If you wanna know why the live action One Piece adaptation succeeded was because Eiichiro Oda. (The creator himself) Despite being executive producer, his presence and decisions were strong. The man is very protective of his craft and won't let *anyone* tarnish it. If only ATLA had One Piece's quality.
_The man is very protective of his craft and won't let anyone tarnish it_ ... as are Mike and Bryan but they were tricked. Imagine Oda being tricked after giving permission. Then they shut him out and then what? They make a terrible show with his name on it (at least partly) A nightmare I'm telling you.
I honestly don't understand why though. If the netflix people wanted to have their line followed, this should have happened in both the live actions. But Oda stayed and made the people follow his direction. So it is not like Netflix is some kind of dictature where things must be done in certain ways. I feel like the creators of the cartoon were not collaborative at all, maybe they wanted exclusive direction over everything. What I'm trying to say is that if Netflix is bad, it is always bad.
@@hemmojito I think Oda was contractual binding, because Netflix had to go head over heels to convince him to make live action, and he said that only way was he has creative rights.
Katara breaking aang out of the ice was so important. If you notice throughout the show, katara is a prodigy and when he enotions flair, its always related to the cracking and hardening ice. 1. She busts aang out of frustration towards sokka. 2. She cracks the ground because the water master in the north refused to yrain her at the time. 3. She creates ice shards oit of killing intent towards the fire bender who took away Kataras mother. Katara's temper is so important to the story and its a real shame aang was taken out of the ice some other way.
Is it ever explained how the iceberg was opened? When I watched the live action, I assumed Katara trying to bring in the canoe was her kind of creating a suction around her, making even the ice Berg behind her break from the suction Katara was pulling towards herself. It made sense since Katara accidentally bends backwards in the first episode of the animation. But yeaaaaaa I’m not sure.
I watched the original show after the live-action adaptation to see the differences that everyone was talking about. My biggest concern is definitely how they decided to portray Katara as a whole. Aang and Katara's relationship is so crucial for the story going forward. It was a terrible idea to push their relationship aside for this long. In season 2, the writing gets so much tighter, and there is so much more character development. Not to mention, more characters in general. They cannot afford any mistakes, and they've already made quite a few. They have A LOT of work to do to salvage this show now. They CAN do it, but unfortunately, I doubt they will.
Netflix refused to cooperate with the creators vision, they made a worse show, and it's been panned all over. How have they STILL not learned a lesson? After so many failed projects? HOW are they still doing it wrong?
Personally I hate how the show just starts with Aang leaving cause the Cave episode did a great job of showing how the Storm reminded Aang of why he’s so afraid to be the Avatar and they also do that by showing a parallel with Zukkos backstory. When Katara and Sokka found him it made it more believable cause the audience just met him too. It takes the intrigue out of it
I love seeing you branch out and make reviews for franchises that aren't Sonic. I haven't watched Avatar yet, but your passion for this show makes it hard to not be interested in any video you make about the series.
This show is, by far, the most divisive show I've ever seen. And I'm not talking about liking or disliking it. I'm talking about every specific detail. You dislike the show, but like some parts, such as Zuko and Aang's extended conversation, or Azula/Ozai's new relation dynamic. I've seen a lot of people who absolutely hate those changes. You dislike the episode merger in episode 3, but my friend absolutely loved it and it was his favorite part. Just a few examples. Every single addition or change has a rabid fanbase, and a rabid haterbase. My personal hot take is, I hate the 41st Division change. It feels heartwarming at first, but then you notice it completely goes against Ozai's character to essentially "punish" Zuko with EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. And, what, you'll throw away all your plans and sacrifice another, more experienced division just to "spite" Zuko? When in fact you're doing nothing but rewarding him? That's extremely stupid, and Ozai is extremely cunning in the OG ATLA. Complete character assassination. On a related note, Ozai in here is more 3 dimensional, but he loses his charm and his strength, and basically ruins Zuko's arc. In the OG show, he f*cking hates Zuko, and it's a beautiful tale of an abusive father and a child who wants nothing more than to be loved by said father. Here, Ozai genuinely wants what's "best" for Zuko, but misunderstands what "best" means - essentially undermining Zuko's backstory and motives. I just, I hate this show, man. I only liked a handful of changes, including Lu Ten's funeral scene, but it was 8 full episodes of torture as a fan of ~20 years.
I hate the show but actually really liked the 41st division scene, However you just made a point that I hadn’t even considered before. There’s definitely no way the original Ozai would have ever given Zuko the 41st. He would’ve gone forward with the original plan and sacrificed them like the uncaring evil bastard that he is.
@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 That's exactly my point. They added a TON of "heartwarming at first glance" scenes, which absolutely do not make sense once you think about them for a while Edit: Noticed that "that" wasn't "exactly my point" in this comment lol, sorry for that, but I have made many similar comments regarding the "heartwarming at first" scenes. Prime example: Aang seeing Gyatso in the Spirit World
Ok ngl, there is a reason why they gave Yue have spirit powers and its because cuz it is kind of a trade off for showcasing a little detail of her still having the moon spirit energy. Remember the OG where everything was dark and the waterbenders bending was gone. In the OG version, Iroh notices that Yue still has the moon spirit cuz of blue eyes (Which the other waterbenders eyes were blue but gone grays thxs to the moon being gone) and tells her that she can save the Ying fish. For the Netflix version, while i agree that Yue changing into a fox spirit was unnecessary n weird as hell when she said that she uses it to spy on folks dreams, still she can also waterbend. I don't think it was confirmed that Yue could waterbend in the OG so the Netflix version giving her waterbending was actually a good change imo cuz it showcase that she has the moon spirit power even when the moon is gone. She showcases her waterbending by freezing Sokka's legs once she was about to sacrifice herself to save the moon spirit. Not the biggest deal but I kinda appreciate that trade off change and I wish the rest of the episodes made better changes that either adds or at least is a good trade off that makes sense for the character n world of ALTA.
Also, can we take a moment to acknowledge that it takes at least 2 TRAINED waterbenders to bend up water high enough to stop the fire balls here -> 49:31 But no, MASTER Katara could do it ten minutes after she could barely bend a bubble of water.
Great video, Sam. I really like that you recorded your reaction and included it in the video. If you do more show reviews I would love to see more of this because your reactions are always funny. 😂
That pigeon is the DIRECTOR of this Netflix show! 🕊 Yeah this Netflix is just AWFUL, WOW! Yue actress in the 2010 movie was the same voice actress for the cartoon show too, Johanna Braddy. She did a good job looking the part and clearly sounding the part.
It figures. Live action adaptations already have a mostly bad reputation with only a handful of good exceptions (One Piece, Sonic the Hedgehog, Detective Pikachu), but then they had to go and brag about how they basically tore apart 80% of what made the show good in the first place. I can't believe these people genuinely ignored the original creators advice, wrote this schlock instead, and said, "This is excellent! Everyone's gonna love it!" Or who knows? Maybe didn't think that at all and just didn't care about making a good show. I'm willing to bet the latter.
