Should It Get ANOTHER Season? | Avatar the Last Airbender (Netflix) 1x7 and 1x8 Group Reaction

[@Thenormies]

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[@claudegrenier3180]

Aang not learning waterbending is just him having ptsd i believe. In the animated show, he had a lame ptsd after firebending. Its weak writing considering that Katara was healed like 5 mins later lol. In this version, I believe that the fact that the only time he waterbended got him to lose 100 years is a more believable reason to be traumatized. That's my theory at least. Several little clues seem to indicate as much.

[@goldohaze20]

I’ve seen people forget one big change between the LA and animated is that there is no timer for the comet, in the og they had to train because they had a specific time (one year) the creators said they didn’t put that timer on the live action because the actors obviously are growing and they can’t say they have one year because by the 3rd season they would be so much older

[@DonMachado]

@@goldohaze20 I'm betting that season 2 and 3 are going to be produced at the same time to keep them as young as possible. But Aang's actor is 14 already and may be 16 before they start filming.

[@misswitchbladegamer9733]

the actress who plays as Princess Yue came from the movie Prey the prequel to Predator in case you didn't know. She was the main character of that film

[@claudegrenier3180]

@@misswitchbladegamer9733 And she was AMAZING in that movie.

[@NebyuGameFreak]

*FUN FACT:* Seasons 2 and 3 for this show were already confirmed about 2 weeks ago. They even have a funny youtube video where the actors react to the season renewal update.

[@TheQuickAsAFlash]

Daniel Dae Kim was perfectly cast lmao.

[@Arcannabis]

@@TheQuickAsAFlashDaddy Dae Kim *

[@TheQuickAsAFlash]

​@Arcannabis I'd call him hot, but that feels a little *too* on the nose. 😂

[@FenixNade]

Flameo Hotman!

[@Meestordandan]

Yea but SHOULD they? I feel like the casting needs to be stronger. They have a lot to improve on.

[@TrueVixeus]

All the previous Avatars: "Aang you need to be alone, you dont know the pain" Me: "Trauma response much?"

[@DaveH82]

Me: Aang needs to watch Naruto Shippuden.

[@Saphthings]

I love that when the moon was gone, waterbenders couldn't bend anymore. But Yue still could, because she had to power of the moon inside her.

[@moon7shinev150]

I loved that they made Yue a waterbender. I never understood why she wasn't one in the original. Like she's literally the moon

[@MARYWTHER]

Aang can't be cold, he's actually never cold. Airbenders have the ability to regulate their own body-heat.

[@IamnotJohnFord]

Exactly. Aang never wears any coats or other clothing to protect him from the elements-pun intended. And, in Korra the Air-benders also just wear robes and later the flightsuits. It's similar to Storm on X-men. Micro climate control is probably the first lesson they master.

[@jhulanwilson2649]

Not actually an air bending ability. Just a breath technique. The Tibetan monks which the airbenders are based on perform similar feats in the real world.

[@bradrich2000]

@@jhulanwilson2649 so it's an airbending technique, got it.

[@Lightning_Lance]

@@jhulanwilson2649 sure, it's based on that, but it is an airbending technique in their world. They don't do breathing to regulate body heat, they slow down the air flow around their body so that they don't lose heat as quickly.

[@jhulanwilson2649]

@@Lightning_Lance where in the source material is this stated? And how does zuko regulate his heat in the North Pole he’s not an air bender? Iroh states the fire bending comes from the breathe. Bending is based on real world martial arts, breathing techniques are fundamental in any yoga/ martial art.

[@JunimRoberti]

I think they are going to have Aang train water and earth at the same time to make Katara and Toph discuss how he should be trained, like in the cartoon.

[@curtiszyr]

Lmao this series already fxcked 😂

[@gingerdog8203]

That would also give us a more angry katara

[@knoxxsavage6288]

​@@curtiszyr explain

[@xtraordinary7319]

I don’t think you can call “renewed for seasons 2 & 3” f’d but that’s just me.

[@blkbirdrook]

wow, that is a great point and a possibility.

[@abthedragon4921]

25:13 Actually I think that's more a reference to how in some countries, the original show was called the Legend of Aang. Though admittedly, that did contribute to the sequel series being called the Legend of Korra.

[@Daysleaf]

Yes , i remember the arabic version was just called (أسطورة أنج) or basically The legend of Aang.

[@ijjc222]

Yess! Here in México its called avatar: la leyenda de aang (avatar: legend of aang)

[@nishijaja1113]

yesss !

[@abthedragon4921]

49:58, I mean they kinda do. In both the OG show and this adaptation, they have warships. It's just that due to the limited amount of traditional building materials in the north and south poles, they can't make navies as vast as some of the other nations.

