Netflix's Avatar Frustrates me...
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 11 фев 2025
- How is Netflix's Avatar The Last Airbender? I'm have emotions...
This video's content falls under critical or film studies. Predominantly containing discussions, deliberations, examinations, essays and analyses of the thematic integrity of works of visual artistic expression by ways of some subpar comedy.
-----
/ cellspex
ko-fi.com/cell...
/ cellspex9
/ cellspex
www.tumblr.com...
So I got a tooth pulled recently and I've been taking some things so my voice and emotions are ALL over the place in this video....
Addendums:
- Reiterating my complaints are not about changes, this is about its own story being told poorly IMO.
- My Bumi rant may be a TAD overdramatic.
Ouch. Hope you’re better.
For what it's worth, didn't even notice. You pretty much mapped out how I feel about this thing even existing.
Feel better soon ❤
Ugh pulled teeth is the worst feeling in the world. Stay healthy and safe and get well soon.
It shows
They removed a plot about a female warrior teaching a man to respect women, and replaced it with... a love at first sight story
Replaced a good storyline with a cliched trope...
Such maturity and great writing!
The anti-woke crowd must be beaming at that
They removed the sexism from Soka and transferred it to the story.
That's because they wanted it to be more adult and more like game of thrones ☝🤓
@@rugvedkulkarni1593unfortunately it’s 2024. Sokka has to be a boring simp and is not allowed to be a funny misogynist because that would go against “the message”
I love that they made a Katara to cater to the people who thought a fourteen year-old who lost her mother and was forced into adulthood when she was a kid was "too annoying".
They’ll talk about toning down Sokka’s misogyny, but then cater to a vocal minority of sexist fans who said Katara was “too emotional”
@@LauraM96829 And also want their state GOP to enact a totalitarian state if they see a man put on woman's clothing on TV.
@@LauraM96829In the cartoon Suki only started to like Sokka when he proved he was capable of self reflection, so the fact that she just sorta likes him from the beginning weirdly feels more sexist than Sokka being sexist, and then humbled.
This Katara is just as preachy as Cartoon Katara. Just saying.
Her and Saka look way too old. They were a bit older than Ang so they could relate to him but still be adultish. I miss that vibe. Katara personality is just so barely there now.
It's way better than the last attempt. But that's kind of like saying that room temperature soda tastes better than rancid vomit.
It was better than the last attempt but this is hopefully the last attempt...
@@peartreez meh i dont think it really hurts to try. Not like im emotionally damaged by this failure. Gives me something to talk about. Still wouldnt mind it being done with better actors and more faithfully.
I'm on episode 6 so far. Not a great show but it's still pretty good and planets ahead of the... uh... movie.
There's a big difference between just "clumsy" and "an incoherent mess haphazardly cut together into something resembling a movie". At least this one had moments that actually worked.
One's edible and one isn't. I don't think that's an appropriate metaphor for this.
One point my Mom brought up when I told her that they said that they removed Sokka's sexism is this. And I am paraphrasing.
"His sexism is what kicks the show off. If he is not being sexist towards his sister, then she would not get so pissed that she splits a glacier and brings Aang to the surface."
And she is right.
To me the forth episode is less about him being sexist, and more about him and Aang being humbled, and not being jerks, and show offs. Especially towards girls, but in general.
And being humble is one of the main themes of the show.
When u look at the set up in the netflix show, it looks pretty bad. In the OG we have this glacier and under it Aang and after KAtara's outburst, Aang surface and KAtara had to broke it. This set up, some reviewer said why didnt Aang broke out of it earlier. SO in the OG doesnt make sense. But in here yeah we can ask that question. Cuz Aang's thing isnot buried under the iceberg or whatever so it is out in the open. So no one went there in a 100 years? Those water tribe huntinh fish near it. If Zuko searche properly then he coulve find it. Yeah it is between bla bla I can let it slide. Worse part is after that. Whe KAtara tries to bring kanoe back the glacier breaks itself not KAtara's doing. At that scene Katara focused on the kanoe. So If that thing can break itself then why didnt make it so that after everything calmed? I asked this in this adaptation. In the OG it implied that u have to break it outside.
Iroh approves
Sokka was literally forced to be a toxic man because ALL the men and women who were killed. LEAVING HIM AS THE OLDEST BOY, other than the elderly grannies, THERE! He was sexist because he was trying to be a good leader for his tribe because being a strong man was how he thought the village would be protected! Him seeing warrior women makes him see how much more powerful a tribe can be WHEN WOMEN ARE ALLOWED TO FIGHT!
Not only that, but the water tribes themselves had that toxic bit as part of their culture. One of them was much worse than the other, but in his tribe ALL the benders were killed and all the men had left to fight. Leaving behind only the little kids, their mothers and the seniors with Sokka being the only boy who could defend them.
not to mention it plays into his early characterisation by the fact he WASN'T strong. Zuko BEATS him EXTREMELY EASILY in Sokka's first attempt at fighting an actual opponent. it's notjsut a comedy bit becausse you're made to think sokka'll be badass after the big pomp and circumstance of him redying for battle to the slaptstick of how quickly and easily he's beaten (as well as a way to show zuko's a threat) but also underlies the point that Sokka's strength at that point wasn't fighting.
and yeah also foreshadows the sexism katara faces when facing other members of the tribe later on.
Women being allowed to fight will always be a bad idea, just based on population dynamics.
@@sarafontanini7051 This exactly. And the humbling of Sokka having to ask the Kiyoshis for training. It symbolizes how men do NOT have to be toxic and can ask women for help and see them as equals.
Such important messages LOST to thirsty comedy!
he comes from a patriarchal society and has to beliefs instilled in him from birth, only experiences outside his home allow him to realize he's wrong and grow from it. it kind of mirrors zuko, who believes all the fire nation propaganda until he experiences himself what his people have done to the earth kingdom especially. it's a pretty big theme in the show, it's weird that they removed it lol. challenging beliefs about people' natures id an important lesson, i feel like lmao
Bumi and Kyoshi being all mad at Aang makes no narrative sense because in the very first episode, we see that Aang was _going back._ Kyoshi is his past life, she would've seen that because it's been proven in canon that the past lives are like backseat drivers to the current life. Roku appearing to Aang in the Awakening and comforting him in the storm implies this. He saw what happened at Ba Sing Se and went to help his younger incarnation. Kyoshi had no right to get in Aang's face like she did and not to mention the fact that they went with the fandom's perception of Kyoshi has me steamed. That is NOT Avatar Kyoshi.
