When Aang meets Kyoshi, I love the physical detail of them filming the actress standing higher and using the camera details to show her towering above him. Kyoshi actually was that tall in the books and in the animated series' lore at 7 feet tall.
Tbh it made me feel what i felt while watching the original as a kid, nervous because i just found one of my first cartoon crush, yes i am one of those that would like kyoshi to dom me, even when i was a kid i wanted her to dom me
Zuko's character main task is to be sympathetic enough that everyone likes him even when he does wrong. So far that is not there for me but I look forward to seeing it develop.
It’s so much better than the movie adaptation. I honestly wasn’t expecting it to be that great even with the trailers being pretty impressive. Solid 7.5 maybe even a 8 for me.
I cant remember which reactor said this, it could be Greg im not sure. If the animation is 100 and the M Night movie was 0. Then you cant really go wrong with this new adaptation. Anywhere in between 0 to 100 would be fine
@@markcruz359that’s actually a great reference😂 I’ll be honest though I didn’t expect Netflix to come out swinging like this! I honestly thought this would be a situation when the trailer is better compared to the show/movie. Glad I was mistaken!
I'm just too hard on anything after Avatar because you see the capabilities with it. Also everyone else has fucked it up in every other area. Like avatar is something that should be handled with care and respect, and it's more than deserving of the mediocrity we end up getting. It's looking ok for what it is, but I don't think this needed to exist at all. I would have rather there been an animation arm to make a small mini series on Avatar, rather than a less than retelling of a story that was already perfect. Also to me this really does feel like a semi higher end fan made thing than a multimillion/billion dollar company production.
Kyoshi DOES appear like that in the cartoon actually, it's just in another context, the Chin the conqueror episode, where Aang has to defend himself from being accused of killing him in a past life (as Kyoshi), he dresses as her hoping she will appear to defend him, and she does appear eventually, but only to say that even if she wasn't directly responsible for his death it wouldn't make any difference as she would kill him if she thought it was needed. Basically being the no chills giving absolute badass mother we've also seen in this episode.
I must say as someone who binged the whole series in one night, Gyatso and Suki had very impactful parts in the story for being minor characters. In my opinion both did a phenomenal job especially the actress who played Suki. Ian Ousley is killing it as Sokka as well, really can't wait for season two and to see how they do Toph in live-action. Needless to say I'm very hopeful.
The leader of kyoshi island was so good in here. Fierce and protective but also open and kind very believable and nuanced play. Also her looking to Kyoshi the avatar the whole islands culture was inherited from really gave that recognition of the significance of that.
YES the fire nations was inspired A LOT by THAI CULTURE, the Architecture and the outfit is THAI. The Kiyoshi is inspired by Japanese but the martial arts of Kiyoshi Warrior is inspired by Indonesian Penchak Silat, they do have fan combat in Silat. Earth Kingdom Ba Sing Seh is Chinese Manchu era, Omashu Earth Kingdom is inspired by India or Nepal kinda. Water tribe is obviously northern native American/Canada and Inuit. Air Nomad is obviously Shaolin Buddhists Monk.
The fire nation actually was heavily inspired from Japanese imperialism and industrialization, while also borrowing themes from SEA and China, while the geography is based on Iceland. I'm pretty sure this information was in a companion book from some of the released continuation books for ATLA.
Air Nomads are actually inspired by Tibetan monks. Especially with how the Air Nomads determine who amongst them is the Avatar (picking out toys from their past lives) is derived from the same ritual used for the Dalai Lama. You're probably thinking Shaolin Buddhist monks from the fact that they do martial arts.
this is by far the better adaptation and yes it has its flaws but dont hound them by saying its trash all they need is some good constructive criticism and the following 2 seasons will be gold
Every adaptation will have its changes and misses - especially in the first season considering the trial of switching formats. But so far it has been overall objectively great. You can see the care and effort put into this. I hope it carries on with the feedback in s2.
I feel this adaptation is more aligned with the theme. We tend to forget that this is a war story… about a child who lost his childhood and got inserted in the middle of war and with the responsibility of saving the world…. There were aspects of this theme that the cartoon could not dare to explore because of the audience it was aimed for.
Honestly I’ve seen the “girls can fight too” message so many times that I don’t really mind the change. We still got Sokka being humbled and they actually fleshed out Suki’s character a bit more in this version. Also, the scene where Kyoshi takes over is just freaking awesome.
@@AL-fl4jk I've finished the season since posting the above comment and well... I think they handled the next "girls can fight too" part of the show better in the cartoon. It's a shame, because it could've been an interesting angle to go in if they only made a small change to it. Just a slight tweak in dialogue and it could've worked.
