Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Weekly Planet Podcast

[@michaeljeacock]

yes Sony, it is women's fault that Madame Web failed. it has nothing to do with rehiring the writers of the male led Morbius which also failed miserably.

[@licechrispies]

The reason clearly-a-bomb Kraven hasn’t been released for months is WOMEN

[@epicbruhmoment6985]

"We smeared shit on this donut, and no one wants to eat it. Clearly, people just don't like donuts!"

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

What are you talking about? Misogyny and double standards were never issues in Hollywood.../s

[@acgeewhiz]

I think you’ll find that “Morbius” swept the box offices, on account of how it was released twice. Only super successful movies like “Avatar: The First Avatar” get re-released so they can try to be number one all time at the box office… right? Surely male executives weren’t hoodwinked by internet memes? Surely, lol.

[@floatinjellies]

Sony and Disney learning this lesson, despite Shazam 2, Morbius, and Ant Man flopping is absolutely insane. It’s literally the fault of poor marketing and studio meddling/sabotage.

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

But you see, they have MEN as main characters, so that can't never be a reason for their failure. As we all know, misogyny and double standards aren't problems in Hollywood anymore.../s

[@DonnyRoy91]

Also avatar is not an anime. Stop. don’t taint and dis avatar’s name with that awful title

[@simonhatch9333]

Calling Sokka "European football" is brilliant and genuinely took me 5 seconds to get

[@albryan1705]

Whats sokka?

[@jonbaxter2254]

@@albryan1705 Nothing, what's a sokka with you!

[@albryan1705]

@@jonbaxter2254 that doesn't work

[@thatguyoverthere8441]

@jonbaxter​, That was a katara tier pun.

[@KungFuWombat]

"You've never seen sexy girl Venom?" *silently stares at the bottom right corner of the current thumbnail*

[@jonbaxter2254]

I too think cheese is sexy...

[@eggsbigman7200]

@@jonbaxter2254well I happen to think sex is cheesy

[@larssonk22]

Wait... is that Red Gloucester!?

[@luckyspurs]

You know the jokes Mason makes about James not being into Radiohead. That's how it seemingly feels being an adult who never watched The Last Airbender.

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

Yeah, we all know you're The Last Airbender's first and number one fan. Get out of town and come right back.

[@SeanORaigh]

The biggest difference between radiohead and avatar is that avatar was good

[@mondayjulymonday]

In the previous live-action adaptation of Avatar, director M. Night Shyamalan turned Ang’s head arrow into a more neutral colour, prompting fans to respond with outrage over one of that film’s many liberties with the source material. Wanting to avoid a similar response, showrunner Michael Goi restored the original colour of the iconic head arrow for the Netflix series, promising fans that the abundance of close-up shots of Ang’s tattoo would feel like a veritable “blue harvest”, which also happens to be the original working title of Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope.

[@WayneManor666]

Dedication 10/10

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

Thank you, sir and or Madame.

[@Scrambles_Deathdealer]

Are you Reed Richards? Because that was a STRETCH!

[@MrTwon1610]

Got'em

[@sammulhall]

You are appreciated

[@acereporter73]

Taking Roku's role and giving it to Kyoshi (informing Aang about his duties) makes me wonder if they'll even do the "Avatar Day" episode where Kyoshi manifests through Aang, which was an awesome way to learn Kyoshi's demeanor. "Yeah, I killed Chin the Conqueror--AND I'D DO IT AGAIN."

[@RAINBOWNIGTHMAREPRODUCTIONS]

Those villagers were such assholes and frankly it was so dumb of Aang to go along with their whole mock trial. He's got a world to save. Who cares if Island hates you? Sokka points out, tons of people hate him already.

[@alfje5492]

Ah, Zaslav the man who gets paid the equivalent of a blockbuster's budget, the perfect man to run a movie studio, just a shame that he hates films.

[@davidblank420]

Henry Cavil spent half of the Warhammer budget on minifigs for the entire crew. 😂

[@jonbaxter2254]

So he bought, like, twelve?

