AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER (Netflix) 1x7 "The North" Reaction & Discussion!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- The live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender is finally here! What did they get right? What did they get wrong? Does it work?
The live action show stars:
• Gordon Cormier as Aang
• Kiawentiio as Katara
• Ian Ousley as Sokka
• Dallas Liu as Prince Zuko
• Elizabeth Yu as Azula
• Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Robocop, Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, Total Recall 2070, Ahsoka) as Uncle Iroh
• Daniel Dae Kim (Hellboy, Lost, The Legend of Korra, Saints Row IV, Spider-Man 2, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Crash, 24, ER, Star Trek Enterprise, Hulk, Angel, Star Trek: Voyager, The Practice, Seinfeld, The Pretender, NYPD Blue, Law & Order, The Jackal, Walker Texas Ranger, Cradle 2 the Grave, The Divergent Series) as Fire Lord Ozai
• Ken Leung (Rush Hour, The Family Man, Vanilla Sky, Saw, Inside Man, X-Men The Last Stand, Star Wars Episode VII, The Blacklist, Old, Inhumans, Joker: Folie à Deux) as Commander Zhao
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In the cartoon we only see Azula when she's already sent out into the world. Here we see her slowly growing into the crazy
She’s high key always been crazy but I get what you mean, Sozin purposely pushing her over the edge
nah but it doesn't feel like a natural progression
they changed stuff
@@davidnobre5660yeah,just coz it's diff, doesn't me to me it feels natural
Yeah, and I love it!
@@littlemeljoeSOZIN????? Jk ik what u meant and I agree
"What if they changed it? What if they killed him?" 😂😂. The fear/doubt is so real due to faith on reputation of Netflix adaptations
that damn near made me turn it off and pretend it never existed
and how the show had been going
There are dozens of us, DOZENS!
Yeh over 95 dozen hahahaha
😂 Came here to write this
I hadn't watched the channel before and joined to see this react series! But I really might stick around
Tens of dozens
Nicely done
Why are so many people complaining about azula not being "crazy" ? Have you watched the show lmao ?
Azula was literally never crazy until the very end of the show.... Before that she was alwasy very calm and confident.
It honnestly feels like most people only remeber azula from the final and not the litteral 2 seasons where she appears before that lol
agreed. azula was manipulative, cunning, intelligent & precise her entire duration but she wasn’t “crazy” until the end when she felt like she had no other option but to kill off her own brother. one of the amazing things about azula is that we got to see her transform from a top of the class confident prodigy to a self-sabotaging train crash.
You can totally see the CRAZY with LA Azula, but you have to be paying attention, and have some experience with reading people's expressions. I think the actress is doing a hell of a job of bringing the character to life.
Love how fast the reactions are coming, i keep refreshing to see if 1x8 has come out yet
Yo the Sokka rizz is REAL. My man is snatching up foxes (metaphorically and spiritually) left and right.
@JrE-il7cf that's rough, buddy.
@JrE-il7cf Sokka was always cringe. That's why we love him
@Eh.........most of those r pretty much the samexwith teenagers
the live action added a lot from the novels and comics. kuruk’s past and azula’s hatred over her mother for abandoning her so she had to do everything to drum up the fire lord’s favor.
Azula actress is so so good, and the lightning bending scene, damn
That was a dope scene, just needed ty lee doing a handstand
Me when i lie
That's a lie and you know it
I like how they show her practicing it and fuckin up the inputs when Aang flies over the fire nation for the first time to visit roku’s temple
Dustin from Stranger Things is a lucky guy to be dating her 😒
I feel like the reason why Azula here isn't as crazy, is because she's not there... yet. We don't see Azula in the original until season 2, I believe that they're developing her to reach that Azula we're used to. More like an origin story I suppose.
Azula was never known for being crazy. Shes a perfectionist, narcissist, prodigy fire bender but in the live action shes the complete opposite of that
@@KelpyG.Uhmm did we watch the same show? She was real crazy in the animated show.
@@Gaspar314 azula was groomed to be a cruel freak but only tipped over at the end of book 3, until then she was considered the perfect prodigy
@@KelpyG. What I'm saying is that she hasn't become that version yet
@@irmesiashe should already be a progidy by definition. She was a creepy child we've seen that. That stuff can't come later. They're definitely doing it differently cause in this show she's neither of those. In the timeline of the show everything takes place within 1 year. Is she suddenly gonna do the most massive 180 we've ever seen...