To me this came off as her simping for a guy she met like 30 minutes ago. They needed to start with the rivalry where Sokka doesn’t think she can beat him but then come back for training after being humbled. When she approaches him while he’s training it takes away the realness of the relationship to me and makes it feel forced
@@JCrushFitness My problem with it has to do with its resolution. Remember Zuko's "you found a master, didn't you?" line? Katara's response felt a little too much like an obligatory "girl boss" moment. I know they showed her learning throughout the season, and I agree that she's pretty much a prodigy. But I don't agree with the idea that she's already a master. It would have been better if they emphasized that "If she's this good now, imagine what she'll be like as a master." If they had even had Pakku offer to teach her some techniques that she doesn't know at the end, it could've worked. Sorry. But I just think the cartoon did it better by having Katara learn from an actual master before being called one herself. I liked how this version had all the women join in during the battle. That part was an interesting change. But as soon as people called Katara a master, and then her agreeing with it, they fumbled for me.
It took me a few RUclipsrs to finally find you guys. So happy there’s someone making reaction videos that are real fans of the show and remembers the episodes 🙌🙌 great commentary. I do wish they had Sokkas sexism too because I did enjoy him getting whooped by the girls, and then humbling himself to learn from them. Overall it is an arch for him so it would’ve been nice if they kept it. Kyoshi was sooo epic, I was freaking out! I’m glad they had her show up and we get to see her in her glory. I was just surprised she didn’t kill the soldiers since she’s so ferocious. I’m also happy that she really laid it on Aang, it’s what you’d expect from an earth bender avatar such as Kyoshi. He needed that reality check.
Suki trying to flirt by fighting made me giggle so hard xD I loved their chemistry and I realllly hope it’s renewed for season 2 so we can see more of her and Sokka
on the matter of sexism - someone of the production teams said that Northern Water Tribe will still have their sexist views and Master Paku will be like he was - so the show will still address the sexism, just not so much in Sokka - and really, Sokka in the original went from sexist to non-sexist happened in 2 and a half episodes - so it was a fast arc. I think on the issue of the water scroll there was always this thing in the animation where Katara had a lot of basic skills from the start that made it a bit odd that she needed the scroll because she was advanced enough that she should have been able to advance on her own just with practice ... that said, it was easy to ignore and just get into the animation. Here they started her much less able, she needed a few more basics to open her up and the scroll was a big part of it - it just makes more sense [I'm speaking as a martial artist who has trained in a style of Kung Fu since 1970 ] and also, it makes no sense that there were no bending scrolls in the Southern Water Tribe - there would have been scrolls back when they had a lot of benders. So this way just makes more real world sense whereas the other way works fine in a cartoon/animated world. [personally, I'd class Avatar as anime even though many feel it has to be done in Japan to be anime]
I really loved this thank god! Suki was so gorgeous and beauitful! These characters surpassed my expectations after watching the animated series. I really hope and pray that they're going to continue this series!!!
Scary Kyoshi gives me nostalgia 😂 if you have read her books being a ruthless warrior is how she 'Appeared' and the back and forth fight between moral and reality is soo good
The Actor who voices Appa in the Live Series is actually good friends of the original Actor who does the voice over for Appa and Mo Mo in the Animated Series. While they were filming the Live series the actor when he was voice over Appa all he saw was a giant Bisons Head on a stick for visual.
I love how they show Saka here. He is and ws the only one who could do anything at home, and he knows he isn't a warrior, but his heart and fear about it is there. I love how everyone can identify with each and every character here. Saka is well done, and he does the best he can with his own doubts. Is a great episode.
they made the avatar series their own, especially episode 2 where kyoshi warriors are so cool and i started to cry due to kiyoshi bringing hope (i won't spoil it why). If i were someone who didn't watch avatar until now, this series would blow me away!
People dont get it KYOSHI was monster from before she was an avatar yet she decided to hide it She can burn fire until it becomes white Can earthbend so hard she can move entire tectonic plates She can bend the water in people She can airbend to a level even aang could not This is all without the avatar state
i think this live action went for the dark humor type early on unlike what netflix did in for one piece live action (which is kept the og feeling of the source material which is goofy and wonder) and i think its still a better show than what M. Knight Shyamalan did in his avatar the last airbender adaptation movie
I watched the whole thing already lol Zuko and Iroh grows on me, Azula and Ozai grows on me. Katara and Aang... didn't grow on me. I appreciate the adaptation was done well. But my love for the animated series will always be untouchable. So it's really difficult not to have a biased opinion on the live action. I can appreciate the attempt and understand some of the changes they make. But the animated series was perfect already
All I can assume from the early heavy use of Kyoshi is that as long as this does well Netflix will be adapting the two Kyoshi novels into live action…..which would be badass.
I can only imagine that the picture Achara and Gaby is talking about is Achara's face superimposed on Appa's body, Gaby's face on Aang's with the caption saying, "Acha, yip yip!" 😂
I think Kyoshi is one of the most violent avatars. I read the book of her origin and all the people close to her either were killed or betrayed her. She got very bitter and merciless
the four nations were inspired by cultures from the real world: the Water Tribe by Indigenous Arctic cultures like the Inuits and Yupiks; the Earth Kingdom by monarchical China; the Fire Nation by Imperial Japan; and the Air Nomads by Tibetan Buddhist monks.