[@crashstarr6531]

Twist: he bought them all admech, and the 'half' they have left is still 300 million dollars

[@davidblank420]

@@jonbaxter2254 Yeah there's only 12 working on the entire film due to the budget. Isn't that a crazy fact I just made up lol our sound guy also does the catering and vo lmao

[@Star_Wars_With_PercyMan]

If you aren’t a Stranger Thing or an Umbrella Academy, your chances of getting tossed by Netflix are high.

[@jonbaxter2254]

How Dark managed to get completed baffles me.

[@coolshirtkid]

sony and warner bros have been having a competition over the last decade on who can be the most incompetent and clueless film studio of all time. it’s honestly impressive how many things in the world are just entirely run by complete fools and out of touch geriatric vampires

[@JamesMorganMcGill]

Alright settle down now

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

Sorry I get excited about this stuff.

[@everettharris967]

There should have been a time stamp for Red Rooster Rant. Also, as an American I had never known of Red Rooster before I started listening to you guys but this time I didn't even need to look it up for context thanks to you.

[@largepurplemonkey]

As a long time anime fan, James saying: "Did you like how the thing changed into another thing, and then someone went WHOA" made me laugh so damn hard

[@arthur.m2528]

James most anticipated movie of 2024 kind of has to be Kraven now, no changes, no going back. the Kraven sweep is coming, get ready people!

[@davidblank420]

Borderlands? More like Olderlands amirite?

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart were odd casting choices IMO. But I'll watch it just for the (probably) one scene with Bobby Lee in it.

[@davidblank420]

​@@Terrible0x0Trivium that's a horrible idea and I feel bad now. Just wait for said scene to leak, don't give these people money bro lol.

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

@@davidblank420 oh I will most definitely be waiting for streaming. I hate the games, I'm not about to go buy a ticket.

[@DDuffy143]

They could have easily added a bit of wind to the bison flying car scenes.

[@XPeacefulChaos]

Now you’re the crow now.

[@howiespancakeshack]

Blade was announced in 2019. Be funny if it just keeps getting pushed forever. Becoming the thing of legend.

[@Dorian_sapiens]

The 'Weekly Planet Snake Eyes review' of films.

[@jasonqueen4005]

“Everyone gets a SHOT at being the crow.” Please god dont tell me that was a pun

[@vivthefree]

Not sure. But it's a joke that goes back on the pod about 10 years!

[@scratch2086]

“Will this be a simultaneous release? Like that time they were in that room together.” That was the best possible joke that could have been made in that context.

[@robert6007]

James has Steve McQueen on his mind.

[@jessejorgensen3931]

These guys have kinda taken over my youtube recommendations. It's kinda always entertaining. No matter how far back. These two are comedy gold. It's like taking a time machine back to my teenage years. I mean that in the best way possible.

[@krusnik94]

That news about The Crow remake really soured my day. Had no idea this existed and it comes out on my birthday. 4 months away and there's not even a trailer yet

[@TylerAnselmo11]

Hea doing a Billy Butcher impression lol billy borderlands

[@nailinthefashion]

I think the worst part was their choice to start episode 1 with dark violence with random unknown characters. In comparison, the animation starts quietly showing off the beauty of the south, and then Katara and Sokka arguing. It was so jarring already, so random, yet was a perfect way to show a slice of life and lead you into their motivations. All they had to do was linger more on the beauty and show how our world isn’t that far off from the bending one, using more practical effects for the bending. What could have been

[@epicbruhmoment6985]

It'd be like if Star Wars a new hope started with obi Wan fighting anakin and then dropping the baby off with the lars. It just changes the thrust of the entire narrative to start it with chosen ones and war compared to starting with humble villagers.

