ATLA FANS WATCH Avatar: The Last Airbender Live Action - S1E1 - Aang
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
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lol you guys took me out with the Zuko burn book jokes hahaha. especially at the end when he was scribbling down that quick drawing of Aang, and i just imagine him writing "avatar aang, he made out with a hotdog" or some shit lolol
Zuko: The Regina George of Avatar 💁🏻♀️ -Sam
I think some of the things they changed were good. Aang ran away in the cartoon because he didn't want to be taken away from Gyatso... which didn't really make sense because running away still took him away from Gyatso. Also Aang only grieves for about 5 minutes in the cartoon before he goes back to being a happy laughing kid, chasing a lemur, riding giant fish, and showing off for other kids. That's fine for a kids show and I still love those things in the context of the cartoon, but in real life it would seem weird if he didn't dwell on that pain longer. That would weigh heavy on someone of any age, let a 12 year old, when you're old enough to understand things but not old enough to know how to deal with them.
BUT I do really wish they'd done something differently with the opening of the iceberg. As little as a more forceful backward pulling motion by Katara. Or better yet make Sokka mock her waterbending like "Well WHY don't you use your mAjiK wAtErBeNdInG to bring the boat back!" And she could go off on how he never takes her seriously and crack the iceberg open in her rage. It would have established her as a stronger, more confident character. I'm just hoping she's much more like that in Season 2 after building up her confidence this season.
Gran Gran just threw Aang a Major Guilt Trip. He hadn’t out of the ice for more than 2 seconds DAMN!
He needs more guilt trip. Even the original never explains who decided he should be stuck in the ice cube time capsule for that long.
What makes gyatso saying he would always be aang's friend more sad is that he was best friends with roku, now aang. He prolly meant that no matter what incarnation he is he would always be his friend that hit deep for real.
I truly appreciate hearing your ladies thoughts and feelings on this beloved series, I know how passionate fans you are of it and I hope it delivers the goods for y’all or at least is enjoyable.
It makes more sense for gran gran to tell the story. Culturally its the Elders of the tribe that teach and tell the stories. Since she was speaking to a group of the water tribe. Katara would not be old enough to take up that position.
This
The actor for aang is half filipino like you guys lol
ADING AANG 🥹🥹🇵🇭 -Sam
Your reaction is my favourite so far 😂😂
As someone who is a lightweight casual fan of the original series, I found the live action fairly enjoyable. Visuals and effects were very well done. I also found the action decent. I can't wait to see what you ladies think of it, given how important and pivotal this series is for y'all.
Think the actors of Aang & Katara are wayyy to young. They look like 8 years old
Sokka's portrayal was my favorite this episode. The actor's performance feels very true to the original
Really the only thing holding this series back from being great is that they didnt give it enough episodes to have good pacing and the dialogue is atrocious.
Hire better dialogue writers for season 2 and make it 10-12 episodes and it will be great.
The way it is now it is a bit jarring to watch though.
I agree with all of your critiques.
Visually it's great. Everything looks very good from the setting to the costumes to the coreography and the casting of the actors fits very well in most cases, though Katara isn't really Katara right now personality wise, besides her I think Zuko is the weakest so far because the actor makes him look like he doesn't actually want to do what he's doing and looks pained instead of being an angry rebellious teenager who just hates everything. When Aang finds the remains of Gyatso, it looked like the actor was unable to cry. It looked like he tried but nothing came out. They could have helped with water. But that's all I have to criticize in that respect.
On the other hand, they have changed some things. I wanted them to change things that could be improved in retrospect in a non-weekly cartoon format. However, so far they've only changed things that don't add anything yet, but lose the meaning of the original.
We get to know Aang directly as a viewer and not along with Sokka and Katara as this mysterious boy who came out of the iceberg. We learn about the extinction of the Airbenders directly, first because we're shown it and then because Granny tells us and Aang, rather than him learning about it on the spot when he sees Gyatso's skeleton and telling Katara and Sokka on his own. This takes away a lot of the emotional moment.
In the cartoon, no one knew anything about the Fire Nation's plans, which is why Aang was so incredulous when he was told that they've been at war for 100 years because he has (had) friends in the Fire Nation. Here, Aang is told in the same breath that he has to fight the Fire Nation as he learns that he is the Avatar. Then we have this weird opening scene with the "stealing the Death Star plans" and it was actually all part of the plan and it doesn't add anything to the show other than stealing time that could have been used elsewhere, at least in this episode. Because if the creators' plan was to make the defeat of the airbenders more believable, they shot themselves in the foot when they changed it so that all the airbenders were in the same place at the same time (even though they only showed 6 of them in battle) instead of all four temples being attacked at the same time. And it didn't really look like the comet made the firebenders stronger. The firebending in other scenes looked exactly like it did during the attack on the airbenders. So it was kinda less believable even with the opening scene. It also doesn't make much sense. If the plan was to lure people away to protect the earth kingdom then there would be some other air bender survivors left in the earth kingdom.
