Netflix’s Avatar is Everything I Feared… 

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I have a question, what do you think is worse, the movie or the series?

I mean they literally wrote episode 1, were part of the dogshit m night movie, and (allegedly) wanted to make even more radical changes in the neflix show, but nobody wants to talk about that. Everyone who says this rarely knows what they're talking about

@@real_dirty_danwhat radical changes? And they were not apart of that shamshit thing. Where are you getting this info??! Sounds like your d riding Netflix. You’re speaking out of your a**. Just did a ton of searching. Not one thing.

@@real_dirty_dan oop, it isn’t avatar. not even close, plus Katara is like a parody of her animated counterpart

@@susanstorm7910 Ok? That has nothing to do with what I said at all. I never claimed that the show is perfect, just that ppl who say stuff like “I see why the creators left” are very misinformed/ignorant

It totally was for that. That’s why they also included that line with Katara about finding a master and her say “you looking at her” totally leaving out her growth as a water bender through the whole season. But there’s a reason for it, it is now an unwritten rule that girl characters can’t have male mentors bc of girl power and all that, which just cheapens the female character all together.

Couldn’t have said it better myself friend!

Right? Dude I was screaming at my screen in genuine anger. 🤬

Yeah man, the original is perfect. It’s almost as if they couldn’t improve upon it even if they tried, which it seems they didn’t.

@@SaceStationThe writers feel like they don't trust their viewers - constant exposition, characters have their flaws removed (to the point of being bland), etc. Part of what makes fiction fun is seeing characters grow (and sometimes fall/fail), and turning Sokka into this boring guy whose only "flaw" is that he feels a bit inadequate because his dad doesn't trust him (another weird change) but is otherwise just a good guy with not a ton to work on. He was my favorite character in the original and I think the actor's doing the best he can (most of the cast is) but the writing is letting them all down.

Great, so we want the same thing! Thanks a ton, I appreciate it!

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Hahahaha yeah good point.

Now you know how it felt for us gamers when that scene happened in the game😢. But that’s the potential of a well done adaptation👍

100%. And also, Ty Lee’s introduction in the original demonstrated Azula’s controlling nature as Ty Lee didn’t want to join her. In this show, they’re all just standing there like you said.

@@SaceStation yeah, i m not even mentionning the blackmailing or how she bows to Azula first thing. This is more revealing about Azula s character. Just seeing her do gymnastics during the first conversation.Not just standing like a statue... And it s not the poor girls' fault, i can only imagine the director was like "okay, you are there, and don t forget azula is your friend, so you listen to her." And so they did just that. What a waste of screen time.

I SWEAR that earthbender in the beginning could’ve made it if he wanted to. He did NOT have to put that wall up😂

He's not hot anymore😭

For sure it’s definitely better. But in my opinion it still has the same issues, just to a lesser degree. The shyamalan version is just absolutely bottom of the barrel.

Why do so many people say this? That's nothing to brag about, the bar couldn't possibly be lower.

@@sergiosarmiento4371 if we were to JUST compare Shyamalan movie to this, this one would be a win (to an extent). BUT if we were to then compare this to the original, it would still be a loss. Accurate bending power and character design aside, the characters and storylines still suffer from bad pacing and jumbling of arcs that will bite them when they get to bk2 and 3.

Dude Pakku doesn’t even train Katara in the Netflix version. It’s just like the Mulan remake where she’s already great but just needs to stop holding back and show everyone her greatness. It’s bollocks. They changed the line from the original from “but you still won’t train me” to “but you still won’t let me fight.” She’s already a master somehow…

@@SaceStation Holy crap, that's dumb. She's the last Waterbender of her tribe, of course she shouldn't be good at it at first because her entire arc is about trying to reconnect with her culture and slowly become a great master of the art.

