The Last Airbender: An Abomination

Long ago, a director tried to adapt a popular cartoon. There were no survivors.
Avatar as a franchise was forever haunted. Many chose to forget. But not me. I chose to suffer.
Twitter: / hubpointless

[@KidnamedFinger824]

I will never forget the scene where 4 to 5 earth benders did a 5 second bending sequence just for one other earthbender to throw one rock

[@MaticTheProto]

It‘s legitimately iconic

[@repulser93]

To be fair, it was originally supposed to be a landslide, but 3D conversion forced them to cut it down.

[@DZMoops]

I like to believe that only one of them is an actual earthbender but none of them know who it is.

[@heboric6136]

​@@DZMoops I like that, that's now cannon

[@briancoulombe4517]

I figured out what that was. Right before that there was this huge Rockwall that blocked a fire blast and then it panned over to them. I think it was trying to do that smoking gun thing. It’s just really really terribly shot

[@DoktorEmilSchuffhausen]

The kid who plays Ong, Noah Ringer, actually acted a lot like cartoon Aang in real life, pulling pranks on his costars behind the scenes and being a fun, light hearted kid. Shyamalan must have made him act all dour and emotionless on purpose.

[@notmyrealname7163]

God forbid we have a character who's actually interesting.

[@Mariodash23]

Poor kid. I hope he's doing alright.

[@archivehans]

The kid is props in his 20s rn.

[@concept5631]

Damn ​@@archivehans

[@bevvvy1374]

Same exact thing happened with the Netflix show. Look up interviews of the cast together and they have 10 times more chemistry than in the show

[@GunnGuardian]

That story with the kid who thought only girls are waterbenders is hilarious with the context that we find out only men in the northern tribe were allowed to become waterbender fighters

[@belendomar964]

386 likes, no replies? Lemme change that.

[@zablade]

I started laughing way too hard at the irony

[@Mariodash23]

He probably started rethinking that dumb claim either at the end of season 1, or when the show introduced Bloodbending.

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

Imagine being wrong, but also being lectured about sexism afterwards. Just a double whammy of lessons.

[@spacenai4461]

Funnily enough, waterbending is probably one of the single most versitile bending in the damn series. Wanna build a protective wall? Ice bending. Wanna control organic living being? Blood and Plant! Waterbender theoretically can sink fleets of ships if they are powerful enough.

[@ArchangelExile]

The sad thing about the Netflix adaptation is, from what I heard, the original creators of Avatar were involved and wanted it to be set after the original cartoon's ending, in a different period of time, with different conflicts, when everyone was more mature. Netflix said, "no way, we're remaking the original series", then the creators said "k, bye".

[@dylanr.cerezo4325]

Damn I would've loved to see the period between atla and Korra.

[@lightninjohn5651]

@@dylanr.cerezo4325have you read the comics?

[@matijasostojic4288]

@@lightninjohn5651 Think they meant like 10 or so years after the war when they are adults. Not like 1 or however long the comics were.

[@micahmock3505]

Makes sense that they would want to create something new. It is just that our culture prizes live-action as the ultimate story-telling medium for some reason

[@kerrex86]

@@micahmock3505it’s been drilled in our heads since youth that we’re supposed to grow out of it, especially since parental groups have put a stranglehold on the western animation industry so the studios couldn’t greenlight as wide of variety of projects as the eastern industry could so now any attempt to try is either shot down instantly or micromanaged (ie messed with beyond repair) by the higher ups in an attempt to make it “more marketable,” even [adult swim] is often picky about which projects to give the go ahead

[@davidwilliam8056]

"My name is ong" This quote simply traumatized me until now

[@thepeps101]

Are you the Ovatar Ong?

[@mathiaslienafa789]

Sorry but the way the Movie The Last Airbender say Aang is more cultural acurate then the original cartoon in the way they prononce Aang (i just précise i talk about the name of Aang and not about others points when i say cultural acurate then the original cartoon)

[@wildfire9280]

⁠@@mathiaslienafa789 More culturally accurate to air nomads? It’s not literally just Tibet.

[@aaronyoghurt9210]

And I the Ovitar, I ran away but I'm back now

[@Giffsen]

He's being fr ong

[@carlosi.1303]

As an Ecuadorian, having us potentially be the ones who conquered the world is extremely funny.

[@waffle6376]

they should of inavde Peru first to reclaim it old land

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Ecuador can’t even conquer its prison system 💀

[@thesteven1318]

same

[@pablocastro5061]

yeah it's so funny

[@Aomgar]

Lmao

[@powerfulmoocher97]

Zuko's slack jawed, gormless stare at 17:53 while his uncle lore dumps really kills me. Nothing but a potato spinning in a microwave in his little head.

[@lesigh3410]

I love the word gormless

[@LuisSoto-fw3if]

Holy shit. That's hilarious

[@aCreativeNamee]

Best description

[@lucasperuzzo7459]

that 2000 yardbender stare

[@wariodedede]

My favorite character was always Toph, and I thought earth bending was the coolest with all the rough chopping and kicking. So seeing like 6 earth benders move a single rock I could probably throw with one hand was the most pathetic thing I've ever seen put to film.

[@gogogoat495]

Toph keeps getting off lucky with not appearing early enough to get butchered before the adaptation flops -- although I did hear the series was getting renewed. On the other hand, she didn't seem to mind the meathead who was hired to play her at Ember Island, although with this series' luck her character's gonna go in the opposite direction.

[@DISTurbedwaffle918]

"The Avatar's not supposed to hurt people." Kyoshi: "And I took offense to that."

[@DJstarrfish]

Kyoshi: *_"K I L L"_*

[@PopyRoblox1202]

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[@hisnitch]

Sokka: "Is my client a perfect Avatar? No-" Kyoshi: _"I killed him, yeah."_

[@PopyRoblox1202]

@@hisnitch thank you very much

[@DISTurbedwaffle918]

@@hisnitch "I'll do it again."

[@Capum5]

Avatar Kyoshi absolutely loved games! "How long can you survive until I kill you and all your friends?" is her favorite.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Fun fact: Kiyoshi shares her VA with Commander Shepard.

[@andresamaya6187]

Don't forget "How long can the human body survive when the lungs are flash froze"

[@nestorgamer9746]

​@@warlordofbritannia Avatar Kyoshi - Renegade for Life

[@franciszurielburgos3798]

“ovatar” correction

[@mr.iiconic]

People who read the novels know Yangchen was the really the hardcore one, not Kyoshi.

[@OR56]

27:59 "My first girlfriend turned into the moon." "I've come to make an announcement."

