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Master paku asked Aang how he was able to defeat all the monsters and firenation soldiers and Aang said bcoz he had help from his friends? Like wtf he's basically useless. That was so baf
I'm still trying to understand a lot of fans in their dislike of the series as though they wanted it to be a direct word for word repeating of the cartoon series which would be awful as an idea I did believe that there were definitely characters were certain parts were the script fell flat repetitive or seemed extremely weak all in all I gave it a solid B
@@Slim_Albusthe crazy part is that if you paid attention to any of the other UA-cam subscribers including this one he said the reason why they left ultimately was because the original creators have the tendency of wanting to change a lot of the base premise of what they created which conflicted with the Netflix staff I'm trying to hold on to the base of what the series was originally
@@dramatictiming We don’t know how he died it’s never been official. There are theory’s but, no official end to Aang life. What you most likely watched was a fan made one. I think I know the exact one because I’ve watched too. I thought it was official but, I dug a bit deeper & figured out it wasn’t.
3 episodes in so far, and I have to say this feels like a lot different from the original show, which in my opinion isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Me personally, I’ve always wanted the live action to feel like it could stand on its own, and I think it’s done good job at that. It’s one of those shows where you have to be willing to accept the changes to like it. If you’re gonna hyper critical abt it, u’re gonna hate it. It feels like ATLA, and it’s got its spirit, that’s all I needed. The more we think about it, the more ppl would start to appreciate it imo, and I can tell so far the writers actually cares about the show
Exactly people seem to sometimes miss the fact that it has the spirit of the show you can’t expect a 1 for 1 adaptation. The emotions this series made me feel were phenomenal for me by the way.
Katara waterbending to stop the fireball from a distance is a great way to show that she is indeed a great a powerful waterbender even if she's just learning. i mean she learned blood-bending right?
Well I would say that they didn't need to show that on the first episode. The series made it always aware of it how much great talent she had, but that doesn't mean that it has to be shown from the beginning and its like they try to prove it from day one
@TalhaAnsar-pc2lw Yeah it makes sense especially after she was able to control it and was already at the level of an waterbending master. Season 1 katara wouldn't have been able to do that at all
For someone who could not bend droplets of water in the first episode to almost defeating Zuko, then Paku it's like what is left for her to learn. It's like she is basically aang combined with azula
I wish people would realize that he’s not *actually* flying! They went out of their way to animate air, bending around him to show that he’s manipulating air currents to float! There IS a difference.
I genuinely think people are hating on the show just for the sake of hating on it, yes it’s not a 1 to 1 remake of the anime but if I wanted to watch a 1 to 1 then I’d watch the anime, I enjoyed watching a different take on this show
Some small details were changed but still made sense. The water bending scroll already being in the water tribe, Aang had a bison whistle during a time in which bison were numerous and even though Kyoshi was introduced early the fact that Aang encountered her there on Kyoshi Island still made sense. It's like they did away with all the filler but still kept details from it which is better than just skipping over it like how the movie did.
there may be some people who hate just to hate but a lot of people have brought actual problems with this show so I do not think it is fair to say that is the main reason dislike this adaptation .
I think this show is like the Percy Jackson situation, where there's too many expositions, and changes, and removing something from the source material, but if they ever renewed the show, I really hope they improved it.
Same I think the two series were adapted so they could cater to different audiences. Some fan service for the OG fans and a bit to attract other audiences. All in all I expected to have many parts I wouldn't like and I was super hyped to be objective, but it was good 7/10
@@AntoineBandele true, it was worth the wait....watched the whole show, solid 7/10... amazing visuals over all, and man i love the new plot twists with azula and all..., i see they gave real attention for the zuko and iroh arc, and some stuff that i wish they didn't change...Roku and his 'grace'...and him being the 'avatar' mentor for aang (not that i hate the dominance of kyoshi, but still Roku was the "spirit" of the original.) and i think they sould have left some of the personalities some of the characters and avatars as it was, i mean why make everyone is so mean to him, cuz he is just a kid. well, trying to not compare it to the PERFECTION of the original, it was awesome overall... and now they really have alot of comments they can learn from...and i hope to see some of the iffy writing and pacing fixed in book-2.
i watched everything in 1 sitting and i very much like it. id give it a 9. i have some pointers where they could improve upon but for the most part its very fun and faith full
I felt the same way! Idk if I’m just traumatized from that old movie or if I was just really interested in seeing this story for the hundredth time in a new way, but I enjoyed it. There were things that were different, and true fans can always find things to nitpick, but the show had so many touching moments that I don’t feel the need to point out every single fault. I’m surprised so many people dislike this.
Dude I'm completely torn half and half, no spoilers but I really think they are trying to incorporate elements of the entire universe into the lore, like the comics and novels
Almost done with the show, and I’m so disappointed in kataras character😭 she’s literally supposed to be the “mom” in the group, and they ruined her personality entirely. She’s literally just there to be there
I agree wholeheartedly. They made her all about the bending and erased her strong bond with Aang, her caring side and her temper. Her over focus on bending makes her seem a little egotistic even. But also Aang's arc was not really there for me this season, would you agree?
You also believe that people don't understand how television works whenever you have a show that is roughly 45 minutes to an hour it's considered a drama so there's not going to be a lot of comedy or plethora of jokes because those are signified by shows that only have a running time of 24 to 30 minutes
My two sentence review so far is that the animated version had better dialog, but the live action's got better worldbuilding/visuals. Showing off the air nomad genocide was awesome, changing the Katara and Sokka's fishing dialog from the show wasn't great and neither were all the exposition monologues.
I overall liked the show I think but I think this will be a lot more enjoyable for people who don't have an extensive background with the show(maybe someone who watched the show in their childhood or someone who never has seen it at all). I noticed every single time they mixed plots or sped thru/ skipped something that happened in the original. Still solid tho im excited for season 2
I agree. I'll be marathoning this with my brother on Saturday who isn't too familiar with the original. I'm curious to see if the mixed storylines make sense to him, because some of them definitely threw me off as a long-time fan of ATLA. Some work better than others, but I wonder if someone like my brother would even notice
I wish I enjoyed it as much as you did honestly... but even though I didn't love this episode at the very least it made me realize that the storm might be my favorite episode in the entire show, which is pretty cool i guess
First I would say the cgi were fantastic unlike the previous forgotten version. Firebending looks awesome, earth and water is bit rough but there were some scenes I liked like Bumi bending earth and we see it falling apart and sand trickle down, it was a good addition. Also the scene from the blue mask was adapted perfectly, this is what I would have wanted for the entire series, a bit of the old with a mix of new unshown stuff like the dialogue btwn aandlg and Zuko. Did not like the changes made btwn the relationship of Ozai, Zuko.and Azula, Azula looks desperate to please her father as if she is not a prodigy. Aang and Katara relationship is basically nonexistence and what was sokkas doing with Katara in the tunnels, just bad. Overall I. Enjoyed the series but I think it might improve in the later seasons
It seemed like they couldn't decide between showing and telling. They give us a detailed voiceover to explain what the characters themselves would go on to say explicitly, such as Gyatso and Exposition-grandma. The fights were epic, well choreographed and had good CGI, but why show the Airbender genocide and then give the characters no room to interact? Better than 2010, but it gave the characters no time to justify the fervor and emotional connections they were supposed to have based on how they act. Everyone seems flat and very happy to move the plot along without much cause. It adds little to the vintage of Avatar. "You're the bravest person I've ever known"?? Edit to correct spelling
Agreed. The exposition was just too much at times. I know it's about introducing new people to the story and there's a lot of worldbuilding needed for the first episode, but DAMN they really just tell instead of showing a lot in episode 1.
@@clonewarsyou say this as a long time Avatar fan, but they didn’t make this for only Existing Atla fans, but also to draw new people to it which it has done. people who knew nothing about the lore understand it better, to us it is too much exposition but for them it’s refreshing because it explains what they are getting into .
Mannnnn Idk what all the hooplah is about.. Based on all the nitpicking online I assumed this was going to be terrible but I've been having an absolute blast. It's not perfect but I found myself genuinely moved quite a few times.. Im into it!! I just wish the pacing was better And to be honest I always felt like season 1 would be the hardest season to adapt@@clonewars
@@hez859 I had the opposite experience I think. I thought it was looking good, and there were parts of episode one that I could get behind, but I feel like the show is talking down to it's audience whether you're a fan of the original or a new viewer.
