@@LettsReact can u consider reacting to One piece live action series in the near future too?? That show is also pretty good and majestic to watch. Hoping u would watch it soon
So great to see you going back to where it all began. This channel has come full circle. I love this version of Zuko. And that air temple raid was so well made and brutal.
tbf Zaheer did exactly the same thing after escaping prison - he used bursts of airbending to slow his fall as he bounded down the mountain, so to say he did what Zaheer did is not wholly inaccurate =P
I believe if they compare Aang's wind propelled "flying" to Zaheer's "detachment from his earthly tether" Aang is still using his airbending to push off and basically 'double jump.' Whereas if they were to show Zaheer, he would just innately be hovering without having to jump around like Aang was.
Yeah there's a bit which people point to as "Aang flying" when he's shouting for Appa, when he's actually balancing on top of a tornado - if you're not watching in potato quality, you can see the snow whipping up around him to show that. It's not even a technique unique to the live action either - Tenzin does the same thing in Legend of Korra at least twice. I guess people mixing it up is a blend of the airbending in the live action not being as visible as in animation, and misunderstanding how Zaheer's weightless flight works as opposed to propelled flight
I noticed he only rides air currents like that in places where there’s strong wind. The South Pole and the Southern Air Temple are both locations with strong wind (you can see it often in snow or dust whirling around).
eh, could see them both liking some things, and not liking others. It's a bit of a mixed bag for the show, but I think they got more right than wrong, and overall delivered a pretty good package for the main plot and details. Especially because they probably had limited amount of episodes they could fit things into.
I'd rate the show as a whole a 7/10. It's a "a quite good enough", but the dialogue between character just seems lackluster for me. Still happy they got two other seasons going, how they could improve to be as good as One Piece live action.
If they’re expecting a 1:1 adaptation and comparing everything to the animated, then I agree that they’re not gonna like it. If they accept this it’s based on the animation and not a 1:1 then they may end up liking it.
@@garrydimasa1964 Same rating. It's good enough to be entertaining on its own but it lacks on the dialogue and tone sometimes, both acting and scriptwriting problems.
@@CrazeeAdamHard to say, for me they got a lot wrong and some things barely tolerable. The flaws are not due to the time limits, there are glaring holes in its quality that reveals the show writers sinply do not know how to do narrative storytelling for television.
I loved that they took the dark themes of the animated version, and embraced it fully. Now the audience that grew up with the series is old enough to have a non censored/toned down version (even though the animated series does tackle the themes, it’s not the same). And they truly make it clear from the start and showing us what happened with the air nomads.
26:25 Yeah, I watched this with my mom and when Gran Gran started talking like that we looked at each other like "WTF." Like, lady if you're going to quote the entire original intro word for word, why not use that as the intro for this adaptation. And just like, the way she delivered it just felt like she was reading a script, it was really jarring.
and what's funny, they kinda use it at the beginning, right after the firelord thing if i'm not mistaken. Not word for word tho, but still. And I think they told this story like 3 times during first episode. Sorry, I'm a hater of this adaptation, I watched too many analysis
I don’t really like the show but this critique I never get? She literally says the second shes done, that it’s a story in the village. So yes she is reading it “like a script” cause it’s suppose to be one??
Ngl I’m very selective of my shows so I’ve been gone since korra, seeing yall are married now is cool! From watching avatar with my gf on tiktok to here on RUclips with your now wife 🙂 wish yall the best, now into the video a little it’s very cute you have a dog named appa 😂 but where’s the appa plushie?
You guys reacting to avatar again brings me back oh god, I started watching you guys as I was applying for University back in 2020 and now I'm entering my final two weeks!
@@garrydimasa1964 I'm just saying this show was better than the movie and best of all there were no white people in this show. that's one thing the movie pissed me off to no end
@@rickymoranjr9609 for sure show was better than movie but far from perfect, and u mostly liking it due to having no white people when literally the original story is written by them. I know casting of first live action movie was not true to source material but still it was pretty diverse unlike live action adaptations made by Japan for ex of Attack on titan and Fullmetal alchemist which are set in mostly European setting but they hardly had any in their live actions and those usually don't face that much backlash for it. Even in modern western adaptation of classics like The little mermaid and even Snow white they black & brownwashed main characters despite plenty backlash.. and othef endless examples, seems it's more acceptable one way around..
Actually, I would like to tell you guys you're the. Reason I watch Reaction videos now. That I watch them every day. I started with you guys doing this show animation. And it's come full circle, and now you're doing the live action, so of course I'm here to watch It with you guys. Thanks for putting me on my reaction journey.
you forgot forced... they really leaned on the original a lot and if you ask me it doesnt really work unless youve seen the OG, im not hating it it had good and bad moments but the best way i can describe this show is fanmade with a few exceptional actors (i.e. Daniel Dae Kim, with him you notice the more screentime he gets the more you can feel hes a different caliber as the other actors) or to summarize this Show = Tell dont Show, feels like they took the criticism of missing content to heart and tried to stuff as much in there as possible regardless of the quality of storytelling Spoilers: S2 is make or break at this point, besides the plots of each OG episode being implemented more weird than great but never bad, the main issue is obviously that they either forgot or didnt care that the journey aang does to the north pole is because he needs to learn waterbending, i mean they mentioned it and then never do it. at worst this show felt like a fan service checklist like spirit world check, hebei check, mentioning avatars check, etc without these things actually carrying the same significance as in the original, at best this show is actually a decent adaptation, i especially loved the first half of the pilot episode, and they did the S1 finale justice, costumes were great and most locations aswell except jets hideout like wtf did they just rent a climbing park? also while the costumes were great they often looked to clean. on a character bonding / emotional level this is going to lowball since it skips most of the journey due to the episode length/count, so we dont get to see the world as much, i definitely didnt feel like i was on one watching this because they were at like 4 locations and spend a long time at each (considering the total runtime of S1) im really worried now because for one the showrunner quit after the first season (or got fired idk, might be for the better who knows but speaks for the quality/reception of this) but since aang doesnt waterbend they still have to show him learning that in s2, if they skipped that id be willing to call it a bad adaptation i mean theres 3 books water earth fire in each he has to master each element so he can defeat the firelord... thats just the raw base of the show and missing that without offering something equal in return which could go even worse, is plain bad. they already showed some of s2 content in s1 but it doubt it will be enough to compensate. in the end i blame netflix for most of the downfalls because theyre probably the ones who set the episode length/count, which is why were left with this weird situation but you could also blame them for not using the time right/ having bad pacing i know you aint ask for all that but i just wanted to add my 2 cents
Because it was made under the assumption that most of the viewers would have already seen the OG show, plus it was running on an 8-part time table, so they had to cram as much as possible...