[@spicyshark]

I’ll never view that bit from the Snapcube dubs the same way ever again

[@HotFootBunny]

Oh no...Some R Kelly shit

[@thefilmwatcher1302]

Just as clarity: Aang’s refusal to kill Ozai in the series was, in fact, perfectly in line with what Avatar Yangchen told him. Yangchen in her time in the original series put aside her Air Nomad principles for the role of the Avatar, because she knew Air Nomad culture would still carry on after her transgression, since the airbenders were still around back then. Aang in his time was the last airbender; if he sacrificed his principles to kill Ozai, the culture of the Air Nomads would die with his transgression. Figured that was worth bringing up to explain the end of Aang’s fight with Ozai. Edit (four days later): The Netflix series is going to absolutely make Aang kill Ozai. With how poorly he’s written in that show, they’d NEVER go that deep with Aang’s ideals as an Air Nomad. Or hell, with how everything wants to make villains sympathetic these days, Ozai might just straight up turn good through some asinine Care Bear means.

[@Mariodash23]

If they actually tried to redeem Ozai, I would've actually vomited from that. Zuko's entire character arc is my favorite part of the show, and to have it ruined by going "Aw, Ozai wasn't all that bad" when he berated, belittled, and burnt his fucking face before he was even old enough to be in high school? That would give me the Black Death.

[@coca_0146]

Reedeeming Ozai could work since he is still alive by the end of the show you could have Zuko, now the fire lord, confront him jail etc. But it would require *really good writers* and (like Zuko's redemption) they would have to develop this plot line acroos multiple seasons. So Netflix ain't doing that and if they try to they will fuck it up. ​@@Mariodash23

[@xxepic_swag_gamingxx5238]

Maybe they can show Ozai pictures of when he was a child and then he will be good again? Just an idea

[@user-jy2qu7pu9r]

Its amazing how this movie has been criticized to death yet every single time its always an entertaining spectacle

[@copingflower1909]

Its been ripped to shreds over the years

[@omegon2540]

More so than the moive

[@rusty7984]

You know the movie is bad when you look more forward to the reviews than the movies

[@Hypercube2017]

⁠@@rusty7984that is… oddly common I think. Kind of like throwing someone you don’t like into a gladiator pit. _Why am I like this…_

[@MsDaydream3r]

@@rusty7984 My reaction to the Madame Web trailer.

[@edmo1450]

"the Ahvotar? He was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders…right before she died"- Madame Web

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

"What? We some kinda The Last Airbender squad?" -Deadshot

[@thenicksaints]

Ava-tar: Attorney at Law

[@yxrackman2397]

⁠@@thenicksaints”hes right behind me isn’t he?”- Ahvotar

[@derworfnet]

Thirty years after Ozai's defeat: "Somehow, the Fire Lord returned." - Ong, the Ahvotar

[@edmo1450]

@@derworfnet "why dont we try some Avatar moneuvers?" "No, those things r one ina million"

[@JWMStopMotionAnimation2010]

I don’t watch avatar. I don’t know what I’m doing here. I’m just here to hear Cody ramble. It makes my day. I just pleasantly listen to him talk about something I have no knowledge of, and I just take his word for everything.

[@ThugOG30VIPs3rd-T]

Sounds like a good friendship. That "movie critical friend" that really lets u know what movies to watch and not. Regardless if u were going to care or see it anyways

[@ThugOG30VIPs3rd-T]

😂😂

[@GuiltlessGear]

for what it's worth, everything he said is accurate

[@TheBearOfSpades]

I do think Noah Ringer, despite being white, looked strikingly like Aang. Arguably the only actor that actually fit the appearance of his character.

[@samuelwoolwineiv7886]

Supposedly his personality in real life was very similar to Aang as well, but you’d never know it from watching him do everything Shyamalan told him to.

[@williamatkinson7938]

"My name is Ong. And I'm the Avotar!" Will go down as one of the worst Introduction lines in the history of Hollywood. This was my first official introduction to Avatar: The Last Airbender, I was cursed from a young age.

[@ryanmuth8954]

Aang is always wrong in these live action things. The fact that he literally *never* smiles is crazy. He's an airbender. He should be super high energy, flying around, having fun most of the time. But these live action things always make him stoic and boring. His movements are slow and laborious. He never uses airbending to entertain himself like in the show. Just a complete and total lack of understanding for the most important character.

[@rodrigobogado8756]

@@ryanmuth8954 yeah, it's like writers think they are jedis or something

[@retloclive9118]

I dunno. "My name is Katara, and I'm the only waterbender left in the Southern Water Tribe" might be worse.

[@DD-zh4by]

Don't worry the show is highly overrated and carried by nostalgia

[@oo4758]

​@@DD-zh4byit's definitely more kid-ish than most rose tinted glasses might remember it being, but overrated is a hot take very few would agree with you on lol

[@TheBruheak]

Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when M. Night Shyamalan made a movie...

[@alexx5064]

omg is this a crossover episode???

[@NoNameAtAll2]

there's no movie in Ba Sing Se

[@Gman240]

They still lived in harmony. All four nations hate this movie.

[@minestar2247]

But then, long after the war ended, a new avatar appeared, from the water tribe

[@PopyRoblox1202]

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[@haileyshannon7548]

This why you don’t proclaim film directors to be the “New Speilberg” or “the Modern Day Hitchcock”, than assume they can adapt a bright and colorful kids show into a film faithful to the source material. “Okay…so two of the whitest Eskimos you’ve ever seen played by kids who can’t act find a bald kid with a weird tattoo who is also very white and can’t act and his magic flying beaver or something…”

[@williamatkinson7938]

Newsweek should issue an apology for referring to M. Night as "The Next Spielberg." There's only one Spielberg, and it's not him.

[@harperna3938]

​@@williamatkinson7938 lmao its been over two decades since they said that and speilberg still hasnt retired like his career was so far from over when they said that, why were they talking about the "next" speilberg when the current spielberg was still actively directing films

[@Akursedtime]

I love learning about Ong, Katara and Suka going on a journey to slowly bend the four elements and to defeat the Firelord with exposition.

[@AmericaChavez17]

Fun fact, the actress who plays Yue in this movie is voicing Asami in the Korra series

[@leonardchurch814]

She’s like the only person who came out of this movie for the better.

[@roseolivas08]

Incredible how acting works, some voice actors are terrible in front of a camera and plenty of "live" actors do terribly behind a mic

[@colealbinder2025]

@@leonardchurch814 and Dev Patel/Aasif Mandvi/Cliff Curtis. Nicola Peltz is also technically working and starred and directed in a movie recently.

[@leithaziz2716]

That's neat.

[@AmericaChavez17]

@@leonardchurch814 she did got paid for it unlike James Marsters who played Piccolo in the Dragon Ball Evolution movie who tried to redeem himself by voicing Zamasu in Dragon Ball Super for free

[@darkinvader7790]

“Why is your hair white, young lady? You look very odd.” Sorry, Shyamalan, I’m stealing this for the next time.

[@MrDj232]

Classic pickup line. Right up there with "I hate sand."

[@leithaziz2716]

Negative Rizz.

[@mpazinambao2938]

​@@leithaziz2716 I'd laugh 😅

[@leithaziz2716]

@@mpazinambao2938 Honestly, me too if I saw it as a charming attempt.

[@merrittanimation7721]

“Why are you white?”