@@LauraGS564 To be fair, after I made that comment, I had a hard time seeing many of the actors as the characters they were playing. The changes to story didn't bother me as much.
Kyoshi is so badass, she came out of being dead just to show Aang how to kick some firebender ass 😅 Even Zhao, who later went to mess with the spirit world, was like "Nah man, this is too much for me" when he saw Kyoshi.
When you were talking about how it would be funny to have Sokka be kinda bullied and humiliated by Suki , I had this epiphany why it wouldn’t be good in this live action adaptation. 1. It’s no secret that many people are just done with the “girl power” moment. This series wouldn’t need the drama it would generate. 2. The show NEEDS a GOOD prominent male character who is not a bender. What I mean by Good is not the trait itself, rather, i was talking about how having Sokka like this grounds the character and makes him more “appealing” 3. The pace of this series up to this point does not have room for a sexist sokka. Do you think its believable to change a mindset that fast? Sokka in this adaptation is very realistic, reserved and somewhat pessimistic, but always rooted in logic/rationale
pretty much agree, however I want to add, that Sokka STILL is sexist in this, and he will keep being for most of the show too, it's not even toned down, just done in a more subtle/mature way, which I think makes sense because although the show is obviously PG-13, the audience is being made for obviously schews more mature than that, and with that, is expected to have both more media literacy, and emotional maturity to realize he doesn't need to be a charicature of a sexist man child to still be sexist and grow throughout the show, case in point, his obssession with traditional gender roles is still there, Katara will end up being much more of an *obvious* warrior than he is (not that he isn't one), and yet he will learn to both respect that, respect her agency and also question his need to fit that gendered role (which mix with the parental expectations as well). Honestly it's just the same thing in the cartoon, but presented in a more mature way, respecting us more for it. I'm really happy they went that route
I already watched the entire show. 8 episodes in 8 hours. It was amazing and I really loved it. You will have the time of your life, just like how I had the time of my life watching Love Punch Kill. Plus, the Pitch Meeting for Madame Web is out! Please react to it when you get the chance 🤣🤣🤣🤣
They did Sokka and Suki’s relationship BETTER here, I dare say. Sokka’s pride was still hurt when he got his butt whooped, that’s still there. But now they gave Suki more character and let their feelings for each other develop more
It looks like polar express at some shots 😂😂 Not an exaggeration. Cgi green screen mush, bad acting, bad writing, hilariously bad, several episodes done by first time directors, just a sub par production
This was another great episode for me. I like that I haven't seen the animated show yet because I'm able to enjoy what they are giving us. Most of the stuff that was mentioned that was left out or done differently I'm either okay that it's not in this or I would've disliked it in the show. I like Sokka trying to seem impressive to her and her weird flirting with him. I thought it was funny how he got his ego hurt when he got put in a headlock. That wouldn't have bothered me because I'd immediately understand that Suki was most likely more skilled than me and would've just play it cool with her and showed interest in her by learning more about her. I'd want to see if she's willing to teach me what she's good at as a way of bonding. Show her that I want a partner that we can be on equal footing with each other by learning about what makes us special. I think it wouldn't be right to take Sokka's sexist behavior out and then have Suki doing the same type of stuff. That would've made me not like her character and I love the way they are in this version. I really wish Suki had joined them on the journey like building a badass group of Benders and Fighters to have Aang's back. When Avatar Kyoshi started whipping the Fire Nation troops butts I burst out laughing when the Commander all of a sudden was like "Screw this mess we out." 🤣 I don't know anything about Momo and Appa or how important their characters are so I need to see more with them to have any feelings other than they're really cute and loveable. Enjoyed the reaction 👍👍✌ out.
4:11 yes it is, if you watch the Animation you will nitice that fire nation architecture is inspired by Thailand architecture, the roof is noticable. While here in the live action they also using thw Thai attire to
I think removing the struggle from Sokka and Kitara's characters does a disservice to them, both of them are rough around the edges with character flaws to overcome, but getting Suki being INCREDIBLY awkward was delightful, I'm still waiting for Kitara's character to either show some struggle or for the show to give me something to make up for it's absence. But overall, good stuff.
the creators said they took elements from all across Southeast, east, and south asia! BUMIKOMPO meanas earthquake in Bengali, probably where king Bumi got his name. Agni means fire in sanskrit, and india and bangladesh both use it
Ok I like the special effects. They chose to show Avatar Kyoshi power instead of Roku, but I really want to see Roku because it’s my favorite ep. of season 1 (anime).😅
Just finished the show, it's really good, the only thing that bothered me sometimes was the acting and sometimes the pacing, but they can fix that for season 2, overall the rest was great.