@@calistodorrenif you go on the assumption that everyone had already seen the original than you don't need to have so much exposition in your dialogue. They clearly tried to explain stuff for new viewers but what the original spent 5 seconds on, Netflix version spends 5 minutes. That's how poorly the show was written
@@robertking4645 yeah you are absolutely right. plus they mixed and mashed so many episodes that ruined the rhythm of the show completely sucked out of the fun from the show.
I can't lie I actually like that Katara didn't say that we'll be your family in episode 1 to Aang cause it seems a bit too soon since they basically just met
I thoroughly enjoyed the adaptation...i never expected it to be the animated series and i thought the actor did well and they were clever with the shortening (it was a hard job) i loved most the additions ❤
Fun fact about Air Nomad Culture, as their names imply, they are nomadic, meaning the vast majority of them were always out traveling the world, so the Temples were really only home to the young Air Nomads still in training, and a council of elders who oversaw said training. What some of you might not know is that the Temples were segregated by gender, so the Eastern and Western Air Temples were inhabited exclusively by females, while the Northern and Southern Temples were inhabited exclusively by males. One interesting theory I heard a while ago suggests that a child is sent to the opposite Temple of the one their parent grew up in, so if an Air Nomad couple have a son, and his father was raised at the Northern Air Temple, the son is sent to the Southern Air Temple to be raised by monks, since they don't put focus on family. So this theory suggests that Aang's actual grandfather is living in the Southern Air Temple, even if neither are aware. And the theory is that Gyatso might actually be Aang's grandfather.
to anyone still hasn't begin watching it : DON'T LISTEN TO ANYONE this series ( as expected ) has such a diverse reviews on it that the best way to experience it is not reading ANY of it and watch it all by yourself
@@KUDASAI_SAN you sir/ma'am would be one of those comments that my guy was talking about👌 Don't listen, make ur own opinion, it's just a show and nobody should take it too seriously
@@KUDASAI_SAN that's what you're doing my friend, as long as you don't provide any valid critisism apart from "it's bad" and stuff like that lol. Respect makes people take what you say seriously as well. Btw, I would greatly love to see your own version of Live-Action Avatar, it seems you know exactly how to do it👌
@@ruslan7782 I did. What Aang is doing in this episode is not flight, like what Zaheer does. He’s propelling himself through the air using wind instead, which makes sense, he just never did it in the animated show.
@@EpicRandomness555 Air and gravity isn't the same. Human bones(its density) do not allow people to just float on air with such little effort, the force must be so strong so that you almost have to forcibly push yourself with air to stay up, which Aang did many times in the cartoon version. This is probably why it seems like Aang is flying here, hence, the reaction of Kenny.
You know a live action is immaculately striking (for a live action), when you experience the characters interactions and dialogue depicted naturally as opposed to distracting the audience with the thought of the art form being a contrived cheesy “cliche”!
The airbenders secret technique is being able to just fly but they can only do so when they don't have a companion bond or something I remember hearing it after zaher was able to fly in korra and they explained it
we don't actually know the full creative differences that caused the creators to leave, not to mention right after they left they were almost instantly given their own studio, to create avatar content with, not just a single show contract. that likely had influence as well as any changes netflix wanted to make. theres a good chance they left because they got a good offer and just used creative differences as a good excuse to get out of the project. not saying thats true, but anyone making any claims as to what actually caused them to leave are unconformed unless they come straight from the creators mouths.
So happy to see you again! I remember when I first followed y'all on tiktok when you first started posted reactions there, I think I caught ya halfway through season 1 and remeber the youtube channel rollout. I was also a junior in college at the time and it's been really cool watching y'all go through life stages at the same time as me.
I hope that after you guys watch this, you give the Live Action One Piece a shot because it’s really amazing (better than anybody thought it was going to be) and I think you guys would have so much fun watching it! I love hearing you guy’s opinions on shows and I know it would be a great reaction❤️
I think it’s really interesting how a fire benders own fire looks like it can be used as a shield of sorts ex:(Sozin walking through the air attack and the last shot of Zukos arms ingulfed in them) If I remember correctly it wasn’t like that in the cartoon.
I’m pretty sure what looks like Aang flying unassisted is him airbendering updrafts to keep him self in the air, and is not something he can keep up over a long time.
I think the beauty of the cartoon was that it didn't need the specific violence to be one of the best shows ever. They always just implied terrible things happened. In the original they couldn't even say that someone died, or death threats or anything. That would have been enough for the adult version. It's just a little much at least for me
IT'S TIME I've been waiting for this for a while. I havent watched it yet even though its been out for a few months. I hope you guys enjoy the ride!....as the journey continues (oh wait, wrong series)
I’m excited to see you all react to this. I got into watching reaction videos on YT because of your Korra reaction back during the pandemic. This series adaptation has its rough edges for sure but overall I think it was good and I’m looking forward to how the cast and crew take our constructive criticism and hopefully improve on season 2 and 3.