Hey Sam! I’m SO glad to see your review for this bc your reaction to the trailer was my favorite out of all the reactions I’ve seen 😂 I’m a fellow OG fan too and this show has also always been my favorite show of all time. I watched all the weekly episodes air on Nickelodeon (and dealt with all the hiatuses too 💀), all the avatar chibi shorts & avatar extras, and back in 2008, I remember I even found the leaked episodes online of Book 3 before they even aired it on TV (during that hiatus btwn “Day of Black Sun Part 2” and “The Western Air Temple”) bc I just LOVED this show so much and I couldn’t get enough of it. I also watched the weekly episodes of when Korra aired on TV. That being said, I’m actually one of the few fans who really enjoyed this live action. To answer your question at 14:53-14:58, I’ll say that this NATLA is definitely not an improvement from the original. The original will always be #1. I agree with most of the criticisms too that some of the writing & acting is just cringey or doesn’t make sense with pacing. Either that, or the execution was just off or something. I think the reason I enjoyed this live action (as many enjoyers are saying too), is bc I took this NATLA adaption as its own thing without comparing it too much to the original. Don’t get me wrong, us fans have EVERY RIGHT to compare it to the cartoon. I know it’s natural to do that, but seeing how they only had 8 episodes to fit in all the important stuff from Book 1, I just knew that comparison would be the thief of joy. Going into this live action, I trusted my knowledge of the cartoon and just sat back to see how Netflix unfolded the story. That way, I understood all the “references” that happened in the live action without thinking too hard about how it’s exactly supposed to be in the cartoon. I find it sad that a loooooot of OG ATLA fans didn’t even watch the whole Netflix series and give it a fair chance. They couldn’t even watch past ep 1 bc they nitpicked it to death with how it NEEDED to be exactly like the cartoon (even the smallest details that were only catered to kids back in 2005 and wouldn’t look good in a 2024 live action). It’s sad bc there are a lot of rlly good scenes/dialogue that are both added & pulled straight out of the show, but ppl won’t give it a chance without just immediately joining the internet hate train. A lot of the source material was pretty accurate too (though the story flow could’ve been done better on some parts). I think NATLA’s problem with the writing & pacing is due to the number of episodes they were allotted, and also bc there are some things from the cartoon that wouldn’t look good in a live action, so they had to omit it but then it just made the pacing off. This show is greenlit to get a season 2 & 3, so I’m rlly excited to see what they’ll do with it. If they have maybe 10-12 episodes for each Season 2 & 3, then I think the pacing would improve a lot. A recent article by polygon.com gave me hope bc it had words from Albert Kim (NATLA showrunner) saying that since Book 2 is where things pick up pace in the cartoon, every episode/story counts now, so Season 2 might have to be “more by the book” compared to Season 1 where some stories were so self-contained & can be omitted/condensed like “The Fortuneteller”, “Bato of the Water Tribe”, etc. I enjoyed Book 1 even tho it’s not the best adaption, and I’d like to think Netflix is reading all the criticisms thrown at them so that they can improve the show, esp when Toph comes in. Anyways, sorry for my long comment LOL (it’s not meant to be a hate comment 🙏🏻 I just haven’t found many other passionate youtuber ATLA fans who also loved this show from long ago). I love all your reactions & commentary on ATLA and I hope you’ll post reactions when Seasons 2 & 3 come out!!
As frustrating this show gets the best thing about this show is the actor for uncle Iroh he captures the spirit of the cartoon and the late actor Mako Iwamatsu
I personally really didn't like them using leaves from the vine this soon. I absolutely understand why they thought of using it because of its tie to Lu Ten. But I had no attachment to this version of Iroh. His character felt really flat to me and the moment that was so profound in the OG show, felt unearned in this one. By 4 words alone you can make almost an entire generation of people tier up who have watched to OG show. To me, Roku in this version felt more like cartoon Iroh than the Iroh in the live action
I personally think the best way to remake this show into a live action is to take about 70-80% of the original and cut down the toony but keep the goofy, instead of condensing the story expand it! What people want isn't just the grand and spectacular moments, they want to spend more time with the characters. I would propose make the seasons 2 parts, for example book 1 part 1 Avoidance (Because Aang is trying to avoid his responsibilities of being the Avatar and try to continue life like he did before he was frozen), end with the winter solstice as a mid-season Finale. Then Book 1 part 2 Water, where Aang is working on learning water as he makes his way to the North Pole to find a master
If they were going to have Bumi be somewhat understandably mad with Aang it should have been executed better. They shouldn't have had Aang recognize it as Bumi so quickly, as it did lower the stakes from Aang for the audience (especially since Katara and Sokka as hostages are missing) as though he's in any danger after the guard saying as though he wasn't the lucky one after Iroh was being taken. What they should have done is keep the additional tests, essentially they would be the ones for Bumi to make sure that it's Aang and not just any other air nomad that somehow managed to miraculously survived and upon the initial set of tests Bumi should have had a smile that it was old friend in realization that he is alive and wasn't killed along with the rest of the air nomads, however after some time to process it his mind could have had for his expression turn to that of anger (a display of ranging emotions in few seconds happiness -> grief-> disappointment-> anger) that after all this time his "friend" has the gall NOW to finally shows himself and that is when he conducts the final test for their fight especially for when Aang has make the choice to save the earth king as he doesn't yet know it's Bumi and he would still want to save him as this would also demonstrate the audience that Aang cares even about those he doesn't know and going into how his culture views all life as sacred even to those that would commit suicide without any care for their own well-being to get the audience to like his positive attributes along with it being a characterization defining moment. The other reason for why the animated show did the identity timing right was that it was to lessen Bumi's brutal lesson on Aang upon realizing it was his friend, so again some of Bumi's bitterness would make sense, but to also show despite it all he went about in his own caring way about his old friend in leaving one final lesson to him.
Yeah, I loved the beginning of the series, but I believe the writing is focused on "show and tell" instead of "show and don't tell". While I did not like the direction they took with bumi, I agree with your take, on how it could have been executed better. I feel like the dialogue (while it has its ups and downs) is explaining far too much to the viewer, what's going on, within the plot. That and adding side stories, within the main plot, feels very clunky at times, Sai, his father and Jet all at once felt underuse imo, they look like characters that were just there, to move the story forward. The live action versions lacked depth. Jet's betrayal did not feel as big, like in the original, Katara's confrontation with him was flat. I personally feel like the first season was rushing to get to, Point A and Point B, instead of slowly taking it's time, for the viewer to get to know the characters, which is something that I am hoping, will not be the direction in season 2. I want the gangs moments as a family to be impactful in this version, speeding up the story, to get to the end, removes any kind of character development whatsoever. The cast is great, but the writers/directors need to take their time.
Honestly didn’t have a problem with it. I enjoyed myself and that’s all I could ask for. Can’t change anyone else’s opinion, but I enjoyed it. Excited for season 2 and 3!
When I learned they were changing alot of the show from the original, I couldn't watch it because I would be nitpicking the whole way through without giving it a chance.
Glad to finally know your take on the adaptation. I decided to not watch it and instead rewatch the original ATLA because I knew I wouldn't resist the constant comparisons. Based on this review and others, I think I made the right choice but respect to anyone who enjoyed it.
One thing that broke everything is the order of the reveals. The cartoon was just good storytelling, everything was shown at the exact right time. They revealed Azula and Ozai in season 1, which was a terrible decision. They complained they didn't have time for all the episodes plots but they added probably 2 hours of content that was never in season 1.
Somebody help me out here. If the badger-moles earth bend by sensing love, and Toph learned to earthbend from the badger-moles, does this mean that she won't bend by sensing vibrations? Because according to this version, Toph will bend by sensing emotions
Sorry to hear that. I personally wasn’t gonna watch this at least not until I finally get around to seeing the original animated series, even tho I’ve been spoiled about so much of nearly everything. But I guess I may not, if most people say it doesn’t do it as well. At least it’s an improvement from the movie from what I here, tho that’s not a high bar to pass, at all. I haven’t seen the movie but from what I hear and have seen… wow. Anyways Hope you’ve been enjoying your vacation. Also bird 🐦
I decided to come back after I watch the original show, not only cuz you praise it so much but because I wanna see what exactly this adaptation messed up
One Piece teaches us one thing, the original creator has to be there to babysit the adaptation. Decisions went through him and the people that did the adaptation frequently talk about having to convince him before they made a change, which probably is why the original spirit remains intact in that adaptation but clearly is lacking in ATLA or Cowboy Bebop where the creators were treated like afterthoughts.
Oh man. I remember watching your trailer reaction and being so excited with you. We have the exact same critiques so far. It’s so wild how watching this series made my genuine head hurt and it was tough to get through. Not because of the changes! I was ok with changes!! It’s just that the changes they made don’t make sense and sometimes contradict eachother. It’s so unfortunate. The show runners sounded so confident that this is what we wanted to see, it’s so hard to know they really didn’t do a good job.
I agree with these points. Initially I only had a problem with the acting, but watching reviews like this I clearly see why people thought that many changes made in this live action version was not for the better. I respect the notion that: "It doesn't have to be exactly like the original, but if you are going to make changes then don't have those changes take away from already good moments". And I definitely see how some changes are definitely for the worse.
