Netflix Confirms Major Changes to Avatar
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- The executive producer/shower runner of Netflix's Avatar the Last Airbender live action series recently did an interview where he talks about the original creators (Bryke/Bryan Konietzko/Michael D. Martino) leaving, changes from cartoon to live action, and much more. A new image of the show was also released.. We will be breaking all that down in today's video..
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Genuinely not worried about the show. In the end, the animated series still exists, and if the show answers or shows small details we never knew, I think that’s good enough.
i want to not be worried .... but i cant help it
Im afraid they change the storyline
This doesn’t need to be “good enough” it needs to be phenomenal honestly and I’m worried too
@@splitfries69 yeah I get being worried and I was worried too until I saw the trailer. I just don’t see them doing anything that would be insulting to the show. A lot of fans are a part of this production it seems and that’s what gives me the biggest hope.
@@rawandkurd4584 it’s a rumor but I’ve heard a few times that Mike and Bryan are the ones who wanted to change a lot about the show, and Netflix wanted to keep it more in line. I absolutely do not want to see a 1:1 adaptation. As long as they add new lore that wasn’t explored in the series, while keeping the original story beats, I feel like it’ll be great !
My main worry is if there will be any humor ☹️ I feel a huge issue with m night’s version was no moments of lightness or humor and I still don’t see evidence that there will be in this one. What makes the writing of the show incredible is the complexity, that they show many emotions, conflicts, as well as highs you get in experiencing a show. The massive budget is great but nothing beats great writing, which is the point of the AtLA fandom to begin with.
Agreed! The whole series ending with the 4 part Sozin's comet episode hits even harder because we got such a funny one right before with the ember island players, comedy allows you to breath.
i feel like theres gonna be humor but the slapstick type humor of Book 1 especially just cant be translated in a good way to live action
They definitely will. The short moment in the trailer with Momo (which I hope has better CGI in the actual show) shows them laughing and smiling. This solidified in my mind that they will still have plenty of lighthearted moments
100% agree! If the show runner's idea of "drama" is a story devoid of humor then it's gonna flop hard and fast (since we've been down that road before)
There is no other version besides the animation, the comics, and this series (in Ba Sing Se).
Honestly I don't really care how one to one it is to the original TV show, I just want it to be good storywise
At this point, if they are announcing changes which are a "divergence" from the source material then you know it's code for "we added woke/leftist propaganda"
Amen!
I think they should get the main plot points across but change or leave out the episodic stuff. Would be cool if they explored some things from the comics that people like me have been too lazy to or just don't take time to read.
No, it has to be like the original TV series. We don't want an another "Witcher".
@@YDGFX too bad, it looks like that's exactly what we're getting.
I’m beyond excited for this show. The only thing I’m concerned about is the actors aging for seasons 2 & 3 (which I hope will happen). I think the only way to go around that is instead of Aang mastering all elements in one year, he’s given 3 years. I feel that would be a bit more realistic and it will make sense that everyone will grow up a little bit too.
I think that'd be the best way to do it! Or film season 2 and 3 back to back would be smart. Basically have Season 1, then a year later 2 and 3 happen
My worry is what exactly caused the original creators from leaving this project.
They said specifically that what they end up making will ultimately not be the vision that they had envisioned
I saw many of the cast are characters that only appeared from season 2. I hope they don't try to shove too many things into the first season making it too cluttered and giving too little time for character development.
I think it would be best to take three years, as well, because I think in live action, having romance between teenagers is more tasteful if they are older. I'm not a huge fan of romance-with-teens storylines anyway, especially with actual child actors. The ethics of consent for getting child actors to kiss is grey, imo. I don't think that will be a huge issue for this story, and that's partly because I think the actors will be older when any potential kissing might happen.
@@IanJenn356094 I think what is most likely is that the original creators wanted it to be TOO accurate to the original version. I have a feeling when anything was changed, such as starting with the air nomad genocide. Its like the channel said, somethings just have to be changed for a live action version not aimed at kids. it has to have a more serious tone. I truly believe theyll stay true to the characters themselves and the canonical plot. What I think theyll do though, is unfold that plot in a different way, with more focus on certain areas, and less on others. This has to be done in order to work, and I think the creators just wanted to make it exactly the same but with a live cast.
Really vibeing with Sokka's attire. He's a warrior from a cold cold nation. He should have leather, layers, padding for survival and insulation and also to vent heat, when needed, and to stay protected. It makes good sense and I appreciate that they're giving him a lived in/functional feel. As a warrior, and for a long time the warrior of the Southern Water Tribe he would be using those tools and that armor a lot.
yeah sadly he looks like a downey
Agreed!
