The whole reason Doug actural began watching the show was because he was getting requests to review the movie. So one good thing the movie did was inspire people to watch the series.
That was the case with me!! I actually watched the movie blind because a friend recommended it (I will never understand why...) and I was fascinated by how AWFUL it was. I had to know where it came from. I watched the show because of it, and you know what? I have no regrets. ...Last Airbender is still the worst movie I've ever seen.
I watched the movie first too and it was meh. But then I started paying attention at ATLA cartoon in the internet, thinking that it looks different and curiously started watching. Best decision in my life XD
Actually, that was my story! Doug's review of the film and top ten list inspired me to check out the show. Honestly, I watched the show on occasionally, but not religiously. I guess I was more of a SpongeBob guy. After a while, however, I realized one of my favorite aspect of animation, it could make you feel things other than laughter. If shows like this and several other shows that have been over the years, it can tell stories that are the perfect combination of silly and emotional more than any other medium. To me this one of the most relatable aspect of the medium (mainly because that's my outlook on life). However, even before I saw the show, I knew this film lacked the fun of the show, especially Sokka.
What's sad about this movie is that the kid who played Sokka was a die-hard Avatar fan. With his own limitations, he plays the part very well. But when it came to Shyamalan's directing, it broke him.
They didn't even mention that the Firebenders couldn't create there own fire in the movie. In the show the fire came from within them that Iron teaches in season one which makes sense. In the movie though they have to make a fire, have a torch or be lucky enough that the villages they go to all ready have lit fires for light and warmth to bend it making them the weakest benders in the movie.
Me: The budget. . . do you really wanna know the budget of this movie RarityDash? RarityDash: Yes. Me: . . . . . One hundred and fifty million dollars. RarityDash: *Walks off screen saying* FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!
Creators of Avatar, Fans of Avatar, and Fans of movies that don't suck: No! You take that Avatar out of your god damn title and go think about what you've done.
What they should’ve done is instead of making a movie based on the first season they should’ve made a movie about Aang before he ran away. Growing up as a monk. And then ending with him making the ball around himself and Appa and ending there or maybe ending on the cliff hanger of waking up to Katara. Fleshing our Aangs story would’ve made it a much more forgiving task since there isn’t much to compare it too. This should’ve ended up being as many movies as Harry Potter. On the other hand I’m glad it didn’t because now the original creators are remastering the series in live action on Netflix and there are getting GOT levels of money to do it and they said “this time we won’t have to white wash it like before.” Plus they had nothing to do with and hated the movie as much as everyone else.
To be fair to m.night, the casting was not his fault. Well, not COMPLETELY his fault. The actor for sokka is thr son of one of the ececutives, and m.night had to take him as a condition of making thr film. He had no training whatsoever. Which meant he needed to get a katara to match..... (she's also six years his younger but plays his OLDER sister) the aang actor was hired for his martial arts prowess, which is fair enough, and reportedly IS actually a lot like aang if left to be himself. Zuko was also initially played by jesse mccartny.... but the studio VERY quickly realised an all white cast was a problem and he voluntarily stepped down. Dev patel stepped in... and unfortunatly the ENTIRE fire nation had to be re-cast to match his nationality.... Additionally, apparently a LOT more scenes were shot to flesh things out and actually try to be lile the show, including a subplot with SUKI. Yes really. We even got to see some glimpses of the missing svenes in the trailer, and they actually make sokka seem like sokka. BUT the executives demanded a 100 minute maximum runtime, and an unrealistic deadline. Cinemablend did an article, and at least one employee made a similar report. The reason it turned out this way? The constant orders from above and problems working on the film basically slowly ground them doen and killed their spirit and love for the show, until they just wanted it over with..... and watching it? I can believe that. Edit: minor correction, KATARA Was the forced casting, Her dad was a businessman the studio owed a favour. sokka was chosen to match her but then had all his jokes and funny dialogue cut because of the sudden time mandate.
Sokka is older than Katara. He's 16, she is 14, iirc But yeah, they reaaaally screwed up with the casting. One thing ended up snowballing into more issues which eventually screwed up the whole movie.
Jackson Rathbone (Sokka) is a trained actor and this wasn't his first role.. His father doesn't work in show business. As far as I can tell, this is all on Shyamalan. He wrote, produced and directed. He insisted on the girl playing Katara, saying she reminded him of Haley Joel Osment. He even originally cast Jesse McCartney as Zuko. Dev Patel was his replacement.
