Nostalgia Critic Real Thoughts on The Last Airbender

[@XTestament]

Why does no one mention the fact that the fire benders... needed lanterns... to bend fire? While in the cartoon they harnessed their energy from the sun...

[@randommindz6782]

On that note: Why hasn't ANYONE complained about Avatar Roku being replaced by a freakin dragon???

[@XTestament]

That too! I mean like friggen Roku's dragon NEVER talked... just arrrgh... lets not forget "Comet will be coming in 3 years" VS "COMET IS COMING IN 3 MONTHS SON MASTER THEM ELEMENTS!"

[@WingedWyrm]

XTestament Eh, the months to years thing would have been acceptable for the fact that movies take time and we'd have to acknowledge the actors physically growing. But, yeah, getting rid of Roku? And, the need for pre-existing fire to bend fire? Eh... that was... not... just no.

[@arthurdent6256]

It would have made sense for night assaults.

[@XTestament]

Nathan C. No... no it really wouldn't have... considering that while yes Water Benders are stronger at Night when the moon is out and that Fire Benders are weaker... they are still able to harness that energy within them during night time.

[@ShadowWingTronix]

I saw an Entertainment Tonight behind-the-scene visit to the set and the kid had Ang's personality naturally. He was playing round set, he admitted to playing practical jokes, and he was just so much like Ang that you'd swear he came out of the cartoon. And then M. Night screwed it up royally by making him act nothing like the character. THAT is the biggest sin to me. All the kid had to do was act naturally, which I guess doesn't happen in M. Night films.

[@rcdotjpeg]

It feels like shaymalan just brings you on set and then just sucks all personality and acting skills from you when you act on set.

[@brendanmccabe2249]

wait so he was a 100% match for Angg this is all you need to further show how terrible he is

[@downnice95]

If someone with a brain was the director he would of been a great character for the movie

[@GeorgeMonet]

Maybe it's hard for child actors to understand how to act out a character, or maybe they are simply so embarassed about doing so when they are at the age where they are trying to be treated more like a grownup and less like a kid that they don't want to act in a way they think would make adults think they are childish.

[@brendanmccabe2249]

GeorgeMonet or he was shamilyzed

[@PunkExMachina]

The three things I liked about this movie: 1. Aang's Tattoos. 2. The costumes designs. 3. The credits.

[@Moakmeister]

I even thought THOSE things were terrible

[@petezahut2432]

The costumes were so bad and so inaccurate I couldn’t watch. Is it really so hard to make Katara and Sokka’s parkas blue?

[@Kirkeyressa]

Fun fact: the costumes have a BLATANT error in them, so even they couldn't get something wrong... To summarize: for kimonos (let's not even get into the "LOL IT'S ASIAN SO EVERYONE WEARS KIMONOS" stupidity...) and other east asian wear, there's a very precise way the sides of the robe have to fold over each other. In the show, it's left side over right, the way it's meant to be. In the movie, it's the opposite... which is exclusively reserved as a burial garment... OOPS. Maybe the costuming department was trying to comment about how dead and lifeless the movie is...

[@YOU_SHALL_NOW_PASS]

The Score.

[@matttheman3923]

PunkExMachina and the sets. The sets weren't too bad actually. But everything else.....aweful

[@retloclive9118]

Little bit of trivia. Seychelle Gabriel, the girl who plays Yui in M.Night's Last Airbender, went on to voice Asami in Legend of Korra.

[@WitchfinderGeneral56]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

[@RasoKye]

You're blowing my mind here.

[@AznPhoenix95]

Apparently Mike and Bryan met her through this movie, which makes it the ONLY good thing to come out of this mess of a movie.

[@lalalalisa41]

That's the only good thing that came out of this movie....

[@legomoviesstudios8822]

It blow my mind when I first heard that so I went back and watched yuk' scenes in the movie and then watched some of asami and I thought wow Lucas's actors may be bad but shumalon has achieved the enlightenment of bad directing

[@Lotselance]

The lack of colour really pissed me off too. Look at the Earth Kingdom's cities and towns in the show: they're beautiful, colourful cities and have buildings with really cool architecture and everything. Then in the movie, the Earth Kingdom is just mud with huts. It looked like one of those cheap, budgetless Bible movies they made you watch in school.

[@destroyercreater98]

DI Gumtree no those were at least passable the earth kingdom mr shame did were as if a titan took a shit and left for someone to use it

[@erinjkrizakk]

*There is no Shyamalan in Ba Sing Se*

[@matthewmuir8884]

@Philip Good And I am honoured to accept his invitation.

[@jessicamiller8626]

I wonder a lot about how M. Night's daughter feels about her dad ruining her favourite show

[@Multifandom_mess12]

She probably won’t speak to him

[@joyunicycle]

She originally wanted him to be the cabbage guy. The thought of it has me laughing and cringing hard at the same time

[@petezahut2432]

There is no movie in the walls Here we are safe Here we are free

[@matttheman3923]

Peyton Helfogt omigosh this is the best comment 😂😂😂

[@ShadyDoorags]

I read your hilarious comment right as I was drinking soda, you jerk!

[@kucing-slorg]

The moment Rob speaks "You've been shyamalized" , it's like him turning lector mode on. It's crazy how great voice actor he really is.

[@dani010203stor]

what about the choreography of 15 minutes they had to do just to move 3 little stones or a puddle of water?

[@WatrDragn]

You'd think that with a major studio budget they could've afforded to hire Sifu Kisu so that the fighting at least *looked* like it was functional.

[@dani010203stor]

WatrDragn i mean.. this fact it's not even a lack of budget! it is common sense! how can someone not realize how ridiculous it is? anyone can go and punch them in the face before they end their dance xD and then i don't know, just imitate some or¡f their moves in the show? i mean US, let's say people between 10 and 30 years old could have done it better than a professional director :/ i just can't understand that fact.. hahah

[@WatrDragn]

Daniela stor There are so many bad decisions in the film (I use this term loosely)... The choreography should've been the one saving grace but as you pointed out, it's absolutely ridiculous.

[@dani010203stor]

WatrDragn yes i agree, a lot. just that.. this one was so fucking obvious and easy to avoid.. incredible

[@Omegeddon]

i would bring up how badly they fucked up the earth bender prison scene by having them surrounded by earth but in a universe where it takes 7 benders to lift and throw a rock the Fire Nation could just have easily imprisoned them in a damn cave

[@KneelB4Bacon]

No matter how badly a director f*cks up a remake, you always have the originals to fall back on. :)

[@rassilontdavros3004]

Except if it's Star Wars.

[@nathaneskin3572]

+RassilonTDavros Despecialized Editions. Look it up.

[@rassilontdavros3004]

+Nathan Eskin I know- but the fact that you can't get the original version officially still really irks me.

[@etgohome1343]

Amen!

[@p.z.arnott2329]

Catzilla Tell that to the Ghostbusters fans.

[@gideon5386]

You should talk about Food Fight. I want to know just how much of your sanity you had to give up to get through it.

[@gideon5386]

ErringZeus not that I'm defending last shitbender, but no, i don't think food fight was better.