[@flywheelshyster]

ah the coffee planet I mean the weekly planet. mondays wake up call. the best a man can get, oh wait that Gillette

[@jauriusmassenburg9085]

I think the show is very fine good parts -Character core are there -did some new things that worked for telling the story -zuko/iroh felt righ and had a bond Bad -team avatar has no bond to each othwe - bad copy and paster with dialog and scenes -not enough appa and momo

[@maitaniyama]

When you hear Jackie O and your brain imagine the skeleton of Jackie Kennedy on a podcast. I’m not old, I just don’t know anything about Australian media😂

[@YetiCoolBrother]

The reason Kevin Hart is out of place in Borderlands is because the character he plays is both much taller & buffer than him and is meant to be more of a "Straight Man" character.

[@niallgaffney2475]

Struggling to think of good moments in bad movies when you made a whole “Great Moments In Bad Comic Book Movies” video 😅

[@quintonmcqueen1382]

Josh brolin in Outer range is stupid good and tragically Amazon buried it

[@FdotStizzy]

Didn’t brolin announce season 2?

[@unicyclopsgallant7698]

Transmetropolitan and Planetary are both great stories that have definite endings.

[@Siegbert85]

Never understood the hate for Shazaam 2. I thought it was on par with the first one.

[@Swoosh_015]

I am here once again to ask you guys to go Osmosis Jones for Caravan of Garbage

[@BananaHammocks]

i quite liked the show. ive always felt like animation is a better medium for fantasy worlds in general so even if they did the show shot for shot line for line the same as the original i wouldnt like it as much. I loved episode 2 in particular i thought it changed things perfectly to fit this medium and still hit all the important character beats to make the characters feel familiar to us. They lose it a little bit in 4 5 and 6 those episodes feel poorly paced and disjointed but nothing i dont think they could learn from and improve the next season with if they get one

[@MagicalWellecto92]

10:08 Wow, Kyle and Jackie O...haven't heard their names since I left Aus years ago

[@Crunchy_Zen]

Would love an episode of you guys ranking the top all time superhero movies. Thanks guys, love your show. Saying the Web movies failed because it was women is very funny.

[@IIDynamoDuckII]

Bring back "Defenders of the Earth" 🙏

[@NobuhikuObayashi]

It’s honestly one of the funniest shows I’ve ever seen, like my generations The Room

[@wontorres]

Mason's "simultaneous release" joke is top-tier

[@happiaxxident]

Left a Like for getting Across the Spider-Verse on 4K/UHD.

[@Phillipguy034]

I don't believe people are tired or fatigued by movies. Hollywood is tired and fatigued in making quality movies. Doesnt matter the genre if you make a good movie people will watch and pay

[@ozogo]

Best in the world

[@LuciidDreamerz]

I really want you guys to do End of Evangelion for Caravan of Garbage, especially with it coming to American theaters soon, could do a reverse Avatar with James not having seen anything and Mason actually watching the show

[@ProbablyGalexy]

The borderlands games are really fun to play with the volume turned all the way down and something else on in the background

[@snart2195]

I love that a conversation about Marvel fatigue effortlessly became a discussion about Red Rooster, which I assume is the Australian version of either Red Robin or Red Lobster.

[@jessica_in_japan]

It's a shame nobody ever counts theater adaptations for live action versions of anime/manga/games. There are tons of really amazing ones here in Japan. The costumes and wigs always look so much better than the movie/TV adaptions of the same series, too. There's everything from popular-overseas series like Naruto and Demon Slayer to things like A3! and Hypnosis Mic, and so, sooooo many more, including my personal favorite Touken Ranbu. There are even theater adaptations of Ghibli movies, with Spirited Away and Kiki's Delivery Service currently running.

[@wewillalleatglass]

Big Billy Broderlands fan here to say that Broderlands isnt edgy its pretty goofy honestly, but the thing that made the first two games so beloved apart from the fun addictive gameplay was the characters were actually well written and fun to be around. That being said the movie is way more inspired by 3 and Wonderlands which were just goofy and dead meme filled even when they originally released. Kevin Hart is unbelievably miscast, his character, Roland is the straightman of the og 4 Vault Hunters honestly Djimon Hounsou, Chad Coleman, Idris Elba, hell even Chiwetel Ejiofor wouldve killed it as Roland. Am i going to see it? Yes. Will I like it? Probably not. As long as it gives me a Borderlands 4 game ill be happy.