45:55 No... Kept the compliments and comparisons coming because there’s more points other than Yue’s Wig that 2010 does better. Seriously, there are good enough points showing that this could have been worse than 2010.
Unfortunately they've already announced that season 2 and 3 are happening. Unless they backtrack and cancel them. Which, it's Netflix so that wouldn't suprise me
It's pretty ironic that when the fog of lost souls was first introduced in Korra it was coupled with the fanservice of finding out exactly what happened to Zhao, and here they reference the fog of lost souls but also take Zhao out of it and just give his demise the edgy treatment.
I've been waiting for this review ever since your trailer reaction videos came out! Even though Sonic is the main franchise for me and other people here, it still would be awesome if there would be videos and reviews on other subjects and franchises from time to time too! 👍
One of the reasons why One Piece Live Action worked well is that not only were there changes to the original material approved by the creator himself Eiichiro Oda, but those changes don't ruin the beloved characters that we follow during their journey (looking at you Katara).
Hollywood is so lazy and creatively bankrupt now, they don't even know how to craft characters. Every character doesn't really have flaws, they're already great, they just don't know it yet. So what passes for a character's journey is just them suddenly being better.
Its confirmed that S2 n S3 will happen which ngl, im hella worried about especially since I heard how Netflix usual strategy for live adaptations is give out 8 episodes or less to save budget. Netflix needs to change this strategy or at least get a better writer that studies the OG ALTA writing, especially since Avatar Book 2 n 3 got alot of important moments that absolutely cannot be rushed. I don't necessarily think the team needs to bring the 2 og ALTA writers back cuz they usual like to deviate from their previous works (Which explains Korra) and even if the 2 creators came back, the team still have to work with Netflix's mid strategy of working with 8 episodes and miss mash episodes together. I get that live adaptations can't adapt everything cuz budget n it won't hit the same as the OG, but the new writing should at least be entertaining like the OG. Despite some flaws One Piece Live Action has, still the writing manages to capture Oda's writing very well even with Netflix's limitations. Ya its mostly thxs to Oda overseeing the work but still it is amazing on how the team still manages to make changes n still follow the source material so well despite having 8 episodes n not enough budget to adapt ever ridiculous character from S1. Even if the writers of Netflix Avatar can't bring back the 2 og creators and get more episodes for S2 n S3, still I hope they find the right flow of changes that only adds to the ALTA world, characters being more expression n not feeling like a cardboard version of themselves (Cough Katara cough), and overall just pray they learn from the OG writing of S2 n S3 and apply it for this adaptation.
The show was just a dead idea from the start. The writing was shallow and it just simply doesn't work. It may have sounded good on paper, but the execution just doesn't stick the landing properly. I'm very concerned for the next season and frankly, I don't have high hopes.
When it came to the sexism topic it felt like they only kept Paku’s sexism in because they had to. Unlike Sokka Paku’s sexism was a huge part of the northern water tribe arc and they couldn’t find any other way around it without sacrificing half of the plot line. Well that’s how I see it.
Blows my mind the mistreatment of the show, and how they literally babied us adults and fans of the series so much by trying tomake kt "more mature" and "like game of thrones", showing us the genocide of the air nomads...when it wasn't necessary to actually show, the firebenders didn't seem overtly powerful with the comet as they were in the OG series, and not seeing it has a way bigger impact, we knew what happened without seeing it through proper storytelling, also, WHERE R THE MARTIAL ARTS BASED BENDING MOVES, to me, there fighting, but all bending styles looks kinda similar, and that really bothers me. 😔 Now we get to see how they butcher seasons 2 & 3...Toph, her being blind and also the best earth bender in the world, her sense of humor and sarcasm making fun of her own blindness, Fire Lord Ozai and his storyline, Azula's insanity and how devious and scary she can be at only 14, heck, the blood bending storyline, and if they even show the depth of how strong it can be, the fact that Aang didn't bend a lick of water in the first season, the spirit world having season's 2 &3 spirits all in one episode, Aang feeling significantly weaker and not as able as a " master" Airbender, when everyone around him seems to be doing more, Bumi being so...un-bumi like...I'm scared for how bad it'll get, how is Aang supposed to learn both Water and Earth bending in one season...should be interesting...💯😔
What's so sad about this is that Book 1 had si much potential to be better, even in the original show. They somehow took more time to make a worse story while butchering everything that made the original show so beloved. They might turn it around in the next season, but just like Katara in this version I don't have much hope.
Aang flies period only ONE way without his glider in the cartoon. In the Avatar State. Never any other way, he MUST have his glider to fly. Period. Letting him fly, and airbending IS just flying there isn't a real distinction, breaks countless things. His airbending is either as powerful as it can be by DEFAULT, or he can just fly inexplicably. The bending in this show is terrible. The special effects are pretty good, but the bending itself sucks. The martial arts aspect is basically gone so they can bank entirely on special effects. It's awful. This show is garbage. It's spectacle above character. This problem has ruined many live action shows. The dialogue is obviously utter trash too, it's no wonder Michael and Bryan dipped so quickly.
Ok listen I liked the live action series no matter what others said I loved that the 41st division was zuko’s crew and not Irohs old crew, I like how they made sokka and katara, the only thing I did not like from the series was how they made bumi, Roku and azula
Watched 3 episodes and stopped watching it, the story is in shambels and i didnt rlly like the characters and changes, especially how katara and azula are, glad the one poece live action had oda involved unlike this, its kinda obvious now why the writers left
The adaptation itself its not the BEST it in most of its writing but half the time it wasn't the worst cause the fight scenes looked good and the costuming, the casting Amazing BUT My critic with Aang is that I love the actor but his character's personality feels so restricted i get things are serious like cmon let aang be a kid! and i wanna bring up the opening sequence with him "Flying" he wasn't he was just air bending through the air some argue that it defeats the purpose of having a glider While for me it doesn't cause reason why is that the glider that an air nomad uses helps the user to control the wind currents around them thanks to the wings that pops out from the staff and what not so i didnt had an issue with that scene so i wouldn't be surprised if airbenders are capable of doing that like in the original aang dose those goofy air jumps when he gets excited but my issue with aang not waterbending Kills the WHOLE purpose of book 1 like all he dose when it comes to fighting is only airbending which by now he ALREADY KNOWS!!! i thought after gyatso's demise aang would be hesitant to learn water bending at first but that develops later on but nope and by the time we get to the northern water tribe and aang becomes koi-zilla he's able to water bend??? the visuals was cool but i would've felt it much more if it was executed properly.
Yes, I get what you mean, I feel like it was decided to let Katara's waterbending to be the focus rather than Aang and Katara learning together, it would had added to the character development and friendship they have. I don't know if they're going to keep the romance between them, since the cave of two lovers was explored without Aang, that's what started the spark. Adding it in season 2 may be hard, because it can feel like as if it came out of nowhere, without it being properly developed in season 1. I'm hoping everything will not continue in this direction, ATLA was never a race to get to Point A to Point B. Mixing storylines from the other episodes, to move the story forward, just to get to the main plot sucks.
@@imperfectmyst yes, it felt like a jungled mess/clunk. Sai and his dad did not feel important, just *there,* Jet trying to take out Sai's dad, did not feel impactful at all and Katara's confrontation felt flat. Jet should have been a separate episode, keeping his antagonizim against the fire nation village, only. His betrayal in the og made more sense, since jet's justice was whatever he felt to be right, no matter what the cost, it had stakes. Live action version was too short, to even care about it, Jet came and left.
The cast is pretty hyped up for season 2 and 3. Hope they learn acting by then. The show is mid at best but its a good thing for the cast and instead of giving us exposition after exposition show us something
Oh I wouldn't say that Netflix ruined Avatar The Last Airbender when in fact they saved Avatar The Last Airbender sure they made unnecessary changes but you gotta admit that this series is a masterpiece and it respects the source material unlike the live action Last Airbender movie that we don't talk about
I would say this adaptation was pretty mid. I didn’t hate it but it’s not really amazing. So for me who watched the original show, I’d say it’s okay, for those who didn’t, then I think they would say that this is pretty good. Otherwise, great review.
I had more fun watching this video then I had watching the Netflix show. So much wasted potential and I’m scared how they’ll adapt seasons two and three.