Aang doesn't overhear the other monks planning to separate him from Gyatso because he's the Avatar, which, combined with his unwillingness to be the Avatar, causes him to flee and leave a message behind, but just happens to go on a little hiking trip with Appa and actually meant to come back. Despite this change, Sokka later calls him a coward for "running away" even though he didn't HERE. Funnily enough, Sokka never called him that in the cartoon even though he really did run away THERE.
The changes so far don't add anything new, but only take away the meaning of important moments in the cartoon.
But that's all ok so far, just regrettable. What I find terribly awkward is the dialog. It feels more like characters are just talking to move the events along or to tell the viewer something directly that they need to know. The characters don't really talk to each other as relatable people. Everything you know about the characters so far is told directly to you.
Aang doesn't want to be special
Sokka had to grow up early because of his position
Katara wants to practice waterbending because it's part of her culture that she wants to preserve.
These are directly stated to you almost word for word.
The grandmother was the worst. She comes in and says "This is an airbender, all the airbenders are dead, it's war with the fire nation and let me guess you're not just the last airbender but even the Avatar aren't you?" and then leaves because she's done everything she was needed to do. So lifeless just pressed into the lines.
3/5 for the first episode. Before the dialog started I thought to myself "even if the changes aren't good I will definitely watch the show because it's very nice to look at. But if the dialogue continues like this throughout the series, I'll have to see if I can finish watching it. Guess I'll see in the next few episodes.
Respectfully this is giving the team too much credit. S1 of the animation had 480 minute runtime, this also has a 480 minute runtime.. its the dialogue and the choices in direction along with some of the changes that really hampers the pacing
@@Nick-dk6kc interesting. Good to know
The writing for Katara is a little too "bland", that's very evident especially in the first half of the show.
Reminds me of the play she is all hope bending or saying nothing.
@@Dryltd the thing is that the actress, kiawentiio is so much KATARA in real life( you can see in her interviews) so why did they go this way? I hope in the next season we'll see more of the katara we see in the last two episodes, who was better in my opinion.
@@salvatoreruggiero6551 Mostly decause her episodes were cut for time. She acts like Katara with Jet who is from one of her cut episodes. But Book 1 is her characters most hope bendingness and can easily be sidelined. Book 2 is more mother and teacher. Book 3 is Prime Katara. Critics of acting have not been as kind as you. So that also might be a reason to give her less emphasis until vital scenes in the eyes of the director.
@@Dryltd I agree. I also thinks that the age influences the performance..she was 14 at the time, for season 2 she would be 18 i think, so she can brings more emphasis on certain aspects of her character. I have read the critics, and I think they are too rude honestly. It is not easy to bring to life a cartoon character, especially one like Katara who has so many sides
@@salvatoreruggiero6551 I agree that the critics have been rude for sure. Making me study the production more to determine the more likely reasons that are not rude to the cast and crew.
Any time y'all said you were getting goosebumps I was getting whatever the opposite of goosebumps were. I'm glad y'all enjoyed yourselves, but you know that feeling you have when you're so sick that you start to fall into despair and just wish you could feel better again? That's how this show made me feel.
I am here for the reaction. The "burn book" comment ,the "I don't want to see this" look away as they attack the benders. That's the good stuff.
I really enjoyed this show. There’s some really great moments ❤
I can tell they decided to basically try and fill in some timeline blanks about how certain things happened that weren’t shown in the original show
I completely agree with you guys at the end
Wow, I've watched it already few times, and it's amazing! I fell in love with this beautiful series. Fantastic live-action adaptation! I can't wait for the next season! Love the action, adventure, drama, the emotional twist, fantasy, and comedy-all in one! Amazing cinematography, amazing special effects, those animals, spirit animals just amazing, and their powers, the visuals look great and the backgrounds look fantastic! And it brought me to tears! They're all amazing! Gordon is a brilliant, fantastic actor for his young age, and he is so cute; he has a million-dollar smile too. Dallas is a versatile actor, he's amazing actor. Kiawentiio and Ian are amazing too. Paul, and Daniel are very good too. All the cast members are really doing a great job. Congratulations! This is the best live-action adaptation of Avatar the Last Airbender so far!♥️
Thank you. Those are my feelings as well but so many just want to whine and complain about things. Although it had some rough moments I think this series is one of the better things made compared to any of the marvel and star-wars disney stuff
@@whakjob They're just very jealous, and racist, because the Netflix live-action adaptation series is a big hit worldwide and predominantly Asian, and it should be, and a thousand times better than the flopped 2010 Shyamalan Avatar movie; that movie was a disaster, a mockery!
Often those that Criticize others reveal what he himself Lacks! Behind every Success lies a Pack of Haters!
