What’s Wrong With Avatar The Last Airbender?

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After nearly 2 decades of being praised as the best animated series of all time, I finally actually watched Avatar: The Last Airbender. Then I watched the new Netflix live action Avatar series. Then I watched The Last Airbender movie…
I have thoughts.
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[@gamingwithrush9866]

I love avatar last airbender

[@Comicbookguy226]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who doubted this thing. Also I was right. Toph is not blind in the remake. And Sokka is not sexist

[@GoingToAFuneral]

You gotta do a video on Summer camp Island

[@legendaryscarletlunala7927]

Please do a review of Korra next. Keep in mind though that there was only going to be 1 season of Korra. Nickelodeon gave the creators the green light to do a 2nd season after season 1 so they had to scramble a bit to come up with a good story for season 2 which is not as bad as people say. After season 2 they got the green light to do a 3rd and 4th season so it's more concise and flows together. The 4th season actually never aired on tv, it was on their website and getting up and waiting for it at 11am so I could watch it was really fun. Also read the comics, they really expand the lore and answer a few questions and read the novels about Avatar Kyoshi and Avatar Yangchen. They're really good too.

[@luigiboi4244]

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF PRIMUS WATCH TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED

[@gandolf7849]

You know what’s even more depressing in the tone department? The fact that every time I see these actors on social media they seem like energetic fun cool people who could totally pull off more cartoony leaning tone.

[@jakubar]

Yeah, especially Aang

[@griselbrand]

100% fr fr

[@Thesmus]

both aangs seems to look like their part but they seem to make both actors try to be more serious

[@vanyadolly]

The real tragedy is that they've wasted Daniel Dae Kim's chest on this.

[@generalkenobi212th]

the actor is more like sokka than the sokka in the show

[@finnsphighter]

my jaw instantly DROPPED as soon as you said you NEVER WATCHED IT

[@MrOfflineAlways]

I haven't either, and i could've grown up with it as it aired as i was a kid when this came out

[@Bamboom134]

I’m on my first watch as well😅

[@goldtheretrogamer6928]

I just started it

[@Idk_bruh__was_taken]

Same

[@GameyGaming]

I remember him saying this in a past video

[@LogoSquad.]

katara in the live action series is just "i did some mining off camera".

[@Salvage5681]

lmao

[@greenbeansrtasty]

Fr

[@JonesBones69]

She’s legit Steve lol

[@Ilsdur]

One of the best comments ive seen 🤣

[@katblackwell]

this is soo extremely funny and accurate, lmaoo

[@LateSleeper]

Um, achktually Bumi was not the Earth King; just the king of Omashu. The Earth King is in the Earth Kingdom capital of Ba Sing Se... where I was told there is no war there...

[@Savage.-_.Gamer1]

The Dai Li will make sure you tell the truth and never mention war again.... 🙂 🏮 🏮 🙃 "There is no war in Ba Sing Se"

[@jordydezwart9454]

there is no war in Ba Sing Se 🙂

[@kinseywoods6853]

There is no war in ba sing se

[@SeerinFQuill]

There is no war in Ba Sing Se

[@inkerJ]

There is no war in Ba Sing Se…

[@timedragon5492]

Actually, a lot of fans hate all the extra development given to Ozai. He wasn't supposed to be a real character in the original series, just a sort of representation of the worst of the Fire Nation and the war as a whole. That's why they used him so sparingly, when you use a character like that too much they lose a lot of their presence and just become this bland caricature that's hard to take seriously. Like, the show actually had Zuko fight Ozai in the Agni Kai, and like- what? That was a super important part of the original where Zuko was banished because he refused to fight. It showed off how cruel Ozai was by burning his son even when his son was on his knees begging for forgiveness. It showed how naive Zuko used to be, believing his father would forgive him if he didn't fight. And then Zuko almost wins but doesn't because of personal choices? What the Hell?! Why should we be concerned about Aang beating the Fire Lord when the Fire Lord loses to his preteen son?! Aang doesn't need to master any other elements, he could just go to the Fire Nation right now and beat Ozai! He's already beaten Zuko by this point! Sure, this series gives Ozai more scenes but they add literally NOTHING to Ozai's character. In fact, all they've done is take away.

[@Onaterdem]

Same with Azula. By humanizing the character, you take away from her SUPPOSED character, which is perfection. The cracks slowly started to show, and she completely broke at the end of Book 3, but here, she's on a cyclical journey - angsty rebellious teen who cannot reach perfection, reaches perfection, then drops back down to the exact same place. One more thing, about Ozai: Everybody likes the 41st Division change but it's just so. Unbelievably. Stupid. When you look at it for more than 2 seconds. Zuko fought his father to spare the 41st Division, then his father punishes him by sparing the 41st Division. People say it's to "remind him of his failure" but it's not - he DOESN'T FAIL, he GETS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED! Not only is this utterly stupid on every level, it also dumbs down Ozai very much, because what, you cancelled a military plan just to "teach Zuko a lesson"? You sacrifice another, more experienced division? What the hell?

[@areeba7045]

@@Onaterdem the point about azula is so important. we're not supposed to be seeing azula's side of the story, she's supposed to be a terrifying antagonist who's so powerful to the point she doesn't need to use bending or even regular combat to break someone down. now we're given her perspective and we have to watch her go on some kind of weird hero's journey even though we know how her story will end with her breakdown which makes it all pointless. nobody wants to watch a character start out at one point, excel and then go straight back to where they started

[@capofantasma97]

Fear of the unknown of seemingly unstoppable forces. The Fire Lord and Azula are a lot more unsettling when they're shrouded in mystery, and we never see them getting defeated in the show until the very end, leaving us wondering what will happen the entire time. Instead the Netflix adaptation completely dismantled the story and the way all main characters were written for no reason. Why even make a readaptation and then actively choosing to not make it accurate at all?