They also take out her insecurities of not being a quick study of bending as Aang. Aang never even TRIED to waterbend this whole season. In the original I loved how after being under the tutelage of Paku, Paku gives her the greatest compliment saying that she is the only student of his that improved in such a short time, showing that hard work, tenacity and determination are the making of a great bender and that only relying on natural talent is not enough (looking at Aang who embodies this) showing that yes she may have to work harder than Aang for some things, but that doesn't mean she is not going to succeed. And its also interesting that they were in the North for weeks (at most) before everything went down, not just a day and a half, God the pacing of this show...

@@taylorwarden205 Something that's always been super neat to me is that there's probably a really fair chance that Katara's early struggles were from her picking up bad Bending habits. I mean, think about it, right? She's self taught and she's literally just trying to feel out how to do an entire style of martial arts on her own. Meanwhile, we know from Jong Jong that just breathing wrong can mess with your Bending. Put that next to a natural prodigy that mastered Airbending before he was a teenager, and no wonder Katara had such a worse time of it. But I also feel like Katara's biggest strength has always been her ability to think creatively, right? She knows what she wants to do and she's got the mindset, she's just lacking the experience to actually do it. But then flash forward 3 seasons, and the way she deals with Azula is genuinely pretty brilliant, taking out one of the most dangerous characters in the show on her own pretty easily.

@@dracocrusher exactly the whole series shows how far all of them came. They were not what they once were; which makes this show (and other shows that tend to do this with female characters) such a disservice to Katara. It almost like the bigotry of low expectations, don't show her trying and failing and getting back up ("you can't knock me down!" I'm so mad they did not have that line) just give her the win(?) and then bam she's a master. I mean???

That doesn’t necessarily work. Yes, initially in that process you cut ideas. That has more consequences than those things being not there. It may be that they recycled those ideas in the second or third season, so if you implement them now, what do you do later on? Or you find creative ways around it that close other doors. It’s not so simple.

I thought people liked the One Piece remake? Either way, I agree with you.

Have you ever compared "The Untamed" to its animated counterpart, "Mo Dao Zu Shi"?

@@ThePrincessCH Ive never heard of either, is it good?

@@eonhet7826 Yes. I recommend them, if you have no issues listening to Chinese.

@@eonhet7826 Yes. Both versions have been fairly well received.

Come on dude don't you even know anything about Avatar the Last Airbender? It is a story about flailing around tossing elements at each other. Characters got nothing to do with it.

I was thinking that as well, why not set it in a different time with different characters? That way it’s not an adaptation of preexisting material and you can avoid the comparisons. But nah, they wanted cash in on that avatar hype.

I guess “bad” is the wrong way to describe the cgi in this show. I think a better word is “inconsistent.” Sometimes it looks alright, other times it looks laughable. I honestly just have a vendetta against the overuse of CGI nowadays. It’s too heavily relied upon and rushed, and I found it to be hit or miss. For instance, compare the cgi from Ant Man 3 to the original Iron Man. It’s not even close, but we’ve grown accustomed to mediocre CGI as the new norm.

I thought about this while editing but didn’t think it would actually be an issue. I sincerely apologize 😅

Because he waste a lot of time yapping instead of getting to the point.

I was disappointed the moment it started…

@@SaceStation and I don't blame you, I should have been too. 🤦‍♂️

Another person of culture! Thanks a ton friend

you act like legend of korra was good to begin with

​@@TRISTANTHEGAMER imagine the irony if the live action korra ended up bieng better than the series

@@hueyfreeman6262 the bar's really low so that's possible

@@hueyfreeman6262 It woud be so funy. Problem is that Kora is everything Netflix whant out of a show in terms of characters, problem is that the action will be 10 times beter than hwat Netflix will do.

He does gain the ability to talk to the other avatars later, but like you said that’s Book 3, after Aang has been training like a maniac and coming into his own as the avatar. In this Netflix version we don’t even see him waterbend yet.

This feels like it misses the point, though. There's a lot of tension around Aang speaking to Roku because we've never seen it before. They're on a hard time limit and Aang doesn't even know if it's possible for him to do the thing or not, so there's a lot of buildup and significance to this moment. Afterwards he channels Roku in front of Jong Jong, channels Kyoshi for the Trial, sees people in The Swamp, etc. But seeing Roku for the first time is a big deal, and having him channel other Avatars before him takes away from how special that moment really is.