Not to mention Bumi shouldn't even know Aang was the avatar. Our boy Aang just found out THAT day. His identity as the avatar would have been lost along with all the airbenders.
i guess they too that one time kyoshi decided to fucking murder a tyrant and made angry knight templar her whole personality, despite her only doing that once and because the guy she murdered was THAT evil
Love Kyoshi yelling at Aang for running away when she 1. Also ran away at an even older age than Aang and 2. Sounds exactly like the villain who traumatized her. Makes even less sense when AANG DIDN’T EVEN RUN AWAY IN THIS VERSION
Bumi never makes sense. Lets look at his POV. Lets say Bumi learned the genocide like 1 year later. at that time Aang is 13 yo. So what is he gonna do in that situation? A 13 yo child, yeah mastered the air bending but not anything else right. So if he was there, he is dead no way around it. But now you r seeing your friend alive and still look like 12 yo. So first thing he should ask is what happened, how did u survive and escaped. Why r u still looking like 12 yo, why didnt u change? Right. Instead of blaming him, first u gotta now the circumstances, then u can do that blaming. No matter how much u changed, your first reaction should be learning the situation. He should have a long conversation about it. Also how is Aang recognize him? Wouldny u be sceptical at first like he mustve been dead or something like that?
Kyoshi I dont understand her as well.
Also why not kill him if u r that unsatisfied with Aang? Just let next avatar in the water tribe and he/she can master earth, fire and water and fight Ozai. In this adaptation, even Zuko almost defeated him LOL. So he is not that much of a thread to u. When Zuko becomes a good guy just let him do it if Zuko wants the throne that much.
Those small changes make the story much worse and in the later seasons it will make it much much worse or we are gonna forget about that changes LOL.
She didn't even intended to kill him....his hubris caused him to fall to his death because he refused to back down @@sarafontanini7051
I watched first episode and cought myself thinking "man, I could just watch the original animated series instead". So that was my first and last ep.
Smart choice
wise choice
I did the exact same thing with Mulan (2020). My friend and I got like 40 minutes into it and realized we'd rather be watching the original movie and put that on instead. Live-action remakes are literally for immature people who think they're too mature for animation.
You didn't miss much of you watched the whole series you would think the same thing
exactly same!
Sokka’s sexism always seemed like a front to hide his insecurities. His father left him with the tribe because he wasn’t a man. He leads a cadre of _children_ to fortify the village against attack. His sister is the most special person in the tribe.
His sexism is dealt with pretty quickly, but the underlying insecurity remains for quite a while. It’s a facet of his character and it shows his growth.
I’m not upset they removed it. I’m upset they replaced it with _nothing._
Honestly, they had the perfect opportunity to focus on the other aspect of Sokka that only gets the focus as a comedy moment most of the time: the fact he's the only non-bender in the group. Hell, this could've even led to him wanting to join the Kyoshi warriors to better himself or something, idk, there was potential. The OG series does explore this, but only on 1 specific episode
You’re totally right about him using it to mask insecurities but I disagree with removing it cause it’s his first lesson towards humbling himself plus that is the soul reason Aang was set free. His sexist attitude and comments set Katara off and she waterbends the iceberg open
@@UncleD-f9e I would rather they kept it, but if they were going to change it they should’ve at least made the change compelling.
@@lastfirst5863 true but they pander to people who don’t care about story
I feel the main problem, aside from telling a lot more than showing, is that they didn't think how any changes, good or bad, would affect other moments later on. It also seems like they're too afraid to take risks or be subtle about anything. Overall, it's not awful, but they were so worried about not being as bad as the live action, they didn't really consider why the original series is so beloved.
I disagree with you just because the Creator's left that doesn't mean it was destined to be bad or that the creators had ill will towards this live action series. As a fan I have some mixed feelings about some of the changes but one I actually like was the scene where we actually get to see what happens to the airbenders
They did not understand Bumi at all.
@@animezilla4486It doesn't look good at the very least, and considering how they dropped the ball and couldn'r adapt the characters to the bare esscence of them says somethinf.
I would argue they also wanted to throw in as many easter eggs and cameos from the cartoon, that it ultimately just ended up eating screentime (and budget) that could've been used elsewhere.
I don't think people are hard enough on this show it tarnishes the original and causes damage to culture and peoples ability to understand art and it even promotes some dangerous ideologies and bad behaviours. It replaces good well rounded role models with literally nothing, it makes art seem like this thing that is supposed to be "apolitical" "mindless" "fun".
I could go on but I won't.
1 mistake, Sokka's sexism lesson was part of his character up to the swordmaster episode and beyond. what I mean is the Sokka sexism ended in episode 4 but the fact that a girl beat him and helped him train to be better, That stayed with him. at the beginning of the show, he felt like he was the best, by the sword master he was humble and understood there was more to learn and needed someone to train him. This is a huge step out of many but when u remove one it makes others scared you remove other steps of his character development.
Also the amount it goes with the general sexism of the Water tribes, its yet another thing that lets the world feel more three dimensional because not boiling things down to simple good and bad sides, we have people we're meant to empathize with *also* have negatives to them.
@@RenaDeles forgot about that, thank you.
@@RenaDelesI remembered that too, like Sokka's sexism didn't fall from the sky and while his time in Kyoshi island taught him that girls can fight and what not, it also taught him to expand his worldview. Which applies to everybody in the gang, the more they traveled and experienced different cultures and people, the more lessons they learned and their persepective changed.
Yup! The shot where he gets on his knees in humility in front of Piandao mirrors the shot where he gets on his knees and asks Suki to train him, it highlights his growth. It's also a part of the worldbuilding, not just in terms of the water tribe having sexist traditions but Sokka's willingness to learn and shift his perspective showcases his adaptability. So that in book 2, when Iroh tells us (and Zuko) that Water is the element of change, we as the audience can go back and see that demonstrated with the water tribe characters we have. The show didn't just tell us that people of the water tribe are adaptable, they showed us.
I'm pretty sure he already knew he had a lot to learn since Sukko beat him up without using weapons or fire control.
The show majorly broke two rules when making a story. One was they did tell over show. Two was when making a rewrite, there's one fundamental rule you have to abide by. Change one thing and that WILL have a ripple effect for another scene and characters down the line. Change how that scene goes and now you have to tweak this other character, etc etc. Basically, they had to ask "how will this change effect things down the line?" and they didn't. They just *_didn't._* It shows in how they first introduce Avatar Aang by flying around the Air Temple.
