Thus why he was so pissed at Aang for taking his notebook. He spent 3 years writing on that thing everything he managed to find on the avatar and then puff it was gone, I would be angry as well
"We heard about the fake attack plans in the original show." Nope, we did not lol. Calvin's ability to be 100% confident about incorrect information is just as strong as when they were watching the animated version XD
I think he might be thinking of the time when Zuko protested his father about his tactic of sending new recruits on a fake mission as a ruse. But that was obviously 3 years ago in these series not 100 lol
we also know about the false history writing which says that there was a fight between fire nation and the air army but aang knows they didn't have an army and that it was an ambush. not entirely sure which event this is about tho.
The show is an example of why in tv series especially those along the lines of Star Wars and ATLA, "filler" episodes are necessary. Where some people complain when an episode doesn't have to do with the main goal of the season and instead focuses on characters going on a sidequest. I think this adaptation demonstrates why those episodes are necessary because it helps build up the character's personalities and they get fleshed out more.
I don't even think it needs more filler. I think it just needed more episodes to give the show time to breathe. I liked the show, but It kinda pissed me off how they just went yaddy yadda through Roku's temple. Especially with how monumental that episode was in the original. They shortened it down to like 10 minutes and roku didn't help one bit.
Avatar had a lot of character development and growth in the Canon episodes. The fillers were still good though. Season 1 was a journey that was more lighthearted, but forced Aang to realize the stakes of abandoning his journey or failing. Season 2 was more mature highlighting darker tones. Season 3 was light hearted but ominous knowing where we were heading. Basically follows the OG Star Wars. Season 1=New Hope good guys win. Season 2=Empire Strikes Back Bad Guys win. Season 3= Return of the Jedi, the grand finale.
I could not disagree more. Filler episodes can be good episodes, but that in no way means filler episodes are necessary. They are called filler purely because something integral to a show is missing: plot development. *Being filler will always be a flaw.* Now one flaw may not make the episode unnecessary, but it does *not* mean that the flaw itself is necessary. That’s like saying, this dish is so good despite having too much salt. I should put too much salt in everything.
@@Agentcproductionssthe problem with that episode was that it created an urgency for Aang to learn all elements in 6-9 months, which the show runners did not want to do, so that when the actors age till the next seasons (hopefully), it doesn't look weird when they play characters who are 4 years or so younger. they also gave Gyatso a lot of the mentor role Roku had in the original, leaving him with nothing for the time being. but i liked that they made Aang contact all other avatars at their shrine (minus Yangchen, because her shrine was destroyed) and they all tell him, that he has to do everything alone. that creates a journey for him where he has to learn that needing people to help you is not bad. it might not be easy and you can be hurt (Roku hints on Sozin's betrayal of their freindship), but it is a lot better than carrying the burden alone.
My god I hadn't even thought about how incredible Sparky Sparky Boom Man (Combustion Man) would look in live action. They could make that look absolutely amazing!
There were a couple places where I felt like the emotional weight of the original was undercut a bit. I would have liked Katara to have gotten through to Aang to pull him out of the avatar state. Maybe not "We're your family now" because he's known them for 12 seconds, but something like "You're not alone, you've got us." could have been nice. In retrospect I think you're right about Avatar State at the ship. I missed it in the moment, but then when they went to the temple immediately after I knew it would have been redundant.
The other thing that intro scene accomplishes is establishing earthbending so that the first episode shows all 4 bending styles. In the animated ATLA, we don't see any earthbending until episode 5.
They may not have had Katara talk Aang down at the Southern Air Temple, but they did focus on her voice as she called his name; as though through his emotional maelstrom, he could still focus on her. Maybe a connection there?