Aubrey Plaza was in Legend of Korra as one of the twin cousins.
eska!
and she and amber midthunder were costars in legion 😄
I took last night to finish binging so I could be on time for you two!!! THANKS!!!! And Achara, I hope you smack him off-camera sometimes :)
I've figured out Sokka's bending ability. Clearly, he's a rizzbender 😁😁
He's a backbender, actually
Ummmm 12 of us? This is episode 7. Everyone is still here! I love you guys and excited/sad to get to the end with you! ❤❤
Facts 😭 that didnt hit me right either
Fun fact, Aubrey Plaza actually has been in an Avatar series before.
She was one of the waterbending twins in Legend Of Korra (Eska the crazy one, who had a crush on Bolin).
Azula's lightning looks so dope! The way it collects in her palms looks so cool.
Me when I lie
@@phoenixking9457let people enjoy things, damn
@@phoenixking9457yup you
if it was Dragon Ball, yes
@@phoenixking9457 I feel so bad for u 😂
Thank you I am enjoying your reactions a lot, this series is really enjoyable I hope we get season 2 I watched it as it own version then rewatched to focus in the changes there are little changes I didn’t like but was fine with most changes and like the characters just want to see more in season 2 more development and growth in the characters.
Bro, That's just Sokka the backbender doing his backbending
😂
Azula doesn't start crazy losing to Aang Gang & Zuko drives her crazy. You are remembering her ending not her beginning character.
cracks have been created though since before as seen in the comics
@@ladyclaue That may be so but. She must start season 2 confident in being sent out to do here thing. Playing unstable now would undermind that. If they get another season the real acting challenge begins. Holding back the crazy.
@@Dryltd from a wary first scene she was shown to be unstable and not as smart as she thinks she is from obsession with perfection to giving unreasonable orders
@@FriendlyGhost-rf7tq no she was stable. Saying unreasonable things isn't unstable. Especially if you are going to advise an actor for a future performance. That's what I am saying. She shouldn't act unstable. She can say Unreasonable things.
Captain Zhao uses his hands quite a lot. Gyatso shakes his head a lot in this series. :)
When Princess Yue appeared onscreen, I was like :
"Heeeey That's Rosa Salazar !!!!
Wait, that's not right...
Ooooh, that's Amber Midthunder !!!"
Then it hit me ! I remembered the news of her casting in the series over a year ago, and hot on the heels of Prey (that movie was awesome), I thought that was an amazing news !
So happy to see her shine (albeit briefly) in Avatar !
Regarding the "everything looks so clean" criticism, this is a common complaint across many Netflix shows and I think it very much comes down to budget and production time scales. The challenge with having people look dirtied up is making sure it remains consistent across multiple shots, across multiple days of filming. This means a need for a larger makeup team and the actors more time being prepped and less time actually filming; adding more days to the filming schedule.
Which is doubly cost prohibitive due to kids only filming for short periods of time and rarely at night. Adding distress to costumes would have doubled time and cost for this show
11:08 Aang being corrupted by the red pill movement 😂
Jenna Ortega could do Mai well.
About Yue and Sokka - it is strongly implied that she "met" him long ago by going through the spirit realm, even when we saw her as a 3 tailed Fox there was a hint that she already knew him well. That's why she fell for him instantly - she really fell for him long ago, that's why she broke off her betrothal - she was already in love. I felt this was a great way to explain the rather sudden love story in the animated version where she meets Sokka and they exchange 5 words and she is in love - always felt so insanely rushed to me. Now I think they played this too subtle, but the clues are all there and with the fox from before it all kinks together, but I wish they would have added one direct statement, something like after Sokka figures out she was the fox, she could have said, "I have been watching you for years." or perhaps less stockerish, "I have run across you many time in dreams when I have been in the spirit world."
5:40 I love how they made healing a style of waterbending in ATLA
I was pleasantly surprised to see Amber Midthunder in this episode. I've enjoyed her in everything that I've seen since I first saw her in the Legion series. I want to rewatch that show again and check out some reactions to it.
The North Water tribe view on women not being trained to fight, but to heal I don't completely agree with. Yeah, the survival of a people depends on women to have children, but everyone needs to know how to protect themselves and the children in a community. I think the men and the women should learn combat and medical techniques. It would be just as wrong if it was the men that weren't allowed to fight and only heal. Even children should learn how to protect themselves as early as possible because adults aren't always able to be there to help. I want my future kids to learn martial arts and find one that fits their personality.
That fight with Katara and the Master Waterbender was pretty cool to watch. I loved her using the Earthbender technique she borrowed from Bumi using ice instead of rock. That's where true skill is shown when you can adapt a technique into your own style of combat and what I'd be trying to do if I had powers. I'd be traveling the world getting inspiration from the world and people around me.