That is already going to cause huge problems in the writing for later and it did in just season 1 alone; "why need the glider to escape or travel around if he can just use Airbending to fly?" The fact that the fandom is entirely divided on the flying thing, shows how bad of an idea that was because your questions shouldn't be divisive or confusing, they should be able to be answered, then those answers should setup more questions. That's good writing, that keeps your audience intrigued enough to keep them engaged. The original did this gorgeously with just about every world building they introduced. Characters were fascinating even though they appeared once or here and there.
Speaking of introducing characters...By introducing Aang right from the beginning, they also remove a lot of that intrigue that was setup perfectly in the original; "who is this kid, what's up with the arrow tattoos, why are they glowing, what's that mass behind him, what's he doing here etc etc?" Aang's introduction caused a ripple effect he wasn't even aware of and we weren't even aware of until another rewatch. They even did fun hints as to who he is when Iroh puts down the air symbol tile in his little game, the wind suddenly kicked up. "That was weird what's up with that? Ohhh he's an AIRBENDER that's cool."
The remake doesn't justify itself existing. And when people go "well you shouldn't be comparing it to the original" it literally would not exist, without the original also existing. It exists solely because of it. It is trying to prove it has a reason to be around, and in how it executed its storytelling, it only served to prove how vastly superior the animation was.
And don't even get me started on how this show wrote its female characters. In trying to be less sexist, it somehow ended up being more sexist. Talk about ironic.
"Tell dont show" is not a hard and fast rule. In fact, telling rather than showing is actually better to do the shorter the timespan you have to tell your story, since showing often takes longer.
@@norsehorse84 The episodes are like, 40 to 60 minutes
I feel so bad for Kiawentiio playing Katara, she's trying so hard to make something of the nothing they give her.
@@genericname2747 How many episodes are they allowed to do per season?
@@norsehorse84the netflix series is longer than the og, showing can be fast, this is just bad writing
at least they didn't make Appa talk and have him be voiced by Chris Pratt
I hate his voice in the upcoming Garfield movie, he's too enthusiastic for Garfield.
nah that's for season 3 when aang hallucinates.
Honestly I think that'd be funny.
Would make the show worse but it'd be funny
Don’t give them ideas
I would actually watch that
I wish more series would go the route of "Rogue One" and explore the world away from canon characters or event. Here, there are probably millions of stories that could be told between Roku's death and Aang's return that don't intersect with known characters but could still be interesting and worthwhile.
YES
100% agree with you here!
GOD, that would be so cool to watch.
Instead... we got Less Bad Than Shaymalan.
I'd even take a story during the previous Avatar lifetimes. Just so long as we don't go back to Wan...
except not suck like rogue one
Tell that to Fantastic Beasts and The Ballad of Silicnda and Pidgey.
Katara in this show got hit the worst with the writing of all the characters. She is so passive and basically nothing like her animated counterpart.
This 👆👆👆
They gave her personality of a soap.
and its crazy because i can see why theyd cast her looking at cast interviews which means this really was just bad writing and directing
She’s got no spunk here
this goes hand in hand with trying to make the protagonists as flawless and uncontroversial as possible, as a lot of katara's actions are rooted in her own flaws of arrogance and stubbornness and her own refusal to accept things and her own tendency to be selfish and self-rigtheous. THis can have a positive effect, as she's the one to try and get aang to save the world in the first place and leads to her taking down the sexist beliefs of the water tribe, and it also has bad effects lie the time she stole from some pirates which instigated an avoidable fight and can also lead to her being needlessly confrontational and preachy about things that aren't her business.
It’s either her or Aang that got neutered the hardest. Kyoshi gets arugably butchered even worse, but at least she’s only in one scene.
3:53 This is honestly what makes Avatar so good. The viewer at first thinks this is just some kids' show where no one dies, but then you reach the air temple and realize that the show can and will get serious. It's a total shock, but in a good way. It changes your expectations but also makes you realize just how much Aang messed up by leaving and also makes you feel bad because a 12-year-old just discovered the charred corpse of his one and only best friend, coming to the realization that his entire race has been murdered. It's crazy that this aired on Nickelodeon.
Does Nickelodeon have some guidelines on how you're allowed to show death in a show
@animezilla4486 absolutely. They even limit how many times you can say die, died, death, kill, killed, and killing by quite a lot
@@EaterOfGeese And I love that with all that Nickelodeon still somehow hired a guy who made absolutely unhinged comics to make a children's show (in this case Jhonen Vasquez with Invader Zim, which is really good and it was a wonderful decision, but I still have no clue how they had that idea)
some say they didn't show death outright cause of guidelines, but it worked in the shows favour eveen if that was the only reasons. it meant the serious moments had more weight when they came along rather than be drowned out by the viewer growing numb if they were frequent, and the moments when death is a plot factor can eb told in more creative and powerful ways like when Aang realises he IS the last airbender and that everyone he loved not only died but died a CENTURY ago and has a breakdown.
of course it also leads to stuff lie some viewers being confused as to whether or not Jet died later in Book 2 so there's pros and cons to everything.
You realize this is the same network that did the Animorphs show? Nickelodeon used to have a number of shows where people died.
The reason why this show was so relatable and accessible to people of all ages is because the characters were allowed to be imperfect. Sokka was funny and good at creative solutions, but he was also sexist and lacked confidence, things he had to overcome over his arc. Katara was empathetic and responsible, but she was also stubborn and angry and a little controlling at times, and those were things she had to work on, things that tripped her up at times. Aang was charismatic, kindhearted and gentle, but he was also a scared kid, who goofed off too much and sometimes ran away when things got too serious. No one wants a hero who has all the answers and knows exactly how they feel all the time, it's not compelling. Even though they did a better job with Zuko than the others, I still think they showed too much of Zuko's good side too soon, and it will make the payoff less impactful when he switches sides later. In the original, Zuko had his good moments in season 1, little hints to both the audience and the other characters that there was more to him than the angry fire nation prince, but he was unquestionably the villain in season 1. He burned down Kyoshi village, not Zhao, he tied Katara to a tree, he grabbed Gran-Gran by the scruff of the neck, he kidnapped Aang while he was in a defenseless meditative state at the North Pole, and he was just so much more rude and nasty to everyone, especially Iroh. The fact that he was so annoying in season 1 made the humbling and subsequent growth of his character in the second and third seasons mean so much more. I think the Netflix show treated Zuko's character a bit like "See this one here! Pay attention to him, because he will turn out to be good later!" They emphasized his victimhood too much. In season 1, the audience is meant to understand some of why Zuko is the way his is, but not to excuse him.