[@MythicSuns]

i just thought it was awesome to find out that doug has played ratchet and clank. kinda makes me wish he'd review video games or at least the story of video games (sort of like disneycember since a full pelt review would take forever)

[@ThePunkrocker37]

ErringZeus c'mon dude that's a stretch. food fight I can't even LOOK at if i were to turn the volume off. and believe it or nt, one reviewer (not jontron) goes into even DEEPER depth of that movie than the critic did. and it's EVEN WORSE than what the critic showed x(

[@TeamSuperSuYuGiOh]

And get JonTron to help out.

[@StudioInkblot]

***** When did he reference Ratchet and Clank?

[@WobblesandBean]

Appa looked TERRIBLE!! What was up with those weird, long insect claws they gave him?

[@thomashall6733]

+Amelia Bee those were children hanging from his paws.

[@WobblesandBean]

+Thomas Hall ...Oh. To be fair, the CGI is so bad can you blame me for thinking they were bug feet?

[@thomashall6733]

no. i actually thought they were claws for a long time.

[@ghhjnbghjn8921]

lol...fail.

[@inferno9714]

+Amelia Bee Appa in the cartoon was big and cuddly. The movie Appa looked unnatural.

[@Mayhemm007]

I don't think I've ever seen a film show such utter DISRESPECT to the source material. From the names to the way bending works to the lack of colour, it's as if the execs were convinced that the creators of the show were total hacks and that they'd have to change almost everything just to make it passable. Begging the question as to why they were interested in the property in the first place.

[@xavierhughes5522]

Mayhemm007 Dragon Ball Evolution would like to have a word with you.

[@icecreamhero2375]

that was worse

[@icecreamhero2375]

what if Shyamalan ruinned other Nicktoon's: Shyamalan's Spongebob Shyamalan's Fairly Odd Parrents, Shyamalan's Rugrats

[@xavierhughes5522]

No need. Nick ruined all of those already. BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

[@icecreamhero2375]

Xavier Hughes nah they are all still awesome

[@thomashall6733]

well, to shyamalan's credit, eehhh, i got nothing

[@kyleshea384]

+Thomas Hall At least its not like the fan comic "How I Became Yours".

[@thomashall6733]

just searched it up. wish i hadn't.

[@kyleshea384]

Thomas Hall I know its impossible, but I would kill to see Doug to some dramatic reading/review of it. I know he most likely wouldn't review it, but I would kill to see him make fun of it.

[@thomashall6733]

***** ?

[@thomashall6733]

***** oh yeah XD can't believe i didn't catch on to that.

[@pjdougherty6442]

The worst thing about this movie is the fact that it's somehow far more well known than the original series will ever be. When people hear the name "Last Airbender" the first thing they'll think is "That shitty Shyamalan film". It makes me sad that this is the world we live in now.

[@yakine259]

Im not so sure about that. I think you are underestimating the popularity of the show

[@pjdougherty6442]

Yakine I hope so, it's just that I've seen a lot of people who've seen the movie but not one episode of the show, and they just assume the movie represents the franchise. It's ridiculous.

[@yakine259]

Paul Dougherty that's not even ridiculous, that's just straight up sad

[@pjdougherty6442]

Yakine Tell me about it. I know a lot of people who assume cartoons are just kids stuff and poke fun at me for still liking them, the way they see it "if the live action version for adults is bad, there's no way the cartoon for kids is any good." Then they avoid the series because they see it as lesser entertainment.

[@icecreamhero2375]

people say the movie because they like the show

[@dvass7253]

THANK YOU, DOUG AND ROB! Thank you for confirming for me what I've been saying for a couple of years - Avatar is a show that should never have been made into a movie because all the episodes, even the filler ones, contribute to the mythology of this world and if you leave any of that out, it cheapens the experience. Avatar is not like Star Trek, which is a series that is open to interpretation and helps writers let their creativity shine. Avatar just can't work as a movie.

[@AndrozaniCritic1999]

You needed someone else's opinion to confirm this…?

[@Ryoushadow]

Avatar could easily work as a series of movies. In the right hands with the right writer, it could be fantastic. It would need good actors and Aang's age makes that kind of impossible though.

[@dvass7253]

Androzani Critic No, it's just that people have been telling me that Avatar could've worked as a movie, which is fine - I'm not gonna bash people for their opinion. But for me, Avatar should have been left alone as a TV show.

[@jonnil1997]

it would be kinda intresting seing someone try to make a Korra movie, that first season could potentially be a good movie.

[@definitelynotofficial7350]

Well, even if it was, what kind of creativity could that poor Shalamandaramalian put into it?

[@stomyn]

I actually managed to find a few positive thoughts towards TLA (minor as they are) I too liked Aang's tattoos, because I agree that there really was no way to do the solid blue arrow not look ridiculous, so the intricate designs were actually pretty cool The other thing was a little addition at the end when Yue was bringing the Moon Spirit back to life, I really liked how they had her hair turn back to brown when she did so. I actually don't think that was in the show (though I think that was because her body simply disappeared, which is also cool) so I thought that was a really nice touch. Really goes to show how bad this movie is that the biggest praise I can think of is two ultimately unimportant details

[@iriasu1667]

You mention that she a daughter of someone powerful. So, I checked. Her father is a billionaire businessman.

[@tyberostheredwake8098]

Ah, a producer. Makes sense.

[@gamemediafan1714]

@@tyberostheredwake8098 yup. Hollywood producers are the most egotistical pieces of shit in media history. A lot of the worst adaptations or remakes happen cause those fucking idiots have no idea what they're doing yet try to control the entire production. And it's gotten worse and worse as the 2010's goes on.

[@HolyknightVader999]

George Lucas' Prequel films at least are interesting to Star Wars fans and kids. EPIII had some good acting on Kenobi and Palpatine's parts.

[@Teatime7771]

Even though it wasted Wayne Pygram as Tarkington with a cameo at the end.

[@HolyknightVader999]

Jon Stewart Yep. They weren't perfect. Tarkin should've had more parts as Palpatine's second-in-command.

[@tvproductionsltd]

and the final lightsaber fight was awesome

[@ngchloe4877]

I liked Episode 3, episode 1 was average, episode 2 was REALLY boring

[@tvproductionsltd]

Mephiles Metal Sonic indeed it was

[@darrenmacqueen9884]

I saw the movie before I watched the show. I remember people talking about how great the series is, but I never checked it out. Then I heard there was a movie, so I figured I'd watch it to get at least an idea of what people were talking about. I was so extremely bored. It fails both as an adaptation and a stand-alone movie. Of course, I noticed quickly that it was universally hated. I did eventually watch the show and I love it. It's now one of my favorites. However, if it wasn't for the movie causing the fans to speak even louder, even if it was just to try to convince people like me not to judge the show based on the movie, I probably never would have seen the show. So, I have to thank him for that at least.

[@whatthefuckismyname9173]

Godsdamn now I want a Peter Jackson version!

[@oscarstainton]

Even Peter Jackson circa The Hobbit would have made The Last Airbender an entertaining blockbuster, unlike Shyamalan!