Yeah Aang is not flying the way Zahir did. I the beginning he is doing long jumps and gliding down, when calling Appa he's creating air currents and that's keeping him floating. The glider let's him glide longer and fly, Zahir is literally flying without generating air currents or atleast not big collums to float on.
I completely agree with Montana on this topic. I get that same people may be upset that the live action isn't as child like but at the same time this is a war. The only way you can make a show like the original with that same tone and energy is in cartoon animation style. I do not think a live action version with the same tone and energy would be good at all. So I was very happy to see them take a darker tone with the show.
Well, first I think the animated show never needed a live action. Weirdly enough, the animated show was more mature that this show in the way it treated its characters and its themes. The Netflix show confused maturity with "more fights, more violent, more spectacles", but in ultimately, it failed on the emotional part too. There are some reviews which do a good job at explaining those things. I agreed because I felt exactly like that when trying to watch the show, it did not work for me at all. It was not bad, it was just less good in most areas than the original show. Now if people liked it, good for them :-).
@@reksfoleur859 ok that's fair. I disagree almost on everything with you and as a film major I can make a valid argument against most of what you brought up. ESPECIALLY when talking about maturity and emotion. I won't do that though bc you showed you were very mature in handling my comment would so I respect it and find it unnecessary. But I personally like the live action. And just bc it may not have needed one doesn't mean this one is bad. The acting, cinematics, and story actually line up pretty well and are great. And I understand ppl not liking it bc of the original but if it was episode for episode like the original what is the point of that?? Somethings have to be different in order to make it stand out. If you don't like that oh well it doesn't make the show bad. That is my stance on it bc I personally think again as a film major it doesn't deserve the hate I've seen and it is actually a pretty good and solid remake.
I disagree. The "darker" tone is far less mature than the show aimed at literal children. NATLA Aang is closer to his Book III incarnation, where he becomes far more determined and accepting of his role of the Avatar. They chose to skip all that growth we got from Aang in Book I and just skip to the end. So now Aang has a far more shallow arc than the original. Same with Sokka and Katara. They each suffer in the character department, but in different ways. I agree that the lighthearted nature of the original would feel at odds with a live-action adaptation, which is why I feel like this show didn't need an live-action adaptation. If you can't incorporate one of the main elements of the show you are adapting (i.e. Hope, Humor and Fun), then I feel like your adaptation is fundamentally miss the mark.
Thanks for this bro. Same thought. Leave the goody show on the animated one. This live action should be realistic coz they are humans playing the characters and this is very timely. Like arent people realizing g3nocide topic alone is realistic? Right? I am glad some wise people like you realized this too
I’d say the next live actuon show you should watch is One piece live action.It’s really enjoyable and most of the times as enjoyable as the anime or for some even more.
So is this exactly like the original show? No. Is it as deep.. also.. really no. But it does do a good job at showing a good amount of the original series in a good light, while weaving in some new things and scenes that are pretty touching. I hope you both enjoy it!!
Movie flame maide a vido on this a while ago (not long after the show came out). He said something like how they weren't making this with kids in mind, but instead, for adults who watched the og show as a kid.
I think in regeards to the "flying", it's really more like "gliding". But even then, you only see him do it for a short amount at a time. Perhaps the glider enables him to glide for longer, and gives him more control, especially mid air. It's not like he could maintain the altitude in the beginning, he was high up and gliding along the air currents down to the ground. You could see him push off and give himself momentum in that scene. And then once he was close to the ground, used airbending as a "cushion" to land smoothly. I too was bothered by that scene for a bit, in regards to it seeming like flying, but thinking about for a little while - came to view it like mentioned above. Also think that since Aang is a very skilled bender, perhaps he is one of not many that can glide for a bit without the help of a glider. Like a hard to attain ability in regards to the skill and time to master it
I’m in the middle of the reaction and had to pause at 9:31 so I may just end up either deleting or editing my response if you end up saying this but I wanted to write it down before I forget: To me, the intro scene of Aang “flying” reminded me an awful lot of Rise of the Guardians! I don’t know if either of you’ve seen the movie but Jack didn’t exactly fly himself but the winds were carrying him. The way Aang was moving in the air, it just immediately made me think of that. So a… it wasn not flying-like.Zaheer but a bending-the-air-to-make-me-fly kind of thing. At least that’s how I perceived it. On the topic of the adaptation over all… I love some things, I didn’t like others. Overall I enjoyed it for what it was because I didn’t try to hold it to the original show’s standard. I think a lot of people either love it or don’t. The people I talked to seemed to enjoy it alright, while others not so much. So I’m curious to see your opinions on it! Gotta say, I’ve been following you since the ATLA reactions but I’ve been mostly just lurking and not commenting much. But it feels good to watch you guys again! And so happy for you guys being married now 😊
I would say Aang isn't "flying" like zaheer as you can see he is actively bending. He is more falling slowly. Zaheer could just float without making any bending motions.
It's not easy to see but all the times Aang is "flying" there's air distortion beneath him. It's just since air is so hard to see it's not as apparent as it was in the show.
Ooooooohghhhh I hope you'll do the Live Action One Piece after this. I know Kenny mentioned watching/reading One Piece already but if the Live Action one gets her into it too... Please please please please please do Live action One Piece after Live Action Avatar!
“I’m so curious where they filmed all this stuff” Unfortunately it looks like the majority of the show was filmed using Volume. You can clearly see where the real set ends and the screen begins so the majority of what you see isn’t real.
Hope you enjoy the live action, I did. Just remember it is an adaptation with a capital A and not a remake. Also the overall tone seems more Lord of the Rings to me and not Game of Thrones despite the comparison used by the showrunners. The tone is definitely more serious but it is not GOT gritty.