[@Onaterdem]

@@capofantasma97 TBH, an adaptation making changes is perfectly fine, and expected. Avatar the Last Airbender wasn't a flawless show, especially Book 1. Although most were minor flaws, there was room for improvement nonetheless. But instead of, you know, fixing the flaws, they ruined what worked in the first place.

[@bumbabees]

that last line about sums up all the characters in this show. even the side characters, miraculously. its almost impressive how the writers managed to miss the point of literally EVERY single character, even ones who were barely present for more than a few episodes the whole show. almost every single change is either pointless, stupid, or actively takes away something and makes it worse. if they wanted to adapt something, they couldve done better with something like korra. although ive never seen it, i know its a lot more controversial than the original show. they couldve fixed things that did not work, people wouldve been less critical because korra isnt as insanely beloved as avatar, win win. they couldve even adapted the novels, or the comics. but hey, i guess money is more important, and what better why to get that than to mooch off an beloved childhood show?

[@evanmarcus5975]

I just wish they'd use the TV budget to adapt the Kyoshi books into live action instead. They're much darker and more dramatic, and they'd fit the tone they want for adults perfectly. Plus they've never been on screen, so there are fewer comparisons.

[@LAnite430]

Tbh I wish adaptations were just way less common. I’m okay with different forms of media portraying a universe. I’d rather get a new Avatar instead of the same thing but live action. There’s hundreds of them that we have absolutely no knowledge of, and I’d really want to see what those time periods were like.

[@jamesalexander5559]

@evanmarcus5975 That's what I'm saying dude. Unfortunately like with most adaptations of things, they tend to start at the beginning or the with the most popular part.

[@santosic]

That would have been better, even if I'd have preferred a cartoon adaptation instead. But at least doing that story would be a fresh take on the universe and something that hasn't been done before, which might been fun to watch. And it'd have probably been easier to turn the novels into a series as compared to a 60 episode show, they're much shorter and contain less content that needs to be adapted.

[@kitterbug]

i don't want any avatar story to ever touch live action again, sorry

[@Yami-mugoni613]

Or Korra as it had plenty of flaws that you can justify making a live-action version for

[@Junoisverysleepy]

What sucks is you KNOW the actors all really love the og series and were only given 8 episodes to do the impossible. It was a ridiculous demand

[@sarahtelles1931]

Don't forget about how they did Monk Gyatsu dirty with how he met his end, especially compared to the animated show where it is obvious that he took a lot of firebenders out with him

[@rainstorm_cryptid]

No, not Monk Gyatsu. When I first saw his corpse, I was so sad 😢

[@teneesh3376]

In theory, having him being defeated by Sozin is an okay idea. But man is it a massive let down with the choreography

[@SCP-469]

Didn’t he also do that here

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

@@SCP-469 No he got taken by Sozin before doing anything.

[@SCP-469]

@@malikpierre-louis3343 he took out a bunch of fire bEnders before that tho

[@EpicToySeries]

Moral of the story: don't take something that works in one medium and translate it to another unless you have people that actually care about it…or just don't do it at all

[@negligible_reality]

idk, one big exception to this is comics. i think most comics, especially superheroes, translate perfectly fine to other mediums. also, taking things from other mediums and adapting them into a comic works well in most cases. i just think the core issue is trying to translate animation into live action, not necessarily a change of mediums just in general.

[@mage1439]

The fact that they had people from the original show, and they bailed should have told us something.

[@SuperCrazyfin]

The Power Rangers comics are pretty good.

[@herbnfizz4113]

Or yk see what makes the show well liked and if it can even be translated into another medium rather then just looking at how much money it will make

[@DonnaPinciot]

@@herbnfizz4113 I still think continuations and spin-offs would be better. You could do What If stories, follow different groups of people in different nations, explore the spirit world more, maybe have some prequel-esque series with past Avatars and other people of significance in the world. If they don't do well, then they aren't really 'tainting' the legacy of ATLA since they're mostly standalone (Aside from continuations and prequels), and it lets them open the door to any manner of stories in the universe.

[@DigiRangerScott]

It should be noted: Netflix announced the live action series in *2018* so it was only 3-ish years after Korra ended. Netflix began streaming the animated series in anticipation of the live action series

[@umairashraf5167]

Oh yeah,I remember hearing about it way back then,but it got cancelled then it was not

[@DigiRangerScott]

@@umairashraf5167 It was never cancelled. Just delayed because COVID happened

[@Lovely.Satsuki]

@@DigiRangerScotti bet seasons 2&3 are only coming in 2025 because of stupid writers strike or something

[@microzoftvamiraculousash1663]

​@@Lovely.Satsukiit wasn't just a stupid writer's strike, it had a reason for it. I suggest you please do some research on it

[@skinlizard2251]

​@@Lovely.SatsukiThe writers strike was absolutely not stupid, at least look into it before making harsh judgements.

[@speed_queen]

The original creators were actually supposed to help work on the live action show but left due to “creative differences” of course. Meanwhile, shows like the One Piece live action and the Fallout show are being praised because they’re actually good shows on their own and the og creators were also involved with the production. It really seems like the best solution for making legitimately good live action adaptations of animated shows is actually listening and working together with the original creators…shocker.

[@oremfrien]

In particular, the over-the-top hyper quality that Luffy had in the One Piece adaptation should have been used as an inspiration for both Aang and Sokka in terms of making their characters come alive.