Great reaction.
I agree with all your criticisms so far (coming from another longtime ATLA fan myself). The show is still very enjoyable though, and I'm looking forward to more reactions in the future!
What a terrific Gyatso
7:05 girl i literally cried 😭
Visuals are great, dialogue and pacing are awful in my opinion it's barely good.
What is Netflix obsession with the number 8? They give every new series 8 episodes. So many series could benefit from having more episodes than that. Seriously, what is their obsession with that number?
8 episodes is cheaper than 10 or 12, it's literally that simple.
@@TheSilenthvok last year in the fourth quarter alone they generated over 8 billion dollars. So they're not broke they're just being extremely cheap. I mean I understand cutting cost but only doing 8 episodes when many series need more than that just to be cheap is Mr. Krabs levels of cheap. They could easily afford to do 10-12.
@@TheSilenthvok in 2023 they generated 14 billion which is up from the previous year which was 12 billion and up from the other previous year. So they're making billions every year and every year that number is going up and up.
@@philo2189 I never said they couldn't afford it and I even think it's a bad choice for them to only have had 8 for ATLA (10 probably would have been perfect), but cheap corporations will be cheap.
@@TheSilenthvok I know I'm not saying you did but if they're really being that cheap that's insane 😂
Yes!!!:) I'ma watch all this series with you guys
The Actors aged three years when finished with production. Kitara will be turning 18 this year Sokka will be turning 22 Zuck will be turning 23 in August 21 this year and Aang will be turning 15 this year.
The REALLY need to shoot Seasons 2 & 3 all at once so they're not pushing 30 by the time the series is over, or else pull some absolute mad genius reasoning for keeping the stakes high enough with so much time passing.
Badass braids Sammy bones!😮
as a og avatar fan i got emotional too because it triggers your childhood and the good times while watching this incredible show, great reaction guys, looking forward to more uploads :)
Can we get 50% more Comedy and 75% more heart please.
Also it was a bunch of things, Og avatar the monks always treated aang differently Aang even told Gyatso that he thinks the monks may have erroneously identified him as the Avatar, which Gyatso tells Aang that the only mistake the monks made was telling him of his true identity before he reached the age of sixteen. here the argument is made he's still a kid he needs to grow and mature and find out who/what he is, but the others are like tough shit, we can't trust you to feed the baby bison, but you're the avatar we gotta prepare you for battle first and foremost bc the world needs the avatar.
I really enjoyed and the effort that went into it. But i rated the original a 10/10. I'd give this a 7/10 tbh... I'd list the things I didn't like but don't want to spoil.
Also, what in the world went through their minds when they casted Azula and her trio? Lol
Azula is my favorite character, and I thought the actress as while as Mai and Ty Lee were cool. But I understand the sentiment.
@@Okkotsu86275 the actresses were way too cute to be Azula and Mei haha. I think ty lee fit well because she was cute in the cartoon. But Azula supposed to look colder, not like some fluffy girl who goes on picnics every Sunday. Mei too
Pretty disgusting how ppl have been attacking the actresses, going as far as fat shaming them. A lot of this fandom is sick.
@@marleymarsss I've seen it on Twitter. The people saying that behind their phone screens are (I can bet my left toe) really fckn ugly themselves. I didn't like the casting not because of all those weird reasons you listed, it's because Azula's actress looked too friendly. For me Azula was only 14 (15?) But she was still frightening (as the daughter of the firelord and a literal sociopath lol). Her voice was pretty good though.
@@aminaV_ While I can understand that, I think her babyface fits. Especially given how young Azula actually is.
12:34 "They gave them actual names" I'm not sure if any of the comments here have pointed this out, but naming Katara and Sokka's village as Wolf Cove was not original to this Netflix version! That was actually established as cannon in the TTRPG~ So that's not even something the show made up, just a very deep cut that I believe they had knowledge about from Avatar Studios even before the TTRPG was released.
One thing I super enjoyed about the show was that it pulled in aspects from the comics, Legend of Korra, the Kyoshi novels, and the TTRPG, showing they're not JUST looking at the show they're adapting. They're looking at the entire world Mike and Bryan crated and pulling it together with their own spin.
One thing I never understood why'd the avatar state freeze him instead of water bending himself and appa from not drowning that didn't involve incasing himself. I get the storm was raging but you have control over the wind and water.
My take is that it was meant to be. The Avatar was always able to sense upcoming dangers (e.g. Roku warning Aang that Ozai will use the comet to finish the war & Aang giving clues to Korra about Tarlok). You're absolutely right that he could use the Avatar state to get out which was seen in The Storm episode when he saved the gang + the fisherman from drowning, but 100 years ago the Avatar State acted as a defense mechanism to stop him from getting killed with all the other airbenders and to come back when the time was right.