Actually, and compared to what we saw in the cartoon, the effects of the comet were almost inexistant in these scenes. They were at the same level as the regular firebenders of the show. And Sozin? If you remember how was Ozai in the finale, it's really nothing. Azula already shown that firebenders could "fly" using fire like that so... I understand that they didn't want to make the firebenders too impressive in order to keep the fighting scened more balanced but I expected more from the comet honestly.
i liked this. I just think like normal the fan base tends to ruin stuff by wanting it to all be exactly the same. But to each their own. *edit. I realized yall just dogged on it during it so nvm.
I thought it was a pretty good adaptation. Love the cast. Let them cook, season one of the original was nothing to write home about. Lets see where this goes.
THANK you! I'm not saying this show doesn't have flaws, but people are acting like this is a failure just cause it's not a perfect adaptation. I hope the creators take people's criticism constructively and try to do better.
@@HaydrogenBomb yeah I'm not sure where the hate is coming from. People expected a 1 to 1 which isn't possible. I think it's by far the most faithful adaptation we've seen of animated media. I'm excited to see where it goes. Main thing is to not expect it to be the same show. It's not supposed to be.
@@jrw585jxcI couldn’t disagree more. Some people might’ve wanted the show to be exactly the same but it’s just bad faith to claim that’s the only reason to criticize this Netflix adaptation. They made a lot of changes, some good, some meh, and a lot of ones that straight up didn’t make sense
@@uhohmykokoro1616 I don't think there's no criticisms to have. I think the majority of the hate for the show is coming from fans who expected a 1-1 experience. That's obvious. But no there's tons of things someone could criticize if they wanted to. I think that's true of most TV shows. They took on a hard task of adapting a beloved animated show. It's failed many times and I feel like this is pretty good example of one that didn't fail. It works, it's good, it has some kinks but it's a good stand alone show for the most the part. I'm a die heart og avatar fan, and I had every reason to come in distastefully, but I enjoyed it alot.
This show really did good in my opinion. Some things are different, but honestly I view it as a retelling of the same story told today. Anyways, try to swerve from other reviews, and when you’re done you can make your own judgements. Enjoy! ❤😊
The design you see in the arrow tattoos is the s sign that you see in Rafa. Its a neat nod to Legend of Korra And no. Aang is not flying. If you look carefully you see hes descending the whole time
For the record, Aang doesn't fly. It's usually gliding or using the currents. Also too many are blinded by nostalgia and think the animated series is perfect when it's not quite so. There were things it had room to improve on.
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You should consider doing One Piece next. It’s really good.
The fact that your first live action show on this channel is also technically your first animated show is so fun.
It’s such a funny coincidence haha
full circle
@@LettsReact can u consider reacting to One piece live action series in the near future too?? That show is also pretty good and majestic to watch. Hoping u would watch it soon
It's too bad the live action show is such a big L
" this is the first show where I've seen the show before "
damn , that's a full circle moment if i ever see one
honestly them reacting to the live action adaptation is a full circle moment in and of itself
So great to see you going back to where it all began. This channel has come full circle. I love this version of Zuko. And that air temple raid was so well made and brutal.
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for watching with us, always appreciate the support!
Back to their roots.
Zuko is so good.
I couldn't agree more.
I can't wait to see what they think of the rest of the show.
He wasn't flying, he was "falling with style"
tbf Zaheer did exactly the same thing after escaping prison - he used bursts of airbending to slow his fall as he bounded down the mountain, so to say he did what Zaheer did is not wholly inaccurate =P
but he didn't just fall, he FLEW, throwing all of the Korra S3 lore out the window
I believe if they compare Aang's wind propelled "flying" to Zaheer's "detachment from his earthly tether" Aang is still using his airbending to push off and basically 'double jump.' Whereas if they were to show Zaheer, he would just innately be hovering without having to jump around like Aang was.
Yeah there's a bit which people point to as "Aang flying" when he's shouting for Appa, when he's actually balancing on top of a tornado - if you're not watching in potato quality, you can see the snow whipping up around him to show that. It's not even a technique unique to the live action either - Tenzin does the same thing in Legend of Korra at least twice.
I guess people mixing it up is a blend of the airbending in the live action not being as visible as in animation, and misunderstanding how Zaheer's weightless flight works as opposed to propelled flight
I noticed he only rides air currents like that in places where there’s strong wind. The South Pole and the Southern Air Temple are both locations with strong wind (you can see it often in snow or dust whirling around).
Zaheer was superhero flying. Aang was just bouncing down
Well if you think about it he could have slowly lost his ability because of him falling in love with katara 48:40
Calling it right now:
- Kenny is gonna end up hating it.
- Montanna is gonna end up liking it.
eh, could see them both liking some things, and not liking others. It's a bit of a mixed bag for the show, but I think they got more right than wrong, and overall delivered a pretty good package for the main plot and details. Especially because they probably had limited amount of episodes they could fit things into.
I'd rate the show as a whole a 7/10. It's a "a quite good enough", but the dialogue between character just seems lackluster for me. Still happy they got two other seasons going, how they could improve to be as good as One Piece live action.
If they’re expecting a 1:1 adaptation and comparing everything to the animated, then I agree that they’re not gonna like it. If they accept this it’s based on the animation and not a 1:1 then they may end up liking it.
@@garrydimasa1964 Same rating. It's good enough to be entertaining on its own but it lacks on the dialogue and tone sometimes, both acting and scriptwriting problems.
@@CrazeeAdamHard to say, for me they got a lot wrong and some things barely tolerable. The flaws are not due to the time limits, there are glaring holes in its quality that reveals the show writers sinply do not know how to do narrative storytelling for television.