[@mallk238]

I think when people heard that the creators left was when the death knells were starting to ring for this show. If the original writers are having "creative differences" it's shorthand for "the executives wanted our names on it to gain fans trust and have no intention of letting us ACTUALLY make the show what it needs to be". in other words: bad

[@TheFistOfNuevaYork]

@@oremfrien Iñaki Godoy (Luffy) is a gem of a an actor and One Piece is so lucky to have a kid that embodies Luffy 24/7 like he does! Gordon Cormier (Aang) on the other hand has a kind of sad and guilty vibe that really kills Aang’s character in the live action. The sad part is that if you watch videos of the Avatar actors, you can see how they are like their characters. They had a pretty bad script to work with because the creators were ousted and there wasn’t much that they could do about it, a problem that the One Piece cast didn’t have because Eiichiro Oda (creator of One Piece) was involved in mostly every decision that was made in the adaptation.

[@patax144]

Someone else is as pissed off about the Aang not learning to waterbend, like even if the weird set up they have there were chances for him to learn, like he could have practiced the water whip with Katara. And the excuses people give, I commented about this on another post or video and someone said "oh but they are making things slower so he will learn through a longer time period off screen, because the animated show was unrealistic by showing Aang learning so fast" I was in complete disbelief with that answer

[@legendaryscarletlunala7927]

It's like everyone forgets that Aang is actually a master and with water being the closest element spiritually to air, it's one of the reasons he gets it faster besides being the Avatar. Technically all Avatars are prodigies in some way being with the element that suits them the closest whether it's their first element or not. Avatars will get them faster because they have done it before in a past life, it doesn't mean they don't struggle, they just have to get in the right mindset. It's like learning to walk after having amnesia after a car crash , you know you can do it,you see other people do it, and you just need to believe that you can do it.

[@gabrilapin]

Meanwhile LA Katara who's not an avatar masters waterbending at breakneck speed 😂

[@LasuK-cr4pv]

true 😂 ​@@gabrilapin

[@areeba7045]

i believe that people who enjoy the live action can enjoy it even with all the flaws but my god it drives me insane when they defend the stupid writing decisions with their life. the live action sucks even outside of its relation with atla yet some live action enjoyers are hellbent on defending every terrible move the writers made that im pretty sure will turn this show into a trainwreck with how its going

[@rayleehanzs.jacobo3794]

Doesn't aang have the knowledge of thousands of spirits stored in him? I think it makes sense aang would learn it quickly.

[@AngryNerdBird]

Also, a small correction on your description of Aang in the first episode of the Netflix show: He doesn't run away. He's stressed out about having just learned that he's the avatar (Right before the festival starts, good job Gyatso), and because he can't sleep he asks Appa to take him on a flight to clear his head. He's literally just talking a walk, which is 100% a reasonable thing to be doing in his shoes. Except the show still frames it like he ran away, so WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THE CHANGE?

[@IsraelLlerena]

!!!!!!!!!! Yes!! There was no point to change it if people still think and say he ran away. It felt useless

[@Onaterdem]

And how about Gyatso appearing in the Spirit World? Not only is it a major lore breaker, but it also completely undermines the sadness of the whole situation. Now, in life, you mostly don't get to say goodbye. You say "see you later", and then the person dies and you never see them or talk to them again. That gives weight to death. That lack of closure. Also, in life, you may believe, or hope, but you don't KNOW that the afterlife exists. Not knowing if you'll reconnect with your loved ones, again, gives weight to death. Otherwise, you'll miss them, but in more of a hopeful way - why be sad if you'll eventually be together again, and forever this time? Without these 2 factors, death may as well be meaningless. In NATLA's case, Gyatso just appears in the Spirit World, talks to Aang, says goodbye, essentially says that the afterlife exists and tells Aang to not worry or feel guilt. BOOM. Aang's whole character is ruined, congratulations.

[@Timmir00]

So a few things I do feel like I should mention. 1) Korra isn't bad, it's divisive. The Legend of Korra makes a lot of weird, and honestly bad, decisions during it's run that was a combination of multiple factors that I'm not going into right now. With that said, it has also done a lot of things pretty great as well. It just failed to live up to the expectations of the original ATLA that has a number of fans treating it worse than it actually is. Personally I say the show is worth watching as the positives do generally outweigh the bad, and understand that the fan base generally agrees that Season 2 was just a mistake. 2) I think the big reason why people weigh the Netflix show higher then [There is no Movie inside of Ba Sing Se] is because there does feel like an honest attempt from the Netflix show to actually be faithful. It doesn't, but there are all sorts of tiny nods and all sorts of other things that shows that this was created by people who really do know the show, whereas the movie that doesn't exist feels like someone read a script of the first season once and just went based off of that. 3) I want to make a big suggestion of looking into the actual books when you can. Specifically the Rise of Kyoshi and the Shadow of Kyoshi novels specifically as they are two of the best Avatar content we've gotten in years, but because they are novels, they are easily overlooked by most fans. (I did myself until I ended up catching a glimpse of the story and decided to look into them myself.) Like I know that it isn't usually content you look at, but they are completely worth it if you want to really get to know some of these characters that are barely touched on in the show.