[@Mnstrsplayhouse]

The idea of her water bending spit back into Kitara's mouth was hilarious 😂 😂

[@denielsebastian9668]

You mentioned that they should hint at Lion Turtles, cause they didnt in the original. In fact, they did hint at them in the library episode briefly, just FYI.

[@travellerinthedark]

Yeah, there's a whole bunch of subtle Lion Turtle visual motifs throughout S2 and S3 as well.

[@burneraccount2024]

A few sprinkles of images don’t justify a whole ass new power being introduced stfu😂😂😂

[@AvatarTheLastPodcasters]

Pour one out for Hahn, who had the biggest glow up.

[@AvatarTheLastPodcasters]

Dave Filoni who directed the cartoon, coined the term "Koizilla".

[@suncore598]

The way I see it, the point of Aang's arc in S1 is to come to terms with his survivor's guilt. Only by doing so can he be ready to take on water bending with Katara as his teacher.

[@brobed1]

cope.

[@Iwillone]

Exactly as Monk Gyatso said he needed to.

[@Cazammaf]

That's a good point which many people seemed to have overlooked. Another point people overlook is Aang & Katara not having hints of a romance. People complain about it, but if you think about it, the show's timeline is expanded, so Aang/Gordon is going to be much older and more mature which makes more sense to leave all of their romance stuff until then. I always thought it was a bit weird with Aang being 12/13 and Katara being 14/15 and have them kissing and whatnot. It's logical to wait until Aang is a bit older and looking for that type of stuff.

[@MARYWTHER]

And to be fair, Aang doesn't know about the comet yet, in this show. So it's like, while there's a war, sure, he still thinks he has time to learn these bendings and not just one year or any deadline for that matter. Actually, considering how the show is shaped, he might have spent all this time thinking helping people and all, was more useful than learning new bending abilities.

[@hirvale]

@@MARYWTHER I can't imagine all the time he spent around Katara he would just sit there and watch her practice and not think to mimic or train with her in any way. It just doesn't make sense.

[@diegopansini3152]

1:03:43 The term you’re looking for is “Koi-zilla”. That’s what the fans named it

[@BoastfulIvy]

About the whole Aang not learning waterbending, it doesn't bother me all that much because he doesn't actually struggle at all in learning it in the original. He's just good at it, he's immediately as good then briefly better than Katara. Like there's no real arc there for him - it's actually more important to Katara's development how easy it is for Aang to learn waterbending. In the pirate episode where they get the scroll he learns faster than Katara and this is one of the things that upsets her and that prompts some conflict and character development, while later Pakku calls him out when he's training with Katara that Aang is just naturally gifted and doesn't have to try in the slightest. It's absent yes, but to be honest it wouldn't bother me in the slightest if they opened on season 2 and included it there, that Katara is trying super hard in her lessons and Aang just, isn't, and is just as good as she is, and that upsets her to bring in some low-cost conflict early in the season.

[@MARYWTHER]

Yeah actually Aang's Jeong Jeong arc is more important, and it bothers me more that it's not in the show (so far) than him not having learnt waterbending yet. 🤷‍♀

[@claudegrenier3180]

@@MARYWTHER 🙄 I can't agree with that... it's one of those moments in the original that was seriously bad writing. The kid burned Katara and she healed herself like 5 minutes later. And he was still traumatized for one and a half season until he meets the guru and then loses his trauma in 2 minutes meditation... cmon! The whole thing is kinda weak. BUT having him water bend ONCE and lose 100 years time... now that's trauma. Way better to understand.

[@Zoidberryable]

@@claudegrenier3180 I disagree with your take that it's bad writing. Your first ever experience with fire-bending is burning your close friend due to your own arrogance and mishandling of the element. That would be traumatic as hell for a goofy kid like Aang, whether Katara healed herself or not. Because that doesn't erase what happened, he still hurt her with his actions. He doesn't magically lose his trauma any more than Zuko does, they both learn to understand and accept fire from a different perspective than the fire nation's using it for destruction and death on a huge scale. I'm not sure how being traumatized by waterbending would make sense given it was done in the avatar state, it saved his (and Appa's) life, and I'm pretty sure he wasn't even fully conscious at that time anyway.

[@YTAG33]

They are retconning the cartoon in their discussion. Aang didnt want to train in season 1 of the cartoon. His arc was that he is too powerful even with just air and is afraid of hurting people. Aang barely uses any other bending besides air until season 3.

[@scruffd0g193]

S2 will help them fix some of the issues, characters getting more in-depth chemistry with each other. All in all, this was was a promising step in the right direction that respects the greatness of the Original.

