the avatar live action show was... interesting
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I can't get over the fact that Aang doesn't waterbend a single time in the season he's supposed to be learning waterbending 😭 (Koizilla doesn't count) That was literally the whole point of them going to the Northern Water Tribe in the first place!
That's one thing that's weird. Like bruh, why didn't you read your scripts 😂😂😂 and I enjoyed the show but man, still a mixed bag.
It’s not really a remake of the OG,think of it as a reimagining
@@isaaccuevas1717 Doesn't mean it has to be bad
IKRRR, legit after i watched all the wpisodes I was like wait... why didn't aang bend any water the entire season??
Agreed! But I think the point was that Kyoshi gave him a vision that they were going to be under attack.
Yue’s wig was awful and katara bevoming a self taught master without learning anything from paku is just wild to me ????? Like okay if she spends 20 years teaching herself why not but she cannot become a master so fast without a teacher 😭
Also i hate they didnt explore the themes of talent (aang learning waterbending fast so later on he struggles with the other elements) vs practice (katara is a prodigy but most of her ability comes from dedication)
what's worse with katara is that it is two MEN that "teach" her to bend...
To be fair it did seem like katara learned water healing or at least went to healing practices. So she did learn better water bending, just not fighting.
Still, I wish they would have shown paku teaching her or one of the water boys teach her some moves in secret, that would have been cool/a good change.
I get why aang didn't learn water bending:
1.) probably cause of budget/not sure if a second season
2.) so they could show more air moves/abilities (I did like seeing aang being able to fly without his kite, that was a really cool new addition)
“You found a master haven’t you”
“Yes. You’re looking at her”
😬
@@--julian_ What are you even talking about LMFAO
@@kataraluver that it is Aang and Jet who help her waterbend. especially Jet, a dude that is not even a bender
The fact that katara and sokka went into the spiritual world is ridiculous.
Yeah only aang and sokka went there
Because it seems like they took stuff from the swamp episode. Which I guess they’re just going to cut now too
@@TayNez63 not surprised because the swamp waterbenders are based off of white American southerners. And they are therefore related to the water tribes. And since they removed the main white features from the water tribe, like the the big blue eyes. I doubt they'll include the swamp water benders.
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@@TayNez63Noooo. Not the swamp episode.
I KEPT WAITING FOR ZUKO TO SAY HONOR AND HE NEVER DID 😭 NOT MY ZUKO /j
Ehe ur too much 😂
He said "what's the honor on that?" in ep 1 when his soldiers told him to not fight Sokka in a 1 vs 1
@@jrlombardi5251 That would make more sense but he actually said “what’s the glory in that”
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Idk I think he and Sokka kicked ass as their characters… even if Sokka managed to skate by as a fake native.
Tbh I’m still kinda annoyed that in the first episode they made it seem like Aang went out for a stroll one night and just happened to get caught in a rainstorm, like it wasn’t his intent to run away with Appa.
He didn’t leave a note or anything like in the og series, and I feel like it got rid of a lot of his character development/flaws and the guilt he felt later on because he chose to leave after learning he was the avatar, but they made it seem like it wasn’t his fault at all. 🤷
Which makes his scolding from Kyoshi and bumi seem a bit mean spirited.
And then they kept fucking bringing it up throughout the season. Kyoshi, bumi, etc. all gave him so much shit for something he didn’t even do bc they wrote it out 😭😭😭 wtf like… why change that part if they were gonna make everyone harder on him than in the original where he actually DID run away
@@sooyoungfanclubI think they made bumi and kyoshi so harsh to aang to provide that outside pressure. Because the feelings of guilt don’t come from within as much anymore bc of the changes the show made. Which doesn’t make sense to me, I don’t think they should have made the change.
@@jamess7496 that reasoning makes sense, but yeah the change makes zero sense… it would’ve had a lot more of an impact if he had actually done it. It feels like the writers took away much of the flaws from the main characters, which is a shame bc they are kids and should be flawed, selfish and rash
Something tells me Nickelodeon had their greedy paws all over this show cause it felt like it was made to be marketable more than anything, like "oh well we can't just have Aang run away cause that would make him flawed and we can't have our hero not be perfect" 🙄
bothers me that the whole plot of the omashu episode in the animated show was so that aang could figure out who bumi was to save katara and sokka, but instead they were in the secret tunnels where aang and katara were supposed to be
I dont really have an issue with character changes when it comes to pairing them with different people in different spaces, but the characterizing decisions they chose for Bumi in regard to him being a more bitter unhealthy person didn’t sit right with me. If theh respected the aspect that Bumi isn’t supposed to be learning from Aang and is supposed to be teaching him something then that aspect would have been fine for me, but instead they decided to change the characterization in that he is emotionally unwell and somewhat out of his mind in not knowing when to finish the challenges. He came across as borderline suicidal which was wack to me.
i dont particularly care about the secret tunnel part i dont think it was bad except for it had too much exposition, but the way they fully changed bumi was just kinda weird. like i understand he'd have resentment but i dont think he'd take it out on aang. all the adults were being so pessimistic and mean with and aang and just killing his vibe and he didn't really get to have fun like a kid, it was weird.
@@TheRealHerbaSchmurbaI agree that I don’t like the change in bumi but I understand the point. The point of omashu was to show how the war had affected the people. With the inventor becoming a traitor, jet seeking revenge and becoming hateful, and bumi being bittered and loosing his spark of life. I liked that contrast.
Aang, not only doesnt bend a single droplet of water (which is NONSENSE, since this is the BOOK OF WATER), but he actually straight up, doesn't do anything. At All. The entire show. He does like.. maybe 3 things? He.. (doesnt "run away"), he just goes out for some air. He.. helps the blue spirit/zuko which helped him escape. And he.. goes to Roku's temple to speak with Roku.. who tells him of nothing of importance, while yelling at him and being goofy and angry at him. But outside of that..? He doesn't do anything. The finale, he lets the OCEAN SPIRIT solve the problem??? Just like he let Kyoshi do it before??? What in the world. Aang DOESNT DO ANYTHING, in the first season of a show that has his name. What the heck. The animated show, Aang is all about DOING. He DOES EVERYTHING. He goes places just to have fun. He beats firebenders when necessary. He learns bending when necessary. He makes choices. He makes decisions. He follows through. He shows up and does more than people expect. In this version.... he... doesn't do a single thing. Uhhhh, what? Did the people behind this show watch the original show? Why is Aang so nonexistent in this show?