[@ElectrostatiCrow]

In every avatar adaptation Iron and Zukos relationship is the best part.

[@spensirmclife6549]

Unlike a lot of other aspects of the story and effects you just have to find two actors that have good chemistry and let them do their thing

[@SonicHedgehog1991]

20:36 Bro predicted Transformers One

[@TheMags53]

Ok, but let them cook. I still think it's going to be good.

[@leontriestoart]

I think it's just supposed to be that the lower class "worker" (idk if there's an actual term for them) bots aren't allowed to transform and have that ability removed to opress them

[@kaneaquino8295]

My family was invited to be part of a screen testing. The effects weren't finished, and I will tell you, seeing the unfinished effects was a lot more entertaining than the actual movie.

[@mikael.wilhelm]

The finished effects are still pretty funny though. I had a belly laugh at the big fighting scene where a whole bunch of earthbenders waved their arms around like crazy, just to make a medium-sized rock float leisurely through the air, at a velocity where even an elderly person on a walker would have ample time to relocate away from the danger zone (the only danger to the elderly person in being hit by a rock moving at that speed would be the possibility of having his walker knocked over).

[@kaneaquino8295]

@@mikael.wilhelm I sorta remember, but there was no rock in the screen testing. And they never said "Pretend there's a rock being lifted and thrown". So out of context, it looks like a bunch of dudes doing a choreographed dance together, and the last guy's moves was so astonishing, it literally blew the fire guard off his feet, lmao

[@mikael.wilhelm]

@@kaneaquino8295 So the scene was originally a dance off! I kinda think they should have gone all in on that idea!

[@kaneaquino8295]

@@mikael.wilhelm it looked like a dance off. Years before Guardians of the Galaxy's dance off again Ronan, lol

[@PopyRoblox1202]

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[@shinigami1357]

That beginning is so sad and horrendously realistic like.. of COURSE kids would think only women could be water benders cus they’d only seen katara💀

[@The_AGL_Group]

Also being the early 2000s it's a 50/50 chance they had Bionicle as a reference point in which yes, the water characters were gender-locked to women

[@tristanbeer1257]

​@@The_AGL_Group Gotta love how the creators wanted the robots to be male and female but had no idea how to tell them apart, since they all wear masks, so they just said "Eh, fuck it, make the blue one's girls".

[@henrypaleveda7760]

@@tristanbeer1257 I mean it was still fun, but that was stupid.

[@spensirmclife6549]

​@@tristanbeer1257 It would have been interesting if they maybe made the Green or Brown Bionicle women too, then maybe Gali would have been thought more than just the girl one

[@-TJGR]

13:39 "it's like imprisoning magneto in the Eiffel tower" -Joueur du Grenier

[@user-lm3gn4un4c]

„Producing fire should be this special skillset only a few firebenders had“ If only the original show would have included an extremely rare, intimidating and dangerous skill only a few very powerful firebenders including Iro could use… you know, like something that puts out protagonists at an disadvantage until one of them learns to defend against in in a moment of personal growth…

[@hiattgrey9161]

My brother was obsessed with this show. And as we were walking out of the theatre, he was crying for how bad it was. And I tore up a poster in the lobby and nobody cared.

[@llamingo696]

LOL

[@swyjix]

It’ld be “tore” wouldn’t it?

[@CountCocofang]

Still kind of a dickmove to the theater.

[@__M7MD]

🤣🤣🤣

[@yuvalgabay1023]

No no he was saving them​@@CountCocofang

[@kurtcameron91]

"If they had just called him Aang ONCE!" I felt that in my soul.

[@Frantic857]

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[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

I mean, it wouldn’t have fixed anything

[@Frantic857]

@@aguywithalotofopinions412 Trust only in Jesus, He is our salvation! Trust in His holy word, the Bible, (KJV)! (John 10:10 > The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.) + (1) - Admit you are a sinner > (Romans 3:10 > As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one), (Romans 3:23 > For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.), (Romans 6:23 > For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.) (2) - Believe Jesus is Lord > (Romans 10:9-10 > [9]-That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. [10]-For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.) (3) - Call upon His name > (Romans 10:13 > For whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.) + Trust only in Jesus. - (John 14:6 > Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh to the Father, but by me.) (Ephesians 2:8-9 > [8]-For by grace ye are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: [9]-Not of works, lest any man should boast.) All praise, and glory, and honour, and strength, and blessing, be to the Lord our God, Jesus. Amen! Blessings in Jesus' name. Amen.

[@Sammo212]

Yeah literally would not have changed the movie at all 😂

[@herosshade2247]

That guy going "YEEEAAA-" in the background Is my spirit animal

[@RainyAvocado1234]

Y’all remember the second to last episode where they watched a puppet show and tophs actor was like “I DO NOT SEE LIKE YOU DO, I SEE THRU SONIC SCREAMS *screech noisee*”

[@randomkriegsman8444]

Yeah, that episode was awesome and honestly a much more faithful adaptation than either live actions.

[@RainyAvocado1234]

@@randomkriegsman8444 facts

[@faeyzaihsanulfikri9975]

The live action feels like the play

[@ajflink]

Fun fact: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was supposed to be a lot longer. There was supposed to be: An explanation for how the Chancellor was kidnapped and why Grievous had a cough. Many moments were Padme ruined Sideous' efforts and was attempting to instill distrust towards Padme into Anakin with little to no success. The political corruption and downfall of the Republic into the Empire was more gradual and not as sudden as in the actual movie. There were a lot of other things but those two were always the most interesting. Supposedly, George after seemingly coming up with an amazing movie script with help this time significantly gutted the movie after being discouraged by reception and fearing the drama would make the movie hated. In ironic retrospective, it is one of the things that Star Wars fans loved about the pre-Galactic Empire period in Star Wars. Also, Hayden as an actor, as well as Anakin the character indirectly, has kinda received a lot of love and appreciation that Keanu Reeves has had over the years. At least, in a similar manner. In summary, a happy outcome for the Star Wars prequels. This movie? Kinda in a chronostasis in terms of reception. Although, I personally feel indifference towards it now.

[@reazon3955]

Imo, still the best Star Wars movie. Yes, it has it‘s flaws, but come on.

[@ionbing2884]

@@reazon3955C'mon nothing. RoTS is nothing but flaws. It's terrible. Nobody has any reason to do anything, the acting is bad, the effects and camerawork are bad.

[@Hellraiser2106]

​@@ionbing2884Even if you don't like it, calling the effects of ROTS specifically bad is insane.

[@egbertmilton4003]

@@Hellraiser2106Nah, they’re right. RotS deserves no props, it’s effects aren’t good enough at all. The characters barely feel like part of the world, especially in the Yoda Vs Palpatine fight

[@egbertmilton4003]

@@reazon3955It isn’t. It’s no where on par to Empire Strikes Back, let alone the first Star Wars Movie and Return of the Jedi. The fact it acted like Order 66 was sad, when 90% of the Jedi get little to no time to actually get to know is laughable. Not to mention how stilted Anakin and Obi Wan still sounded by this point.