[@Samu_Raaay]

I feel like they're gonna go on to show Aang learning waterbending on the first few episodes of season 2 which will work as kind of an epilogue for season 1

[@salvatoreruggiero6551]

I think they will start with Aang being already a waterbender, they will probably do a timejump and maybe showing some flashbacksof him training with Katara at the northern water tribe

[@RyderDunei]

@@salvatoreruggiero6551 yeah, im hoping for something similair to the scene the og has, with Katara sparring with other students and aang goofing off

[@salvatoreruggiero6551]

@@RyderDunei surely they will not show aang actually training, it will sottract time to other things cause Seaosn 2 is really packed. If they will do more than 8 episodes (maybe 10) , it will better, they will have time to breathe. But overall, i think we'll see 10 minutes at maximum at the northern water tribe at the start of S2, with some flashbacks of aang actually training with Katara, then they will leave for the earth kingdom, cause that's the core of all of the book 2.

[@salvatoreruggiero6551]

@@RyderDunei I also would love to see that kind of funny dynamic where Aang doesn't want to train but Katara yells at him, i don't know, something like that. It will show both the goofiness of aang and the responsible side of Katara..who knows🤷

[@robertking4645]

Don't forget, books 2 and 3 of ATLA were stronger than book 1. Season 1 of Netflix Avatar had its' flaws, a lot of them but it has a lot of good stuff too. If the show runners accept the constructive criticism, work on their shortcomings, improve writing, dialogues, if Katara's actress ups her game, if Netflix gives this show at least 10-12 episodes, seasons 2 and 3 will be amazing.

[@destroyerofnirn3537]

It had a LOT of flaws.

[@eshswam]

10 - 12 episodes per season?

[@ATron-d8l]

Most of it is fixable even if they only get 8 episodes. They primarily need to fix the pacing, the over explanation aka exposition, and concentrate more on the character moments like they did with the Fire Nation adaptation. Even at the cost of the story beats from the animated show. I think they were trying too hard to include as much of the same beats from Book 1 as possible and that messed with the pacing too much.

[@mmichael1221]

The live action show runner came out and said they heard and took all the criticism too heart and are actively looking at ways to improve the next season so I have hope 😊

[@destroyerofnirn3537]

@mmichael1221 yeah I had hope for this season and look how it turned out. The creators left during production and I can see why.

[@imsoapy9013]

Season 2 and 3 has already been confirmed

[@Benjaminlibera]

This show was never going to please everyone. It's a very popular show, I'm just glad it was made. Hope season 2 is better

[@forwork-r8f]

well, Aang didnt really use any water bending in season finale fight, so there seem to be no point adding him leaning while we can still see Katara learning anyway.

[@mattgibney4085]

It’s been confirmed they making another 2 seasons. I liked the show, it was really good. I see some people that have an issue with them changing a few things from the story but the main story hasn’t changed. I think they need to relax, it doesn’t have to be an exact copy of the cartoon. It’s really good

[@samuelripa-ol1ry]

The way i screamed when the momo moment happend LIKE STOPPPP IT !!!

[@MONTALVO-rf6so]

grown ass man. That's not cute

[@JackMValentine]

Although I don't personally care for the live action because of the changes they've made, if I'm looking at it from the perspective of what the show runners are trying to do and from the perspective of a new audience member I will point out that there is no reason for Aang to learn Waterbending at this time. When he first wakes up he's still goofing off, he then finds out it''s 100 years later and wants to go home, they're heading to the Northern Water Tribe to get Katara a teacher. Aang is informed by Roku that the comet is coming by the end of summer which puts a clock on him having to face the Firelord and end the war. Even in the animated series we have a much stronger direction from Roku's conversation onward. Without the ticking clock it doesn't quite make sense within the logic of the live action. He's 12, he looks like a baby. The war has been going on 100 years. He's not stopping the Firelord tomorrow, it wouldn't even make sense for him to fight the Firelord in a year. Even though they don't really go much into the martial arts aspects of bending we can assume it takes time to fully learn and master so although Aang is supposed to learn them all he has time. There's no rush. He's set up to stop the Firelord at some point in the future, he's supposed to do it but there's no reason to do it now. That being said that's the whole reason why it exists in the animated series, there is a lot more structure in the series. Not saying I don't agree with you, I do. It's just that's not what they're doing.

[@AvatarTheLastPodcasters]

I would have loved if there was a post credit scene of earth rumble and the announcer is like "coming to the ring, standing at 4 feet tall, the newcomer, she is THE BLIND BANDIT!" and it's just Toph's silhouette.