So far I've been worried that they may be trying to strip away too flaws that made the growth of these characters so satisfying. Sokkas sexism, Kataras jealousy of aang initially, even zuko being in the background at kyoshi island, and not really being the central one attacking. If these characters are, for lack of a better word 'perfect' (zuko being the more obvious exception,) they will never grow and being as interesting/compelling characters as the original. All this being said, I am still enjoying the show. I don't want carbon copies of the OG, but so far the only "problems" the characters are seeming to deal with are related to the war, and none of the other real problems of coming of age and being a better person that ATLA taught so many of us as kids how to deal with.
the Water Tribe by Indigenous Arctic cultures like the Inuits and Yupiks; the Earth Kingdom by monarchical China; the Fire Nation by Imperial Japan; and the Air Nomads by Tibetan Buddhist monks
Fun Fact: Most of the Chinese tradition roots back to an Indian tribe know as "Tai Ahom" of Assam. And Sticky Rice is one of the most popular thing you will find among the tribes in Assam.
Reading these comments, I feel like a lot of people are hating for the sake of hating though, like they'll die if they don't have something to hate on or something. 😂 I think they did an amazing job translating this to Live Action while keeping the spirit of it alive. Sure it doesn't quite live up to the original but who in their right mind expected it to? 😂 But some people talk like it's on the same level as the movie and it definitely isn't. If the movie was a 0 and the original was a 10 then this live action is at LEAST a 7.5 if not an 8.
The changes here vs the cartoon... what... and just let Loki and Spiderman have all the fun in multiverses? I think all these changes and references are fine, especially with the limited episodes they have to work with. They have to get a lot of characters and references in 8 episodes... and it's quite entertaining! :-)
Good episode. Feels like there are shortcuts in the storytelling because they're trying to cram so much into each episode to advance the story. They should have made more than 8 episodes to allow more storytelling.
The voiceover artists of the animation sold it so well that this live action though good still does not feel like a 10/10. Mae Whitman's voice for Katara for instance (American accent one). But the minor changes in this one to save time are well done.
So even tho she got that initial scroll from gran gran she can still get an advanced scroll in the future. I mean, how was she learning moves in the cartoon, like was she just making up the basics?
When Aang meets Kyoshi, I love the physical detail of them filming the actress standing higher and using the camera details to show her towering above him. Kyoshi actually was that tall in the books and in the animated series' lore at 7 feet tall.
Aang: How do I save the world without hurting people?!
Kyoshi: These hands are rated E for Everyone
As someone else said ...Avatar Kyoshi is the embodiment of F around and find out!
lol
Kyoshi fight scene = best scene so far!!!
really LUVd seeing Kyoshi fighting!!!
Kyoshi being scary give me hope lol
She really is terrifying lmao
Kyoshi moment was epic. I also love how she towered over everyone.
i mean who wouldnt be scared of a 7 foot tall women that could do kung fu with glowing eyes
@@bigfrankfraser1391 and controlling all nature elements and has her own war make-up and armored dress suit. Kyoshi is the ultimate unit of a woman
Tbh it made me feel what i felt while watching the original as a kid, nervous because i just found one of my first cartoon crush, yes i am one of those that would like kyoshi to dom me, even when i was a kid i wanted her to dom me
This Zuko actor really nailed his role. he is the only one stupid enough to attack a god like superior being AKA Kiyoshi in avatar state 😂😂😂
Zuko's character main task is to be sympathetic enough that everyone likes him even when he does wrong. So far that is not there for me but I look forward to seeing it develop.
“YES ALWAYS STICKY RICE”
Achara gets it
It’s so much better than the movie adaptation. I honestly wasn’t expecting it to be that great even with the trailers being pretty impressive. Solid 7.5 maybe even a 8 for me.
I cant remember which reactor said this, it could be Greg im not sure. If the animation is 100 and the M Night movie was 0. Then you cant really go wrong with this new adaptation. Anywhere in between 0 to 100 would be fine
@@markcruz359that’s actually a great reference😂 I’ll be honest though I didn’t expect Netflix to come out swinging like this! I honestly thought this would be a situation when the trailer is better compared to the show/movie. Glad I was mistaken!
I'm just too hard on anything after Avatar because you see the capabilities with it. Also everyone else has fucked it up in every other area. Like avatar is something that should be handled with care and respect, and it's more than deserving of the mediocrity we end up getting. It's looking ok for what it is, but I don't think this needed to exist at all. I would have rather there been an animation arm to make a small mini series on Avatar, rather than a less than retelling of a story that was already perfect. Also to me this really does feel like a semi higher end fan made thing than a multimillion/billion dollar company production.
Aw man, did you miss the "You hear it too?" line from Sokka? That was gold!
Kyoshi is SCARY! Damn! I was not expecting that
You should read her books ,she have two of them
Kyoshi DOES appear like that in the cartoon actually, it's just in another context, the Chin the conqueror episode, where Aang has to defend himself from being accused of killing him in a past life (as Kyoshi), he dresses as her hoping she will appear to defend him, and she does appear eventually, but only to say that even if she wasn't directly responsible for his death it wouldn't make any difference as she would kill him if she thought it was needed. Basically being the no chills giving absolute badass mother we've also seen in this episode.