Katara even said in that episode "You're being too hard on yourself, even if you did run away. I think it was meant to be. If you had stayed, you would have been killed along with all the other airbenders. I know it was meant to be this way. The world needs you now. You give people hope."
Don't over think it, For example why would the Comet make the Fire Nation stronger? Comets are made of ICE and Water, the tail is basically water vapor so if anything it would Make FIRE WEAKER and Water Nation OP. But they are going with the Old fashion idea that a Comet is actually a Fire attributed Object.
6:04 dude got Jogo'd 🔥
1:58 and now you know why people are upset about the halo tv show.... but i did enjoy this live action adaptation, without any spoilers i did notice some deviations in the story. but for the most part it felt sooo fun to watch and feels true to the cartoon the dude that plays sokka nails it!!
At least SOME reactors are noticing the mischaracterizations of some of these characters. I'm tired of hearing "Well you just want it frame by frame or 1 to 1 like the cartoon." No, us diehard ATLA fans just want respect to Katara and these characters. But they have done a GREAT job with Zuko, Dallas Liu rules.
Nah some of ya'll trippin and do want a copy and paste of the OG. It is an ADPATATION so some things will and can change. Expect that when there are different writers and directors who will have a different vision than the creators. Even the OP adaptation wasn't safe from this. Zoro wasn't like Zoro to me, Luffy was too serious but I still loved the sugar honey iced tea out of it being a pirate since high school 10+ years ago. I have my own critiques of the series for example they didn't have the part where Katara cracked open the ice ball and the following scenes, some characters aren't in character enough like Iroh and Sokka and Aang but that is IT. Oh and the casting for Mai and Ty Lee was...off. They're too plus-sized (yep I said it and my girlfriend is a bbw so don't @ me). All in all it was digestible, if these other people think they can do better well they can submit a resume to a studio and take THEIR chance. Condensing a 20 episode season into 8 episodes isn't easy, these productions are NOT easy and people talk down on it as if they have decades of film experience under their belt. It's akin to you going to 5 star formal dress only restaurant and telling the chef that his food isn't good enough when you have no culinary experience. Doesn't mean you can't have an opinion on something but there is a big difference between an opinion and talking defecation.
@@adandyguyinspace5783 idk why you commented this at OP when you 2 have the same criticisms.
I will go a step further and say that while I agree with you for the most part, Avatar LA specifically has a lot more cringe dialogue compared to the OP LA, on top of the writing/casting issues that we both agree on.
Yea, it's not a copy paste and episodes like the 3rd one in Omashu show that the writers can have some good ideas with how to adapt the series... but episode 3 also shows that the writers might need more than 48 minutes to tell their story well.
@@adandyguyinspace5783 That's a whole bunch of bullshit you just wrote and a waste of a time. Enjoy your shit.
@@adandyguyinspace5783 It doesn't have to be a 1:1 copy, and it's unrealistic to expect it to be a copy anyways. However, there are very valid criticisms of the show, and if they plan to change characters, that's fine, but that doesn't mean the end result is necessarily good. Katara feels much more one dimensional in the netflix version, which makes her overall a less impactful character here. Even without comparing her to the OG, she feels very one note in this adaptation. That being said, trillion times better than whatever the hell that movie was.
@@jiv3o275 I didn’t speak against them
Creators leaving best thing that could happen to the show they haven’t cooked since Atla
I know right? Like Korra wasn't a bad series overall but it wasn't as phenomenal as ATLA, at least in my opinion.
Lmao Sam's burn book comments took me out😂
My biggest single criticism of this episode was that they didn’t have a Katara talk Aang down when he went into the avatar state at Gyatso’s body… I feel like that was a huge point to show the connection between the two of them (along with Aang’s obvious crush on Katara at first sight when he asked her to go penguin sledding, but that was easier to understand the reason for its removal and a bit less important anyway).
Overall this episode did a great job, but some of the character beats (or lack thereof, in this case) felt a bit off. Getting the character development just right is crucial! Still, a fairly good start!
Great reaction as always!
He just met Katara yesterday why tf would he have that kind of connection to be able to talk him down?😂
@@Lost.in.Missouribecause teenage love. Underestimate it . And aang has nobody else at this point . And it was made clear that the only person who was able to get him out of the uncontrolled state of avatar state has always been just katara. Then changing that plot line that starts it all with those 2 is just fucked . But you don’t know any better .
I don’t mind the change , but it wasent a great one . And the one where aang doesn’t go into avatar state when he gets knocked off zuko ship. That’s another change that I don’t mind , but wish they hadent.
@@VortexFromFire having Katara be emotionally connected enough to talk in out of the avatar state that early is just bad writing and we let it pass because we love the show. This is one of the changes that take place in the show that makes more sense. Say if it was the other way around and Katara talking him out of the avatar state after one day with him was a new idea brought into the franchise in this adaptation y’all would definitely be all over the live action writer because it’s clearly bad writing.