@@clonewars that intention doesn't make the writing better. Doing a voiceover and then having characters explicitly reiterate everything said is a bit much for any viewer. Reducing other characters like grandma to an encyclopedia of world-building info. There's nothing wrong with changing the story or giving exposition for a new audience, but it seemed excessive at least at the start and left little room for character development.
I’ve seen 2 episodes so far and it’s really good. It’s more engaging than the original and I like that they took out the overly silly stuff. I like that sokka is not some 5 year old wimp who can’t do anything. That was silly in the original.
He said his feelings out loud, but it wasn't just for the audience. He was talking to Appa like people talk to their pets. Also, to be fair, Aang talked a lot to Appa, Momo, and himself quite a bit in the cartoon.
The writing in this series is super hit or miss. There are some amazing scenes, strung together by boring exposition dumps and scenes where people just sit still and talk. The actors do great when the script is good but are let down by poor writing several times each episode. Also I'm really bothered by Katara blocking Zuko's fireball, it makes zero sense that the beginner waterbender should perform such a powerful move. She even goes back to being a beginner next episode. It should have been Appa flapping his tail or something.
I don't see the writing is poor here, just the script maybe lil too off sometimes. and also katara is WTERBENDING PRODIGY, ever heard of that? so basically she just needs to learn the bending technique, in terms of raw power, she basically has it.
It still doesn't make sense because if Katara can do such a powerful move on episode 1, why on Earth is she struggling to do basic moves in episode 2? You can make up an explanation but I still think it was a serious mistake.
I'm with you! - For the things Netflix added👍🏿 - For the things Netflix changed👎🏿. SPOILERS 1. Netflix poorly fleshed out Aang's motivation for leaving the Air Nation -- he leaves out of conflict within himself; he does not want to leave the only family he's ever known (Gyatso) to begin his Avatar training. He wants to stay and be a kid with his friends and fellow airbenders. THIS conflict motivates him to leave -- dude leaves Gyatso a note! He doesn't "go on a ride with Appa to clear his head" like Netflix claims. 2. Speaking of Gyatso, they completely changed the nature of his death. Gyatso's body is discovered by Aang, Sokka, and Katara SURRONDED by Fire Nation soldiers -- suggesting Gyatso died defending himself (killing Firebenders)... Meanwhile, Netflix had Gyatso burned by Fire Lord Sozin after putting up a minor fight... that's not the same thing! 3. So Aang can fly now? IS Netflix taking a page out of The Legend of Korra? Aang should not be able to fly -- THAT'S WHY HE HAS A GLIDER! Lol, whatever. so Aang can fly... fine. This is NOT why or how Aang earned his airbending tattoos. Yes -- Aang is an airbending master, but giving him this ability seemed wrong. They could've chosen a better way to show audiences his skills.
4. Sokka. Season 1 Sokka IS SUPPOSED to be a misogynist who does not understand/respect waterbending (or any form of bending) -- in the original series he calls Katara's waterbending "magic", he doesn't take bending seriously. Additionally, Season 1 Sokka thinks women belong in one place -- in the village tending to domestic tasks. We don't really see either in Netflix's depiction of Sokka (at least in 1x1). 5. The canoe ride between Sokka and Katara is changed. Sokka and Katara are SUPPOSED to lose the canoe -- the canoe shatters among the ice in the original series, leaving them with no way back to their village, and IT'S HERE THAT Aang offers them Appa as a safe means back home. Why is this important? Back to Sokka's disregard for bending -- after the canoe shatters that and the 3 are left stranded that Aang offers them a ride via Appa, Sokka gives the remark "... "; essentially mocking Aang, showing his disbelief of Appa's ability to fly and Aang's identity as an airbender. To be fair, I love the things Netflix added: - Giving Gran-Gran the same dialogue Katara recites in the opening of the original series (A PERFECT WAY to show the culture of the Water Tribe and how passing stories from generation to generation is an essential part of it) - Having the Air Nation celebrate the "Comet Festival" as a means of gather ALL airbenders together so the Fire Nation could execute them all. - I especially loved the idea of having an Earthbender soldier discover the Fire Nation's war plans to use the comet (Sozin's Comet) to begin the 100-year war (lol, reminded me a lot of the closing scene in Star Wars: Rogue One). Speaking of Star Wars; think about Order 66 and all the ways audiences have seen that story told: - Revenge of the Sith (1st intro) - The Mandalorian (Grogu's flashback) - Obi-Wan Kenobi series (Reva's flashback) - Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Master Depa Billaba's death scene) - Star Wars: Clone Wars Season 7 (Ashoka and Cpt. Rex fighting off the clones). Lucasfilms does a GREAT job of filling in those holes; finding new ways to revisit a story/topic audiences already know... WITHOUT DISTRACTING FROM/CONFLICTING with source material. Change plot points, fine -- but at least stay true to source material. The original series is fine, it doesn't need changing. But if you MUST change anything, just add detail or fill in gaps where there some. YES, Netflix gave audiences great visuals and filled some holes in the story much of audiences already know from the original series; they screwed up in a few areas by removing relevant details from the original series.
@@danielogbonna7972 Aang can’t fly. airbenders have always been able to use the air currents around them for assisted flight. the one that can’t be done is unassisted flight, where you don’t have to make use of the air currents around like Zaheer.
I dont know how anyone could hate this. If you wanted a shot for shot remake, are you stupid? What would be the point? I think what this is trying to be is an expansion onto the animated series. Everything that happend in the animated series still happend and things that were shown and changed, changed. In EP.5 15:30 some side characters mentioned the avatar and his adventure through the Grand Canyon and the Pirates even though that didnt even happen in the netflix series. And I really DON'T understand why people are dislike bombing a reaction. I've lost all hope in humanity once again. They did this show justice and I hope people aren't ruining Season 2 and 3 for us.
Just putting out here, ATLA did a better job at adopting and keeping things compared to One Piece. Loved the One piece still and its still genrally considered to be a great adaptation albeit flawed. ATLA is imo better than it. So I if people in geneal liked One Piece. ATLA on that level too. For comparisons One piece did mishmashing too and lost some story beats as a result and at lwast for AtLa they find some way to still keep those story beats or at least evoke them in an alternative way. One piece did the Garp and Koby th8ng and Ata's version of that is the Ozai and Azula thing. But again the Garp thing caused the plot tobplay out differently meanwhile the Ozai thing did not do so much chnage to make things playout entirely diffrently. Like if I will give one leg up One pice over had Atla is that One pice had more practical sets at its disposal and less usage of Green screen backgrounds. As a dude who Both love the og source and still love the live action for both of them. I can confidently say ATLA had the better adaptation
Take note that OP LA had to compress nearly 100 episodes worth of anime/manga content into 8 episodes, ATLA had more liberties since the OG series Book 1 was shorter
@eaningonasquishedbun5542 Do take note, if the One piece remake by studio wit comes out, the entire East saga won't be like 20 episodes long , it will be under that if we go by seasonal anime standards and can go up to 20 episodes if they do things rather slowly though. Take bleach tywb as an example 2 cours(basically 26 episodes) adapted like 129 chapters in total. So yes East saga is probably less than or just about 20 episodes worth if we go by a seasonal anime adaptation. And also tbh, The most of the arcs in the east blue saga will be better off if it has more a tighter pacing.
the first to the fifth episode was fine. i don't really like the pacing and conversation in some scene. katara feels like she's just there and they should've kept sokka's sceptism at least in the first few episodes. my favorite is episode six to eight. the final battle at the north is very epic. i'm literally speechless because it's so much larger in scale and better than i expected. zuko had a better character background storytelling than aang i'm sorry but that probably just me being biased
you made a great point about the escape route, it's a very LOTR-why-didn't-they-just-take-the-eagles situation, but like why didn't they at least put the kids on the sky bison and fly them to safety? I wonder if that'll ever be explored or answered
Am I only one alittle annoyed by the earth bender moving so much and pulling off his bending? Aren’t earth benders supposed to be grounded when they bend? Or is that excused because of the situation?