I totally agree, by the end I felt like all Aang did was talk about his guilt and responsibility and hurting other people the whole show
Yup, and frankly, its not interesting, its tiresome. Reducing such an active, exuberant character like Aang to just his guilt is such a reductive way of viewing the character. Hopefully, in season 2, they can fix it.. to some extent, I mean the damage has been done.@@sunnygrassx216
Facts like wtfreak brau
No, they didn't.
I feel your pain I was wondering all of the same things. I keep hearing people defend this show by saying that the animated show was perfect (which it is) so if they tried to make a 1 to 1 live action version that if anything was missing we would be up in arms. That logic isn't sound because guess what we're critiquing the crap out of this show because it's not staying true to the animation. The reason why we wanted a live action version of the show is because the show was so good and we just wanted to see bending done in live action. We wanted all the same stories compress down but not changed. It's really sad because as much as I like the original show I don't think I can finish this show. And they should have stayed true to the main source and they should have made more than eight episodes. I would say at least 15 or so episodes should have been made.
This live action adaptation literally has a longer runtime than the original season one yet it feels like it accomplished way less
Because they spent most of their times talking instead of showing. Also adding pointless things like the first 3mins of aang he is basically floating like a fairy in CGI. THAT was the first scene we saw of aang.
If you ask me what I would've done....first scene with aang I would have showed him having fun. Imagine we first seem him playing "air ball" because he had zero interaction in the first ep with his friends and the fun that he said he had when he was crying with appa.
But aang didn't feel like that fun kid even though he kept saying he was.
which is very annoying because for some reason they felt the need to shoehorn in so many aspects of season 2, instead of focusing and including more things from season 1. I hate how so many people are talking about how they “didn’t have enough time”, when they had MORE than enough time and were just focused on the wrong things
live action is going to inherently have slower pacing, which will curtail just how much information they can cram into the same timeframe. But yea, they still had quite a few missteps
@@Luey_Luey Live action isn't inherently have slower pacing. People not knowing what they are doing is what ruins the pacing.
Yuyu Hakusho live action pacing was way too fast. Completely opposite of ATLA. ATLA wasted so much time in their show. Like gran gran repeating the intro that took 3mins, to aang flying around first 2 mins of seeing him, and then random dialogue that wasn't necessary that the watcher could pick up on.
the runtime is not longer. and that's part of the problem.
I feel like the writers just made changes to the plot for the sake of being different and not to make it more creative or expanded
It's ironic because the said the og creators left because they were trying to make it unrecognizable and still managed to do that without them
Well some of the plot changes made sense. The comet needing not to be so time sensitive makes sense because Gordon is going to age like 4 years by the time we see him again in season 2
@@loganleroy8622 That wasn't even what the original writers were addressing. I don't know why people keep bringing that up as if that is the only factor.
@@randomlygeneratedname7171 Because that would be a legitimate reason to divert from the original story. “Just cause we felt like adding a new take” is not a good reason. What I don’t understand is why Netflix insists that the show needs to be 8 episodes.
@@loganleroy8622 bit that doesn’t explain why they didn’t make Aang waterbend the whole season
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I could not believe how they did Bumi. It broke my heart. I completely understand that this show is supposed to be darker, Bumi is supposed to be jaded by war, and not everything needs to be 1-to-1 with the animated show. However, he's supposed to be one of Aang's friends, and an elder who would be *theoretically* wiser. He just seemed so needlessly cruel to Aang for "abandoning everyone". Not to mention that in the live action Aang didn't even run away, he was just trying to clear his head when he got caught in the storm. He was turning back to the temple when he got lost! It just made me sad that not one person had an ounce of sympathy for Aang, a 12 year old CHILD waking up to find the world at war with his entire race destroyed. Maybe that was the point and I just didn't get it but idk.
I'm with you. The direction they went with Bumi was bizarre.
The biggest thing that bugged me was, as you already mentioned, as an elder he should be wiser... He is standing in front of a twelve year old child, nevermind an old friend, and it is not ok to let out your resentment on a child like that!
FR EXACTLY WHAT I WAS SAYING AND THINKING
@@rebekkapr7726yeah he is 112 😂
@@CCstarss777 ok, a 112 year old with the mind of a 12 year old :P
Watching the live action sorta made me appreciate animated katara more, she beared the brunt of having to take her mother’s role at avery young age which led her to be this strong willed yet stubborn character. Meanwhile i cant feel much of that from the live action
Live action Katara really wasn't that bad she just missed a lot of things in the real Katara
@@CCstarss777 not that bad? She didn’t have a single story line to herself everything she did built up a male character and their story. All her lines either push the plot forward or push the male characters, character development forward. She has nothing. She’s literally there just to be there just to be the female character they put zero story time into developing her as an actual character in her own right it’s all about the guys.
I don’t even get me started on what they did to Suki
@@tracim3080 what did they do to suki? In my opinion I think they made her a lot more focused on sokka and gets horny everytime he's in her presence 😭😭
makes no sense that sokka and katara went to the spirit world with aang, like they gotta stay true to the lore and the world even if they want to rewrite stuff
“I guess this place is so spiritual I just brought you both with me” HUH??
@@unbakedalaska1301😂😂 never realised how idiotic some of the lines were until i found yall 😂😂
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@@unbakedalaska1301bruh, did they actually say that? 💀
What r u talking about? In the og even Iroh went to the spirit world
I love how they amped up the Cabbage man tho! They kept hurting his poor cabbages over and over again, and finally, one scene he raised his fists to the air and shouted to the top of his lungs "MY CABBAGES!!!!"
#justiceforcabbageman
Can see why the original creators left, must’ve been like a slap in the face seeing their near perfect creation being changed like this.
Created what exactly? The head writer was Aaron and his wife. There's a reason why Korra was pulled from TV mid season 3, low ratings. Bryan and michael can't write for sh!t. Stay or not, would've been the same.
@@MotionComicsHD"Can't write for shit" Literally co-created the greatest animated series of all time
Yeah but the original is still there
I keep seeing people saying they reportedly left bc they wanted to change it even more, bc they didn’t want to do the same story twice.. if that’s true it seems this whole thing was doomed no matter what
They want to make even more changes than what Netflix put.
This turned out to be exactly what I feared all along, it was focused more on visuals than the writing
The visuals were in the uncanny valley, don't you think?
Exactly, the script felt like ai
@@STARK0181at times, yes. i dont know why anyone would want this over the original animation. watching most of the fights just made me want to go back and watch the og ones because even the worst ones are more dynamic and interesting to watch. no amount of cgi is ever going to look better than 2D animation.