[@ezracohen6020]

I disagree with you about Korra, I really didn’t like the show and aside felt season 3 felt it was quite bad (with season 2 being the worst of course), but you hit the nail on the head with why the movie gets so much hate while the newest one isn’t getting the same amount

[@lachlanmc2335]

i honestly liked kora but i was mor into the worldbuilding, season 2 was trash but i really liked season 1

[@semskguy]

I appreciate a lot of korra, particularly the worldbuilding in season 1 and how it expanded and evolved the world a generation later. However I don't think it outweighs the bad for me personally, as I think the main characters just aren't very compelling or deep. Korra is an okay character but not super interesting, not even a fraction as interesting any single character in ATLA. Mako straight up just sucks and is not an entertaining or compelling character in the slightest. And the other guy is pretty alright but feels like a pathetic stand-in for the role Sokka took in ATLA. I really like Tenzin and tophs daughter, but I just couldn't enjoy the show that much following the extremely mid main trio. I did like the concept of the separatists and I liked amon, but I already know seasons 2 and 3 sucks so I'm not even gonna watch them

[@Timmir00]

@@semskguy I am surprised that anyone told you season 3 sucked. There is some weirdness with it as it's forced to just deal with some bad writing choices in season 2, but it is generally the one that most tend to see as the best written (as the writers were actually given time to come up with a proper arc this time then being rushed by Nick during season 2.)

[@CamKoudo]

Finally someone who considers Avatar a cartoon with anime influence, rather than a straight up anime

[@BluBeanVr]

It does not have a anime influence it is just a animated show. Yeah it’s animated. Not a anime. influence.

[@bradymalec3690]

​​@@BluBeanVrI don't think you understand what the term "influence" means...

[@BluBeanVr]

@@bradymalec3690I do

[@mrpenguin6207]

Yes! Avatar is definitely not an anime it’s just anime influenced.

[@marianorivas8537]

Only thing I can say about the Shyamalan movie... ... There is no live action movie in Ba Sing Se

[@Gundam_mug_liker]

True that

[@TheFistOfNuevaYork]

lol that’s facts!

[@Door227]

There is no live action movie or series in ba sing se

[@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr]

we need to start saying "there is no live action adaptations"

[@TheFistOfNuevaYork]

@@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr agreed. It’s like a curse at this point. Nobody can get it right because it was perfect before.

[@AbyssalEnder]

What a coincidence that this came out the day I finally finished the show myself.

[@templeknight9338]

Same!

[@WhoIsJoe31]

Also during the Avatar Fortnite collab

[@templeknight9338]

@@WhoIsJoe31 I didn’t even know about that 😂

[@justaloserrr]

Same!

[@coopersayers891]

To be honest, I didn’t watch the original show or Korra until this year and I’m so glad I did. It’s my favorite animated show of all time and as close as you can get to a perfect show.

[@jessicapatriciarierawillia1698]

Didn't like Korra because they based it to much government and politics and I hate politcs and gay stuff

[@coopersayers891]

@@jessicapatriciarierawillia1698 I get that. I don’t mind the gay stuff too much because giving credit where it’s due, it was set up throughout the last two seasons. There’s a lot of cool fight scenes and additions to the lore of the universe. I also really like the new characters.

[@jessicapatriciarierawillia1698]

But they based it in too much politics also they introduced to many characters at the same time

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

Fun fact the bloodbending episode was originally aired during the week of Halloween so Nick used their new show that wouldn't necessarily make sense to suddenly be celebrating a "Halloweenesque holiday" like Icarly or Drake and Josh by having a Halloween episode without it being Halloween based.

[@umairashraf5167]

I remember that lol,i think i was like 5

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

@@umairashraf5167 did it traumatize u or did u think "wow cool blood is tech another form of water so it makes sense water benders can learn it"

[@umairashraf5167]

​@@davidfitzpatrick6535not really,i just kinda watched and it was "oh, that's cool" I didn't really understand it untill much later when i re watched back in 2020,like man when hama taunted katara at the end,i was shook

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

@@umairashraf5167 interestingly out of the four sub sets of bending (blood for water lava for earth lightning for fire and flight? For air?(I'm not sure if there is a subset for airbenders)) blood bending is the only one that is illegal by LOK if u consider that canon(some fans don't consider Korra canon although I'm pretty sure with the new animated series coming next year (I think?) with an earth born avatar they're probably going to make Korra canon which will be intresting considering she ended the avatar cycle basically. She lost her connection to the other avatars and never regained it unless its regained in the Korra comics which I haven't read. Personally I think it would be cool to have the avatar be born in the desert as a sand bender like that fan animation that was popular on YT but had to be pulled because of the announcement of a new series. Hopefully the people who worked on the fan animation got hired by team Avatar studios Cause I really liked where the series was heading

[@LetUsLiveInTheBackrooms]

@@davidfitzpatrick6535 I thought about the Sandbender avatar too! I was just like, imagine if . .

[@Scarylyn14]

Some of the only memories I still have of my grandfather consist of me sitting on the couch next to his hospice bed watching ATLA with him because it was the only cartoon we both liked. It’ll always hold a special place in my heart 🥰

[@BobzBlue]

Stairs, they are standing on stairs...

[@athenakaley]

I just realized that the actor that plays Sokka in the 2010 movie is Jasper from Twilight. Took me 14 years to figure that out

[@aidanredding8058]

Kinda sad when Twilight isn't the worst thing you've been in

[@ReginaMacKenzie1994]

Both of those films are just so forgettable; I didnt notice either.