[@oohrah1997]

The Hobbit wasnt really that bad i feel like it was a conspiracy like a test to see if this effect works and if it did would it work for future movie and help make them better and less expensive. This i wouldnt even see him failing fuck the only bad thing that is actually good is having a extended copy which is amazing

[@scroseFE]

+Nick A Do a Hobbit marathon. You'll see the problems. I'm not even talking about how it destroys so much of what Tolkien built when they introduced Tauriel. When watching the extended versions, it feels like it's a game walkthrough, not a movie. There are deus ex machina so weird and useless it just becomes funny. Sneak peak: can you please explain the geese mounts that come out of nowhere at /just/ the right moment and disappear as soon as they're useless

[@oscarstainton]

Dominika Malicka I include The Hobbit in my annual Lord of the Rings marathon (extended editions, obviously). I'm not blind to their problems, and lord do I wish they were two movies as opposed to three. But I'd rather three movies that showed the effort to tell the story properly and not lose vital material, which is why the theatrical cuts don't work for me. Also, "geese mounts that come out of nowhere" - not to be rude or anything, but you have a pretty poor grasp on birds if you think an eagle is a goose.

[@randommindz6782]

@@oohrah1997 The Hobbit is weak (not bad) against LOTR film standards....against OTHER blockbuster films (Michael Bay's Transformers), it's still a better product.

[@sirpiken]

How did these guys talk for 20 minutes about a movie that doesn't exist? Nobody ever made a Last Air Bender movie.

[@Shigellosis]

Sir Piken I've got some unfortunate news for you..

[@MagnusSkiptonLLC]

There isn't a Last Airbender movie, and no amount of evidence/psychological torture can make me believe it. Also 2+2=5, we've always been at war with Eastasia, slavery = freedom, and there ain't no damn Macra either!

[@ty-seansenior6660]

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Denial, always the first step. You'll be more accepting of this reality sooner or later.

[@sirpiken]

@@ty-seansenior6660 Egyptian rivers have no relevance to this conversation. There is no Air bender live action movie.

[@ty-seansenior6660]

Yeah, and Trump wasn't our President for a while... *OH WAIT!* Listen... you are living in a Fantasy World. To be honest, though, if a show I loved was turned into this...THING, I'd pretend it doesn''t exist either. Either way, y'all are havin' a mental breakdown because you wish that such a movie existed.

[@p.z.arnott2329]

"This is really going to hurt." That line was said from Dustin Hoffman in the 1990 movie, Hook, who co-starred with Dante Basco as Rufio, who then later starred as Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

[@noaheckenrode7944]

That's also what people said at the opening of this movie.

[@adairia4300]

Ru-fi-o! Ru-fi-o!

[@Qubsb83bu9908HF0VG09]

When this movie first came out.....I can't remember if I saw an interview with M Night that justified my thinking or if I just came to this conclusion by myself.... But I always thought that he changed the races because he thought, as Asian-American, he thought he had a good understanding of the Eastern homage/feel/themes of the series and thought he could change the races to make more sense culturally. I assume that since India is known for its hot climate and deserts and what not....Also the many reds/oranges/yellows of the culture....Shyamalan thought an Indian Fire Nation would make more sense. However....the cultures referenced in the cartoon were strategically chosen. The Fire nation doesn't lean toward Japanese culture for aesthetic purposes...there are cultural and historical factors that influence that decision. Same can be said for the other nations. And I think Shyamalan failed to realize that these artistic choices of the show were deep and symbolic and every last detail was deeply considered. I think sometimes Shyamalan thinks he's the only artist who can put "deeper meaning" into something.

[@matohibiki]

Remember, this was the guy who changed the pronunciation of the character's names, because... Um... Reasons?

[@Qubsb83bu9908HF0VG09]

Ooh actually now that you mention it i do recall seeing him say something about "aang" and how the way the show pronounces it was "too western." I just assume he went with that excuse for the rest of the names......idk..

[@matohibiki]

Savannah Logsdon "The creators did it wrong, only I, the fuck-up lord Shamalan, can do this series justice. Now... I need to go cast Paul Reiser as Bumi, but reduce all his dialogue to grunts, and interpretive dance."

[@whatthefuckismyname9173]

+matohibiki Actually, that would be very Bumi behaviour...

[@dntm123]

6:50 Oh, so Rob is the voice of Shyamalan. Good to know.

[@MonkeyDLuffy-ov7df]

Bryan Konietzko said it best; it was just a complete missed opportunity.

[@AuroraDracoSpeed]

Fun fact. I went to a midnight showing of Last Airbender with an air nomad T-shirt and a momo plushie. There was a Zuko sitting in front of me and my friends. The movie was so bad that it made the Zuko cry. M. Night made Zuko cry!

[@CloaksCosplays]

I remember seeing the trailer for Last Airbender, a not so bad looking trailer, and then a long silence, and the second "An M. Night Shamalayan Film" flashed across the screen I heard an "Oh god..." from 4 people in the audience...laughed my ass off lol

[@ty-seansenior6660]

My reaction would probably be something along the lines of "Aaaaaaaaawwww, Shit," coupled with that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.

[@aaronhaettenschwiller1626]

If I were to have the series as movies redone. Two movies per season, each movie around 2 and a half hours long (Maybe more) skip filler episodes Get a director who is actually good with these types of movies cast the characters as their cultural influence, don't show off Ozai explicitly but make sure you get a good casting Get better choreographers, and the martial arts expert from the show to help Try to get some of the show creators on board for some direction Pronounce names correctly and stick to lore, don't retcon stuff Note: Leave out filler material that doesn't add much, leave in important plot points in skipped episodes In general for episodes to skip and keep Season 1 movie 1: Go through the first 3 episodes normally Include Bumi and Kyoshi/Suki but lessen their plots while spending enough time to define their characters Imprisoned episode is not necessary, but if time and ability, do it, but not as expense to rest of movie End season with The Winter Solstice episodes, if needed increase grandeur of the plot, maybe emphasize the intensity of the scene where Roku destroys the temple BIG POINT: Give Zuko more plot points, like his Agni Kai with Zhao Season 1 movie 2: this one might have to be 3 hours Start with some escape scene maybe, and then open with the Storm, Put lot's of emphasis in the backstories The Scroll doesn't need a lot of time, can be just brushed to indicate improvement in waterbending abilities, leave in hint about the white lotus, since this episode doesn't have tones of major plot points or character development Spend more time on Jet since he is a recurring character (not too much time, enough to establish plot direction and character Make the Blue spirit a major part as well Skip the fortune teller and Bato of the water tribe and the great divide establish Jeong Jeong's character and plot do northern air temple, but only for the war balloon factor and to introduce the characters make sure there's at LEAST an hour for the last 2 episodes, the waterbending master doesn't need to be as long, but keep in the fight with Paku to show Katara's growth, make sure Zuko's plot some time as well Give Yue character development Have aang meet Koh, make him go avatar state at the end and use the water spirits power like in the show Include Zuko mentioning Azula line (Born lucky etc.) Season 2 movie 1: open with the avatar state MAKE SURE AZULA CASTING IS GOOD skip cave of two lovers brief return to Omashu, focus more on Azula and Co. Swamp is not necessary, but can be shortened to fit in for Toph foreshading skip avatar day Blind bandit, get good casting for Toph Work on Zuko's character and backstory with Zuko Alone Try to include chase but only briefly for characters to meet with azula bitter work doesn't need to be a major plot, can be scattered in between to show aang learning earthbending End with the library and Appa being stolen Season 2 movie 2: Start with the desert skip serpents pass but leave in the part where Zuko meets Jet Make the drill a bit more simplifies Make City of Walls and Secrets a bit shorter, make sure Long Feng is well casted Skip tales of Ba Sing Se Show Appa's lost days only briefly and scatter them throughout the plot Make Jet's apparent death scene very dramatic in lake Laogai Shorten the forced entrance on The Earth King but make this part of the final act, leave about an hour for the guru and crossroads of destiny. Season 3 movie 1: 3 hours Shorten the awakening skip the headband and the painted lady Make Sokka's master take less time but leave in sword fight Skip the beach, not enough time to delve into backstory, but include combustion man Skip the runaway, but have combustion man attack again and hint his weakness make sure the importance of bloodbending is noted in the puppetmaster skip nightmares and daydreams leave at least an hour for day of black sun as ending make confrontation between zuko and ozai good Season 3 movie 2 Shorten zuko's introduction to the team and leave in combustion man's death Make the first third or half of this movie about zuko's trips with the characters shorten the boiling rock considerably, but make sure to leave in Mai and tai lee's betrayal and show it's psychological effect on azula skip the ember island players (obvious Leave at least 1 hour and 45 minutes for the last four episodes make the final battles good Needless to say ATLA would be a difficult series to adapt, but if you had a lot of people who knew what they were doing, it could be at least decent, unlike this where absolutely no one knew what they were doing