I’ve heard so many people talk about and complain about this and I love how positive and understanding you guys are when it comes to shows you watch, while you still criticize things that need criticism
I like how they show the burned bodies (that didnt sound like a psycho) To tell the truth who really gets burned besides zuko aang katara and song... I cant think of anyone oh yeah toph when her feet got burned. This gives alot of intensity
Meanwhile they turned Zuko's scar from having disfigured his face (his eye barely opens and his ear is half-gone) to a spot of makeup They're cool with being gritty for show, but couldn't go through with a visibly maimed main character Nickelodeon's kid's cartoon was somehow more brutal than the live action version that starts with genocide, because they reserved it for where it mattered
It's a child actor, probably didn't want to take too much of the restricted child labor work hours each day that protect them just sitting in a makeup chair @@jogadorjnc
I def appreciate that, I remember Legends of Tomorrow that dude with the Flamethrower gun not actually setting anyone on fire. Just sorta vaguely knocking them back.
@@ToidalZuko's actor is 22 years old But also, if they can have an arrow with an intricate design on Aang's head they could have a scar with an intricate design on Zuko's face, even if he WAS a child actor His less noticeable scar was 100% a choice because they couldn't go through with a maimed MC
@@Toidalhe’s not a child actor lmao One of my only small issues I have with the live action is Zuko’s scar. They had an opportunity to make a good realistic scar but even the cartoon scar looks harsher than the live action They did hardly anything 🥴
@christom5334 I don't think so. I actually think the show is amazing. I wasn't looking for a play by play of the animated version. I think it is being respectful of the animated version, but is meant to be its own thing.
When I first came across Blind Wave through my brother (hi Tony!), the animated series was one of the first reactions that drew me in. (Rebels was the other one🙌🏼) I’ve been excited about these reactions since they announced they were creating the show. It feels full circle. I can’t wait to rewatch the rest with you guys (because I of course binge watched lol). Thanks for everything you guys have done since the first watch through/reactions of ATLA 🫶🏼
I really appreciated the character writing for Sokka and Katara in this episode. Sokka and Katara have their disagreements and conflict, but they grew up fast, and they rely on each other and lean on each other. They're a team! It's awesome how they emphasized their mindsets, contrasting Sokka's pragmatism and Katara's idealism, and in the end, Sokka began to see things Katara's way. Katara still is shown to be strong too, but she doesn't need to put down her brother to prove it.
They removed Kataras selfish desire to learn waterbending though which I don't like. In general it seems like they removed a lot of character flaws this episode, Aangs, Gyatsos and Kataras.
@@DWargs In the anime Katara was only interested in Aang because he was her path to learning waterbending. She even thought about leaving the village with Aang when he was asked to leave and told grangran something along the lines of "are you happy now you just made my last chance of becoming a waterbender leave". Even after finding out he was the avatar it wasn't because of noble cause she wanted to help she still just wanted to use him and said something along the lines of "now we can go to the north pole and both find a waterbending master". Seeing Aang as hope and truly learning to be selfless was something that developed in her throughout the journey and being with Aang.
I've only watched 2 episodes so far, but I'm really enjoying it. I don't get how some people are hating on it so hard, it's an adaptation, they can't do a shot for shot remake of the original.
and even if they do, its gonna be pretty boring cause what's the point of making a live action if it has ALL the same thing as the animated one. i will gladly watch the animated one, if its a 1:1.
There is a difference with having creative freedom and just completely changing the story to shoehorn and rush the story to get to the finale. Ffs they removed all character development plot points from the animated show as if there wasn't enough time to develop them: -Aang left not because of selfish/scared reasons and felt the guilt of abandoning everyone. He left by ACCIDENT to clear his mind -Sokka doesn't have an inch of sexism/misogyny in his body that helped them find Aang in the first place, learn and develop that women are fighters too, etc. -Suki has been downgraded to a simp though since he's not a sexist...so that's wonderful That's just the tip of this colossal iceberg...
My second comment lol, but thought I'd talk about this. So you were talking about the skill/power difference between the airbenders and the fire benders and how Sozin openly admits that without the comet they probably couldn't have defeated the monks, and I think it's important to realise why. Airbenders are given to the air temples by their parents when their bending is revealed, and subsequently spend their entire life dedicated to mastering airbending and achieving spiritual enlightenment, whereas the firebenders are just soldiers that learned to control their firebending.