17:50
“The effects are killer.”
And so is the Fire Nation!
So what Aang is doing is using the air currents around him to help him stay afloat! He still needs his glider to stay flying for long range!
I loved that they took the dark themes of the animated version, and embraced it fully. Now the audience that grew up with the series is old enough to have a non censored/toned down version (even though the animated series does tackle the themes, it’s not the same). And they truly make it clear from the start and showing us what happened with the air nomads.
26:25 Yeah, I watched this with my mom and when Gran Gran started talking like that we looked at each other like "WTF." Like, lady if you're going to quote the entire original intro word for word, why not use that as the intro for this adaptation. And just like, the way she delivered it just felt like she was reading a script, it was really jarring.
and what's funny, they kinda use it at the beginning, right after the firelord thing if i'm not mistaken. Not word for word tho, but still. And I think they told this story like 3 times during first episode. Sorry, I'm a hater of this adaptation, I watched too many analysis
@@tomoe2824same bro same, I really tried to like it. It was just to much for me at like EP , 5-6
I don’t really like the show but this critique I never get? She literally says the second shes done, that it’s a story in the village. So yes she is reading it “like a script” cause it’s suppose to be one??
28:53 Kenny was so close to responding “Hello, Zuko here!” to Montana’s “Look who’s here” lol 😂
the way they nailed the creatures in my opinion is the BEST thing about this show
When people say "back to the roots" they usually mean it in a less literal way, but this is a really nice surprise hahaha
Ngl I’m very selective of my shows so I’ve been gone since korra, seeing yall are married now is cool! From watching avatar with my gf on tiktok to here on RUclips with your now wife 🙂 wish yall the best, now into the video a little it’s very cute you have a dog named appa 😂 but where’s the appa plushie?
You guys reacting to avatar again brings me back oh god, I started watching you guys as I was applying for University back in 2020 and now I'm entering my final two weeks!
this show really kicked "The Last Airbender" movie in the balls, plus the bending is way better in this show hands down
that movie had no balls to kick in the first place hahahah such a disgrace of a movie
@@modelotimefooooo1853 yep
Comparing it with the movie is just a joke tbh. You can't gain any measurement on how good it is if the bar is really that low.
@@garrydimasa1964 I'm just saying this show was better than the movie and best of all there were no white people in this show. that's one thing the movie pissed me off to no end
@@rickymoranjr9609 for sure show was better than movie but far from perfect, and u mostly liking it due to having no white people when literally the original story is written by them. I know casting of first live action movie was not true to source material but still it was pretty diverse unlike live action adaptations made by Japan for ex of Attack on titan and Fullmetal alchemist which are set in mostly European setting but they hardly had any in their live actions and those usually don't face that much backlash for it. Even in modern western adaptation of classics like The little mermaid and even Snow white they black & brownwashed main characters despite plenty backlash.. and othef endless examples, seems it's more acceptable one way around..
Actually, I would like to tell you guys you're the. Reason I watch Reaction videos now. That I watch them every day. I started with you guys doing this show animation.
And it's come full circle, and now you're doing the live action, so of course I'm here to watch It with you guys. Thanks for putting me on my reaction journey.
Takeshi Furukawa I think a brilliant job incorporating Jeremy Zukerman's beloved themes while still putting a fresh spin on the music!
This show had so much expository dialogue.
you forgot forced... they really leaned on the original a lot and if you ask me it doesnt really work unless youve seen the OG, im not hating it it had good and bad moments but the best way i can describe this show is fanmade with a few exceptional actors (i.e. Daniel Dae Kim, with him you notice the more screentime he gets the more you can feel hes a different caliber as the other actors)
or to summarize this Show = Tell dont Show, feels like they took the criticism of missing content to heart and tried to stuff as much in there as possible regardless of the quality of storytelling
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S2 is make or break at this point, besides the plots of each OG episode being implemented more weird than great but never bad, the main issue is obviously that they either forgot or didnt care that the journey aang does to the north pole is because he needs to learn waterbending, i mean they mentioned it and then never do it. at worst this show felt like a fan service checklist like spirit world check, hebei check, mentioning avatars check, etc without these things actually carrying the same significance as in the original, at best this show is actually a decent adaptation, i especially loved the first half of the pilot episode, and they did the S1 finale justice, costumes were great and most locations aswell except jets hideout like wtf did they just rent a climbing park? also while the costumes were great they often looked to clean.
on a character bonding / emotional level this is going to lowball since it skips most of the journey due to the episode length/count, so we dont get to see the world as much, i definitely didnt feel like i was on one watching this because they were at like 4 locations and spend a long time at each (considering the total runtime of S1)
im really worried now because for one the showrunner quit after the first season (or got fired idk, might be for the better who knows but speaks for the quality/reception of this) but since aang doesnt waterbend they still have to show him learning that in s2, if they skipped that id be willing to call it a bad adaptation i mean theres 3 books water earth fire in each he has to master each element so he can defeat the firelord... thats just the raw base of the show and missing that without offering something equal in return which could go even worse, is plain bad. they already showed some of s2 content in s1 but it doubt it will be enough to compensate.
in the end i blame netflix for most of the downfalls because theyre probably the ones who set the episode length/count, which is why were left with this weird situation but you could also blame them for not using the time right/ having bad pacing
i know you aint ask for all that but i just wanted to add my 2 cents
Because it was made under the assumption that most of the viewers would have already seen the OG show, plus it was running on an 8-part time table, so they had to cram as much as possible...
@@calistodorrenif you go on the assumption that everyone had already seen the original than you don't need to have so much exposition in your dialogue.