But why he look like ember island Sokka 😂
@@Reedfender😂😂
He looks dumb
I need it to capture the show, not copy it. As long as the story is good... And it does the original content justice
Yes that’s so true. Copying it would make it look like it’s trying to overshadow the original, or the fact that they don’t have their own legs to stand on. That’s why I’m not sure why people were so heartbroken when they thought Netflix wouldn’t redo the intro with Kataras voice. Like that feels way too 1:1 for my taste. Plus I don’t even think live actions have intros anymore.
This, Honestly i just want a version that some people (like my dad-in-law) would be interested in and i can recommend, i told him not to bother watching the other one and he still did and was like augh it was weird, and im like Yeah cuz the only thing from the original was the title >_>
So hopefully this lets more people enjoy the amazing universe ^_^
Sounds about right
I keep using Lord Of The Rings as an example. It isn't a 1-1 translation of the book, but it is quite possibly the best adaptation of a book ever created.
If this show is given the same sort of attention to "The Spirit" of the original, it will be nothing short of EPIC!!
edit: My only fear is that it could become a victim of it's own success. The original story was not prolonged for profit. They told their epic tale, and ended it where they needed to end it. I hope NETFLIX understands that this is an enormous part of why it is so good, beginning to end.
it was cancelled not ended where they wanted it to end
@@Jdawg1234 canceled-ish. They were going cancel it between seasons 2 and 3. That would have left the show with no conclusion Then they changed their minds and let the guys finish out the story in a third season. So in effect, it wasn't "canceled". It was a struggle, but the guys told the story they wanted to tell.
This is how serialized shows work. At the end of a season, the top brass decides whether to make another season or not. That means like 99.5% of ALL serialized shows in the history of television have been "canceled".
Oh there os the occasional exception where the whole team decides to move on to other things, but generally, it just comes down to the bosses deciding not to pay for a show any more. Deciding that this is going to be a "Final Season" isn't the same thing as "Being Canceled".
now watch Amazon's adaptation and say it again
@@69dmwe ain’t talking about that one tho so
It's netflix. You should have no worry of it going on too long.
I don’t wholly agree with the original first season of ATLA not having found it’s footing yet, for the reason of not introducing adult themes much. For me it makes total sense that Aang doesn’t at first realise what’s at stake, being a child and therefore the first season being kinda childish.
The first season, in my mind, is more or less about Aang coping by ignoring his responsibilities, taking every chance he can to distract himself with every other thing he encounters. Having to step into adult boots, with all the responsibilities that comes with it, at 12 years old must mess with your head so much I can’t help but regard it as a trauma. Adding to that; he, and only he, has the potential to save the world. So I guess there’s a dark adult theme looming between the lines in a lot of ways.
As Aang throughout the seasons comes to realise and more importantly accept his massive and dark responsibilities, so does the overall feel of the series gradually get darker and more "adult".
Well, that’s only my interpretation. Anyone else think it actually makes sense? 😂
I 100% agree with you. Thats always how I viewed it too. And I infact loved how it gradually became more adult. Being a kid when it originally aired, I felt as though the show was growing with us. The characters were growing up along side us. I also fully understood the darker themes, even as a child. I think thats what endeared me to the show so much as a child. It didn’t entirely shy away from those things like so many other shows from the time did. I think kids could understand Aang and why he felt the need to ignore his responsibilities. Because a lot of us were around the same age and could appreciate how he felt.
@@kennieseverson2090 wow dude you must’ve been much more mature than I was at the time. I think I was pretty much as oblivious as Aang was in season 1, and I might have been able to keep up with his progression, but in no shape or form do I think I understood the deeper meanings 😂
I got high hopes. The One Piece live action was a major hit, which shows Netflix's potential to produce a high quality live-action series
Then there's yuyu hakusho which the live action sucked
Yeah, but they also made the Witcher adaptation.
The difference is Oda was an executive producer and had the last say in everything. Thats why its always worrying when the creatores dont have the last say, witcher, cowboy bebop ....
It was a major shit not a hit
It's clear the ATLA producers are actually fans of the source material unlike Witcher and Bebop.@@bobgorski9258
Ang is supposed to be fun loving, playful, and adventurous. Anyone notice how Ang doesn't smile in ANY of the preview images? Exactly how M.Night portrayed "Ung", serious and stoic. All these live action creators wrongfully believe they have to remove the fun, silly humor elements so the show doesn't come off as "too cartoonish"
Have you seen the actor? He’s plenty loving, playful and adventurous
@@mylesiswhite4122 that is the actor. Is the acting… that is the question.