@@Lost.in.Missouri it’s absolutely not bad writing. Apparently you don’t believe in love at first sight or at no least “strong immediate connection”, but at least the latter definitely happens (I won’t try to argue the former as it’s not necessary). Aang is connected to Katara by his attraction to her, which makes him more receptive to what she says. She (at this point) is connected to him by the hope he has brought her and some larger sense of connection that has come from his positive attitude, so she already feels that they are like family if not yet romantic feelings. So she communicates to him that he has them as family still, and that idea that he is not alone is very powerful.
I don’t give that part of the original show a pass because I like the show… I like the original show partly because of those sorts of great character connection moments. These moments make the audience ALSO feel a connection to the characters after just one episode (or in this case, three short episodes roughly equal to the one live action one in length). It didn’t take me a full season to feel a strong connection to the characters or I probably wouldn’t have kept watching, and it doesn’t take that long for Aang to have that connection with Katara either.
In this show they Just met for a couple of hours WHY would he listen to her at this point? On the show yes he had the crush but also 3 ep traveling together which was several days. Stop bring baggage from the cartoon and think about what's happening In this show and in this version of the ATLA story.
I'm extremely skeptical that this series is going to be good, but I do have to say: they nailed the casting for Sokka.
I also agree with you guys that it felt a bit like it was missing a lot of the humor of the animated series. I'm not sure how I'll feel if this turns out to be some sort of Zack Snyder-esque "Avatar: Dark Edition." Actually, I am sure how I'll feel if that's the case. I've only watched this first episode so far, though, so too early to pass judgment.
Gran Grans perfect fucking teeth took me out lol
Im really hyped for these reactions after watching the ATLA LA. I expected this adaptation to be different but I like it and im looking forward to seeing the reactions of this series
Gran Gran an OG rat😆
Starting on the premise that this is an adaptation of an animated series, I will let it be its own thing and have fun. a more "human" take yo the story perhaps (?).
We hardcore fans will always have our beloved animated series and that will always be there.
I think this production is made with great respect and love to the original material. It shows. Lets all enjoy its pace and stride. Cheers !
YEAH I REALLY LIKED THE THE AVATAR ANIME SERIES HOPE THIS LIVE VERSION IS BETTER THAN THE MOVIE IM GONNA CHECK IT OUT THANKS FOR SUGGESTION SEE YA IN THE NEXT REACTION "DANNI" "SAM" AND OF COURSE "MORGAN "❤❤
I don’t think I’ve seen any other reactor as excited as Sam was in this video. This was a beautiful adaptation and I can’t wait for next season. As of today, it’s #1 show in the world. Well deserved!
In the original we dk when the fire nation attacked so if it was just on a regular night it would make sense for Gyatsto to be able to take out a handful of fire benders. In this adaptation thought they even state that on a different night they could’ve prevailed but because of the comet and because he’s fighting Sozin Gyatsto was overpowered. Also they showed him handing every fire bender that enter the room up until Sozin.
Plsss dont make this every week it gonna be torture 😂😂😂
It's funny on the removing Sokka's sexism bit, I don't get why they did that thinking it would be harmful when they arguably were a bit sexist by removing Katara's ability to be angry, making her a much more 2d character (because you know, women can never show anger because women must be nice and kinda at all times duhhhhh) I dunno that really struck me on my first watch
Because that is not how they want his relationship with Suki to start. I always thought it was weird she liked someone who was that dumb. Pretty privilege gets you far I guess.
@@Dryltd The point of Suki and Sokkas relationship is that he was just a kid and misinformed and ignorant. He wasn't actually some aggressively sexist guy, and Suki saw that he was genuinely a decent guy he was just uneducated. Sokka is actually super humble and thats why when Suki beats him he immediately admits that hes wrong. He's not dumb at all, hes very intelligent
@@aSackOfDerp So you shouldn't be bothered they left it out since according to you it is not part of his character it was a misunderstanding of the world. That's not character trait. They decided to focus on their commonality of being Warriors for their villages. Instead of the original where she thinks he is cute and to get him back has him dress like her. That's a childish joke as Aang verifies in episode. I don't like ripping the original but I will to correct the glossing over of childish jokes. It made a joke Sokka then. I don't care it taught a simple lesson. It would be a waste of time adding in girl jokes for 1 episode when the next episode would immediately correct the behavior.
Also i think they watered down katara a bit more than in the series but i also think they did to avoid people who weren't ATLA fans from calling her a Mary Sue, katara is an amazing character but it takes multiple seasons to get all her story ,everyone's really but she should be more headstrong for sure
Katara goes from almost no waterbending to a competent against a master in a couple of months without a teacher. Do we really need to see how great she is and "naturally gifted"? It would get cut to save time.
