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Avatar The Last Airbender Season 1 Episode 6 - Spirited Away - A desperate Aang visits Avatar Roku for help on his journey as the Fire Nation closes in on him. At Their fortress, a masked intruder breaks Aang out.
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Netflix's AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER stars Gordon Cormier as Avatar Aang, Dallas Liu as Prince Zuko, Kiawentiio as Katara, Ian Ousley as Sokka, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Uncle Iroh, Elizabeth Yu as Princess Azula, and Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai!
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I love the change the 41st division crew did, treating Zuko like a leader, for saving them from being sacrificed.
My favourite change they made, elegant storytelling
I didn’t mind most of the changes they made, but this is one of the few changes I absolutely loved.
The 41st division being Zuko's crew was a touch of brilliant writing, I loved it. I also loved that Zuko almost beat Ozai, but he hesitated because of his compassion
I wouldn't say beat Ozai. More like Zuko almost touch Ozai. If Zuko can just beat "Fire Lord", wouldn't he replace him sooner??? Then Ozai VS Aang would never happen LOL
@@Nightdreaux22647which is why that hesitation was everything. He had a clear shot to end the fight. And its pretty heavily implied in the animated series that Agni Kai is a duel to the death, hence Zhao urging "DO IT" when Zuko has him on the ground, poised over him.
Zuko could've killed Ozai right there, but his compassion for his father held him back enough for Ozai to regain the upper hand
@@typo1345 I would say being spared in Agni Kai is also a disrespect or dishonour, to be spared by your opponent instead of dying honourably. Probably part of why Zhao was so adamant about Zuko finishing it in part, as he sparing Zhao put dishonour upon him on some level.
Zuko almost beat Ozai, because Ozai was just playing with him and made a mistake: He underestimated his son.
@@typo1345 I don't think an Agni Kai is necessary to the death, but at least to the first severe burn or knock out.
I think Gyatso was no longer there because he told Aang the one thing he really needed to tell him: that it wasn't his fault and that he couldn't have done anything to save them that day. He stayed in that realm and didn't move onto the other side like the other airbenders specifically because he needed to tell Aang that and once he did, it was finally time to move on.
Agreed. It hurt that Gyatso didn't tell Aang that he'd have to go once Aang left, but he probably knew that Aang would be hesitant to leave if he knew and Aang needed to save his friends in time.
Before this series came out, I was worried for Dallas Liu, not because I thought he was a bad actor or anything (I was unfamiliar with his work). I was worried because Zuko is such a complex character, and I wasn't sure if it could be portrayed as well in a live action.
However, Dallas has blown me away with how well he handles the depth of the character. Even when he isn't saying anything, I can see the complexities in his eyes. He doesn't play him exactly the same as the original, but I couldn't be more pleased with his performance. I am really hoping we get books 2 & 3 because I really want to watch his version of the character grow.
Seriously, whoever thought of that 41st division crew change deserves a raise...it's one of the most impactful changes for me with this show.
Couldn't agree more, Dallas Liu is great as Zuko, and I want to see more of his portrayal.
I think we all were worried. having a young actor having to play such a complex character, would easily be messed up and ruined one of the best redemption arcs in media history.
But I think now, most people agree that Dallas is carrying this show, both his emotions and the physical fight choreo is soooog good
Something about Zuko’s scar being branded on him makes the act more brutal than the animated series’ fireball to the face.
we don't even know if it was a fireball though, all we hear is the fire and Zuko's scream. For all we know, it could've been the exact same way in the animated series, which would explain why the scar is pretty concentrated over his eye and back to his ear. If it were a fireball to the side of his face, he'd be looking more along the lines of Two Face
@@typo1345Zuko does say in the show specifically that Ozai wanted him branded so that’s another point in favor
@@typo1345 the screams come while Ozai is at a distance and the scar swept back on his face like the fire blew by at a distance.
This episode was killer. Zuko storyline is just soooo good
"TONIGHT!
WE!!
WILL!!!
CE!!!!