[@TheFistOfNuevaYork]

Omg just figured this out now!!! How pathetic can someone get!!! 😂🤣

[@athenakaley]

@@TheFistOfNuevaYork bruh I was 10 when the Avatar movie came out and I watched Twilight when I was 8/9, really didn't cross my mind until this video 😂

[@TheFistOfNuevaYork]

@@athenakaley I was 10 when I saw Twilight (I came from Harry Potter as a Rob Pattinson fan and didn’t know the kind of cringe I was in for💀) and also just figured it out. I was referring to Jackson Rathbone when I said pathetic because to be in 2 of these dumpster fires, you gotta be pretty pathetic 😂

[@thegrapetree652]

Those floating firebenders are the royal family and they are up a flight of stairs. Hope this helps you appreciate avatar more knowing one of your only gripes was an accidental misinterpretation lol. 17:20

[@TrapLover4]

thank you I was so confused why no one else mentioned this

[@llamawalrushybrid]

That HAD to have been a joke.. Like you physically can't zoom in and show that footage and circle it without making out the obvious shading they used to communicate that it was stairs..

[@dash306]

Btw Aang started mastering water bending first because waterbending is chronically next in the avatar cycle, which it is the order it is supposed to be learned. Although it happened to be convenient that Katara was just starting too.

[@Stunned-Opossum]

Zuko is the ABSOLUTE cutest! Avatar does have quite a slow start though.

[@OverSeen-Dev]

pluh, but I do agree about the slow start

[@naturesfinest2408]

I think thats what makes the build up so good. Yeah, maybe a wee bit faster, but slow helps establish familiarity.

[@kiratwo4u]

it's called world building and honestly it's quite fun

[@jamiehorner2595]

Yea, it does start pretty slow

[@agelessorca]

Zuko is what kept me in the show at the start, but then I stayed for the rest bc it was so good

[@DigiRangerScott]

Pretending Avatar the Last Airbender isn’t over so Foafy can catch up

[@whale0_]

no Pretending Avatar does not have a bad IRL remake so Foafy can watch the og series

[@JBJGAMING590]

Bro this show changes everyone (I'm literally making a comic about the next next Avatar)

[@IsraelLlerena]

I’m interested to read it

[@PlaneswalkerTARDIS]

They now have a table top RPG of Avatar if you want to have your own adventures in that world!

[@ReginaMacKenzie1994]

lets get Mr Welch to review it; a mad musings episode

[@TSG6245]

The true avatar and the last airbender is the friends we made along the way

[@VoidLordHades]

Congratulations, you've gotten an obscenely overused phrase. Please delete this comment and your account.

[@LilosProductions39]

IT'S FINALLY HERE, THE VIDEO!!! I still remember back in "The Owl House: Everything You Need To Know" video, FootofaFerret was mentioning that he never watched Avatar The Last Airbender?? Back then I was asking HOW?? WHY??? But the answer was (drumroll please) he got lazy, and I don't mind. I know that watching Avatar The Last Airbender would be a time consuming thing, Heck, I even took a whole school year! (from the 3rd grade to 4th grade) The teacher would say "Okay kids, Let's watched Avatar!" and me and all my classmate will sit down and watch Avatar on Netflix in the TV screen. Oh just typing it down feels so nostalgic. Thank you FootofaFerret for finally watching Avatar and making a video about it, and EVEN taking about the new show and it's problems, MAN, THIS MADE MY DAY!

[@Tekkerue]

6:36 You nailed that feeling after finishing Avatar perfectly. I just watched the original Avatar myself for the first time because of the netflix version and I've been scouring for more Avatar content since then. I usually don't re-watch TV shows, but I very quickly watched it over again (The Good Place is the only other one I can remember doing this) and that still isn't enough. I can totally understand why this fandom is still going so strong after 20 years. And I must say, now is a great time to be joining the fandom. The voice actors for Zuko and Korra host a podcast together, the voice actress for Toph posts regular content on her youtube channel (including reactions to every episode), and Avatar Studios is coming out with a new movie and it sounds like there is additional stuff in the works too. I'm glad there is new stuff to consume because it is so good I just can't turn my brain off from it. 😄

[@JunipersLog]

When the show creators dipped out during the script writing should have been a sign to everyone that this show wasn’t gonna be a retelling but a different show.

[@thatscorbunnytrainer]

Foafy learned from Emily Never mention the you haven't watched atla until you have or faces the internet's wrath

[@nikkilarsson4781]

Emirichu?

[@thatscorbunnytrainer]

@@nikkilarsson4781 yep

[@danteshier5214]

There is a continuation of this show in the WebToon that continues after Avatar the Last Airbender show but before Korra. Really good web comic to read

[@Nadav_Vardiel]

22:23 Fun fact about the name pronunciation, Aang, Sokka, Iroh and even Avatar sound exactly this way in the Hebrew dubbed version of the series. The original way they are pronounced in the show sounds very English accent to a Hebrew speaker so if you like it's the opposite in this case where it has a foreign accent.

[@user-ky3of8ng6t]

As an Isreali avatar fan, I have this to say: אתה מאה אחוז צודק.

[@templeknight9338]

Just finished series for the first time as a 30 year old. Let me tell you, this show has one of the best series finales

[@TylerLouden]

Hey, better late than never! Welcome to the fan base! Great video! I would love for you to cover Korra in a future video once you finish it (No rush, hope you enjoy it!). Personally I LOVE Korra, and it is very different than the original, but I still think it's amazing!

[@bluefox1901]

I was the same way, I never even heard of the show till I has a junior in high school tbh and that was like about a decade after it ended. I did finally watch the show that same year and I feel in love with it.

[@santanaleo1163]

Finally, you make a video about all their favorite series

[@jadencarlos868]

2024 and your doing a breif history so nostalgic

[@sasamichan]

when people have not watched a show and that show has been adapted and rebooted, I just really want to tell them "Watch the reboot 1st then watch the show" do it backwards and see if you have a different reaction from the fans who are mad that the adaptation changed stuff. I want to find as many things as I can that have been rebooted and tell newbies to watch it all out of order just to generate a new POV I think that would be a fun video, to report on a fandom from mixed up order.