[@Mariodash23]

Avatar feels like one of those cursed IPs that nobody can really expand upon without their efforts falling apart at the seams.

[@nelsonta00]

it's those damn writers and directors who feel like they can write a better version than the originals

[@nagger8216]

It's because nobody knows what to do with it since it's a story that's already finished. They made a sequel series with a new Avatar and all it did was just ruin the original in a Disney Star Wars-esque way, the live action reboot looks about on par with the Cowboy Bebop remake. The only thing that sounds even remotely interesting are the comics that continue the story of Aang and the Gaang after the series concluded. But even those aren't that good since they're not written by the same writers who made the original show, and they barely explore any of the interesting shit you'd think these characters would be up to after the war was over. It's obvious the lack of direction in this franchise comes from the fact none of the original creators are involved anymore, so it just loops around in circles and we keep getting the same shit over and over again since they're too scared to do anything original. Oh well, maybe all the astroturfing with Kyoshi might finally pay off and they can do something with her.

[@placeholderdoe]

@@nelsonta00 I would put more blame on the executives, a lot of writers have love for this series. But this series took risks(risks in the eyes of an executive at least) and had an ending. So now any new adaptation is smoothed over

[@PopyRoblox1202]

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[@warmachine5835]

@@nagger8216 I think your premise is wrong. I enjoyed Korra, and fail to understand how it ruined the original. Korra has problems to be sure, but it wasn't bad, and the worldbuilding around what happens to your fantasy world after 100 years of social and technological process is something most settings fucking IGNORE because of fantasy medieval stasis. The problem is when people come on and think an 'adaptation' is sufficient and don't understand that different mediums have different strengths and weaknesses. Books, movies, TV shows, audio dramas, comics... all, perhaps shockingly, do different things well. You can't just lift and shift an animated story into live action. Something has to give to take advantage of what live action does well vs what animation does well. And sometimes, like with Avatar, you paint yourself into a corner because a lot of what makes it good is tied up in things that are easier to convey through animation but come off as awkward in live action. Executive meddling also plays a role--see the Star Wars stories and how they all tend to be just referential stories trying to guess at what fans want to see, falling into the 'average' and choking the franchise with a torrent of product that just exhausts viewers.

[@santiagoherrera1853]

I remember when I was little, when we went to see James Cameron's Avatar, I was so confused about where Aang was and why it had nothing to do with the Last Airbender

[@NintendoMeister2260]

There’s only one Avatar and James Cameron’s ain’t it.

[@succubastard1019]

For me it was the opposite: back then there a JC's Avatar and I was too little to go to the cinema by myself and didn't want to ask my parents to bring me there (cuz I thought they wouldn't be interested nor like it). When i saw that "Avatar" was on TV on Nick I was really excited, but when it ended up being something completley different i went "what it this shit" and didn't watch it. EDIT: I've just realised the reason "The Last Airbender" movie is called like that was most likely specifically to avoid confusion with JC's Avatar.

[@merrittanimation7721]

I thought James Cameron’s Avatar was the live action adaptation of the series I kept hearing about. My relief that it wasn’t was very short lived.

[@ethanjobson3879]

Having those movies come out a few months apart from each other was super confusing as a kid.

[@fksb4831]

Thank you for including the picture of Kramer. I almost pissed my pants laughing. Also, I’m going to stand and die on this hill, Dev Patel, and the actor for Iroh, killed their parts, and deserve all the respect in the world for doing what they did with the shit hand they were given.

[@adamcade604]

I have a theory that the reason for why Noah Ringer's energy playing the character, which is evident in the behind the scenes footage, isn't present in the film at All is because Shymanlan did the exact opposite of what Kubrick did with George C Scott on the set of Dr. Strangelove. More specifically it's well known that George C. Scott didn't quite understand the satirical tone that Kubrick was going for with his film and ended up making a deal that for each of his scenes he will do only one take where he would act as over the top as Kubrick wanted and the rest he would play it straight serious, but then Kubrick used only those former takes.

[@goldexp1882]

"As the Avatar, you are not meant to hurt others." Yangchen, Kyoshi, Korra: "Oh no! Anyways."

[@warlordofbritannia]

Aang actually points out to Kiyoshi she didn't kill Chen the Conqueror at one point. Kiyoshi was having none of that technicality b.s.

[@projectpems8304]

@@warlordofbritannia Only Kyoshi would interrupt someone trying to absolve her of murder

[@ethanstyant9704]

It actually aangs air nomad teachings rather than his avatarness that made him a pacifist

[@adamdymke8004]

@@warlordofbritannia They made a book series detailing Kyoshi's life, it is way crazier and more violent than the show. Kyoshi basically has to fight her way through the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

[@adeptdamage3669]

Bur unlike the other two Korra sucked.

[@Longshanks1690]

Aang trying to inspire the Earth benders to rise up *IN A PRISON LITERALLY MADE OUT OF EARTH* was the funniest thing I had ever seen up to that point. It was only surpassed by a dozen earth benders doing their stupid dance routine only to throw a rock the size of a pillow at them _WHEN, AGAIN, THEY ARE LITERALLY SURROUNDED EVERYWHERE BY EARTH,_ unlike the original episode where they were trapped on a metal ship so this couldn’t happen because the Fire Nation in the original series weren’t completely brain dead. In a movie of impressively bad scenes for a variety of reasons, that one stands out as the most impressively bad of them all for how much it just doesn’t work. 😂

[@merrittanimation7721]

I’d say the earthbenders were blind but we know that’s not an excuse.

[@berilsevvalbekret772]

Also it was Katara who actually inspired them why would they change one of the greatest moments for her character and give it to Aang?? Like why did they butchered Katara so hard 😭😭 They failed everyone but Katara got the worst of it. Aang really close second

[@WolfvineGaming]

I think about that scene soo much. The original episode they literally couldn’t earth bend because there was no earth they could move on that metal prison, not because they were merely oppressed like in the movie lmao.

[@ironmaster6496]

and surprisingly enough that's not the stupidest thing, remember they vastly outnumber the firebenders who NEED fire in order to do shit, fire that is only in tiny pots far away from each other...what seriously WHAT stopped them from just kicking those things and just beat them up? they didn't even need to use their powers

[@mikael.wilhelm]

@@WolfvineGaming That's because someone in the chain of command for this movie had his cognitive functions compromised by consuming too much Marxist dogma. When he saw the metal prison scene in the animated series he didn't connect the dots to realize the earth benders couldn't bend their way to freedom for lack of earth. He only saw white people oppressing non-white people. And the only thing that can liberate non-white people (who Marxist dogma declares have no agency and cannot speak for themselves) is if a Marxist stands up and speaks on their behalf. He thus projected himself into the scene as the "liberator of the oppressed masses". That's also the reason he took the scene from Katara and gave it to Aang. Because the person projecting himself into the scene was himself male, so he couldn't self insert if a female was doing the liberating. To sum up, he saw the earthbenders as unable to free themselves, not for lack of earth, but for lack of the privilege of agency that only white people possess. And he had to gender swap Katara's scene so he could insert himself as a man better. In this way he showed himself to be both racist and sexist and a narcissist, or in simpler terms, utterly woke. Well done!