[@jeffhappens1]

That is a great idea

[@borisbajtal]

Imagine!! We would all loose our s**t haha

[@Lily-sc9ut]

25:11 When Katara says that, in Spanish it was something epic for Spanish speakers since in the Spanish translation the cartoon is called "The legend of Aang" (La leyenda de Aang)

[@georgecooper9630]

Since the original creators aren’t working on this and are doing their own animated thing, I’m very happy for more. If this distracted them from the new animated stuff then I’d be more negative, but for now it’s just an unnecessary but fun addition

[@unomiguel017]

Not entirely true on the part that the original creators weren't part of NATLA, coz both Mike and Bryan were credited to be co-writers for episodes 1 & 6 of the live-action.

[@borisbajtal]

And also, let's not forget that we have to tank the writers for constantly fighting stupid ideas from the creators. If it was up to two of them we wouldn't get the masterpiece we have now and if they stayed on NATLA, we would see more changes than we do.

[@hiccuphufflepuff176]

Getting all the female benders showing up to defend the city is great and all, but no one talks about the other half of sexism: they're going to need a lot of healers afterwards, and it would have been nice if the guys had some first aid experience too. Any jobs that are traditionally "women's work" like childcare, nursing etc., are thought of as less important in most cultures and men are made to feel embarrassed to be doing them, but they're objectively just as vital to society, require hard work and skill, and deserve more respect than they get. Men should be joining Yagoda's lessons and feeling honored to be there.

[@tubeTreasurer]

Yeah I was also like. Equalism is fine and all, but who is gonna heal all the burned warriors afterwards? Thas was also a big part of the traditional sexism in our world. If half your men die in a war you just have new sons. If half of your women die in a war half of your society is gone.

[@Omnipotentmonkey]

while it has it's problems, I definitely feel like there's a solid base to work with here, a little bit of course correction is needed imo in Season 2, but it shouldn't be too hard, two of my biggest issues were Aang not being goofy enough, and Katara not being defiant and spirited enough. Toph's introduction is an opportunity to alleviate both, Aang has someone his age to bring out the goofy side (where LA Katara and Sokka felt like they had a more emphasised age gap over him) and Katara has someone to antagonise her a bit, where Sokka (sans Misogyny character arc) didn't give her a lot to work with

[@QMS9224]

I knew from episode 1 aang was a problem. Even from the trailers I could tell, and he’s the central pillar so I had very low expectations going in, and I got them lol. Aang has such a complex character and here he just feels like a 1 dimensional too serious 4th grader instead of a fun loving mischievous but spiritually mature teenager

[@blackfox4138]

My biggest fear is that they're gonna double down on the criticisms and keep doing the same mistakes from S1. I'm putting money down that Toph's blindness is gonna be such a non-factor that she might as well just be omniscient. They'll remove the blind jokes and they'll make Toph's Tremor Sense *way* too powerful for it to the point where her lie detector is just gonna be mind reading.

[@Omnipotentmonkey]

@@blackfox4138 Meh, why worry about potential problems that haven't happened yet? I'm happy they get the chance to continue and potentially improve.

[@Omnipotentmonkey]

@@QMS9224 I agree and disagree, agree that he's too serious, but think they gave him reasonable enough depth, they pulled his internal crisis of "casting aside worldly concerns" forward a bit and handled it reasonably well in my opinion, and addressed his fear and hesitance towards his own power. I can't say he's a shallow or bad character ,just a different one and a less vibrant one, and that the loss of the juxtaposition of his more carefree ways vs his serious role was more detrimental than the writers anticipated. as a "pillar" he had a few cracks, but still held up his corner for me.

[@blackfox4138]

@@Omnipotentmonkey I was skeptical over how they were gonna handle the first season and I was dead on the money with that one. Glad y'all can settle for what you got, but my worries have a precedent.

[@withxoutxlife]

Despite not getting Jeong Jeong, I was happy with Katara learning to heal from an actual teacher, instead of how it went in the cartoon where she says "I guess I always knew". For as much as people bitch about the live action, Season One of the animated series had its fair share of bullshit contrivances that fans seem to forgive or blatantly ignore.

[@BolofromAvlis]

Like George Martin said, " the books are the books, the show is the show". People need to give up their hang ups over the cartoon vs the live action show. they can't be 100% the same. The constraints of doing a live action show, and the fact that these actors are aging means that they won't be able to stay 12 yr old kids throughout the whole series. I'm amazed that they've stayed so close to the cartoons as they have. Not everyone who watches this thing is as familiar with the cartoon. I have enjoyed it for what it is, not for what I want it to be.

[@Arcannabis]

🎶 She went from being Prey to Princess Yue. Slaaaaaaay 🎶 WHY WHEN Zhao said “Thhhhhiiiinnnn” I imagined THAT trump meme. Lol??