I mean i chose this rather than that piece of movie that I would rather not talk about
I think one thing we all have to keep in mind when thinking about the creators leaving is that they were involved for the entirety of that god awful movie from 2010 and part of the reason that we never got a book 4 was because they were involved with that project. Within a couple of weeks after leaving the Netflix project, they started Avatar Studios and that doesn’t normally just happen so they were most likely planning that for awhile and a more likely reason for their departure. One of the OG creators was also at the world premiere for the Netflix show taking photos with cast and crew….I highly doubt there’s any bad blood and given their heavy involvement with the film, I don’t think they mind creative interpretations of their work even if they turn out to be shit lol I think we often forget as fans the OG creators were involved with that
Should’ve reacted to the cartoon
Reactors keep saying the pacing is bad because of the season length and how much they are trying to fit, but I don't think that's fair at all. There were 20, 24-minute episodes in Book 1 of the animation for 480 minutes of runtime (including the Great Divide)... there are 8, 1-hour episodes of the Live action for 480 minutes of runtime. This episode covered chapters 1-3, or around 60 minutes of runtime... The pacing is bad because of choices made by the team. That said, I loved Sokka's and Zuko's performances based on what they were given.
You have to think about the time that passes throughout the episodes too. In the original in the next episode they can be in a completely different area with a new objective, doing that chronologically without a massive cut (like an ending episode) is really hard to do unless there is like title screens or something. Having it all flow continuously is what made them make weird decisions involving the story. Which is why if it gets renewed, there should be more episodes.
@7023 I think I understand what you're saying, but I disagree. Travel, story transitions, and flashbacks should not be jarring when the writers have every character's entire background, motivation and resolution already plotted, it is just execution.
It's not like it was an anthology, when the animated episodes ended our characters are traveling, or picking up exactly where they left off.
For every 60 minutes of Netflix show the Animated Title and outro would have played about 3 times giving the Netflix team almost 9 additional minutes to work with in order to transition from area to area and bridge story gaps. This doesnt include the entire episodes worth of content that were cut.
You're precisely correct. People just notice something is wrong and mentally reach for a stock explanation without thinking about it.
I think certain people are very uncomfortable putting the blame on the showrunners because of what that would imply the problems actually are. So they go with a quick easy answer specifically so they can stop thinking about it.
Idk what people expect there will never be a 1 for 1 adaption of any source material, that's why it's an adaptation it's their vision for the material not the viewers the showrunners vision is what's on display, if they wanted something else they should have worked on it but they didn't 😂
Its okay. Not the best could be better but its okay. Prefer this than the movie for sure. First episode for me total would be 5.5 out of 10
😍Dani🥰Yesterday I walked off on my professor. He was worried about me because I left out of class mid lecture, I had to take something to my neighborhood. I’ll apologize to him later today when I see him. Sometimes my ego out weighs my logic. He get paid to teach not care, I was definitely wrong. On Jaydo.
Waiting for ya episode 2 reaction already🤣
If fans are gonna compare every bit of this to ATLA, you probably wont enjoy this. It’s a lot more realistic than the cartoon. It’s two different entities. Like imagine being playful right after learning all of your ppl are dead?
Yeah, that makes total sense. Some of the criticisms aimed at the this show, seems to be from fans who want a frame by frame adaptation of the animated series. Which on one had I understand, but I think it is kind of unfair. Judge the show on its own merits and with that I found it enjoyable.
I personally liked the aspect of Aang being in denial (therefore being playful) before seeing Gyatso's body in the original series. I feel like that's more realistic after waking up from what probably just felt like a dream.
Overall we are enjoying it! I think our criticisms are justified, we didn't expect it to be the exact same thing -Sam
@@TheReactPack I appreciate hearing your thoughts and criticisms, especially since y’all are big time fans of the original animated series. I think you ladies we’re pretty fair in y’all’s assessment.
@@Okkotsu86275 I couldn’t have said this any better. And I’m a huge ATLA fan but it’s the same as when I watched Little Mermaid or Aladdin live actions, they are completely different pieces of work. It’s purposely made to be different, so to compare to animation is kinda unfair.
@@TheReactPack I liked it too but that’s ATLA. This is a different perspective and take on what we’ve already saw and experienced. I like both versions, but I feel like this is more serious take.
This show is so good. Except gran gran🤣
Legs? 😢
Hypee
He is so cute, I wanna adopt him as my own child and keep him forever.
Also I’m sick of hearing Iroh say Jasmine Tea it’s getting rhetoric. Iroh is a guy who loves rare tea’s it would’ve been nice if we got him asking to have some Ginseng Tea and maybe another rarity tea we haven’t heard of before; That would’ve been nice.