I’m sorry man I’m am a huge fan! But the show is too rushed! They are squeezing in to many episodes in one! Adding unnecessary back stories! It’s just man I can’t! Now I do like like some of it but it is forgettable!
The only thing that caught me off guard was sokka's talking, and zuko having an eyebrow on his scarred left side if his fsce, other than that i absolutely love the first episode.
Honest assessment, it takes after the original in that it gets better as you go but it's not as good as the cartoon. Certain things with pacing timing and visuals you can't do live action and the original was perfect even in its imperfections. That being said this one is actually different and stories are crossed in different places like secret tunnels so this shouldn't be evaluated compared to the cartoon. I say it should be compared to the movie, I remember what I felt before I went to see that and if this was what we got instead of that we would be living in a better version of reality. I know you've always been a super fan and I absolutely adored the show so I'm really glad it's finally getting a live action version that actually does it justice rather than what I could only consider a saw torture mechanism "I would like to play a game, there is a code that will unlock this door hidden in m nights The last Airbender which will be playing on so if you pay attention to it closely you may be able to leave this before you starve to death but only at the cost of your mind" 😳 'can't you just have flopsy beat me to death, or koh, look at me I'm smiling 😊😭🤪 damn it what face do you want just take my eyes.'
They're pushing too hard for kyoshi to be the main past avatar imo and the soundtrack isn't hitting like the cartoons soundtrack. Everything else is fine, though.
Too many changes I tried to be objective and look at it from another perspective but I just couldn’t get with it. It wasn’t terrible but it wasn’t good either. I give it a 6/10.
Gonna be harsh here but I feel the show is mehh. The pacing is really weird. They rush through some stuff and other things feel extremelly slow. I also got a bit tired of feeling like I was watching some semiprofound statement every 2min instead of normal interactions. Alot of conversations did not feel real at all and was a bit cringy at some points. Most of the effects are good and the show looks nice. I think zukos actor feels the most natural and accurate in the way he acts. In my opinion it's like a 6-7. Good enough to watch once and fun but not something I would rewatch.
I have a lot of things to say about the show as a whole the majority of what I have to say is slightly negative. But I have a few things I enjoyed. This first and second episodes are pretty good tho
@@maelxidel8979friend asked my opinion on it at ep4 and I said 4/10. I updated them when I dropped it mid ep7 with 3/10. better than the movie but not by much tbh.
@@AntoineBandele Honestly, I don't like the Bumi episode. I thought they crammed in too many stories. I also didn't like how they characterized Roku. Other than that, I think Zhao was an improvement from the cartoon, I like how they made him calmer and more manipulative. I also think Zuko and Sokka were handled really well. And episodes 6 and 8 were phenomenal.
@@AntoineBandelefor me episode 4 was one of the best. I think Bumi was more realistic/better and I loved what they did with Iroh and Zuko and the earth benders.
haven’t watched the video yet but first of all, I enjoyed it even with all the things I didn’t like. However, I can not get behind them giving Aang flight at all. It makes no sense. We literally have source material on how flight works. How is Aang able to fly 😐
Overall, I enjoyed episode #1. I welcome the changes. For me the heart and soul of the original show still remains. The main downside for me is that the beginning, and some parts were too violent for the kids. I think this might be the reason why they never showed these things in the animation.
Honestly i would've preferred them to have copied the original word for word.....sence for sence....what they did here is clearly a downgrade and thats not my opinion it should be everyones opinion as well.. otherwise you aren't an actual fan...
Let's be honest, the writers didn't do a good job in making the character interactions feel natural. Most of the jokes aren't landing, Sokka's and Katarra's dynamics doesn't really feel like there are siblings. When I compare it to the original, their dialogue feels far more superior to what they did here in the first episode and I'm not even talking about their exaggerated facial expression that smoothly complements their interactions.
i think my expectations were too high. i really looked forward to changes with an open mind. but they changed so much stuff. i was jus disappointed im sorry
I take back what i said about you milking content Antoine enjoying seeing mor from you also am I the only one who noticed they got oma and shu’s name wrong originally Oma was the woman and shu was the man but they got it backwards
They changed it to 2 woman to please the panderverse. If you want a good lgbt story than let kyoshi tell Aang a bit about her past with Rangi, that would've been awesome. But changing existing stories just seems lazy pandering to me.
Man I really wanted this to be great but the acting is atrocious, they keep stating the obvious it just came off super cheesy, the writing was bad man this had potential but they dropped the ball trying to hard
What was everyone's reaction at the premiere when Sozin burned that guy? I thought the series was good! I like the changes they made for the live action counterparts. You guys can't expect that everything would be like the animated series..
Yuuup I was really shocked at the beginning - not bc it's bad, but bc it's definitely not purely a kid's show anymore haha. I, too, liked many of the changes - I really like what they did with the dynamics in the Royal family, for example. There are 1-2 changes I didn't quite understand and some scenes I didn't like, but they were really few compared to the many scenes and decisions I've liked. Overall, I think they did a great job, and you can tell the people who made this love the OG material and respect it.
I was like "oh we're going there?!" And I'm with it. ATLA had some really adult themes that were handled well for the age of the initial audience on Nickelodeon. I wanted something more adult and while I haven't finished much more than the first episode, I think it can definitely go in that direction in a good way.
Just finished it .. I liked it a lot, actually. It has many changes, but I think I already expected it. The effects, soundtrack and the vast majority of the performances are very good. In general, if you watch it with great expectations, or already looking for flaws, you will find it, as it is not perfect (nothing would be). Anyway, I hope they renew it for a 2nd season ❤ 8/10 for me ❤ Peace..
Watched all 8 Episodes today. My score for the series is a 9/10 across the board. Definitely recommend, will be showing and watching with my 8yr old daughter once she is home from school on Friday and over the weekend. 1) They show the air nomad deaths, so to adults, watch first 20 minutes before kids. Otherwise kids can watch once Aang is in ice. 2) This is not a copy of the original. 8 Live action episodes to tell story of 20 cartoon episodes. Episode 6 of original looks like it will be in season 2. Season 2 episode 2 of original is added into season 1. 3) The first episode is the first 3 episodes together with the deaths of the air nomads. 4) Original cartoon Episodes 4, 5, 7-10, 12, 13, 15, and 17 have their essential episode essence represented, in episodes 2 through 6 of the live action. A lot of things are re-ordered. Some things are expanded You will see parts of things from a recognizable episode mashed with events from other episodes. 5) Watch the entire thing before judging. Sometimes you will think something was forgotten only to learn, that the other parts or viewpoints of a given episode are in a follow-up episode. The way the episodes are mashed together means the story jumps between events of various episodes, so the representation of one episode might occur across 2 or 3 episodes; or there may be an intervening episode. 6) Do Not PreJudge. The format is different than the original cartoon, initially the order will seem odd. Just hang in with it, overall it does work. 7) Episodes 11, and 14 are not shown, but pay attention anytime Zuko, Iroh, or Zhou get a report. The events of those episodes are mentioned but it’s a one time blink, or talk and you will miss it. These episodes have indirect representation in the series. The honorable mentions in the reports made me laugh while watching. 8) The Jeong Jeong part of Episode 16 might occur in season 2, or 3 without Zhou. Jeong Jeong is not in season 1 of this live action. 9) The last 2 episodes of the Netflix Live action have been mashed together and reorder the events of original cartoon episodes 18-20. The Katara vs Paku fight is Wow! 10) Koh will appear far earlier than expected. and not when or how fans expect. He is still a creepy, freaky, and dangerous spirit. They expand Koh’s role to include some of the lore with him from the comics as well. He is voiced by George Takei (Sulu from 1966 Star Trek). 11) The original voice actor of the cabbage man, plays and is the cabbage man in this Netflix live Action series!! 12) The previous 3 avatars and ocean spirit La, at points will be given permission by Aang to use him as a channel. Kyoshi is obvious. Many people apparently missed when Roku did so. Pay attention, do not miss it by talking or by being distracted by what Roku is showing and teaching Aang. Kurik will refuse. La’s turn is OBVIOUS. 13) Azula’s machinations are definitely as evil as Ozai’s. Yes Azula learns lightning bending before the end of season 1. She is far darker than the original cartoon.