LE!!!!!
BRATE!!!!!!"
🤣
All that line was missing was Zhao giving an exaggerated kick of excitement 😂
I love that Aeng and Zuko got to have conversation. The reveal that the crew is the one Zuko saved is such an amazing change or thing to add. I agree the stuff with the fire temple and Roku was a weird thing that i wonder why they even had it. I also agree the fire nation stuff with Zuko family is really awesome to see and really adds more to the story. This is my favorite episodes i think of the series.
I think they did the Fire Temple thing for a couple reasons. They needed to introduce Roku since Kyoshi took over a lot of the introductory avatar stuff (due to the early location/timing of Kyoshi Island). They needed to show that Roku and all the avatars have vastly different personalities and are individuals (hence why they made him a lot goofier than the stiff/rigid Kyoshi). And then they needed to show that not all Firebenders are evil or on board with the war. They did that in part with the failed rebels Azula tricked but it helped to show benders and those in institutions might have doubts too. And lastly having June capture Aang lets him learn how powerful nonbenders are getting by in this world- with apathy. I agree it's the clunkiest part of the episode though, with questions like how June tracked Aang to the island.
I like Zhao in live action more than in the animation series. He has more screen time and more dimensions in his character. Greetings from Germany💝
Agreed, the over the top Zhao worked for a cartoon, but this more scheming version seems more real. Also, guten tag from America!
Clunky bits of the episode aside, Dallas Liu I think has a prestigious acting career ahead of him. He telegraphs so damn much on his face even when he's not saying anything. Like how when Aang talks about snoring, he cracks a tiny smile and then the effort to school it back down to indifference. And lord, the waiting to cry until his father left, and again when his crew stands at attention for him. I can't even pretend I didn't sob my way through most of this ep. To an extent I think Paul Sun-Hyung Lee's version of Iroh is also using his jovialness as a mask the same way Zuko uses his anger. Some read it as him being weird and stiff, but when you compare those scenes to when he's being sincere, there's such a huge difference in delivery that I think it's very intentional. At this point I don't even care if we get a season 2 or how good it is, I would watch it for Dallas Liu and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee alone. I just adore their takes on Zuko and Iroh. To take material I'm already intimately familiar with on multiple rewatches and still make me feel THAT HARD is impressive.
Oh yeah, Ken Leung's Zhao has also really grown on me, over the top as he was. Let's not pretend Jason Isaacs wouldn't ham it up that much. You can tell he's having tons of fun being a slimy little b@stard and on rewatch, I have fully bought into it.
@@sherra-sama so u were impressed with this show
@@hassansulaiman3848 Parts of it more so than others. 6 was definitely my favorite episode by far
This guy plays zhao a lot more subtly not so angry and over the top. I think that they will do away with the jeong jeong episode because a key element of that episode was zhaos anger. We see a lot more of Zukos backstory. He put up a bigger fight here some dodges punches and could even maybe landed a clean hit on his dad where as in the series he just bowed and got burned
I think they will still do jeong jeong in season 2 but just leave out the Zhao stuff
@@nugget3687 oh and Katara could still get burned while aang learns a valuable lesson on practice and pacing himself good point
@grownmannn2 yeah it's not like the placement of jeong jeong really matters, as long as it's before he's supposed to learn fire
@@nugget3687 right right I got you
I feel like Zuko scarring might actually be worse in this in the cartoon he just gets burned from far away in this Ozai holds him down and burns him.
This war a scar that was remaining after he got healed it was pretty bad if we take that into account
My favorite ep ♥️ .. that reveal with the 41st division is honestly one of the best changes they did in this LA 😊
The Duel with Ozai was one of the changes that absolutely devastated me.
In the series, we get the impression that Zuko refused to fight and wound up getting scarred by Ozai’s first attack.
But here…..Zuko DOES fight back……but he shows his Father mercy……the way he places his hand on his Ozai’s chest. Like he truly believed his father would never hurt him…..