[@LXV-e9d]

It’s getting a 2nd and 3rd season. And I’m here for it 🎉

[@CaptainPikeachu]

I think one thing that’s overlooked regarding Aang not learning waterbending is that 1) he’s talked about how he fears his own powers and how he only had Gyatso train him so there’s a degree of Aang trying to escape and run away from learning as he’s still coming to terms with his own feelings of guilt and pain, and 2) the lack of a comet and that looming deadline likely also contributes to Aang’s procrastination/avoidance. Because he’s not exactly forced to have to learn, and he thinks he can just call the other avatars as a crutch, he’s not having any incentives to learn and he’s still trying to in some ways avoid his responsibilities.

[@lovelylife3012]

It's really weird that most people can't comprehend that.

[@christianaayodele]

​@@lovelylife3012people do comprehend this they're just not good changes

[@aileenpi73]

If you guys are referring to Aang turning into the Ocean Spirit, that was him letting himself be taken over by that spirit, that was not water bending.

[@reflectionist]

The Jean Jacket with "FIREBENDER" across the shoulder blades and the big ass Blue Spirit mask covering most of the back? Dude.

[@aileenpi73]

The truth is, in the animated series Aang water bending didn’t really made a difference in the battle they are going to face in the north, so the show made the choice to leave Aang’s learning of the other elements for season 2. I am more than ok with that.

[@carriesmith742]

27:42 they even made a point of Katara telling him that, "you know avoiding practice isn't going to make it any easier" once when she was practicing and they ended up splashing each other. I'm not sure if we were to assume Katara tried to show him and it didn't go well. Not sure.

[@trackboycrimson]

"Bridges go two ways." Spidey, The normie of Bars!

[@ONECrewReacts]

For everyone upset that Aang didn't learn water bending yet, remember that in the animated show even tho he learned some water bending in book 1, it wasn't until Katara became his water bending master in book 2, along with Toph as his earth bending master, that his skills improved significantly. Netflix is likely just holding off for next season to have Katara train Aang in water bending

[@nwyk153]

I hoped Season 2 introduce the most important and iconic fire nation characters - Lo and Li.

[@everjei2]

I actually edited Yunjin Kim as Ursa in the ATLAtv reddit lol. I hope they actually cast her.

[@IsiahBradley]

THANKS for keeping it positive, Normies!!!! I love both versions!!!!

[@Oneryeone]

I'm looking forward to Seasons 2&3! The show isn't perfect, but I think it's doing a good job of adapting the story and making interesting additions! The first season of the animated series was always going to be difficult to adapt. It's much more episodic than the later seasons, Zuko hadn't started his redemption arc, and characters like Toph and Azula had yet to appear. Now that the creators have some experience adapting the world of ATLA, I expect that Seasons 2&3 will be a step-up in quality from an already decent show.

[@PootPootMagoot]

I'm glad someone else noticed this, S2 + 3 are much more of a continuous storyline whereas S1 is VERY self-contained and episodic. S1 sets up a lot of things needed for the following seasons though, so there are small things from each episode that have to be established even if there's no time to adapt the entire episode! All things considered, I think S1 of the live action was fine but S2 and 3 will be even better!

[@kuyorei7359]

i love the way they did the colors on the last episode the way its black and white but the colors come bwck when theres light is just amazingly done

[@hassankhan-jg1dx]

That was not an original idea. That was from the original cartoon series.

[@reflectionist]

Since Episode 6 - Masks was written by the original show's creators, I think that qualifies the change of the 41st Division to be headcanon in the animation, too.

[@benlezmh1835]

Doesn’t work like that

[@matcha1996]

@@benlezmh1835it works well. and can be headcanon.

[@Lightning_Lance]

The previous avatars aren't spirits. They're not in the spirit world. They're in Aang.

[@rowenaanne83]

Thank you for being fair to this show. I am watching the animation because of this show. Hopefully they take the criticism and make it even better.

[@joemomma6317]

It’s already been renewed for book 2 and 3 and I can’t wait

[@lamarrclarke]

“These Are Arcs” 😂😂😂

[@Sharpester]

Sokka is the true Avatar! He might not be a "bender", but we've seen him bend an Earth, Fire, and Water member to his will this season. #rizzbender

[@MoneyGist]

31:55 How do WE know the other Avatars had their own "Team Avatars?" Even from the animated show, Kuruk lost his love, Roku was betrayed by his best friend, and Kyoshi basically isolated herself on an island. Where are the teams?