Love it or hate it, the team actually cared about the source material. That's what makes it a worthy adaptation. The acting and the script could have been better but in any adaptation there are going to be changes.
If there has ever been a perfect time for me to be so sick I had to stay home, it was yesterday lol. It allowed me to binge the entire show. I went into it just curious, but didn't expect too much, and was super pleasantly surprised!
Honestly really loved the first episode but it wasn't perfect, the dialogue was all over the place didnt sound real just a bunch of exposition dump, the water nations clothes are WAY too clean much like everyone else's, but the bending looks great! the scenery looks immaculate! im still excited to see where it goes, oh the actors are doing a good job
I kinda like how the clothes are neat and tidy it screams "hey this is a nickelodeon story you know" kind of thing. It's kinda like how early potter depicted things in a more apical way in the early movies. It has its own charm. Also the costumes at least to me. Started to feel normal normal episodes later.
Personally, I didn't think it was bad but I don't understand why they have to Remake everything live action these days. Like, you know, I'm just basically Rewatching a show that I've already watched a 100 times Personally I wish they made something new. Like maybe an Avatar Kyoshi Animated show or something. That would be really cool
The biggest problem for me we're the character changes like gran gran suddenly knowing everything and her delivery was not good, there was an older male in the south pole why was he not in charge instead of Sokka, makes no sense, then Sokka leaves another boy in charge who is almost age of Katara, Zuko is somehow not a disgraced prince as if he is on a mission, even Zhao was kissing up to him and working together, June saying Iroh is cute like why, Katara and Aang relationship is basically nonexistent, Ozai actually likes Zuko and defends him to Azula, Azula losing control, jealous of Zuko and Ozai, Bumi telling aang that he should fight and persevere so he is not going to use neutral Jin and surrender, Bumi fighting aang after telling him his name
Dropping my opinions here on the episode. I liked a few of the changes, such as: Zuko doing his homework on the avatar, the brutality as the Netflix version actually makes clear that this is true war, a showing of the air nomad genocide as we only saw the after effects in the cartoon, Sokka putting up a good fight against Zuko, and lastly the incorporation of the festival to explain why a majority of the air nomads were present in one location, and lastly the beautiful bending. Not sure how I feel about the flying change, for the time being I'm neutral until I see more of it shown. Solid first episode, nothing too crazy but a good start.
@@AntoineBandele ya he still stole faces in this as he told aang but for some reason he didn’t steal Sokka and kataras face. I was imagining he was capturing them to steal their face not eat them. I just thought of it as he doesn’t steal your Face if you show emotion he steals it if you give into your despair.
The main cast's acting & overall chemistry with one another isn't great 😔(granted I've only finished episode 1) And there's some other fundamentally weird things for me. Like... -Why would the Air Nomads be sending basically like "troops" to help defend the Earth Kingdom from the Fire Nation? -Why would Aang find out about the genocide of his people with a bunch of expository dialogue, without experiencing the tragic aftermath firsthand? -Why would Iroh have a weird, one-sided dialogue with Aang while he's captured? There was some other icks I had, like how Aang & the Water Tribe villagers had almost "factory-sealed, mint condition" outfits on; super vibrant, colorful and detailed... not at all what you'd expect from a small & struggling village. The dialogue in general is pretty bad as well. There's good things too, though-- it's clear where all that CGI money went. The environments are gorgeous (even if the original southern air temple is superior), the more grandiose changes in tone & scale (the 'Game of Thrones' feel they were going for) I can get behind, too. Showing how brutal fire can be is a needed change from the original. Overall as a live-action adaptation, some changes were inherently needed but it's just kind of a mixed bag for me so far. I'll have to keep watching to develop my full opinion on this version of the story. 🔥🍃🌊🪨
One Piece LA was filmed during pandemic and social distancing and they had a better chemistry, I chalk it up to the cast still trying to find their dynamics with each other@@elisitbon4672
@@elisitbon4672 you're thinking of the sense of space in a scene, I'm referring more to how the actors interact with each other on an acting level. I don't think they were filmed separately and put into the same scene like dr. strange 2 or anything, although honestly sometimes you might get that impression based on the dialogue delivery
The show on its own is great but there’s so many changes that I have to constantly try to separate it from the original. I understand why they did it but there’s so much packed into a single episode that it heavily throws off the pacing. Overall 7/10
Spoiler!! There were just two things I did not enjoy. First of all: the Bumi and Cave of Lovers mashup. It made sense for Bumi to be bitter. But then still have the weird tests? Pretty strange to me. And the cave of lovers thing with Katara and Sokka was just... Weird. And unnecessary to me. And then flowing from there, what was up with Katara? She was just only about bending and that strong bond between her and Aang was not there. They have very little chemistry. 😢 Overall, definitely enjoyed it. It feels supertrue to the original world. And they def payed a lot of attention to details of the world and story. But sometimes, the remixing of storylines was a little heavy. Id give it about a 7.8/10
Visually the series was good, however the script, rushed scenes and acting just caused the overall series to lack any empathy and warmth. I think the editors need to realise that sometimes a pause is needed to take in the scene/ emotions.
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U know what i wanna see? i wanna see the original creators ....mike & bryan.... reacting to it.
Master paku asked Aang how he was able to defeat all the monsters and firenation soldiers and Aang said bcoz he had help from his friends? Like wtf he's basically useless. That was so baf
WAIT YOU WERE ON JUBILEE?!
I'm still trying to understand a lot of fans in their dislike of the series as though they wanted it to be a direct word for word repeating of the cartoon series which would be awful as an idea I did believe that there were definitely characters were certain parts were the script fell flat repetitive or seemed extremely weak all in all I gave it a solid B
@@Slim_Albusthe crazy part is that if you paid attention to any of the other UA-cam subscribers including this one he said the reason why they left ultimately was because the original creators have the tendency of wanting to change a lot of the base premise of what they created which conflicted with the Netflix staff I'm trying to hold on to the base of what the series was originally
Wish he said “Wanna go penguin sledding?”.
IK. That was aangs first and last line 🤭😭
@@dramatictiming We don’t know how he died it’s never been official. There are theory’s but, no official end to Aang life. What you most likely watched was a fan made one. I think I know the exact one because I’ve watched too. I thought it was official but, I dug a bit deeper & figured out it wasn’t.
@@Xosumnos I was referring to aangs last lime in the show. THOUGH i wonder if we'll see the gang grow old in the movie
@@dramatictiming Maybe rephrase it better next time then. I understand now.
3 episodes in so far, and I have to say this feels like a lot different from the original show, which in my opinion isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Me personally, I’ve always wanted the live action to feel like it could stand on its own, and I think it’s done good job at that. It’s one of those shows where you have to be willing to accept the changes to like it. If you’re gonna hyper critical abt it, u’re gonna hate it. It feels like ATLA, and it’s got its spirit, that’s all I needed. The more we think about it, the more ppl would start to appreciate it imo, and I can tell so far the writers actually cares about the show
Exactly people seem to sometimes miss the fact that it has the spirit of the show you can’t expect a 1 for 1 adaptation. The emotions this series made me feel were phenomenal for me by the way.
Wow i wish other fans has that same mindset as you
This
Katara waterbending to stop the fireball from a distance is a great way to show that she is indeed a great a powerful waterbender even if she's just learning. i mean she learned blood-bending right?
And she didn’t even try to learn and got it in one try like she’s that good of a bender
Well I would say that they didn't need to show that on the first episode. The series made it always aware of it how much great talent she had, but that doesn't mean that it has to be shown from the beginning and its like they try to prove it from day one
@@lionkingflo6355She learned Bloodbending in minutes in OG series
@TalhaAnsar-pc2lw Yeah it makes sense especially after she was able to control it and was already at the level of an waterbending master. Season 1 katara wouldn't have been able to do that at all
For someone who could not bend droplets of water in the first episode to almost defeating Zuko, then Paku it's like what is left for her to learn. It's like she is basically aang combined with azula
I feel like the more harsh tone of the show is represented in how they're expanded on kyoshi
My husband and I loved it. The people hating in my opinion have negative preconceived notions already so they will always have negative things to say!
I kinda like how the season is not exactly perfect. That means future seasons can be better.