@@tiawilliams5690 you are right about sokka and I apologize, it was KATARA is was thinking of.... And no, she was an executive mandate. Her father, Nelson peltz, was apparently owed anfavour, and all involved described her audition tape as sub-par at best. I am aware of Jesse McCartney, and I mentioned it. I can provide links to atrictles of first hand accounts.
@@RYMAN1321 I believe Dragonball Evolution was much worse than The Last Airbender because even though the latter was terrible, Shyamalan had at least watched the cartoon his was basing his movie off of, the people who made Dragonball Evolution never watched a single episode of Dragonball at all! With Shyamalan, its argued that he just misrepresented the cartoon he watched but with Dragonball Evolution...it was made by people who were absolutely clueless about what they were doing!
Makes me all the more grateful that I got my copy of the movie years ago free because it came with a couple other DVDs that were actually worth paying for. Also, Doug was not the least bit aware of the live action show back when he made this review
Someone should take the scenes of the Avatar characters reacting to that play and edit it to show them reacting to the whole movie! That would be as hilarious as that short scene NC made 😂
I know this was technically over with since last March, but they still hadn't taken responsibility for those grievances their former employees said about the abuse they've suffered. I know he can't leave because of him signing a contract from that horrible boss of his, but if he really cares about his fans, why not just go into a lawsuit to get his character, fire that psychopath of a CEO, and tell the truth and apologize? Even if it's for his job, and his crew in Chicago were better treated, but here's a question that I'm asking since my own mother and fellow student in college gone through this? "Would you really keep working at this company if you've known that your friends have been mistreated by someone who shouldn't be your boss? Grow some balls and get into court to escape that contract and take responsibility for his and your actions!"
@seigeengine What is your major malfunction? I understand not liking LoK, but jumping into the thread of someone who clearly does just to backhandedly shit on it implies an inability to let others enjoy things you don't enjoy that quite frankly I find concerning
I wouldn't wish joblessness on the creators of any of the many TV shows or movies I hate except for reasons unrelated to the quality of those works because I'm not an asshole but you do you
You can chilax with the demonslayer powers Romeo's got you covered. Don't believe me? my.w.tt/SmGhJE0LZ1 wrote it myself. You don't have to but since you a fairy tail fan I figured why not
6:51 I continually feel like I'm the only one that loved James Cameron's Avatar. LOL Anyway, I remember watching the show when they all came out on DVD, and then saw the movie a couple months later. I walked out going "Whatever" with no strong feelings, but then I showed my Family the entire show shortly after. Once it was done, the film came out on Blu-Ray, and we rented it. It was then I realized how horrible the movie was, and halfway through, my Mother was like "THIS IS AWFUL!!" and I felt bad.
Somewhat related news: SMITE has a Battle Pass based on Avatar: The Last Airbender. This includes special skins for Merlin (Aang and Avatar Aang), Susano'o (Zuko and Blue Spirit), and Skadi (Korra and Avatar Korra).
Pretty sure Katara could only use Blood Bending during a Full Moon and it's day time during the review, so technically she's the one not following the logic of the ATLA realm.
@William Harmon. Yeah, but Rachel is playing Katara, not Amon. Katara can only Bloodbend during the full moon. And the review is happening at day time. So, she shouldn't be able to Bloodbend.
Katara's way more powerful than Hama, so it's conceivable that she would be capable of bloodbending at any time but just never tried because of her ethical objections to the practice.
@@thebeavpercabethftw9604 ok arguments aside and 1 year later..and most likely you figured it out but she pretty much said in the review that shamalan doesnt follow the rules either yet no one tries to stop him.simply put at least in this god awful adaptation why she should play by the rules xD
Cool to know, Doug (Nostalgia Critic) did a Top 11 Worst/Best episodes and has The Dante Basco who played Zuko to be in it! If you got the time, check those out. Mainly Worst first since it leads into the Best.
If anything, that further bolsters his case, since three earthbenders could flip over a *goddamn tank* in the cartoon, while in the movie twice that many could barely even lift a small clump of dirt.
I'm gonna be honest. I don't really hate this movie like everyone else. I actually do like it to an extent. I know there's a shit tone of changes people hated, but I thought it was generally fine. The acting is meh, I get that, but I thought the CGI was pretty good in most cases. I do wish they had continued the series, but I get that's an unpopular opinion.
I, as a fan of the anime, was sorely disappointed that Shamalan didn't even try to find the people from the cultures in the real world. Fire nation = Japan, Air nation = Tibet, Earth nation = China, Water nation = Inuit. What the hell was he thinking? His effects were cheap and stupid.
