Avatar The Last Airbender (NETFLIX) 1x6 REACTION!! "Masks"
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
- Eric Calvin and Aaron react to and discuss Season 1 Episode 6 of Avatar The Last Airbender (Netflix) - Masks - #avatarthelastairbender
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00:00 - Intro
00:56 - Reaction
14:50 - Discussion: The 41st Division
15:34 - Comparing Roku
15:49 - The Blue Spirit Fight
16:48 - June's Storyline
17:05 - Iroh's Sides
17:49 - Ozai's Live Action Humanity
20:48 - Roku's Warm Personality
23:44 - The Mother of Faces
24:14 - Different Avatars' Differences
25:02 - Reviewing the Episode's Storyline
25:43 - Agni Kai's Choreography
26:38 - Anticipating Waterbending Choreography
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The 41st Division is undoubtedly the best added content in the adaptation, I was blown away by how simple yet effective of a change it was.
Definitely one of the very few good changes.
And funny enough it’s one of the two episodes where the OG creators are credited writers.
@@thatKONNORguy I still can't get over that lol
@@za-ir5niwhat were the bad changes, besides condensing storylines and characters to fit into eight episodes (which I think they did a good job of)?
@pmpowalisz I mean, aside from the fact that condensing it to 8 eps took away a lot of what made the cartoon work in terms of worldbuilding and character development, there's the overall stripping away characters and their flaws most egregiously with Katara, mixing of storylines that don't make sense like in ep 5, and other unnecessary changes like not having Aang running away or him learning waterbending.
I love the change the 41st division crew did, treating Zuko like a leader, for saving them from being sacrificed.
Kiyoshi died living as a Warrior... Roku died living as a Grandpa...
I like that both of them show this when talking to Aang.
The 41st showing respect to the one who saved their lives got me forreal. Zuko's story is so good
Without spoiling anything, Koh's Mother, "The Mother of Faces" is also very important to Zuko's mom story line. She was introduced in the comics.
I know some people weren't a huge fan of how they portrayed Roku, but i always thought he was definitely the more "warm" avatar (especially with Aang) compared to the three before him and I think it makes sense to portray him as a little more "fun" since Aang REALLY needed an Avatar to talk to that was like that in some sense. Maybe he's a bit too "goofy", but I liked that he was more approachable.
People didn't like Roku? I didn't remember the show much but my brother said this Roku portrayal was good as he was the most fun avatars Aang talked to
I don't think the problem people had with him with that he was joking with Aang. The bigger problem is that he had only one scene in the entire season and him being a crucial mentor to Aang was taken away.
I like Roku both in this show and the original show. I know how some people dont like he a cheerful, funny granpa but it like they forget how he use to be best friend with Aang old mentor and Zuko great grandfather on mother side....
The problem I have is that they decided not to make Roku the main guide sort of Avatar for Aang, especially since he is FAR more relevant to the plot than, say, Kiyoshi is, since he had a direct conflict against Sozin.
@@za-ir5ni Oh yeah that makes sense
I think it's wildly underrated how Zuko says, "Not after everything WE have been through!"
He says, "compassion is a weakness," but just with that one word, he's saying more than he's letting on. And of course, Jee would see that as bolstering, because they don't hang out with this kid, he's not trying to befriend all of them, so they all think this is some bullshit babysitting assignment to watch a brash and emotional teenager being a teenager, and not watching a brash and emotional teenager trying to be a leader....without leading.
Since Roku doesn't have the same role as he does in the original show, they were able to portrait him as he is as a person. One can't forget that Roku, beyond his duty as an Avatar, was actually a cheerful person. Examples of that are his interaction with Sozin when they were young or when he made his airbending training at the Southern Air Temple. I can imagine that he would continue to have this more laid-back attitude when in comparisson to Kyoshi, even if balanced with the discipline and wisdom he gained from both his training and experiences.
“Sozin, it’s my wedding day! Have a cookie, dance with someone!”
Man, that new stuff about the 41st division is incredible. Such a fantastic addition to the story and Zukos character. And I’ve much preferred Lieutenant Jee in this show to the original, who I forgot was even in it until I looked it up.
yeah, the Mother of Faces was introduced in the post-atla comics. solid reference
It's important for me that everyone knows that the Agni Kai was 100% the actors and I just have the most respect for them and their skills. Both such incredibly talented people.
@@kiarashtaheri7478 What? How is DDK more in character behind the scenes? When is Dallas not in character on camera? They both did an excellent job portraying their characters.