I haven’t watched the show yet, but I’ve seen edits of Katara and I was wondering why the hell she’s so monotone where is her passion? Bending comes from emotion and Katara supposed to be a tsunami 🌊 . A hidden 🌀 hurricane. As well as someone who’s hopeful and thoughtful and compassionate. She is embodiment of the element of water. 💧 in the edits I’ve seen I didn’t get any of that.
Well because you haven’t watched the show I would watch it myself and not rely on edits
Trust me, I watched the whole Live-Action this is VERY ACCURATE unfortunately.
a lot of the actors seem to be a little emotionless in my opinion. gran gran is the worst, she barely made any expression, or any tone in her voice. i know i cant nitpick everything, but the acting is really aggravating sometimes
i watched the show and she was so passive. in th og she was so fierce and otspoken. here she was just there. @kylejackson7913
Watching the show I noticed that she is really good with her tone of voice but sometimes her expression are so different than how and what she’s actually saying. Besides that she was often really good katara.
Yeah, the writing is too on the nose. 👃🏻. Too much handholding and over explaining. It’s like they don’t trust the intelligence of their audience to figure out what’s going on even though they’re adapting a source material that most of their audience have already seen.
Yeah, it is even weirder since the original show was much more subtle and let the characters' actions speak for themselves and it was aimed towards children.
@princessbaka6875 because imperialism "bad" they accidently dumbed down the fire nation in the live action. In the animation despite it's subtlety it had a much more serious undertone. They didn't think they were the bad guys they genuinely thought they were trying to share a better prosperous advancing civilisation.
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I really hated how Pakku didn't become Katara's master. That was a really important part of the story and it really belittles the significance of having a bending teacher.
I don’t think anybody is going to learn anything from a master . Sokka is already a formidable fighter from the looks of it , he probably doesn’t need master piandao , Katara certainly didn’t need a master to become one 😂
@@curtiszyr😂
@@curtiszyrlmao
@@husnalale8114 lol I love sokka but aside from his sharp wittiness, strategy and throwing boomerang, he’s pretty much useless in hand to hand combat 😂. Same with Katara, yes she gets some general bending tips from aang and applies it to her water bending, she picks things up quickly and has moments where she goes into this sort of rage mode and her bending looks kinda advanced but that’s just her fiery personality fueling her every move but on a scale of 1-10 she’s nowhere near master level , not yet ! The only thing she’s a master without training is healing because she’s so in tune with her feminine motherly nature she doesn’t even think about it when she touches you with water she’s basically Jesus instant healing no explanation needed . The show gets way ahead of itself in this aspect
@@curtiszyr bro, i agree with you at my first comment
the issue I have with the secret tunnel is that in the original the crystals ARE what was able to lead the lovers in and out of the tunnel safely Not the badger moles. Like this series bothered me alot and yes it feels very much Like a Very Well made FEVER DREAM that seemed to make sense during the dream but then when you recall the dream some things just dont add up.
Yesss in the original Aang, Katara & Appa manage to leave the cave w/ the crystal's light. The badgermoles are the ones to help Sokka, Momo & the hippies out. In the end the crystals just felt useless in this version like yeah they lit up but they literally didn't lead to no damn exit🤦♀️
he didnt bend a single drop of water in the first season, so he has to learn water and earth in the same season ?
also hated what theyve done to Bumi and the interaction with koh was stupid
I have a feeling what they will do is open the second season first episode with aang knowing/practicing a bit of waterbending abd having some time pass.
Why? Cause the actor who played aang was like 12 when this filmed and now this year he is 14. Even if they were already filming now, they still would have to say some time passed, even if just a year.
@@specialtwice4975Yeah they confirmed it's gonna take place over a few years, so by the end Zuko will probably be 19
Katara will probably be 17
Sokka will probably be 19
Aang will probably be 15
Toph will probably be 13
All our opinions aside isn't it fun to be having avatar discourse again 😁 feels like the internet when I was 12 😂
The way i can describe the Netflix series is “i don’t hate it but i also don’t love it. Would i binge watch it multiple times like the original? No. Am I gonna watch season 2 and 3? Yes.” 😂
this is exactly how i feel yess
well yes
Same
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in a way, im kind of excited for season 2 and 3. not because i enjoyed it, im not even sure if id actually watch it myself. i just get the feeling theyre going to fuck up toph and i want to watch the internet explode when that happens.
I LOVED Ty Lee's actress. Feel like she pulls off her character's bubbly personality so well.
Mai and Ty Lee wigs are atrocious but other than that distraction, I believe that they do a good job of conveying the character.
I kinda hate how they potray ty lee and mai, they just stood there comenting to whatever azula did, whilist on the anime even when they just talking mai and tai ly always doing something, like mai mopping around, tai ly doing acrobatic things
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I didnt like it if im being honest. It just feels like a lifeless, unnecessary reimagining with worse acting. I dont know how so many people were even able to get into it cuz i felt like i was watching a school play most of the time.😭
It didn’t help that they tried to shoehorn all of book 1 into 8 episodes; on top of that elements from future seasons and the comics. It’s way too fast paced, the exposition felt jarring and nothing felt character driven. The actors did a good job with what they were given. If anything, I blame the bad direction & questionable script
i had to take 6 breaks between episodes 3&4 because they were just hard to watch
The first 30 minutes of Episode 1 set up the bar too high for me which lead to the slow disappointment
Ngl I was really only watching for Zuko after an episode or two😭 The actor did so well as Zuko
i've only watcheed 28 minutes of the first episode and i've already given up seeing how lively the southern water tribe is. they're supposed to be on their last leg because of all the damage the fire nation has done but they're thriving and it ruins the urgency the og show had
I think a big problem is that making the show more realistic creates inconsistencies and logical problems the animated show didn't have to deal with.
A good example is the fire bending. They're doing more to show how deadly fire bending can be by having people being killed by it. But then at the same time, they still can't make the fire that deadly and most of the time it just knocks people down. And that inconsistency is harder to accept when you have real people, they want it to be deadly but most of the time it's pretty cartoony. It's something that is easier to get away with in animation but way more noticeable in live action.
Same thing with the war. The world has been at war for longer than most people are alive, generations of people grew up only knowing war. In a cartoon, they don't have to show too much of the harsh realities of the war. But it's harder to accept that in live action. And they're stuck in this place where they try to show more but not too much and it doesn't make sense and feels off.
They threw out the blueprint and kept all the names, a few of the places, and they completely overpowered firebending.
I had so much faith in this show. I was defending it with all cost but when I watched I tried so hard not get mad but broooo. They took out everything 😢
Same, like Inwas genuinely looking forward but they made season 1.5 by including shit from S2. Just stick to the source material man and make changes that make sense.
