Avatar: The Last Airbender - Live Action (Netflix/Feb. 22. 2024)

[Spiider]

I liked One Piece live action but i’d never followed the anime. I love anime but I don’t fukk with 10,000 episode joints. When it comes to anime I like mine either in 13, 26, or 52 episode chunks. The longest anime I ever watched besides Dragonball was Naruto, and I waited until it was concluded so I could skip all the filler


Avatar on the other hand, is one of my favorite series of all time. Me and my daughter have watched that series multiple times since she was like. This is a big deal for us and I don’t want them to fukk the love action adaptation like they did with the M.Night bullshyt a decade ago.






See thats what i’m weary about. They absolutely took a big steaming DUMP on one of the greatest anime of all time with that abortion of a live action version. The writing was AWFUL even if the casting was great and the visuals were fire.

It all comes down to the writing. You can’t redeem any series/movie if the writing is trash. The showrunners already had me side eying them when they talked about switching up Sokka’s character and taking away his comedic timing and his evolution from being a well meaning but ignorant sexist. Besides Aang and Zuko, Sokka had the best character development in the entire series and if you take away his early sexist beliefs and don’t allow him to LEARN AND GROW then your taking away from the heart of the character.

It’s better than the M. Night movie, so you don’t need to worry about that. I think that Sokka’s actor did the best job out of this entire cast. Even without the sexism stuff, he still felt like the cartoon version of the character because he had the same sarcastic sense of humor.

There are a lot of changes throughout the show, which was investable, and some of it didn’t work for me but some of the changes weren’t bad.

I don’t love this live action show, but I think it was decent and entertaining. It could’ve been a lot worse. They need to work on the dialogue and have less exposition going forward though

 

[Kaypain]

Also, I'm not one of people who complains about VFX or now bad CGI is because if I'm immersed in the story, shyt like that goes unnoticed.

For example, I watched an entire fan made Claymation project adapting Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows and I was fukking entertained.

It's still on YouTube too...

But anyways Like we already know they shot the show using a Volume, so people comparing about the background looking fake and all that shyt doesn't matter to me

The visuals of this show is beautiful

 

[Sensitive Christian Grey]

It’s better than the M. Night movie, so you don’t need to worry about that. I think that Sokka’s actor did the best job out of this entire cast. Even without the sexism stuff, he still felt like the cartoon version of the character because he had the same sarcastic sense of humor.

There are a lot of changes throughout the show, which was investable, and some of it didn’t work for me but some of the changes weren’t bad.

I don’t love this live action show, but I think it was decent and entertaining. It could’ve been a lot worse. They need to work on the dialogue and have less exposition going forward though

Also less plot heavy focus, more light hearted character beats

 

[Kaypain]

Episode 6 is the best episode in my opinion. Apparently the original creators wrote some of it and it shows

 

[Arianne Martell]

9/10 for me...that is because alot of the quirky infantile humor was lacking. It's amazing how they were able to pack so much in just 8 episodes. Overall, the feeling was there and it was very entertaining.

 

[PoorAndDangerous]

Episode 6 is the best episode in my opinion. Apparently the original creators wrote some of it and it shows

I’m curious why they ended up leaving the show mid production

 

[Sensitive Christian Grey]

Spoiler: Quick thoughts after finishing the season

Aang's arc didn't work for me in this. He doesn't get to be a kid, from more moments of goofing off to him running away in the first place cos he can't fully take the responsibility of being the Avatar, since he attempts to turn back during the genocide. He was better in the second half of the season though. However, they don't even give him time to learn waterbending but Katara's just a master by the end of it when she barely completes her scroll?

They gave the Fire Nation a bit too much weight. Ozai and Azula come in too early for me, it screws up a few things. First it gives away lightning bending which was a hype moment in S3. Second and more importantly, it takes away focus from Zhao so even though he's the villain by the end he never feels like the big bad like he did in the animation. The reveal of Azula pulling strings could have happened still but the rest of the season could have cut them down to mentions and give more focus to Zhao and Zuko.