@@kiarashtaheri7478 uhmm, sorry but I think you are just riding the bandwagon. Honestly, it's only Katara who is not on par from the animation. The main actors from the fire nations Daniel Kim, Dallas and Lizzy are funny in real life. Did you see them goofing out in the show? Aside from they almost look the part of whoever their characters are, they are way different from real life. The rest of the actors are like the real life of their characters.
How is Katara not on par? Kiaweniko is perfection.
The development they gave to Iroh, Zuko and Ozai is by far the best change them made. Can't quite compare to the original, but this is still one of the best live action adaptations ever. I don't get why people are unhappy they didn't rehash the show to a tee. If they want to see that, just watch the original. You can't expect a cover to completely mimic the original.
"We share the same spark, but we are our own people" is actually reflective of the real life beliefs in reincarnation. Ie a reincarnation isn't the previous person reborn, so much as it is a new being who shares the essence of the previous incarnation.
Iroh his speech at the end always gets me😭😭😭
"They were in my mouth only a little," said Eric hilariously.
Absolutely loved Iroh and Jee talking about Zuko and what he did to save them all from their previous fate.
I’m just loving this live action adaption more and more.
Gross
Beginning of the episode:
“Zuko is a jerk!”
End of the episode:
*Sobbing over what Zuko sacrificed for them*
God this adaptation is so good.
I love the 41st Division being Zuko's crew. It adds layers to the relationship Zuko has with them and it also addresses something I think the original show didn't get into. Like, in the OG show, Zuko opposed the general's plan and got punished for it but I don't think they ever confirmed whether or not the 41st Division was taken off the mission. For all we know the plan probably still went through and all those men died. But here, Zuko speaking out still had negative consequences but it also had positive consequences, as all those men were saved from a suicide mission. And that scene where Zuko's crew welcome's him back, brilliant scene! Aside from the "We're the 41st" line, but aside from that, brilliant!
What's wrong with that line? It makes sense because I'd be confused too if I was being told the story about how I almost unknowingly became a martyr for my country, only to end up serving the guy who I dislike, without realising he's the one who saved me. I'd say the same thing.
@@Cazammaf It's two fold:
1. From an audience perspective it feels weird and heavy handed, especially if you payed attention to the backstory. We just learned that Zuko's crew is the 41st, we don't need a character to literally say it out loud less than a minute later.
2. If they wanted to convey shock that Jee was feeling there were several better ways to do that. Instead of just saying "we're the 41st" he could have maybe said something like
- He did that for us?
- I-I had no idea..
- So that's why we were taken off the mission?
Or just so many other things. The line doesn't ruin the scene by any means but it's another one of several parts of the show where it feels like they're heavy handed with the dialogue instead of just letting a scene convey. something naturally.
*Bruh your guys' avatar animated intro is so corny and i love it so much because of that! It makes these reactions so much more fun lmao 😂😂😂😂*
"My father commanded me to do the unthinkable; and I was going to do it. Until your mother proposed a plan. A plan where I would become Firelord. [...]" Ozai has always been willing to kill/harm Zuko.
Everyone talks up the 41st and the Agni Kai. But I just want to call out that this version of Zhao is soooooo much better than the original.
Rs he steals the scene everytime he's on camera lol
No he isn't lol. The original was actually competent.
I love this Zhao, he’s such a blast lmao
"Air-nomads detached themselves from worldly concerns". Gyatso stayed for 100 years to tell Aang the Genocide wasn't his fault, and then there was nothing keeping him tied to the mortal plane.
You can't go TOO crazy with a masked stunt performer doing fights as the Blue Spirit, or else you'll just be complaining later about why Zuko "isn't fighting as good as before".
The actor for Zuko, Dallas Liu, is an accomplished martial artist. He is fully capable of doing great fight scenes and could definitely live up to anything they had a stunt performer do. Also, he is over 18 and not subject to the child labor laws of limited working hours.
Definitely the best episode of this season
Zuko and Iroh are by far the best part of this adaptation. Everything, besides Zuko fighting back against his father, was incredibly well done. However, I really dont think the show worked as a whole. Some high highs, but low lows. Hope if its renewed, they improve on certain areas.
Netflix renewed for two more seasons.
The mother of faces is important in the comic that deals with what happened to Zukos mother.
2:50 I believe that's a shirshu.
If you remember, in the finale when they get Junes help to try and find Aang, but also Uncle Iroh, Nyla does a great job keeping up or leading the way with Appa, so I assume she’s pretty fast and could get there pretty fast :)
Zuko and Iroh continue doing the most no matter what adaptation.