Loved your comment. Tottaly agree. ❤
Great analysis, especially in Zuko’s part
Katara receiving the waterbending scroll from her grangran was in concept a good idea. I was never particularly a fan of the pirate episode so I didn’t mind cutting it out for the extra time. But then instead of katara having a moment to truly grasp what she had just been given, she just finds it in her bag, there’s a little voice over and thats it! You barely even feel the weight of anything before they go right back to a completely unrelated scene
That right there is why I dislike the Netflix adaptation. There's no weight to anything it feels like.
I think it’s cool how they had a scroll but the pirate episode was important cause you see that Katara isn’t totally innocent and she learns that her selfish actions can put her and her friends in danger. Plus the setup for Iroh’s White Lotus tile being important is shown and also how being emotional can effect your bending even though it’s Zao we get to understand why Zuko gets more powerful later on
I love episodes like the pirates or the divide because they explore morality outside of the exclusively western view or the boring, useless platitudes of so many kids shows back then.
@@UncleD-f9e That is definitely true. I mainly thought that since they were obviously gonna cut out some material for the new one i can see why they had decided it would be this particular episode. But yes they definitely should’ve given attention to the white lotus tile with how subtle and good of a foreshadow that was in the original
The pirate episode showed Katara’s desperation to learn water bending to the point where it put the group in danger and she grew & learned from her mistake afterwards. Character growth
My hopes went down when:
-The creators themselves left the project.
-They announced that they were going to remove Sokka's sexism.
-They said that they wanted the show be for more adults, like GOT. Yeah, Zuko's entire life is definitely child-friendly.
That 2nd point is sus, bro. Are you projecting?
@@Paulrfromdallassokkas sexism is something that directly impacts who other characters are and by removing it they unintentionally made the show sexist, they dont understand the ripple affects of their actions
I don't know what the big deal is:
1. It is sad that the original creators left but based how the show is performing is proof that you do not always need the original creators to make a live action adaptation of a cartoon series.
2. So they got rid of Sokka sexism doesn't bother me that much and I'm a fan of the original I always found that track kind of stupid and ridiculous in my opinion I know it's part of the characters grow but the character does have all the flaws that can't be used.
3. Despite what Netflix said about the show being more adult themed is still respect the source material
@gracekim25 Nope. Not a fan of people wanting the main character to hate on women.
@@Paulrfromdallas hey troll, shut up! You don’t understand intelligence or what anyone else has mentioned here because you’re a closed minded old man. Go outside
Also telling someone they’re ‘projecting’ is a troll move
I already lost hope when the og creators left due to creative differences. It just showed how Netflix did not respect their vision and how they didn't truly understand what made ATLA great. Idek how Netflix thought that they could understand and make atla better than the people who made it great in the first place.
Also it's more telling how much more chemistry the cast has off set compared to on screen. The cast themselves seem to like having fun so why exclude it from the show?
Its people seeing another IP be successful, not understanding why its so successful, being jealous of it, and then thinkin they can steal it and do it better.
"Oh this show looks fun! But wouldnt it be better if there was no sexism? Wouldnt it be better if bumi hated aang cuz he left? Isnt it better if every spirit is there right away!?"
Thats all it is.
I don’t understand why anyone would have expected this to be good. Nobody who thinks Avatar needs a live-action remake respects the original show enough to make a good a good live-action remake.
words of wisdom.
WORDS OF WISDOM
Optimism, of course
You're wrong 100% while it's not perfect the live action series does respect the source material even though they change a few things some I'm okay with some I'm not but straight to tell you that is not as bad as you think and some people do agree with that
Avatar could do with a live action version. There are elements of the show that could be explored in more detail that would be way too much for a cartoon, at least one airing in any TV network. Avatar did a lot but it often left the worst to subtext. If you want to make a mature avatar adaptation, don't take a story in part made good by the contrast between maturity and immaturity, make a show about the 100 years war. Make a movie about the seige on ba sing sei.
But no, just keep remaking the same story that was already done insanely well but more edgy.
Not to say you couldn't do this as an animated version on say Netflix, but the purpose of a live action adaptation is to grab in a new audience. You can grab in a new audience without ruining the original series.
Okay but can we talk about that cover of Leaves on the Vine at the end of this? Never expected Cellspex to have such a soothing singing voice. Can't even imagine how many takes that took to sing without crying.
She's a stronger person than I am
The answer is 5, it's so hard...
@@CellSpexcan you ban the Paul user who’s attacking animation fans please? I have no idea why they’re here on your video 😅 the user is called @Paulrfromdallas. Thanks
Music is fun ❤
I didn't even realize it was her at first. Holy crap, she has such a good singing voice.
*"We want to attract GoT fans."*
Maybe they meant season 8 GoT fans.
I'm not the biggest fan but i will say the scene between the earthbender and Iroh was pretty good. The actor did a really good job expressing his grief and anger, plus I feel like we forget that Iroh did a lot of horrible deeds for the fire nation.
Yeah, it reminded us that Iroh is still in fact a war criminal and destroyed several lives in a way the original didn't.
I greatly enjoy Iroh and Zuko, and especially their dynamic so far. Their interactions consistently make me cry lol
The idea was good but the execution was bad. How he bends at the end of the scene was even more cringy than the dialogue
I haven’t yet seen the show. I started it, but the AIR NOMAD GENOCIDE, what should have been the most dramatic and emotional moment, BORED me. That, I, I don’t even have words for that. When everyone got killed, I had zero emotional attachment to any of them. Or better understanding of their culture. Aang’s actor is amazing, honestly, he was the only good part of it, but there is only so much he can do with exposition. Everything else…
I think starting at the genocide could have worked, most who watch this already know what will happen from the original, they could still have had Aang be in denial. But they should have spent less time on air tricks and more on his friends and what being the avatar had changed, and his mentor comforting him, to build up to the whole gyatso will get taken away and he runs. With gyatso (btw no idea how spelled) finding the note when he looks for Aang when the fire nation attacks. Even endearing us to some of the children would make a super emotional scene when they are (implied) killed. Also, they really should have made that gyatso forbidden air suck technique everyone speculated about when his skeleton was found surrounded by fire benders.