My problem with the casting of Ozai’s angels is that they look WAY TOO YOUNG. I know that they’re supposed to be young in the original show, but I honestly would’ve had no problem with them pulling a Euphoria on this shit and casting people around 16-20s because that’s what they looked like in the cartoon. It’s really hard to take Azula and Mai seriously at all when they still have their baby fat and pinchable cheeks. Also Mai and Zuko are supposed to be together, but considering he looks way older than her, I’m sure no one wants to seem them get together. They just look like toddlers trying to play teenagers to be honest.
i thought this was gonna be great, because the one piece live action was great (and thats even harder to adapt). but uuuh no i didnt like this at all. i feel like for example kataras actor just didnt have a chance with this writing, how the fuck are you supposed to act well when your character says "im sorry" as a reply to her friend telling her all his friends and his whole culture is DEAD. original katara would have AT LEAST say something like "oh aang, im so sorry" like SOMETHING that makes it possible to emote in some kind of way (hello, was there no director there????). also yes things have to be changed, but the original introduction is FAMOUSLY a PERFECT introduction to our pov character, katara, and her brother. it immediately gives you everything you need to know, and apparently the showrunners know that cause they did do that scene (just a bit worse), but LATER. whY. how is some random, context-less earthbending action-death scene a better introduction. in general, i feel like they didnt want the viewer to wonder about anything for even a SECOND. everything must be immediately explained (or 2 or 3 times), the "big bad" has to be shown immediately, nothing can be left a mystery. it was so boring and without anything to hook a viewer, i stopped watching in the middle of episode 1 😭😭 to say nothing about the weird monologues every character has for some reason....
I saw your reaction to the trailer and how excited you were. I'm not the biggest Last Airbender fan (because I only love Toph and Aang; nobody else) but I know how much this show meant to you and many others. It sucks that Netflix bombed the show. I'll say this though, the one thing I liked about this was Aang and Gyatso’s relationship. That's it 😅
The creators left, then after this dropped they did clickbait titled cast interviews that didn't specify it wasn't the original. In such interviews, the cast spends their time attempting to talk down the original and talking about how "much more emotional it is than the OG" Yeah? Is Sokka's character development being killed, emotional? How about the terrible acting in certain scenes? The changes that scream "I'm quirky and different!" but fall flat? No thanks.
I also had to reluctantly give the 2010 movie credit for the costumes. Yue's phallus hair was better than this powdered wig atrocity. Even the outfits worn by the characters looked more realistic by not looking like they were all brand new. I hate that this show is making me compliment that embarrassment of a movie
Im going to sound crazy, but the movie made my head hurt less. I first saw the movie like last month before this show came out, so I was already aware of how bad it was. I knew the whitewashing and how bad the earthbending scene was and some bending in general. But there was less plot holes in that movie than in this show and it’s story seemed more consistent? And the acting was slightly more believable. I know I’m in a minority, but I’m just being fr
I think went they wanna make a avatar netflix adaptation they want to make a serious show and its kinda failed some aspect from the cartoon itself yeah avatar show have some serious too but they also have some funny moment and not just straight up serious in every episode like this adaptation they don't have a feel like you know the cartoon itself and they don't have character development there's more potential for this adaptation but it's still failed and i kinda sad for that idk how they gonna do with season 2 i still have feeling it might be bad too idk we just need to wait then
I watched the original show and I watched the Netflix show that came out. I will say that Saka I think that's his name. He wasn't like the original. He was cool but he wasn't all the way right. In the original he was a lot more funny than the Netflix version. And they did rush a lot of the story. I agree with Sam. They rushed Katara. It's literally the first season and this version of Katara is already op. What are they going to do? Make her do blood bending before the final battle arc.
Lol, that would be mess up, if they did that to her. I feel like with the way the live action version is setting up Katara's arc, it would have made more sense to make her a prodigy, instead of going by the fast learner thing, because the way she progresses in waterbending so fast, makes it feel like as if she has always had an innate/naturally gifted ability, rather than seeing her struggles with the cartoon version. I definitely agree on Sokka too, the actor is doing his best at times, but the writing made Sokka come off as unlikable and unfunny when he's on screen. Sokka does grow up and becomes serious, but early Sokka was more on the comic relief side, without any flanderization of his character. I get making him a bit more serious early, but that any removes growth, from him becoming a capable leader. Live action Sokka is having an identity crisis, who is he?
I guess live action Avatar was never meant to be good 😢. The trailer gave so many people hope. I feel bad for Avatar fans man. Y’all definitely deserve better than this.
While i haven't finished The live action yet i have to say im glad they got rid of The creators of the OG show(Let me explain, please bear with me) And The reason why I'm saying this is because if it wasn't for that stupid decision Netflix made of firing the creators we wouldn't have a lot of the projects we are seeing from the creators of The show right now. We have 20 Years of planned content in this univese such as the 2025 atla movie with adult gaang (the screenshot they provided for the movie looks phenomenal) We have the kyoshi avatar movie announced, we have the next avatar show after Korra, meaning an earthbending avatar is next. And with 20 years planned they can do an earthbending then firebending and then another airbending Avatar. And it could become full circle ending the whole atla universe with a descendent from aang. The future is bright ahead for the atla universe and i couldn't be more excited. Now the live action, I appreciate the serious tone they gave to it , there's some changes that i don't necessarily agree with. I need to finish it but at the very least it looks like they tried and if anything this live action is making people watch the original show And that is good. now we have 2 versions to watch , the og and live action one. The m.night shyamalan version is a nightmare And nothing else.
@@cjgamer6356 the order is air, water, earth and fire. That's how it is in the series and Korra was from the water nation so it will be weird to have water again after earth, that is why it has an order so it doesn't skip any element. The next one after earth is fire.
God this show was soooo bad. It boggles the mind how anyone wouldn't see how bad the writing is. Such a piss poor adpatation. I say its just as bad at the movie, only worse it had more run time to ruin more stuff.
If you wanna know why the live action One Piece adaptation succeeded was because Eiichiro Oda. (The creator himself)
Despite being executive producer, his presence and decisions were strong. The man is very protective of his craft and won't let *anyone* tarnish it.
If only ATLA had One Piece's quality.
_The man is very protective of his craft and won't let anyone tarnish it_
... as are Mike and Bryan but they were tricked. Imagine Oda being tricked after giving permission. Then they shut him out and then what? They make a terrible show with his name on it (at least partly) A nightmare I'm telling you.
I honestly don't understand why though. If the netflix people wanted to have their line followed, this should have happened in both the live actions. But Oda stayed and made the people follow his direction. So it is not like Netflix is some kind of dictature where things must be done in certain ways. I feel like the creators of the cartoon were not collaborative at all, maybe they wanted exclusive direction over everything. What I'm trying to say is that if Netflix is bad, it is always bad.
@@hemmojito I think Oda was contractual binding, because Netflix had to go head over heels to convince him to make live action, and he said that only way was he has creative rights.
*That pigeon was a Netflix assassin. Good thing you had that camera rolling lol* 😂
Enemy birds
We all know birds are just government spy drones. XD
your excitement for this show in the trailer reaction made me finally watch the original cartoon. now the avatar series has a new fan
Look at Sam now. He genuinely looks sad and disappointed at what he witnessed. I feel bad for him.
Lol
Bro how did you train that pigeon to have such comedic timing
I paid him $20
Katara breaking aang out of the ice was so important. If you notice throughout the show, katara is a prodigy and when he enotions flair, its always related to the cracking and hardening ice.
1. She busts aang out of frustration towards sokka.
2. She cracks the ground because the water master in the north refused to yrain her at the time.
3. She creates ice shards oit of killing intent towards the fire bender who took away Kataras mother.
Katara's temper is so important to the story and its a real shame aang was taken out of the ice some other way.
Is it ever explained how the iceberg was opened? When I watched the live action, I assumed Katara trying to bring in the canoe was her kind of creating a suction around her, making even the ice Berg behind her break from the suction Katara was pulling towards herself. It made sense since Katara accidentally bends backwards in the first episode of the animation. But yeaaaaaa I’m not sure.