This is one of several additions that took away my early season apprehension and made me fully accept the show as an Adaptation ... its own thing. Even if I don't rate it as highly as the cartoon or even the One Piece adaptation ... its still a darn good show. I now just here for the ride in S2/3
We get Zuko before the war council. Dallas did a good job at playing a younger version full of light and joy. I think Lt Jee is a substitute for the was the dude that Zuko almost had an agni kai with in the episode the storm. Remember him and the guy in the boat were about to fight before iron stopped it. We dont get Zuko dipping out after being chained up at the fire temple. And also we dont have Sokka and Katara here. Roku seems like a joyful grandpa here. He seems even more relaxed here. Roku was the first Avatar to overshadow Aang. He actually talks to him in the show way before Kyoshi
I think for the live action remake, this is my favorite episode!
I strongly disliked Zuko actually fighting back in the Agni Kai, but other than that. W changes
Roku never interacted with Koh that was only kuruk atleast in the og show. Roku also sound a lot more joyful here. We don’t get the mother of faces until the comics. June comes to the fire sage temple here in the show she found aang and company at the perfume spot. June is flirting a lot more with iroh here. In the show he was flirting with her and it wasn’t reciprocated.
Harry Tang as Roku makes my life complete
24:00 the mother of faces was brought up in the comics after with Zukos Mother
I found myself cheering for Iro and Zuko more by the end of the show.
such an amazing episode loved the blue spirit scene
Just love it so much ❤
Another amazing video
The thumbnail is one hell of a prelude 😂😂
23:50 apparently that was from the comics. I just finished watching the animated series for the first time last night!
this is def my favourite episode :,)
I loved this series so much. I've never seen the animated show but I'm planning to watch it soon.
❤❤❤ loved it
thank you all for remaining positive while watching this! it’s very far from perfect but i still enjoyed many aspects of it, and watching ppl constantly drag it like every choice they made is the worst ever makes me sad. love your discussions!
Fire benders favorite liquor… fireball… ok I’ll see my way out 😅
Idk about yall but I like that little theme they play when Aang takes the totem back to Koh, they play it all the time but that shot, with Iroh narrating over was pretty good
Probably the best episode of this season :)
It’s so sad what they did to Roku
The 41st division might be my favorite change of the show. It’s my head canon now.
Best episode
Best episode of the season. Jee is a great addition to the show, and I hope he comes back.
I really hope they expand on Zuko’s crew in the following seasons, I think they could do some awesome stuff with that.
You learn about the mother of faces from the Avatar comic The Search
15:58 nah Dallas Liu does all his own choreography for zuko. He’s an inc martial artist
Loved another one of your reactions ❤ can u guys upload them a little bit faster?
I really loved the addition of the 41st stuff. However I do feel like that ending does kind of re-assert Zuko is doing the right thing, where "The Blue Spirit" ending showed his first disillusion with the fire nation. I guess I love that addition but wish they had added it somewhere else.
Best episode of the adaptation
this is the kind of addition to the story that makes me mourn the bigger problems with the live action even more.
_Asian David Cross_ is really good😄
Daaamn! That fight on the wall was insane actually
Jun Tao is the perfect zhao😭
Sun from lost should be cast for zuko's mom!
“She got there really fast”
“Whered he have his glider”
Questions the writers shouldve asked themselves too 😂 overall great show. Dont like how they think the audience is stupid tho
No Bad Boys 4 trailer reaction?
It’s the last airbender but it’s is Dallas/zukos show
They have added so much to the past stuff surrounding zuko and iroh and it is pretty flawless i hope when doing season two they see that with stuff like that they have added to the source material rather then taken away. And they can figure out how to do that with the rest of the story because going to main story stuff from the past stuff is depressing. Also it is really telling that this was one of the better episodes and it was missing several of the main cast. That isnt an attack on sokka and katara tho because i actually think sokka is a really good sokka he just isnt fitting in the show right now (it was a bit of an attack on katara she is probably the worst part of the show for me at the minuet because of what she was in the original and the nothing she is in this )
I'm with calvin, this show does succcccccck LOL
Changes Made That People Don't Like-Roku's characterization and Zuko actually fighting back during his agni kai.
Changes Made That People Do Like-Zuko's crew being the 41st Division, the unit that Zuko got scarred speaking up for.
Eh, speak for yourself on the entire "Don't like" category :P
@@Omegafire17 I'm just saying what I've seen a lot of fans say. If you actually like those changes, good for you.