And the way Ozai burns him so freaking slowly…….his last words being “Compassion is a sign of weakness…”
Like….Jesus Christ…….that was honestly hard to watch.
It was so good that scene is pretty hard
I think all Gyatso had to tell Aang was that it wasn’t his fault. And that was all the time given to him. Finished the season and I loved it. A different retelling but overall the same story. Hope we get to the third book!
I'm really enjoying the show. Sure, it's not the animation, but I think it's a good adaptation and I enjoy it for what it is, and I'm glad they made it. I have some issues here and there, and some of the acting of the younger actors has felt unconvincing at times - but they're child or new actors and they'll grow into their craft, so I'm not worrried. They're definitely taking it seriously and trying hard. Zuko and Iroh have been standouts to me, as have Ozai and Zhao. The 41st division stuff was chef's kiss!
They have amazing chemistry now so I think season 2 will be fire with all their relationship on screen
Hei Bai's storyline got overshadowed by Koh.
I think I’m one of the few who absolutely loved the Roku thing and the temple side quest. Roku is hilarious, I love it. 😂 It’s a given I loved the 41st division, blue mask story and the extended Aang/Zuko conversation. I also like them showing all the different past avatars, particularly Kyoshi. 🥰
I love that change with Zuko's crew and I liked Roku so what if he made a joke
I think it's moreso that Roku is a little campy and he kinda has animated Bumi's quirky personality, while Roku in the animated series is more formal, he was Fire Nation nobility after all (hence why he would be friends with Sozin at all) he does show some tongue-in-cheek humor in the show ("What took you so long?" "Being the Avatar doesn't hurt your chances with the ladies either") but overall he presents himself with more of a regal manner
Nah roku sucked.
@@typo1345he was super jokey with Gyatso, we didn’t see that side of him as an adult
@@typo1345 I think the show made the conscious decision to make him campier because they needed to quickly get it across that each avatar is their own person. Roku is very different from the stern, scary Kyoshi.
Me and my partner had a debate about ozai burning zukos face. I'm convinced that he wants both of his kids to be perfect but he does the most traumatizing things to pitt them against each other. He doesn't want to do certain things but he has to make a point somehow.
Hmm that's the point they're going with him its good tbh we got to see he has some soft emotion but he is taking hard decisions
While I liked the other episodes, this is the one episode I truly loved. I thought it did a fantastic job with Zuko's back story and with his moments with Aang. The other episodes I felt had a problem with rushing the emotional beats, but this one allowed those beats to fully land, which for me set it above everything else in the show. I also loved the addition of the 41st to Zuko's story - that was a great way of showing he's more a good yet damaged kid than evil. I also thought the way it tied the mask theme into the storytelling was very well done. I hope we get more episodes on this level in season 2
I do agree with what you said about Roku and the temple feeling a bit shoe horned in here. I will also say that I get why Roku is changed here. In the show, Roku was the only one that really helped him, until the finale anyways. So he had to be portrayed as this all knowing wise sage like character so he could answer all of aangs questions and guide him.
But the creators of this version obviously wanted multiple past avatars to help him so if Roku was the same as the cartoon and knew everything then it makes Kiyoshi's role redundant and pointless. So while I prefer the original as always, I do like and understand what they did here.
Everything else about the episode I loved.
it does make sense why Roku in the animated series presents himself as more formal and regal tho, he was Fire Nation nobility. He occasionally shows some tongue-in-cheek humor in the animated series, but definitely not the over-the-top practical jokester we got in this. It just feels weird, and very placed.
He wasnt royalty. He was just friends with Sozin.@@typo1345
@@typo1345 I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the book The Reckoning of Roku is coming out soon and they are pulling in elements (Koh, mother of faces) and other characteristics of Roku from that book. Not much of Roku's personality was explored in the 1st book, and that's fine because he played a very specific role of a wise teacher for aang. I wouldn't say he's formal and regal though. like yeah sure he grew up with the crown prince but ultimately chose to live a chill life on an island. definitely was a jokester (earth surfing with sud, air gliding with gyatso, dude knew how to have fun) but I do agree we've been shown that in his later years he has more of a straight-face humor delivery. would be interesting to see if this is a weird portrayal of Roku or we are just not privy to all aspect of his character yet, considering that the og creators still work with this adaptation behind the scene after their departure to build up the lores, and they still have writing credits in this episode.