I agree with everything you said except bending is genetic, other than season 3 of korra, parents do not give their kids away to be nomads. So airbenders are born as nomads and live their entire lives as nomads seeking spiritual enlightenment
Completely incorrect, at least according to the original animated show. The Air nomads are unique among the nations because every single member is an Airbender. There are no Air nomads that are non-benders. Also, the children are simply the children of the different monks, however it is true that they don't have traditional parenting. All of the children are raised by all of the monks, and none of the children know who their biological parents are. It's basically a monastery acting as one big family.
The air temple raid scene was well done amazingly well and Zuko is almost exactly like himself in the original so far, which I love. This isn't so bad so far, much better than the movie.
Right on right on, I was looking forward to you guys' reaction. I'm loving the series so far, 3 episodes in. I loved showing when the Fire Nation attacked. And that whole cast is so fun to watch.
I only wish they had made Gyatso more lethal. In the original show, we saw his body surrounded by like 20 fire benders skeletons, so you know he did not go down without doing everything he could to fight back. Here it was only like 3 dudes who were just pushed away, before he was merked by Sozin
Yeah I was preparing myself for Gyatso to take down a bunch of them and then... nothing. Made me sad since it was the only thing I was expecting for that scene lol
Exsctly. When I realised they were going to show us the actual culling of the airbenders, my immediate hope was that we'd actually be able to see how Gyatso fought back and ultimately fell, but unfortunately it was undercut
@@exyuda6592 I think it's probably because that's the only proper context we get for the actual fight in the animated show, so naturally it's the one thing we thought of
To be fair, he blew a bunch a way then held back a comet-powered firelord Sozin for a respectable amount of time. Still a badass for suee, but I think they wanted to emphasise his caring side more
itd so upsetting to see yall not have 3m plus subs, its insane, bc yall are so vetted, so genuine, so sociable, 3 literal best friends for life, doing there thing
God I'm loving this series so much. Watching an episode each night with pizza and the lights turned off. Seriously beautiful art direction and I'm actually feeling for the characters. And -- yes!-- great humor too (something I wish Percy Jackson series had more of).🎉🎉
I like it better that they're not doing a shot for shot. I also like that they add scenes that are a logical progression of events that already happened and build upon other scenes and the history of some of the characters.
My one gripe, and it's pretty minor, is that if the firebenders had the power to literally fly up to the temple (power of 100 suns), their fire attacks should b bigger than what it was
I thought about that too. My way of "excusing" it is that it must have been exhausting to do so. I'm thinking that even though their power is increased massively, it still takes a lot out of them to wield that power. The comet might give them energy, but they still aren't used to to the power.
I find it a bit insulting that AtLA the kid's cartoon expected more from its audience than AtLA the adult's netflix series did The original AtLA resisted the urge to dump all the exposition at the beginning and instead trusted that the (10 year-old) viewers could survive a little bit of mystery and confusion Meanwhile Netflix's live action feels it's necessary to know all the information about everything before the show even starts, because why would the audience care about our characters and story if we havent explicitly told them why? What is the audience gonna do, figure it out by themselves?
Yeah there is a lot of "tell, not show" going on in the movie industry rn. Same thing happening with Percy. They drop all the facts with a tea spoon approach, and leave no mystery to it. It's really weird how they are dumbing it down for a grown audience when a young audience is perfectly fine with subtle telling and mysterious hints.
Wait till you find out how they changed pretty much every fucking character.....Sokka is going to have 0 fucking character development.......Ang isn't going to feel like Ang from the show.....Zuko doesn't give 2 shits about getting back on his fathers good side and his sister will play a bigger role because of course she will.....