You mean changes that SOME people don't like. That generalisation makes your statement simply wrong. Maybe don't pretend you speak for everyone.
@@Lothiril No, I'm acknowledging what people have said, while you are being a troll.
I feel/hope the 41st division will be important later on. I mean, in the cartoon, I never understood how Zuko can just become Fire Lord and be accepted as such by soldiers, palace officials, etc, after they served Ozai and Azula, a family that clearly had no love for Zuko and portrayed him as enemy of the Nation. Zuko, having already loyal fire Nation troops rooted in the Fire Nation when he rises to power could offer him a more secure reign. I know the comics explore that a bit, how Zuko's reign is "shaky" (esp The Promise) but the cartoon doesn't, and I feel like the LA will need to be more realistic on that one.
As for Ozai, I think humanizing him more will also participate in building Aang's struggle more "sympathically" to the audience. Like, to me, the cartoon is perfect on that front, in the fact that despite Ozai being the biggest dirtbag in the universe, it doesn't change the fact that Aang's mercy is a choice that Aang makes for HIMSELF and not for Ozai. But so many people, to this day, shit on Aang/the ending of the cartoon for sparing Ozai "because he's such an iredeemable person anyway!" that the live action taking the opportunity to build more layers to Ozai is interesting as well.
I love the nuance to Ozai's character they're adding here. **SPOILERS FOR SEASON 2 OF THE ANIMATED SHOW** In season 2, we learn that Ozai's punishment for telling his father to make him fire lord instead of Iroh was to know the loss of a child - while he didn't seem to believe that it would affect him as it did Iroh, I think his over-punishment of Zuko was a hold-over from that trauma his father inflicted on him - a similar trauma response Zuko has in the series: he over compensates for the perceived weakness others saw in him. By brutally punishing Zuko for speaking out against him (just as he would have been punished for speaking out against his own father), Ozai was trying to prove to himself that he wasn't 'weak' like Iroh and the pain of his children wouldn't affect him. Not only that, but he wanted to forge his children into the ideal that he thought he, himself, had achieved: one where they were 'strong' and could stand alone without breaking under the pressures of war (like Iroh did at the loss of his son) or harm done to a family member (Zuko held back and wouldn't hurt his father).
I think the animated series glossed over the generational trauma of the royal family and kind of went the GOT Targaryen route where some are "just crazy and evil" - they touch on nurture a bit with Zuko being doted on by his mother and Iroh (the 'good' family members) while Azula was given more positive attention by her father (the 'bad' family member) but it doesn't really go into why her father is 'bad', he just is. Given all this, I hope we get a more fleshed out ending for Azula than *spoilers for season 3* her ending shot being chained to the ground screaming and crying. Showing even a shot of her after that breakdown being shown compassion in some capacity I think would strengthen the themes I thought the show was going for, and Aang upheld, that everyone deserves a chance to do better, we've just got to give them the opportunity.
I like the additions to Ozai here too but I would say Ozai always has been evil he is power hungry and feels no sympathy or empathy for anyone,some people are just born like that.
@@BananaGuy0 I strongly disagree - no one is just 'born evil' - that type of thinking is how you get really fascistic laws intending to 'seek out and remove' those people from society that really only succeed in eugenics and massive amounts of bigotry. Not to mention that a major theme of Avatar is that everyone deserves a chance to do better - hence why Aang is so against killing and always tries to talk his enemies down before using force. Monsters aren't born, they're made, and as we saw with Zuko and Iroh, they can be unmade
@@aprilshighfantasysoul5891 Iroh and Zuko are different. Ozai is a straight up psychopath, those people exist. But I agree it is true that everyone deserves a second chance. The reality is though that some people do change and some don't.
I dont like the direction they took wih many things in this show, specially with Roku considering how he was the previous Avatar, and yet they wnated to focus on Kyoshi instead, even tho Roku is a much better guide for Aang and also he has a direct correlation to the plot.
In s1 his only direct correlation was the warning of the comet. Which they didn't want to do here because of the actors aging, so for this part of the story Roku doesn't have much more to offer than Kyoshi. They still can explore the character better in season 3.
@@Lothiril Problem is they didn't put Roku as guide for Aang, they decided to replace him with Kyoshi.
Once again, the added material makes the series worth a watch. This series should NOT be your first contact with this material though. Absolutely not.
I really dislike how they either glazed Zuko or unholy nerfed Ozai, plus Zuko should not have fought back, that's against his character
Nerfed Ozai how? He literally has one hand on his back, he’s testing Zuko
Ozai isn't nerfed at all. Nor is fighting back against Zuko's character, it's just a different approach of the situation.