I'm looking forward to the season finale, but sad that a certain character isn't going to be in the next Season. I don't know if that character comes back in some way in the animated series so I'll just have to wait and see.
Enjoyed the reaction 👍👍✌ out.
Azulas beggining character isnt crazy at all. Just intelligent and ruthless, she literally only becomes deranged in the final season
Ps: for the people saying saying was always crazy, here's the definition of crazy/insane:
mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot conduct her/his affairs due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior. Insanity is distinguished from low intelligence or mental deficiency due to age or injury.
Something that only happens to azula in the final seasons
cracks have been created because of his parents as per the comics
@@ladyclaue yes, she doesnt show them and lose control until the last season tho
signs of crazy wore there form a wary first scene she was shown it was just subtle but it was always there
Deranged sure but she was always crazy, just managed. It's pretty clear.
@@アキコ2003 you wouldn’t know either because we never saw how she was in the palace. when she is in front of zuzu, then she is totally in control
One thing I appreciate about this adaptation is how they changed Hahn, who in the original was a jerk and a failure of a warrior defeated in a one-off scene, into a decent person.
why? it was a nice character the way it was
@@davidnobre5660 Because I feel like it adds more maturity to this world. When you have a set number of recognizable characters it helps to use them to add depth. With this version of Hahn we saw that (1) not all men are misogynist since he accepted Yue's betrothal breaking, (2) he wants to learn since he asks Sokka about Fire Nation armor, (3) he had a good relationship with Arnook covering his retreat.
I suppose I have a mindset of, if you're going to make an adaption and don't change anything, what's the point. The live action show will never replace or perfectly mimic the original. It's meant to augment it and tell the same story with different beats. Going in with any other expectations is a setup for disappointment.
@@sebastianjoseph2828 that's the problem
people like that exist
they did that with all aspects of the series and ended up being too much
Bloodbending first shows up in season 3 of the original so not sure if they'll cover it in season 2 adaptation
Loving the show.
In my opinion really great adaptation.
haters stay mad
The show is ass, be mad at that.
@@LD_92 yet you open the video and start commenting here. Pathetic 🤘
@@VVoude You must just love the taste of garbage.
@LD_92 The show is good. Don't act like book 1 of the cartoon was amazing lol
Forreal. There will always be those to crap on live-action adaptations simply for existing, often without even watching them.
I've learned to just ignore them.
Can’t wait for the Pitch Meeting reaction . 😂
I guess I’m still part of the 12 that’s still interested in yall watch along 💪🏿 that’s a dope color shirt by the way bro!
1:58 I don't know if they were trying to make it unclear if Zuko died in order to build suspense, but I think it would've been cool to see him firebend the explosions to save himself tbh (like in the animated show).
I would love to see more instances of firebenders being able to extinguish fires or use firebending in a defensive/ constructive way.
man did i comment in this video i am with you guys
3:09 That was great! 😂💪
5:50 No, she learned how to blood bend in season 3, where they encountered an Elder southern water tribe member who was using Blood Bending to capture and in prison citizens of the fire nation
Iceman has been around for ages making riding ice slides and he made a Silver Surfer reference 14:39
Agree, no time in the episodes for character development. Zuko is the only one where they include some backstory in each episode.
Iron had a back story. They literally started episode 1 with Ang's friends and family getting destroyed. Sokka wasn't good enough to "lead is tribe" as he overheard his dad talking and Katara literally watched her Mom get toasted in front of her. I think those were back stories that were told in multiple ways as well.
I love that they made Han, Yue's super unlikable betrothed from the original, and just . . . made him a likable guy who took the rejection in stride.
4:16 the new element by jaby 😂
Such a good point about the shabby look Jaby 🤔
Yall talking about Mai’s deadpanness 😆 I feel you have to throw in some sarcasm in the mix. That’s how I see Aubrey Plaza pull it off. She is so weird and dark that it is oddly funny (personally relatable) and gives some connection for the audience
12:31 I love Lightningbending, but I can't help but think it's weird for that to be a type of Firebending tbh. Other than the fact that fire & lightning are both plasma, there doesn't seem to be much connection between the two (as far as I'm aware) - it might've acc fit Airbending more imo.
Airbenders can control all features of air (wind, speed, temperature, sound, etc), so it would make sense if they could control the electrical charge of air as well (like Air Fairies in Fate: the Winx Saga, or air elements from Elemental)
26:16 I've heard that complaint from multiple ppl tbh, & I think it's fair. The costumes look cool, but they look like costumes. They're so bright & crisp that it doesn't look lived in.