They clearly tried to explain stuff for new viewers but what the original spent 5 seconds on, Netflix version spends 5 minutes. That's how poorly the show was written
@@robertking4645 yeah you are absolutely right. plus they mixed and mashed so many episodes that ruined the rhythm of the show completely sucked out of the fun from the show.
@@calistodorren they didn't needed to squished later season stuff in this one , they already pick very low episode count.
"Are you sure about that?"
Thinks about where Zuko is at the end of the show, yeah pretty sure.
I've watched your reactions since the beginning ❤️😍 love you two very much!
I can't lie I actually like that Katara didn't say that we'll be your family in episode 1 to Aang cause it seems a bit too soon since they basically just met
Glad someone said this! This is exactly what the showrunners said in the panel
I thoroughly enjoyed the adaptation...i never expected it to be the animated series and i thought the actor did well and they were clever with the shortening (it was a hard job) i loved most the additions ❤
Fun fact about Air Nomad Culture, as their names imply, they are nomadic, meaning the vast majority of them were always out traveling the world, so the Temples were really only home to the young Air Nomads still in training, and a council of elders who oversaw said training.
What some of you might not know is that the Temples were segregated by gender, so the Eastern and Western Air Temples were inhabited exclusively by females, while the Northern and Southern Temples were inhabited exclusively by males.
One interesting theory I heard a while ago suggests that a child is sent to the opposite Temple of the one their parent grew up in, so if an Air Nomad couple have a son, and his father was raised at the Northern Air Temple, the son is sent to the Southern Air Temple to be raised by monks, since they don't put focus on family.
So this theory suggests that Aang's actual grandfather is living in the Southern Air Temple, even if neither are aware. And the theory is that Gyatso might actually be Aang's grandfather.
to anyone still hasn't begin watching it :
DON'T LISTEN TO ANYONE
this series ( as expected ) has such a diverse reviews on it that the best way to experience it is not reading ANY of it and watch it all by yourself
yes 100%
It doesnt make any good thou
@@KUDASAI_SAN you sir/ma'am would be one of those comments that my guy was talking about👌
Don't listen, make ur own opinion, it's just a show and nobody should take it too seriously
@@caspianYT This show does everything it can to not being taken seriously
@@KUDASAI_SAN that's what you're doing my friend, as long as you don't provide any valid critisism apart from "it's bad" and stuff like that lol. Respect makes people take what you say seriously as well. Btw, I would greatly love to see your own version of Live-Action Avatar, it seems you know exactly how to do it👌
Full circle moment with ATLA being your first animated show and now your first LA..
The Aang floating thing is something I saw and said, Oh, yeah… if he has air powers he should’ve always been able to do that, why didn’t he before?
Did you watch the Legend of Korra? It was well explained there.
Even after; like when Aang was falling why he didn't just "glide fancily"??
@@ruslan7782 I did. What Aang is doing in this episode is not flight, like what Zaheer does. He’s propelling himself through the air using wind instead, which makes sense, he just never did it in the animated show.
@@EpicRandomness555 Air and gravity isn't the same. Human bones(its density) do not allow people to just float on air with such little effort, the force must be so strong so that you almost have to forcibly push yourself with air to stay up, which Aang did many times in the cartoon version. This is probably why it seems like Aang is flying here, hence, the reaction of Kenny.
Expository Gran Gran was my favourite character im ngl her coming in and just dropping story bombs killed me
You know a live action is immaculately striking (for a live action), when you experience the characters interactions and dialogue depicted naturally as opposed to distracting the audience with the thought of the art form being a contrived cheesy “cliche”!
The airbenders secret technique is being able to just fly but they can only do so when they don't have a companion bond or something I remember hearing it after zaher was able to fly in korra and they explained it
I really enjoyed the live action a good 7/10 for me. The choreography and special effects were best parts
“especially with katara and aang learning together” oh no 😭😭
They haven't said "Avatar" or "Avatar the last airbender" in such a long time feels good to hear it
YOU GOT NO IDEA HOW LONG I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!!
LETS GOOOOOO 🎉🎉🎉
Aang said "yip yip" when he first left the air temple
we don't actually know the full creative differences that caused the creators to leave, not to mention right after they left they were almost instantly given their own studio, to create avatar content with, not just a single show contract. that likely had influence as well as any changes netflix wanted to make. theres a good chance they left because they got a good offer and just used creative differences as a good excuse to get out of the project. not saying thats true, but anyone making any claims as to what actually caused them to leave are unconformed unless they come straight from the creators mouths.
So happy to see you again! I remember when I first followed y'all on tiktok when you first started posted reactions there, I think I caught ya halfway through season 1 and remeber the youtube channel rollout. I was also a junior in college at the time and it's been really cool watching y'all go through life stages at the same time as me.
If the animated show is a 10/10 this remake is an 8/10
I hope that after you guys watch this, you give the Live Action One Piece a shot because it’s really amazing (better than anybody thought it was going to be) and I think you guys would have so much fun watching it! I love hearing you guy’s opinions on shows and I know it would be a great reaction❤️
One of the reason i'm hype up during this release is because how succesful One Piece live action were. For Avatar unfortunately we still aren't there.
I think it’s really interesting how a fire benders own fire looks like it can be used as a shield of sorts ex:(Sozin walking through the air attack and the last shot of Zukos arms ingulfed in them) If I remember correctly it wasn’t like that in the cartoon.
Whoo!!!! Let's go!!!
Also for western animation after invincible
Try The Owl House's sister show Amphibia!
I’m pretty sure what looks like Aang flying unassisted is him airbendering updrafts to keep him self in the air, and is not something he can keep up over a long time.
This show is awesome. Y’all will love it and remember to keep an open mind.