I’ve been watching The Rising of the shield hero and it is SO GOOD. It’s one of my favorite anime’s out right now. I highly recommend it. You should watch it at some point, RD.
And that's it! Oh wait! Shaylaman's The Last Airbender also has an epic soundtrack!!! But these are the only things about M. Night Shaylaman's The Last Airbender that were good or at least tolerable.
... Wait what? (googles) (O O) Oh my god. There actually is a Netflix remake planned. I don't care that the original people are on board, this does not seem like a good idea.
Well, let's see: For starters, the show disregards any established rules of the world while also trying to tie up loose ends that didn't need it. In ATLA, the Avatar has to travel the world and learn about the elements and the way they behave and interact with the world over the course of years, even a decade. In TLOK, Korra utilizes three of the four elements as a small child with no master whatsoever. In ATLA, the Avatar is explained as the reincarnating conscious being of the world itself, therefore able to wield all four elements. In TLOK, it's explained as a generic light vs dark battle with an overall confusing logic of the duality. Wan simply merges with the light half to fix the mess HE caused in the first place. Certainly takes away from the myth. In ATLA, the lion turtle explains that in the era before the Avatar came to be, there was no bending of the elements, but only the energy within themselves. In TLOK, the power to bend elements is FREQUENTLY given to people long before Wan was even born. In ATLA, bending is a fictional extension of martial arts, requiring training and focus to even develop your own abilities and style, it isn't something you can just fire up the moment you have it. In TLOK the second the ability is given to Wan he immediately begins bending fire by PUNCHING THE AIR. A trend that really catches on throughout the show. In ATLA, the element the Avatar has the most trouble mastering is the one opposite of their native nation. For Roku it was Water, for Aang Earth. In TLOK, the concept for some reason gets changed to Harry Potter Sorting Hat rules, where now it depends on your personality. While that in itself isn't too bad as no person matches the other in the same nation, it doesn't add up in Korra's case. The element she has the most trouble with is air, which is odd seeing how it is the element of freedom and possessing an unbound spirit, so a rebellious, adventurous and intuitive person like Korra should have no trouble learning it. In fact, learning air should be as hard for her as waterbending was for Aang. It was different, yet not difficult to understand for his personality, same should go for Korra and Air. In fact, going by the personality rule established in TLOK, her big hurdle would ironically be water, the element of change. Throughout the series Korra often struggles with adapting and responding to change, like Amon taking her bending, the loss of her previous lives at the hands of Unaalaq and the Red Lotus poisoning her. If Korra's weak spot was water, her arc to overcome it would've been more compelling. Imagine a Water Tribe Avatar that couldn't bend water, it would've given Korra a source of insecurity, shame, imperfection. Something that no one in her world ever saw. But it seems like the creators were more interested in giving us a sharp contrast to Aang instead of a character that works even within its own rules, and since most of her problems are solved almost immediately (Aang restoring her bending as a spirit even though bending has no presence in spirit form, and even Korra healing herself in a matter of episodes), that storyline wouldn't have left much impact either. In ATLA, character arcs could take dozens of episodes, seasons even to resolve, making the struggle all the more memorable and the resolve all the more satisfying and completing. It took Zuko two entire seasons to return to his father in a positive light and another ten episodes to build up the courage and finally speak the truth to him. Katara has been carrying the abscence of her father for two and the death of her mother for nearly three seasons. Sokka began his evolution with the Kyoshi Warriors in S1E04 and came to be the best he could be with Pian Dao in S3E04, exactly two whole seasons. Toph's development even went beyond the series' end and had to be resolved in a comic. And you can argue Aang's growth spans the entire series, beginning his journey as The Boy In The Iceberg and ending the hundred year war as Avatar Aang. Those episodes were named that way for a reason. In ATLA, Airbenders, Sky Bisons and Dragons are on the brink of extinction. The permanent impacts the Fire Nation had on the world are noticed nearly every episode. Even the title itself is a reflection of that. In TLOK, we get Bisons, Dragons and even Airbenders through one elaborate explaination after another. Putting a happy end on what could've been a clever and powerful reminder of what a war that rages on for a century can do to the world. In ATLA, lightning bending was a rare skill, requiring extensive training and peace of mind, a technique so special, only three characters in the entire series were shown creating and controlling it. The same can be said about metal bending. The one character in the entire show that uses it had to invent it first. In TLOK, there are now entire TEAMS utilizing these elements. And while Toph trying to teach others seems somewhat plausible, it massivley weakens the mystery and overall impact it had whenever either of these were used on screen, especially lightning. The more it is used, the more you see it, the more you know about it, the more accustomed to it you get, the less special it becomes. The list goes on. Korra is pretty far from amazing
If M. Night deserves any credit, it's for wanting to find actors that match the characters' ethnicity. Of course, the others wouldn't allow that because they thought white actors would be more marketable or something.