In the game of thrones early the best seasons, we never see the battles and it left to our imagination but what made it better is the writing. Showing the genocide isnt make u for mature audiences, that is the most important thing those writers should understand. Monk Gyatso surronded by fire nation soldier, looks lke he is the old wise and badass one also. In here we never see his badass side, well he just throw some soldiers not much else but in the cartoon he was surronded by a lot of fire nation soldiers. So this approach makes it look more like edgey than mature I say.
I also watched the beginning where Katara and Sokka left Appa in the glacier and I laughed cuz if Zuko went for the glow he is gonna find Appa in there LOL.
People were mostly upset about the "Sokka not being sexist" thing was that it represented the Netflix showrunners/writers/actors not getting why it was there in the first place. (And the very real possibility, like with several other examples you mentioned, of them not getting other parts of the original show)
All they saw was a negative quality in one of their lead characters and felt the need to remove it (so not to offend anyone?!) without understanding the impact it would have on that character's story.
Don't get me wrong, zuko wasn't bad, however they committed a critical sin with his character - he does not say "honor" ONCE. NOT ONCE! The focal point of his character is practically gone and for what?!
if we cant even hear zuko have an angsty monologue about his honor, whats even the point /hj
I feel like they heard criticism that Asian characters too often have stories related to honor, and took that lesson as changing already existing stories tightly woven with that theme instead of making original stories that don’t use said theme.
3:53 This is honestly what makes Avatar so good. The view at first thinks this is juat some kids shows where no one dies but then you reach the air temple and realise that the show can and will get serious. Its a total shock but in a good why it changes your expectations but also makes you realize just how much aang messed up by leaving and also makes you feel bad because a 12 year old just Discovered that the cane corpse of his one and only best friend and Coming to the realization that his entire race have been murderd. Its crazy that this aired on nickelodeon
Anyone who thinks that Avatar: The Last Airbender is "for kids" is kidding themselves.
@@terancetan5503 It is a kids show, but it's made so anyone can enjoy it
@@genericname2747 It's marketed towards kids, yes, but it has a lot of themes that would fly over their heads. I first watched it when I was 14 years old, years after it came out, and I was blown away by how layered it was. There's something for everyone in that show, and it's what made it special.
Too bad the comics that came after weren't able to do the same.
@terancetan5503 Yeah that's what makes it great. It doesn't dumb things down, it trusts its audience to understand the themes it tackles
@@genericname2747 Personally, I feel like that's the truest mark of a great show. But unfortunately, it's not always reliable.
Watched 2 episodes… couldn’t continue. One of my friends was upset with me about this and kept on insisting it got better - but even at it’s best it could never come close to topping og ATLA. I’ll just rewatch the original thanks 😭
The live action series was never trying to outdo the original series in my own opinion I think the live action series still did a good job has some fans do agree with me
@animezilla4486 Heavily disagree. I watched the first episode, and then that was it. The acting was baaaaaad. Plus they messed up Aang's backstory of running away in the first place.
@@animezilla4486 LMAO, STOP BOT. You're in every video that criticize the series.
The entire premise of this show tells you it has no reason to exist. I think Netflix got a big head when their adaptation of A Series of Unfortuante Events was well received. I dunno what is all in the contract since Paramount should own this IP, but whatever in that contract says that had to make it follow the story of the original, they needed t find a Firebender FAST and set that contract ablaze.
your friend wanted you to suffer like all that said it gets good, they lied and i suffer because of their lies
Funny how modern writers simultaneously brag about their adaptations being more mature while simultaneously being so obsessed with overexposition and telling insted of showing, you'd think you're watching a Dora the Explorer episode.
9:00 They turned a so overt it's a little obnoxious anti sexism PSA into something that's actually kinda sexist, oh the irony!
And then they did the overt/obnoxious sexism PSA with the Northern Water Tribe. Which, actually, if that IS custom in the Water Tribes, could have been used to explain Sokka's original pre-Suki outlook.
I really wish they did a live action version of Cora instead. It's underrated enough to deserve a second chance and it's more serious plots would translate better to a live action adaptation anyway. Plus they'd have to rely on a lot less CGI making these sets since they're closer to modern-day buildings having a 1920s aesthetic as well.
and since the first season of korra feel really rushed and had a lot of bad parts (like the romance) THAT could have a reason to be re-done
100% agree
especially since Book 2 was so badly written, i actually wouldn’t have minded if they rewrote it entirely for the live action. Korra and the rest of the Krew deserved so much better writing and characterization
How did you manage to misspell the name of a character whose name appears in huge letters literally every time an episode starts??
@@vitokorunic3761 I was using speech to text in the middle of my work shift. Didn't have much time to proofread what I was posting. 👍
The Warriors of Kyoshi was my favorite episode of season 1 in the first series. :( And him getting his bottom handed to him felt deserved, felt more just... bad for him in the live action.
i will give credit to the actors who were cast i think they all did great with what they were given and i think they all will have very long and successful careers.
You can say that Sokka's sexism wasn't important because it only lasts 4 episodes, but be ffr, there are arcs that are shorter but also affect the plot heavily. The problem isn't the numerical value, it's the artistic value. Removing an element of growth removes the ability to grow? Especially with nothing to replace it. This ultimately effects the whole show because this not only shows that he's willing to learn and change, but also it effects his relationships with so many other people! He had to learn, so he could show how to do and be better? A character arc can be 3 words and be efficient, it's just a matter of impact.
Who needs nuance and narrative when you have ~spoon feeding~?
I have a different issue with them deleting Sokka's sexism. I'm totally fine with them getting rid of it for a creative reason or because they want to take the character in a different direction. My issue is that I think they deleted it for a much worse reason: they didn't have time for it in the script.
They had time. They deleted in the name of wokeness.
No they took it out for optics. Lol they literally said modern audiences may pull back if they see sexism. Corny af
@audreybarth7930 please stop using words you don't understand. Showing a character learn to reject sexism is woke.
@@AB-zl4nh no, 20 years ago you were allowed to show that. Now the woke are too easily triggered to even show it at all, much less let a "problematic" "harmful" "unsafe" character be un-canceled from it.
@@AB-zl4nh nope. if it were non-w0k3 would be glad it was gone and they aren't. the real reason is the w0k3 are too easily tr!gg3red to show something like that today (almost 20 years later).
The Sames creators of :
“Somehow palpatine returns”
Here comes the sequel:
“Somehow Avatar returns”
FIANLLYY
you are the only person who I have seen that shares my mindset about this whole debacle
thank you
The avatar show is good. Deal with it
@@Paulrfromdallas_You_ need to deal with the fact that not everyone agrees with you.