[@dtracers]

Now what if you had Netflix, the original creators, as a series instead of movies, people from detective Pikachu?

[@ddraven3180]

@@dtracers man, as if that would ever happen

[@PmpknHead]

DDRaven it is happening supposed to be released in the next few years

[@ddraven3180]

@@PmpknHead i know. Sarcasm

[@versacebathtub]

Best part about the movie: The Ending.

[@ellandecampbell6279]

Based on what I've heard about the movie (because I've never seen it, & I never will), I knew that you were gonna say the ending

[@ShadyDoorags]

AJ Sweet This is actually true. The credits are pretty awesome to watch.

[@rjgraddy11]

AJ Sweet somehow he fucked up that blank space in between the 2 lines you wrote in.

[@corrinflakes9659]

+Shady Doorags But the credits were terrible to watch for anyone who was involved. With exception of Shyamalan.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

I disagree. Because that means you have the entire movie first. The best part was the first literal second. Because by that point, you haven't suffered, and you can always bail out. It was...a better time. A more...innocent time. When everything was still okay in the world of Avatar The Last Airbender...

[@isaacgleeth3609]

Nicola Peltz, who played Katara in The Last Airbender, went on to play Mark Wahlberg's daughter in Transformers 4; she was just as bad. On the flip-side, Seychelle Gabriel, who played Yue in The Last Airbender, went on to greater things. She voiced Asami Sato in The Legend of Korra and did an amazing job.

[@SB992REBORN]

Wrong wrong

[@RoyalFusilier]

7:00 The flip side of what Rob said: Imagine what Azula and Toph will be like, if God really has abandoned the world and the Shayamalan can strike again. Seriously. Think back to them in the show, and then to Katara in the movie. :(

[@LeeLeeBellePBJLee]

I actually feel really bad for the guy that plays Sokka because years ago I saw him in an episode of Criminal Minds where he played a druggie with multiple personalities and his other personality was a homicidal woman and the transition between the two was terrifying! So I think he is actually a really good actor but got screwed over because of bad movies.

[@christinalynn850]

M Night Shyamalan is worse than George Lucas. I actually enjoyed parts of the last three Star Wars movies.

[@allowableman2]

Word has been spread that the producers of the movie pulled the strings and caused it to fail. They didn’t bother to watch the series, and this, along with nepotism and a mismanaged budget, caused Shyamalan and the show creators to give up on the movie outright. Apparently the shooting script was rewritten and taken from their hands, and after filming the Southern Water Tribe scenes on location in Iceland was completed, the budget was reorganized so the rest of the film was done in the Pennsylvania countryside and on sound stages. The first draft of the movie included all twenty episodes of the series, adding up to a whopping seven hours. Instead, the movie was cut down to barely two hours, and then studio bosses had another half-hour of film cut from theatrical release because they wanted to convert it into 3-D as quickly as possible. M. Night Shyamalan wasn’t the main reason why the film turned out bad: studio mismanagement was equally responsible.

[@trinidadonassis7411]

What you are saying is true, Shyamalan definitely gets his share of the blame, but many times it's not just the director, its other nameless faceless entities that play just as much a part in fucking things up. It happens so many times, it's ridiculous. This series should have stayed exclusively animated imo. If they wanted to do a movie, just do The Search in two hour & 1/2 films. They would have actually made a profit, the series would have continued even further. It was a clusterfuck all in all.

[@death-king1834]

The Prequels are utter and complete garbage but they at least had some moments. Not many but some. Last Airbender has literally nothing.

[@justinesun7270]

Darkseid RotS is actually kinda decent, but yeah.

[@Dim4323]

Well m night is now bouncing back.

[@TheDecatonkeil]

Everything was wrong with this movie: the casting was horrible, with the children actors acting so soulless, not even Iroh was ok. Iroh was the generic old character in a generic fantasy written for children. He acted like someone boring and serious, while the one in the cartoon acted like someone with experience, which made him constantly act in a way that helped Zuko liven up and lighten up. The racecasting (racist or incompetent) was crap, making the north pole look like Hogwarts or something. The world they're trying to portray is somewhat underdeveloped and fragmented, you can't have a secluded tribe include people from all races. They haven't got to that point and having a "kids' movie" treat race as no big deal in some parts but as a big deal in others (can't have our main cast be asian) is manipulative. The use of the lore was completely wrong. The worst thing about the element bending was not that the effects were crap or the scenes were lame, it was that it didn't understand that it wasn't "traditional magic". The movie had the characters perform ridiculous dances to summon the elements, while in the cartoon it was something much more physical, more like martial arts: rigid movements for earth, flexible movements for water, etc. A well executed punch from a firebender would produce a flame, an airbender could fan a powerful windwill or sneeze a blast of air... They completely misused avatar Kyoshi, whose whole purpose in the series was to provide an insightful flashback to a time when the conflict she had to solve was confronting her own nation when her king became the conquering opressor, which could have helped the audience understand that in the world of Avatar (and the real world) there isn't "an evil race" or "an evil nation", but that at different points in time, different nations and peoples play the role of villain because of very similar reasons. In the movie they used her to reveal to us the very important piece of information that is that "she liked playing games". Bravo!