I must say as someone who binged the whole series in one night, Gyatso and Suki had very impactful parts in the story for being minor characters. In my opinion both did a phenomenal job especially the actress who played Suki. Ian Ousley is killing it as Sokka as well, really can't wait for season two and to see how they do Toph in live-action. Needless to say I'm very hopeful.
The leader of kyoshi island was so good in here. Fierce and protective but also open and kind very believable and nuanced play. Also her looking to Kyoshi the avatar the whole islands culture was inherited from really gave that recognition of the significance of that.
YES the fire nations was inspired A LOT by THAI CULTURE, the Architecture and the outfit is THAI. The Kiyoshi is inspired by Japanese but the martial arts of Kiyoshi Warrior is inspired by Indonesian Penchak Silat, they do have fan combat in Silat. Earth Kingdom Ba Sing Seh is Chinese Manchu era, Omashu Earth Kingdom is inspired by India or Nepal kinda. Water tribe is obviously northern native American/Canada and Inuit. Air Nomad is obviously Shaolin Buddhists Monk.
The fire nation actually was heavily inspired from Japanese imperialism and industrialization, while also borrowing themes from SEA and China, while the geography is based on Iceland. I'm pretty sure this information was in a companion book from some of the released continuation books for ATLA.
Air Nomads are actually inspired by Tibetan monks. Especially with how the Air Nomads determine who amongst them is the Avatar (picking out toys from their past lives) is derived from the same ritual used for the Dalai Lama. You're probably thinking Shaolin Buddhist monks from the fact that they do martial arts.
Air nation more of Tibet and Nepal ig
this is by far the better adaptation and yes it has its flaws but dont hound them by saying its trash all they need is some good constructive criticism and the following 2 seasons will be gold
Every adaptation will have its changes and misses - especially in the first season considering the trial of switching formats. But so far it has been overall objectively great. You can see the care and effort put into this. I hope it carries on with the feedback in s2.
I feel this adaptation is more aligned with the theme. We tend to forget that this is a war story… about a child who lost his childhood and got inserted in the middle of war and with the responsibility of saving the world…. There were aspects of this theme that the cartoon could not dare to explore because of the audience it was aimed for.
yeaaaah!! plus them making it "realistic" that a kid who just lost his like literal people would not be all happy go lucky
I’m enjoying this adaptation😊 I hope we get a season 2 & 3
we definitely will
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I hope a season comes too.. I wanna see Toph Beifong !
Honestly I’ve seen the “girls can fight too” message so many times that I don’t really mind the change. We still got Sokka being humbled and they actually fleshed out Suki’s character a bit more in this version.
Also, the scene where Kyoshi takes over is just freaking awesome.
Agree
@@AL-fl4jk I've finished the season since posting the above comment and well... I think they handled the next "girls can fight too" part of the show better in the cartoon. It's a shame, because it could've been an interesting angle to go in if they only made a small change to it. Just a slight tweak in dialogue and it could've worked.
To me this came off as her simping for a guy she met like 30 minutes ago. They needed to start with the rivalry where Sokka doesn’t think she can beat him but then come back for training after being humbled. When she approaches him while he’s training it takes away the realness of the relationship to me and makes it feel forced
@@dragonsword8129are you talking about the North Pole? Because I think that was was handled way better, lol
@@JCrushFitness My problem with it has to do with its resolution. Remember Zuko's "you found a master, didn't you?" line? Katara's response felt a little too much like an obligatory "girl boss" moment.
I know they showed her learning throughout the season, and I agree that she's pretty much a prodigy. But I don't agree with the idea that she's already a master. It would have been better if they emphasized that "If she's this good now, imagine what she'll be like as a master." If they had even had Pakku offer to teach her some techniques that she doesn't know at the end, it could've worked.
Sorry. But I just think the cartoon did it better by having Katara learn from an actual master before being called one herself. I liked how this version had all the women join in during the battle. That part was an interesting change. But as soon as people called Katara a master, and then her agreeing with it, they fumbled for me.
All the Kyoshi scene's musics gave me Ghost in the Shell vibes.
That was a neat detail !
I am obsessed with this show. I’ve seen it so many times now and Suki’s fan scene always makes me feel like woah! Nice!
One of my fav episodes , kyoshi warriors and suki were well done
I find it funny that everyone was complaining about this episode before even seeing it…AND IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST! So bad ass!!
Avatar Kyoshi was bad ass!!
It took me a few RUclipsrs to finally find you guys. So happy there’s someone making reaction videos that are real fans of the show and remembers the episodes 🙌🙌 great commentary.
I do wish they had Sokkas sexism too because I did enjoy him getting whooped by the girls, and then humbling himself to learn from them. Overall it is an arch for him so it would’ve been nice if they kept it.
Kyoshi was sooo epic, I was freaking out! I’m glad they had her show up and we get to see her in her glory. I was just surprised she didn’t kill the soldiers since she’s so ferocious. I’m also happy that she really laid it on Aang, it’s what you’d expect from an earth bender avatar such as Kyoshi. He needed that reality check.