I cant see the guy, feeling sad to scar his son for live, kill his father and be the PHEANIX KING that mass murders the world. He so cute im not scared of that guy ...
The blue spirit escape fight did not do the original justice. to a point that the same part in the appallingly bad movie handled it better then this
bro what? it's practically ripped straight from the cartoon
@@musicisum0405 no the original felt like people actually being perused aang and Zuko constantly fighting or avoiding spears as they tried to clear wall after wall this one they fought like 6 guys then to be fair recreated the thing with the wall climbers as stilts but that also had the worst cg the show has had so far which is one place it’s actually be good. In this they never felt under threat most of the army were just standing around with there hands up “ready to fire bend” which just both served to look stupid and make it obvious that they couldn’t put in any effort to have them be a threat even in the original every soldier that they were out of range off when they were up high were throwing spears that had to be dodged it felt like an actual army not six stunt fighters and a bunch of extras in masks
@@akumaakabane5276 You are definitely misremembering the dynamism of the original. It's important to take off the nostalgia glasses with this adaptation to judge it fairly. The fight was cool, the choreography was well constructed and the cg was not bad, it didn't even stick out to me more than any of the other cg. If you're concerned about them not having a literal army of stunt people (no production does) you should fund them for one next time. But practically every beat of this fight was shot for shot with the original. Goes to show that they will never be able to be good enough for some people.
@@musicisum0405 you can’t blame funding as a reason for it to feel like an army have the army that is there do something other than fight, doesn’t have to be a complex fight that they do just do more then stand doing nothing and funding is a lame excuse as to why they aren’t if it is something that they can’t do then show less people that they can afford the number of stunt men and show it in waves they can use the same people they are coved and the statement that it will never be good enough for some people is just stupid in this case as it hasn’t even really tried it looks good 90% of the time the acting from most of them is pretty piss poor and the writing when the main characters are there doesn’t work, on top of the fact that 70% of the changes made didn’t need to be made and take away instead of acting. As for the point of it’s nostalgia that’s stupid too coz I have loved one piece since I was a child there isn’t a show I could be more nostalgic for and ye they changed stuff but it was still good and they did a lot of the important bits justice this isn’t doing anything justice and the changes are sometimes baffling for instance not having aang run away from his responsibilities which was a major part of his character motivation and this show seems to want it to be part of his character motivation despite changing it so he didn’t run like I said some changes are just bad and baffling with no real excuse
@@akumaakabane5276 ok
this series wasn't worth your time my bois
Do the writers expect us to believe that a teenage Zuko would have had a chance at beating Ozai? That's BS lol. Also having Zuko fighting back against him is a bad change.
They didn't.
No it's a great change. It makes the show much better
I agree it hits way harder when zuko fights his father at the day of black sun for the first time also azula standing up to ozai is a bad change too
one of the original ATLA creators was the writer for this ep so yes i guess they do want you to believe that :)
@@silverxbanshee that doesn't mean they wrote the whole episode or they didn't change anything after they left
This whole Koh plotline was soo unnecessary. Hei Bei got thrown away for a storyline that had literally nothing to do with the og story. Book 1 was good without having crap like that crammed in. Smh
Turned Roku into a clown😭😭
Hardly.
Erin instagram or Facebook???
I think the best decision this adaptation took was making Ozai a little more human. Having him actually care, but still burn and disown him hits much harder than him being comically evil.
P.s. What I really need in my life is a story about a war Avatar, like closely after Wan dies, kind of like the war Doctor from Dr. Who. Someone who had to do terrible things for peace that isn't talked about very much in the Avatar line.
I dunno a big theme in these kinds of shows is that the villains are mostly varying degrees of sympathetic, but there is one irredeemable fuck at the top, who has no sympathetic traits.
The way they undermined him by paking him nearly lose to zuko 💀
@hirvale I don't think Ozai was ever going to lose against zuko, though. I took it as Ozai testing Zuko to see if he wouldn't show compassion.
@@melaninatedgoddess3678 That is not clear in the scene at all. If they're gonna show Firelord Ozai fighting the 13 year old runt of the family, Zuko should unambiguously stand absolutely no chance. I don't even know why they think they needed this fight. All the scene accomplished is diminish Ozai as a threat.
@@hirvale I mean... it is pretty clear, that it was to teach a lesson, hint Ozai saying "Compassion is a sign og weakness" and then going on and saying that Zuko being banished would be a better teacher for him.