I watched the original show after the live-action adaptation to see the differences that everyone was talking about. My biggest concern is definitely how they decided to portray Katara as a whole. Aang and Katara's relationship is so crucial for the story going forward. It was a terrible idea to push their relationship aside for this long. In season 2, the writing gets so much tighter, and there is so much more character development. Not to mention, more characters in general. They cannot afford any mistakes, and they've already made quite a few. They have A LOT of work to do to salvage this show now. They CAN do it, but unfortunately, I doubt they will.
VERY VERY well said!
Netflix refused to cooperate with the creators vision, they made a worse show, and it's been panned all over. How have they STILL not learned a lesson? After so many failed projects? HOW are they still doing it wrong?
Personally I hate how the show just starts with Aang leaving cause the Cave episode did a great job of showing how the Storm reminded Aang of why he’s so afraid to be the Avatar and they also do that by showing a parallel with Zukkos backstory. When Katara and Sokka found him it made it more believable cause the audience just met him too. It takes the intrigue out of it
You know what they:
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
I love seeing you branch out and make reviews for franchises that aren't Sonic. I haven't watched Avatar yet, but your passion for this show makes it hard to not be interested in any video you make about the series.
What, like, the animated version? Because if you haven't seen that, then, what are you doing with your life
If you mean Netflix ATLA, don't
58 minutes??? Oh I know this video about to be peak LMAO
This show is, by far, the most divisive show I've ever seen.
And I'm not talking about liking or disliking it. I'm talking about every specific detail.
You dislike the show, but like some parts, such as Zuko and Aang's extended conversation, or Azula/Ozai's new relation dynamic. I've seen a lot of people who absolutely hate those changes. You dislike the episode merger in episode 3, but my friend absolutely loved it and it was his favorite part.
Just a few examples. Every single addition or change has a rabid fanbase, and a rabid haterbase.
My personal hot take is, I hate the 41st Division change. It feels heartwarming at first, but then you notice it completely goes against Ozai's character to essentially "punish" Zuko with EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. And, what, you'll throw away all your plans and sacrifice another, more experienced division just to "spite" Zuko? When in fact you're doing nothing but rewarding him? That's extremely stupid, and Ozai is extremely cunning in the OG ATLA. Complete character assassination.
On a related note, Ozai in here is more 3 dimensional, but he loses his charm and his strength, and basically ruins Zuko's arc. In the OG show, he f*cking hates Zuko, and it's a beautiful tale of an abusive father and a child who wants nothing more than to be loved by said father. Here, Ozai genuinely wants what's "best" for Zuko, but misunderstands what "best" means - essentially undermining Zuko's backstory and motives.
I just, I hate this show, man. I only liked a handful of changes, including Lu Ten's funeral scene, but it was 8 full episodes of torture as a fan of ~20 years.
I hate the show but actually really liked the 41st division scene, However you just made a point that I hadn’t even considered before. There’s definitely no way the original Ozai would have ever given Zuko the 41st. He would’ve gone forward with the original plan and sacrificed them like the uncaring evil bastard that he is.
@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 That's exactly my point. They added a TON of "heartwarming at first glance" scenes, which absolutely do not make sense once you think about them for a while
Edit: Noticed that "that" wasn't "exactly my point" in this comment lol, sorry for that, but I have made many similar comments regarding the "heartwarming at first" scenes. Prime example: Aang seeing Gyatso in the Spirit World
VFX was pretty good, the story was absolutely a bomb, especially compared to the original.
But the effects were decent.
Im scared what there Gonna do to toph next season bruh
Watch them not make toph blind 😂.
@@Dianarocky12 XD
Ok ngl, there is a reason why they gave Yue have spirit powers and its because cuz it is kind of a trade off for showcasing a little detail of her still having the moon spirit energy. Remember the OG where everything was dark and the waterbenders bending was gone. In the OG version, Iroh notices that Yue still has the moon spirit cuz of blue eyes (Which the other waterbenders eyes were blue but gone grays thxs to the moon being gone) and tells her that she can save the Ying fish. For the Netflix version, while i agree that Yue changing into a fox spirit was unnecessary n weird as hell when she said that she uses it to spy on folks dreams, still she can also waterbend. I don't think it was confirmed that Yue could waterbend in the OG so the Netflix version giving her waterbending was actually a good change imo cuz it showcase that she has the moon spirit power even when the moon is gone. She showcases her waterbending by freezing Sokka's legs once she was about to sacrifice herself to save the moon spirit. Not the biggest deal but I kinda appreciate that trade off change and I wish the rest of the episodes made better changes that either adds or at least is a good trade off that makes sense for the character n world of ALTA.
Also, can we take a moment to acknowledge that it takes at least 2 TRAINED waterbenders to bend up water high enough to stop the fire balls here -> 49:31 But no, MASTER Katara could do it ten minutes after she could barely bend a bubble of water.
Great video, Sam.
I really like that you recorded your reaction and included it in the video.
If you do more show reviews I would love to see more of this because your reactions are always funny. 😂
Hope you’re enjoying your vacation Sam! Appreciate the in-depth review of each episode, good work 💙
Don't know why, but your reaction to the CGI Aang in Episode 7 (41:34), made me laugh.
That pigeon is the DIRECTOR of this Netflix show! 🕊 Yeah this Netflix is just AWFUL, WOW!
Yue actress in the 2010 movie was the same voice actress for the cartoon show too, Johanna Braddy.
She did a good job looking the part and clearly sounding the part.
It figures. Live action adaptations already have a mostly bad reputation with only a handful of good exceptions (One Piece, Sonic the Hedgehog, Detective Pikachu), but then they had to go and brag about how they basically tore apart 80% of what made the show good in the first place. I can't believe these people genuinely ignored the original creators advice, wrote this schlock instead, and said, "This is excellent! Everyone's gonna love it!" Or who knows? Maybe didn't think that at all and just didn't care about making a good show. I'm willing to bet the latter.
I'm torn between the two as well. Well meaning idiots or greedy cashgrabbers? I'm more and more leaning towards the latter.
50:00 the avatar is right behind you sam
Hey Sam! I’m SO glad to see your review for this bc your reaction to the trailer was my favorite out of all the reactions I’ve seen 😂 I’m a fellow OG fan too and this show has also always been my favorite show of all time. I watched all the weekly episodes air on Nickelodeon (and dealt with all the hiatuses too 💀), all the avatar chibi shorts & avatar extras, and back in 2008, I remember I even found the leaked episodes online of Book 3 before they even aired it on TV (during that hiatus btwn “Day of Black Sun Part 2” and “The Western Air Temple”) bc I just LOVED this show so much and I couldn’t get enough of it. I also watched the weekly episodes of when Korra aired on TV.
That being said, I’m actually one of the few fans who really enjoyed this live action. To answer your question at 14:53-14:58, I’ll say that this NATLA is definitely not an improvement from the original. The original will always be #1. I agree with most of the criticisms too that some of the writing & acting is just cringey or doesn’t make sense with pacing. Either that, or the execution was just off or something.
I think the reason I enjoyed this live action (as many enjoyers are saying too), is bc I took this NATLA adaption as its own thing without comparing it too much to the original. Don’t get me wrong, us fans have EVERY RIGHT to compare it to the cartoon. I know it’s natural to do that, but seeing how they only had 8 episodes to fit in all the important stuff from Book 1, I just knew that comparison would be the thief of joy. Going into this live action, I trusted my knowledge of the cartoon and just sat back to see how Netflix unfolded the story. That way, I understood all the “references” that happened in the live action without thinking too hard about how it’s exactly supposed to be in the cartoon. I find it sad that a loooooot of OG ATLA fans didn’t even watch the whole Netflix series and give it a fair chance. They couldn’t even watch past ep 1 bc they nitpicked it to death with how it NEEDED to be exactly like the cartoon (even the smallest details that were only catered to kids back in 2005 and wouldn’t look good in a 2024 live action). It’s sad bc there are a lot of rlly good scenes/dialogue that are both added & pulled straight out of the show, but ppl won’t give it a chance without just immediately joining the internet hate train. A lot of the source material was pretty accurate too (though the story flow could’ve been done better on some parts).