[@brendanmccabe2249]

the kid that played angg was a very close match if you saw some behind the scenes stuff then he matches angg perfect but shamelyon

[@TheDecatonkeil]

Brendan McCabe Nah, like they say he always looked on the point of crying. Aang in the show was such a great character that showed a range of emotions. They could have made him (in the cartoon) so wrong by doing him annoying in a western cartoon way or in a shonen anime way, but they nailed him. You could believe that he was a kid that had been raised by monks that placed a lot of responsibility and self-discipline on him but who also had been influenced by one of them specially who taught him to enjoy life. The movie version seems like one of a myriad of blank slate fantasy protagonist who, being blank slate and all, feels like too much of a killjoy because they couldn't balance all the, heh, elements properly.

[@BadWolfRT]

Decatonkeil I think what Brendan McCabe was saying was that the actor, behind the scenes, actually acted like Aang and matched him pretty well, so really all he had to do was act naturally. Sadly Shamalan interfered, and we ended up with the awful, dead-eyed killjoy we did. And yeah, he did look like he was about to cry half the movie!

[@brendanmccabe2249]

BadWolfRT yeah

[@eartianwerewolf]

As somoene who hasn't seen the show- I can say I thought Zuko and his uncle were the best thing about the movie.

[@sawyer5372]

Am I the only one bothered by Rob constantly cutting off Doug when he's speaking. It's weird but it just drives me nuts

[@pokemonmanic3595]

They're brothers, they do that

[@boomzilla86]

he does it alot to doug. doug rarely does it and usually if he even tries, rob just talks louder to prevent being cut off.rob is kind of a jackass.

[@FreddyPingus]

Rob normally is right. Don't feel it as such a bad thing :D

[@boomzilla86]

FreddyPingus i think the last few of these i watched, rob was dead wrong and most of the comments disagreed with him. hes too anxious to hate things blindly.

[@kchandaman3012]

I noticed that, but I think that's just a brother-brother dynamic. Doug doesn't seem to mind too much, and Rob does respond to his points and vice versa.

[@death-king1834]

Honestly the Phantom Menace is a better movie then the Last Airbender. Yes, I said it. Phantom Menace is actually a guilty pleasure for me. And before anyone starts to attack me, hear me out. I know it's not good. I know the problems it has. I know all about the shit people have gone on about it. But it does have some entertainment value to me, maybe not compared to the Original Trilogy, but there are parts of it I can get into and enjoy. Like the Pod race or the battles on Naboo at the end. Last Airbender, though. Holy shit. I mean people have complained and gone on and on about the acting in Episode I but God damn the Last Airbender makes the Phantom Menace's acting look like Oscar worthy by comparison.

[@rydermccall3590]

The fight scenes in Phantom Menace were at least entertaining and fast-paced.

[@death-king1834]

+ryder mccall At least the fight scenes were fast paced, and say what you will but Lucas clearly put a lot of effort into creating the fight scenes. Yes, they may have lacked emotion or character. But from a film perspective they are pretty well executed sword fights. Last Airbender on the other hand feels like Shyamalan was completely asleep at the wheel and didn't really give a crap.

[@rydermccall3590]

Bane Knightfall The light-saber fight at the end of Phantom Menace is my favorite scene in all the prequel films. True there was little (If any) internal conflict between the characters, but that lightsaber fight was still entertaining as we had never seen a double-bladed lightsaber in the films before. It really puzzles me how the fight scenes which looked great in the cartoon could look this bad in a live-action big budget film when we had something spectacular-looking in 1999 (The Phantom Menace).

[@Dim4323]

at least it had a focus where they need take the queen to corasent and stop the trade federation taking over naboo

[@death-king1834]

I like to point out my opinion on the Prequels including Phantom Menace have vastly changed after seeing the Plinkett/RedLetterMedia reviews. However I still stand by my statement that Menace is a better movie then the Last Airbender.

[@Tareltonlives]

I'll give the movie this much credit: It got me interested in the TV show. I was like "Well, there some interesting ideas in here. I wonder what the show is like" And behold, the crappy movie leads to finding a really good TV show.

[@DannyBReviews]

I want to see their honest thoughts on the Pokemon & Digimon movies

[@Happaning_tube]

I think we all would but they really don't give a damn about that time period in cartoons. but there is one were he touches on it with J O.

[@RichardTheLima]

119matburn ***** Yeah. It's the Digimon The Movie. It was great! I love that episode! Unfortunately, is really sad that JO is not around making videos like that anymore, I know she is fine nowadays, but I just like much more her doing videos. Anyway, only Digimon The Movie, and it was done with other person who is not around anymore..., so I don't think Doug and Rob would talk about that.

[@Shiny_Misty]

Richard The. L. What happened to JO, anyways? Did she just lose interest or what?

[@DannyBReviews]

Misty the Eevee Spirit no she left Channel Awesome roughly a year ago to go into written reviews

[@XxAngiexXRPI]

***** plus Doug doesn't even really like anime. So there's no point. If anything, Avatar The Last Airbender is a gateway show for him, ATLA is similar to Shonen anime, so he could possibly like anime in the future. But I don't see it

[@darthvaderreviews6926]

I saw the movie with my father. There were 6 people in the entire theater, including us, and for some reason the projection jammed in the middle of the movie. I think the projectionist may have genuinely taken pity on our poor souls and spared us the rest of the movie. Either way, 6 people walked away with a refund that day, so I suppose I got off lucky :)

[@CLDJ227]

1:10 I disagree, I think you could reduce the first season into one film the same with the second season, there is stuff that could be cut out or put in the next movie. For example, you could cut out the fortune teller and Jet. Perhaps Jet could show up in the second film instead same with the keyoshi warriors. The third season maybe should be cut into two films. The first one ends with the eclipse invasions, and then the next film is the finally.

[@MAKORDYL]

Jackson Rathbone who played Sokka played also in the twighlight saga and Nicola Peltz who played Katara played in the bates motel and Transformers: age of extinction

[@RGS_1520]

That's not a good sign

[@rcdotjpeg]

They just flock to shitty movies

[@RedaFox1]

So. they do suck.

[@MAKORDYL]

***** She was ok-ish in Bates Motel

[@MrImastinker]

Nicola Peltz wasn't actually that bad in Bates Motel.

[@HectorGonzalez-qx9nk]

Even as a kid, I didn't like this movie. I was 10 when the show came out, and I loved it! Don't remember when the film came out-I assume 2 years later-so I ended up going with my older sister who had seen some episodes with me, so she was also interested. When it was over, we both felt like our souls were sucked right out. We just felt empty.

[@raymondwatt4794]

I'm tired of people comparing Lucas to Shyamalan. That's an invalid analogy for a number of reasons. 1) Star Wars was Lucas' franchise, in that sense he can do whatever he wants with it. 2) Lucas knew how to film action and create a spectacle even if he can't direct actors. 3) As much as people rip on the Star Wars prequels, there were aspects about them that weren't bad.

[@TheRealEasyA]

8:10 Perfect example: Seychelle Gabrielle or as you guys refer to her, Penis Head. WONDERFUL voice actress, she voiced Asami Sato in Korra, but I feel SO SO bad for her for what she probably had to go to after playing Yue in The Last Airbender.