@@hannahmetzger4880 Well this person is hating on the actors and showrunner
I am hating on the idea of (Life-action) remakes, I couldn't care less about the people behind it @@Paulrfromdallas
@Paulrfromdallas I am hating on the idea of (life action) remakes
I couldn't care less about who's behind them
LMAO, that futurama clip was literally the first thing that came to my mind when I watched this show!
I feel like all screenwriters should be required to take acting classes. In Acting 1 you learn that a script is not just the words written, but the subtext you bring to those words, and how that subtext affects your physicality. When you just preform the script as words (even if you infuse them with subtext), it's called a "talking head" scene. Those are boring and bad. But of course sometimes you must talk ad nauseum in a scene. And in those cases it becomes crucial to remember that stage directions are just as much chances to display subtext as the lines written around them are. Neither can be forgotten if you want a good product.
As a personal example of this:
An acting partner and I had an assignment to add blocking to a script that lacked stage directions. We chose to have our characters (estranged siblings) fold laundry while trying to keep from arguing. We folded in such different ways that it showed our characters' lack of common ground. At one point, my character gives into vindictiveness, so I started refolding my partner's already-folded laundry, indicating that I perceived her as wrong and myself as the one with the solutions. It culminated in the argument finally breaking through and her winning it by dropping an unarguable truth (a scripted line) at the same time as knocking over my perfectly folded stack of clothes (our added blocking), leaving me speechless at her words and actions, clearly having lost both the argument and my self-imposed stability.
If we'd just been siblings intensely bickering on a couch, we would have spoken the same lines of dialogue, but the scene would have said so much less about the story.
THIS WAS AN ACTING 1 CLASS!
"but it's better than the movie"
Whoopdeedooo. Instead of an F, it's a D or a C.
It's an A.
@@Paulrfromdallas if you really think that you must have not watched many tv shows
@@Paulrfromdallas good for you.
@asura7915 I've seen many amazing TV shows such as The Office, Family Feud and Game of Thrones and Andor. Avatar is an A, not as good as them, but better than cartoons.
@@Paulrfromdallas Not better than the ATLA cartoon. Cough 9.3/10 on IMDB versus 7.4 for Netflix version.
Omg you are so right on 11:36. He should have watched the entire movie to learn Shyamalan's mistakes. Both of their works suffers so much from exposition
you singing at the end, nearly broke me. I was really attached to the show as a kid and teen. Not to get super personal, but i can't always listen to it without crying anymore. But i had to, because i liked how you were singing it.
I like your singing voice. a lot.
Can we... can we just not.
There's never been a single live action remake that's been worth anyone's time.
Edit: I'm talking cartoon/anime to live action here.
For example: All those Disney remakes, the Kim Possible movie, like 95% of the live action anime adaptations (i.e death note, cowboy bepop).
Maybe you actually enjoyed some of these? But as none of them really surpass the original, I kinda don't see the point myself? For me, they just end up feeling like an advertisement.
Other than One Piece.
Somebody didn't watch the US version of the Office
Bull crap
"live action " @@Paulrfromdallas
@@maxim196 Yes. It's a live action remake of the live action UK series The Office
I watched all of the animated series last year for the first time so I have absolutely zero nostalgia for it. It was a pretty good show. I definitely have some problems with it but overall it was a really good and fun show. I’ve only seen the first episode of the live action show so take my opinion with a grain of salt, but the live action version is so fucking boring. All of the characters feel like they got all of their personality sucked out of them. The original show was always fun and entertaining, but this remake is never that. I already know there’s gonna be a ton of people that tell me to keep watching the live action show because it gets better, but why would I watch a worse version of avatar when I can just watch the superior animated version
I can understand that, I've always hated how when you don't like something people keep pushing you to like force yourself to sludge through until it gets better. Which is dumb, if you can't get a viewer interested with a strong hook in the beginning, your not going to get them. You shouldn't have to wait so long for something to be watchable.
it annoys me how people seem to think adult entertainment shouldnt be...well, entertaining. i tend to prefer things like disney movies and old kids shows for that exact reason. ive seen people make fun of others for that because its "childish" but when so much "adult" media has such a juvenile idea of what makes something mature, is it really _that_ ridiculous to prefer something more colorful and fun?
Definitely makes you wonder which bits were the ones that made the og creators leave the project.
They didn't left over that
@@animezilla4486why then??
They didn't leave because of the show they had a falling out with netflix maybe the pay wasn't what they wanted or something else we'll never find out, they wrote ep 1 and many people had a problem with it😊
Fun fact: assuming an episode of the original was 1 million dollars, than the entire original show AND Korra cost the same as this 8 episode season.
That's the main issue I have with most entertainment now: they're spending too much money on "just okay."
The money would have been better spent in reanimating it
when sokka was given the fan I was like “OMG are they going to have Sokka use the fan and increase his arsenal!!!!” and nope he didn’t use it once after kyoshi island… i really hope if they do the future seasons I wanna see sokka kick ass with a fan!
Wow! Your rendition of Leaves from the Vine at the end left me speechless. Your voice is so soothing. I love it🫶
is nobody talking about Kyoshi's bending looking like the ironman?
My girl didn't even post the video and it's already muted
-Open up netflix
-Turn on episode 1
-See it's in the fire nation capital before the war begins "Hmm"
-We're following an earth kingdom spy "This looks interesting"
-Sozin immolates him "Holy sh*t"
-Meet Aang
-He almost immediately starts flying without his glider, completely violating the lore surrounding air benders "Uh oh, here we go"
So i have’t seen the Netflix adaptation but i do have a question. Why did they choose Fire Lord Sozin instead of Azulon? Sozin was NOT in Aang’s timeline, it would’ve been Azulon then Ozai. Am i missing something here?
@@thomaswood1158 As he said, BEFORE the war begin. Implying Sozin execute the Earth Kingdom spy just before he start the hundred years war and attack the Earth Kingdom
@@thomaswood1158 No, Sozin was alive during Aang's childhood. He used the comet to initiate the genocide, and then spent his last years searching for the Avatar.
I love how they took a whole bunch of character defining moments and changed them for seemingly no reason (Sokka not getting put in makeup at Kyoshi, Zuko fighing back against Ozai, Aang not running away). Really added nothing and took so much away. Just brilliant writing
I just watched the first episode and personally didn't dislike it, but it didn't make me excited to see more. But you said something that resonated with how I've been feeling for a while: People are enjoying it.