I think the beauty of the cartoon was that it didn't need the specific violence to be one of the best shows ever. They always just implied terrible things happened. In the original they couldn't even say that someone died, or death threats or anything. That would have been enough for the adult version. It's just a little much at least for me
show has its off moments but all in all they did a great job glad you alll gave it a shot
IT'S TIME
I've been waiting for this for a while. I havent watched it yet even though its been out for a few months. I hope you guys enjoy the ride!....as the journey continues (oh wait, wrong series)
I just watched the original avatar the last airbender because of the start of your videos and I was very curious who toph was
PLS I think everyone was flabbergasted watching aang fly lol
Hey guys long time no see. Glad you’re doing well. Been waiting for these reactions for so long and so excited to share this experience with you
I’m excited to see you all react to this. I got into watching reaction videos on YT because of your Korra reaction back during the pandemic. This series adaptation has its rough edges for sure but overall I think it was good and I’m looking forward to how the cast and crew take our constructive criticism and hopefully improve on season 2 and 3.
aang was using airbending to glide, zaheer was flying like superman
He kept the beads in the original show. Those are bead he wear at the end of the cartoon
stop i am literally screaming ive been waiting for yall to watch this
Lets goooooo, I loved TLA and I hope you enjoy the ride
The throne is indeed his destiny. 😂
I can't be bothered buying Netflix so imma just watch it through your videos
Yeah Aang is not flying the way Zahir did. I the beginning he is doing long jumps and gliding down, when calling Appa he's creating air currents and that's keeping him floating. The glider let's him glide longer and fly, Zahir is literally flying without generating air currents or atleast not big collums to float on.
I don't think he was flying, he was falling with style =)
You guys are like my favourite part of the day at this point 🩷😭
I completely agree with Montana on this topic. I get that same people may be upset that the live action isn't as child like but at the same time this is a war. The only way you can make a show like the original with that same tone and energy is in cartoon animation style. I do not think a live action version with the same tone and energy would be good at all. So I was very happy to see them take a darker tone with the show.
Well, first I think the animated show never needed a live action. Weirdly enough, the animated show was more mature that this show in the way it treated its characters and its themes.
The Netflix show confused maturity with "more fights, more violent, more spectacles", but in ultimately, it failed on the emotional part too.
There are some reviews which do a good job at explaining those things. I agreed because I felt exactly like that when trying to watch the show, it did not work for me at all. It was not bad, it was just less good in most areas than the original show.
Now if people liked it, good for them :-).
@@reksfoleur859 ok that's fair. I disagree almost on everything with you and as a film major I can make a valid argument against most of what you brought up. ESPECIALLY when talking about maturity and emotion. I won't do that though bc you showed you were very mature in handling my comment would so I respect it and find it unnecessary. But I personally like the live action. And just bc it may not have needed one doesn't mean this one is bad. The acting, cinematics, and story actually line up pretty well and are great. And I understand ppl not liking it bc of the original but if it was episode for episode like the original what is the point of that?? Somethings have to be different in order to make it stand out. If you don't like that oh well it doesn't make the show bad. That is my stance on it bc I personally think again as a film major it doesn't deserve the hate I've seen and it is actually a pretty good and solid remake.
I disagree. The "darker" tone is far less mature than the show aimed at literal children. NATLA Aang is closer to his Book III incarnation, where he becomes far more determined and accepting of his role of the Avatar.
They chose to skip all that growth we got from Aang in Book I and just skip to the end. So now Aang has a far more shallow arc than the original. Same with Sokka and Katara. They each suffer in the character department, but in different ways.
I agree that the lighthearted nature of the original would feel at odds with a live-action adaptation, which is why I feel like this show didn't need an live-action adaptation. If you can't incorporate one of the main elements of the show you are adapting (i.e. Hope, Humor and Fun), then I feel like your adaptation is fundamentally miss the mark.
Thanks for this bro. Same thought. Leave the goody show on the animated one. This live action should be realistic coz they are humans playing the characters and this is very timely. Like arent people realizing g3nocide topic alone is realistic? Right? I am glad some wise people like you realized this too
@@tambourinesmusicmachine I agree
17:49 your theory still stands. This live action version is not the same as the cartoon version.
3:39
That's actually a good point lol. Almost like the creators don't care.
the show was better than i was thinking it was going to be i gave it a solid 7
dude people can say what they will about the adaptation but zuko’s actor ATE
I am living for the episode 4 reaction rn
Wanted to like this so bad but was so disappointed with the script
“Do hats not exist in this world?!”
Headbands exist though 😉
I've waited so long for this moment ❤🎉❤
I think Aang isn't flying, just falling with style.
Aw I missed you guys so much!!
I think the change was made because the age difference we watch this as kids now we young adults this was done well
I’d say the next live actuon show you should watch is One piece live action.It’s really enjoyable and most of the times as enjoyable as the anime or for some even more.
If that ignites their curiosity to check the anime, even better!
@@Loliston i doubt, its way too long for their anime reaction format and I am pretty sure they already tried but the animation was too bad for them.
@@Loliston maybe when the one piece remake comes out, there is a chance.
they've already watched it on their own but maybe since they're doing this they can do a reaction series on season 2
@@satiramalek2572 i thought they only watched the anime didn’t they? And Montana said she couldn’t get past like the first few eps.
Unveiling? Is that the word you were looking for, Montana?
So is this exactly like the original show? No. Is it as deep.. also.. really no. But it does do a good job at showing a good amount of the original series in a good light, while weaving in some new things and scenes that are pretty touching. I hope you both enjoy it!!
Movie flame maide a vido on this a while ago (not long after the show came out).
He said something like how they weren't making this with kids in mind, but instead, for adults who watched the og show as a kid.
Nice. Glad you both are seeing this.