[@gigiapollo]

That was the case for my mom, she’s watching the animated series after binging the Netflix one. She liked the Netflix series fine, but she said the animated one doesn’t feel as rushed.

[@vanyadolly]

But they'll miss out on seeing what's arguably the best series ever made with fresh eyes. That's a sacrifice no one should make.

[@MaxxusDrago]

I did that with Death Note. I cam confirm that the only thing it does is make the Live Action worse either way, because I loved the manga/anime. So... it's better to just watch the original either way. It's better to just ignore those "remakes" and see what made the original story beloved.

[@elvisc2073]

footofaferret: I loved yu-gi-oh me a yu-gi-oh fan from way back: NANI!

[@chrisparker7844]

"And Aang turns into the final boss from Sonic Adventure about it". One of the best quotes from Ryder. :)

[@masterripper5409]

Fun fact: Aang is voiced by Zachary Tyler Eisen who also voices: Lucas Nickle from The Ant Bully, Andrew Mulligan from Little Bill which is weird, and even Pablo from The Backyardigans.

[@MirorR3fl3ction]

2 problems with the movie: the casting is borderline racist and the bending is just awful, that single floating rock scene is one of the worst vfx shots ive ever seen. For the Legend of Korra, important to note that Nickelodeon exes only renewed the show season by season, and took every opportunity to medal in the writing and plot direction. The showrunners did the best they could with what they had with Korra, and its not a bad show, its just not as good as the Last Airbender where they had full control and knew they had 3 seasons to tell their story properly

[@user-ky3of8ng6t]

I have mixed feelings on TLoK, so I'm going to break it season by season. S1: Actually good. The romance was a mess, but the romance wasn't the best in ATLA either. Other than that, I liked Amon and the main cast. S2: Awful. Won't go into to much detail, but it just feels like they were forced to change the story halfway through, and it made the season an inconcistent mess, both with ATLA and season 1. S3: Overrated. It felt like it dragged on and started to get reptative. If I had a nickel for every time the main gang had a fight with the red lotus, I would have an entire dollar. S4: Just let it end. It just felt hollow, with so many random choises out of nowhere. Just a dissapointing finale. To close it all out: I don't blame the show's creators. They tried to tell a good story, but both studio medaling and poor execution let to it failing to capture the feeling of ATLA and thier own vision. Sorry this was so long, but I just wanted to put my own full opinion on TLoK.

[@sasamichan]

Ive put off great shows before many times. Adventure Time, Avtaar TLA, Star Trek, Stven Universe, Powerpuff Girls all things I put off for years

[@anjelloproductions]

I had the exact mindset when it came to watching Avatar. It is now easily my #1 show to watch. The story, characters, animation and just everything is incredible!

[@mrjamieb1899]

There's not much of a rivalry between Aang and Ozai in the original show, because they're not rvials. Hope this helps.

[@cubeinc.thechannel9487]

It's honestly sad. The actors on the live action really care about the og series, you can tell by the interviews. Like the kid who plays aang wanted the penguin sledding in it

[@devastatheseeker9967]

For real people need to stop making live action versions of animated stuff. Live action one piece isn't even that good. It's just the best we have got

[@cullenlatham2366]

i generally agree with the sentiment but... that second sentence is blasphemous (hyperbolic)! *beyond this point is my pedantic arguing on the value OP doesnt see, but it is only my two cents. I dont want to argue it any further, so only read on if you care. I am not intending to start a debate, only explain my differing opinion.* it might not do anything new, but there was actual value in the adaptation. The key is the heart and spirit of the show remained unchanged for one piece (save for some tonal issues with garp that could be easily fixed if given the run time to see how they re-integrate him), but most other live action "adaptations" show a level of shame for the source by failing to recognize tonal changes require drastic script overhauls to the point it cant realistically be called the same story anymore. The value of one piece's live action adaptation is not in the story, but in the world. Practical sets for the fantastical ships of the show restore that sense of child-like wonder and belief in magic that adults tend to compartmentalize into the freedoms of animation, never to be seen in reality. Easy example: Beratie. If it was affordable, i would very much enjoy that style of restaurant boat, and it might even be more fantastical than the anime. Seeing the inside of Kaya's mansion helps sell the rich girl elements that are very easy to forget in the animation where she is just a normal, though terminally ill, girl who just happens to live in a larger house than normal. I'll say it again: there is value in live action one piece, but it is important not to overlook the fact the creator was directly involved in making sure it remained faithful to his initial vision. Oda remained on board the entire time; avatar studios did not. Love them or hate them, there is a novelty to live action adaptations, and the Goldilocks zone they thrive in is finding a way to prove the magic of the animation can exist in reality with enough ingenuity WITHOUT loosing the heart and soul of the source. Want a quick metric? compare the source to the adaptation first by "do both products hold up on their own without prerequisite knowledge from the other?", then by "do the products maintain the same general 'vibe' which necessitates very little deviation in tone between the 2?" and finally "do i personally enjoy watching both, regardless of what biases i am using?" Only when all 3 pass does the adaptation work. Most bad ones cut so much they dont function on their own anymore. mediocre ones disrespect the 'vibe' of the source, even if it stands on its own. good ones bring joy because the balancing act is maintained, then defined by how wobbly the spinning plates are.

[@bunnyleaningonasquishedbun5542]

It's funny because OP is the more difficult series to adapt, the first half alone is worth nearly a hundred episodes yet they still managed to capture the spirit of OP in just 8 episodes. Maybe it has something to do with the original creator being on board, I dunno

[@liliraejellies]

the one thing i love about the movie is Yue's costume and hair, netflix just made that poor girl wear an amazon cosplay.