No, it's because finding a child actor who's actually any good is hard enough already, without limiting yourself to child actors who are also of some kind of Tibetan/Chinese/Eskimo heritage. Also apparently Katara's casting was because she was the daughter of some businessman the studio owed a favour.
I've watched a lot of shows. I've never witnessed anything so comprehensively awful. Every single decision they made making tLoK was fundamentally wrong. Mind you, I'm saying that having went into it wanting to like it. I gave it extra chances. I watched the whole fucking show even.
@seigeengine If you think every decision that went into ANY show is wrong, then you need to distance yourself from that show, not engage with it even in a negative light. Even the worst shows get some things right; it's statistics. If you can't find one thing to praise about a show, then the fault is always, ALWAYS, with you.
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The whole reason Doug actural began watching the show was because he was getting requests to review the movie.
So one good thing the movie did was inspire people to watch the series.
That was the case with me!! I actually watched the movie blind because a friend recommended it (I will never understand why...) and I was fascinated by how AWFUL it was. I had to know where it came from. I watched the show because of it, and you know what? I have no regrets. ...Last Airbender is still the worst movie I've ever seen.
I watched the movie first too and it was meh. But then I started paying attention at ATLA cartoon in the internet, thinking that it looks different and curiously started watching. Best decision in my life XD
That was the case for me too.
Actually, that was my story! Doug's review of the film and top ten list inspired me to check out the show. Honestly, I watched the show on occasionally, but not religiously. I guess I was more of a SpongeBob guy. After a while, however, I realized one of my favorite aspect of animation, it could make you feel things other than laughter. If shows like this and several other shows that have been over the years, it can tell stories that are the perfect combination of silly and emotional more than any other medium. To me this one of the most relatable aspect of the medium (mainly because that's my outlook on life).
However, even before I saw the show, I knew this film lacked the fun of the show, especially Sokka.
9:31 That arc that they just expositioned away took twelve episodes to fully resolve.
*TWELVE. EPISODES.*
I will say this, despite the Percy Jackson movies being shitty adaptions too, at least Percy's Water abilities were decently shown.
Oh yeah, I saw the first one, it was okay. The book was better.
@Daniel Smi. How many of Rick's books have you read?
thebeav PercabethFTW I read a decent amount of them. I was an avid reader as a kid. I should get back into that.
At least the Percy Jackson movies gave us modernish versions of Greek mythological creatures on the big screen.
Those movies are awful adaptations, but they’re at least better than this movie
What's sad about this movie is that the kid who played Sokka was a die-hard Avatar fan. With his own limitations, he plays the part very well. But when it came to Shyamalan's directing, it broke him.
They didn't even mention that the Firebenders couldn't create there own fire in the movie. In the show the fire came from within them that Iron teaches in season one which makes sense. In the movie though they have to make a fire, have a torch or be lucky enough that the villages they go to all ready have lit fires for light and warmth to bend it making them the weakest benders in the movie.
Me: The budget. . . do you really wanna know the budget of this movie RarityDash?
RarityDash: Yes.
Me: . . . . . One hundred and fifty million dollars.
RarityDash: *Walks off screen saying* FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!
Nice reference to Renegades React
$184 million adjusted for inflation.
1:31
Aww, poor Raritydash's sister. :(
I can't blame her. The teaser looked crazy good... but all that vanished like the Avatar in the title of the movie.
Creators of Avatar, Fans of Avatar, and Fans of movies that don't suck: No! You take that Avatar out of your god damn title and go think about what you've done.
What they should’ve done is instead of making a movie based on the first season they should’ve made a movie about Aang before he ran away. Growing up as a monk. And then ending with him making the ball around himself and Appa and ending there or maybe ending on the cliff hanger of waking up to Katara. Fleshing our Aangs story would’ve made it a much more forgiving task since there isn’t much to compare it too. This should’ve ended up being as many movies as Harry Potter. On the other hand I’m glad it didn’t because now the original creators are remastering the series in live action on Netflix and there are getting GOT levels of money to do it and they said “this time we won’t have to white wash it like before.” Plus they had nothing to do with and hated the movie as much as everyone else.