I actually agree like he loves tea I general not just Jasmine I guess the writer of this forgot about that 😅
Yup like the show was sponsored by jasmine tea. 😂
@@KalImo111 imagine if it was omg 🤣🤣🤣
I've really enjoy the live action so I'm hyped to join you girls for this reaction series 😊
I watched it the second time and this show is so good guys! You may be hesitant with the changes but they did it in a way that makes sense without leaving out stuff from the original SZN 1 plot!🔥
I see how well the writing is cause they even incorporated LORE from the Avatar books AND from Korra!😍
The children’s acting in this show also progressively gets better.
They incorporated nothing from the books. They swapped Sokka's and Katara's personalities. Got rid of the entirety of Secret Tunnel. Made Bumi a hateful cunt. Emotionally manipulated whoever could make it to Ep. 6 with Leaves From The Vine. None of this makes any sense on a good adaptation stand point. Not to mention the fire benders during Sozin's Comet felt extremely weak. They should've decimated the air nomads within a fraction of the time it took them to in the show.
@@KRIAJKHow did they swap Sokka's and Katara's personalities? Sokka is still sarcastic here. They removed the sexism and part of the character's flaws and all of Katara's personality other than 'hope' but they didn't swap them.
The firebenders literally rocketed themselves with fire and flew like Ozai, but they're weak. Sure. They were fighting Masters and beating them.
@@KRIAJK Mind your language please this is a very weird, incorrect, and hateful comment.
You clearly have not finished the netflix show OR know anything about the LORE. I'm not going to spoil, but they DO INDEED incorporate stuff fom the books.
I am sure when it pops up, (if these beautiful young ladies know about AVATAR lore), then they will know exactly what I'm talking about in a particular episode.
Kindly dont be rude, do your reseach, and have a peaceful day.
Creator want huge change (maybe some woke agenda), Netflix wants to stick with its original sources (cartoon), thats why they left.
They completely removed Aang's being in love with Katara, which is one of the biggest things in the entire series. The reason for that was that the actress playing Katara was 16 at the time and was gonna be 18 by the time season 1 had aired, while the kid playing Aang is years younger. They didn't want to have a relationship portrayed with an 18 year old actress and a 14-15 year old actor.
That was one of the several reasons why the creators of Avatar left the netflix show and didn't come back. Netflix also wanted to get rid of fillers and mesh as many stories together in weird ways, as you'll see in the following episodes if you keep watching. That was due to the fact they wouldn't give them more than 8 episodes. This live action was doomed from the beginning.
crybabies need to rewatch the animated show instead of bashing the live action and get that shit canceled because they're salty over details- the live action is an invitation to explore the animated show for a HUGE crowd of people all around the world who never bothered to watch Avatar in the first place, and for the original fans it is a chance to see an ADAPTATION of the stories they knew.. You're speculating and trying to push your own fears and hatred on others.
Even in the cartoon it was a little off putting, how many Young Women do you know that would even consider having a relationship with a BOY years younger? Aang is like 10 to 12 and Katara is like 14 to 16 in the Cartoon show.
@@AlbertoMartinez765EXACTLY! Which if ANY diehard fans remember in the OG, that was also a big reason Katara didn't Immediately fall in love with Aang. She saw him as as someone interesting and awe-inspiring at first, THEN as a younger brother she loved, THEEEEN through very confused feelings finally saw Aang as someone she loved deeply and romantically. They set up a lot for future seasons and through all the criticism they will take things into account.. like having a longer season maybe? Jeez it's like watching Legend Of Korra all over again 😂🤷
@@AlbertoMartinez765 2 years younger is not that weird.
❤️About the KATAANG situation, I acc definately think that they will choose to introduce that fully in SEASON 2
Cause think about it! When the actor who plays Aang was casted, he was 11/12 in real life; Katara's actress was 14.
But now (2024), Aangs actor is 14 and Katara's is 16, so i think when they start shooting season 2, they'll be at a more appropriate mid-teen age to act out romantic scenes effectively.
Even in interviews I was GAGGED cause Aang's actor Gordon Cormier's voice is already breaking and he's almost her height now😵 It is also realistic cause boys are naturally smaller than girls *up until puberty* and then have a massive growth spurt.
Cause they CANNOT butcher KATAANG PLS😂🙏 they gotta be older enough to act out them scenes in a non-cheesey/cringe way. A cartoon can pull it off and yes, we usually do have first crushes/kisses at 12-15 years of age. BUT it will just look weird he looks like such a small cute lil baby😭 I feel like he's my child😭
Nope, that's completely incorrect. They completely removed Aang's being in love with Katara because the actress playing Katara was 15-16 at the time and was gonna be 18 by the time season 1 had released(she's turning 18 in april), while the kid playing Aang is 3 years younger. They didn't want to have a relationship portrayed with an 18 year old actress and a 14-15 year old actor.
That was one of the several reasons why the creators of Avatar left the netflix show and didn't come back. Netflix also wanted to get rid of fillers and mesh as many stories together in weird ways, as you've seen in the following episodes if you've kept watching past episode 1. That was due to the fact they wouldn't give them more than 8 episodes. This live action was doomed from the beginning.