I think in regeards to the "flying", it's really more like "gliding". But even then, you only see him do it for a short amount at a time. Perhaps the glider enables him to glide for longer, and gives him more control, especially mid air. It's not like he could maintain the altitude in the beginning, he was high up and gliding along the air currents down to the ground. You could see him push off and give himself momentum in that scene. And then once he was close to the ground, used airbending as a "cushion" to land smoothly. I too was bothered by that scene for a bit, in regards to it seeming like flying, but thinking about for a little while - came to view it like mentioned above. Also think that since Aang is a very skilled bender, perhaps he is one of not many that can glide for a bit without the help of a glider. Like a hard to attain ability in regards to the skill and time to master it
I’m in the middle of the reaction and had to pause at 9:31 so I may just end up either deleting or editing my response if you end up saying this but I wanted to write it down before I forget: To me, the intro scene of Aang “flying” reminded me an awful lot of Rise of the Guardians! I don’t know if either of you’ve seen the movie but Jack didn’t exactly fly himself but the winds were carrying him. The way Aang was moving in the air, it just immediately made me think of that. So a… it wasn not flying-like.Zaheer but a bending-the-air-to-make-me-fly kind of thing. At least that’s how I perceived it.
On the topic of the adaptation over all… I love some things, I didn’t like others. Overall I enjoyed it for what it was because I didn’t try to hold it to the original show’s standard. I think a lot of people either love it or don’t. The people I talked to seemed to enjoy it alright, while others not so much. So I’m curious to see your opinions on it! Gotta say, I’ve been following you since the ATLA reactions but I’ve been mostly just lurking and not commenting much. But it feels good to watch you guys again! And so happy for you guys being married now 😊
I would say Aang isn't "flying" like zaheer as you can see he is actively bending. He is more falling slowly. Zaheer could just float without making any bending motions.
I've been waiting for this 🎉🎉🎉 can't wait for the next ep
FUUUUUUULL CIRCLE BABYYY!!! 😤
You guys need to do your reaction to your first reaction series 😂
It's not easy to see but all the times Aang is "flying" there's air distortion beneath him. It's just since air is so hard to see it's not as apparent as it was in the show.
I will say this series wasn't bad as i thought it'd be. I give its solid 7.5 out of ten and can't wait to see y'all reaction especially to ep 4 and 6
Ooooooohghhhh I hope you'll do the Live Action One Piece after this.
I know Kenny mentioned watching/reading One Piece already but if the Live Action one gets her into it too...
Please please please please please do Live action One Piece after Live Action Avatar!
“I’m so curious where they filmed all this stuff”
Unfortunately it looks like the majority of the show was filmed using Volume. You can clearly see where the real set ends and the screen begins so the majority of what you see isn’t real.
omg my favorite couple is back!
Wolf Cove is the name of their village which is in the South Pole
Hope you enjoy the live action, I did. Just remember it is an adaptation with a capital A and not a remake. Also the overall tone seems more Lord of the Rings to me and not Game of Thrones despite the comparison used by the showrunners. The tone is definitely more serious but it is not GOT gritty.
Actually, and compared to what we saw in the cartoon, the effects of the comet were almost inexistant in these scenes. They were at the same level as the regular firebenders of the show. And Sozin? If you remember how was Ozai in the finale, it's really nothing. Azula already shown that firebenders could "fly" using fire like that so... I understand that they didn't want to make the firebenders too impressive in order to keep the fighting scened more balanced but I expected more from the comet honestly.
Now the live action gate is open.... Fallout?
Yea, woudnt be bad to watch a good live action adaptation now
i liked this. I just think like normal the fan base tends to ruin stuff by wanting it to all be exactly the same. But to each their own. *edit. I realized yall just dogged on it during it so nvm.
I thought it was a pretty good adaptation. Love the cast. Let them cook, season one of the original was nothing to write home about. Lets see where this goes.
This is the right attitude. I’m so ready for S2/S3
THANK you! I'm not saying this show doesn't have flaws, but people are acting like this is a failure just cause it's not a perfect adaptation.
I hope the creators take people's criticism constructively and try to do better.
@@HaydrogenBomb yeah I'm not sure where the hate is coming from. People expected a 1 to 1 which isn't possible. I think it's by far the most faithful adaptation we've seen of animated media. I'm excited to see where it goes. Main thing is to not expect it to be the same show. It's not supposed to be.
@@jrw585jxcI couldn’t disagree more. Some people might’ve wanted the show to be exactly the same but it’s just bad faith to claim that’s the only reason to criticize this Netflix adaptation. They made a lot of changes, some good, some meh, and a lot of ones that straight up didn’t make sense
@@uhohmykokoro1616 I don't think there's no criticisms to have. I think the majority of the hate for the show is coming from fans who expected a 1-1 experience. That's obvious. But no there's tons of things someone could criticize if they wanted to. I think that's true of most TV shows. They took on a hard task of adapting a beloved animated show. It's failed many times and I feel like this is pretty good example of one that didn't fail. It works, it's good, it has some kinks but it's a good stand alone show for the most the part. I'm a die heart og avatar fan, and I had every reason to come in distastefully, but I enjoyed it alot.
This show really did good in my opinion. Some things are different, but honestly I view it as a retelling of the same story told today. Anyways, try to swerve from other reviews, and when you’re done you can make your own judgements. Enjoy! ❤😊
Dallas Liu carried the show
I’m so excited for this!!!
The design you see in the arrow tattoos is the s sign that you see in Rafa. Its a neat nod to Legend of Korra
And no. Aang is not flying. If you look carefully you see hes descending the whole time
For the record, Aang doesn't fly. It's usually gliding or using the currents. Also too many are blinded by nostalgia and think the animated series is perfect when it's not quite so. There were things it had room to improve on.
Sadly this show didnt improve anything, only made characters faceless and empty
“There were things it had room to improve on”
If only this show had actually improved on any of it lmfao.