I agree, and I hate the stigma placed on animated shows that label them as “for kids.” It’s for all ages, and we don’t need a “mature” version. In fact, I’d argue the animation is more mature than the live action.

so I take you didn’t like it?

@@zach_94 so I take you’re kinda coping still? 😅

@@loonu1991so I take your being too serious?

@@frankoreyes6219 way to go! You spotted the pattern 😅

@@frankoreyes6219 also *you’re

Perfectly stated my friend👌

What Anime ?

Have you ever compared "The Untamed" to its animated counterpart, "Mo Dao Zu Shi"?

You said it my friend. They’ll learn one day, hopefully…

I put a link in the description, it’s the Eterna city theme from Pokemon platinum. Good catch 😁

I’ve seen people mention this before, but I haven’t seen anything that corroborates it. That’s not to say it’s not true. Either way, it would mean that Netflix and Bryke parted ways because Bryke wanted to make changes to their own show, but Netflix didn’t agree with those changes. So instead, they made their own terrible changes? How’s that better? Also, does that mean Netflix made a more faithful adaptation than the show’s own creators would have? Imagine if that were true 😂

@@SaceStation Given the fact that many of the original creator whent and made Kora which isnt a good show and brings some really bad changes to the universe i am not suprised and i dont think the show woud have been that much better whit them on it.

That’s an interesting way to look at. I also feel there’s more potential to explore the world of avatar without continuing to adapt preexisting material. Good take👌

Unfortunately, it has already been confirmed for a season 2 and 3

@@liamminnihan9021 O boy!

I find it interesting that so many people jump to the creators leaving. They were involved in and praised the M. Night film until it bombed. Please someone correct me if this isn't the case but I remember reading that they left this project due to Netflix wanting it to remain closer to the source material while the creators wanted to make changes.

I’ve seen tons and tons and tons of people on tiktok mention this show and say that it’s better or even as good as the original. And their reasoning is just stupid shit like “it’s more realistic.” How??? Because it shows violence and people dying?? It’s literally a fantasy world where people have elemental powers and people can talk and interact with spirits. How the fuck are you supposed to make that realistic?? Bumi for example. I am not exaggerating countless people have said his character is better and more realistic now than in the cartoon….. I don’t even know what to say. It’s so ridiculous how oblivious some people are to the differences from the source material. They don’t understand why the original was the way it was.

@@mandod1986Yes you’re right. People are hyper fixating on the original creators leaving when it’s not relevant. They left because they wanted to make an entirely new Avatar story separate from the original.

Small part or not, he was still was one of the original directors of the game. And the story of the show is very accurate to the game’s, with some scenes being almost 1 to 1 adaptations. While Druckmann made some odd choices in the second game, in my opinion it was really Halley Gross who ruined it.

I’m pretty sure people took issue with the changing of the fire nation into exclusively Indian, but I agree with you. There’s almost certainly a double standard nowadays, especially when it comes to the casting of ginger characters.

indian cast? they did that in 2010 and it doesn't work

I'm not sure what you're on about, people were constantly making fun of the Indian Fire Nation and pointing out how weird the decision was. Here's the big secret, though: There are way more white roles than black/asian/indian roles. So it's harder to really get as mad about an American project with minority representation because at least they're giving work to (usually) good underrepresented actors. As weird as Black L was, at least that's one black guy who got a shot at doing a big role who might not have had that exposure otherwise. Sure, he's not great, but what if he killed it and that lead to more jobs he might not have because it's just hard to get big early roles as a black actor? It's not like all of these changes are equal. Some of them do just have more real-world positive outcomes than others, you know? So who gives a shit? It's not like any of these minority race swaps are hurting you or something, sometimes it's shit. Other times Lance Reddick as Wesker is the only good part of the show. It just is what it is.