@@mylesiswhite4122 the actor is different from the character he’s playing
I do acknowledge that the animated and live action will be different and I think that's a good thing. If they incorporated everything from the original into live action it wouldn't make sense. Somethings and aspects are better animated while some are better live action so I actually have high hopes for the series. Because I can see the independent route there taking is a good one while as you said embracing the spirit of the original while adding there own aspects to make it better as a live action version quality and plot wise. I also love how it's almost kind of cartoony in little aspects like in Aangs costume and Momo in the teaser.
As long as Aang and Sokka retain their sense of humor, I'll be fine.
The biggest mistake that creators make all the time doing remakes is when they decide "to change details for new generations or the new audience because the original story was aired long ago". From the Hollywood's experience we've seen that it never works. If the original story is still widely popular and has a lot of loyal fans, you better don't change a lot, just put more details and fix mistakes if there were some. Nobody wants your "new fresh unique vision". Yeah, maybe some critics will say "nothing new bluh bluh", but you will be successful for fans.
Do you remember Death Note from Netflix? They made Yagami just another classic american bullied guy, what a shit that was! And now we have One Piece with minimum of changes, and look how successful that is! And there are a lot more examples. I hope they start realising this finally.
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Thank you! I agree so much with this!! Part of the reason they want to “get with the times” is to pander to a new woke crowd and that’s why those new projects fail. They forget about good writing and focus on woke nonsense
The problem is that they often:
- don't understand why the source material is good (Death Note)
- actively don't care about the source material (Witcher)
In One Piece they have found themselves in the situation that they were instructed to care about every little part, because Oda-sensei was supervising them (yeah he was literally teaching them how to adapt his work).
The problem is those remakes you hate. Are remakes of things that at best had a cult following. That alone isn't enough when you go mainstream.
If they can't bring in new fans. The show or movie is doomed to fail. Sorry, not enough are into your fringe crap. I know this all too well. All my fringe crap lasts a season at best. Especially when they follow to the source material.
About Sokka's outfit... Thick padding actually makes a very effective armor by itself. No need for chain mail.
I just realized how perfect it is for me to be a part of both the Percy Jackson and Avatar fandoms rn. The first season of Percy Jackson is being released between now and January 31st, and Avatar live action releases in February. Its perfect!
I understand that they are going for that young adult but please keep the humor and the sarcasm. Also, if this is their version of the series it’s either gunna absolutely blow me away or it’s literally gunna give me depression. The teaser looks promising with the setting and the glimpse of the music, I just hope the acting and storytelling can really match that. Overall, I’m looking forward to this and hoping it’ll be really good!
7:40 "You see that pipe in the background? This has to be the pipe that Jet was using to try and flood that fire nation village."
Pipe? I only remember geysers and a dam in the original show.
Your memory serves you well. There were certainly no pipes whatsoever used to flood the fire nation village. Jet tricked Aang and Katara into using their water bending to extract water from natural spring geysers in order to fill the dam reservoir. Jet then used explosives to breach the dam, releasing the the bloated reservoir onto the village. Furthermore... I'm totally NOT convinced the image he's referring to in the pic is indeed actually a "pipe". Infact, it looks very much NOT like a pipe.
Yeah, Sokka's outfit looks a bit like a gambeson. Armour makes sense for the young warrior in general.
If they can embody the characters, the acting has impactful moments with little to no cringe, and the costumes look good, then I'm happy.
I’ve truly been hoping for them to take on more mature tone, and this directly confirms they will. Now I’m really hopeful! Let’s see, though.
Like how the original live action movie did? Sokka isn’t supposed to be that serious
@@Ugly_Scallywagg I never said anything about the original live action. And believe it or not, but a show can take on a more mature tone and still incorporate comedy. You don’t just stop laughing and become all serious once you grow up…
@@xXmlgamingXx355 woosh
@@Ugly_Scallywagg that was a terrible joke, then.
Having a serious tone sounds so lame
Having the show be TV-14 honestly makes it a lot more interesting to me. I do hope they can still keep the humor the animated show has given. If anything I think it would be interesting to have some more mature humor. I am kinda worried about them showing Azula so soon. I feel like what made her introduction so interesting in the animated show was that she was shown very briefly during the agni kai between Zuko and Ozai and she was officially introduced in the final scene of the season finale so I'm curious how she's going to be played out in the live action show.
Also I recently read that Haru isn't going to be in the show which makes me sad cause he was always one of my favorite characters. I know a lot of people probably don't care since a lot of people I've come across don't really seem to care about him but I personally always liked him. Maybe he'll appear at some point whether he still needs to be announced or he'll appear in a potential future season.