@@K000H it's interesting because the original followed a structure of show then tell They made it important that you could feasibly figure out basically everything before it's said, so when the characters tell you something it just comes as validation of what you had already figured out, but also if you missed something you'd still figure it out
i think they really nailed zuko, his overpowering obsession it makes him seem insane i’m so excited for his arc in this. also omg he doodlessss, say less. the brutality of this show is just perfect too the maturity has carried with the audience they really did a good job idk why i’ve seen so many people complain over little things. an adaptation as you said.
they cut so much important stuff, entire scenes and character development between Aang and Katara is missing. Also the CGI could use some work in a few spots, when Aang is in the Avatar State it looks like he turns into playdoh
For the water bending. Yes we see Katara just wiggling her fingers at first. Then when Aang explains it. You see her moving her whole body and her arms move more flowy. Such a good detail.
I noticed just recently and completely forgot that I read about it - but Captain Teva (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) is none other than our beloved Iroh - I’m so happy
Just finished the whole season. It's a really good adaptation of the show, given the constraints of the episodes. It mostly fits together quite naturally, and I'm appreciative of what they managed to reference despite the changes in scope. Looking forward to Season 2!
I died when they showed the intro clip of Avatar: The Last Airbender in their own version. I even took it serious in the first 2 seconds lmaooooooooooooooo
"Reminded me of Shang-Chi" while the earthbender was shown. Well.. my dude Wen Wu's actor used mainly Hung Gar for his fighting scenes. That's the style most Hong Kong actors like him were practicing for a long time and also the main style used in most, if not all Shaw Brothers movies from the late 70's.
The worst change from episode one is easily Aang not running away, in this version he basically just goes on a walk with all intentions to return. This completely diminishes the guilt and blame both the world and he himself puts on himself for the disspearance of the Avatar and the air nomad genocide, a completely unneccessary change that vastly alters a character in my opinion.
I completely agree here, but after some thought, i think the guilt is still there. At the end of the day, he did leave and everything and everyone he knew was slaughtered. Regardless of why he left in that moment, he still wasn't there when everyone needed him the most. I think the world still blames him as a coward because they don't know the full truth. Obviously aang isn't going to not be hard on himself too
@@traveltrav1 but it doesn't hit as hard imo he has a responsibility but he tried to ran away from it, physically and spiritually (idk if spiritually is the right term but you get it) this live action adaptation made aang's conflict a bit weaker. he did not really left, he did not try to ran away, he was just gone for a while.
@@adityayadav-fq5lv i haven't watched yet the rest, but did he ran away or was he really just going out? cause that's the key i tried looking in the sequence. if they tried doing that in his backstory, aang wouldn't go saying "we should go back", that defeats the purpose of running away. so if he indeed ran away from that scene, then they failed to deliver that. now if they made aang not run away, then that's the problem. him running away physically from the air temple is also him running away from his responsibility as an avatar. that's what the whole scene was supposed to be about. and the genocide and war is like consequences of his action. even if aang can't really help during that time, cause he's still a kid and hasn't fully trained yet, you can still understand the weight that maybe he could have done something. he have a much more active participation, in a way, compared to just him being away. that's the weight of the guilt i wanted but failed to see in the live action.
I call him Aron because English isn’t my first language. When I started to follow the channel it took me some time to learn his actual name, I thought it was Erin
I binged the whole show last night and I have to say I was quite impressed by how solid it was. Not perfect by any means, and nowhere near the original but there's a certain group of characters they focus on a bit more throughout he show which ultimately adds more depth to those characters. All the actors nailed the characters for me I think, and the costume design and set design was on point. Excited to see where they go going forward.