I absolutely loved the addition of the story of the 41st Division. I also thought it was interesting to have a spirit like Koh, who can change his face on command, feature again in this episode.
I think this is the best episode of the season, but I can’t tell if that’s just because it’s the closest to the events of the animated series. This one does have the strongest thematic storytelling though - true to the title, everything is about what we conceal and why.
Really enjoyed the extended Aang/Zuko conversation and the detail about the 41st, although I do wish Jee’s line after the flashback wasn’t so heavy handed. You reacted basically the same way we did lol
14:12 🤣🤣🤣 Omni with that little laugh
Ken Leung definitely has a long & experienced history of playing the villain. Been ruining lives since Rush Hour 😂
Zuko is my favorite character in the cartoon & this ep cemented him as my fave in the live action too. Of course his story is even more heartbreaking in real life. Dallas is doing an amazing job.
I love the decision they made with the 41st as well, very compelling
When the blue spirit disappeared from where the guards were looking I said "Please be Tanuki gakure no jutsu please be Tanuki gakure no jutsu!" And then he was on the fucking ceiling! Shinobi at their finest.
Side note: it turns out the the misspelling of jutsu "jitsu" is so much more common than the correct spelling that my phone autocorrected Jutsu to jitsu
26:25 I feel the same way about the Fire Nation stuff being the strongest, and I think it’s because it’s the stuff from the original that most fits tonally with Netflix’s approach. The Gaang side of the story gets its fun toned down in this adaptation, but the Fire Nation stuff doesn’t need to do that since it was already the more serious/intense and war-driven part of the story.
That's a really good point!
I really love this Zhao. And i cant believe they did the bamboo ladder stilts gag, in a good way.
Really happy to get more Aang & Zuko conversation. In combination with later eps it kinda takes the place of another scene but maybe even better...
Iroh steps up here to stop the fight where as the animated series he just looked away. By this time in the show zhao and Zuko had had their Agni Kai
One of the best episodes in all of Avatar. This shit was beautiful from start to finish.
Everything with Iroh and Zuko was done flawlessly if not better than the original show. Everything else not so much
Agreed ☝️
In the anime version of ATLA I think about Zuko he is good but now in the live action version I really really love Zuko so much now because he shows more emotion and more feelings than the anime and I like it so much Zuko is so precious we need to protect Zuko so much
Phenomenal episode. So damn good.
The blue spirit is here
Yeah, the resolution with Koh should have been its scene on its own, not just stuck into the ending collage under the monologue. But everything else what's new in this episode was good for me.
20:13 This is the moment when I knew that this show is a masterpiece!
I rly love this episode cuz in ep 6 has something more about sacrifice and our true feeling.
Been waiting hours for this 😂
Same dude
Im really glad they have made much needed changes. Roku stuff is golden, I’m glad you aren’t writing this show
When Zuko did the Cape Fear move to save Aang i shrieked with joy
(fav ep of the season)
Zuko v Dad was best fight so far. loved it
The amount of 1:1 in this episode is astonishing
Making Appa noises is so relatable. You’re so real for that 😅 ⬇️
Best episode of the series, made my mom an i cry during the 42st division scene lol
This was Zuko's episode. I loved it. I LOVED the addition of the 41st being Zuko's crew. I found myself getting more emotional than i usually am while watching this show and i didn't know why until i thought about it. I realized that I got emotional because they're doing it. They're finally doing a faithful live action version of the show i grew up with. I got my hopes up and than crushed with the trash movie that came out in 2010 and finally seeing it done right, activated that child in me. And i LOVE that it's not a copy paste but it still brings the nostalgia with it at the same time. It has it's rough edges for sure but it's still a great show.