[@kriadydragon]

In defense of Shyamalan, there was an article going around for a while by someone who'd worked on the movie. To summarize, a lot of the issues with the movie came down to both the producers and a crappy budget. The producers are the ones in charge, and while M. Night knew the show, the producers didn't, and it all went downhill from there. Does that mean I think M. Night was still the right guy to direct this movie? (according to the article, he'd actually written a good screenplay, but someone else was asked to write the screenplay, someone who hadn't even seen the show). No, I actually don't think he should have directed it (and I' saying this as someone who usually enjoys M. Night's work... except The Happening. Hated that one. And while TLA was pretty to look at it was still generic and flat). M. Night is better at subtlety and slow build, not action.

[@Themoushtaceleague96]

I am rewatching the show, because I grew up watching every episode of the show. I hate the movie, however. The year this "movie" came out, the "adaptation" of Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lighting Thief was released. After reading the book and watching the movie to The Lighting Thief, the only positive I can give to The Last Airbender is that it's trying to be faithful, where The Lighting Thief only has the basic story and nothing else.

[@macayla3183]

The Lightning Thief was a mess..I could've directed it better. :P

[@macayla3183]

+Adrian Curr no, I don't blame you for liking it. I actually liked it at first too, of course I didn't even know it was adapted from a book, but I think it's an ok kids film if you haven't read the books. It's just that I have and they're so much better haha

[@katekursive1370]

that synchronized "ummm" at 2:52 though! hashtag just sibling things

[@Zylo82]

12:57 "It could have been North." North the movie. I would like to kown your real thoughts on the movie and about Eberts response to it. R.I.P Ebert. if not North then Super Mario Bros

[@tristanchisholm5857]

NO! NO! I completeley disagree with what you were saying... Apa didn't look good, it looked terrible!

[@HoverBot]

It's amazing how a $20 Appa plushie looks more accurate than that big-budget CGI mess

[@isetmfriendsofire]

Yeah... It didn't fit a live action setting for the same reason that cartoon characters look creepy as live action if you leave all their proportions the same and everything. Like this: i.ytimg.com/vi/Lzbr4o-oNP8/maxresdefault.jpg Like, Appa was not blended in.

[@masonwheeler6536]

"Dark and gritty, so glad that's dying out," Doug says. The next year, Dawn of Justice came out...

[@mac1991seth]

Comparing possible similarity between TLA and LOTR is the best one so far. Both stories are about journey. Both stories have ultimate bad guy. Both stories lead to final seemingly-lost battle. Both stories develop sort-of-a-superhero characters. Just try and melt New Hope George Lucas with Fellowship of the Ring Peter Jackson, and you've got yourself perfect writer/director for The Last Airbender.

[@opposite_hedgehog_753]

Top 5 directors for the TLA reboot 5. James Cameron 4. Joss Whedon 3. Ang Lee 2. The Wachowskis 1. Peter Jackson

[@brendanmccabe2249]

Paymon Khaleghi peter jackson before hobbit and i wouldn't say the wachowskis

[@opposite_hedgehog_753]

1. Peter Jackson should bring back the visionary team of LOTR and help him do book one trilogy. 2. Say what you got to say about the Watchowskis, the major problem is their writing. Other than that they are talented when it comes visionary filmaking. They should get Tom Tyker(Cloud Atlas) to do the dialogue and score for the film. Also their films are Asian influence so they can use ASIAN-AMERICAN ACTORS to play the role.

[@kingofsapi]

Yes! Peter Jackson, please take a break to refresh your exhausted mind and return to give us a ATLA saga! With eight movies to rival Harry Potter, (2 for Water, 3 for Earth and Fire) get a talented cast of child actors, (with the help of Speilberg as that seems to be his forte) and maybe, just maybe, we can immortalize Avatar on the big screen as well as they did with the show. Or even if we got all the voice actors back and animate the current comic book series, I'll be happy as well. ^_^

[@arthurdent6256]

kingofsapi They grew up dude.

[@SiRenfield]

Bruh this movie was from 2010. If you have to tie into the trend I think Nickelodeon was preparing for the fact that the last Harry Potter movie was a couple years away and BADLY wanted Last Airbender to be a hit to fill that void. Because let’s not mistake here Shaylaman’s mismatched directing is one of the main reasons why it failed, but let’s not leave out the fact that Paramount/Viacom’s hubris was a major factor too!

[@sektor3069]

Im glad I'll never see Toph getting Shamalyzed

[@tharrock337]

one more good thing: The girl who played princess yue was later cast as the voice of asami. Not saying she wouldn't have gotten the part without the film because her performance won her the role, as she freking nailed it but she might have never auditioned if she hadn't been close to the franchise before.

[@Lauren_210]

You know, they're kinda right on that fact about the different film genres swooping decades. From 2000-2010, it was mainly the fantasy genre that took over since Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter were coming out at the same time and they had immense popularity. Now in this decade, we are more in the science-fiction genre with series like The Hunger Games and Divergent taking their places right now...and of course, the new Star Wars trilogy coming out starting at the end of 2015 with Episode 7. I wonder what genre is going to take over starting in 2020.

[@fromolwyoming]

Don't forget the medley of Super Hero films that have been/are coming out.

[@Lauren_210]

fromolwyoming Oh yeah, can't forget that too. :)

[@MegaPixarfan]

I would love to see maybe westerns come back. I love me a good western.

[@liamhenderson9031]

So the character who has the most development in an amazing show translates to the least awful of a shitty adaptation. We are only just learning the try power of Zuko

[@Godzillakingofkaiju1]

Also, if one is going to MAKE something dark and gritty, have it be something that WORKS dark and gritty like Godzilla which started out as an allegory for the Atomic Bomb.

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

although the problem with condensing a whole season in one movie would be nearly impossible, Shyamalan didn't make it easy by restraining himself to 1:30 of movie. Heck, we can take movies of almost 2:30, like LotRs movies! I'm sure one additional HOUR would give a lot more to not cut from the show! They could have added a proper flashback of Aang's and Zuko's past, a small introduction of the inventor and the Kyoshi island, a better showing of the northen watertribe, etc.

[@uniqueness3516]

I had a dream last night where The Last Airbender was a great movie, same cast and all. Oh, what a beautiful lie.

[@MetallicaRules]

Why would you wake up?

[@uniqueness3516]

We all have to wake up, young fellow. We hate it a lot, we wish we could stay sleeping, but you have to wake up and face reality. It sucks, but it's true.

[@DrewColpurs]

What was that video of the interviewer at the theater on opening night? I would like to see that.

[@Klarpimier]

0:16 Get it? "Aang-ry?"

[@ASR-Ansori]

This is kinda Off-Topic. But seeing how much Doug praises the Amazing Spider-Man movies as being really good movies, I wonder if he'll ever talk about the Spectacular Spider-Man show? We can all, Spidey fans agree, that this cartoon is easily the best adaptation from the comics so far.

[@jp3813]

I doubt it given that he won't even talk about the 90's Spider-Man cartoon even though it was part of his childhood.