[@jahirbedolla5251]

Finally, I have been waiting forever for you to make a video about this

[@AIIy3000]

Hold up I literally just watched an avatar episode foafy you sure your not in my walls?

[@michilmaoo]

FINALLY HE MADE AN AVATAR VIDEO

[@mathieuleader8601]

Aang's face in the thumbnail is the textbook definition of screaming internally

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Hm, fair and valid points and opinions, i hope to hear your thoughts on Korra. Anyway, 8 Episodes, huh? 8 Episodes? Why is there seemingly so many New Shows that just have 8 Episodes a Season now? Someone please tell me, why is there so many 8 Episode Seasons now?

[@trevorpacelli8056]

Animated Sokka: The meat and sarcasm guy. Live-Action Sokka: The veggies and straight-talk fellow.

[@cabbageman2184]

Real

[@cabbageman2184]

AANG THANK GOODNESS, HAVE U GOT ANY MEAT?

[@lindaakoto1549]

EXACTLY WHY DIDNT AAND LEARN WATERBENDING? How come the show isn’t funny and silly? Why is sokka not misogynistic anymore? Why isn’t katara being overbearing? All of this had so much to do with them growing as characters and they took it all away.

[@Kilraeus]

Would love your take on LoK, as someone who picked up the series with netflix streaming, I really like Korra's story even though AtLA is better.

[@haleybug230]

I introduced my bf to ATLA in 2020 when we first started dating, and it is still so good. A timeless story that truly is about as perfect as a show can get. Not a kids show, a SHOW show. For any age. This show goes above and beyond just "nostalgia", it's just that good.

[@Woofle22]

Dude I just started watching it last month 😭. You’re not alone. I just finished Legend of Korra tho so it didn’t take me long

[@C3rvus]

3 views in 27 seconds? This joke is old.

[@HelpIdkAGoodUser301]

It’s one of those jokes where you find it funny the first time, then it’s everywhere and immediately loses all value.

[@Mrpolarbear338]

Lol

[@C3rvus]

@@HelpIdkAGoodUser301yeah it’s just kinda the “instant like machine” rn. I mean, I’m getting a few likes through critiquing it so perhaps I am just as bad as those unironically doing it…

[@RJS2003]

I mean hey, it's more creative than first at least.

[@C3rvus]

@@RJS2003 maybe barely. At first I thought it was funny, but after seeing it in ALMOST EVERY VIDEO I WATCH, it’s so lame now.

[@tkiesailastname4656]

I'll be honest, one of the few things I actually liked from the movie is the design of Aang's air bender tattoo. Like, sure, it totally should have been blue, but I loved how intricate it was. The netflix one, though does have a cool pattern in it when you look closely(which is cool), just....looks like someone painted an arrow on his head instead of an actual tattoo. Also the intricate pattern from the movie just makes more sense to me in my head since i'd guess they wouldn't have a tattoo gun pre electricity buuut fantasy world. They make their own rules and thats cool too x3

[@comix999productions]

I've been binging Steven Universe, and you're actually the one that got me to do it! I'm currently on "The New Crystal Gems" episode. So no spoilers for the finale.

[@Spunow]

Don't beat urself up for it. I first watched ATLA when I was 18 in highschool... Two years ago.

[@Meh623-Potato]

Anyway Foafy you are a great KZbinr i love the music you made for the theorist channels and i am grateful for your content it is amazing thanks for making great honest stuff keep up the good work and have a good day

[@Goat-tz6gs]

The animation in this was awesome good work :D

[@Jupiterninja95]

Putting the movie next to Korra and calling them both not well liked should be a hate crime

[@isozchrismer9809]

Korra doesnt deserve any of the hate it gets (except for season 2)

[@TheFistOfNuevaYork]

I KNOW!!! I actually loved Korra!

[@TheFistOfNuevaYork]

@@isozchrismer9809 I would argue and say season 3 (the one with Zaheer) is the one that deserves it. Season 2 is actually my favorite and I think some of the best moments from the show come from there (Nuktuk, introduction of Varrick and Zhu Li, Dark Avatar Unalaq, etc.) I also thought that having Unalaq as the villain was very interesting as he was Korra’s uncle, and seeing Korra being on not so great terms with her family was not something we had seen yet, and his whole personality with the spiritual aspect reminds me of Arthur Harrow from the Moon Knight series. On the contrary, I would say that Zaheer was a boring villain who felt like he popped out of nowhere, had a forgettable crew, and a cheap excuse to be an Airbender.

[@jessicapatriciarierawillia1698]

I dont like korra becouse of mainly based of goberment and Boring stuuf

[@wl-o8197]

I haven't watched korra but it is subject to mixed opinions

[@player1playz287]

The last airbender: we’re all like a family :D Legend of Korra: I slept with all my friends 👀

[@michikip45]

Korra and Aang just had different bonding styles! 😂

[@CamKoudo]

Huh... now that you mention it, Korra did indeed do that

[@fernandohernandezqu8984]

She didn't bang the himbo tho, that was the point of an entire episode

[@kiratwo4u]

well they're all actual teenagers

[@vilmublues752]

Korra was never into Bolin.

[@racool911]

I hope we get a sequel video with Legend of Korra, love that show

[@kyrewalsh3908]

Probably why the fandom thinks the movie is more egregious than the show (At least why I think so) is because with the show it at least felt like there were people that enjoyed the original and the movie did not feel like that at all.