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

7:50 her first dialogue in the movie and she can’t even stop sluring her words lmfao. “All rulz right “

[@TheScholesie09]

29:33 Why my man Zhao getting Vine Booms after each line

[@daniellejackson6543]

They will call me Zhao the conquerer🤨 Zhao the moonslayer🤨 ZHAO the invincible😾

[@grfrjiglstan]

I love that in every single adaptation of Avatar, the only thing they consistently get right is The Blue Spirit. Everything that makes that episode great is working under the hood, so all they need to do is choreograph it.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Honestly, that episode is a masterpiece of visual storytelling, like damn...

[@GadSammit]

​@@DonVigaDeFierro A *true* nailbiter, and that PLOT TWIST~!! 😭👌🏾

[@zobblewobble1770]

I remember my family went to see this movie in theaters for my dad’s birthday since he loved watching the show together with us. Immediately after it finished, we went home and watched the “ Ember Island Player” episode because we now knew how Team Avatar felt watching that play.

[@PopyRoblox1202]

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[@Touch-Grass-Now]

"The Ember Island Players" feels more like a fun parody to me. I got a good laugh out of it. This movie on the other it is a complete butchering of the show. May this movie rotten in peace.

[@quintinblake9702]

20:36 They're going to release a transformers movie called "Transformers One", which literally has that as a plot point. I'm sorry Cody, your prophecy came true. :(

[@ThisOnesCrabby]

Cody: it's like in transformers having the transformers not being able to transform. Transformers one: allow me to introduce myself

[@williamatkinson7938]

My hope is for Transformers One. They can't transform in the first act, and then they gain the ability by the second act. Although I could be wrong, Paramount has a habit of lying to their audiences in the trailers.

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

JFC. I slept on Avatar when I was young. It's truly the first great American "anime". Deep, cerebral, powerful, adult themed, moving, and action packed. So GOOD.

[@nitrocharge2404]

"Only girls are waterbenders!" Meanwhile one of the most powerful earthbenders ends up being a blind girl

[@darkking9528]

Toph is the goat 🐐🐐🐐

[@PopyRoblox1202]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/romZkIWHZrijhLM

[@sonofsparda657]

toph was my absolute favourite character in the entire show. she was blind, but you literally couldnt tell unless she told you, girl was a fucking menace.

[@PopyRoblox1202]

@@sonofsparda657 thank

[@luci-musix3012]

not one of. THE most powerful

[@TheHipClip]

Weirdly enough, Avatar was the only TV show that my father, my brother and me watched together from start to finish. My brother was already a teenager (too cool for a kids' show) and my father hates fantasy, but that show is a master piece.

[@j.2512]

its 10/10 western animation but 3/10 in anime terms

[@capablanc]

​@j.2512 the implication being that Japanese anime is inheriently 3x better than Western animation? Weeb speak

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

​@@j.2512Bro, Avatar is better than a lot of anime. Even as an anime fan I acknowledge this.

[@bobbyferg9173]

@@j.2512 M8 I hope you didn't write this comment with the expectation of not being made fun of

[@emiliestinson3086]

I love the combination of the phrase "waltzed up" with the visual of Shyamalan furiously vibrating across a room.

[@toastyboi1791]

10:55 Katara's slow head turn kills me every time XD

[@nickflig]

When I was a kid, I was the only one that said firebending was my favourite element. The other kids insisted that this made me the the sole bad guy, and had me do a 1v10 against the other kids whenever we played pretend bending. I got a lot of bruises and became socially ostracised just for that lmao :(

[@devofficialchannel]

I cannot imagine how many Harry Potter children got ostracised just for liking Slytherin.

[@PopyRoblox1202]

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[@kira-dk2mx]

If you were a real firebender, you probably would've won that battle.

[@j.2512]

you were redpilled that day

[@DMoneyTaz15]

I mean it makes you a bad person

[@raizokite240]

My first experience with the Avatar franchise was this movie. It aired on TV and my older brother was a huge fan and was doing homework in the kitchen. I remember being confused and asking him questions and his response to EVERY question was "Just watch the show" Eventually, I did, and I'm grateful for this movie because it brought me closer to my brother and introduced me to an amazing show.

[@PopyRoblox1202]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/romZkIWHZrijhLM

[@phdonme1]

You showing that bumblebee toy just brought back my PTSD from when I got it when I was like 6 years old for Easter. And then I dropped it out of the window when we were coming back from church and didn't tell my parents. Because I thought they would yell at me.

[@Harryhype02]

Watching your 1 minute story at the beginning of the video, made me wish I was born when the show had just came out.

[@RedEyesBlackKnight]

Tiny Cody got the last laugh in the long run. Since water bending became the most OP out of the 4 elements over time.

[@hyperion3145]

Tbh, even before we got blood bending, controlling all the water around you and freezing it is insane. You can freeze all the water in a person or pull the moisture from their body and make them a raisin.

[@occam7382]

@@hyperion3145, that sounds incredibly brutal and unnecessarily cruel.

[@Stormfin]

I remember a Bad End thread on /co/ where Aang used Airbending to force so much air into Katara that her lungs exploded. Any element can be hardcore OP if you're creative enough. I think there was a bit where Sandbending was used to flay someone, I can't remember.

[@MrDj232]

​@@hyperion3145 Don't forget it's the only element with magic healing powers. Imagine a world where everyone is DPS but one group is allowed to have healers too.

[@Mariodash23]

​@@MrDj232Wouldn't Earthbending be the Tanks of Avatar? They can summon shields out of the ground.

[@TheZeroNeonix]

At first, I liked the idea of fore benders needing to bring their own fire, but then I thought about the other benders and how they work. Sure, the other benders can't make their own element out of nothing, but that doesn't really matter, because those elements are everywhere. Air? If you don't have air, you're suffocating to death anyway. Water? It's a limit at first, until you realize water can be drawn from everything from plants to your own sweat. Earth? Look at the lengths they have to go to in the original show to keep earth benders from bending. They put them on a metal ship in the middle of a pool of boiling water. Even when Toph was trapped in a metal cage, she realized metal was made of earth and bent it. By making fire benders have to make and transport their own fire, you make them so much weaker than the others, and they're supposed to be the main threat. Not to mention, water benders were already OP as heck. Not only is water more destructive than people think, but they can freeze it to trap people, they can turn it into steam and blind their enemies. They can heal wounds, because why not? And they can even control the water in your blood. Yeah, they need a full moon for that, but that happens way more often than a pass from Sozin's Comet.

[@lucasportasio]

I think they needing to bring fire is in the cartoon, tho

[@lucasfragoso7634]

​@lucasportasio it's not they can produce fire themselves.