[@ASR-Ansori]

***** The 90s cartoon was pretty corny and sometimes very silly, in comparison with the show I'm talking about. Also, Doug has been talking about many things that aren't nostalgic recently, so he can perfectly watch the show in DVD and talk about it.

[@jp3813]

A S R No different than the 90's X-Men cartoon. I just don't think he's a big fan of Spidey in general. He simply likes superhero movies.

[@ASR-Ansori]

***** He has reviewed many modern shows, like Avatar.

[@jp3813]

A S R Nothing in my previous reply implies that he doesn't.

[@Goleon]

"They may take our movie but they'll never take our tv show!" - I'm going to use this from now on with shows adapted to movie.

[@GothicXlightning]

ahhh.. nothing like 2 critics sitting down with clever meat knifes, butchering a film from a series that is been butchered already that can get quite messy but forget about this film the animated series is the true deal, is awesome truly cannot even compare btw Peter Jackson is BEST damn director of this new generation

[@spookyscaryskeletonssendss2789]

I dream for the day that someone finally decides that live action TV show interpertations could do better than live action movies....imagine a full length, episode for episode, live action tv interpertation of Avatar. Or animes like Bleach, Future Diary, Ghost in the Shell..... The biggest reason this doesn't exist comes down to one word: Budget. The money it would take, even for a realistic fiction interpertation ( like Clannad as a live action, for example)....is immense.

[@ChaosBladewing]

No mention on how much the bending itself sucked? I mean that earthbending scene is particularly infamous... As for more "Real Thoughts" I would like to see you talk about Food Fight as well.

[@RyanStorey1231]

I grew up with this show, thus as a big fan of the show, I was totally hyped for this movie. I went to see it with my mother when I was fourteen, and surprisingly she actually liked it. I left the theater, not feeling angry but feeling utterly confused; I didn't have the critical thinking skills at the time to really decipher whether it was good or bad, but I was disappointed. My mother never watched the show and she really liked it. So I guess the movie isn't that bad if you're not familiar with the source material. It's still really bad, though. The only good thing I can say about it is that The Fire Nation was well cast. I liked the actors they got to play Zuko, Iroh, and Zhao. And I'm at least glad the movie exists because the actress who played Princess Yue went on to voice Asami in "The Legend of Korra".

[@alexturlais8558]

It is bad as a stand alone movie too. Bht the fire lord was the worst casting ever

[@Sylvirayne]

Maybe your mother just pretended to like it to be supportive?

[@RyanStorey1231]

Alexande Turlais I didn't say anything about The Fire Lord for a reason. He was awful. Yes, it is bad as a standalone movie too. My mother either had bad taste, or was just being supportive.

[@masterofall66]

Sylvirayne Nah, my mom liked it too, like, she was sad that there wasnt gonna be more. So it must be a thing.

[@Typedbystereo]

***** I liked the movie well enough too before watching the cartoon - same for my little sister. It was what got us into the animated show in the first place :)

[@Tillyard86]

Do Independence Day!

[@NelsonDemifur]

I thought he did? I'm not sure

[@StudioInkblot]

Nelson Demifur Real thoughts. He did do a review.

[@MrRobot1984]

So was that madam Woo as the fortune teller in the deleted scene? I've never seen the DVD, just in the theater, unfortunatly.

[@grkpektis]

I got a new boss recently and we were talking about movies and he told me much of a die hard shamalan fan he was, I tried to not say anything and pretend I didn't care because he's my boss, but I had to ask him what he thought of TLA and he said he loved it. I lost it I explained to him why I hated every fucking second of that POS movie, he didn't fire me or punish me but he looked really mad for a while, we just moved on and talked about other movies.

[@eclipsefx]

Apparently (based on the same article that included the details about Katara's casting being that of some high roller's daughter), the movie's budget was also managed poorly -not sure whether that might also include some pocketing a little extra - and as a result thinned out towards post-production. That could've also factored into some of the post/vfx not getting as much care as required and/or otherwise reduced to a bare minimum. At the same time, given that fire & water simulations were much more expensive to create, ILM was developing methods to run iterations of said simulations on graphics cards to increase speed & allow for more fidelity, which would be crucial for this kind of source material. While it didn't pan out as much due to this film's production woes, the R&D was still beneficial in the long run.

[@SneezyKeegz]

If anyone thinks the Nostalgia Critic is too harsh in his main reviews they need to watch these videos where he just talks.

[@AnnTheAnonymous]

The video Doug mentions of opening night reactions is "ReelzChannel - First Fans - The Last Airbender (2010)"

[@charleslatower]

2:51 super brothers double "ummm" XD

[@alexandraburton232]

19:18. Reference to Dustin Hoffman's Captain Hook in Hook. Nice.

[@fromolwyoming]

As bad as Last Airbender is, Dragonball Evolution is still the worst adaptation ever.

[@Yanara126]

You're not wrong, at least The Last Airbender kept mostly to the story, even if it completly failed on the emotional level. Evolution was just complete bullshit.

[@justinesun7270]

Yanara1260 True, true.

[@ViewTube_Dan]

The movie is called „The Legend of Aang“ in Germany. Just fyi. It’s really all over the place… and I hate Shaman Alan so much..

[@thepinknightmare8747]

I love watching the thoughts on videos, watching the real Doug and Rob who have created tthe Nostolgia Critic just play off each other and give their honest opinions

[@ZarkTide]

To me, the release of the movie turned me on to watching all of the TV show. Worth it in my book, that show is great!

[@MushyPlushie]

I would love to hear more about Garbage Pail Kids.

[@leonardrodriguez1501]

Toph would have needed her own movie. Three movies for earth Kingdom

[@Arkantos117]

The Avatar movie should've been a build up to Korra with an older Aang and stuff.

[@MarshmallowRadiation]

Arkantos117 That would have been nice, but at that point Korra was basically just a wishful thought in the back of Mike and Bryan's heads.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

Then it wouldn't have been a pointless, truncated retelling. It would have a purpose.

[@TheModernPainter]

Arkantos Say that might have been a good movie. Nickelodeon should consider that.

[@ShadyDoorags]

Shymalan couldn't get a premade, already amazing concept-made-with-included-script correct. You think he could get something new down?

[@natkatmac]

I really, really want that gif of the earthbenders wildly flailing around to float one puny rock. Especially with dance effects layered over it.

[@boomzilla86]

it was passively racist instead of aggressively racist. the different benders were obviously specific racial groups in the show and shamyalan just kind of ignored that fact. the ghost in the shell casting of scarlett johanssen is the same thing. the casting completely missing the point that it should be a japanese woman cast in the role. its passively racist.

[@boomzilla86]

japanese people arent like americans. theyre not just "us" but in japan. so theres this big part of their culture that basically goes "it can not be helped." thats literally what it translates to. and it means if its something you cant change, then accept it whether its right or wrong. plus, living in japan, theyre not a minority, so they dont experience racism in their own country and they dont care about whitewashing roles. but if you ask any asian americans, they are not ok with ghost in the shells nonsensical whitewashing.