5:05 actual footage from his Avatar Vlogs
To be fair to m.night, the casting was not his fault. Well, not COMPLETELY his fault. The actor for sokka is thr son of one of the ececutives, and m.night had to take him as a condition of making thr film. He had no training whatsoever. Which meant he needed to get a katara to match..... (she's also six years his younger but plays his OLDER sister) the aang actor was hired for his martial arts prowess, which is fair enough, and reportedly IS actually a lot like aang if left to be himself.
Zuko was also initially played by jesse mccartny.... but the studio VERY quickly realised an all white cast was a problem and he voluntarily stepped down. Dev patel stepped in... and unfortunatly the ENTIRE fire nation had to be re-cast to match his nationality....
Additionally, apparently a LOT more scenes were shot to flesh things out and actually try to be lile the show, including a subplot with SUKI. Yes really. We even got to see some glimpses of the missing svenes in the trailer, and they actually make sokka seem like sokka. BUT the executives demanded a 100 minute maximum runtime, and an unrealistic deadline.
Cinemablend did an article, and at least one employee made a similar report. The reason it turned out this way? The constant orders from above and problems working on the film basically slowly ground them doen and killed their spirit and love for the show, until they just wanted it over with..... and watching it? I can believe that.
Edit: minor correction, KATARA Was the forced casting, Her dad was a businessman the studio owed a favour. sokka was chosen to match her but then had all his jokes and funny dialogue cut because of the sudden time mandate.
Sokka is older than Katara. He's 16, she is 14, iirc
But yeah, they reaaaally screwed up with the casting. One thing ended up snowballing into more issues which eventually screwed up the whole movie.
Jackson Rathbone (Sokka) is a trained actor and this wasn't his first role.. His father doesn't work in show business.
As far as I can tell, this is all on Shyamalan. He wrote, produced and directed. He insisted on the girl playing Katara, saying she reminded him of Haley Joel Osment. He even originally cast Jesse McCartney as Zuko. Dev Patel was his replacement.
@@tiawilliams5690 you are right about sokka and I apologize, it was KATARA is was thinking of.... And no, she was an executive mandate. Her father, Nelson peltz, was apparently owed anfavour, and all involved described her audition tape as sub-par at best. I am aware of Jesse McCartney, and I mentioned it.
I can provide links to atrictles of first hand accounts.
I heard the actor playing sokka actually wanted to play sokka like he was in the show
Kento the Chimera Sad, ain’t it. Sokka’s actor would have been a good Sokka.
"Katara and Zuko beat Azula on the cuff
Mostly because she is COO-COO FOR COCOA PUFFS"
Yeah, pretty much XD
I would suggest a drinking game for every time Critic says "In the show" here, but I don't wanna get associated with alcohol poisoning
His review for Dragonball evolution is really good
Of course it is. MasakoX and Little Kuriboh are in it. They really make the review.
I'm not sure which is worse, considering they came out in consecutive years.
@@RYMAN1321 I believe Dragonball Evolution was much worse than The Last Airbender because even though the latter was terrible, Shyamalan had at least watched the cartoon his was basing his movie off of, the people who made Dragonball Evolution never watched a single episode of Dragonball at all!
With Shyamalan, its argued that he just misrepresented the cartoon he watched but with Dragonball Evolution...it was made by people who were absolutely clueless about what they were doing!
I think about 80% of the lines in this movie are composed of simple sentences. I suppose Shyamalan doesn’t know how to use a dependent clause.
Crimson Melody Guessing Shyamalan never had a taste of that School House Rock? XD
_Conjunction Junction, What’s you Function?~_
What...Nooo!(said in the most monotone voice ever)
Makes me all the more grateful that I got my copy of the movie years ago free because it came with a couple other DVDs that were actually worth paying for.
Also, Doug was not the least bit aware of the live action show back when he made this review
Wait, they made a live action avatar "show"!? How bad is it?
@@fireline4765 not out yet, it's a Netflix show and Brike have creative control
that stare though its like raritydash was looking into my soul
Earth benders: it was a big rock.
Someone should take the scenes of the Avatar characters reacting to that play and edit it to show them reacting to the whole movie! That would be as hilarious as that short scene NC made 😂
A lot have people have done exactly that. It's pretty funny.
“Even a really bad creator would at least have started with Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Surprise.” ― Terry Pratchett
I know this was technically over with since last March, but they still hadn't taken responsibility for those grievances their former employees said about the abuse they've suffered. I know he can't leave because of him signing a contract from that horrible boss of his, but if he really cares about his fans, why not just go into a lawsuit to get his character, fire that psychopath of a CEO, and tell the truth and apologize? Even if it's for his job, and his crew in Chicago were better treated, but here's a question that I'm asking since my own mother and fellow student in college gone through this? "Would you really keep working at this company if you've known that your friends have been mistreated by someone who shouldn't be your boss? Grow some balls and get into court to escape that contract and take responsibility for his and your actions!"