Yes because they had limited time and they can’t include every tiny little thing to make you happy
@@kylejackson7913i hate that yall keep coming at people like this, ofc they couldnt do anything but why not even try to have some? like they couldve kept the unagi and the elephant koi riding to show aang being a goofy kid while not going through the great divide line for line, they couldve kept bumis challenges the same to show how he taught aang to think outside the box, they couldve kept koh where he was initially in the story and just done a mote interesting better team building filled haibai episode, it doesnt haave to be 1:1 but gutting the heart of the show that really made it what it was kinda sucks alot of life from it
@@nope19568 all that’s stuff you’re talking about would’ve been pointless. Does it contribute to the plot? Does it tell us anything new about the characters? No
@@kylejackson7913 very narrow minded thinking, it allows us to learn more about who the characters are and what they value without shoving it down your throat with exposition. i dontt really think this show did much of anything new with the characters besides leeching the fun from them. maybe watch some videos on media comprehension
This new Gran Gran looks like she wants to EAT the Avatar
She talks too much!
@ia13 IKR. after she ruined the speech with telling aang that he was the last airbender instead of aang finding that out when he goes back home I was like I am done with her....then she has the audacity to point at aang saying he is the avatar and the reason why firebenders there.
I was hoping we get that scene where Zuko grabs her and takes her. Because I wanted zuko to take her away
🤣
@@CSM_Kobeni yes!! when she told him, i was like "omg shut up!!" 😭
LMFAOOOOOO My friends and I kept joking about how she kept telling the whole gang THE ENTIRE STORY OF THE SHOW WHEN THEYRE SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONES WHO FIND IT OUT THEMSELVES
@@johannaelloso9418 maybe that's why master paku didn't say anything about katara's necklace 😂
My biggest issue is Zuko and Iroh. Their dynamic is just off. Every time Iroh speaks, he doesn’t sound kind or loving. It just seems like he’s scolding Zuko and he almost looks smug when he does it idk? And Zuko just looks like a sad puppy most of the time. He didn’t seem angry, aggressive and driven-he just seems weak, which is not how Zuko is supposed to be. I also just can’t get over how every time Zuko is talking and “trying “ to be menacing, he juts his head forward and it just looks so derpy and ridiculous I can’t take him seriously at all.
Also the slow mo. There’s just so much of it. And when characters go into a power pose and their trying to look cool, they stay in that pose for so long.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
ngl his head movement is hilarious.
Underrated comment 😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Iroh really feels like from different show.
Yeah I felt bad for Azula. There’s a fine line between intimidatingly menacing and annoyingly whiny/angsty. And unfortunately I think she was leaning towards the latter, whereas her character demands to be the former.
I really felt like they made both Azula and Zuko very whiny and weak. Not driven by their rage and desire for perfection. Just sad daddy issues
they absolutely missed the mark on her. bad casting and bad characterization.
@@_M.... Pretty much. Also bad writing. But def bad casting. I mean, I have a baby face too, so if they cast me as Lord Ozai, I can see tons of people getting upset, even if I was a phenomenal actor. Since the damage is done though, I'm hoping the actress (and the rest of the team) will prove us wrong.
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I personally think that the show would have been better off having its book 1 split into two seasons. They had the perfect plot point for this. Which is the seige of Omashu
yes but the problem was budgetting. $120m. That is why they didn't get more episodes. Probably reason why the creators left because they wanted more time/money.
$120m ranks atla as one of netflix's most expensive shows and it barely had a 7.3/10.
If budget and time wasn't an issue this show would've easily been better. That is why arcane is so good. they had endless budget and time. They paid for it themselves instead of netflix. Arcane was almost scratched and the people in charge basically fired some writers because they didn't think it was good enough....now arcane is a grammy winner in animation and storytelling.
@@CSM_Kobenidamn bro
they just needed a longer season. this 6-8 episode streaming format is pure garbage.
This is definitely a show that exists
The show added so many good stuff but they also removed so many good stuff from many characters that could backfire bigly for next seasons if they get renewed
They added too many stuff from season 2, 3. Acting wooden from many actors. But they are kids I let it slide, they can approve.
Still give it a 6.5 to 7 but man smh
That's one of the reasons why I avoided this show AND Fate the Winx Saga which if you ask me is the worst live action remake of a cartoon, not The Last Airbender. Movie-wise, I'd say Mulan 2020. I've only seen reactions to all of those live action remakes and I think that's all the exposure I need. Anyway, the original series had 20something episodes each season which was perfect! They don't fit Netflix's limit of just 8 or 10 episodes.
I’ll give the child actors grace since they have little to no experience. However, I have no doubt with a better script and proper direction they could nail their characters. The dialogue was 99% exposition, and the kids lacked so much direction. The first Harry Potter movie suffered from the same reason, but they had amazing directors who had experience from working with child actors
@@AJ-xc4qe the avatar live action at least respects the source material unlike winx saga (in my opinion)
@@AJ-xc4qe the only thing i liked that they added was the airbender purge at the start but tbh there isnt anything i can remember liking that they changed, from how the characters act and all dont really have a personality besides like iroh and zuko, to the several episodes being combined into one so it just feels rushed, benders fist fighting..., its like they sucked all the charm out from the tv show and just tried making it like game of thrones but instead only made it like seasons 7&8 which werent good
Lmao what did they add?
I can’t believe no one is talking about Katara’s character in the show….. the casting was not good. sorry to the actress cuz she seems nice, but every time she was on screen I was completely taken out of the story. Her line delivery was just not convincing. Katara is supposed to be strong willed and empathetic, but the actress’s portrayal of her was just so soft spoken and boring to watch unfortunately. I understand that no one can recreate the same expression as an animated character, but she just didn’t seem to try. Katara is one of my favs from the og so I was really disappointed to see her done so dirty in the Netflix show
I think the thing that really got me in this show is how pathetic the firebenders are, especially in the beginning. I always said that showing the genocide would just be an expensive waste of time and I was right. The firebenders suck. It takes 4-6 comet enhanced firebenders to take out one air nomad, the most passive group in the whole Avatar universe. This genocide should be cake so why is it so difficult. Also why is the comet so small. Blink and you’ll miss it I’m telling you. This should be the most powerful firebending we will ever see until the finale but I can’t tell the difference. Zuko has a difficult time defeating Sokka, on Kyoshi the firebenders are not making any serious damage. Katara a novice waterbenders takes a couple soldiers out, Aang makes quick work of the Fire Sages. Like Zuko is at his closest to beating Aang in Omashu when he wasn’t firebending. Like the firebenders are useless and they suck
Wont let this much writing go to waste with no replies at all. Yes i haven't even noticed that the firebenders are useless but exept for when they killed the people tho by burning them that was pretty sick.. But brutal 😂
Zuko was giving "he stole my dream journal"
i went into the show with the opinion that it either has to be really good or really bad. if it was really bad i could write it off, but it ended up mid. which is the worst outcome because you cant really write it off.