Y’know, word on the street is that shyamalan was forced into a situation where the main trio ended up being white. At the time, Zuko was also supposed to be played by Jesse McCartney, who is also white. So in a fit of desperation, he casted Dev Patel to try and balance out the whitewashing. It was just a string of unfortunately bad decisions😅

I disagree that it as easy as you say. The original show was written and scoped with animation as a medium in mind from its inception. Translating this into live action just doesn't work in my opinion and seeing that the score board is now 0-2 I think I am right. Animation and live action are different mediums with their own unique sets of strengths and trade offs when it comes to story telling. Simply translating scenes from the show wouldn't look good in live action. Animation has several advantages over live action when it comes to the type of world Avatar is. 2 specifically that I would point out is It makes physically impossible things look cohesive frame by frame in the overall composition of shots because animation doesn't have to comply with reality to look cohesive. Bending was never going to look good in live action because making physically impossible things happen in live action in a way that it tricks the human brain enough into thinking its real as it happens on screen is really hard and really expensive. This is why the use CG and green screen in this netflix show looks like star wars episode 2 sometimes. The second advantage animation has over live action is its ability to make characters more expressive than live action. Live Actors are always going to be less expressive than animated ones. It's not considered "cool" for live actors to over emote or exaggerate facial expressions especially in western cinema. The animated show was able to breathe so much life into its character because of the medium it was created in. Live action did everything it could to suck the color, life and expressiveness of the avatar world and its character. There is a third advantage I would like to point out also, the ability to make grotesque or uncomfortable looking things more palatable for the audience to view vs live action. Zuko's scar is a perfect example. Zukos scar was heavily toned down in the netflix version compared to animated one which soften the impact of his most defining physical trait. The reason for this choice is of course to do a 1:1 translation of Zukos scar in live action would one make it too unpalatable for viewers to look at for an entire series. I personally dont understand why in the age of anime consumption by the mainstream, and the general success and acclaim of companies like studio ghible, pixar, and dream works, and disney that animation is still looked so down upon. What do people actually think Live action would do to improve upon Avatar in terms of aesthetics, acting, story telling, and writing? Because both attempts failed to improve anything over the original to me. And if its not improving anything what was the point in spending the time money and resources to create this in the first place when in this all digital age the original series is available in perpetuity?

@@MrIndiemusic101yes. I’m glad someone understands that animations are more flexible than live action. I really feel like there’s too much complaining. If you grade the show on its own without comparing it to the original animated serious, it does fine overall. In my opinion I enjoyed it

fr he looked horrifying

Cyberpunk edgerunners >>> sonic the hedgehog movies

@@everrunic8375 If you say so.

That’s a good way to rationalize it😅

I don't accept the excuse of "people are dumb, so it's fine if the writing sucks". Nobody actually wants a scene written like actual people talking. If it was realistic then people would be constantly going off-topic, correcting themselves, talking over eachother and mixing up words... have you ever had a conversation that went nowhere and you're just like "Shit, I forgot to bring up the thing"? That's super common! And it'd make for such a shitty script, lol!

@@dracocrusher Unfortunately that is what script writers are going for now-a-days in a limited sense.

No I’ve never seen that. Would you recommend it?

@@SaceStation Yes. It's also started off as a Chinese novel series with the same title as its donghua counterpart.

@@SaceStation And a webcomic.

I appreciate the feedback. There’s definitely more I wanted to say that I didn’t get to put in the video. Maybe in the future I’ll elaborate more on it.

Avatar with minimal CGI is probably quite different to other shows. Bending necessitates CGI: The bending form that needs it the least is firebending. Airbending would not be visible and waterbending, forget it. Earthbending is kinda in the middle. The hybrid creatures could maybe be practical effects, but their movement remains an issue.

@@Bolpat And this is the reason why ATLA cant ever be implemented in live action unless we can either make reall bending or have CGI tht looks 100% real. The animation will aways be superior. This is a general rule for every animation whit magic really.

Thanks friend, I appreciate it!