[@joek81981]

If WPPosters made album art, oh, that'd crack me up. Four slightly different Nicki Minajes looking down at the camera from the walkways of EMI records, a la Please Please Me.

[@PercyTinglish]

When they say women aren't carrying a property, that isn't blaming women. It's saying that making a property exclusively for women isn't enough. These are very different statements and it's true. You can make a movie with a female lead, but it needs to be something that will appeal to everyone or you'll lose a huge chunk of marketshare.

[@ghank3156]

I Hope that Blade never comes out and Marvel has to bring the Snipes Blade in to the MCU universe. Then they can explain why yet another character with Ryan Reynolds likeness exist in the canon.

[@mybumstudios1989]

I've been commenting "what a downgrade from the last movie" on every clip I see posted in order to go hater-fishing.

[@kieronsullivan9515]

If the Batman beyond movie were to come out when they pitched it they would have had Kevin to voice Bruce but now I don’t think it should ever come out

[@eastvandb]

Josh Brolin's Hole-y Farm is really good. I recommend!

[@KnialPiper]

First

[@RewindReleases]

Parasite man = the movie "Moon"

[@hellfish2309]

Netflix Avatar:TLA… an already established IP presented with zero added value from writing 1/3 complete by a production crew woefully inept at making use of limited working hours for child actors and desperately sprayed with expensive, unfocused, adequate-at-best CG from the Morbius School of “more is more”

[@nailinthefashion]

For some reason Star Wars with their minimalistic backgrounds look a lot more realistic when they do volume/greenscreen scenes. Seeing Omashu and whatever felt so cartoony, why even bother doing live action?

[@corywilson2007]

There's a character just named soccer?

[@RusPitman]

Red rooster has always been no good, move on mate

[@What.99]

So if that Sony guy thinks Madam Webb is tanking because of women, how does he explain Barbie’s success? How many men went to see a movie about a doll franchise?

[@What.99]

1:32:25 “Thank you Nick and Maso”. Who wants to tell him that Nick IS Maso lol.

[@SATOhara3173]

Rebuild of Evangelion is a masterpiece and completely changed my previously negative opinion of Eva as a whole, definitely check them out.

[@jessejorgensen3931]

I watch some of those reaction videos. They know a lot of this music cause grandtheft auto and other video games. It is for introverts like me. You get to share something with someone and have none of the responsibility of having to talk or be an actual friend to someone. Frankensteins lab is good they just get super high and watch comedy, and then repeat their favorite jokes. I don't think they even make money?

[@skilledwarman]

I know doing all of season 1 of the original Avatar show on caravan of garbage would be a bit much, but I really hope that at some point James has Mason watch maybe the first 3 episodes of the show and then maybe the northern water tribe stuff? He deserves to see this story in it's best version

[@Itabouttodo]

James Is this because Mason got sassy about having to watch the other version on caravan of garbage last week? Tell the truth…

[@dmolmalowski]

neon genesis is so bad.

[@RacecarAnimated]

James's chicken schnitzel story makes me wish he gets to try a good chicken fried chicken in an American diner someday. I swear that combination can be good!!

[@NobuhikuObayashi]

Ang’s makeup 🤡

[@AndrewBehm]

You’re right about it being ironic after Tar, Maseau

[@luckyspurs]

Is the Last Airbender one of those things 10% of people watched, but they make it feel like 90% of people watched.

[@HermanFalckHow]

Yes. 1000% that. It is a very good kids show. I would argue one of the best kids shows ever. But it definitely is a kids show and adults probably will not like it unless they are into that kinda stuff.