Netflix keeping with tradition and making avatar s1 the weakest lol
@@JackJanuarylmaooo
Avatar was too perfect that trying to imitate it would be very difficult.
I wish people would realize that he’s not *actually* flying! They went out of their way to animate air, bending around him to show that he’s manipulating air currents to float! There IS a difference.
I genuinely think people are hating on the show just for the sake of hating on it, yes it’s not a 1 to 1 remake of the anime but if I wanted to watch a 1 to 1 then I’d watch the anime, I enjoyed watching a different take on this show
Some small details were changed but still made sense. The water bending scroll already being in the water tribe, Aang had a bison whistle during a time in which bison were numerous and even though Kyoshi was introduced early the fact that Aang encountered her there on Kyoshi Island still made sense. It's like they did away with all the filler but still kept details from it which is better than just skipping over it like how the movie did.
Ugh fine 😝
there may be some people who hate just to hate but a lot of people have brought actual problems with this show so I do not think it is fair to say that is the main reason dislike this adaptation .
I think this show is like the Percy Jackson situation, where there's too many expositions, and changes, and removing something from the source material, but if they ever renewed the show, I really hope they improved it.
Improve in Season 2. And we can forget the worst of Season 1.
@@AntoineBandele since like Book 1 was also the weakest in the og show, it became much better in the next books
Same I think the two series were adapted so they could cater to different audiences. Some fan service for the OG fans and a bit to attract other audiences. All in all I expected to have many parts I wouldn't like and I was super hyped to be objective, but it was good 7/10
i just finished the whole show, and i feel like with a re-edit and changing the timeline around the show would be amazing
It certainly has the foundation to be better than it is right now.
it's 5/10 at best
@@AntoineBandele true, it was worth the wait....watched the whole show, solid 7/10... amazing visuals over all, and man i love the new plot twists with azula and all..., i see they gave real attention for the zuko and iroh arc, and some stuff that i wish they didn't change...Roku and his 'grace'...and him being the 'avatar' mentor for aang (not that i hate the dominance of kyoshi, but still Roku was the "spirit" of the original.) and i think they sould have left some of the personalities some of the characters and avatars as it was, i mean why make everyone is so mean to him, cuz he is just a kid. well, trying to not compare it to the PERFECTION of the original, it was awesome overall... and now they really have alot of comments they can learn from...and i hope to see some of the iffy writing and pacing fixed in book-2.
They make you feel bad for Aang and how he’s only a kid with a lot of responsibility he never asked for
i watched everything in 1 sitting and i very much like it. id give it a 9. i have some pointers where they could improve upon but for the most part its very fun and faith full
they made some crazy good changes
I felt the same way! Idk if I’m just traumatized from that old movie or if I was just really interested in seeing this story for the hundredth time in a new way, but I enjoyed it. There were things that were different, and true fans can always find things to nitpick, but the show had so many touching moments that I don’t feel the need to point out every single fault. I’m surprised so many people dislike this.
Koh traumatized me though 😂😂😂
Dude I'm completely torn half and half, no spoilers but I really think they are trying to incorporate elements of the entire universe into the lore, like the comics and novels
Almost done with the show, and I’m so disappointed in kataras character😭 she’s literally supposed to be the “mom” in the group, and they ruined her personality entirely. She’s literally just there to be there
I agree wholeheartedly. They made her all about the bending and erased her strong bond with Aang, her caring side and her temper. Her over focus on bending makes her seem a little egotistic even.
But also Aang's arc was not really there for me this season, would you agree?
1:14 Possom Chickens I think
4:57 Finally someone made the joke!
You also believe that people don't understand how television works whenever you have a show that is roughly 45 minutes to an hour it's considered a drama so there's not going to be a lot of comedy or plethora of jokes because those are signified by shows that only have a running time of 24 to 30 minutes
@@CoachChef Why is this on my comment I thoroughly love this show. 😅
Hiro Kanagawa, who plays Sozin here, is the only actor besides Mako, who appeared in both the Highlander and Avatar franchises
My two sentence review so far is that the animated version had better dialog, but the live action's got better worldbuilding/visuals. Showing off the air nomad genocide was awesome, changing the Katara and Sokka's fishing dialog from the show wasn't great and neither were all the exposition monologues.
I overall liked the show I think but I think this will be a lot more enjoyable for people who don't have an extensive background with the show(maybe someone who watched the show in their childhood or someone who never has seen it at all). I noticed every single time they mixed plots or sped thru/ skipped something that happened in the original. Still solid tho im excited for season 2
I agree. I'll be marathoning this with my brother on Saturday who isn't too familiar with the original. I'm curious to see if the mixed storylines make sense to him, because some of them definitely threw me off as a long-time fan of ATLA. Some work better than others, but I wonder if someone like my brother would even notice
I wish I enjoyed it as much as you did honestly... but even though I didn't love this episode at the very least it made me realize that the storm might be my favorite episode in the entire show, which is pretty cool i guess
First I would say the cgi were fantastic unlike the previous forgotten version. Firebending looks awesome, earth and water is bit rough but there were some scenes I liked like Bumi bending earth and we see it falling apart and sand trickle down, it was a good addition. Also the scene from the blue mask was adapted perfectly, this is what I would have wanted for the entire series, a bit of the old with a mix of new unshown stuff like the dialogue btwn aandlg and Zuko. Did not like the changes made btwn the relationship of Ozai, Zuko.and Azula, Azula looks desperate to please her father as if she is not a prodigy. Aang and Katara relationship is basically nonexistence and what was sokkas doing with Katara in the tunnels, just bad. Overall I. Enjoyed the series but I think it might improve in the later seasons
It seemed like they couldn't decide between showing and telling. They give us a detailed voiceover to explain what the characters themselves would go on to say explicitly, such as Gyatso and Exposition-grandma. The fights were epic, well choreographed and had good CGI, but why show the Airbender genocide and then give the characters no room to interact? Better than 2010, but it gave the characters no time to justify the fervor and emotional connections they were supposed to have based on how they act. Everyone seems flat and very happy to move the plot along without much cause. It adds little to the vintage of Avatar. "You're the bravest person I've ever known"??
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Agreed. The exposition was just too much at times. I know it's about introducing new people to the story and there's a lot of worldbuilding needed for the first episode, but DAMN they really just tell instead of showing a lot in episode 1.
@@clonewarsyou say this as a long time Avatar fan, but they didn’t make this for only Existing Atla fans, but also to draw new people to it which it has done. people who knew nothing about the lore understand it better, to us it is too much exposition but for them it’s refreshing because it explains what they are getting into .
Mannnnn Idk what all the hooplah is about.. Based on all the nitpicking online I assumed this was going to be terrible but I've been having an absolute blast. It's not perfect but I found myself genuinely moved quite a few times.. Im into it!! I just wish the pacing was better
And to be honest I always felt like season 1 would be the hardest season to adapt@@clonewars
@@hez859 I had the opposite experience I think. I thought it was looking good, and there were parts of episode one that I could get behind, but I feel like the show is talking down to it's audience whether you're a fan of the original or a new viewer.
@@clonewars that intention doesn't make the writing better. Doing a voiceover and then having characters explicitly reiterate everything said is a bit much for any viewer. Reducing other characters like grandma to an encyclopedia of world-building info. There's nothing wrong with changing the story or giving exposition for a new audience, but it seemed excessive at least at the start and left little room for character development.
I’ve seen 2 episodes so far and it’s really good. It’s more engaging than the original and I like that they took out the overly silly stuff. I like that sokka is not some 5 year old wimp who can’t do anything. That was silly in the original.
He said his feelings out loud, but it wasn't just for the audience. He was talking to Appa like people talk to their pets. Also, to be fair, Aang talked a lot to Appa, Momo, and himself quite a bit in the cartoon.
It felt very Disney princess describing all her wants and fears. A little too on-the-nose.
The writing in this series is super hit or miss. There are some amazing scenes, strung together by boring exposition dumps and scenes where people just sit still and talk. The actors do great when the script is good but are let down by poor writing several times each episode.
Also I'm really bothered by Katara blocking Zuko's fireball, it makes zero sense that the beginner waterbender should perform such a powerful move. She even goes back to being a beginner next episode. It should have been Appa flapping his tail or something.