i am of the opinion that you should never change something if you can't make it better. dear writers, you are not obliged to make changes because this is an adaptation you have the choice to keep things similar to the cartoon hope you know that. (you can't see it but i'm currently crying)
just like with the last airbender movie 14 years ago, i can’t get my hat around how they couldn’t pick up better child actors, like SO MANY people would have loved to play the roles yet the main kid/teenage cast couldn’t bring across any kind of emotion without making it seem like an awkward school play (not to mention the horrible dialogue that made me cringe throughout the whole show - why does grangran randomly cite the intro like this is normal conversation WTF)
literally turned it off after that gran-gran scene 😭
I think the problem was the directing because even seasoned actors like Daniel Dae kim, Ken Leung, Utkarsh Ambudkar and several other ADULT actors had questionable line delivery and at times stiff performances. They probably didn't have the time to rehearse beforehand and/or the director may not have understood these characters enough to direct the actors to get a good performance
@@kbreezy1581 I agree, felt like most of the acting was limited to exposition and plot development. The fault of the writers and directors, not the actors!!!
@@plankton2878 Wise decision, my friend.
Another weird addition they added that I hope won't come back to bite them in the ass in the future is that the Fire nation has a calendar-like thing that are able to tell them dates like when the comment is arriving, which also showed the sun and the moon in the calendar. This means in season 2-3 if they decide to do the solar eclipse invasion, the Fire Nation should already be aware of it thus making it futile. Unlike how in the original, the Fire nation didn't know and Azula had to randomly find out about it.
Well they’ve already taken out the library episode anyway.
It doesn't change anything. The invasion fails either way.
@@loganleroy8622wait why? How do you know?
Nah they can just adapt it Slightly different. The Fire Nation knew about the Eclipse by the time it came & it was mainly a distraction so Ozai could hide. So they could just do the same but have it be planned wayy in advance. And as far as we know if they make a season 2 Team Avatar won't know that the fire nation know so they would still attempt the day of black sun invasion
I think the FN knew the eclipse would come and they'd be powerless, it is just that they didn't know that the others knew of that fact and that they'd use it to do an invasion
when Zuko didnt say "reclaim my honor" i just thought of ember island not being in the show and no buff dude as Toph.
In my honest to god opinion, the Omashu parts were my least favorite parts of this show, and the two episodes set in Omashu is probably the weakest ones. I thought the pilot and the last four episodes were pretty solid, though.
im not joking, i had to take multiple breaks mid episode because like it just wasnt fun watching the omashu episodes
They mix three episodes(omashu, northern air temple, jet) in one, the idea was interesting but so poorly executed 😔
definitely! I thought it was just me but I didn't mind the 1st Omashu episode but the 2nd one dragged so much 😭 & I feel like the Spirited Away episode did aswell. but in conclusion
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
I found good but 4 & 5 😑
Lit I didn't like the omashu eps AT ALL, everything else was alright and decent with just individual problems
@@manulopez4697I would’ve just kept it simple. Episode 3 would’ve been the Haru episode with a dash of “The cave” maybe Haru has a mean grandpa who makes Aang feel guilty about running away. And episode 4 I would’ve made into the Jeong Jeong episode.
they made katara so docile which is odd bc the way the actress behaves in interviews is similar to katara
Why did they even make the show in the first place? They know it’s never going to measure up to the original, don’t fix something that’s not broken.
Watching live action ATLA is like seeing a brand new luxurious vintage themed car crashing and burning, it has sentimental value and is clearly expensive, but then it got into an accident (the writing)
FINALLY a review that is legit! Why is everyone acting like this is a great adaptation! I Thought it was terrible!
To each their own
Because they are sufficient with mediocrity. Which is kind of sad. This show was extremely expensive to make and it felt like an average show. YuYu Hakusho live action that was made in december has better ratings. (and that show was rushed). Aang doesn't learn water bending, half the side characters rushed in, dialogue was over the place, and writing made it seem like people watching were stupid when in reality we've all seen this show numerous times. S2 ATLA will 100% be more rushed and tighter budget...if this is what they made with a longer chain...imagine how bad s2 will be.
Because people like diff things and sometimes the majority will disagree with you
nah i think the problem is often people shut their brain off to try and enjoy the relaxation of television when in reality ive often found that an active participation will always increase viewing pleasure. But, as a result of this, once the binge hype of it settles and people start to "wise up" and notice the flaws, things like the internal logic having contradictions every 5 minutes, (see Aang flying with no glider) it will start to lose its positive reviews. Especially when they adapt later seasons with what they've already ruined. And people are already (thankfully) inclined to not appreciate the show as we are FINALLY getting away from the idea that live action is better and that the original show still hold up to the point where we need sequels not re-adaptation!
tldr: after people see past the very thin veneer, they will see its problems. Reviews will continue to get worse. Thankfully.
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I think many are more focused on the fact that this adaptation is better than the movie, and dismissing the actual quality of this version of the show.
I think the worst crime the live-action commits is just being nothing. Not bad, not good, just meh. Like one of those shows you watch and immediatly forget about it. 🤷
With this show I feel like we juts have to accept that it's different from the cartoon. Like if u watched the animated show go watch the animated show, this is it's own thing. Overall I'd say it was okay like I enjoyed it, definitely hope it gets renewed though for season 2
Same
If it's its own thing then they might as well change the name of the show and all the characters
I mean, yeah, it’s it’s own thing, but if the changes aren’t for the better, than it’s hard to see them as a good thing. And being different isn’t an excuse for flaws.
Start watching it without a negativity is sure the way u watch it
It’s different and its own thing for sure…and it sucks. Like, it’s badly written as a standalone show
as someone who has no knowledge of Avatar, when i heard what they removed i was like "Okay, so they gave nothing then?.."
Me personally I feel them actually killing people in this show is kinda trying to hard,like the CARTOON was mature enough as is without blatant kills
I think the mature tone suits live action, the increased violence makes perfect sense to me. But I can understand why someone may not prefer it.