Aang and Katara was always weird 😵💫
I honestly like the little tweaks they've done with the villains in this adaptation. If I were to say there was anything lacking in the original it was that the villains seemed a little flat outside of Azula, who ironically also didn't have any notable character arc introduced until The Beach episode and was just a cold calculating badass up to that point. They feel less...ahem...two dimensional this time around whilst still remaining true to their overall characters. And shoutout to Dallas Liu whom I hope gets a lot more work in years to come because he's got some serious talent both as a martial artist and an actor.
agree, none of them had any depth or layers to their characters, even ozai is one dimensional in the original series, the live action is doing them very well
Jaby so proud of his joke at 6:50
Now that’s what yue called a foxy lady 😂
There’s More Than 12💙
Amber Midthunder is AMAZING as Princess Yue.
Excited for your final reaction on the last episode 😮😍
🌪️🔥🌊🌏
man we should all give netflix a feedback about giving relationship development and some soft moment a reasonable time to develope
Burning the midnight oil , I can't wait to use that lol
ARRRgggg, saw the thumb nail and thought it was part two of there film
Princess Yue is the same actress who appears in Predator Prey
8:10 yeah, looks like Hakoda
10:14 My man Sokka! 🙏🏽💪
In avatar, water tribe attires are inspired by Korean culture. So the fact that there north and south tribes remind me of North and South Korea, especially when are restrictions in the North.
Kinda agree with the cast of azula, the actress gives the vibes of a good girl, and for now she is so far to reach the presence of the character
So has Aang learned any water bending throughout this show or am I my just forgetting stuff?
That’s what I’ve been wondering 😂 like how come this man hasn’t even tried to bend water
Yue is charming as hell
It just occurred to me that they swapped Suki and Yue's storylines with Sokka. Think about it. Sokka in season 2 of the OG show looks at Suki and tries to figure out who she is. Here he looks at Yue and thinks the same. With Yue's OG story sokka tries to approach and smooth talk Yue only to fail and be super awkward whereas in this show Suki and Sokka are the ones super awkward.
Kind of a clever swap.
Where did the "azula" kirk come from? 😂😂😂 did not see that coming😂😂😂
Is it just me or does jaby laugh like vatu the dark spirt😂😂😂😂
The first time I watched I lowkey got chills when Azula was like “You wanna test me? Let me loose!” To her father like she’s some monster ready to go on a rampage😂 I’m ready to see her vs Katara and Aang!!
Jaby on point on achara azhula seeing side by side.
I have been waiting.
I think Azula is on the path to crazy and in the cartoon they started after she had become crazy.
Am still yet to meet the fiery overbearing mother Katara. She's still acting jolly and sweet.
I'm number 12. I'm honoured :)
12:21 YIKES! 😭😂
I wished they approached the sexism differently, like maybe if they said that women are more attuned to healing powers, and so female waterbenders are deemed too valuable to use as a direct combatant. Would've more thematically matched Aang's fear of losing them.
In original katara was a savage and fierce character , the most powerfull women in the series, but here the character lacks that fire😢😢😢😢
Yea I don’t get Katara vibes from her at all
Yes, because of this her fight with Pakky feels forced. Anime Katara has mom/leader vibes, she's stubborn as all hell and won't compromise for nothing. Here she's a nice girl that's a great emotional support. However, she doesn't feel like a fighter. She doesn't feel like the kind of person who will freeze two dudes to a wall to interrogate them for information
I don't want beat for beat everything like the anime. I am loving all the changes and flavors added to this. The fact that they're weaving backstories almost seamlessly ... that part I am loving more than anime.
I wish it was more like the hbo the last of us where they kept everything the same but added the new backstory scenes that add more to the original story. Those scenes are the parts I enjoy so far
The actress playing Azula does look like Achara 👀
OMGOSH...
A MARTINEZ 😮😊
happy he is still around...
Soap opera days...
He and Robin Wright worked together...
A has made it to the big time.....
Also. Michael T Wieds also made it out with ,PRETENDER.
18:51 Achara getting triggered with that Capt. KIRK reference. CAPTAIN KIRK!!?!?
If Aang ends up together with Katara by the end of season 3 its gonna feel rushed because they didn't set it up this early
they landed first suki with sokka and then yue, within one episodes of introduction. they can easily land katara and aang. it's good they didn't show it yet because gordan looks too young here.