I don't see the writing is poor here, just the script maybe lil too off sometimes. and also katara is WTERBENDING PRODIGY, ever heard of that? so basically she just needs to learn the bending technique, in terms of raw power, she basically has it.
It still doesn't make sense because if Katara can do such a powerful move on episode 1, why on Earth is she struggling to do basic moves in episode 2? You can make up an explanation but I still think it was a serious mistake.
Katara: "Hey, Aang. Want to waterbend with me?"
Aang: "Nah, we all know how that went in the original"
I'm locked in! I'm only one episode in and I'll watch one over the next 8 days!
Agreed Katara saving them against the fireball felt weird right away. I expected Appa to use his tail to push it away.
1:15 after going back and pausing, looks like they're possum chickens (which I think have been mentioned before but never seen!)
I’m not sold on it. I tried I promise
I tried too. I just dont like it 😢.
No problem people have different opinions
I'm with you!
- For the things Netflix added👍🏿
- For the things Netflix changed👎🏿.
SPOILERS
1. Netflix poorly fleshed out Aang's motivation for leaving the Air Nation -- he leaves out of conflict within himself; he does not want to leave the only family he's ever known (Gyatso) to begin his Avatar training. He wants to stay and be a kid with his friends and fellow airbenders. THIS conflict motivates him to leave -- dude leaves Gyatso a note! He doesn't "go on a ride with Appa to clear his head" like Netflix claims.
2. Speaking of Gyatso, they completely changed the nature of his death. Gyatso's body is discovered by Aang, Sokka, and Katara SURRONDED by Fire Nation soldiers -- suggesting Gyatso died defending himself (killing Firebenders)... Meanwhile, Netflix had Gyatso burned by Fire Lord Sozin after putting up a minor fight... that's not the same thing!
3. So Aang can fly now? IS Netflix taking a page out of The Legend of Korra? Aang should not be able to fly -- THAT'S WHY HE HAS A GLIDER!
Lol, whatever. so Aang can fly... fine. This is NOT why or how Aang earned his airbending tattoos. Yes -- Aang is an airbending master, but giving him this ability seemed wrong. They could've chosen a better way to show audiences his skills.
4. Sokka. Season 1 Sokka IS SUPPOSED to be a misogynist who does not understand/respect waterbending (or any form of bending) -- in the original series he calls Katara's waterbending "magic", he doesn't take bending seriously. Additionally, Season 1 Sokka thinks women belong in one place -- in the village tending to domestic tasks. We don't really see either in Netflix's depiction of Sokka (at least in 1x1).
5. The canoe ride between Sokka and Katara is changed. Sokka and Katara are SUPPOSED to lose the canoe -- the canoe shatters among the ice in the original series, leaving them with no way back to their village, and IT'S HERE THAT Aang offers them Appa as a safe means back home.
Why is this important? Back to Sokka's disregard for bending -- after the canoe shatters that and the 3 are left stranded that Aang offers them a ride via Appa, Sokka gives the remark "... "; essentially mocking Aang, showing his disbelief of Appa's ability to fly and Aang's identity as an airbender.
To be fair, I love the things Netflix added:
- Giving Gran-Gran the same dialogue Katara recites in the opening of the original series (A PERFECT WAY to show the culture of the Water Tribe and how passing stories from generation to generation is an essential part of it)
- Having the Air Nation celebrate the "Comet Festival" as a means of gather ALL airbenders together so the Fire Nation could execute them all.
- I especially loved the idea of having an Earthbender soldier discover the Fire Nation's war plans to use the comet (Sozin's Comet) to begin the 100-year war (lol, reminded me a lot of the closing scene in Star Wars: Rogue One).
Speaking of Star Wars; think about Order 66 and all the ways audiences have seen that story told:
- Revenge of the Sith (1st intro)
- The Mandalorian (Grogu's flashback)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi series (Reva's flashback)
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Master Depa Billaba's death scene)
- Star Wars: Clone Wars Season 7 (Ashoka and Cpt. Rex fighting off the clones).
Lucasfilms does a GREAT job of filling in those holes; finding new ways to revisit a story/topic audiences already know... WITHOUT DISTRACTING FROM/CONFLICTING with source material.
Change plot points, fine -- but at least stay true to source material. The original series is fine, it doesn't need changing. But if you MUST change anything, just add detail or fill in gaps where there some.
YES, Netflix gave audiences great visuals and filled some holes in the story much of audiences already know from the original series; they screwed up in a few areas by removing relevant details from the original series.
I respect it. It’s almost impossible to not compare it
@@danielogbonna7972 Aang can’t fly. airbenders have always been able to use the air currents around them for assisted flight. the one that can’t be done is unassisted flight, where you don’t have to make use of the air currents around like Zaheer.
I’m just glad whoever’s in charge of press put respect on your name. Glad to see you in the mix.
I dont know how anyone could hate this. If you wanted a shot for shot remake, are you stupid? What would be the point?
I think what this is trying to be is an expansion onto the animated series. Everything that happend in the animated series still happend and things that were shown and changed, changed. In EP.5 15:30 some side characters mentioned the avatar and his adventure through the Grand Canyon and the Pirates even though that didnt even happen in the netflix series.
And I really DON'T understand why people are dislike bombing a reaction. I've lost all hope in humanity once again.
They did this show justice and I hope people aren't ruining Season 2 and 3 for us.
I've finished binge and i just LOVE it! it's not as bad as everyone's review tho
Just putting out here, ATLA did a better job at adopting and keeping things compared to One Piece.
Loved the One piece still and its still genrally considered to be a great adaptation albeit flawed.
ATLA is imo better than it. So I if people in geneal liked One Piece. ATLA on that level too.
For comparisons One piece did mishmashing too and lost some story beats as a result and at lwast for AtLa they find some way to still keep those story beats or at least evoke them in an alternative way.
One piece did the Garp and Koby th8ng and Ata's version of that is the Ozai and Azula thing.
But again the Garp thing caused the plot tobplay out differently meanwhile the Ozai thing did not do so much chnage to make things playout entirely diffrently.
Like if I will give one leg up One pice over had Atla is that One pice had more practical sets at its disposal and less usage of Green screen backgrounds.
As a dude who Both love the og source and still love the live action for both of them. I can confidently say ATLA had the better adaptation
Take note that OP LA had to compress nearly 100 episodes worth of anime/manga content into 8 episodes, ATLA had more liberties since the OG series Book 1 was shorter
@eaningonasquishedbun5542 Do take note, if the One piece remake by studio wit comes out, the entire East saga won't be like 20 episodes long , it will be under that if we go by seasonal anime standards and can go up to 20 episodes if they do things rather slowly though.
Take bleach tywb as an example 2 cours(basically 26 episodes) adapted like 129 chapters in total.
So yes East saga is probably less than or just about 20 episodes worth if we go by a seasonal anime adaptation. And also tbh, The most of the arcs in the east blue saga will be better off if it has more a tighter pacing.
They tried but there were little omissions that could have captured the heart of the original.
I love it next season needs to come asap I get bored quick
also is it obvious or the intro earthbender who got killed was a dai lee agent ? just realizing lmaoo
They did good for a live action.
the first to the fifth episode was fine. i don't really like the pacing and conversation in some scene. katara feels like she's just there and they should've kept sokka's sceptism at least in the first few episodes. my favorite is episode six to eight. the final battle at the north is very epic. i'm literally speechless because it's so much larger in scale and better than i expected. zuko had a better character background storytelling than aang i'm sorry but that probably just me being biased
you made a great point about the escape route, it's a very LOTR-why-didn't-they-just-take-the-eagles situation, but like why didn't they at least put the kids on the sky bison and fly them to safety? I wonder if that'll ever be explored or answered
they changed alot of things
i love it! i'm obsessed and i haven't even finished it yet
Am I only one alittle annoyed by the earth bender moving so much and pulling off his bending? Aren’t earth benders supposed to be grounded when they bend? Or is that excused because of the situation?
They massacred my boy Bumi😢
Why have a festival for the comet, then sleep while the comet is in the air? What happened to the festival part?
