I honestly didn't hate the adaptation of ALTA. It wasn't the same as the animation and the writing could have been way better and hope it improves with the next two seasons. But overall I think changing some of the show made it fresh and not exactly the same. I think the overall storyline could have been written better, I think the acting could have been better but the overall picture was ALTA. (To clarify I have been a fan of ALTA since the beginning)
I know that there are people who are enjoying it... in my head, I know... and honestly, I'm glad that there are fans who are enjoying it, even when I can't. I think it goes along with the fact that I can't really engage with movies or TV without accidentally putting on my college-education-hat that makes it so difficult for me to just try to enjoy the show when I know that they didn't take the bare minimum steps to make sure that it was as good as it could be. I'm intrigued by the fact that they're giving more screen time to the fire nation, I've seen clips of the funeral scene for Lu Ten that really drew me in but I'm just concerned about the navigation of the other core elements of the story from a narrative perspective. I genuinely can't remember the last movie or TV show that I watched and just experienced as a viewer without having film-school-critiques at the end of it (against my will more often than not). I can't turn that off and the cartoon is doing so many things well that even when I DO have those critiques (and I have many...) it's outweighed by the attention to detail and intention behind the choices even if they aren't carried out in the most effective way.
I honestly didn't hate the adaptation of ALTA. It wasn't the same as the animation and the writing could have been way better and hope it improves with the next two seasons. But overall I think changing some of the show made it fresh and not exactly the same. I think the overall storyline could have been written better, I think the acting could have been better but the overall picture was ALTA. (To clarify I have been a fan of ALTA since the beginning)
I know that there are people who are enjoying it... in my head, I know... and honestly, I'm glad that there are fans who are enjoying it, even when I can't.
I think it goes along with the fact that I can't really engage with movies or TV without accidentally putting on my college-education-hat that makes it so difficult for me to just try to enjoy the show when I know that they didn't take the bare minimum steps to make sure that it was as good as it could be.
I'm intrigued by the fact that they're giving more screen time to the fire nation, I've seen clips of the funeral scene for Lu Ten that really drew me in but I'm just concerned about the navigation of the other core elements of the story from a narrative perspective. I genuinely can't remember the last movie or TV show that I watched and just experienced as a viewer without having film-school-critiques at the end of it (against my will more often than not). I can't turn that off and the cartoon is doing so many things well that even when I DO have those critiques (and I have many...) it's outweighed by the attention to detail and intention behind the choices even if they aren't carried out in the most effective way.