I got sick a few days ago and planted myself on my couch to watch the entire season already haha 😅😂 Honestly, I believe it’s very well done and they added good depth to the characters. The only thing for me was that sometimes the chemistry between certain characters wasn’t really built up too well and felt a bit odd. But otherwise, a good show:) And funny entertaining reaction, as Always, Crew Blindwave 😂
Wow, I've watched it already few times, and it's amazing! Fantastic live-action adaptation! I can't wait for the next season! It's action, drama, the emotional twist, fantasy, and comedy-all in one! Amazing cinematography, amazing special effects, those animals, spirit animals just amazing, and their powers, the visuals look great and the backgrounds look fantastic! They're all amazing! Gordon is a brilliant actor for his young age, and he is so cute; he has a million-dollar smile too. Dallas is a versatile actor, he's amazing actor. Kiawentiio and Ian are amazing too. Paul, and Daniel are very good too. All the cast members are really doing a great job. Congratulations! This is the best live-action adaptation of Avatar the Last Airbender so far!♥️
actors are great and the effects look awesome but the dialogue is really hit or miss imo and while sokka feels the most like himself from the cartoon he feels like sokka from s2/3 instead of the start of s1 so im not sure how much growth they can really give him
Yeah I'm actually pretty disappointed that the show is seemingly erasing Sokka's initial sexist views, because unlearning that and realizing that girls can be capable fighters (Katara, the Kyoshi Warriors) was such a big part of his character development. I'm cautiously optimistic about the show as a whole though!
@@SpockNRollyeah after seeing a couple more episodes I’m really conflicted, none of my issues with it are really that major but still enough to bug me in the moment when watching
I feel bad -for the kid- Noah Ringer who Played -Aang- Oong in the shamalien live action. He looked like the correct ethnicity of a Buddhist Monk kid, Was capable of decent acting which meant he could have been great with a better director... and on top of that he was practicing taekwondo for years and as a 12 year old HE GOT A BLACK BELT He is frikkin Aang IRL and they wasted his potential tarnishing his career, Deserved better. Edit: Added name.
Now I feel bad for Katara and Sokka cause they got Katara's face and Sokka's forehead spot on... but ruined their character's defining features from season 1.
Visuals are dope, action feels very refined but it feels like they took away the parts of the show with impact in relation to the story. Some strange direction from people who pushed away the original creators.
Yeah it is not bad adaption but I would not say it is great one. Also I did not like some performances of the actors mainly Katara and Aang. I hope next season will be better.
i think the main reason would have been that they merged so many episodes to fit the narrative and showed many elements that were suppose to come in later season, Its a good adaptation but squishing the story lines is the only thing that I didn't liked.
@@damirturakbayev5215yeah, Katara is to me the weakest (in term of character) amongst the main cast. Sokka is the best for me, THAT IS the Sokka that we all love
@@being471 episode of Avatar is 20 minutes long. 3 episodes of animated avatar should be a singular episode of live action. They have 8 episodes to tell the entirety of book 1 which is 100% possible with probably some extra time shortening and making certain scenes a little longer plus creative liberties like the fire nation raid etc. Why the hell they are trying to shoehorn future seasons plots and shit together is beyond me and mad annoying.
To be honest, the title card fanfare for the show sounds sooo much like the first part of the ending credits to COD: Modern Warfare 2. I can't unhear it.
So far im loving Zuko and Sokka, it feels like they actually got the characters down, i could only imagine it's hard to get cartoon mannerisms in live action, but the writing is in point with the character
My major worry(at the end of all 8 episodes) is that we're ending up with a more fleshed out Ozai at the expense of Aang's growth. The fire nation is done well but where does Aang go from here now that he's taking everything seriously from the word go. He might end up as the usual one note protagonist.
They did a really damn good job with this show. There are some pacing issues, there's some forced exposition and a couple goofy looking scenes but other than that I loved everything about it. The characters really felt like themselves and you can tell they put so much love and care into every little detail of this show.
I don’t know if it’s just me but the person playing Bumi sounds like one of Tom Kenny characters. IMO Tom Kenny would’ve been a great choice for the animated series to voice Bumi.
They really didn't. There are A LOT of pacing issues and forced exposition. Don't downplay that. Also, Katara is definitely changed quite a bit and lost all her characterization from the original.
I have to say I went into this show with the lowest expectations but with hope. I was very pleasantly surprised. If they continue this direction I have high hopes for the future.
This is the correct way to see the show, everyone put so high expectations then be mad that the show doesn't match their hopes. I'm keeping the same mindset when S2 came out
@@FlyingwithFire I mean, don't you get it? ATLA is a big fandom even years after the show ended, consumerism man. You hate it you like it, you'll still watch the show. The live adaptation exist bcos there's a chance they could pull a big profit out of it. The best you could do if you don't like it is to just ignore it, why bother watching stuff you hate?