Zuko and Iroh were the best actors to me, then maybe Ozai and Sokka afterwards. Katara and Bumi were the worst.

Finally Im undecided on whether to marry Yue or Suki

 

[Kaypain]

Spoiler: Quick thoughts after finishing the season

Aang's arc didn't work for me in this. He doesn't get to be a kid, from more moments of goofing off to him running away in the first place cos he can't fully take the responsibility of being the Avatar, since he attempts to turn back during the genocide. He was better in the second half of the season though. However, they don't even give him time to learn waterbending but Katara's just a master by the end of it when she barely completes her scroll?

They gave the Fire Nation a bit too much weight. Ozai and Azula come in too early for me, it screws up a few things. First it gives away lightning bending which was a hype moment in S3. Second and more importantly, it takes away focus from Zhao so even though he's the villain by the end he never feels like the big bad like he did in the animation. The reveal of Azula pulling strings could have happened still but the rest of the season could have cut them down to mentions and give more focus to Zhao and Zuko.

Zuko and Iroh were the best actors to me, then maybe Ozai and Sokka afterwards. Katara and Bumi were the worst.

Finally Im undecided on whether to marry Yue or Suki

Suki definitely bruh.

 

[Spiider]

Spoiler: Quick thoughts after finishing the season

Aang's arc didn't work for me in this. He doesn't get to be a kid, from more moments of goofing off to him running away in the first place cos he can't fully take the responsibility of being the Avatar, since he attempts to turn back during the genocide. He was better in the second half of the season though. However, they don't even give him time to learn waterbending but Katara's just a master by the end of it when she barely completes her scroll?

They gave the Fire Nation a bit too much weight. Ozai and Azula come in too early for me, it screws up a few things. First it gives away lightning bending which was a hype moment in S3. Second and more importantly, it takes away focus from Zhao so even though he's the villain by the end he never feels like the big bad like he did in the animation. The reveal of Azula pulling strings could have happened still but the rest of the season could have cut them down to mentions and give more focus to Zhao and Zuko.

Zuko and Iroh were the best actors to me, then maybe Ozai and Sokka afterwards. Katara and Bumi were the worst.

Finally Im undecided on whether to marry Yue or Suki

They showed off lightning bending in the first season and second seasons of the original show.

 

[Sensitive Christian Grey]

They showed off lightning bending in the first season and second seasons of the original show.

Alright fair enough

 

[MidniteJay]

Had to look at the PG rating like a few times. Lots of disrespectful and not so family friendly deaths throughout the season especially in the first ep. I mean folks were getting torched on screen.

Just finished 7/10. Enjoyed it but they gotta level up the acting next season had to dock a point for how corny most of the cast came off wasn't feeling the chemistry in Team Avatar, compare OPLA where I instantly liked the Straw Hats interacting with each other and even when they aren't friends yet the build up to their cameraderie was top tier and -2 for this Bumi version was on the verge of skipping his scenes. Zuko and Iroh were the highlights. I also like this version of Ozai better than the cartoon, loved the bending action and most of the time I found the CG decent and tolerable when it wasn't.

Gotta mention that Earthbending jump kick, it was clean as fukk

Finally Im undecided on whether to marry Yue or Suki

June!

She likes brehs

 

[Big Boss]

this show lit

 

[Arianne Martell]

you guys are lusting over kids

get a grip... go outside

 

[Kaypain]

you guys are lusting over kids

get a grip... go outside

nikka that's a grown ass woman playing Suki I don't give a fukk

 

[MajesticLion]

Three eps in.

Spoiler

I knew it was coming...but the way they softened up Sokka and took away his character arc...

Same thing with taking out that Katara originally stole the waterbending scroll...AND the character building where Aang is more naturally gifted at waterbending than she is and her envy due to that fact, and her having to find her way and grow out of it...

And WHY is Azula...cherubic looking