@@coss1tbh i hate the idea of maturity being linked to live action vs animation, the cartoon had to stick to a y7 rating which definitely effects the amount of blatant gore youre allowed to show but nothing about the core deep themes of avatar was "immature"
@@nope19568that’s Nickelodeon fault they had to make it a little more kid friendly since Nickelodeon’s whole thing is family friendly shows
@@greeneyelightskin746 ...i said that
The only good points of the show was the visuals, and maybe some of the additional scenes like the invasion of fire nation at the beginning. The writing was NOT very good, especially the into the dark episode, they did bumi really dirty. Iroh is NOT AT ALL the Iroh we all love , and the build up to sokkas both relationships were very unrealistic, worst of all no Katang at all, no water bending from ang at all, no Comet WARNING from the previous avatars at all, and the finale was bs to be honest. Seriously I’m not angry of the changes, but they could be better , spired away was the best episode by far , as for the acting,for me ,iroh was the worst choice,katara had no emotions ,aang wasn’t really believable ,zuko and sokka were thes best of all of them,i liked avatar kuruk backstory and the plot of 41 division ,overall 5/10 for me .
The 41 division part gives more meaning when iroh tells them about Zuco speaking up for them to not be killed aside from that they didn’t do enough of building on the lore of the cartoon. Better casting was needed like azula should not look like someone who’s cheeks you want to pinch 🤏
@@miguelsanchez404It's the lore accurate age for Azula.. not Netflix's fault that animated Azula was drawn way too mature
I didn't like all of it but I enjoyed some of the plot mash ups. Didn't like some others. But I enjoyed the show. The lack of comet is because they couldn't have it be so time sensitive
the Azula trio was pretty hard to buy IMO. Bunch of passive characters who had no impact on plot, and don't look particularly imposing.
Sokka did take a hit in character losing his misogyny, but they didn't by any means butcher him. I would have appreciated less time dedicated to a second romance, and repeated doubts about his lack of warrior vibes.
Characters were not given enough time to develop for their "rise to the occasion" moments to have the desired impact (except Zuko). That was the greatest loss of this series.
It's pretty good so far, this show has so much potential if they keep the later seasons more serious. I actually like a lot of the changes ngl. If it were a one to one copy then what's the point, just watch the original. Only problem is some corny dialogue but that's it. The fights are the best part of this show.
They nessed up my girl Katara so bad 😭 She's literally devoid of all personality and character because they renoved her caretaker role in the group because they thought it was "sexist" LIKE WHAT?????
The show was amazing, but they didn't do Sokka's Kyoshi Warrior makeup :(
They probably took it out because they thought it would offend people these days. Boys being in dresses & makeup as a joke. Since there are drag queens & femboys. Also people are sensitive too
Yeah they were probably scared right-wing fans would complain about the crossdressing. Cowards.
I like what they did with Zuko and Zhao, I thought the Azula stuff was also good. Iroh could've been wiser and liked tea more but overall good. Katara wasn't as good and they didn't really do anything unique with her, Sokka was solid, no problems. Aang was not as carefree and fun but that makes sense. I thought the pacing was good for squishing 20 episodes down to 8 episodes, they did not need a Great Divide episode, they did not need a whole episode about Bumi, who remembers the fortune teller anyways, I was fine with how much stuff they put into the Omashu epsiodes because we did not need whole episodes on those either. Overall I'd give it a 6.5/10.
the thing thats bothers me is when katara was fightinh pakku, it felt like they werent bending anymore , when both uses icebending they werent turning water into ice
snow just came of out their hand from thin air, the ice pakku was sliding came from thin air, and the ice spikes pakku used to trap katara ALSO CAME FROM THIN AIR, there was no water being frozen at all just snow coming out of their hands, it just felt like they were being elsa from frozen
Is that what happened?
MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD (nothing specific, just general things)
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I, too, began watching this show not with high hopes. I didn't watch any of the teasers besides the main trailer (only to know what I was getting myself into). And while I have some critiques about the show, I will say its like an 8/10 for me. obviously improvements can be made and I hope they do so in season 2. I REALLY liked the castings, set and costume designs, and music and overall the DIVERSITY in the show. When you watch the episodes you'll know what I mean, but I loved how each and every region has diversity. Especially when they go to Omashu, I loved seeing the south east asian representation (and cabbage guy lol). I loved the main cast's acting and how they're ALL giving it their all. Especially the bond that is shown between Sokka and Katara, Zuko being a fire brat edgy teen, and Azula's need to be number one. some criticisms I had was I wished they made Zuko's scar bigger and nastier, like a real burn, disfiguring his face (also no eyebrow because realistically he wouldn't have one). I wish Aang would be more playful rather then being serious all the time ( there were some moments ) I also though Aang's actor was a little stiff when saying his lines, so it took a lot longer to get used. But I promise it gets better as the story progresses. I don't want to spoil too much, this is just my thoughts.
Aang's actor did a great job, his acting in the later episodes became better and improved
Suki was craving Soka's meat in this version.
Not only that, but he ended up kissing both Suki and Yue within the time span of the 8 episodes. Man was getting action. Suki was just creeping. 😂
I'm really scared about this show getting renewed, i'm scared on how they will going to handle one the best and most sad episode of the show : "Appa Lost Days", and of course the whole story arc that has to do with Ba Sing Se, and the death of Jet's character and of course how they are going to "handle" one of the best characters of the series .... Toph !!, among other thing ofc ! . I'm really scared !!! .
Sokkas actor isn’t white his tribe just isn’t recognized by the gov
I think they don’t mention Sozins comet happening in a year is because they holding off to mention that closer to the finale of the show since the actor playing aang (and kataras actress) will look more than just a year old by the time the finale happens
aangs actor looks like a 12 year old I don’t think aangs and katana actor will age so fast within a year considering their ages
For this adaptation, I wasn’t expecting nor wanting a 1-to-1 replica. I think it *was* possible to condense some story arcs (or remove them entirely; The Great Divide is one that comes to mind), in order to make the season tighter and more “dramatized”. I wouldn’t have minded adding in new context or emphasizing things from the original. My main issues were the script, cringe dialogue, and minor changes that didn’t need changing.
Kyoshi didn’t need to foreshadow the siege of the north - while it “adds urgency” to Aang’s journey, it just makes the finale less surprising. In the original, the “expiration date” is Sozin’s comet coming at summer’s end. This is what fuels Aang to “hurry up” and learn the elements, adding emphasis that they need to get to the north asap.
Roku portrayed as some goofball? Huh? Why was he cracking jokes? He’s supposed to be a wise person who almost feels a sense of responsibility for the war.
Kyoshi’s portrayal is more like the meme-version of her - they depicted her as like this bloodlust merciless killer, which she wasn’t.
Aang not even bothering to use waterbending was so odd. Part of Aang and Katara’s relationship in season 1 was them learning it together.