[@thedolphinwithdrip7514]

Korra is hella underrated

[@hadisalim8066]

You lost me at "I have never watched Avatar the Last Airbender"

[@exploringwithliz4]

I just recently finished watching the animated avatar the last Airbender show and I haven't really seen it until now

[@Ekami-chan]

If you like avatar world, honestly chronicles of the avatar novel series has been amazing for it. First Kyoshi novel has the best villain the franchise has had. 👏 Korra gets so much undeserved hate, I also didn't hate netflix's live action, it was like a 7, reminder first season of the cartoon wasn't the best apart from few episodes there. Except for live-actions Jet-Omashu mix, that was just bad. :'D Also, I'm so annoyed with english people complaining about the film's pronouncing of the names, because...That's how they're pronounced, just not in english. It's closer to japanese and finnish pronunciation just for example. :'D

[@kiratwo4u]

honestly I don't understand the hate for korra

[@Jaye3rd89]

"Two bestfriends....Sokka and Katara" 🤪

[@kinseywoods6853]

Wut

[@Jaye3rd89]

@kinseywoods6853 that's what he said at the beginning

[@Brickmovestudio]

Me too bro, I just started it recently.

[@danahalawadhi2968]

tbh i watched korra all the way through before atla, so i like korra a bit more than atla, yes i understand the criticisms but also it is awesome to basically see the opposite situation of what Ang was going though (Aang never wanted to be the avatar but is forced into the responsibility while korra really wants to be the avatar but is in a society where they dont really think they need her anymore)

[@danielstokes2127]

I actually really like legend of Korra, I can see some parts where people may not like it but the show as a whole is cool and really expands the world! My favorite character is Bolin!

[@Absurdlyamazing69]

I was here before this blew up :) also I was the first like :)

[@theghostwiththemost789]

I really like avatar but I’m not a fan of Anng not wanting to kill the fire lord. It comes out of almost nowhere. If it had been mentioned from the start of the show that Anng didn’t want to kill the fire lord he wanted to find another way around the problem and a good amount of the episodes focused on that that would be fine but that’s not what happens. Anng not wanting to kill The fire lord isn’t brought up until the series finale and it feels so stupid. It just makes Anng look like the biggest dumbass. Anng saying that he has never killed Anyone is so laughably untrue. Energy bending also sucks since that also comes out of completely nowhere and was not mentioned at all until the finale. I’m also not at fan of everything with Tophs parents. it’s never concluded in anyway and we’re only ever told about how apparently Tophs parents didn’t love her but we’re never shown that. In fact that doesn’t even make sense. They sent guys to go and bring her back to them. If they didn’t care about her, why would they do that? I really like avatar but is absolutely not perfect and I feel like a lot of people treat it like it is

[@SageArdor]

Regarding the Toph's parents part, it's very common for rich and/or politically-tied parents to love their children only as far as their usage as heirs or as bargaining tools. If they had absolute assurance that Toph could not carry on their legacy, they'd have disowned her, if not abandoned her.

[@diashingi2383]

I literaly just started watching avatar around the time this video came out

[@sloanlopez3532]

The Legend of Kora was defiantly over hated during its time. It’s not as good as the original series in some aspects but it’s still a good sequel to the original cartoon and comics.

[@pamelabenson6212]

when the red vs blue movie comes out can you please make a recap on red vs blue I love that show so much

[@Apophis324]

Why did the mere mention of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo make me laugh? XD

[@sabrinakessin1439]

Ok Foaf, YOU NEED TO TO REVEIW SUMMER CAMP ISLAND! Its a really underated and not talked about as much as it deserves

[@jonasdekeyzer1481]

I am very curious how the life-action will ruin the explenation of the chakra's and the avatar state in season 2

[@justaperson6219]

thanks again for your work!

[@celestialnubian]

I had to take my Like away for you equating Sammilawn's movie with the greatness that is Legend Of Korra.

[@ljhawesstudios]

Awesome man 😎 glad you came to this

[@Hoontor]

I enjoyed Korra and the interesting, world building themes that it brings to the avatar universe. Uncle Iroh is still the best character.

[@randomgarbage3448]

I literally finished the show today, amazing timing on my part

[@Walter.Kolczynski]

Season 2 of Korra is a bit rough, the rest of it is good, if not as good as Aang's series. The first and last season are the best ones. Korra later seasons also suffered from Nickelodeon dicking around with the release schedule and even the season order (not the sequence, but how many were requested). They were commonly released on Friday nights, and Nick would release two, then nothing for a couple weeks, then one for maybe two weeks in a row, then another pause. And then they moved it to streaming-only. It was a mess. And that was after the very end of ATLA had similar (but much smaller) issues with Nick stringing them along.

[@Caerulean]

... But Appa (and Momo) looked good in the Netflix adaptation. D: (Vouching for me, a sister, and two reactors, at least.) And overall, the visuals were solid to me, except the greenscreening in places.

[@jeanpoXD]

The thing I missed in the Netflix series was Katara speaking about her necklace

[@Alpha1918]

I was in the same boat lol, I never cared to watch it throughout my life, and only recently did I start to watch it. GOATED show

[@ftlteknik4035]

You were me until a couple weeks ago. As a kid my parents didn’t allow me to watch it. And I’m so glad i can now being an adult. Enjoyed it immensely.

[@matebiro3826]

Fun fact: the misspronounced names are the right names in the Hungarian dub. It's really funny hearing everyone (in America) freaking about this😂😂😂. Also awesome video❤❤

[@AlexPlays14]

Im so happy so many avatar content official and not is popping off suddenly when i watched the show 2 weeks ago