The only thing that seems to come out of this movie is the actress of the princess. Playing Asami in the Legend of Korra later.
Well I mean, I feel like Asami might be the lest terrible character in tLoK, so I guess we shouldn't burn her at the stake.
@seigeengine What is your major malfunction? I understand not liking LoK, but jumping into the thread of someone who clearly does just to backhandedly shit on it implies an inability to let others enjoy things you don't enjoy that quite frankly I find concerning
It's not really back-handed. I'm clearly stating that I think it's a terrible piece of shit and that everyone responsible should lose their jobs.
@seigeengine Good to know you want the creators of ATLA to lose their jobs
I wouldn't wish joblessness on the creators of any of the many TV shows or movies I hate except for reasons unrelated to the quality of those works because I'm not an asshole but you do you
For a much more technical and equally entertaining Last Airbender Blasting I would suggest the more recent rant by Hello Future Me.
Been waiting a while for this! Haha finally
You can chilax with the demonslayer powers Romeo's got you covered. Don't believe me? my.w.tt/SmGhJE0LZ1 wrote it myself. You don't have to but since you a fairy tail fan I figured why not
Your laugh makes everything better.
6:51 I continually feel like I'm the only one that loved James Cameron's Avatar. LOL
Anyway, I remember watching the show when they all came out on DVD, and then saw the movie a couple months later. I walked out going "Whatever" with no strong feelings, but then I showed my Family the entire show shortly after. Once it was done, the film came out on Blu-Ray, and we rented it. It was then I realized how horrible the movie was, and halfway through, my Mother was like "THIS IS AWFUL!!" and I felt bad.
1. U know it's bad when even your mom knows what a horrible adaptation it is
2. Who was your favorite character from the show? For me, it was Toph 💚 🌏
Toph as well. :)
Yeah, we try not to speak about the last Air Bender
I love NC ❤️😂❤️🤣 he’s hilarious and awesome
Somewhat related news: SMITE has a Battle Pass based on Avatar: The Last Airbender. This includes special skins for Merlin (Aang and Avatar Aang), Susano'o (Zuko and Blue Spirit), and Skadi (Korra and Avatar Korra).
Pretty sure Katara could only use Blood Bending during a Full Moon and it's day time during the review, so technically she's the one not following the logic of the ATLA realm.
Amon in Legend of Korra
@William Harmon. Yeah, but Rachel is playing Katara, not Amon. Katara can only Bloodbend during the full moon. And the review is happening at day time. So, she shouldn't be able to Bloodbend.
@@thebeavpercabethftw9604
Fair point. Just wanted to point out it was technically possible.
Katara's way more powerful than Hama, so it's conceivable that she would be capable of bloodbending at any time but just never tried because of her ethical objections to the practice.
@@thebeavpercabethftw9604 ok arguments aside and 1 year later..and most likely you figured it out but she pretty much said in the review that shamalan doesnt follow the rules either yet no one tries to stop him.simply put at least in this god awful adaptation why she should play by the rules xD
I've been watching your avatar reactions lately sooo... good timing
Dalvyn The Drunk yeah but some episodes are missing
Cool to know, Doug (Nostalgia Critic) did a Top 11 Worst/Best episodes and has The Dante Basco who played Zuko to be in it! If you got the time, check those out. Mainly Worst first since it leads into the Best.
He’s already reacted to those.
29:00 I believe this happened in the who framed roger rabbit universe, we need to crowed fun a sequel for thatz
The Avatar Vlogs are how I got into NC
Yes!!!
19:14 Technically, three of them launched the tank, but...that just makes the movie's earthbenders even more pathetic.
When I saw the movie, I reacted like AVGN,
"AGHHH, SHIT, FUCK, ASS, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?"
Been waiting for this one.
If you haven’t you should react to nostalgia critic’s warriors of virtue review.
Technicly its only three eartbenders in The Show. The other two aren't moving or bending in that particular Moment.
Meanwhile in the live action version...
If anything, that further bolsters his case, since three earthbenders could flip over a *goddamn tank* in the cartoon, while in the movie twice that many could barely even lift a small clump of dirt.
+RarityDash, just in case you want to know, the girl that's seen at the ending of the movie is supposed to be Azula...
You should see his original movie. Also, this is the beginning of the masked terror the Shamalan and his returning evil throughout his reviews...