It's weird but we live in an era where everything has to be "the greatest thing ever" or "this is the worst thing ever" and a lot of stuff that is "good enough" ends up forgotten because it doesn't get enough attention. Things that are just good enough should be allowed to exist and talked about, there should be more experimentation in media, the next cultural hit might be hiding somewhere out there and no one knows about it because big media companies aren't giving them a chance.
Be it in shows, movies or games, we see less and less risks being taken and more often than not the things that are being marketed to us are being received with so much indifference, companies are so out of touch and even things that are familiar that used to be safe bets are not guaranteed to make a profit.
I don't know how to elaborate this properly but I've been feeling frustrated about this topic for a while, I hope whoever reads this understands what I mean.
it doesn't help that it's literally a remake of one of the best pieces of western animation ever.
I see what you’re saying. I get that too.
The internet is just all about extremes.
It’s either “peak fiction” or “trash”, nothing is ever “good, but could be improved”
And that’s the thing, if a project has a few rough edges at the start, it shouldn’t be cast in the trash bin in terms of reception.
If the creators are smart, they’ll take that criticism, and try to apply more of what people liked in the future after the waters are tested. But that won’t happen if every project is immediately deemed “trash” by people on social media after just a first impression.
I feel almost every project should have at least 2 seasons.
One to put out there and see how it’s received, and another to have a second chance and tweak what didn’t work for people. If the majority of people still aren’t receptive after that second chance, then I feel they can do whatever they want with the project, throw it away, try again, idk.
But at least it was given a fair shake and not immediately squander the potential because some random users on socials call it trash.
But then do that with a new story not a retold story...
I will say this show kinda made me tear up during some of Irohs and Zuko's scene. I'm also very happy they didn't have them sing leaves from the vine.
I've never once watched an animated show and thought "Man, I can't wait to see a live-action version of this that looks worse, has less scope and does nothing to justify itself." Like if anything, if they at least had more elaborate sets I could somewhat forgive it, but seeing how much CGI they use for that on top of Appa and Momo and all of the bending effects...this is already like 2/3s of the way to being fully animated anyway. I've only watched clips myself, and have no desire to watch the full thing. There is a bit of morbid curiosity to see how they'd handle the other two books though; will they try to make Ozai sympathetic, or maybe make Zutang real?! Who knows!
it let me feeling that a full cgi version could have been a loot beter
Netflix writers only "watched" the show but they did not W A T C H the show like all of us did
My issue is that they broke the rule of show don't tell. There is so much telling
the leaves on the vine cover at the end goes hard
I haven't even watched the video yet but that first 10 seconds... chef's kiss. Perfect
Thank you so much for playing the Furterama clip. When I saw that Aang clip in another video I immediately though of that Futurama moment, I'm so happy I'm not the only one.
You know what they say... third time's the charm
More like... The Second Wind.
Didn't happen with Fantastic Four, not going to happen here.
This pretty much sums up all of my emotions about the show. Well said.
Also, that singing at the end was really good and a pleasant way to end a rant
The biggest sin was they showed Gyatso vs Sozin but then didn’t show Gyatso sucking all the air out of the room (move that we all know he did) killing everyone including himself to save other airbenders… no he instead was directly protecting the children so doing that move would have killed the children as well… and Sozin I guess but there are ways of letting Sozin still win without ruining the surprise.
Like for example:
Gyatso realizing there is little hope tells the others to keep going and escape while he holds the firebenders off. He gets their attention causing more firebenders to get close to him, then he bends the air out of the room, the low pressure he is causing brings a rush of air towards him trapping any firebenders closer to him, sealing their fate. Sozin is just far enough away that he is able to hold himself back, his soldiers before him are goners and Gyatso too will fall, but he grows impatient. Struggling to take a deep breath, Sozin conjures lightning and just as he focuses on a face turning blue Gyatso: (crash) Lightning strikes the ocean as we see Aang and Appa struggling to fight off the storm. As Aang falls into the water we cut back to the air temple, its not clear whether Sozin or Gyatso won, or if any airbenders escaped, but what is clear is the Southern Air Temple has fallen. We cut back to Aang, and he freezes himself in ice. When they visit the air temple 100 years later we find out what happened, allowing for an emotional realization.
How dare you make me cry at the end. You make valid, intelligent points and then you hit me in the heart? Well played.
I think even if the sexism in Sokkas character is only shown in a few minutes at the beginning, it’s still important because it lingers in our minds as his character develops throughout the whole show!
Me too, I'm just gonna rewatch the animated series 3 more times to flush this out of my system, and forget it ever happened.
Your take on Netflix Suki was soooo on point.
All of the characters were severly watered down.
I wanted to like this show, but I only got through the first four episodes before stopping out of boredom.
They made the main characters all stoic and bland by taking away a lot of their prime/engaging traits (Aang’s fun-loving nature, Katara’s headstrong nature, Sokka’s sarcasm).
So. Much. Exposition!
The plot feels so nonlinear and jumbled due to all the story cramming and a lot of the lighthearted/human moments are gone, replaced by exposition dumps and/or stoic, emotionless acting.
Bottom line, the show lacks the emotion and humanity from the cartoon.
RUclips unsubscribbed me from your channel at some point because I had no idea you were still making videos. What a video to come back to!
I always wonder why these shows have to be live action before they're "taken seriously" by executives. We fell in love with the animation, the style, and the story it originally told.
I remember that one of the moments that hurt my enjoyment was how they revealed Aang was the Avatar in the Air Temple.
It was there to convey how learning that Aang becoming the Avatar hurt him, which caused him to run away. It affected his friendships by alienating him from his peers, his tutelage becoming more strict and worst of all his relationship with Gyatso by having to travel to study.
The show gave that moment a very "Oh no, anyway" vibe to what was pretty pivotal to enforcing Aang's fear of being the Avatar.
I saw it the day it premiered, and i thought it was fine, it has its problems and it had a few cool ideas, but I'll stick with the animated series on rewatch until season 2 inevitably drops, especially since i can tell the showrunners for the live-action One Piece had way more fun making the East Blue Saga work in that medium, and yeah, I can see the kid in this version looking like Aang, but Iñaki Godoy IS Luffy brought to life, and is up there with Mayumi Tanaka and Colleen Clickenbeard for playing Luffy in the anime's respective languages
I've realized the people who are hardest on the show are the youtube reviewers. Everywhere else I see talks about the show people love it.
that opening clip sums this up perfectly
Aang delivering his realisation of his people's genocide with the energy of being disappointed with his happy meal toy is seared into my memory of this show.