[@CollinMcLean]

And then Korra introduced Lava Bending and all bets were off

[@hilosky]

Still rare enough. Literally only 2 dudes and some avatars. It's about as rare as lightning & blood ​@@CollinMcLean

[@Kris-wo4pj]

​@@lucasportasiono they didnt. They would just change the temperature in the air to create fire. Tho they did like to have braizers on their ships alot. Maybe cuz they get cold easily who knows.

[@luisv.3995]

bro predicted transformers one

[@jesusfreak180]

Finally. A new video to listen to when I’m at my neighbors house and bored out of my mind. I CAN FINALLY STOP LOOPING THE SHARKNADO VIDEO! WHOOOOO!

[@ArcTrooperRod-269]

Fun Story: When this movie Premiered, I use to think it was actually Part of the Avatar Canon & it was a story about Another Airnomad who became the Avatar, becaude he barely Resembled to Ang & his name was pronounced different

[@brw3653_]

LOL 😂

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Azula not being butchered is a blessing. Would like to see a spinoff about her life after escaping that mental institution.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Also bro remembered his password 😭

[@ashtonndlovu9470]

As long as they don't make her a generic female villain who ends up switching and blaming it on manipulation(e.g Mulan, wonder woman, star wars marvel black widow) Let female villains be bad ass too, or am I just crazy, it's weird right?

[@davidsmith8826]

@@ashtonndlovu9470well, that was the initial plan for Azula if they got a 4th season. I would’ve liked to see it because Ozai was such a piece of shit that both of his kids turning on him would be cathartic, and one of the showrunners said they were trying to make Canadian Azula, which is just the funniest thing.

[@6ixman485]

i think she was manipulated,her coming into her own and having a zuko like redemption would be good

[@MajorHickE]

I believe that was covered in one of the comics. IIRC it was less "escape" and more "team Avatar needs your help to find your/Zuko's mom."

[@billbill6094]

I don't even understand how M Night could confuse the Air Nomads valuing life above all to saying the Avatar should never hurt anybody. So what is he going to do in this martial arts trilogy of yours? Neither Aang nor the nomads were pacifists per se, they stayed out of conflict and detached themselves from worldy possessions so they didn't feel the need to have a formal military. But when it was time to get down, they got down, I don't think anyone needs reminding on how many firebenders were found with Gyatso. The whole conflict at the end of the show was whether Aang had to abandon the teachings of the culture that only lived through him in order to have the power to win. In the end he had to fight as the last airbender and not the Avatar, as there would be no balance without drawing wisdom from the four cultures, if he killed he would be destroying it, and it was only poetic for the first culture to be eradicated being the one with the ability to bring peace. He's not just a being of ppwer, he's not just the Avatar of the spirits and the elements, but also the world's cultures, their philosophies give him strength. The belief every life had value wouldn't be a conviction if he could abandon it whenever it was convenient. Now how would M Night possibly show this conflict if he changed it to the Avatar never hurting people by default? What would be the moral dilemma if no other Avatar was subtley dropping hints he should kill Ozai? Would he just be "yeah but I want to kill him" while all his past lives are like "no you don't kill people" and then he doesn't kill Ozai after 3 movies of not even hurting people? What a shock, the Ong who doesn't even fight people anymore didn't murder someone.

[@PVEDAYZXB]

Been waiting for this for while! Yay! New content from all my favorite creators this week!

[@Riastrad-hq6ds]

It’s incredible that he decided to include the Earthbender prison when they couldn’t do it right, but didn’t include The Storm, arguably the most important episode of the entire series and easily one of the best

[@corruptedpoison1]

Cut it out of the new one too.

[@JunkPhuJP]

I remember seeing this movie with a friend, who paid for my ticket. When we walked out after the movie, the first thing I said was “I am so sorry you had to see that. I’ll pay you back for the ticket.”

[@lolcerditorock]

20:40 he actually predicted transformers one

[@rokulus7910]

What an M. Nightmare. Thank you, thank you, I'm here all week.

[@pashadwantara]

“Abomination.” - Reverend Mother Gaius

[@austinirving]

They’re BRUTAL

[@darkinvader7790]

@@austinirving *Harkonnen horns intensify*

[@alexkaplan6581]

***SILENCE***

[@5Oblivion]

"Your mothers warned you of my coming!" - M Night Shamylan to the creators, probably.

[@LaNoLaCola]

The original Avatar was my childhood. The Shyamalan film, however, was a blemish we'll never forget. Also, waterbending was my favorite element too

[@gorbanmusic6568]

Idk if I was just really stupid as a child, but I really liked it

[@natekinch]

Me too! I used to go under water in the pool and push stuff around using displacement hahaha

[@NoNameAtAll2]

"we'll never forget" there's no movie in Ba Sing Se

[@wildfire9280]

Only GIRLS like waterbending.

[@thekamotodragon]

it's the most powerful element if we're being honest... well it's the most powerful IF you have access to all the abilities of the element like bloodbending. 2nd to air i think, because you know... flight.

[@lyonkennedy4892]

Remember when Zuko said, “It’s bendin’ time”… Me neither 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@johndigirolamo5858]

I thought you already covered this. Nice! I'm glad it's here.

[@Theology.101]

I love Avatar but unfortunately, Azula has permanently done something to my brain and I can never fix it Edit: Yeah, I know she’s 14. And when Azula broke my brain, I was eight. But now, I am no longer 8, my brain has not healed. Time moves on, i no longer in love with Azula. The women I am in love with are remarkably like her in temperament and I want them to Step On Me. Edit 2: Also while I have top comment, give me a Live Action Kuruk show. I want to watch a Bender throw down against Dark Spirits while being depressed and an alcoholic while in the real world

[@majorlydifferent771]

That was Ty Lee for me

[@MrHellknightimp]

@@majorlydifferent771 I hate to admit it but it was Mai for me, why am i like this.

[@Theology.101]

@@majorlydifferent771Every single woman I have been involved with significantly since has used me like a fucking object and i would never change it

[@crestothegecko6279]

just like me fr

[@Breakaway-ic5gj]

​@@Theology.101 Please get help my friend

[@rowankrencik]

The cartoon animated in the style of the boondocks is the only Avatar: the last airbender that exists. Anything else is a fanfic reddit post.

[@firebry23]

Kora could have been good, but it's all over the place

[@makeda6530]

There is no other A:TLA content in Ba Sing Se

[@waffle6376]

Is anything after the show that not movie good? like the comics I see Legend of Korra as ok

[@wildfire9280]

@@waffle6376 TLOK is a good standalone show, _generally._ But you might be disappointed in it as a successor or find the setup disagreeable with the preestablished world. Those are where the most common complaints stem from.

[@LadyMistborn]

It never occurred to me that they have super similar animation styles I love both of them so much Legend of Korra is really good tho btw, arguably better TLA

[@jam92es]

I just have to say how much I love all your videos!