That's actually pretty believable. There was no romantic chemistry in the anime, or way too little. Here, they seem closer in age, they're constantly together, she constantly supports and advises him, he does the same with her bending, they're friends, they support each other, like each other as people, it's really not that far fetched that they'll hook up at some point. Their overall vibes / personalities are pretty similar/compatible too. In the anime, Katara was pretty much the mom of the crew, especially to Ang. Felt pretty weird for him to fall for the mom vibes
@Eh......... Except people still complain that their relationship was not developed enough. Things will look way different if they make it mutual unlike animated show where it was mostly aang crushing and katara ignoring her feelings until like invasion
@@danidsds he liked her since Kyoshi island. And that episode where they encountered the fake fortune teller was very evident that he liked her. Also in book 2 secret tunnel episode which they moved to season 1 is where they had their first kiss. Not gonna happen now cause of the move
@@WanMemeTong he was young in the animation too but they still showed him having a little crush
I thought that was our Prey girl. 😊
Awesome casting :)
Hold on, is that really Amber Midthunder???
@@thealjohnsonshow2188 yep
Sokka got that Frizz
5:52 Bloodbending is only introduced in Book 3
@@knightofenigma One of the best!
i hope we get season 2 and 3 because i liked this season so much 😭
Ok it’s pretty clear not a single avatar has had a team.
What do you mean 12? I'm here everyday, more than I ever been 😂
I have been enjoying your reactions. I find them refreshing and entertaining, so can’t wait for your last episode reaction. In regards to Azula, everyone expect her to be crazy, but if I remember correctly, that was a development of the 3rd season of the cartoon. That is her development arch. I think this season did a great job setting the foundations for that development.
She is water blender! Caught me off gaurd 😂😂
@10:15 Sokka the rizz-bender is at it again. He's two for two
Part of the 12!
Notice how Aang has not done water bending even once… Side eye 😒
Yea, how will he help fight at all except for the big transformation at the end?
@Eh......... it’s not even about being a die hard for the show. Let’s not forget this live action is still an adaptation… In the original each season is titled after an element for a reason, Aang is not only on this journey to save the world but to master all four elements. Now I know if there’s a second season, they’ll just cram and rush past him learning the other elements! Which isn’t good at all…
Its not that the line is clunky, this zuko is super dramatic so u gotta feel what he feels😂
More like dozens 👏👍
12:00 I know what they're going for but there's no world where Azula directly refuses Ozai, let alone with this tone. I know she's his favorite, but if she defied him, turned her back on him and bent lightning near him? Ozai might just kill her on the spot.
Also I feel like Azula would just fight them both to prove she's better lol.
The lady sounds a lot like Azula when she talks. The one from the animated series😅❤
Lightning no blue flame
We need the pitch meeting Madame wen reaction soon please
How are you surprised that sokka gets the girl on the first day when Katara learns advanced waterbending in one day?
The thing I like about Yue and Sokka in this adaptation is that this is not her first time meeting him. As she said, she met him in her dreams first. So although the girls he meets seemed to fall for him fast, at least it's not actually in one day (it takes two days) 🖖😎👍
Love me some Amber Midthunder and hate that wig they put her in 😂
We all here with you the only consistent reactors to this series ❤️
Azula-Kirk is muh queen....
I really wish they'd given Sokka and Yue more of a friendship vibe than trying to force a relationship in less than 24hrs. I understand they were a couple in the series, but they also had plenty of time to establish their relationship. This version feels just like the movie did, unnatural and out of place. As for Azula, given some time I think she will grow into her own menace of a character. My only gripes about her (Netflix's fault) are, 1. Where the hell are her blue flames?!? Literally her main distinguisher, and they missed it. It's also what made her final Agni Kai with Zuko look so damn spectacular. 2. The lightning looked cool and all, but what the hell did she hit? A house fly?? There was literally no damage anywhere. Just a little spark.
I actually disagree, I think this isn’t like the movie at all, they actually give a reason for Sokka and Yue to have a connection. By inserting Yue early as that fox spirit, it gives foundation to explain why Sokka feels connected and why Yue would like him. And tbh, in the animated show, it’s not really as if that relationship was that developed either. It had just as much time as this Netflix show did.
@@CaptainPikeachu Certain things don't translate well in live-action. The animated series had 3 episodes to showcase a romance between the 2. Inserting Yue as a fox in the spirit world for 2 mins in no way justifies the kiss or her claiming he's the "man of her dreams", after LITERALLY only seeing him that one time and not even doing anything to help lol. (really, the episode would've played out the exact same way if she wasn't even there). They could've told her story and have him be smitten without it leading to a corny kiss and it would've still carried the same emotional weight at the end.