I just hope that the Lion Turtle gets more foreshadowing this time around. Imagine Aang, having sworn off firebending after accidentally hurting Katara, actively seeks out a being that can grant him a power that can act as a replacement. However, he still wpuld not have mastered it by the time Zuko joins Team Avatar as his firebending teacher. Only during Sozin's Comet does his spirit become unbendable.
Really cool idea. That was one of the weaker plot points that could use improvement in the live action series
Thank you for making videos, running your channel, and bringing me the news I care about. Your videos make me feel like I'm always a part of the ATLA Fandom, even as my life is super busy, and it makes me feel connected to a show that I love. Also, I loved your cover of The Legend of Genji News. It was a very good series, and I'm sad that it ended 🥲.
so happy to see they‘ve made the clothes look more realistic and worn. feeling more and more optimistic about this project with every news!
Same here honestly. The clothes make a lot of sense (especially Sokka's) and considering the people working on it are fans, I'm willing to bet we won't have any mishaps like the movie mispronouncing literally everyone's names. What I want to know tho is who did they cast to be Iroh? 🤔
Although I agree that peak avatar is when it is most tonally serious. I think the gradual tonal shift from light hearted adventure, to darker more mature themes perfectly mirrors aang in his journey and how the audience slowly sheds their innocence as he does.
It makes it easier, especially for young audiences, to understand why he becomes more callous, and respect him even more for being able to see the good in people again (even ozai).
I do have a lot of questions that the animated show never answered. I hope this adaptation explores the unknown and expands on some storylines.
Same!
I hope they can integrate some of the comics that came after. Particularly pertaining to Zuko's mother.
I expect that there indeed will be changes, but as long as it is not major storyline changes I am all in for it! Of course it will changed a bit, but it still has to be the same story. I would love more detail of Kya, Aang's parents and such so I would be happy if we got answers to those questions.
Agree with the fact book 1 water is more for children. Everytime I watch the series I start on the cave of two lovers lol.
So a more adult take on book 1 is quite appealing! Esspecialy with the themes of taking out the entire air nation.. Excited to see this even more now!
I can see skipping an episode or two but the entire Book 1 is crazy to me.
Fair haha. I love that episode so I always randomly watch it & then it became so easy to continue watching it's just become a habit... I'm in due time to watch book 1 again@@Puckett.
Why would you skip one of the best episodes in the series being The Avatar State & start on The Great Divide Jr instead.
That one is lost on me too @@AyKrax
The new opening the new creator mentioned that’s different might just be the air genocide. We already saw a brief flash of it at the beginning of the Netflix teaser, I’m pretty sure we’re might get some brief time with aang there and spend some time seeing the air nation up close. Or the opening might be a remix of the cartoons classic intro, imagine how epic it’d be to get a Katara esque narration introducing all four nations, explaining the avatar and then just going STRAIGHT into the genocide. God I can’t wait for this show to drop
This isn't really unexpected, from the very beginning this show was advertised as a "re-imagination" of the universe, not a 1:1 adaptation. I am still optimistic in the show's success based on everything that has come out thus far about it.
Yeah and honesty if it was 1:1, it won’t be as exciting and won’t feel fresh. I remember seeing the lion king live action, and it was way too 1:1 that it doesn’t even seem memorable and felt bland.
Seeing how terrible the reimagining of Halo was done I don't
@@adventuroushermit2590 caveman brain big see!!! this paramount show bad, so new netflix show bad too! sense common yes wow me very smart
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My thoughts on a 1 to 1: no point. Just go watch the OG, ya know?
My thoughts on a re-imagining: makes it sound like it's gonna stray far from the source material on purpose.....but the thing is, if the story of ATLA is retold in a new format (live action) and stays as true as it possibly can while ALSO playing to the strengths of the new format, it's gonna be different enough to be interesting to watch. Lord of the Rings movies are a good example of this....if they were made verbatim to the books would have been very wordy and longer and weird for a movie....books would be better anyway.....so why do we like the movies? Because they're different from the books by playing to the strengths of cinema, while also faithful to books in every way it possibly can be.
I don't think they needed to advertise anything other than that they were telling the story of ATLA in a new format. If they do it well it's gonna be both different and technically faithful.
@@JJ_6036 You are braindead if you think re-imagining anything sends it to success. QED it fucking doesn't, shit sucks with re-imagining. You seem to be the target audience, utterly fucking braindead.