If they didn't want a relationship portrayed by a 16 year old actress and a 13 year old one, they definitely will not ever have one portrayed by an 18 year old one and a 15 year old one. That won't be an issue, though, the show will never get past season 2(if it even gets there) as the actors will age way too quickly. In season 3 of the actual Avatar, they are all still the same age or one year old at most.
But with streaming shows taking so much to shoot and be released, the kids will be in their 20s and even Aang's actor will be 17 by season 2. Again, the show was doomed from the start.
@@FuzzyDlop I'm not sure where you heard that but you are the one who is incorrect.
They havent completely removed it someone from the cast confirmed it. Either way there was ALWAYS going to be a romantic age gap between them from the source material.
Its life. It happens.
They havent even announced/cancelled season 2 yet lol. So lets just agree to disaree and see what they do with this. Nobody is 100% sure
I dunno, how many people missed Sozen's Comet in the beginning?? They've been SHOWING it in the sky, Fire Lord said it multiple times, even Gyatso said the monks form the Northern Air Temple is coming for the Great Comet Festival????? How obvious does it have to be???!
None of us missed it. It was one of the first things I said. What are you going on about? -Sam
Dude, the point is the comet _returning_ is what the whole plot hinges around, and they just don't bother ever mentioning it.
Sam is hot af, just saying
It's a good show if you treat it as a stand alone series. Don't compare, as it was never meant to be a remake, it's an adaptation. Think of it as an alternate reality to the cartoon.
I just hope you don't expect all details to be the same, been watching other reactors and when they say 'oh it's not the same, I don't know how to feel about this' it just gets me mad, it instantly puts them on guard instead of enjoying the new scenes and judge after. I really like ATLA and I really enjoyed this series, I would say to not go back to the original to see what's different but instead just enjoy this one. Well, it's my take on it.
"we don't expect that it's gonna be the same with the animation"
***compares every single detail with the animation series***
I honestly think they did an alright job at making this live action.
same. I think it was enjoyable as a fan, but obviously will never compare to the original. THe gyatso stuff made me cry ngl lol.
Yeah it's 20 times better than that movie at least
@@apppletreee I literally cried 20 mins into the ep because of Gyatso haha
Less goofy version of Aang
To be honest the show is still very good on its self like 8/10. I don't know why people keep whinning about it and say it suck 🤔
The marketing and interviews of the cast really shows these guys their chemistry more imo, if y'all are not sold, watch the promotion videos they did for this show. Cuz these videos really show the potential of them doing book 2 right. The definitely got the cast right.
Edit: warning small spoiler kinda,
I think they will let Katara do the intro if s2 gets made.
Thats the problem tho. The cast have GREAT chemistry in real life, yet NONE of that is in the show. Respectfully their relationship outside the show mean jack shit. What is in the show matters
But I do agree with you, hopefully they can take the criticism and make Book 2 better
Zuko, iroh, ozai is the best part of s1 live action! They really carried🔥I can't wait for you to react to ep 6
I personally liked the other episodes better than episode 1 in my opinion. DONT worry guys it gets better! And if you think they won’t introduce some things, dw they’re probably remixing it or saving it for another episode!
And Yeah sure… Gran gran way better practically 100 yrs old as well and probably remembers the Comit festival but that was lacklustre asf😹 I agree!
Anime is boring so you should watch THRONE OF SEAL the animation and storyline are very good ✨🔥I really need your reactions 🙏
they have to make changes from the cartoon, is only 8 episodes trying to condense 24 episodes, like the One Piece show, they have to make creative choices. I like it, feel like a fresh show but keeping the base very good 👍
love you girls ❤
Book 1 was 20 episodes. It had pretty much the exact same runtime as this show. They didn't have to condense anything. It's all down to the things they chose to change.
My favorite character in this series are aang, sokka, zuko, suki
The opening scene was so good it made the rest of the episode disapointing. So much inconsistencies, questionable VFX, and poor dialog. Zuko really carries this show and Sokka stole all the good characteristics from Aang and Katara that so much doesnt even feel earned or logical.
Who asked for this 💀
In every way badly made garbage. Only made because of money-hungriness.
Great reaction as always guys i"m glad are enjoying it. I wanted to ask permission in using yor videos in a reaction compilation on this channel and @nerdysagedos and of course giving you proper credit as well
Send us an email! -Sam
@@TheReactPack ok
Disclaimer: start carrying tissues from episodes 4 onwards🧻😭
It starts to get WAY better from 3 onwards in my opinion! Enjoy the wild ride of this adaptation
And I think it’s good that the show manages to surprise BOTH newcomers and fans. Same plot, but awesome additions. Don’t worry too much if they do something that me not identical to the cartoon❤️