I think NATLA’s problem with the writing & pacing is due to the number of episodes they were allotted, and also bc there are some things from the cartoon that wouldn’t look good in a live action, so they had to omit it but then it just made the pacing off. This show is greenlit to get a season 2 & 3, so I’m rlly excited to see what they’ll do with it. If they have maybe 10-12 episodes for each Season 2 & 3, then I think the pacing would improve a lot. A recent article by polygon.com gave me hope bc it had words from Albert Kim (NATLA showrunner) saying that since Book 2 is where things pick up pace in the cartoon, every episode/story counts now, so Season 2 might have to be “more by the book” compared to Season 1 where some stories were so self-contained & can be omitted/condensed like “The Fortuneteller”, “Bato of the Water Tribe”, etc.
I enjoyed Book 1 even tho it’s not the best adaption, and I’d like to think Netflix is reading all the criticisms thrown at them so that they can improve the show, esp when Toph comes in.
Anyways, sorry for my long comment LOL (it’s not meant to be a hate comment 🙏🏻 I just haven’t found many other passionate youtuber ATLA fans who also loved this show from long ago). I love all your reactions & commentary on ATLA and I hope you’ll post reactions when Seasons 2 & 3 come out!!
20:39 ah yes the best character, AZUKA
SHIT
As frustrating this show gets the best thing about this show is the actor for uncle Iroh he captures the spirit of the cartoon and the late actor Mako Iwamatsu
I personally really didn't like them using leaves from the vine this soon. I absolutely understand why they thought of using it because of its tie to Lu Ten. But I had no attachment to this version of Iroh. His character felt really flat to me and the moment that was so profound in the OG show, felt unearned in this one. By 4 words alone you can make almost an entire generation of people tier up who have watched to OG show. To me, Roku in this version felt more like cartoon Iroh than the Iroh in the live action
I personally think the best way to remake this show into a live action is to take about 70-80% of the original and cut down the toony but keep the goofy, instead of condensing the story expand it! What people want isn't just the grand and spectacular moments, they want to spend more time with the characters. I would propose make the seasons 2 parts, for example book 1 part 1 Avoidance (Because Aang is trying to avoid his responsibilities of being the Avatar and try to continue life like he did before he was frozen), end with the winter solstice as a mid-season Finale. Then Book 1 part 2 Water, where Aang is working on learning water as he makes his way to the North Pole to find a master
OH BOY... getting my popcorn 😬
If they were going to have Bumi be somewhat understandably mad with Aang it should have been executed better. They shouldn't have had Aang recognize it as Bumi so quickly, as it did lower the stakes from Aang for the audience (especially since Katara and Sokka as hostages are missing) as though he's in any danger after the guard saying as though he wasn't the lucky one after Iroh was being taken.
What they should have done is keep the additional tests, essentially they would be the ones for Bumi to make sure that it's Aang and not just any other air nomad that somehow managed to miraculously survived and upon the initial set of tests Bumi should have had a smile that it was old friend in realization that he is alive and wasn't killed along with the rest of the air nomads, however after some time to process it his mind could have had for his expression turn to that of anger (a display of ranging emotions in few seconds happiness -> grief-> disappointment-> anger) that after all this time his "friend" has the gall NOW to finally shows himself and that is when he conducts the final test for their fight especially for when Aang has make the choice to save the earth king as he doesn't yet know it's Bumi and he would still want to save him as this would also demonstrate the audience that Aang cares even about those he doesn't know and going into how his culture views all life as sacred even to those that would commit suicide without any care for their own well-being to get the audience to like his positive attributes along with it being a characterization defining moment. The other reason for why the animated show did the identity timing right was that it was to lessen Bumi's brutal lesson on Aang upon realizing it was his friend, so again some of Bumi's bitterness would make sense, but to also show despite it all he went about in his own caring way about his old friend in leaving one final lesson to him.
Yeah, I loved the beginning of the series, but I believe the writing is focused on "show and tell" instead of "show and don't tell".
While I did not like the direction they took with bumi, I agree with your take, on how it could have been executed better.
I feel like the dialogue (while it has its ups and downs) is explaining far too much to the viewer, what's going on, within the plot.
That and adding side stories, within the main plot, feels very clunky at times, Sai, his father and Jet all at once felt underuse imo, they look like characters that were just there, to move the story forward.
The live action versions lacked depth.
Jet's betrayal did not feel as big, like in the original, Katara's confrontation with him was flat.
I personally feel like the first season was rushing to get to, Point A and Point B, instead of slowly taking it's time, for the viewer to get to know the characters, which is something that I am hoping, will not be the direction in season 2.
I want the gangs moments as a family to be impactful in this version, speeding up the story, to get to the end, removes any kind of character development whatsoever.
The cast is great, but the writers/directors need to take their time.
So close yet so far
I’m gonna be honest, my favorite part was when Katara started to pick things up quickly…
“I’m sorry.”😐
Honestly didn’t have a problem with it. I enjoyed myself and that’s all I could ask for. Can’t change anyone else’s opinion, but I enjoyed it. Excited for season 2 and 3!
You won't enjoy it if you start comparing it to the 1:1 scene. There's a reason it's called adaptation
When I learned they were changing alot of the show from the original, I couldn't watch it because I would be nitpicking the whole way through without giving it a chance.
Glad to finally know your take on the adaptation. I decided to not watch it and instead rewatch the original ATLA because I knew I wouldn't resist the constant comparisons. Based on this review and others, I think I made the right choice but respect to anyone who enjoyed it.
The live action Avatar The Last Airbender tv series is great so many people love it
One thing that broke everything is the order of the reveals. The cartoon was just good storytelling, everything was shown at the exact right time. They revealed Azula and Ozai in season 1, which was a terrible decision. They complained they didn't have time for all the episodes plots but they added probably 2 hours of content that was never in season 1.
Somebody help me out here. If the badger-moles earth bend by sensing love, and Toph learned to earthbend from the badger-moles, does this mean that she won't bend by sensing vibrations? Because according to this version, Toph will bend by sensing emotions
she's gonna be able to tell if people are lying not by sensing their heartbeats but by sensing "their feelings"🙃
Badgermoles are vibe-benders it seems.
Sorry to hear that. I personally wasn’t gonna watch this at least not until I finally get around to seeing the original animated series, even tho I’ve been spoiled about so much of nearly everything. But I guess I may not, if most people say it doesn’t do it as well. At least it’s an improvement from the movie from what I here, tho that’s not a high bar to pass, at all. I haven’t seen the movie but from what I hear and have seen… wow. Anyways Hope you’ve been enjoying your vacation. Also bird 🐦
I decided to come back after I watch the original show, not only cuz you praise it so much but because I wanna see what exactly this adaptation messed up
They dropped the ball hard with this show.
No they didn't
Boomy: WHO HAS TIME TO HAVE FUN?!?!
This cast: Nobody, because the writers wrote out all the fun!
One Piece teaches us one thing, the original creator has to be there to babysit the adaptation. Decisions went through him and the people that did the adaptation frequently talk about having to convince him before they made a change, which probably is why the original spirit remains intact in that adaptation but clearly is lacking in ATLA or Cowboy Bebop where the creators were treated like afterthoughts.
1 hour LETS GOOO
Oh man. I remember watching your trailer reaction and being so excited with you. We have the exact same critiques so far. It’s so wild how watching this series made my genuine head hurt and it was tough to get through. Not because of the changes! I was ok with changes!! It’s just that the changes they made don’t make sense and sometimes contradict eachother. It’s so unfortunate. The show runners sounded so confident that this is what we wanted to see, it’s so hard to know they really didn’t do a good job.
Looks like Katara's gotten good at picking things up quickly
I agree with these points. Initially I only had a problem with the acting, but watching reviews like this I clearly see why people thought that many changes made in this live action version was not for the better. I respect the notion that: "It doesn't have to be exactly like the original, but if you are going to make changes then don't have those changes take away from already good moments". And I definitely see how some changes are definitely for the worse.
They had a perfect template and completely fucked it up
I've gotten good at picking things up quickly.... SWOOOOSHHH🤣
Man that sequence😂
GREAT editing
45:55 No...