The LoTR movies are upheld as great because they did try and be as completely faithful the books as possible, unlike Amazon's Failure of the Rings that "re-imagined" it for a modern audience
My main worry is them focusing on Kyoshi as a mentor instead of Avatar Roku. At least we have the original and hopefully this isnt the flop that I sadly suspect it will be.
fantastic. just confirmed my worries. the power of the animated series is above all that the viewer is as informed as the gaang/zuko. we didn't get to have narrator-level omniscience, it didn't feel like being an audience watching a documentary of a story which fate is set in stone. it felt like you were on the adventure with the characters. odds felt challenging. new characters felt like strangers. unveiling the Air nomad genocide informs us about a history that Aang himself is oblivious to, he finds out in episode 3, as we did, and won't. I am not as worried about changing the template of the plotlines/character arcs (as long as they stay similar in tone and moral, and characters are not given a new personality that doesn't fit, for example), but showing scenes and characters removed from the discovery of the adventure itself (like Ozai, who shouldn't even appear until season 3, but is shown even in the trailer) just takes you out of it. showing parallel A/B storylines, with flashbacks and flashforwards, or not in chronological order like Tarantino movies is *not* "dramatisation". It might be ok if done well, but it's not necessary. the animated series was dramatic too, at times. Drama is feeling the stakes, not editing the exposition to confuse the audience. Not painting the whole world in a serious tone for the whole time. You can't force it, or the audience rebels and doesn't get attached to the characters or the story. Drama comes out organically, it's caring spontaneously about the characters, because of how their personality (mis)fits with other characters' and the context they're in. They shouldn't ever try and convince us that the conflict in the story is important, or state explicitly that the character is a hero. We'll see it ourselves if it is true in universe, if they try to sell it to the audience they don't care about internal coherence or intrinsic stability of the worldbuilding, it's just pandering and marketing. Very pessimistic but I still hope I'm wrong
I think we should just face the fact that nothing will be better than the original.
To be honest, I’ve been more or less indifferent to this new adaptation. And this honestly hasn’t changed that. I do at least hope it’s good, but we’ll see what happens. And regardless of what ends up happening, the original will still be there for us to see.
I absolutely agree that the forest photo looks like the freedom fighters episode, the height and spread of the trees are just right for the characters climbing around and jumping down. (Also I don’t think even a small bit of the forest in the Heibai? Episode would look so verdant.)
Sokka's clothing might be a gamberson (cloth armour made from many, many layers of linen)
I don't know why people say the clothes look too new. They said the same about the One Piece adaptation. First of, they are not going to look all dirty at the start of the adventure. Why do they think that just because they are a pre industrial civilization they automatically are dirty savages. Second of, the show made it a point to show team avatar regularly stop at bodies of water to take baths and wash clothes, as a matter of fact, in the very first scene of the show Katara talks about washing Sokka's dirty socks.
you can still think the clothes are too dirty. They look dried and pressed which doesn't make sense for their world
I'm glad that most of the writers of the show are fans of the original animation, which should be a good sign that they won't try to "expand" on the source material without any basis besides Netflix checkmarks.
I'm optimistic, all things considered. I hope they're able to deliver the true vision they're stating in interviews.
I think I’ve heard all I need. They’re making it for a “young adult audience”. It’s doomed. The absolute childhood innocence is why it hit so hard. It’s in the first episode “I haven’t played like this since I was a kid” “katara, you ARE a kid”.
So, some red flags, tho beyond the original creators leaving 1) If it follows the other netfix (and general movie trends) it's going to be pitched as a avatar movie, but turn into 'Kitara's Story'....like Scott Pilgrim anime, Masters of the Universe, etc. 2) Putting the genocide up top is a bad call. The whole impact of that scene was the light-hearted traveling that Ang was on with the siblings such that when they discovered the fate of the air tribe, it hit that much harder. What they should do, is just leave it exactly the same tone and story as the original, and when they travel to the air kingdom and find the bones, they can do a flashback to the attack. Do some kind of clever transition betwen current time and the flashback. But to put it up front 'to set the tone' is a bad call and completely misses the spirit of the Avatar storytelling which is this juxtaposition of opposites together to form something stronger (example, Aang and Zuko, Zuko and Iroh, all the elements and the avater, etc). It's a very strong theme throughout the entire story, and to take that out would be going down the road of the origional movie, and we know how that turned out...
Netfix, if you are reading, I'm available for consulting on your screenplay changes.
I'd be disappointed if that image is from the Jet episode. A cool part of that episode is the bright orange forest. It really sets the episode a part from the rest of S1. If they put it in a regular green forest it would takeaway from a cool part of the episode. I hope it's in the Winter Solstice episode or whatever they're planning to do with the Pirate Waterbending scroll episode. They spend alot of time in the forest that episode. Also could be the Jong Jong episode. However I'd bet it's earlier in the season than that. You usually don't see trailers show later season stuff.