Daniel Dae Kim said his take on Ozai is that he has generational Trauma. Basically he's a boomer. He does love his children, he just want to mold them to be as ruthless so they'd have greatness and uphold the nation
Wow that was good.
I rly love watching the show through his editing
This is my favourite episode so far ❤
Gyatso held on long enough to tell Aang it wasn't his fault.
Zuko and Iroh continue to be the most in this show... apparently one of the OG writers worked on this ep, he has a writing credit. I think the 41st division was their idea.
I really agreed with a lot of your discussion especially comparing this episode with episode 3. That melding of storylines (Jet, the Mechanist, and Bumi) really worked because those characters provided naturally contrasting viewpoints on a key issue: how do the people experiencing the war lose themselves/their ideals in various ways. Jet was willing to commit atrocities in search of vengeance; the Mechanist was committing treason in order to protect his son; and Bumi had lost hope because of having to make similar hard choices over and over for so long. I think that episode was at times a bit clunky, but ultimately had a cohesive idea in the way that episodes 5 and 6 really didn't. I also wasn't a fan that immediately after episodes with the clear message that the way Aang will succeed is by relying on his friends to help him, they immediately split up the team and have him spend almost two entire episodes doing things himself.
And perhaps the best part of episode 6, the twist with the 41st division, IMO could have been much stronger if it was ZUKO'S CHOICE! I couldn't believe the missed opportunity here. Iroh's comment that they owed their lives to Zuko's sacrifice felt a little off after we watched Ozai give the order in the flashback. But imagine what that flashback scene could have been: after "It is done" Ozai starts walking out the door and Zuko yells after him "Let me take the 41st for my crew!" That also would have bolstered Zuko's philosophy stated earlier in that scene that maybe the "weak" just need time to become stronger.
I'm so upset that Roku didn't enter Aang's body, it was one of the best scenes
My wife and I feel that this version of Ozai does love Zuko at least somewhat. It really does seem like he has some level of connection to him and makes Ozai more real than just the pure evil antagonist of the animated series. I feel it makes him a more interesting character to watch.
I believe episodes 1 and 6 were written by the OG creators so I'm pretty sure that out of all the episodes these 2 were definitely canon now.
Edit: I mistyped 2 with 6 and forgot to change. 😅
The og creators wrote 1 and 6
@@SardonicVida oops. Yeah. I mistyped and forgot to edit the comment. 😅😂
@@Samu_Raaay all good bro
Roku never interacted with Koh that was only kuruk. Roku also sound a lot more joyful here. We don’t get the mother of faces until the comics. June comes to the fire sage temple here in the show she found aang and company at the perfume spot. June is flirting a lot more with iroh here.
Also not a big fan of Roku or the fire temple here, but the thing that bugs me a lot in this episode is that they never resolve the problem they posed in the previous episode. Aang frees the villagers and his friends from Koh, sure, don't think you needed to put Koh here at all but fine.
The problem with how they mashed things together here though is that there is no resolution for Hei Bai, they're never healed, as far as we know that spirit is still rampaging and all those villagers will just get captured again. They set up what was necessary for the resolution in the previous episode but they just never actually resolved it, Aang just gets the people back and leaves.
I think the original creators were credited on this episode. probably why this ep felt the most like the OG series
It’s crescent island how did June get to the island? I don’t think her pet can swim
I have similar thoughts as you, I love the addition of the 41st being his crew because they were going to be sacrificed. Roku is my favorite past Avatar and I don't love how they how portrayed him. I get that Kyoshi is a fan favorite and featuring her more appeals to the fan base, but I miss how involved Roku was.
One of my biggest complaints about this live action show is they chose to undercut the most important relationships of the show, which is Katara and Aang, to connect everything with Aang and Gyasto. I enjoy the Gyasto references, but it shouldn't have been done by removing the importance of Katara to the story, which I feel they did. Roku is central to the story, because ultimately all of this isn't Aang's failure but Roku's, and I love that it shows that after his death Roku is still trying to fix the mistakes of his own past, something that audiences watching this live-action version wouldn't understand.