Speaking of the Gaang, the script in the first episode did not properly establish *why* these characters were together. It felt more like they were obligated to because “Aang is the avatar”, which is a terrible reason. In the original they band together because they genuinely like each other, because Aang gave Katara hope, and so she could learn waterbending. There’s just no chemistry between them.
Tbf, Sokka’s sexism story arc only goes until episode 4 in the original. After Kyoshi island that plot is basically resolved. An important lesson, but I wasn’t bothered they removed this.
The exposition also really hindered the live action. Sooo much telling and not enough showing.
I feel we could’ve had a really great adaptation, and while this one isn’t bad, it’s visually appealing I give it that, it just doesn’t capture the right story and removes some important story elements that shouldn’t have been removed.
You described it so perfectly as a “fever induced dream” of the actual cartoon series. Wish they would have kept some of the actual show scenes instead of wasting money and time on unnecessary new scenes.
I guess I’m the only one that actually liked it. The actors did a good job, the writing was ok and made sense, the action was good. Did they remove some things? Yes but not things that were super important so I’m not understanding what people are complaining about.
“The actors did a good job”
…did they, though?
for me the actors were ehh, and for me the writing was just abysmal in most of the episodes. they tried adding in so much from other seasons while trying to make it like game of thrones and changed characters motivations or just got rid of them for no reason, they sucked out the strong characteristics from people like aang katara sokka bumi suki and ozai and made them just feel shallow and empty, and theres just many things that were said that made no sense like they said sai made the delivery system for omashu but earlier in the episode aang said how he used to be there and loved the creative delivery system... that was 100 years ago and sai aint 100 so it just makes no sense (theres multiple other examples of this happening this was just the first one i thought of and i dont feel like typing anymore) if you enjoyed it good on you, i was just letting you understand why some people might dislike it
@@cleragius3125 it was like they wasted their budget on vfx and casting, and the writing was an afterthought. Everything visually is beautiful, and the casting is amazing. I’m so disappointed in the direction the show took
@@20000dinoIf you asked me, yeah.
@@20000dinoYes, they did perfectly. I don't get everyone being so negative, the show was as good as it could possibly be. Absolutely deserves being Netflix's top show at the moment
They nerfed the character development and so many meaningful scenes were cut. Wan Shi Tong being in the spirit world makes me worry that they'll cut the library. Also they totally missed the point of Koh the Face Stealer, it was about getting info and having emotional control, instead they just had Aang make an exchange with a little totem of Koh's mother for Katara and Sokka, just reduced Hei Bai to a cameo. Aang gained Hei Bai's trust who helped him later. It almost seems like the showrunners were afraid of getting cancelled before a 2nd season so they crammed in as many characters as possible.
The one thing I liked about it was how the people in Omashu were played by South Asian actors. I'm Southeast Asian and it's always annoying when there's this whole fictional world based on Asia, but really they only mean East Asia lmao
okay my gripes with the show: i am okay with them changing the story a bit, but don’t like them changing the characters. why was suki legit stalking sokka?? i felt it was so weird for her. also why didn’t hei bai go back to the cuddly bear version after aang saves the people? and i personally do not like that they made katara so timid!! why is she so quiet and needed jet to unlock her true powers or whatever. SIDE EYE
it feels like a very high budgeted and dedicated fan made version of ATLA tbh.. I agree with you, the actors did great job given the script they had to work with.. at the very least they definitely nailed the casting and the effects
in all honesty, i loved it. but i’m willing to accept that there are a lot of problems, the dialogue, some cgi and yeah man they fucked up roku imo. however, i also loved a lot of the remix’s. weirdly enough i actually really enjoyed the take on Omashu, for the most part. I also actually liked the spirt world stuff, the pulling of the stuff from korra was pretty awesome i think, and really liked how it added more depth to the characters whilst also making sense it reminded me of a mix of the swamp and the storm, especially with sokka. Seeing people say “oh he has no flaws now” pisses me off, he clearly uses his humor as an escape from not feeling good enough, and that flashback in episode 5 man, it hurt. But the big thing i love about this show is that it’s now more accessible to those people unfortunate enough to not like animation, my mom and my grandma love it, and that makes me so so happy.
It’s okay as a show on its own and if you don’t have too much nostalgia for the original show, I liked it personally. It has problems, but I think it’s a show I could put on and enjoy. And I do hope it gets a chance for season 2, because season 2 with Zuko and the whole arc, could be really interesting in live action
Lets just gloss over the fact that Sokka never went ice dodging with his dad in the cartoon. So him being a "disappointment" for that reason is dumb. The cartoon handles the ice dodging with Bato really well. I assume they'll try to weave that scene back in here somehow. But, Sokka's motivations in this seem out of place. His most painful memory is disappointing his dad in a retcon?
The notebook is lame af! Sokka would have a map. Relying on some Nathan Drake notebook is rough. Having Aang steal is out of character. But I guess they needed him to steal that instead of Katara stealing the scroll?
Also, actively avoiding bending after having resolved that he will have to learn all the bending styles is just bad writing and even worse characterization.
I’m just happy to get more azula content since she’s my favorite character. I thought the live action was pretty okay, I’m excited to see what is next!
I haven't watched it but I don't have hope... currently rewatching the original avatar show! But actually why did they even remake the show....
I am little conflicted about this show and while watching this series 1 thing kept popping into my mind - WHY they didnt made show in different time period?? I mean some of best things in this show for me were (most of) bending itself and locations/cities - really cool to look at. So why not make show about one of past avatars, or even time period when Aang is adult. That way you have soo much more freedom to craft your own story, create new unique characters (espec. with past avatars option) and just keeping locations, world and bending as it is. Plus you can avoid constant comparison with original cartoon which is such high bar to even match and we would get completely new story on top of that.
Avatar studios is doing this
"They should be really proud that they managed to capture the vibes of Avatar".... Girl, where the hell did you get that from? The "vibes" of ATLA were the way characters were developed and interacted, Netflix BUTCHERED most of the Gaangs arcs. Also, "the first episode is really similar to the OG"... NO, it was NOT, they changed SO many core aspects of the first 3 episodes that they cover from the OG. Anyway, glad you could enjoy more than i did, in fact, i hated it.
It was far from a disaster, but it still missed more than it hit.
as someone who never really liked the pirate arc and disliked most of the one off characters from the great divide, i’m not mourning either of their exclusions. however, there was a lot of stuff that should’ve been there :/
I can't accept that they removed "this is katara my flying sister"
I did not fw this show at all. Some of the dialogue is so corny, it’s rushing through so much, and it’s all very flat and boring. wtf did they do to Roku and Katara my god. Plus the spirit world looked like a instagram filter. I’m not gonna hate on the child actors because they can improve but man these directors weren’t helping them here. Dallas showed promise when he got angry at Zhao in the finale, and I think he should have been allowed to do more. Overall 5/10, not that great. I do like the visuals at times but that, and Ian’s sokka were carrying this shit. I will also say tho, the cast is fine, they needed more to do lol I guess I just expect them to change as much as they did.