One change I do hope we get kuruk helping aang in the South Pole with koh I think that would be cool heck more past avatars also why the female avatars cause major problems in a drastic way
I had a stroke reading this comment
what did yangchen do ?
@@mohoejegi4876 if u read the novel she neglected the spirit world which cause dark spirits
We won't. They're basically making kyoshi the new roku at this point
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I hope they do what the animated series could not and give Azula her redemption arc which would have happened in Book 4
I like Sokka's outfit ... He is supposed to be a warrior of the water tribe so the padding makes sense. I think it's going to be really good.
We've seen this time and time again. People going their own direction instead of staying true to the source material (Eragon, Dresden, Sword of Truth, Avatar itself!). It almost never works. If they wanted to create their own story, they shouldn't have called it Avatar. Calling it Avatar without starting true to the original is just using the fame of the original show to get people to watch their new thing.
I am very surprised to hear anyone say the show didn’t get its footing until season 2.
never doubted Netflix will F up this one also... seems like they won't disappoint... again
I’m kinda excited for it to come out!
I hope to one day get a the 1:1 live adaptation we will want. In thee event they change too much. Azula doesnt really come off as crazy or scary to me already she looks like a 10 year old.
@5:31 our boy Zoro got Mike Wazowski'ed
Mackenyu: I can't believe it...
Emily Rudd: Aww, Zoro :(
Mackenyu: ...I was ON TV!
M.night shamalamalan said the same thing with almost an identical story about his daughter.
7:07 they probably gave Sokka something along the lines of a gambeson
It's not necessarily a bad thing that Bryke aren't onboard anymore: they had free reign for Korra and without some of the more talented writers from AtLA, it really showed their failings in world-building, character arcs and story. Several things from the latter show contradicts or retcons AtLA to the franchise's overall detriment, so I sincerely hope they don't include crap lika Raava.
Prediction: There will be at least one character given the name “Fearless” somewhere in the show-some Netflix exec has an obsession with the name and has shoehorned it into stuff like the Bebop adaptation and the Scott Pilgrim anime. Watch for it.
A main reason why the original live action of ATLA was so bad was because it just also didn't feel like Avatar. As TheAvatarist said, how they showed the different attacks and bending was god awful and it wasn't genuine martial arts. but also It felt like a person that read one summary of each season of ATLA and then combined what they thought was right and fitting without thinking about why its so loved and thought deeply about why Zuko did that or why Aang did that, they just followed by whatever script they had and it just wasn't genuine IMO. I don't think I have much worries about this live action mainly because the executive producer himself is more invested in ATLA then most people. but we'll see when that day comes. can't wait!
I use to thing that live-actions should copy one to one the original source... BUT before the Lion king live-action I just changed my mind.
It has to be diferente guys... Or it'll be pointless and won't survive. I'm very very excited for this ❤
Look what happened with One Piece...and It worked. I loved the fact that they're giving more time for other avatars scenes...etc
Whoah i mentioned the live action lion king too! It was literally 1:1 and was not memorable at all… just bland. I cant wait to see the new stuff they come up with.
Aladdin, Cinderella and Jungle Book are some of the best ones from Disney. There is a way to make a live action adaptation unique while staying faithful to the original.
I am glad that this show is not gonna be just a 100% copy pasted version of the OG show and is going to have changes. I hope after this show concludes we get a live action Korra sequel as well.
the screen shoot you showed in the end gives off vibe from BOOK 3 before they met tuff, the swamp episode where they all had visions of somone they loved and lost, katara of her mom, sokka of the moon spirit and aang saw tuff. But that is just what it asociated to me
That’s in book 2 and her name is toph
One Piece live action also changed a lot from the original, but its actually pretty good, if Avatars live action will get treated the same, it will be a banger as well
I wouldn't know about _chainmail,_ but Sokka's outer tunic is _definitely_ quilted.
it's probably a gambeson
im not worried about it because they gave us a great trailer and i have huge hope for this series i dont want it to be cancelled after one season i hope it gets all three seasons and maybe even a season 4 if we are lucky they can take some stories from the comics and make it canon in their version of avatar
Albert Kim said that it was really appealing to him to be able to bring this story to a new generation.
Yeah, we all know what "bring it to a new generation" means.😖😖😖
It's going to be woke. Lol
Katara’s neckless looked a little strange, or was it just me? It was white instead of blue and it didn’t have that shiny texture I expected, kind of looks like it was made of a whale tooth. What do you think? It kind of makes sense if it is a whale tooth, but I kind of liked the blue shine of the original. Opinions?