Suki trying to flirt by fighting made me giggle so hard xD I loved their chemistry and I realllly hope it’s renewed for season 2 so we can see more of her and Sokka
Alright finally they got it right on Kyoshi Island it’s cold and you can see their breath awesome.
No way zhao is the villain from rush hour 1🤣 that’s fire
WHAT!
Now wipe yourself off. You're bleeding
"Wipe yourself off... you're on fire."
That's it! Thank you! I've been trying to figure out where I saw him lol
Jun Tao
on the matter of sexism - someone of the production teams said that Northern Water Tribe will still have their sexist views and Master Paku will be like he was - so the show will still address the sexism, just not so much in Sokka - and really, Sokka in the original went from sexist to non-sexist happened in 2 and a half episodes - so it was a fast arc.
I think on the issue of the water scroll there was always this thing in the animation where Katara had a lot of basic skills from the start that made it a bit odd that she needed the scroll because she was advanced enough that she should have been able to advance on her own just with practice ... that said, it was easy to ignore and just get into the animation. Here they started her much less able, she needed a few more basics to open her up and the scroll was a big part of it - it just makes more sense [I'm speaking as a martial artist who has trained in a style of Kung Fu since 1970 ] and also, it makes no sense that there were no bending scrolls in the Southern Water Tribe - there would have been scrolls back when they had a lot of benders. So this way just makes more real world sense whereas the other way works fine in a cartoon/animated world. [personally, I'd class Avatar as anime even though many feel it has to be done in Japan to be anime]
Kyoshi is the personification of 'f*ck around and find out'!
7:26 "Avoiding hard things doesn't mean they aren't still there".......... I agree. Now tell me wife
Yikes! 😂
I really loved this thank god! Suki was so gorgeous and beauitful! These characters surpassed my expectations after watching the animated series. I really hope and pray that they're going to continue this series!!!
Scary Kyoshi gives me nostalgia 😂 if you have read her books being a ruthless warrior is how she 'Appeared' and the back and forth fight between moral and reality is soo good
The Actor who voices Appa in the Live Series is actually good friends of the original Actor who does the voice over for Appa and Mo Mo in the Animated Series. While they were filming the Live series the actor when he was voice over Appa all he saw was a giant Bisons Head on a stick for visual.
I love how they show Saka here. He is and ws the only one who could do anything at home, and he knows he isn't a warrior, but his heart and fear about it is there. I love how everyone can identify with each and every character here. Saka is well done, and he does the best he can with his own doubts. Is a great episode.
they made the avatar series their own, especially episode 2 where kyoshi warriors are so cool and i started to cry due to kiyoshi bringing hope (i won't spoil it why). If i were someone who didn't watch avatar until now, this series would blow me away!
ZUKO GOT MY RESPECT🔥🔥
People dont get it
KYOSHI was monster from before she was an avatar yet she decided to hide it
She can burn fire until it becomes white
Can earthbend so hard she can move entire tectonic plates
She can bend the water in people
She can airbend to a level even aang could not
This is all without the avatar state
i think this live action went for the dark humor type early on unlike what netflix did in for one piece live action (which is kept the og feeling of the source material which is goofy and wonder) and i think its still a better show than what M. Knight Shyamalan did in his avatar the last airbender adaptation movie
I watched the whole thing already lol Zuko and Iroh grows on me, Azula and Ozai grows on me. Katara and Aang... didn't grow on me.
I appreciate the adaptation was done well. But my love for the animated series will always be untouchable. So it's really difficult not to have a biased opinion on the live action. I can appreciate the attempt and understand some of the changes they make. But the animated series was perfect already
Its hard to fill a bowl that already been filled
-uncle iroh
I'm surprised she didn't get that reference.
"You bow to no one"
I was like, that's my favorite scene in
LOTR TROTK!
All I can assume from the early heavy use of Kyoshi is that as long as this does well Netflix will be adapting the two Kyoshi novels into live action…..which would be badass.
“You bow to no one my friend.”
You make me wanna watch LOTR now lmaoo. And Kyoshi was amazing in this episode. She’s such a badass!
Realized I've been loving your reactions more and more... You know what? SUBSCRIBED!!! 😜
A 9/10 adaptation. Spectacular.
I can only imagine that the picture Achara and Gaby is talking about is Achara's face superimposed on Appa's body, Gaby's face on Aang's with the caption saying, "Acha, yip yip!" 😂
11:34 is literally the teenage boys that pose outside my class when I’m teaching kids. Every time I invite them in they walk off embarrassed lol.
I think Kyoshi is one of the most violent avatars. I read the book of her origin and all the people close to her either were killed or betrayed her. She got very bitter and merciless
the four nations were inspired by cultures from the real world: the Water Tribe by Indigenous Arctic cultures like the Inuits and Yupiks; the Earth Kingdom by monarchical China; the Fire Nation by Imperial Japan; and the Air Nomads by Tibetan Buddhist monks.