I wouldn’t say I’m qualified to talk about it from a story perspective, but I may touch on other things about it. Stay tuned👌

@@SaceStation ok (:

Well, clearly it’s “avatar” in that it’s the same characters within the same world. But in terms of the reasons why I like that world, meaning the narrative and the character development, it shares very little with the original.

As someone who gets the "a" mispronounced in their Mandarin name, I thought the name change in the movie was a nice detail.

@@ThePrincessCH All I can tell you is that many people were downright upset with that change. I don't mind it myself and recognize that the movie pronunciation is closer to what one would expect in most Asian languages, but the pronunciation in the original (an American show) was very Americanized.

@@Pandaemoni "Elena of Avalor" is an American show too, but they did try to make the Spanish words sound Spanish.

They didn’t do great, but I cut them a little slack because they’re young and inexperienced. Really I think they lacked the guidance to perform at their best, and the script did them no favors.

The cast is actually fine. Some have shown they can be great actors in other plays. The issue was the poor script and direction. Good actors can only get so far with a poor script and no director, especially with children...

@@etienne8110 HAHAHA

I may have gone over the top in a few places😅

@@SaceStationnope not enough man, you treat this nice more than it deserved.

Then I hope you watched the rest 😅

I think the main issue is not that there’s tragedy. It’s more so that the characters don’t feel relatable or likeable really. There’s barely nuance in the writing for the show and yet it presents itself as “more mature” when it’s just a watered down version of the real story

@@towwzz8560 When I watch live action vs animation, I always keep an open mind that animation easily makes you fall in love with the characters. Animation has the upper hand when it comes to facial expressions, development of the characters, and don't forget the music in the background. Real people can't pull off those quirky looks without looking weird. One thing I find funny is that when a live action adaptation actually makes a character the same as the animation, people say it was to cartoonish and not realistic; and when the characters are realistic, it's not true to the animation. 🤷‍♂️ Did you watch the One Piece Live action? If so, how do you rate that one? I feel Avatar used the same type of formula, and to me I enjoyed it.

I am certainly not one of those people who think that "Avatar has been ruined". The fact that the original series exists means that it's legacy will remain intact. Funny thing about that though it does beg the question. . . . . why even make a remake at all. If the original series is superior in every way then why create a derivative form of it? There are worlds of difference between adaptation and remakes. Kubrick ADAPTED "The Shining" from the novel. Denis Villeneuve ADAPTED Dune in the same way. The difference? They understood the source material and turned them into their vision. They made the core concepts their own. The Netflix series is not that. There is no creative vision for what they are trying to do with the source material. It is a cynical nostalgia cash grab; full stop. There isn't any creative spark behind this remake in any way. Perhaps the only good thing that will come out of this is at least people are talking about the property again. Even something like the Netflix series can open up opportunities for new stories in the Avatar world (which should have been the focus in the first place). Thankfully for future generations the original animated series will persist and no amount of studio meddling will be able to tarnish it's greatness. I mean, if you had to choose one series to introduce a newcomer to this story which would you choose? Isn't that the real question?

@@averbalin Did you watch the One Piece live action? If so, do you feel the same way?

@wesman6445 sorry didn't watch One Piece animated or live action.

well it has been nearly 20 years since the original. Things change and it doesn't change the storyline

Because Avatar is very important to me. I feel it should be treated with more respect than this. But if you liked it that’s ok, I just prefer the original.

its a good thing to have standards.

Maybe because mediocrity shouldn't be upheld

There is no way to make everyone happy. I loved it. With they added a few things but i’ll say it again. The actors will age up too fast to make the show exactly like the cartoon. Because it’s a cartoon not an Anime (not that anyone here said that) just a lot of people get that twisted. If they get 3 seasons which is what i believe i’ve seen then they have to change the story to make sense. Now by the end i may be pissed at the direction it went. Katara just being a master (yes silly) but she is a prodigy. Showing her learning woulda been at least half the episode. Just not enough time before the kids age up. So, when i consider this I can’t say it’s mediocrity. I also wish it was almost exactly like the cartoon. But for live action it’s not possible. Just cause of child acting laws alone. I believe it’s 5 hours on set a day for up to 14 years old. What I’m getting at is when i include all these hurdles to making a live action i can’t say it’s mediocre. But , it’s an opinion and everyone is entitled to theirs.