[@Omegakingd]

I like the Meet and F@ck reference at 31:40

[@purplehaze2358]

"Don't you know only _girls_ are water benders?" That's a weird way of saying "Ga-Matoran".

[@gleetch3496]

You might be onto something.

[@commandermckoolkid818]

Oh, snap a Bionicle reference? Sounds about right for Ga-Matorans, though, but Vo-Matorans have something going on..

[@user-pv8ry1ez6j]

When I was a kid I had my parents come with me to watch it because “it’s live action and I love the cartoon”. To this day there are parts of the movie I see for the first time in these videos. Why? Because I passed out halfway through. Absolute masterpiece

[@warlordofbritannia]

That’s funny, I refused to see the movie as a kid because I thought the idea of stuffing a whole season into less than two hours was inherently bad. Only saw it later in my teens, when its reputation had been made.

[@ThugOG30VIPs3rd-T]

​@@warlordofbritannialmao I wish I had your movie insight as a kid as well😩

[@umairashraf5167]

​@@warlordofbritanniayou were a pretty smart kid ngl

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@umairashraf5167 Yes, but this had more to do with sending me on the path of being a constant Devil’s Advocate…or an a-hole, depending on your perspective 😂

[@nathonreyes853]

Always so excited when you post bro keep it up

[@mrreyes5004]

11:02 "The greatest production and effects in the world can't save a movie from bad writing... Unless you're the Star Wars SEQUELS." *_FIFY._*

[@benabramowitz18]

This movie has to be a rite of passage for anyone in the KZbin film community. Every notable early KZbinr had to talk about this movie and think of new ways to describe how much it sucks.

[@musicalnotextr]

It replaced THE PHANTOM MENACE for being that rite of passage.

[@randomkriegsman8444]

You know you screwed when there’s literally an episode of the show that’s a play parodying the story of team Avatar and the events of the story and it ended up being a more accurate adaptation then your movie.

[@Wallsh]

I have never seen this show and I never heard about it when I was a kid. I never really was interested in anime and I still do not watch it but my god this video was cracking me up. The people standing around dancing and then they throw a tiny rock for some other guy to nudge it gently at another guy had be dying. Also the idea of people that can control the ground being trapped in a dirt pit instead of in the middle of the ocean (which I thought was clever and interesting) had be laughing hysterically. Great content as always

[@ExplodingImplosion]

On the toilet and this vid just dropped How appropriate

[@potato_enjoyer4]

Hey, me too

[@UserNameHere-yb5fu]

​@@potato_enjoyer4 Very fascinating

[@danielferrieri7434]

Me Too

[@pablolarrain385]

Poop tube

[@Sniper9773]

Dude, same. Pooped at 1am watching this video.

[@davispeterson1876]

I actually think Asif (Zhao) did a decent job of making some of the exposition-dumps-disguised-as-lines he was given seem vaguely in character; where it felt like he was either talking just to hear his own voice, or that he was reiterating common knowledge just to be an ass to Zuko. That moment where he gets up in front of a crowded mess-hall to propose a toast, and then is all "As you all know, Prince Zuko was banished by his father . . .", was genuinely pretty funny.

[@pablolacalle6098]

"YOU GUYS KNOW THIS ALREADY BUT MIGHT AS WELL REMIND EVERYONE, LOOK AT THIS LOSER WITH THE BURNED FACE AND DEADBEAT DAD"

[@DIEGhostfish]

Zhao is one of the few people I coukd see doing that.

[@selwrynn6702]

I will give credit to Shamalalanan, at least he actually did try and ensure that the different nations shared an ethnicity (even if it was the wrong one), these days we get small isolated tribes that have every ethnicity despite being specifically not in contact with other lands for generations.

[@doscassette871]

I really appreciate Cody existing as a popular youtuber as he falls right into the same age bracket I do, too young to be a true millennial but too old to be part of the zoomer generation. That awkward time period between the internet totally taking over and its birth into mainstream consumerism in the mid to late 90s. IDK one of the few content creators I feel could slot right into my friend group. Also Pike and Shot is the best historical period ever and I adore Reikland in Total War for that very reason

[@NolanEgbert]

Generational orphans, old enough to remember a world before portable internet and using physical media but too young to say they really “lived” in that world

[@TheBleggh]

​@@NolanEgbertAre... Are you me?

[@NotAGingerISwear]

So true! Although _technically_ I belong to a gen Z, I'm not really a zoomer as I wasn't born in USA and first half of my childhood there was close to none Internet around me. My first experience with the Internet occured when I was only 7-8 yo. I'm glad there's someone else who can feel this gap in generations!

[@Dancingonthesun]

Zillenials of the world unite!

[@warlordofbritannia]

That 1994-1997 age bracket

[@DefNotStarscream]

When I was 7 my favorite element was air for some reason, And my brother said "What are you gonna do? Blow your enemies to death"

[@InevitableOption-ic2vx]

It's all fun and games until someone pulls an "Earth Queen".

[@MillyKKitty]

I wonder if it was possible to make airpressure so low you could crush someone that way as an airbender

[@leithaziz2716]

Gives a different context to the term "persuading the enemy".

[@yurifairy2969]

Air is arguably the deadliest element though. You could just burst someone's lungs with a flick of the wrist.

[@timmyman9677]

@@yurifairy2969 I like to think that's why the Air Nomads were strict pacifists. They knew how deadly air could be.

[@mirfayzrakhmatullaev]

this video is really nice retelling from you, hilarious & engaging at the same time.

[@boosie6076]

Btw the Fire Nation capital’s background vfx are just basically Bagan, the ancient kingdom of Myanmar (Burma).

[@TheStarshipGarage]

The funny thing about the movie is that it makes the Netflix live-action series look like a masterpiece in comparison. Mostly just because the character's ethnicities are correct and the script sounds like real dialogue between two humans. Mostly.

[@Pixel22-fs3tt]

I'll admit I enjoyed the Netflix adaptation. Is it perfect? No but nothing is and that's okay. Is it as good as the cartoon? No and I went in expecting that. For what the Netflix adaptation does it does significantly better than this terrible piece of poop movie.

[@mapache-ehcapam]

''Netflix'' and ''correct ethnicities'' sound weird in the same sentence lmao

[@TheStarshipGarage]

@@mapache-ehcapam true

[@wildfire9280]

@@mapache-ehcapam “African history: exists Netflix: Let’s make XYZ black!”

[@jsw78]

The Netflix adaptation was dirt garbage lmao. Other junk doesn't make it look good, that's just you coping

[@Longshanks1690]

I will do the one thing no one has ever done and give this movie *one* credit. There’s a line early on in the movie where Sokka and Katara’s grandmother is speaking about the Avatar and makes the comment that the Fire Nation hates him so much because they want to sever the connection to the spirit world that he represents. Now, like everything in the movie, it’s given no depth or substance whatsoever… but there is actually an interesting idea there. I could see the original series delving more into the idea that the Industrial Revolution in the Fire Nation made them feel more disconnected from the spirits than ever before and they don’t just hate the Avatar because he’s powerful enough to stop them but because as the link between the two worlds, they hate what he represents and wish to create a purely physical world in which steel and fires of industry rule. This would also tie into the larger messages and themes of the story about balance and not allowing technology to overshadow everything else. It would have actually fit so well into the original series that I’m surprised it’s an angle they didn’t come up with on their own. So despite doing everything else wrong movie, I’ll give you that one thing you did that made me think, good on you. (Also Iroh’s actor, he was the only one actually trying to emote lol.)