I fully understand the difficulty in trying to separate this from what came before, but Jaby seems to be having an extra hard time.
he always does
@@LauraGS564 To be fair, after I made that comment, I had a hard time seeing many of the actors as the characters they were playing. The changes to story didn't bother me as much.
even in the animated version Katara was the character that takes the longest to get used to because of how nice she was all the time
Villain arc with Kyoshi:
Villain: *Starts speaking* -> DEAD 😅
Kyoshi is so badass, she came out of being dead just to show Aang how to kick some firebender ass 😅
Even Zhao, who later went to mess with the spirit world, was like "Nah man, this is too much for me" when he saw Kyoshi.
I wanted to see Sokka in the dress and makeup too Achara. Lol
I get it, but also, they only had 48 hours there. They wouldn't have had time to make a dress for him in that timeframe.
I just got done with the series and im definitely gonna watch it again! It was pretty good in my eyes 💯
I cant with Jaby basically rapping the whole intro cause hes so excited to watch an episode. lol
You kill someone ? - Sokka’s 1 braincell
When you were talking about how it would be funny to have Sokka be kinda bullied and humiliated by Suki , I had this epiphany why it wouldn’t be good in this live action adaptation.
1. It’s no secret that many people are just done with the “girl power” moment. This series wouldn’t need the drama it would generate.
2. The show NEEDS a GOOD prominent male character who is not a bender. What I mean by Good is not the trait itself, rather, i was talking about how having Sokka like this grounds the character and makes him more “appealing”
3. The pace of this series up to this point does not have room for a sexist sokka. Do you think its believable to change a mindset that fast? Sokka in this adaptation is very realistic, reserved and somewhat pessimistic, but always rooted in logic/rationale
pretty much agree, however I want to add, that Sokka STILL is sexist in this, and he will keep being for most of the show too, it's not even toned down, just done in a more subtle/mature way, which I think makes sense because although the show is obviously PG-13, the audience is being made for obviously schews more mature than that, and with that, is expected to have both more media literacy, and emotional maturity to realize he doesn't need to be a charicature of a sexist man child to still be sexist and grow throughout the show, case in point, his obssession with traditional gender roles is still there, Katara will end up being much more of an *obvious* warrior than he is (not that he isn't one), and yet he will learn to both respect that, respect her agency and also question his need to fit that gendered role (which mix with the parental expectations as well). Honestly it's just the same thing in the cartoon, but presented in a more mature way, respecting us more for it. I'm really happy they went that route
I already watched the entire show. 8 episodes in 8 hours. It was amazing and I really loved it. You will have the time of your life, just like how I had the time of my life watching Love Punch Kill.
Plus, the Pitch Meeting for Madame Web is out! Please react to it when you get the chance 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This shows how scary and fearsome Kiyoshi was. So determined and headstrong.
1:18 You still did great Jaby man! Enjoying these reactions! 😂💪
The number of times they used the word paraphrasing because it's sponsored by quillbot which is a paraphrasing ai tool is soo funny 😂😂
All I could think about this episode was how they didn't include the guy foaming at the mouth😅😅😅
They did Sokka and Suki’s relationship BETTER here, I dare say. Sokka’s pride was still hurt when he got his butt whooped, that’s still there. But now they gave Suki more character and let their feelings for each other develop more
Yeah so technically Suki is his first girlfriend now so hopefully he doesn’t go after the moon girl. (I could never remember her name)
You guys are bots right?
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It looks like polar express at some shots 😂😂 Not an exaggeration. Cgi green screen mush, bad acting, bad writing, hilariously bad, several episodes done by first time directors, just a sub par production
@@NobuhikuObayashi bot moment. Obviously hating the show wont make it go away. You are wasting your time
12:02 I know right?! Way better than me when I first trained in martial arts 😂
My first introduction to him was Lost as Miles. But there's a lot from Lost in this show
I think Suki was cast perfectly!
And bro you will love Katara as the series goes
I’m writing from a translator and I want to ask if there are any hints in the series about the relationship between Aang and Katara
@@ТрейТрей-г2ъ maybe in the next book
@user-lw8xh1nx2e theres was subtle hints of there relationship but not as much in the cartoon
Lol the bots are so obvious
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This was another great episode for me. I like that I haven't seen the animated show yet because I'm able to enjoy what they are giving us. Most of the stuff that was mentioned that was left out or done differently I'm either okay that it's not in this or I would've disliked it in the show. I like Sokka trying to seem impressive to her and her weird flirting with him.
I thought it was funny how he got his ego hurt when he got put in a headlock. That wouldn't have bothered me because I'd immediately understand that Suki was most likely more skilled than me and would've just play it cool with her and showed interest in her by learning more about her. I'd want to see if she's willing to teach me what she's good at as a way of bonding. Show her that I want a partner that we can be on equal footing with each other by learning about what makes us special.