[@SantosAl]

Roku mentions having many great friends that helped him master the elements and understand the nations. Monk Gyatsu is also mentioned specifically by Roku to being one of his best friends. And the books mentions that the other Avatars surrounded themselves with people. Which makes sense since the Avatar is supposed to help with keeping the balance, and good interpersonal skills developed from getting to know all the nations is necessary. and this skill is kinda hard to get without socializing and becoming friends with different groups of people.

[@ONECrewReacts]

​@@SantosAlHaving friends and having teammates who actively travel and fight beside you daily is not the same thing

[@MoneyGist]

@@SantosAl Not everyone read the books bro. The show didn't come with assigned reading and such.

[@NeddyMontz]

Looking forward to seasons 2 and 3

[@piercebrooks6747]

Can't wait to see blood binding in the future seasons

[@Jurgir09]

They gonna make it awkward looking 100%

[@Lightning_Lance]

About the waterbending: 1) I think Aang probably "unlocked" or "connected to" waterbending by melding with the ocean spirit. So now he's probably willing to learn it, he'll probably say something like that in season 2. 2) I think Aang will learn between seasons. There's no rush because they don't know about the comet yet and it will take longer to arrive in this. The actors will be older for season 2, so it's assumed that they spend a few months or half a year in the northern water tribe. The only reason for that would be if they are taking that time to learn waterbending. 3) it explains why Katara is going to be better at waterbending than Aang for the rest of the series. Because it's established that Aang is more talented and more powerful. So why is Katara better? In the anime, Aang was better at it until they went to the northern water tribe. At which point he first tries to teach her secretly, so he even gets some extra training that she doesn't. Then when they're both training, the only explanation we get for why Katara now becomes better at it is that Aang was slacking off. Which works in kid's show, but Natla is trying to be more serious. So Aang not wanting to learn waterbending because of trauma is a better reason here. Idk, I think it's not ideal, but it could make sense.

[@moe5020]

all they had to do was a couple short training scenes though and they had so much time, the OG already gave the explanation that he didn't need much training as the tenents and phisosophy of waterbending are similare to airbending. And then in book 2 if he's learning water thats going to interfere with the arc he has to go on to master earthbending which is his main obstacle because it's so foreign to him. Also they didn't set up his feelings toward firebending if we are going to have him be unable to learn due to trauma that would be far more impactful if they saved that arc for firebending as Aang also was naturally good at firebending but didn't learn until later out of fear.

[@mattixender3016]

That Micky-Dante Basco story at the beginning was hilarious

[@rickymoranjr9609]

BTW I hope we get to see how Azula got her blue flames in book 2 for this series, we get a small glimpse of her getting blue fire but it was rudely interrupted

[@nalzazlan]

One of the thing I didn't like is the lack of "my honor" mentioned anywhere. Like I remember the internet meme it to death.

[@danielvelasco4664]

The final chapter feels very good for one simple reason, they adapted the chapter just as it is in the animated series; one change or another but essentially the same, my 2 cents.

[@TheQuickAsAFlash]

I know that the show isn't perfect, but honestly? I'm enjoying it, even the parts that changed*, and I'm excited to see the next couple of seasons. *I don't want to start a fight in the comments, but what I will say that, in my opinion, some things work better in a cartoon for children because it can be over the top / cartoony, but as an adult, I appreciate the way other things were handled differently. Not better, but differently. Plus I watched someone watch this show for the first time w/o watching the cartoon, and it was exciting for them / they really liked it, and they kind of made me think about how much nostalgia can effect you.

[@AL7249]

Yeah that's pretty understandable. I feel like most of them couldn't watch without comparing, complaining and general BS, there are those that don't like the writing and pacing. Having no expectations other than watching a show is probably the key.

[@TheQuickAsAFlash]

....I've also met Dante Basco in an elevator 😂. I did recognize him & spent the whole ride panicking.🤣🤣🤣

[@MoneyGist]

@@TheQuickAsAFlash Seems the man rides a lot of elevators 😅

[@TheQuickAsAFlash]

​@@MoneyGistsounds like lmao!

[@grayowl7581]

I have a theory that they’re going to bring back the Secret Tunnels (and hopefully the Hippies) as the means to get inside Omashu at the start of Season 2 instead of the sewage pipe.

[@NewNotNewbMargieA]

Aang not learning water bending actually makes sense. It shows his immaturity and anxiety over being the Avatar. The scene where Katara was trying to get him to train with her expresses this point.

[@MiniSerloneBurger]

I really hope that it gets another season!!!!! I want to see my girl Toph in action!!!!!

[@Sharpester]

It's getting a season 2 & 3.