[@rodrigobogado8756]

But don't elemental bending powers come from the spirit realm? that would cut fire nation powers too

[@joelsavoie8641]

Funnily enough in my D&D setting, there's an elemental empire ruled by basically firebenders, who are trying to achieve that exact goal of cutting off the spirit world

[@Longshanks1690]

@@rodrigobogado8756 There’s a couple of angles you could take, that either in their arrogance they’ve forgotten where their bending comes from - which is the most plausible- or that they’re aware but are prepared to give it up because they believe they’ve surpassed the need for it through technology.

[@user-zf4kv9ou2i]

​@@joelsavoie8641please tell me more

[@mpazinambao2938]

That's 1 credit out of 99,999 lost.

[@Iceclaw77]

Okay but why did that childhood story at the beginning actually get to me

[@InsomniacDoggo]

God I remember this movie being bad but I had mercifully forgotten how bad it really was. Screw you for reminding me and great video 💜

[@Air-ts7cu]

M Night absolutely believes he's the Kojima of movies lol

[@bottomlefto]

With how long cutscenes in Kojima games last, Kojima is the Kojima of movies.

[@leithaziz2716]

Isn't Kojima the Kojima of films? He's admitted to being a massive westaboo and his style is very unique, but it's no secret that he's never gotten humbled. I say this as someone who loves the Metal Gear games.

[@alligatoreamericano3520]

​@@bottomleftoKojima Is the Kojima of Kojima

[@leithaziz2716]

Putting that aside, in all honesty Kojima's not really the only of his type. Same Lake, Yoko Taro and Suda 51 have a similar approach. They just implement it in different extremes (Yoko Taro I find the most successful when it comes to pulling off emotional bits. Sam Lake meanwhile is great at meta and horror).

[@irshkashirkle]

​@leithaziz2716 wait, what makes any of those people the same type as Kojima (or each other)? Genuinely asking, im not seeing the connection except maybe "being eccentric"

[@briancoulombe4517]

It really tears me up that the guy who made unbreakable, one of my all-time favorite movies, also directed this.

[@hannasaynwittgenstein-berl6931]

he also makeThe Sixth Sense on top of that, idk what happened maybe doppelganger are exist and the true M.night now trapped in mirror world and the imposter are trying to ruined his career or something lol after earth,The happening, lady in the water, glass, the visit,old ,knock at the cabin, and the last air bender are soooo bad

[@briancoulombe4517]

@@hannasaynwittgenstein-berl6931 my theory is he got replaced by one of the aliens in signs. Maybe if we splash him with some water…

[@hannasaynwittgenstein-berl6931]

@@briancoulombe4517 omg i forgot about sign too, thats probably what happened

[@jvan28]

Yeah seriously… Unbreakable was lowkey ahead of its time. Love that movie so much

[@leithaziz2716]

Talk about an extreme shift in quality.

[@angelozenstories7080]

27:25 Tbh I agree Yue isnt the best oc she was just a love interest to Sokka and heck her netflix version has more character then the og and heck the death of Yue in the movie was probably better since her hair turning back to black makes way more sense and even the netflix version she disappeared which also makes sense too and as for the og its like the laziest scene even when she kiss sokka for the last time there was a animation error frame missing like sokka flash time kiss her its like that part was literally rushed

[@sangheilijedi]

I remember the Azula reveal in theaters getting so much laughter from the audience everybody was sitting there day one and broke down at the idea of getting a sequel

[@choryllis6646]

The reason the Earth Kingdom held out so long against the Fire Nation was because of their tenacity. Arguably, they and fire were the strongest of the two elements in terms of sheer power. Even the Water Tribes, who theoretically should be the best equipped to keep the Fire Nation at bay, still was unable to stand against them. The southern tribe lost all their benders in raids, and the north only held out because of the moon and Aang. Without either, they were on the verge of losing the battle. Also, take into account that ultimate leaders of the Earth Kingdom were completely unaware of the war going on. And they were still able to hold out. Smaller settlements fell, yes, but it took Bumi doing nothing for Omashu to be seiged, and the Kyoshi warriors held their own as well. It took Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee, three VERY competent, highly trained, and highly talented people, to take out both the Kyoshi Warriors AND the city of Ba Sing Se. Meanwhile, in the movie, it takes 5 men to make a rock the size of a soccer ball hover, and it takes another to make it hit someone. What an absolute insult to the Earth Kingdom and its people.

[@timmyman9677]

Quite Ironic that the Fire Nation is also the worlds foremost Naval Power as well. The Northern Water Tribe, who you think would have a fleet, are still rafting around their borders. We hear of an Earth Navy, but don't really see any Earth Kindgom ships outside of some passenger boats.

[@Yurikon3]

@@timmyman9677 For Water benders lacking on the naval front is kinda same situation if someone would invent a car in the world where people could get around just by running in high speeds or teleporting. The the root of invention is the limitation. If one cannot do something by themselves they must find another way to roll around it.

[@randomkriegsman8444]

YES! Finally someone representing for the Earthbenders I mean it literally lets you manipulate the terrain to your advantage and build walls to maintain strong defences and a barrage of rocks and boulders to overwhelm your enemies, as long as you have a good source of earth which is not hard to find in the earth kingdom you have a defenders dream.

[@Thenameless1]

Man when Cody uploads, the sudden dip into an intensely depressive state ain't so bad.

[@zeldapix7959]

As a fellow Great Divide enjoyer I cannot begin to describe how happy it made me to hear you also like it

[@devvytm]

Say what you will about thes evideos but you're da** funny mate. Your timing with deliveries are spot on. Keep bringing smiles to everyone's day.

[@737215]

24:45 Take a moment to appreciate Daniel Radcliff, one of very few child actors to land a franchise as your first role and just nail it

[@fathirizzanzahrano.r6161]

He already has acting role before

[@ninjalectualx]

The writers were willing and able to work around his limitations as an actor, especially early on. His role for the first few movies was to stand there and look awed at things

[@737215]

@@ninjalectualx you're right and therefore shout out to cinematography as well, knowing their child lead is new so keeping THE WORLD as the real main character.

[@PopyRoblox1202]

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[@fangiscool1]

Wouldn't say nailed it because Rupert Grint was clearly the better actor in the first few films. But he did solid and aged well

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

7:29 COWBOYS AND ALIENS! Oh my gosh, I was reminded of that! Do Cowboys and Aliens NOW! Please, thank you.

[@shcdemolisher]

Ohh I remember that movie! That movie was good!