Kept the compliments and comparisons coming because there’s more points other than Yue’s Wig that 2010 does better.
Seriously, there are good enough points showing that this could have been worse than 2010.
it's like the writers lack the wisdom to understand the OG story
Netflix ruined the story of avatar Ft Pigeon
the pigeon was a paid actor
Awesome vid Sam , hope this video does well so you’ll do more non sonic stuff
A 50 minute Sam video?! can’t wait to dig in
Pidgeon
Unfortunately they've already announced that season 2 and 3 are happening. Unless they backtrack and cancel them. Which, it's Netflix so that wouldn't suprise me
It's pretty ironic that when the fog of lost souls was first introduced in Korra it was coupled with the fanservice of finding out exactly what happened to Zhao, and here they reference the fog of lost souls but also take Zhao out of it and just give his demise the edgy treatment.
🐦
Not again 😢
I've been waiting for this review ever since your trailer reaction videos came out!
Even though Sonic is the main franchise for me and other people here, it still would be awesome if there would be videos and reviews on other subjects and franchises from time to time too! 👍
Fun fact episode 4 was partially written by the original writers before they left so that might be why it's the best one.
One of the reasons why One Piece Live Action worked well is that not only were there changes to the original material approved by the creator himself Eiichiro Oda, but those changes don't ruin the beloved characters that we follow during their journey (looking at you Katara).
Hollywood is so lazy and creatively bankrupt now, they don't even know how to craft characters. Every character doesn't really have flaws, they're already great, they just don't know it yet. So what passes for a character's journey is just them suddenly being better.
Its confirmed that S2 n S3 will happen which ngl, im hella worried about especially since I heard how Netflix usual strategy for live adaptations is give out 8 episodes or less to save budget. Netflix needs to change this strategy or at least get a better writer that studies the OG ALTA writing, especially since Avatar Book 2 n 3 got alot of important moments that absolutely cannot be rushed. I don't necessarily think the team needs to bring the 2 og ALTA writers back cuz they usual like to deviate from their previous works (Which explains Korra) and even if the 2 creators came back, the team still have to work with Netflix's mid strategy of working with 8 episodes and miss mash episodes together. I get that live adaptations can't adapt everything cuz budget n it won't hit the same as the OG, but the new writing should at least be entertaining like the OG. Despite some flaws One Piece Live Action has, still the writing manages to capture Oda's writing very well even with Netflix's limitations. Ya its mostly thxs to Oda overseeing the work but still it is amazing on how the team still manages to make changes n still follow the source material so well despite having 8 episodes n not enough budget to adapt ever ridiculous character from S1. Even if the writers of Netflix Avatar can't bring back the 2 og creators and get more episodes for S2 n S3, still I hope they find the right flow of changes that only adds to the ALTA world, characters being more expression n not feeling like a cardboard version of themselves (Cough Katara cough), and overall just pray they learn from the OG writing of S2 n S3 and apply it for this adaptation.
I always hated that live action adaptations of cartoons always gets 8 episodes per season instead of 10 or 13 per season so yeah I agree with you
The show was just a dead idea from the start. The writing was shallow and it just simply doesn't work. It may have sounded good on paper, but the execution just doesn't stick the landing properly. I'm very concerned for the next season and frankly, I don't have high hopes.
Have you considered comparing the adaptations of "Mo Dao Zu Shi"?
When it came to the sexism topic it felt like they only kept Paku’s sexism in because they had to. Unlike Sokka Paku’s sexism was a huge part of the northern water tribe arc and they couldn’t find any other way around it without sacrificing half of the plot line. Well that’s how I see it.
Blows my mind the mistreatment of the show, and how they literally babied us adults and fans of the series so much by trying tomake kt "more mature" and "like game of thrones", showing us the genocide of the air nomads...when it wasn't necessary to actually show, the firebenders didn't seem overtly powerful with the comet as they were in the OG series, and not seeing it has a way bigger impact, we knew what happened without seeing it through proper storytelling, also, WHERE R THE MARTIAL ARTS BASED BENDING MOVES, to me, there fighting, but all bending styles looks kinda similar, and that really bothers me. 😔
Now we get to see how they butcher seasons 2 & 3...Toph, her being blind and also the best earth bender in the world, her sense of humor and sarcasm making fun of her own blindness, Fire Lord Ozai and his storyline, Azula's insanity and how devious and scary she can be at only 14, heck, the blood bending storyline, and if they even show the depth of how strong it can be, the fact that Aang didn't bend a lick of water in the first season, the spirit world having season's 2 &3 spirits all in one episode, Aang feeling significantly weaker and not as able as a " master" Airbender, when everyone around him seems to be doing more, Bumi being so...un-bumi like...I'm scared for how bad it'll get, how is Aang supposed to learn both Water and Earth bending in one season...should be interesting...💯😔
What's so sad about this is that Book 1 had si much potential to be better, even in the original show. They somehow took more time to make a worse story while butchering everything that made the original show so beloved.
They might turn it around in the next season, but just like Katara in this version I don't have much hope.
Take a shot every time Sam says realistic
Aang flies period only ONE way without his glider in the cartoon. In the Avatar State. Never any other way, he MUST have his glider to fly. Period.
Letting him fly, and airbending IS just flying there isn't a real distinction, breaks countless things. His airbending is either as powerful as it can be by DEFAULT, or he can just fly inexplicably.
The bending in this show is terrible. The special effects are pretty good, but the bending itself sucks. The martial arts aspect is basically gone so they can bank entirely on special effects. It's awful.
This show is garbage. It's spectacle above character. This problem has ruined many live action shows. The dialogue is obviously utter trash too, it's no wonder Michael and Bryan dipped so quickly.
Ok listen I liked the live action series no matter what others said I loved that the 41st division was zuko’s crew and not Irohs old crew, I like how they made sokka and katara, the only thing I did not like from the series was how they made bumi, Roku and azula
Watched 3 episodes and stopped watching it, the story is in shambels and i didnt rlly like the characters and changes, especially how katara and azula are, glad the one poece live action had oda involved unlike this, its kinda obvious now why the writers left
The adaptation itself its not the BEST it in most of its writing but half the time it wasn't the worst cause the fight scenes looked good and the costuming, the casting Amazing BUT My critic with Aang is that I love the actor but his character's personality feels so restricted i get things are serious like cmon let aang be a kid! and i wanna bring up the opening sequence with him "Flying" he wasn't he was just air bending through the air some argue that it defeats the purpose of having a glider While for me it doesn't cause reason why is that the glider that an air nomad uses helps the user to control the wind currents around them thanks to the wings that pops out from the staff and what not so i didnt had an issue with that scene so i wouldn't be surprised if airbenders are capable of doing that like in the original aang dose those goofy air jumps when he gets excited
but my issue with aang not waterbending Kills the WHOLE purpose of book 1 like all he dose when it comes to fighting is only airbending which by now he ALREADY KNOWS!!! i thought after gyatso's demise aang would be hesitant to learn water bending at first but that develops later on but nope and by the time we get to the northern water tribe and aang becomes koi-zilla he's able to water bend??? the visuals was cool but i would've felt it much more if it was executed properly.
Yes, I get what you mean, I feel like it was decided to let Katara's waterbending to be the focus rather than Aang and Katara learning together, it would had added to the character development and friendship they have.
I don't know if they're going to keep the romance between them, since the cave of two lovers was explored without Aang, that's what started the spark.
Adding it in season 2 may be hard, because it can feel like as if it came out of nowhere, without it being properly developed in season 1.
I'm hoping everything will not continue in this direction, ATLA was never a race to get to Point A to Point B.
Mixing storylines from the other episodes, to move the story forward, just to get to the main plot sucks.
@@VongolaXZax in my opnion I feel is if adding multiple storylines
in omashu didn't even need to be added Period!
@@imperfectmyst yes, it felt like a jungled mess/clunk.
Sai and his dad did not feel important, just *there,* Jet trying to take out Sai's dad, did not feel impactful at all and Katara's confrontation felt flat.
Jet should have been a separate episode, keeping his antagonizim against the fire nation village, only.
His betrayal in the og made more sense, since jet's justice was whatever he felt to be right, no matter what the cost, it had stakes.