[@MiniSerloneBurger]

@Sharpester hell yeah!!!! Thank you for thr update 👍👌

[@curtiszyr]

@@MiniSerloneBurgerhonestly it’s really mind boggling how folks are excited to throw money at these companies for regurgitating the same product but with less quality

[@GipsyD2945]

Aang not learning waterbending at all in this show could be an RL thing regarding the actor. To be fair, Gordon is still very young, and shoving 2 kinds of different martial arts into him while on a deadline might've been too much, especially when back then they didn't know if they were gonna get new seasons. So he was only taught the airbending martial art to start. But now that they did that, and they are actually getting new seasons, this now means he has to learn two new martial arts for water and earthbending in season 2 anyway.

[@BrysonRyenn]

It got renewed for the two seasons btw!

[@DarthDimadome]

"Did Zhao just...die??" "Y'know, it was really unclear."

[@Jurgir09]

In cartoon he went like a badass. Here he died like a backstabber

[@adrianlee41103]

Zhao is JunTao from Rush Hour

[@tm_35]

I now have a new reference for when I say "This, is destiny!" lmao 53:07 wooow as soon as you said it I saw lol they really got all the Asian actors😂

[@jonathanblankenship2095]

1:17:09 Every fisherman in the business

[@10freekie2]

This remake just doesn’t care about spirituality or the bending at all. They degraded it to ‘the past avatars are old-fashioned and don’t know you can have friends and bending is just some cool magic some people know and the avatar will probably suddenly ‘get’ it’… really bums me out

[@griffinshaffer83]

Im pretty sure you are also talking about the animated show on Nickelodeon. It didn't get into spirituality very much. The past Avatars got very little characterization, much less then the live action show.

[@jacobholly2096]

To be fair the only avatar that had a friend problem is Roku so his reasoning is justified in a way, but the rest kyoshi had her own team avatar so I don't know what her problem is, kuruk don't know much about him other than being a smug type of avatar and that he lost his love that's it.

[@THEMVPS3179]

They did way better than the film. I enjoyed it overall, some stuff is definitely a problem personally but for the most part it’s overall good

[@salad3955]

homegirl katara threw some ice disks and became master lol

[@BenLemay77]

I personally don't mind Aang didn't learn water bending so far as in this show, Aang's personal growth is into accepting to be the avatar. To be honest, he learned this one day before the beginning of the series. He is also looking for a waterbender master, while Katara is barely able to waterbend at the beinning. I understand why it bothers some people tho. It is a different way than the og series. As for seasons 2 and 3, I am very eager for those. Book one of the animated series was written in a very childish way and became more and more serious with the next seasons. Also, instead of having Aang's story unfold in 6 months, this will probably span over a few years to fit with the actors. Being 12 years old in the cartoon made us forget he was 12, especially with the Katara's love story. At least he will be a teenager during the next seasons. Great reactions gang!!

[@messywanderer]

They literally spoon-fed people an explanation for Aang not learning waterbending in like the 2nd episode and y’all just decided to completely ignore that. 🤦🏻

[@roni2971]

Any other show that would have been resolved the next episode…. In the OG cartoon in 20 minutes or less. This show dragged that shit out for its entirety 😂

[@thebrassring5203]

Y’all need to relax on ang not learning the other elements cause even in the cartoon he didn’t learn them til season 2

[@ethan.n14]

Literally 😂 he learned like, a smidge, in book 1

[@natep6729]

When Katara said "I know i'm probably gonna mop the floor with him" I jumped out of my chair laughing lmao. Did not expect gen z lingo in atla world fr. Also, the fandom named the moon spirit 'Koizilla'

[@MTStingray]

10:48 Actually never confirmed one way or the other in the show if she was a bender. She simply didn't bend, and we were never told.

[@jacobholly2096]

Maybe the reason why we haven't seen aang train in water bending is probably to let katara train him through the rest of the seasons. The same with toph and zuko.

[@The_Lilac_Flute]

46:04 The Lion Turtles were mentioned in "The Library" episode when Aang holds up the picture of one with a person standing in front of it. Also these Lion Turtles didn't have cities on the backs of them, I bet that was showing how the humans first began populating the Lion Turtles, but that's just a guess. 💜

[@MoneyGist]

39:58 Rena is my spirit animal☺

[@chaotic7cam]

48:33 second episode begins if anyone wants to watch them at separate times.

[@anthonyhudak9363]

The biggest surprise was seeing Amber Midthunder from freaking PREY as Yue

[@aliarshad6906]

I am glad you guys enjoyed this was a good watch

[@mannycordoba732]

the reactions to momo getting bodied by the rubble take me out every time LMAO it was so unnecessary!!