@@breakinzero9817 "making everyone happy" is just the dumbest goal, it means you're making sure everything appeals to the lowest common denominator. Its literally why the show sucks.

NAH THEY DIDN'T it SUCKS

It was not amazing at all. Pretty much everyone other than zuko and iroh were ruined. Ozai wasn't scary at all and was too compationate to his kids. Azula was too soft and didn't actually have a scary arua which is her character.

@@nowyouseeme5926 People are alwayyyys going to have something to say. People are always not going to like something. It Is what it is. You're free to watch the animated series or anything else you love.

If you think it’s good you haven’t seen the original show in a long time bro

@@kobbsy7441 I don't expect it to be the original show. Because it's not.

js cuz doing martial arts is hard, it don't mean they have to mess up everything else.

No, that's the whole point here. They could have changed ton of details while still basing it on the original as a whole. They went the opposite direction; they kept a bunch of frivolous details while changing fundamentals so much that those details don't even make sense.

@@DaveyKanabus well that's your point of view. I just appreciated the live adaptation and i enjoyed it that's all that matters. Just treat it as a new series not basing on anything. No big deal , not making things complicated and just enjoy the show.

@@rawrandom5516 How can you treat it as a new series when its based on something. Also what hapends when you whatch this "new series" and then go and see the old one and find its better. Wont that make the Netflix one worse in your opinion, which will just put you in the group of people who compare the 2 and find one way too inferiour.

When you remove literally character arcs of the main characters, it's not a "change" anymore, it's bad writing

@@rawrandom5516TBF as its own identity it was still not ‘good’. Mediocre on average. The first episode highlighted the bad script work best, with its repetitive dialogue and exposition. The usage of hour long episodes also limited the ability for creative and stable plots in later episodes, now resulting in A & B plots sometimes with a C plot that overall weakened the focus of impact for the audience. The CGI along with camera positioning also severely weakened the power that bending held within the scenes, often leading to attacks that felt uncharacteristically weak for how serious it was taken (ie sozin comet firebending and almost all waterbending that didn’t include ice).

Hence why I said “not all changes they made were great” when talking about the last of us. Also, if you don’t like woke stuff, how did you feel about all the girl boss propaganda in the Netflix Avatar? Or do you only dislike “woke” things with regards to gay relationships? Either way, you make some good points, and I would never say you hating woke stuff “just seems kinda sad.” I don’t like woke stuff either. I respect your opinion, so please respect mine. I wanted to love this show, but as a fan of the original I had too many issues with it. I appreciate your feedback and I thank you for watching 👌

@@SaceStation I don’t care for the woke stuff because it’s ruining good movies. But it’s when it seems so forced that its just off putting. Look at the marvel movies that pushed the female leads or the ghostbusters when they went all to females. Such great actors. And such a bad script. I respect your opinion on the new avatar and i dont entirely disagree with you. I just can’t say this new live action avatar is even close to as bad as the live action movie where they didnt even pronounce the names right!🤣.

I agree with you 100%. We need to focus on good stories and characters more so than messaging.

@@breakinzero9817 saying females is so gross and what do you understand as woke because y'all throw that word around when you don't know what it means. What is ruining movies you love is mostly corporate interference and also terrible scripts, not wokeness whatever you think it is