[@someonerandom8552]

+boomzilla86 Japanese people DO experience racism frequently, actually. They are homogeneous and homogeneous populations do in fact judge frequently who is "not authentic enough" and who is. Doesn't matter if you're born in Japan, they will call you not Japanese enough if they think you're not Japanese. The world is not like America in the sense that we don't just sit around over analyzing the shit out of inane events looking for racism. We have better things to do, to be frank. Also a lot of anime characters have characteristics that are not Japanese. Just because they're in an anime doesn't mean they're Japanese. Christ a lot of the characters in Dragon Ball are actually Chinese. A lot of character models generally borrow heavily from Caucasoid people Which is why Japanese people don't give two shits about the casting of Ghost in the Shell. One they're not that insecure about their own culture like a lot of Western born people seem to be these days. And two, they most likely envision her as a Caucasian woman in the first place. I'm a Western born Asian, I can tell you upfront and honestly, the only people who have any problem with this are the people without solid foundations for their cultural roots. Our immigrant parents who lived through far more racist encounters than we have, couldn't give a flying fuck about such inanity.

[@NovelistVampireGirl]

Ok, since I just re-watched the first season, they could have cut episodes 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, and condensed 5, 6, 13, significantly and even then it probably would have been a three hour movie if it was done anywhere close to properly.

[@YOU_SHALL_NOW_PASS]

I agree with the stuff Rob said about the casting. I don't think it's really that much of racism, i just think it's just Shyamalan's ignorance and laziness, just like everything else about the movie. Ignorance and laziness.

[@paradoxacres1063]

Have the Walker Brothers done a video on Snyder's *Watchmen* movie? I think that would be an _excellent_ topic for them to cover for a "Real Talk" video.

[@maidenjapan66]

Okay, call me crazy but I think Steven Spielberg could have made a good Avatar movie, if he was the fan and not M.Night Shamalamalaman. He's made or has worked on good kids/family movies (ET, An American tail1,2, Back to the future series and many others) and on top of that he has used some of the best special effects in movies (Close encounters, Jaws, and of course Jurassic Park's special effects still look great today and that's 22 years after its release) Not to mention his bff George could help with the combat effects (and NOTHING else) So yeah, I wish he was the one that was watching TLAB with his family and said "This could make a great movie".

[@opposite_hedgehog_753]

Also he was influence by Kurasawa's work so yes.

[@musicsfan1]

My problem with the film is that I remember when the first teaser trailer came out (the one with Aang in the temple blowing out all the candles and then the camera pans out on of the windows and you see the fire nation ships) and it looked amazing! All I knew about Shamylan at the time was The Sixth Sense so I saw no way that this could go bad The movie didn't last long in theaters in my area (big shock) so I rented it when it came on dvd and I was torn between being angry and sad the whole time and I just kept looking back to the teaser wondering where they messed up

[@ImagineTheEnding]

It is racist that Shymalan casted white actors. Racism doesn't have to be conscious for it to be considered so. Avatar is supposed to be inspired by Asian countries. So, they should have casted Asian actors. It's ignorant and disrespectful not to. White people star in plenty of movies. We don't need to star in Asian inspired movies too. It's not our place.

[@XxAngiexXRPI]

Heather N and the water tribe should've been inuit not made of white people. Part of an adaptation is bringing the characters TO LIFE. So they need to LOOK LIKE THEM you know? that'd be like if a guy with blonde hair and blue eyes was casted as Harry Potter.

[@userasdf]

Heather N There aren't many asian actors though. Especially child actors. Especially Inuit child actors if you want to be specific. And of course he's catering to a racist white audience. The US (audience and producers) aren't fans of non-white leads. Kind of a self fulfilling prophecy of course but there are lots of explanations besides shymalan being racist. The entire US movie industry is racist.

[@XxAngiexXRPI]

userasdf and that is sad. That's why I liked American Dragon Jake long, it had a Chinese boy as the protagonist (even if it's a cartoon, that still counts to me) same goes for Korra. I don't get why MURICA is OBSESSED with having a white person as the main lead

[@isetmfriendsofire]

It MAY be racist... I don't know if I necessarily agree. But that doesn't make HIM racist. Smart people do stupid things, nice people do mean things, etc.

[@ALEXGKROX1001]

Also a thing to note is, I'm agreeing with everyone here about why the hell they switched races on this, but what he said about "the American Hollywood is racist" is total bullshit and my last comment can tell you why.

[@jeraya520]

Interesting fact: The girl who plays Princess yue (Seychelle Gabriel) in the movie would later be a voice actor on "The Legend of Korra" playing Asami Sato.

[@rhettgedies7467]

_The Village_ and back are good movies by M. Knight, in my opinion. _Lady and the Water_ and on is where it went downhill. And _The Last Airbender_.......was a nuclear bomb.

[@battlion507]

Rhett Gedies After Earth?

[@rhettgedies7467]

Tony Davis _After Earth_ was "meh" at best. Not a movie I could see watching a second time. Still, a definite rebound from _The Last Airbender_ if you are comparing (as it was his next movie). XD

[@rhettgedies7467]

I don't think so. I enjoy it a lot. *****

[@V0ldek]

No worries, the actress playing Katara got casted in Transformers: Age of Extinction, and the actor playing Sokka played in Twilight, so you could say that their careers are blooming :P

[@rubixqoob8601]

If I hit the powerball Im buying the rights and making the ultimate Airbender movie. You both will be hired on as consultants of course.....your welcome.

[@elazar493]

I remember a documentary where M.Night said he only watched a couple episodes with his son. Also he put the Kioshy warriors and many jet but he didnt think the warriors were important enough.

[@elazar493]

Also Ang was just a kid playing g with a staff in his basement. His mom called shyamalan over or something.

[@aarononeil9832]

Not to offend anyone, but Peter Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring, while good, was not as flawless as people say.

[@KhanMann66]

No movie is without sin.

[@userasdf]

Aaron O'neil I was definitely not a huge fan of LOTR. The 2nd movie was the only one I'd say was actually good. The rest were just ok.

[@aarononeil9832]

userasdf Actually out of the LotR movies I'd say the second was the worst. The first was good, third was only a little better than the second. All of them have redeeming features. The Hobbit movies are just terrible.

[@userasdf]

Aaron O'neil Meh everyone has different opinions. I liked the 2nd since things actually happened. It was at least enjoyable to watch. To me 1 dragged on with really nothing happening besides the decision to destroy the ring. 3 had "let's just have the pirate ghosts win everything and make everything else we did entirely pointless" But that's just my opinion. I can see other people enjoying the others ones to varying degrees.

[@Darkbeast42]

Does anyone know the name of the video he was talking about near the end?

[@mrman949]

Events that MUST be in a Last Air bender film: Aang's Realization of the destruction of his culture; Zuko's Rescue of Aang; Aang's connection to Kyoshi; Spirit world journey; Fortune Teller (Volcano Episode); Siege of The Water Temple: MUST HAVE CONNECTION OF MOON SPIRITS AND THE KOY FISH.

[@mrman949]

Riff Raff Vitus Well. Actually there was some great character development in that episode. Also it could have provided some needed action to the movie.