I agree with your point about the direction, working with child actors can be very hard as they need to be told everything specifically. In this case they’ve failed, as most of our characters fall flat. Gordon Cormier is amazing at playing Aang with the right direction and dialogue, his first scene looking for appa is my favourite. He nails the comedic timing and he has Aang’s cheerful vibe down to a tea! It’s unfortunate he’s only like this 1% of the time however. Definitely the fault of bad script & direction- not him
@nubiamancy eh idk I thought he was the only one with any personality. everyone else felt bleh
@@exoticeditz8863 for sure, they just need to find something and just focus on that. There is a good show in there somewhere, maybe S2 can improve on it.
The way I was waiting for your review on this...
I feel like it would’ve been a better idea to have a series on one of the other avatars outside of Aang,Roku and Kyoshi instead of just retelling the same story again for the third time.
Or second time rather
OMG the fever dream analogy is EXACTLY what I thought too😂😂😂 except the dialogue in my dream still would have been much much better
As a huge fan of the original show since it was showen on TV for the first time - and also own all the Atla comics - I personally hated the live action show, they changed so many personalities of the characters (and ruined some of them completely like e.g. Bumi, Yue, Azula, ect), they thrown in stuff from season 2 and 3...so what are they going to show in season 2 (if they make one)....Aang can fly now without his glieder and also doesn't really want to bend - the Avatar State is shown as something evil....the only two things I liked was the backstory with the comet - like that they showed what happened (usually they tell/talk more than they show), and the costumes. I'm happy to cleanse myself from this shit show by watching the original again.
I'm more excited to watch the second season of Percy Jackson - because that show had a lot of potential and I hope they make the necessary changes so the show will be great. Also there is no other show that I could watch instead - and I'm really not a book reader.
To the agni kai between Ozai and Zuko: 1. overall Ozai seemed less cruel in the LA version - which is a bad thing - he is supposed to be THE most evil man. 2. In the original Zuko was banished BECAUSE he didn't fight back. The agni kai was the punishment for him speaking up in the war meeting - but the banishment was the punishment for Zuko not fighting back in the Agni Kai.
8:42 yo! one of my high school friends played a freedom fighter, and i can confirm theyre a great choice for the role, they really loved the animated show and tried super hard to emulate the original character.
“They did a better job than the percy jackson show” respectfully, oh hell naw the pjo show is my beloved blorbo
I agree with everything you said, literally your video perfectly describes how I felt about everything
Should’ve stayed animated and maybe tell a continued story that we see in the comics, I believe that could’ve been huge for Netflix
noo not the mind palace i'm having sherlock flashbacks helpp lol
Aang not waterbending at all had both me and my partner (who never saw the original series) upset. Also keeping the scene where Katara gives Aang the acorn and tells him the forest will grow back but saying look here Hai bei just to have koh steal that plot thread made me so upset.
i think that they wanted to capture the more blue tones of the show and kinda make it like something where people can watch it without knowing about atla animated version.
Honestly the live action was pretty decent, and i actually enjoyed it depsite some of the major changes. some of them were actually kinda fun to witness. (The whole thing with the 41st division was suchhh a good addition) but the ones that i didnt like were making Bumi a petty old man, changing why they needed to go to the north(it makes more sense to go there to learn waterbending instead of "preventing a great tragedy" because the ultimate goal is to stop the war, and the second option makes it seem more like theyre just doing damage control isntead of facing the problem at its source) and the early arrival of ozai and azula. The time spent on azula couldve been used to show the gaangs relationship, and the whole thing that made ozai menacing and mysterious was that he was a faceless character for the first season. its also what put more emphasis on zuko and zhao being the relevant "bad guys"
I hope they make a second season
I don't need to watch it to know I won't like it. I've never been a fan of the recent obsession of making live actions remakes of already great animated works.
It's as if animation is considered as the lesser medium that's in need of live action 🙄 Honestly the money and efforts that went behind this series could've been used to make an Avatar Kyoshi animated series for example, or finish the upcoming animated movie...
Zuko's actor got the first season whininess down so well
We’re getting both season 2&3 so let’s see how they try to salvage the mess they created. I’m worried for how they will do Toph. Character development needs work. Especially with Katara. 😅😂
Wait…it’s out?
I'm just waiting for you to do a POV of the animated show from Katara's perspective. They should've hired you to play Katara, or Azula. Your Azula POV was perfect!!
I never cared for Kataang but, the lack of it bothered me. I felt that the original show waited too long to confirm Katara's feelings, and it never really felt like a "romantic throughline," more like something the writers came back to at random when they weren't dealing with the actual plot. That said, the lack of ANY "crush" interactions felt ... troubling to me. I'm one of those weirdos that adores the Mai/Zuko relationship (especially post-series), and if they go the Zutara route, I'll be unbelievably disappointed. I think Kataang here is a lesson in not appreciating what you have until it's gone. (And, if they're gonna kill Maiko, they better at least make Tyzula canon.)
This is my favorite review I’ve seen so far and I’ve been watching them all day:) I also thought a lot of the show was freaking sick. I still need to see a review of the show from somebody who hasn’t seen The original cartoon (does this person exist?) because I think that all the exposition everyone is complaining about was well done! I had a smile on my face every time they talked about some component of their world, and maybe because it’s been a while since I’ve seen the show, to me it felt like it did a great job of reminding me of what happened without showing me shot for show what happened. It’s very familiar yet new and fresh and I’m so excited for book two and three. Idec that the Netflix show will almost definitely have a time jump to account for the age of the actors so the shows might vier away from each other because they are forced too. However I really feel like everything was so good I’m gonna watch it again very soon haha. I do have one gripe and it’s kind of the way actor for ang (I know he’s also the youngest on cast so let’s not pick on the kid) but he does react to things in only one way in especially the first three episodes. Spoiler I guess, but anybody will tell him some peice of information and ang will just scream it back to them and say “That’s why…. Is doing that!?” And the other person goes “mmmhmm” and it happens three or four times . Not a huge deal. And they stop doing it later in the season so maybe the actors is learning the ropes. My favorite actor was the guy who plays Zuko (sorry I don’t know their names yet ) his character arc matches the cartoon in season one almost exactly and was so much fun I loved every scene he was in.