17:32 it’s a rock. His name is Boulder
It’s not just a boulder, it’s Iraq!
(Get it?)
This was a long time coming...
And of course there's a new live action series that from what i've heard has made some questionable changes.
I'm gonna be honest.
I don't really hate this movie like everyone else. I actually do like it to an extent. I know there's a shit tone of changes people hated, but I thought it was generally fine. The acting is meh, I get that, but I thought the CGI was pretty good in most cases. I do wish they had continued the series, but I get that's an unpopular opinion.
It would be cool to see you react to The Last Airbender now that you’ve seen the show.
But he's seen the movie before.
I know, but he said he hasn’t seen it since he watched the show. He could appreciate the awfulness more now lol
17:28 Funniest part
Book Lover.... thanks
Late reply but you're welcome!
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Funfact: The diffrent pronouncement of the names are the german way ;) Somehow
I, as a fan of the anime, was sorely disappointed that Shamalan didn't even try to find the people from the cultures in the real world. Fire nation = Japan, Air nation = Tibet, Earth nation = China, Water nation = Inuit. What the hell was he thinking? His effects were cheap and stupid.
The Last Airbender movie is terrible, but I gotta admit that the actor playing Aang is adorable.
11:02 Yeah, I thought you would find this funny! XD
Oh yeah, are you the guy who reacted to Nostalgia Critic's review of Lion King?
Oh never mind Wrong guy. XD
I actually remember watching the movie but the wasn't that bad from what I recall.
I want to see him react to all of furry force
I’ve been watching The Rising of the shield hero and it is SO GOOD. It’s one of my favorite anime’s out right now. I highly recommend it. You should watch it at some point, RD.
What's this guy's deal with the moon?
He's probably gone bananas.
That's just his thing. Like how TheFlamingShark says potatoes.
There is one positive thing I can say about Shyamalan's Avatar, I like the new design for Aang's arrows.
And that's it!
Oh wait! Shaylaman's The Last Airbender also has an epic soundtrack!!!
But these are the only things about M. Night Shaylaman's The Last Airbender that were good or at least tolerable.
I still don't understand. This movie was a lot of fun. I enjoyed it.
You're kidding right?
I fail to see how it can be seen as enjoyable.
TJ G have you even seen the show?
Never noticed the title say "this movie sucks" in japanese at the top.
... Wait what? (googles) (O O) Oh my god. There actually is a Netflix remake planned. I don't care that the original people are on board, this does not seem like a good idea.
Oh yes!
Wait a minute. Is that a RWBY hat? More specifically a YANG hat?
He does react to RWBY.
CLASSIC
That makes me think 🤔 Did you rected to THe Leyend Of Korra???? I dont remember if you did and if you did i cant find it on your chanel
I think he watched it a really long time ago.
He watched it before he had a reaction channel and before he watched Avatar
@@immafiringyou oooooooh ok thanks 👍👍👍👍
Do you believe in destiny?
Perhaps
WTF is up with all the Korra hate on this ATLA video
Because Avatar fans are toxic and insecure. Always have been.
@@elementer5617 Or because Korra takes a giant dump on the original series? Obnoxious characters, terrible writing and shitting on the lore.
@@vandheerlorde6570 Also plenty of retcons.
Well, let's see:
For starters, the show disregards any established rules of the world while also trying to tie up loose ends that didn't need it.
In ATLA, the Avatar has to travel the world and learn about the elements and the way they behave and interact with the world over the course of years, even a decade.
In TLOK, Korra utilizes three of the four elements as a small child with no master whatsoever.
In ATLA, the Avatar is explained as the reincarnating conscious being of the world itself, therefore able to wield all four elements.
In TLOK, it's explained as a generic light vs dark battle with an overall confusing logic of the duality. Wan simply merges with the light half to fix the mess HE caused in the first place. Certainly takes away from the myth.
In ATLA, the lion turtle explains that in the era before the Avatar came to be, there was no bending of the elements, but only the energy within themselves.
In TLOK, the power to bend elements is FREQUENTLY given to people long before Wan was even born.
In ATLA, bending is a fictional extension of martial arts, requiring training and focus to even develop your own abilities and style, it isn't something you can just fire up the moment you have it.
In TLOK the second the ability is given to Wan he immediately begins bending fire by PUNCHING THE AIR. A trend that really catches on throughout the show.
In ATLA, the element the Avatar has the most trouble mastering is the one opposite of their native nation. For Roku it was Water, for Aang Earth.