[@jonathanjohnson6727]

It was the longest running in the top 10 list for a reason though

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

Yes. Great show, well written, good sequel series. Def for kids but also def watchable for adults. Great mix of fantasy/martial arts. Think "Kung Fu" meets "Star Wars".

[@jonathanjohnson6727]

​@@HermanFalckHowwell what would you call the far less nuanced films/series that are made a released by D+ and SW...?

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

@@jonathanjohnson6727 "mostly not great" is what I would call pretty much all the Disney Plus originals.

[@teddybearington3]

❤❤❤

[@tedroberts5016]

Henry Cavill should play Wonder Man

[@papayacatproductions]

It would be cool if James let Maso finish a gd sentence.

[@princessjellyfish98]

Excited to see Maso's thoughts on the rebuilds

[@jeffbonekemper8163]

But you want that in every movie ....😄

[@axocuddl]

Thanks for watching all kinds of trash so I don't have to and still can have strong opinions about it

[@kingfield99]

Is Maso a secret 40K player? His casual mention of Henry Cavill's 'Storm Bolter' make me think he may be...

[@Kango234]

I'm pretty sure he's mentioned board games and stuff like that before.

[@DangerDave-e7u]

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

[@richardeldridge5170]

Does anyone know which episodes of your two drunk aunties james is on..?

[@rawcollings]

episode is releasing later this week I think! So maybe episode five

[@milou66]

Once again you hurt my Quebec ears with your pronunciation of Villeneuve. It's nothing like "VILL AY NOO." The middle E is silent, and the V is most definately not. Also, you keep saying "Part Dyoo" instead of "Part Deux." Unless you mean "Part God", in which case, my bad.

[@henryglennon3864]

Pour etre honnete, les australiens ne peuvent pas prononcer les mots anglais non plus.

[@nailinthefashion]

I love how petty this is but I think you can be pettier

[@milou66]

@@henryglennon3864

[@hellfish2309]

“HIS name is ‘Veel-Ay-Neuuuu’! Who the VAMPIRES watch!!!”

[@milou66]

@@henryglennon3864 Vachement!

[@LorenzoDoesntExist]

It makes way more sense that Kevin Hart's casting is being criticized. Why would Cate Blanchett be the problem? She looks and acts great as the character.

[@nathanlemire8944]

Live action Anime has no point to me as well. The original animated series is imaginative, beautiful, and beloved. Kicking out the original creators is a betrayal to artists and creatives. This Live action version is a cynical cash grab.

[@nailinthefashion]

But then One Piece is a triumph since Oda was embraced instead of just trying to profit off of him lol

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

Original creators left during production themselves. They are now working on a direct animated movie sequel of the original show.

[@sagaswp]

Gee, it's almost like movie studios could save a little money by not paying actors 20 MILLION FUCKING DOLLARS.

[@Nicksamgar]

Like another comment said, executives’ salaries are equal to the budget of a big movie. Let’s cut their pay, not the artists’

[@Dorian_sapiens]

*executives

[@luckyspurs]

Love that you just made the intro song so much more welcoming. If I hadn't watched a bunch of Caravan of Garbage episodes before getting into the Weekly Planet years ago, the old intro songs "shooting up your butthole" 'defenders of the earth' and all that would have given me the completely wrong impression of you.

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

I miss all the red hot comic book movie news getting shot up my butthole, tbh

[@nailinthefashion]

I bet they’ve gotten pegged though

[@SKULLKR3W]

The avatar show is as bad as the m night movie but it much much longer

[@Heyzeus101]

Borderlands stuffed with a cast of 50-60 year olds is weird.

[@nailinthefashion]

It makes sense for the characters though. At least to me, I like the idea of vault hunters who have been around the block introducing us to the younger more modern hunters. This feels like a perfect prequel to set up the brighter and more silly B3, Handsome Jack etc

[@Heyzeus101]

@@nailinthefashion Cate Blanchett's character is 22 at the start of the first Borderlands game.