It was probably in the air for the whole night and day so when it was still in the air AND they were almost all asleep the fire nation attacked
The jokes were missing
Jokes were okay and still there, you can't expect as much as cartoon did. it's not a KID show anymore
If Aang could fly why would he need Appa? The fireball knocked out his glider out and he fell and couldn't stop his fall.
Yet earlier in the sane episode he lands perfectly fine. That's the issue of inconsistency here.
O don't mind airbenders flying, but it kinda makes the scene where he is hit by fire and fall stupid.
Yeah… it’s like… well… fly.
I’m sorry man I’m am a huge fan! But the show is too rushed! They are squeezing in to many episodes in one! Adding unnecessary back stories! It’s just man I can’t! Now I do like like some of it but it is forgettable!
The only thing that caught me off guard was sokka's talking, and zuko having an eyebrow on his scarred left side if his fsce, other than that i absolutely love the first episode.
Honest assessment, it takes after the original in that it gets better as you go but it's not as good as the cartoon. Certain things with pacing timing and visuals you can't do live action and the original was perfect even in its imperfections. That being said this one is actually different and stories are crossed in different places like secret tunnels so this shouldn't be evaluated compared to the cartoon. I say it should be compared to the movie, I remember what I felt before I went to see that and if this was what we got instead of that we would be living in a better version of reality. I know you've always been a super fan and I absolutely adored the show so I'm really glad it's finally getting a live action version that actually does it justice rather than what I could only consider a saw torture mechanism "I would like to play a game, there is a code that will unlock this door hidden in m nights The last Airbender which will be playing on so if you pay attention to it closely you may be able to leave this before you starve to death but only at the cost of your mind" 😳 'can't you just have flopsy beat me to death, or koh, look at me I'm smiling 😊😭🤪 damn it what face do you want just take my eyes.'
They're pushing too hard for kyoshi to be the main past avatar imo and the soundtrack isn't hitting like the cartoons soundtrack. Everything else is fine, though.
please what has netflix done
Too many changes I tried to be objective and look at it from another perspective but I just couldn’t get with it. It wasn’t terrible but it wasn’t good either. I give it a 6/10.
Gonna be harsh here but I feel the show is mehh.
The pacing is really weird. They rush through some stuff and other things feel extremelly slow. I also got a bit tired of feeling like I was watching some semiprofound statement every 2min instead of normal interactions. Alot of conversations did not feel real at all and was a bit cringy at some points.
Most of the effects are good and the show looks nice. I think zukos actor feels the most natural and accurate in the way he acts.
In my opinion it's like a 6-7. Good enough to watch once and fun but not something I would rewatch.
i fr also said this, i put in the stream chat, can we skip to good part now
I have a lot of things to say about the show as a whole the majority of what I have to say is slightly negative. But I have a few things I enjoyed. This first and second episodes are pretty good tho
It's insane to me how he can say this was a great start, there are so many big problems already and it only gets worse
I finished it already and it’s so bad. I originally gave it a 6.5, but the more I think about the worse it gets.
@@maelxidel8979friend asked my opinion on it at ep4 and I said 4/10. I updated them when I dropped it mid ep7 with 3/10. better than the movie but not by much tbh.
I liked it
A decent start, but I felt that the first half was a bit too expositional.
My issues with the show come a little later in the season (mostly starting in Ep 4 with a hint of some worry in Ep 3). Ep 1 is my shit though.
@@AntoineBandele Honestly, I don't like the Bumi episode. I thought they crammed in too many stories. I also didn't like how they characterized Roku. Other than that, I think Zhao was an improvement from the cartoon, I like how they made him calmer and more manipulative. I also think Zuko and Sokka were handled really well. And episodes 6 and 8 were phenomenal.
@@AntoineBandelefor me episode 4 was one of the best. I think Bumi was more realistic/better and I loved what they did with Iroh and Zuko and the earth benders.
@@AntoineBandeledid the change in core character motivations not shake you in ep1 at all?
haven’t watched the video yet but first of all, I enjoyed it even with all the things I didn’t like. However, I can not get behind them giving Aang flight at all. It makes no sense. We literally have source material on how flight works. How is Aang able to fly 😐
He is using air bending to fly though not unassisted flight like zaheer
Overall, I enjoyed episode #1. I welcome the changes. For me the heart and soul of the original show still remains. The main downside for me is that the beginning, and some parts were too violent for the kids. I think this might be the reason why they never showed these things in the animation.
Honestly i would've preferred them to have copied the original word for word.....sence for sence....what they did here is clearly a downgrade and thats not my opinion it should be everyones opinion as well.. otherwise you aren't an actual fan...
Well what I didn't like about Aang was he was too damn preachy. He talks like those really corny children's movies.
Yeah…
Let's be honest, the writers didn't do a good job in making the character interactions feel natural. Most of the jokes aren't landing, Sokka's and Katarra's dynamics doesn't really feel like there are siblings. When I compare it to the original, their dialogue feels far more superior to what they did here in the first episode and I'm not even talking about their exaggerated facial expression that smoothly complements their interactions.
i think my expectations were too high. i really looked forward to changes with an open mind. but they changed so much stuff. i was jus disappointed im sorry
I take back what i said about you milking content Antoine enjoying seeing mor from you also am I the only one who noticed they got oma and shu’s name wrong originally Oma was the woman and shu was the man but they got it backwards
I played that part so many times and if I'm not mistaken they were both women
Okay. I was wondering that too. They did totally change it to two women, huh?
I thought I was nuts when I heart the singing dude say she twice
It was changed to two women. Kinda hate that shu was the one who attacked though it could’ve still been oma
They changed it to 2 woman to please the panderverse.
If you want a good lgbt story than let kyoshi tell Aang a bit about her past with Rangi, that would've been awesome. But changing existing stories just seems lazy pandering to me.
I miss omari
Airbenders should not fly like Ironman
You have to sing
Whatchoo mean?
As expected.. a waste of time, money and energy
It was overall, meh. I can't s@it on it but its not as good as i hoped
Man I really wanted this to be great but the acting is atrocious, they keep stating the obvious it just came off super cheesy, the writing was bad man this had potential but they dropped the ball trying to hard
What was everyone's reaction at the premiere when Sozin burned that guy?
I thought the series was good! I like the changes they made for the live action counterparts. You guys can't expect that everything would be like the animated series..
Yuuup I was really shocked at the beginning - not bc it's bad, but bc it's definitely not purely a kid's show anymore haha. I, too, liked many of the changes - I really like what they did with the dynamics in the Royal family, for example. There are 1-2 changes I didn't quite understand and some scenes I didn't like, but they were really few compared to the many scenes and decisions I've liked. Overall, I think they did a great job, and you can tell the people who made this love the OG material and respect it.
Same I loved it
I was like "oh we're going there?!" And I'm with it. ATLA had some really adult themes that were handled well for the age of the initial audience on Nickelodeon. I wanted something more adult and while I haven't finished much more than the first episode, I think it can definitely go in that direction in a good way.
That wasn’t flying from Aang in the beginning, that was more like controlled falling and he’s always done that.
Imagine them coming up with a book four… that would be a phenomenal 👌
Just finished it .. I liked it a lot, actually. It has many changes, but I think I already expected it. The effects, soundtrack and the vast majority of the performances are very good. In general, if you watch it with great expectations, or already looking for flaws, you will find it, as it is not perfect (nothing would be). Anyway, I hope they renew it for a 2nd season ❤ 8/10 for me ❤ Peace..
Watched all 8 Episodes today. My score for the series is a 9/10 across the board. Definitely recommend, will be showing and watching with my 8yr old daughter once she is home from school on Friday and over the weekend.
1) They show the air nomad deaths, so to adults, watch first 20 minutes before kids. Otherwise kids can watch once Aang is in ice.
2) This is not a copy of the original. 8 Live action episodes to tell story of 20 cartoon episodes. Episode 6 of original looks like it will be in season 2. Season 2 episode 2 of original is added into season 1.
3) The first episode is the first 3 episodes together with the deaths of the air nomads.
4) Original cartoon Episodes 4, 5, 7-10, 12, 13, 15, and 17 have their essential episode essence represented, in episodes 2 through 6 of the live action. A lot of things are re-ordered. Some things are expanded You will see parts of things from a recognizable episode mashed with events from other episodes.