@@jackieroberts2625 First I don’t understand why a Fact is gross. The Ghostbusters team was changed to all Females. Female actors cause apparently its insulting to say actress for reasons i understand but think are silly on a level. All those female actors are also comedians which are all hilarious in my opinion and have all made amazing and funny movies. But during the Me Too movement and wanting more women in the acting world they decided to go in that direction. And the movie was a total flop. Now woke used to stand for being aware of racial discrimination and prejudice towards any lgbtq i have honestly lost count of how many letters and genders they claim and its not my place to know. Now wokeness has turned into an activist stance. Where if we dont include a woman lead or whatever the headlines are pushing they can not make the movie. Even the academy awards now have this The first, Standard A, which has come under fire from conservatives, can be met in one of three ways: 1) Either one lead or significant supporting character is from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group; 2) at least 30% of the acting ensemble is from at least two underrepresented groups (women, the LGBTQ community ... and it goes on. Look it up and read for yourself. THIS is what is wrong with movies. The movie industry IS allowed to discriminate. But not how you think. Let’s say the lead role is for a blonde haired, blue-eyed, white woman, and a certain shape maybe skinny maybe overweight. That is who they are going to look for they are not going to look for somebody from another race or ethnicity because they are looking for a certain type of person. This is allowed and legal, now what they are saying is to even win an Academy award. You have to follow these guidelines, which being a musician myself it takes away creativity and free speech so yes what wokeness has turned into, unfortunately, is destroying a lot of movies, which would probably be great if they weren’t forced to follow these guidelines. So yes, I do understand what woke means. Originally it was a good thing, but it has been weaponized and used to create a lot of horrible things. The movie industry is a prime example of what happens when you do this. The movies fail because they are horrible. And what do you expect when you worry about hurting peoples feelings. If you don’t like it Don’t watch it. Im not saying you more to everyone complaining about underrepresentation in movies. These are facts.

If there’s no time and too much to cover, then why try adapting it at all? If you can’t do it properly don’t do it. I know some people like it but I personally can’t get behind it.

@@SaceStation I mean that's fair, I just think it's getting too much hate for not being the exact same as the original. It's just a new way for people to experience the show, and probably go on to watch the original afterwards. Also, in TV show production, the first season is never as long as the rest for funding reasons, so I think they could do a lot better with pacing and free screen time for season 2. Don't count it out yet bro, I feel like they've got something cooking.

I can't express how strongly I disagree. This review hits the nail on the head for me. Though it is better than the shamylan one. There was a tonnne of time to do things that they used in weird ways.

@@VonBlanproductions put yourself in the shoes of someone who's never seen the original show and it starts to make more sense. There's a lot to explain and a lot of small details that didn't get filled in by the original show, since things were a bit more cryptic. Overall though, I feel like 8 episodes just isn't enough to get everything, give em 10 a season and they can probably devote a lot more time to the smaller stuff. They'll probably get a bit more time next season, since this was mostly a successful show. Hopefully the mixed reception gives them enough to work with to improve things.

if it cost to much to make it don't make it why did they fight without bending because it safes money

Cap

You really got on the internet and lied like this? 😭🤣

Barely? Rewatch the show, I did. Then I realised how shit the live action is

Ok, fire citizen. We know you only had access to the ember isles play, so we ll give you a pass this time.😅

You are either blind, deaf or both. Aang is different, Sokka is different, Katara is different, Azula is different, King Bumi is different, changes to the freedom fighters, changes to Roku, changes to Suki, no Sozin's comet, Aang didn't learn water bending, changes to Koh the face stealer. The list goes on. I don't mind changes if they can improve upon what is already there, but the changes took to much away from what we know and love from the original.

That's your opinion. I felt the scenes with him were like something from an SNL comedy sketch because of the acting, direction and CGI.

He wasn't funny tho. And live action Roku wasn't even the same guy as in the animated. Heck, even cartoon Roku looked more imposing than live action Roku.

No that's disgusting! Roku being more disciplined and serious with his sage aura spoke volumes of his character arc kinda like oogwey in kung fu panda but if you make him a comedian you set his character arcs and communication with aang as mentor and student very silly, ruining his original backstory with Sozin which begins the actual f'n war very problematic to take seriously in building up to the end of the series. Remember Aang didn't only defeat Ozai to save the world but to also redeem the name of the Avatar and the shortcomings of Roku

@@davidtakyi14 “That’s disgusting” ok bro it ain’t that deep

@@RussianFederation.gov. Sorry about that bro, just really hate live action remakes

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Yes comrade