[@nailinthefashion]

@@Heyzeus101 as in, it doesn’t need to be a puritanical Christian 1:1 faithful adaptation to be successful and make sense, at least not to me.

[@NextToToddliness]

As adaptations go, they did a fine job. People are expecting everyone to have a rubber cartoon faces, when that isn't possible in a live-action movie. The acting was also fine, for a live-action series. I think that once you remove the slapstick humor, and amazing animation, people are only left with the philosophy and spirituality (the core of the show), which for most Westerners is liking drinking bleach. Also, these are child actors, and not adult voice actors, or kids who get to stand in booth with their street clothes on.

[@aspacelex]

Shyamalan's adaptation has remained my least favorite film of all time since I saw it and it's absolutely better than the show: the costumes don't look like they were bought in some cosplay dollar store, it has physical sets and locations that are pretty good, it's actually shot by a cinematographer so every shot doesn't look like the worst implementation of green screen in history (it making the volume look that bad is also a mark against it), and its main crimes are being truncated and incompetent, while the show operates under the delusion it can improve on the best show of all time and its attempts to do so are insulting and embarrassing, including all the changes that are good on paper - who cares if they're executed so horribly. This travesty is too bad to justify even the few seconds of inconvenience it adds to looking for the original show, which in a few weeks will resume being the only version of this story anyone cares about.

[@pcliff9629]

Sometimes your takes baffle me. The attacking of Sokka and Katara was absolutely brutal to watch

[@jimmywright8378]

@mrsundaymovies Mason could not be anymore out of touch than with this analysis of Avatar the last airbender. I get that it’s more so my era than a couple white 40somethings but the sheer amount of things they got right for this adaptation compared to the source material is notable. And Master Paku from the Northern water tribe just as the Netflix adaptation was vehemently against training female water benders. It had nothing to do with sokka’s motivations which also align with a male-forward arch of accepting women can be warriors. Which mason would’ve known if he’d watched any ATLA.

[@Theologica_]

I love the (original) show, but the acting is horrendous I had to stop watching it.

[@jimmywright8378]

All in all I’m becoming less of a fan of Mason’s critiques on film adaptations. Primarily because it seems lazy to not look deeper into the source material

[@epicbruhmoment6985]

People are allowed to not watch stuff, dude. Calm down

[@Legomyegoorj]