“Azula, you’re perfect”
“That’s not good enough”
Subtlety at its finest.
They literally took this from the scene where Azula is practicing her lightening bending for Lo and Li. They tell her it's almost perfect, and she responds "Almost isn’t good enough." 😂
Why did Netflix hire the Ember Island Players to write, direct and act in the live action Avatar The Last Airbender series ? It makes zero sense because everyone hated that episode in universe except Sokka.
I know these Netflix writers will just make Katara and Zuko end up together but it will be such a hack job in the writing department that I don't think anyone will enjoy or like it
"Kataang isn't here, nobady is sad about that"
Me who shipped them since I was a kid: Ó╭╮Ò "ok, i'll leave"
And now I’m crying over your cover of “Leaves From the Vine.”
The fact you called him Abed made me so happy
I binged the whole thing the day it came out and my take was “that was fun. I hope they dont don’t do season 2”
The Game of Thrones allusion is so funny to me considered how poorly that show ended that it seemingly soured a massive chunk of the audience.
It's impressive to gain that angle in one season verses what eight?
I enjoyed watching the Netflix series with friends as it felt like a blooper reel.
I want season two to have the writers dig in their heels and double down on their ideas no matter how lame they are.
I welcome the madness and can't wait to riff with friends some more.
you mad man!
@@loft777Now I want you to see
All the madness in me
So open your eyes
And show me all your madness tonight
M-M-M-M-Madness
I hate that people were like "its better than the movie"...oh you mean the movie that was so disgraceful we all just pretend it doesnt exist? Pretty sure the bar was sooooo low its crazy
I wonder what will be the reaction from those who did not watch the original? Because all the complaints I saw was from fans telling that this isn't like the original version.
i saw a lot of people claiming to like the og series and say that the netflix adaptation is good or even the same as the og. i really doubt that is true
It's impressive how visually jam packed they made the show look, and how utterly empty it feels. They've picked all the moments people point to that makes the animated version so great and they mashed them together with no connection to why those moment were so great. The context and build up and character is just missing. Also, god am I upset with how unimportant and uninteresting they made Katara. She's just sad and prop-like. Where is her anger? Where is her joy? Where is her stubbornness? She feels like an accessory.
P.S. Your voice is beautiful by the way, thank you for singing.
Cellspex, a RUclips Personality who is a fan of animation and may not like remakes. I, a commenter who writes comments under your videos, think the exposition (discourse or an example of it designed to convey information or explain what is difficult to understand) is at a minimum in the ATLALA. In this year of Present Day, I can tell you this is how all of us Earthlings talk.
for a moment there i almost fell for Poe's law
i have this horrible prediction that this show is going to rush zukos redemption and not have him betray iroh at the end of book 2
I think that the reason this show is constantly rushing things along is probably because of Netflix’s bad habit of cancelling everything that isn’t Stranger Things or Big Mouth. The show runners probably just want to get as much done before Netflix pulls the trigger. At least that’s my theory
And their habit of making only 8 episodes per season is also a problem. Increase the number of episodes of one season like the old days and it’ll solve a lot of pacing and storytelling issues.
My largest pet peeve with the series is actually the midseason finale.
The midseason finale sets up a lot of things that don't get resolved, ignores a lot of continuity, and then also adds a ton of things that aren't exactly necessary and don't make sense to add in the first place.
In the animated show, the midseason finale was specifically about the comet as well as other timely information. The writers have already told us that they removed the comet as well as timely occurrences to prevent the show from progressing too fast (this also prevents Aang from having any kind of motivation which they clearly struggle to work with but I digress).
In the LA, this means that essentially they had to rewrite the entire plot for the midseason finale OR cut out Avatar Roku entirely. And like you said, if they're going to change something they need to do it well.
They didn't do it well. Why is Koh there? Why the owl? Why Yue? The forest guardian doesn't get resolved. Roku's dragon is no longer relevant. Were these necessary changes or just ways to bloat a plot they didn't know how to fill?
Out of all the Live Action Avatar attempts, this is the best one.
That's not a particularly high bar to clear, though.
That’s not saying much.
@@conspicuous.8163 Aye. That said, this is clearly better than that travesty. It's not perfect, but it's serviceable, and overall, it isn't bad.
There is no movie in Ba Sing Se. *_There is no movie in Ba Sing Se._*
@@hannahmetzger4880 Yeah? Well, the Earth King has invited you to Lake Laogai.
Damn, why you gotta hit me in the feels right at the end there?!
Can we send it back again? I made sure to keep the receipt from the last time.
The character arc of Sokka's sexism might've been over by episode 4 but the way that arc affected his overall arc of becoming the leader of the Gaang continues WELL past that. Even after Suki proves him wrong and teaches him to respect women as complex people like any other, he still goes through issues with his self worth and trying to prove himself as a competent warrior and a good leader, something that his shallow views of the roles men and women play is a direct result of. His explicit sexism might've been over in the beginning, but that was just the start of his actual full circle character arc that goes on for the entire series. Removing that from Sokka's character gives him no real starting point. OG Sokka had a start to finish. Netflix Sokka is just kinda floating around aimlessly waiting for someone to tell him how smart and awesome and cool he is cause his poorly characterized father was a little mean to him.
Really upsets me that so many people seem to miss that Sokka didnt stop being sexist after ep4. He was humbled in ep4. He still had to work on it through out the series.
Reboots/remakes like these are always so bizarre. Because the writers somehow managed to misinterpret and forget the source material AND their own work simultaneously. It takes talent to be that incompetent.
You're one of the oldest subscriptions I have had on RUclips. Been watching for years. This is because you agree with me on everything. You always say my opinion on something. For the first time ever we have different opinions. It's bizarre. I still appreciate the video for what it is. However, I don't like being belittled for liking the show. I am a fan of the original show. Have been for years. And I liked it. And it's not just "oh, pretty CGI LIKE LIKE LIKE," Shockingly enough I liked it for it is. We don't need to devalue people's opinions as something trivial because it's not the internet approved consensus. I have my problems with it like the complete lack of Aang water bending, but I actually did like characterization and story as a fan of the original. Shocking, I know
“But the effects were decent.”
-Sokka
Some shows work better in animation and some work better in live action but this definitely falls in the former and didn’t need to be touched
There are 2 things the bad movie got right is that aang doesn't know his friends and family are dead, the casting of princess yue