I honestly kinda like the more rustic look. It feels more genuine and realistic considering where it was made and the materials used.
This is probably the most exited I've been for the release of a show ever, a little scared just because how the last one came out but this for sure seems to be looking way better. Also I'm really interested to see how they work the air nomad genocide, and if they are actually filming outside I think it just adds an extra background layer that's really nice.
the pipe in the background is something the fx department uses to evenly distribute atmospheric smoke, its a long black plastic garbage bag material filled with atmos and there are holes poked into it every 6 odd feet. This is a set still not an complete show look image.
Aaah the nostalgia of that particular SDCC that you used footage from. I'm barely out of frame at 3:37 as the Zhang Leader, you can see my hog-monkey.
I'm reserving my judgement on the series until it drops, but I do respect that changes to the pacing and order of story beats should be moved around to fit the format of a live action series, especially given the different run time. It's so important to remember how writing is impacted by knowing if the show will be able to continue for the length of a full arc or not - Think about how disjointed the storytelling of Korra was because Bryke only had 13 episodes to work with and each season they had to treat as the last. The original AtLA had more time to develop the weight of the over-arching story after they reached the winter solstice milestone and knew they had the contract to finish the show as they wanted. As far as we know, we could only get 1 season from Netflix if it doesn't perform they way the execs want it to, so I'm sure that impacted the writing process.
I'm excited I'm happy for the world to grow. I've watched the series multiple times now so to see something new added will be fun.
The puffy jacket Sokka is wearing could be an allusion to or a thin version of gambeson, a type of dense textile armour that was designed to absorb blunt impacts and could stop sword/spear/knife cuts but not thrusts, it was also worn under plate and mail armour as padding. It could also be that his jacket is thick because he is from the southern water tribe at the South Pole, it would make sense his day-to-day clothes, beyond his coat and outdoor gear we see in ep1+2, would be thicker to protect against the cold. Katara's clothes also seem reasonably thick as well whereas Aang's are thinner, though still warm for the southern air temple's climate.
your last statement. jet didn't use pipeline to flood the village. he used the river and dam. this could be near fire nation setting where industries might or waterbending scroll
I also don't think it's from Jet's episode because you don't really have the autumn colours going on. I agree that it could be the water-bending scroll episode; or from the beginning of the earth-bending prison break episode, maybe the fortune teller episode. I'm just trying to think of episodes where team avatars are in an evergreen forest during season 1.
only time they were in green forest was either partially winter solstice or waterbending scroll. they might have something to do with bato of the water tribe as well since they have june@@Roman_Eagle
It's Netflix. They gonna fuck it up.
For those concerned think about it like Lord of the Rings. The conversion from book to live action meant moving from mixing up the story a bit for a visual audience.
i’d be lying if i said im not worried, but if the creators are confident in their work then im all for it
Shyamalan was also very confident
It's live action. Of course some things will be different. I just have a feeling im going to enjoy this ride.
After Korra, they are kinda done with working with a production that limits their creative direction and I am here for it good for them
Well there is still the possibility it might turn out well and last long but these changes do seem interesting
Things just keep getting better and better. And now I’m really hoping we get another trailer tomorrow lol😂
Well, I don't want a shot to shot adaptation, but I do hope they remain True to some of the iconic moments like Zuko and Azula's agni kai
The show runners reaction and worries after the OGs left actually calms my worry for the show. I didn't know what kind of view they had on adapting an already loved story, but they seem to only want to reenforce the story and please the fans. Which is all that we could hope for in producers. It's a curse when a producer takes up a show having the intent to change it into their own ideal because they don't actually like the original that much. RoP and The Witcher coming to mind. The more i see from atla netflix the more i get excited, which doesn't happen a lot these days.
About pudding at 7:00, look what the “Gambeson” is. It’s one of the most common armor type in every society before firearms. So yeah, this detail that warrior has armor (and that unthoughtful in modern cinema) lurks in the trailer is clear sign that somebody does something right.
The kids (me) who grew up with avatar are adults so it’s cool it’s more young adult
I really wish instead of trying to recreate a story that’s already been told that they would just give us a new story. There’s thousands of Avatars!-Expand the universe.
That would take actual talent and creativity.
@@DarkAuraLord they’ve done it with the books.
@@DigiTism I haven't read the books, but I'm not that interested after seeing what the comics had to offer.