The only issue I really have with the show is the pacing. Netflix should have done 10 eps instead of 8. There wasn't enough time for the plotlines to breathe, and it gave me a headache seeing all the different storylines they mashed together in some episodes.
Could Aang fly like that in the animated series? I don’t remember him being able to do that, especially without his glider.. kinda made the part with him “falling” after being struck by Zuko’s fireball a little confusing cause like why didn’t he just fly like he did earlier 🤷🏻♀️
Also damn they went hardcore with showing deaths in this adaptation! I don’t remember anyone dying in the og series.. except maaaybe Jet but you know, that was really unclear 😉
Don't think so. He doesn't fly once after his introduction. Honestly, I think they just made a continuity error with that scene. I've seen a lot of people malding over this when it's basically not in the show.
He didn't. We learn from the books and Korra that only like 3 airbenders ever achieved true flight because it can only be done without earthly attachments, and airbenders long sacrificed the ability itself to be able to have lifetime partners in the sky bison. By all means of lore, Aang shouldn't be able to do that since he's bonded to Appa and not yet a fully realized avatar.
This is the only review that i liked that explained everything without comparing to the animation. Other reviews compare to the original animation,they forgot,this is only an adaptation.and im glad that they reviewed it based on adaptation and not com0are it with the original.
I've never seen the original animated series or the first live action movie, but I thoroughly enjoyed this series and thought it was great. Especially the visuals and the choreography.
As someone who was watched the whole show it was way better than I expected. The show keeps faithful to the original were necessary while also adding great new elements to it that the original series didn't have. I think it's important to remember this is not meant to be a complete replica of the original just an adaptation. There are genuinely things I like better about this series than the original and some things I like in the original but overall I enjoyed the it. I really enjoyed that the tone feels like if the original series didn't have to be made for kids on nickelodeon.
I absolutely loved it and think some people are overreacting as always with the changes. Sokka was the biggest surprise for me since I wasn't sure how his goofy cartoon self would translate to live action but they did it and ended up being one of my favourite portrayals along with Zuko and Iroh's relationship. I literally teared up at some point on every single episode. Not completely sold yet on Azula, Ty-Lee and Mei but their stories have barely even begun. It was always going to be a tough role to fill.
This had a very very strong opening. Sure I can nitpick some things but over all I can actually feel the love and appreciation for the source material. My biggest gripe is having Aang just go on a little "drive" to clear his head instead of running away... like that was a huge internal conflict for him feeling guilty and it just seems like a weird and arbitrary change Edit: also I swear there were times I could hear Dante Basco in Zuko. Such good casting
I loved that we got more of the Air Nomads. It was a nice surprise to have started out the show with a little more context but we also lose that build-up and revelation which could have also been really great. The biggest problem that both adaptions of the cartoon has is pacing. The original show had 20 episodes in season 1 and they took their time with world-building, limitations and character building. The dialogue in the cartoon was even better than the live action because it suited the medium. They just didn't nail it for me in the first episode and considering how far they went, I would say that they covered maybe episodes 1 - 3 from the original. I was really hoping that when Aang was captured, we would see him enter the Avatar state. That was such an important moment from the original, for Katara, Sokka, Zuko and Aang. And in both live action remakes, they did not have this part. They glossed over so many things in the first episode. They casually told Aang about the war and the 100 years that passed. Katara wasn’t there when Aang woke up. The innocence and childlike nature of Aang wasn’t portrayed as I thought it would be. Even when Zuko arrives at the Southern Water Tribe. In the original as ATLA fans know, Aang fights the Fire Nation to protect the people, this is where it is revealed to the people of the Water Tribe that Aang is not just an Airbender but the Avatar. This was such an important moment in the original show but in this one it just fell flat. Like there were so many things that they could have done which stuck to the original but they didn’t. The source material is there. I will continue watching the show and hope for the best.