I want to address the reflexive negativity I see about the show here. The internet is a lot of things, but good at amplifying nuance it is not. 1) It's true that this Netflix show seems unnecessary on its face, as the original is still widely available to watch, but there's something here the new show offers that the original doesn't: the vision of a primarily Asian and Asian-American viewpoint *in positions of control in the production*. We can talk about how the vibe of the original felt, at least to Western audiences who didn't know much, very Asian because the original creators did do plenty of research. However, I feel that it is a net good that this show actually gives creative control to the cast and crew being Asian. So, is this show a bit of a cash crab by Netflix? Absolutely, but I think we can't deny there's good in having more Asian representation in the medium and in the industry. If this can give way to the production of more original movies/shows, and fewer creatively lazy reboots, then that is a good thing in my book. I also acknowledge that's a really big "IF". 2) The show makes changes. Those of us that are fans of the original HAVE to accept that. The question because does the new iteration make sense and hold together, especially for a viewer who is unfamiliar with the source material. Does it honor the theme, the intended point behind the original show, in this new context? In my opinion, it mostly does. Mostly. The tone is probably the biggest change overall, because the original was a cartoon intended for children, whereas this is more like a general show aimed at nostalgic millennials and newer audiences all around that haven't seen the original. As such, it makes sense that they would go into a bit of a more serious direction. However, they didn't fully remove the humor from the original either. The dialogue is different, the characterizations are a bit different, but IMHO all that makes sense. I do feel a little bit of the "magic" of the original has been lost. For example: to me, as an uninformed, white, American musician by trade, I feel like the *music here is very western and "epic" sounding*. The original seemed to use much more Asian and East-asian instrumentation as a whole, and the score felt very different compared to the other kinds of programming we had on Nickelodeon at the time. The music on this Netflix show feels a bit like Star Wars. I decided to look up the composer, and was interested to see that among his other projects, he DID work on Star Wars: The Clone Wars. IMDB didn't specify what he did there, but my guess he was either a preparer, an orchestrator, or something of that sort, working under Kevin Kiner. As a Star Wars fan AND an Avatar Fan, it was kind of cool to see that unexpected connection between this Netflix adaptation, the original, and the Clone Wars, of all things. (Fun Fact: Dave Filoni, the current CCO of Lucasfilm and co-creator/writer of The Clone Wars, also worked in the animation department or something like that on the original Avatar show, but I digress...) So, back to the music feeling epic and more Western. Well, if the goal here is to attract a wide audience, then that is a change that seems to make sense. I would have personally liked to see more integration of both traditional European style/American action film writing with the Asian traditional music-inspired instruments of the original, to bring the best of both worlds. (Of course, let us not forget that at this point in time, European Classical Music is a massive part of the cultural identity of places like China because of the complex history it plays in the last century+ of sociopolitical developments there. I digress again... stay on target...) 3) Does the newer, more serious tone suit the story? Well, if we take the original metaphor of the fire nation standing in as a fascistic dictatorship working to conquer the "world" because they're "strong" and the rest is "weak"... then this show actually makes that metaphor a lot more visceral, charged, and in your face. One could argue the merits of that, but to my mind, this is a strength. It's not that those themes were missing in the original show, but they had to be a little more subtle to not scare off an audience of mostly children with the horrific scenes of genocide. Today, the world is worryingly welcoming to fascistic thinking, and I feel like a show SHOULD be in your face about how dangerous that philosophy could be. So this is why Aang has be confronted a little more head on with the whole "You abandoned us when we needed you" kind of thinking from people like Bumi. In fact, if we take the whole Nazis/Fascists and World War 2 theme to be the central animating idea, then this show makes you feel much closer to being in the shoes of the European citizenry who suffered under the Nazis. I don't think any of this is a bad idea. 4) The revised characterizations mostly make sense. I'd say probably the most distinct GOOD changes are showing that Azula is pressured a lot by her father to measure up, which shows how and why she's a narcissist and psychopath than the original did. In the original, the explanation basically amounted to "uuuuhhhh, she's always been the favorite of the dad, and more criticized by mom, so she's just like this". Here we see that the father manipulated both children in different ways. I hope we'll get more development of what the mom was like. I would like if this show makes her less culpable in Azula's descent into madness. 5) One characterization I don't like is Katara's. She's a bit too dour and sad. They needed to maybe add a little more levity for her and Sokka, maybe without some of the goofiness. On the other hand, it's nice that her internal struggle is also tied to her struggle to learn how to bend. If they go the direction the original did as far as romance between her and Aang, it's probably better that she is not his teacher, but rather they both kind of help each other get over their "humps" in bending/Avatar-ing. There's more I want to say but I have a job and need to get back to that. I just wanted to personally air my frustration with the discourse over the show on the internet. I guess it's my fault for expecting any amount of nuanced takes to be amplified and discussed as thoroughly as "lol show bad".

[@SKULLKR3W]

Just cause they have a sim and native actors doesn’t make this show worth it we’d much rather have an original show showing that representation than a crappy remake that does the same

[@Legomyegoorj]

@@SKULLKR3W I get that, but the evidence suggests that people generally care more about remakes, sequels, and reboots than they do about original content, even while they complain about it. Think about how much money the Disney Live Action Remakes rake in despite mostly being diminished versions of their originals. Why do people keep going to those? Why do people keep watching reboots, sequels, etc…? Why are we like this?

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

Because in Asia citizens didn't suffer under Japanese regime...

[@ellaisplotting]

This is the most cognisant and thoughtful response regarding this show I've seen, thank you.