I think it wouldn't be right to take Sokka's sexist behavior out and then have Suki doing the same type of stuff. That would've made me not like her character and I love the way they are in this version.
I really wish Suki had joined them on the journey like building a badass group of Benders and Fighters to have Aang's back.
When Avatar Kyoshi started whipping the Fire Nation troops butts I burst out laughing when the Commander all of a sudden was like "Screw this mess we out." 🤣
I don't know anything about Momo and Appa or how important their characters are so I need to see more with them to have any feelings other than they're really cute and loveable.
Enjoyed the reaction 👍👍✌ out.
I like how there making it there own while still keeping the lore from the cartoon
4:11 yes it is, if you watch the Animation you will nitice that fire nation architecture is inspired by Thailand architecture, the roof is noticable. While here in the live action they also using thw Thai attire to
I loved the episode 2 more than the rest of all episodes 😍 kiyoshi 💥🔥
I think removing the struggle from Sokka and Kitara's characters does a disservice to them, both of them are rough around the edges with character flaws to overcome, but getting Suki being INCREDIBLY awkward was delightful, I'm still waiting for Kitara's character to either show some struggle or for the show to give me something to make up for it's absence.
But overall, good stuff.
Kyoshi is ALWAYS scary😂
the creators said they took elements from all across Southeast, east, and south asia! BUMIKOMPO meanas earthquake in Bengali, probably where king Bumi got his name. Agni means fire in sanskrit, and india and bangladesh both use it
Sokka is carrying the show. I enjoy him on the screen every time.
Ok I like the special effects.
They chose to show Avatar Kyoshi power instead of Roku, but I really want to see Roku because it’s my favorite ep. of season 1 (anime).😅
They transferred all of Sokka’s sexism to Master Pakku in this adaptation lol
Just finished the show, it's really good, the only thing that bothered me sometimes was the acting and sometimes the pacing, but they can fix that for season 2, overall the rest was great.
this by far my fav raction channel
Daniel Dae Kim should be seen at *all times.*
😘
So far I've been worried that they may be trying to strip away too flaws that made the growth of these characters so satisfying. Sokkas sexism, Kataras jealousy of aang initially, even zuko being in the background at kyoshi island, and not really being the central one attacking. If these characters are, for lack of a better word 'perfect' (zuko being the more obvious exception,) they will never grow and being as interesting/compelling characters as the original.
All this being said, I am still enjoying the show. I don't want carbon copies of the OG, but so far the only "problems" the characters are seeming to deal with are related to the war, and none of the other real problems of coming of age and being a better person that ATLA taught so many of us as kids how to deal with.
Kyoshi ❤️
16:24 Now this, puts a smile on my face 😌
the Water Tribe by Indigenous Arctic cultures like the Inuits and Yupiks; the Earth Kingdom by monarchical China; the Fire Nation by Imperial Japan; and the Air Nomads by Tibetan Buddhist monks
I am with you guys. I love you guys ❤
Kyoshi island fight was good!
Somehow, gran gran actor's performance, including the voice acting, gets on my nerves, lol.
Fun Fact: Most of the Chinese tradition roots back to an Indian tribe know as "Tai Ahom" of Assam. And Sticky Rice is one of the most popular thing you will find among the tribes in Assam.
Reading these comments, I feel like a lot of people are hating for the sake of hating though, like they'll die if they don't have something to hate on or something. 😂
I think they did an amazing job translating this to Live Action while keeping the spirit of it alive.
Sure it doesn't quite live up to the original but who in their right mind expected it to? 😂
But some people talk like it's on the same level as the movie and it definitely isn't.
If the movie was a 0 and the original was a 10 then this live action is at LEAST a 7.5 if not an 8.
The changes here vs the cartoon... what... and just let Loki and Spiderman have all the fun in multiverses? I think all these changes and references are fine, especially with the limited episodes they have to work with. They have to get a lot of characters and references in 8 episodes... and it's quite entertaining! :-)
what happened to the foaming at the mouth guy on kyoshi island?
Good episode. Feels like there are shortcuts in the storytelling because they're trying to cram so much into each episode to advance the story. They should have made more than 8 episodes to allow more storytelling.
I watch all 8 episode all are really good
I loved it all
The voiceover artists of the animation sold it so well that this live action though good still does not feel like a 10/10. Mae Whitman's voice for Katara for instance (American accent one). But the minor changes in this one to save time are well done.
I don't know if you've guys noticed but the actor playing Zuko is sound a lot like the animation voice actor. It can't just be me hearing it, right?
Powerful ancestors!
Nice T-shirt Jaby❤
"The did the Momo voice wrong though, it suppose to be a lemur voice instead monkey or a chimp voice !"....😩🤔
So even tho she got that initial scroll from gran gran she can still get an advanced scroll in the future. I mean, how was she learning moves in the cartoon, like was she just making up the basics?
damn I wanted to meet the pirates when it came to the scroll
Ain’t no way I just watched a grown man say he miss Sokka being sexist just because of a 3 episode arc from 2005.