Live action version was too short, to even care about it, Jet came and left.
@@VongolaXZaxI have no hope for haru even if He shows up in book 2
The cast is pretty hyped up for season 2 and 3. Hope they learn acting by then. The show is mid at best but its a good thing for the cast and instead of giving us exposition after exposition show us something
Oh I wouldn't say that Netflix ruined Avatar The Last Airbender when in fact they saved Avatar The Last Airbender sure they made unnecessary changes but you gotta admit that this series is a masterpiece and it respects the source material unlike the live action Last Airbender movie that we don't talk about
Ya saying the story was completely ruined is kinda overkill.
I would say this adaptation was pretty mid. I didn’t hate it but it’s not really amazing. So for me who watched the original show, I’d say it’s okay, for those who didn’t, then I think they would say that this is pretty good. Otherwise, great review.
I had more fun watching this video then I had watching the Netflix show. So much wasted potential and I’m scared how they’ll adapt seasons two and three.
My problem with the casting of Ozai’s angels is that they look WAY TOO YOUNG. I know that they’re supposed to be young in the original show, but I honestly would’ve had no problem with them pulling a Euphoria on this shit and casting people around 16-20s because that’s what they looked like in the cartoon. It’s really hard to take Azula and Mai seriously at all when they still have their baby fat and pinchable cheeks. Also Mai and Zuko are supposed to be together, but considering he looks way older than her, I’m sure no one wants to seem them get together.
They just look like toddlers trying to play teenagers to be honest.
As a one piece fan that just watched a little avatar as a kid... I feel you bro. Sorry it was as bad as ours
i thought this was gonna be great, because the one piece live action was great (and thats even harder to adapt). but uuuh no i didnt like this at all. i feel like for example kataras actor just didnt have a chance with this writing, how the fuck are you supposed to act well when your character says "im sorry" as a reply to her friend telling her all his friends and his whole culture is DEAD. original katara would have AT LEAST say something like "oh aang, im so sorry" like SOMETHING that makes it possible to emote in some kind of way (hello, was there no director there????).
also yes things have to be changed, but the original introduction is FAMOUSLY a PERFECT introduction to our pov character, katara, and her brother. it immediately gives you everything you need to know, and apparently the showrunners know that cause they did do that scene (just a bit worse), but LATER. whY. how is some random, context-less earthbending action-death scene a better introduction. in general, i feel like they didnt want the viewer to wonder about anything for even a SECOND. everything must be immediately explained (or 2 or 3 times), the "big bad" has to be shown immediately, nothing can be left a mystery. it was so boring and without anything to hook a viewer, i stopped watching in the middle of episode 1 😭😭 to say nothing about the weird monologues every character has for some reason....
I saw your reaction to the trailer and how excited you were. I'm not the biggest Last Airbender fan (because I only love Toph and Aang; nobody else) but I know how much this show meant to you and many others. It sucks that Netflix bombed the show. I'll say this though, the one thing I liked about this was Aang and Gyatso’s relationship. That's it 😅
*Hey... they tried atleast. More than what I can say for the movie* 😅
The creators left, then after this dropped they did clickbait titled cast interviews that didn't specify it wasn't the original. In such interviews, the cast spends their time attempting to talk down the original and talking about how "much more emotional it is than the OG"
Yeah? Is Sokka's character development being killed, emotional? How about the terrible acting in certain scenes? The changes that scream "I'm quirky and different!" but fall flat? No thanks.
I also had to reluctantly give the 2010 movie credit for the costumes. Yue's phallus hair was better than this powdered wig atrocity. Even the outfits worn by the characters looked more realistic by not looking like they were all brand new. I hate that this show is making me compliment that embarrassment of a movie
That movie is still an embarrassment and this show isn't
Im going to sound crazy, but the movie made my head hurt less. I first saw the movie like last month before this show came out, so I was already aware of how bad it was. I knew the whitewashing and how bad the earthbending scene was and some bending in general. But there was less plot holes in that movie than in this show and it’s story seemed more consistent? And the acting was slightly more believable. I know I’m in a minority, but I’m just being fr
Bro where are you at it looks so nice 👀
I think went they wanna make a avatar netflix adaptation they want to make a serious show and its kinda failed some aspect from the cartoon itself yeah avatar show have some serious too but they also have some funny moment and not just straight up serious in every episode like this adaptation they don't have a feel like you know the cartoon itself and they don't have character development there's more potential for this adaptation but it's still failed and i kinda sad for that idk how they gonna do with season 2 i still have feeling it might be bad too idk we just need to wait then
There's a lot I can say about the Netflix series, but I'll sum it up in one word, insincere!
I'm not just a woman! I'm a lady! Lol, alright "lady" *walks away* (she got some isuuuuuuuesssss)
In my opinion the absolute WORST actor in this is Aang lol. It felt like every line out of his mouth was a monologue and it was so cringe.
They were so close. How did they fuck it up?
I watched the original show and I watched the Netflix show that came out. I will say that Saka I think that's his name. He wasn't like the original. He was cool but he wasn't all the way right. In the original he was a lot more funny than the Netflix version. And they did rush a lot of the story. I agree with Sam. They rushed Katara. It's literally the first season and this version of Katara is already op. What are they going to do? Make her do blood bending before the final battle arc.
Lol, that would be mess up, if they did that to her.
I feel like with the way the live action version is setting up Katara's arc, it would have made more sense to make her a prodigy, instead of going by the fast learner thing, because the way she progresses in waterbending so fast, makes it feel like as if she has always had an innate/naturally gifted ability, rather than seeing her struggles with the cartoon version.
I definitely agree on Sokka too, the actor is doing his best at times, but the writing made Sokka come off as unlikable and unfunny when he's on screen.
Sokka does grow up and becomes serious, but early Sokka was more on the comic relief side, without any flanderization of his character.
I get making him a bit more serious early, but that any removes growth, from him becoming a capable leader.
Live action Sokka is having an identity crisis, who is he?
I guess live action Avatar was never meant to be good 😢. The trailer gave so many people hope. I feel bad for Avatar fans man. Y’all definitely deserve better than this.
We do but the live action Avatar The Last Airbender tv series is great so many people are enjoying it but they are a few people like Sam who hates it
And some how these show got confirmed for a season 2 and 3 make no sense to me
While i haven't finished The live action yet i have to say im glad they got rid of The creators of the OG show(Let me explain, please bear with me)
And The reason why I'm saying this is because if it wasn't for that stupid decision Netflix made of firing the creators we wouldn't have a lot of the projects we are seeing from the creators of The show right now.
We have 20 Years of planned content in this univese such as the 2025 atla movie with adult gaang (the screenshot they provided for the movie looks phenomenal)
We have the kyoshi avatar movie announced, we have the next avatar show after Korra, meaning an earthbending avatar is next.
And with 20 years planned they can do an earthbending then firebending and then another airbending Avatar.
And it could become full circle ending the whole atla universe with a descendent from aang.
The future is bright ahead for the atla universe and i couldn't be more excited.
Now the live action, I appreciate the serious tone they gave to it , there's some changes that i don't necessarily agree with.
I need to finish it but at the very least it looks like they tried and if anything this live action is making people watch the original show And that is good. now we have 2 versions to watch , the og and live action one.
The m.night shyamalan version is a nightmare And nothing else.
I would think an Water bender Avatar series next after the Earth Bender Avatar series than another Airbender and Fire Bender
@@cjgamer6356 the order is air, water, earth and fire. That's how it is in the series and Korra was from the water nation so it will be weird to have water again after earth, that is why it has an order so it doesn't skip any element.
The next one after earth is fire.
@@user-qu1nb5gn4v Oh I always thought it was air, fire, earth, and water my bad
@@cjgamer6356 don't worry about it, it's fine it happens to All of us.
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Wow... Dang, I'm glad I spoiled the show for myself because this looks really bad. Sigh...
A sonic fan don’t like avatar the last Airbender Netflix version confirmed
It was good
I think yall just want it to be perfect
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God this show was soooo bad. It boggles the mind how anyone wouldn't see how bad the writing is. Such a piss poor adpatation. I say its just as bad at the movie, only worse it had more run time to ruin more stuff.