Yeah but you don't find out about Roku's past until later on in the series you're acting as if this is the only we'll see him
And they slowed down all the stuff between Aang and Katara because of two things the age difference between the actors and the pandemic
@@lordfoul6259I'm not talking about the romance stuff, I get that. Katara was always the one to be there for Aang and to help him out of the Avatar state, and I didn't love that they changed that. Ignoring all hints and aspects of romance, the Aang/Katara relationship is the most important relationship in the series and it is a bummer that most of that was removed.
@@lordfoul6259I know we'll see him again. I thought they did the thing with Kyoshi to hint at what was going to happen at the fire temple with Roku possessing Aang, and was bummed out that they established a new canon detail, only to ignore the thing that actually happened in the series that was connected to it. It's crazy that they made Roku silly, and made Kuruk way more serious, when the opposite would have made more sense.
@@KevinDPomeroy I can't say anything about Katara getting Aang out of the Avatar State because of spoilers but it does happen my mom pointed it out to me and as for Roku not taking over Aang's body that was a choice Kyoshi made I guess Roku didn't think June was that much of a threat to take over his body
5:45 was everyone’s reaction to seeing this representation of Roku.
Zhou is such a worm--deliciously so.
So I think the 41st division was a great addition that many of the OG fans wanted from the live action. There's some obvious dialog and plot issues here as well like with Ozai and Iroh. One thing specifically is that Zuko is stronger/more skilled than Ozai? I get what they were trying to go for but it's too cheap and robs Ozai of his danger. It wasn't close and wasn't because he chose mercy that Zuko got his scar, it was challenging authority and disgracing the family name by using his status to openly agree to an Agni Kai. Zuko took it as standing up for the greater good. Ozai took it as a bratty child using his status to naively challenge a seasoned general for what would be best options in war, not offering a better solution, and willing to fight or use his power and status to get his way. Both these ideologies needed to clash as a reminder that it was his challenging authority and his self entitlement that forced this "Tough love" on Zuko. Ozai crying over it was a bit disconnected from the character motivation. He views his son as weak for sure but more so he views his son more akin to his wife. It was due to Ozai's usurp of Iroh position that cost him his wife. It was supposed to be Zuko who paid that price but his mother took his place. Ozai killed his father and took power anyway. This is why Azula is his favorite that she saw Zuko's weakness and tries to take his spot for succession just as Ozai did to Iroh. This new motivation puts some awkwardness, for one Ozai isn't as strong as a Young Zuko and almost lost to him in an Agni Kai. This means Iroh, Toph and Azula herself are all way stronger than Ozai which makes him less of a threat. Two, that Ozai views weakness as the higher issue over order and thus wouldn't care this son challenged a general since that's a sign of strength which he values over order. He also lets Iroh talk however to him when Ozai views power over order. This is again contrary to the in world messaging they're establishing in the live action. So by their own rules it doesn't make sense. Again, nothing looks lived in like everyone is cosplaying instead of function fashion. Roku scene was awful and the totem seemed arbitrary to the narrative. Ko was cool but it overlooked the bigger and more thematic Hei Bai. As another reviewer mention, Hei Bai sets up the theme of avatar and foreshadows the Moon and Ocean spirits. Hei Bai represents like the avatar balance between the worlds which the fire nation disrupts. The avatar himself is symbolized by the acorn to Hei Bai that the destruction can be reset and balance restored by the new generation like Aang being reborn to do just that and Yue becoming the Moon Spirit. Ko trades all their lives for a statue makes no sense since he literally there to eat them. Ko didn't even take the people or Katara and Sokka on purpose, they accidentally ended up in the spirit world and taken by accidentally avoiding Hei Bai. It's a poorly thought out reason with alot of post hoc reasoning that again doesn't make sense just to play fan service instead of establishing a reason. In the animation, Aang discovers his avatar state is powerful enough to stop Ozai, the strongest fire bender. He discovers that in order to control it, he has to first master the over bending styles in order of the cycle for maximum efficiency. Thus he starts with water bending just like Katara who is almost motivated to master water bending herself. This gives them something to mutually bond over and even create tension between their character flaws. Aang learns first hand that his very existence will bring destruction because both sides are fighting harder now that he's there to give people hope to end the fire nation's reign.