[@Youknowmikekhan]

I LOVE Atla live action. I have t watched og in years but this show is based

[@nailinthefashion]

If based means irreverent and dumb then I agree

[@DonnyRoy91]

This is leagues better than the animation, I’m a diehard ATLA fanboy and this fulfilled everything I was hoping for. Out of the 3 seasons and 4 of korra season 1 is is the worst and mostly boring, Netflix made season 1 watchable. Anyone complaining just needs to get laid

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

Just no.

[@Aang_L._Jackson]

It's 1/10 at best.... I wish i could give it a minus rating, that's how bad it is... it's so painful to witness, I just wish I could unsee the live action... there's no wow-factor... no emotion... no chemistry... nothing that can make it memorable like the og show... it's astoundingly depressing, becuase i can't unsee this abomination... Gyatso, the greatest airbender in the world, didn't even put up a fight that lasted more than ten seconds... In the original show, Gyatso was surrounded by the bodies of at least a platoon of firebenders... Bumi is portrayed as a salty, dumb old man who blames his 12-year-old friend (a literal child) for running away instead of a nutty yet very wise and understanding old friend who gives guidance to Aang to be a better Avatar... Katara is supposed to be the most mature of the group, very headstrong, brave, and sturdy like a rock. Yet she's also caring and maternalistic, like a mother. She's a very remarkable female character who has faith in everyone and never refuses to turn her back on people who need her. I say everybody should have a sister or even a mother like Katara. That is how brilliant Katara's character is. Not a submissive little sister who needs to be looked after by her big brother, like how they portrayed her in the Netflix Live Action. Airbending seemed okay, but a lot more improvement is needed to show the full potential of airbending (not good enough). Earthbending doesn't have any solid martial art choreography and stance that makes it look like Earthbending. It just looks like people using telekinesis to chuck rocks at each other, like Magneto in X-men. Appa should have more character, as he's a very important member of the team that carries the whole gang on his back throughout the entire show. By the way, I didn't know Momo died because I didn't care to watch more episodes of Netflix's Live Action bullcrap... I am actually fuming at the showrunners right now 😠👿.

[@G-LukeJA]

I'd give it a 7 out of 10

[@Aang_L._Jackson]

@JA that's quite a lot for a show that has no character development, no substance, horrible theater acting, and they pissed in the face of the original creators and fans... Absolutely horrendous

[@nailinthefashion]

They even made Gyatso a stereotypical mentor even though they’d do stuff like bake pies just to throw them at the other monks. It’s so weird to think suits thought making the show bland was a good choice lmao no creativity whatsoever

[@G-LukeJA]

@@Aang_L._Jackson damn

[@G-LukeJA]

@@Aang_L._Jackson I liked it. Its not the animated series but I knew that going in. It's pretty fine, enjoyable to watch. Sad you had that much issues with it.

[@christophercdubs4273]

3mins in, no conversation even started about Avatar… i’m out. Next time use a more helpful title

[@bobthemonitor9697]

They mention all their topics up top, and also say there are time codes....

[@TopShelfFandomVids]

Use a more helpful Brain

[@christophercdubs4273]

@@TopShelfFandomVids LOL

[@ellaisplotting]

A) there are time codes very clearly annotated B) there's literally a version of this that's purely the review, go and watch that and stop Karen-ing around.

[@KicknNmesTaknAss]

The show was definitely a mixed bag. Some things were great, some were less so. Same with the live action Avatar.

[@isohora]

People who watched Netflix version and not the animated one, why?

[@jonathanjohnson6727]

Unfortunately, far too many still believe animation is a lesser medium and for kids. Even though most big budget films/series are built on what was originally seen as for children/younger audiences: Disney and Star Wars

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

It's Marvel's fault

[@nailinthefashion]

The animation has actually storytelling and pacing lol it’s not just a cartoon it’s like Spiderverse, it’s just a really brilliant story. Since it was drawn it wasn’t confined to the live action limits, and the bending from season 3 lives rent free in my mind because of it