[@gabugemu]

Glad they stayed. Many petty reactors drop the show midway

[@bodhichae]

i was upset aang didn’t earn any water bending too but after a while, i think it’s bc there’s no sozin’s comet yet so he doesn’t feel the urgency- just that the north is in imminent danger… in the og aang new after roku, so that’s the only reason i see them not, although i think aang in the og was already practicing pre-sozin’s comet… but now with season 2&3 coming i think it should get better (hopefully)

[@claudegrenier3180]

Aang not learning waterbending is just him having ptsd i believe. In the animated show, he had a lame ptsd after firebending. Its weak writing considering that Katara was healed like 5 mins later lol. In this version, I believe that the fact that the only time he waterbended got him to lose 100 years is a more believable reason to be traumatized. That's my theory at least. Several little clues seem to indicate as much.

[@colleens1107]

Wipe out an entire race of benders, can you imagine what this like? DUDE DO YOU SEE ANYONE ELSE WITH ARROWS ON THEIR FOREHEADS? YES

[@MoneyGist]

1:27:50 YES!!! That's why it's so exasperating watching you nit-pick every tiny little detail after we just saw all of you smiling, laughing, and tearing up for the first 20 minutes of every video.

[@hassankhan-jg1dx]

Cope bro. The show sucks.

[@MoneyGist]

@@hassankhan-jg1dx Lol. You watched it and then watched the reaction videos? Cause it sucked? Okay 🤣

[@hassankhan-jg1dx]

@@MoneyGist wanted to see an honest reaction to a bad product. You yourself accused them of nitpicking this show. This show sucks because the dialogue and story is exposition reliant. Everything needs to be dumbed down and explained to the audience and there is little room for subtlety or subtext that existed in the original. The original creators walked away for a reason. You’re gonna say they were wrong to do so and say they have no talent? lol, how can you claim to like the original show and then say the guys who made it had no idea what they were doing?

[@MoneyGist]

@@hassankhan-jg1dx Whatever bro. I'm just glad we're getting 2 more seasons.

[@7thangelz]

years ago, certain folks, especially online and with influence, kept trying convince us that we need less episodes of a show, despite paying for these damn premium sites. those sites have more than obliged to our detriment. say whatever you want about network tv, but they give the amount of content their audiences want without worrying about someone overinflated social media content creator calling it filler. these type of adaptions need more episodes. yu yu hakusho is a perfect example of what happens when you give something such a limited episode count

[@lpchaon]

I never watched the original cartoon but loved this show! After I saw it, I watched the first season of the cartoon and I think I prefer the streamlined story of this life-action version. I will agree that Aang should have trained but I like all the other decisions in this.

[@exia117]

ozai was basically doing what his grandfather did with the airbenders aka in the first episode sozin let the earthbender get the plans so that they would focus on the earth kingdom instead of the air nomads

[@timkruse9912]

Every one in the northern water tribe killed it, perfect casting

[@salad3955]

mickey made a good point how katara is advancing each episode with her waterbending and aang aint no shit if he only started with her he could do the same level of bending in fact better maybe

[@joshuawells835]

For me, the biggest change that I didn't like for these last two episodes was the Northern Water Tribe and Pakku's story, particularly removing the connection to Kanna. I see where they wanted to go, but I think The Hobbits: The Battle of the Five Armies handled women wanting to fight better. "I say we stand with our men in life and in death!"

[@tm_35]

Just finished the series today nd can confirm 7 is my favorite ep

[@GallaxyCreator]

Waw!! None of you mentioned the missing scene with Katara's necklace. It could have been eaassily included.

[@GMRubilia]

Pakku said nothing about the Katara's necklace (

[@eshswam]

Madeline Yuna should play Toph ( She was AMAZING IN THE CREATOR) Zhang Ziyi should play Ursa Chang Chen as Long Feng Ross Butler as Kuei Ali Wong as Joo Dee Roman Reigns or The Rock should play The Boulder Anupam Kher should play Guru Pathik Himesh Patel as Professor Zei Rohain Arora as Avatar Wan Shim Hyung Rae as Huu

[@mochiyeosang1908]

Maddie is only 9 though…

[@TimGildersleeve]

It’s not ‘fishzilla,’ it’s a SEA Monster.

[@Saphthings]

You know, people can say what they want about this series, yeah there were many changes, some paid off (Zuko/Iroh, and so on), and some might not, but either way they really kept us fans on our toes in a way that the story didn't really change, and yet we kept getting new things to see and enjoy. Like here's Kyoshi, here's Momo, Yue is a fox, fire nation citizens/Azula scene, who is this guy??? (Jet), 41st division and so on. In the end of the day, my overall feeling left behind was, "I'm glad that wasn't just a shot for shot adaptation, or every super close, because by comparison that would've been so boring".