5) Watch the entire thing before judging. Sometimes you will think something was forgotten only to learn, that the other parts or viewpoints of a given episode are in a follow-up episode. The way the episodes are mashed together means the story jumps between events of various episodes, so the representation of one episode might occur across 2 or 3 episodes; or there may be an intervening episode.
6) Do Not PreJudge. The format is different than the original cartoon, initially the order will seem odd. Just hang in with it, overall it does work.
7) Episodes 11, and 14 are not shown, but pay attention anytime Zuko, Iroh, or Zhou get a report. The events of those episodes are mentioned but it’s a one time blink, or talk and you will miss it. These episodes have indirect representation in the series. The honorable mentions in the reports made me laugh while watching.
8) The Jeong Jeong part of Episode 16 might occur in season 2, or 3 without Zhou. Jeong Jeong is not in season 1 of this live action.
9) The last 2 episodes of the Netflix Live action have been mashed together and reorder the events of original cartoon episodes 18-20. The Katara vs Paku fight is Wow!
10) Koh will appear far earlier than expected. and not when or how fans expect. He is still a creepy, freaky, and dangerous spirit. They expand Koh’s role to include some of the lore with him from the comics as well. He is voiced by George Takei (Sulu from 1966 Star Trek).
11) The original voice actor of the cabbage man, plays and is the cabbage man in this Netflix live Action series!!
12) The previous 3 avatars and ocean spirit La, at points will be given permission by Aang to use him as a channel. Kyoshi is obvious. Many people apparently missed when Roku did so. Pay attention, do not miss it by talking or by being distracted by what Roku is showing and teaching Aang. Kurik will refuse. La’s turn is OBVIOUS.
13) Azula’s machinations are definitely as evil as Ozai’s. Yes Azula learns lightning bending before the end of season 1. She is far darker than the original cartoon.
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Love it or hate it, the team actually cared about the source material. That's what makes it a worthy adaptation. The acting and the script could have been better but in any adaptation there are going to be changes.
If there has ever been a perfect time for me to be so sick I had to stay home, it was yesterday lol. It allowed me to binge the entire show. I went into it just curious, but didn't expect too much, and was super pleasantly surprised!
😂😂😂😂😂 im not crazy about the bending is magic part. But i can admit that Comer is cute 😂
I think that was mostly for Sozin or the older folk who can’t move as good. As I waited for Zuko before I made a judgement call on it.
Honestly really loved the first episode but it wasn't perfect, the dialogue was all over the place didnt sound real just a bunch of exposition dump, the water nations clothes are WAY too clean much like everyone else's, but the bending looks great! the scenery looks immaculate! im still excited to see where it goes, oh the actors are doing a good job
I kinda like how the clothes are neat and tidy it screams "hey this is a nickelodeon story you know" kind of thing.
It's kinda like how early potter depicted things in a more apical way in the early movies. It has its own charm.
Also the costumes at least to me. Started to feel normal normal episodes later.
When I saw katara have the water bending scroll randomly in her bag I was very disappointed with the show
Personally, I didn't think it was bad but I don't understand why they have to Remake everything live action these days. Like, you know, I'm just basically Rewatching a show that I've already watched a 100 times
Personally I wish they made something new. Like maybe an Avatar Kyoshi Animated show or something. That would be really cool
Hahaha love your reactions and how you gush about gordon
The biggest problem for me we're the character changes like gran gran suddenly knowing everything and her delivery was not good, there was an older male in the south pole why was he not in charge instead of Sokka, makes no sense, then Sokka leaves another boy in charge who is almost age of Katara, Zuko is somehow not a disgraced prince as if he is on a mission, even Zhao was kissing up to him and working together, June saying Iroh is cute like why, Katara and Aang relationship is basically nonexistent, Ozai actually likes Zuko and defends him to Azula, Azula losing control, jealous of Zuko and Ozai, Bumi telling aang that he should fight and persevere so he is not going to use neutral Jin and surrender, Bumi fighting aang after telling him his name
Is the show supposed to be full screen? Mine is stretched with black bars at the top and bottom of my screen when watching on tv.
Lieutenant Jee wants a hot spring episode
Like a true Japanese anime character.
Will we get a season 2
Aang: You're the bravest person I ever met
Sokka:
Damn that moment hit hard. The only person that believed in Sokka.
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The acting from katana and aang eeeeeeeh.. on to episode 4 🤞🏾
Dropping my opinions here on the episode. I liked a few of the changes, such as: Zuko doing his homework on the avatar, the brutality as the Netflix version actually makes clear that this is true war, a showing of the air nomad genocide as we only saw the after effects in the cartoon, Sokka putting up a good fight against Zuko, and lastly the incorporation of the festival to explain why a majority of the air nomads were present in one location, and lastly the beautiful bending.
Not sure how I feel about the flying change, for the time being I'm neutral until I see more of it shown. Solid first episode, nothing too crazy but a good start.
I LOVE the take of Zuko doing his homework on the Avatars (and that homework being how Aang learns how to be the Avatar).
More gliding then flying
1,5,6,7,8 were good but I needed more filler comedy episodes and we needed at least 10 episodes or even 12
I was not a fan of 5 much at all.
Episode 5, tho enjoyable, was a little all-over the place 😂
They completely changed to rules with Koh. If he was consistent with the original lore, Katara and Sokka would not have faces right now.
@@AntoineBandele ya he still stole faces in this as he told aang but for some reason he didn’t steal Sokka and kataras face. I was imagining he was capturing them to steal their face not eat them. I just thought of it as he doesn’t steal your Face if you show emotion he steals it if you give into your despair.
The main cast's acting & overall chemistry with one another isn't great 😔(granted I've only finished episode 1) And there's some other fundamentally weird things for me.
Like...
-Why would the Air Nomads be sending basically like "troops" to help defend the Earth Kingdom from the Fire Nation?
-Why would Aang find out about the genocide of his people with a bunch of expository dialogue, without experiencing the tragic aftermath firsthand?
-Why would Iroh have a weird, one-sided dialogue with Aang while he's captured?
There was some other icks I had, like how Aang & the Water Tribe villagers had almost "factory-sealed, mint condition" outfits on; super vibrant, colorful and detailed... not at all what you'd expect from a small & struggling village. The dialogue in general is pretty bad as well.
There's good things too, though-- it's clear where all that CGI money went. The environments are gorgeous (even if the original southern air temple is superior), the more grandiose changes in tone & scale (the 'Game of Thrones' feel they were going for) I can get behind, too. Showing how brutal fire can be is a needed change from the original.
Overall as a live-action adaptation, some changes were inherently needed but it's just kind of a mixed bag for me so far. I'll have to keep watching to develop my full opinion on this version of the story. 🔥🍃🌊🪨
The chemistry in the first episode is bad because they were still social distancing while filming those southern water tribe scenes
One Piece LA was filmed during pandemic and social distancing and they had a better chemistry, I chalk it up to the cast still trying to find their dynamics with each other@@elisitbon4672
@@elisitbon4672 you're thinking of the sense of space in a scene, I'm referring more to how the actors interact with each other on an acting level. I don't think they were filmed separately and put into the same scene like dr. strange 2 or anything, although honestly sometimes you might get that impression based on the dialogue delivery
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Man after watching the first episode I’m still worried about the rest of the series
The show on its own is great but there’s so many changes that I have to constantly try to separate it from the original. I understand why they did it but there’s so much packed into a single episode that it heavily throws off the pacing. Overall 7/10
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There were just two things I did not enjoy. First of all: the Bumi and Cave of Lovers mashup. It made sense for Bumi to be bitter. But then still have the weird tests? Pretty strange to me. And the cave of lovers thing with Katara and Sokka was just... Weird. And unnecessary to me. And then flowing from there, what was up with Katara? She was just only about bending and that strong bond between her and Aang was not there. They have very little chemistry. 😢
Overall, definitely enjoyed it. It feels supertrue to the original world. And they def payed a lot of attention to details of the world and story. But sometimes, the remixing of storylines was a little heavy. Id give it about a 7.8/10
Visually the series was good, however the script, rushed scenes and acting just caused the overall series to lack any empathy and warmth. I think the editors need to realise that sometimes a pause is needed to take in the scene/ emotions.