a generally positive viewpoint about this live action series. However, I don't like the changes they made to Bumi either, and I didn't like how they did the Spirit World plot with Katara and Sokka being trapped by Koh. Only the Avatar could go to the Spirit World in the original series. The only other thing I really didn't like was that Aang doesn't waterbend a single time in this season. Book 1 is Water, he is supposed to learn waterbending. Overall, I liked the Zuko and Iroh storyline and I want to see more.
yeah i agree as a huge fan of the animated version even rewatched the whole series like 5 times in a month and still planning to watch it again the live action was enjoyable yeah there were moments i didnt like some i liked i went into as its its own things and nothing can beat or be compared to the animated. i enjoyed this journey with you. im thinking about joining your pat so i can watch the full versions uncut
I only have a few quibbles. Bumi as u mentioned. And it works but he is noticeably a different character and didn’t really need to be in my view.
Katara and aang not learning from pakku. I love everything else about that arc, but she needed his experience to become a master in the series. I like her gradually learning as she travels as in the animated series.
And the way she more explicitly shows him the error of his sexism in this version is a great improvement that would have allowed her to learn from him while also allowing her agency in showing him the error of his sexism which is a truer harder more applicable victory to me than - ohh she never needed this sexist cow to become a master.
Also changing iroh creeping on June to June creeping on iroh is ??? Like I get wanting to remove that from irohs arc, but how does it help to invert it? Seems really strange and double standardy to me.
We need more aang goofy time! But it’s hard with the tightened season.
But those don’t stop my enjoyment. It’s not perfect, but most of that for me is them trying to keep as much in as they could in the 8 episodes they got to work with. It was made by people with a clear great love for the series. Some of the new stuff may be unnecessary but most of it works really well. It was an impossible task and they did damn well. Not perfect but a solid good.
You have to react to the Avatar the last airbender comics for sure...
Love the reactions and emotions, I have never seen someone get so emotional over a fish getting killed
When you put it that way… 😅
I enjoyed the series I got no complaints