In TLOK, the concept for some reason gets changed to Harry Potter Sorting Hat rules, where now it depends on your personality.
While that in itself isn't too bad as no person matches the other in the same nation, it doesn't add up in Korra's case. The element she has the most trouble with is air, which is odd seeing how it is the element of freedom and possessing an unbound spirit, so a rebellious, adventurous and intuitive person like Korra should have no trouble learning it. In fact, learning air should be as hard for her as waterbending was for Aang. It was different, yet not difficult to understand for his personality, same should go for Korra and Air.
In fact, going by the personality rule established in TLOK, her big hurdle would ironically be water, the element of change. Throughout the series Korra often struggles with adapting and responding to change, like Amon taking her bending, the loss of her previous lives at the hands of Unaalaq and the Red Lotus poisoning her.
If Korra's weak spot was water, her arc to overcome it would've been more compelling. Imagine a Water Tribe Avatar that couldn't bend water, it would've given Korra a source of insecurity, shame, imperfection. Something that no one in her world ever saw. But it seems like the creators were more interested in giving us a sharp contrast to Aang instead of a character that works even within its own rules, and since most of her problems are solved almost immediately (Aang restoring her bending as a spirit even though bending has no presence in spirit form, and even Korra healing herself in a matter of episodes), that storyline wouldn't have left much impact either.
In ATLA, character arcs could take dozens of episodes, seasons even to resolve, making the struggle all the more memorable and the resolve all the more satisfying and completing. It took Zuko two entire seasons to return to his father in a positive light and another ten episodes to build up the courage and finally speak the truth to him. Katara has been carrying the abscence of her father for two and the death of her mother for nearly three seasons. Sokka began his evolution with the Kyoshi Warriors in S1E04 and came to be the best he could be with Pian Dao in S3E04, exactly two whole seasons. Toph's development even went beyond the series' end and had to be resolved in a comic. And you can argue Aang's growth spans the entire series, beginning his journey as The Boy In The Iceberg and ending the hundred year war as Avatar Aang. Those episodes were named that way for a reason.
In ATLA, Airbenders, Sky Bisons and Dragons are on the brink of extinction. The permanent impacts the Fire Nation had on the world are noticed nearly every episode. Even the title itself is a reflection of that.
In TLOK, we get Bisons, Dragons and even Airbenders through one elaborate explaination after another. Putting a happy end on what could've been a clever and powerful reminder of what a war that rages on for a century can do to the world.
In ATLA, lightning bending was a rare skill, requiring extensive training and peace of mind, a technique so special, only three characters in the entire series were shown creating and controlling it. The same can be said about metal bending. The one character in the entire show that uses it had to invent it first.
In TLOK, there are now entire TEAMS utilizing these elements. And while Toph trying to teach others seems somewhat plausible, it massivley weakens the mystery and overall impact it had whenever either of these were used on screen, especially lightning. The more it is used, the more you see it, the more you know about it, the more accustomed to it you get, the less special it becomes.
The list goes on.
Korra is pretty far from amazing
Sokka looks more like a stick in the mud like Anakin skywalker, so boring
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If M. Night deserves any credit, it's for wanting to find actors that match the characters' ethnicity. Of course, the others wouldn't allow that because they thought white actors would be more marketable or something.
No, it's because finding a child actor who's actually any good is hard enough already, without limiting yourself to child actors who are also of some kind of Tibetan/Chinese/Eskimo heritage. Also apparently Katara's casting was because she was the daughter of some businessman the studio owed a favour.
Your avatar reactions don’t work.
Reacting to a review? That is kind of sad.
And......?
Its entertainment.
I'm sure all 13 of your devoted subscribers wouldn't agree.
... but legend of korra is the worst show ever to be made.
You must not have seen a lot of shows
I've watched a lot of shows. I've never witnessed anything so comprehensively awful. Every single decision they made making tLoK was fundamentally wrong.
Mind you, I'm saying that having went into it wanting to like it. I gave it extra chances. I watched the whole fucking show even.
Then why did the majority love it so much? You obviously didn't watch the show with an open mind. Quit lying.
@seigeengine If you think every decision that went into ANY show is wrong, then you need to distance yourself from that show, not engage with it even in a negative light. Even the worst shows get some things right; it's statistics.
If you can't find one thing to praise about a show, then the fault is always, ALWAYS, with you.
@@elementer5617 Wow, argumentum ad populum and a personal attack. That's some tightly packed fallacious fuckery you got going on.
Legend of Korra is so bad that Shyamalan would have to be too good into making bad movies to make it worse than the original.