Well this definitely helps dispel some major concerns i had. It seems they're really gonna honor the original series without disrupting the main story arc. Im perfectly fine with them adding in extra details or story, or bypassing some filler if it means adding onto the main story arc. After all the original creators didnt know how well Season 1 of TLAB would go so it kinda skimmed thru many smaller stories that weren't directly tied to the main story. So adding in those more important details in the live action so they have a bigger impact later is fine by me.
Although im still hoping we get some proper humor in this. I know its directed towards an older audience and is mainly a "drama", but doesnt meant he traditional humor cant come back either to keep the light hearted moments pure.
Sokka looks like the actor from the play of their journey in the animated series
Honestly, I just think a live-action version of Avatar is a bad idea. There's a very particular tone which makes Avatar work - a balance between drama and comedy which is supported by the animated world around it. I'm open to being surprised, but I think it's just going to be off. There are just some things animation does better, and we need to get over the idea that live-action is inherently better.
Very little actually has to change as far as story goes to make it work live action.
If I wanted a 1:1 adaptation of the cartoon I'd just watch the cartoon. I'm fine with this being different as long as it's a good show.
The padded look of Sokka's "jacket" is very similar to a historical garment usually worn under metal armor called a gambeson. Or it's just thicker looking because he's from an arctic environment. Could be either.
I'm not a fan of how most Avatar 'fans' aren't even aware of the fact that the characters stories weren't even made by "Brike" but by the other show writers like Aaron Ehasz. People don't give Aaron credit for fleshing out our beloved characters and instead they lean 100% on Brike for creative designs and story elements.
Brike proved they are hacks when they completely destroyed their world and characters in Korra. But you can't expect ignorant normies to actually know anything about the creative process behind the shit they like.
@@DarkAuraLord thank you I'm glad somebody else actually noticed that. Brike literally retconned the entire series in Korra.
Sokkas clothes look like cotton armor. That was used in mesoamerica and was durable enough to stop arrows.
Why do live action producers insist on making "their own versions"? I don't want to see their version, I want to see the original version. If I wanted to see another version of a series I would go to read fanfiction
One thing is for certain, they can't do any worse than M. Night Shyamalan.
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Season 1 had emotional moments also. Just more kid friendly in between for the age group they were shooting for. Zuko and aangs backstory, aang returning home, katara and the master, siege of the north part 1 and 2, blue spirit just to name a few. Kinda lost some credibility with that one
It looks like paded armor called Gambeson. Far more affective than people think
"How accurate the series is going to be to the original" and "Why things need to be changed" are contradictory to one another. I already didn't expect much from this show, but with Bryan and Michael leaving the show due to creative differences somehow manages to lower it. And it was already rock bottom because it's being done by Netflix. We still have the animated series and the wonderfully done comics to enjoy. I'm expecting this show to be like Avatar the film franchise. Visually well done, but from a narrative standpoint it's going to be lazy slop.
5:32 I hope that means we'll still be getting Toph's blind jokes when she joins them, as well as, "I am not Toph! I am Melon Lord! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Been waiting for you to drop
I'm EXTREMELY cautiously optimistic on this. Not giving my hopes up, that's for sure. Also, the animated series does NOT need to be improved upon. Was it flawless? Of course not, but a really good series does not need to be flawless to be good or great. It was great because it captured childhood innocence, coming of age and in very dire serious circumstances and as each season went on, the characters grew up and faced more adult situations and the themes progressed as such accordingly. The humor was still there but not necessarily in spite of the gravity of the serious circumstances. It merely served to alleviate tension and excess stress the characters would realistically be feeling. That's another reason it was so great, it was relatable that even with powerful bending and supernatural forces, characters could still feel powerless or overwhelmed just due to their emotions.
Original actually don’t need a lot to become more young adultish, especially in book II & III.
Honestly if they’ll keep most important storylines and characters will have similar personalities then I don’t mind small or medium changes. I just hope that if they’ll try to bring Aang’s parentage then they won’t mess it up with something like „he was taken away from them by force but they meet every year”; he was given away by his mother to live in a temple with other men/boys, Air Nomads don’t know their parents but parents know where their children were sended. Just don’t make a drama from monks lifestyle and I’ll be fine with that 😂 also a bit more forshadowing for lion turtle would be nice. Before we saw one we heard about them only once in book II when Aang found a picture of one in a book (library episode). My biggest hope is that they will clearly say how Jet ended BUT book I first!
At least the actors look the part. I am very hopeful for this show and am optimistic it will be great.
when they make live action adaptations, shows almost always get messed up in disappointing (and sometimes dum) ways. i want to be hopeful, but I'm not holding my breath. I'll just wait and see how i feel when i see it.