The show says fuck all of that, lets just have Kiyoshi tell him instead of the audience seeing it played out because they're children. Lets tell send Aang north to fulfill that destruction plan because he doesn't need to learn the other bending if the avatars can just swap places with him. The avatars don't tell him he needs to master the elements first to master the avatar state thus has no real reason to seek a master especially since he doesn't even want to learn from or with Katara, again inadvertently more misogynistic than the animated show. Make sense why they didn't want Katara being the motherly figure and stripping Sokka of his humbling arc that Suki, Katara, Yue and Toph show him. None of him realizing that he's the weakest one of the three. None of him learning to becoming a leader to maximize his teams potential. Just him being a "sigma" playboy man with Aang's humor and Katara's maturity. It missed the whole purpose of Hei bai episode that mirrors the messaging of the whole show of imbalance being corrected by the fruiting generation to take down the establish order of might and order is right, not freedom and understanding. Again making it shallow for fanservice that new viewers don't care about all the spirit animals and guest appearances. Look the many faced god who is Ko's mother easter egg isn't the smart or insightful plot device they thought it was. It makes the whole two episodes shallow. Gyatsu stayed from crossing over to the afterworld just to tell Aang, Roku is looking for you for Roku to not even warn Aang of the comet but to troll him and the audience and give a totem back to Ko. It's like pick a lane, you want us to compare the show to the animation or not? because you're failing on both fronts. As a stand alone it's pointless and misses the deeper messaging the show did better with less time. If you're going to bank on fanservice this wasn't it either. Zuko and Sokka are carrying this show and it shows why, the writers are super misogynistic themselves didn't learn from the show.
Dude u didn’t have to write a whole damn essay 😂 goddamn
@@hassansulaiman3848 lmao it was my pleasure tbh 🤣
As someone who didn’t really watch the original show much, I very much agree that the Roku and Koh stuff was handled very, very poorly. The escape and everything between Aang and Zuko, and the stuff with Zuko and his backstory and Iroh, that’s all great. Generally agree with you, everything with the Fire Nation in this show is spectacular. It’s the whole show, for me, because there’s virtually nothing outside of the Fire nation stuff that really works for me, at least not consistently enough to build up any momentum.
I dont like what they did to Roku.
Hi Omni. So what I have been doing was I went back and watched the anime series and I’m watching this series and things about and as you and another channel that I watch are reviewing it and you do your reviews your comments and how you feel how things are going I go and see how it flows for me in the animated series to be honest, there’s no real complete flow in the anime series. I know you feel like there is but let’s put it this way doesn’t show up until the end of the first season and all he really does is just explain who the water and moon spirits are to aang. so to me code didn’t come off as any particularly important character in the anime series just there to extend the narrative or explain the narrative but here it’s basically the same thing he wasn’t like anything major just a lot scarier to be honest with you
Hey, one more comment it’s not that I’m going to give the live action a pass but I’m kind of letting them. I’m waiting for the narrative to continue to see how it can how it keeps going. I am really not having a major issue with an eight episode, run of a live action version of avatar so far if they made it a 1012 episode series, that may be a different story, but for eight episodes and things that had occurred in the animated series if they tried to squeeze what was the first season into these eight episodes I don’t think it would’ve worked out to be honest, I think, picking and choosing certain elements for this first eight episode season I think they’re doing an OK job so farit’s a tough show. It really is a tough show to translate.
That's what i dont like with TV shows in general, the director changes every episode and so the vision. Some moments were weirdly edited.
I think this was easily the weakest episode of the show. Maybe episode 5.
I like the show overall but this was all so sloppy lol
Unpopular opinion: this is my least favorite episode of the series (next to episode 5).