The Last Airbender Is the Kind of Movie Which Makes You Wonder Why You Even Exist

Avatar: The Last Airbender was a cartoon. Then everything changed when M. Night Shyamalan attacked and made it into a terrible movie.
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[@dalestrunk1749]

Great content man. Hilarious as always

[@TheBeverlyp3132]

Great

[@cptcool-__-7501]

Hey nice video bro keep up the good work

[@saitearepublic7456]

sup

[@AxenfonKlatismrek]

You know Possum, before you made this video, i watched Nostalgia Critic reviewing the same movie. 1. You forgot to say that our villain in this movie is less intimidating than Gargamel 2. Apparently you know Warhammer

[@daltooinewestwood6380]

There is no war in Ba Sing Se, and there is no live action avatar

[@Cole._.Trainn]

There is no sequel the last air bender cartoon

[@mr.matrix4082]

@Adrian Sigales I thought season 1 was alright. Season 2 was bad, though.

[@sinnerthesinful552]

@@mr.matrix4082 The beggining of the first season is good, by the end it becomes just "meh..." and it's just downhill from there

[@mr.matrix4082]

@@sinnerthesinful552 True. Amon would have been a much better Villain if he didn't end up being a waterbender.

[@Owen.F]

There's no Death Note movie

[@JacketCK]

Ok so basically the bending in the movie can be summarized in 1 word... *Lag*

[@danieljones1269]

Yes

[@JacketCK]

@@danieljones1269 i agree that you agree with my statement

[@fattiger6957]

The best (aka only good) part of this movie was when then 8 guys do their dance and a small rock slowly floats across the screen. Truly the magic of cinema.

[@checkm88]

@@fattiger6957 that truly is the best part When my brother and I saw that for the first time, we bursted out laughing. We still make fun of that scene to this day

[@randomguy-randomness]

Yo guy my wifi is going in and out when i made this 'movie'

[@geardog24]

"Water, fire, air, and dirt." F%$&ing magnets, how do they work?

[@theactualTVB]

And I don’t wanna talk to a scientist Y’all muthaf****s lyin’ and gettin’ me pissed

[@jeffschmidt4818]

Fuck, beat me to it.🤣

[@imnotpayingchildsupport4506]

Lighting

[@benshapiro4597]

Iggy! Get out of here! He’s still alive!

[@andersonzip6470]

*Void sounds*

[@possumreviewsfan3113]

"Avatar: The Last Airbender was a cartoon. Then everything changed when M. Night Shyamalan attacked and made it into a terrible movie." -Possum Reviews true words have never been spoken till now

[@DeetotheDubs]

"The man who holds two fish cannot hold his bladder." That made me imagine how terrible it would be to grab two fish and suddenly become incontinent.

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

Every time I go fishing, I piss myself. Either I'm great at fishing, or I have no bladder control. Maybe both things are true. Maybe neither. What's important is that more than one fish makes you piss. - Ancient Chinese Proverb.

[@cam5816]

@@DJSockmonkeyMusicIncredible 😦

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Or use it to your advantage. Peeing all over your enemy while slapping them with fish.

[@matthewmabry1709]

The best thing this movie did was encourage me to rewatch the show.

[@Godzilla-tu2cd]

That's great the show is amazing.

[@umcaraqualquer9555]

What are you talking about, there is no movie

[@jeremyusreevu237]

@@umcaraqualquer9555 Then what was this video about.

[@sirclueless199]

Jeremy U's ReevU What video?

[@helljumper2565]

Everything that has to do with the movie must be repressed

[@patrickdoss25]

The most unforgivable sin is the bending in this movie. It was a huge pull of the show and it drove most of the action! So Why does it take like 7 guys to lift one tiny rock? 7 earthbenders could have easily flipped a tank upside down on its head! The bending is sooooo bad! And why nerf the firebenders?! Part of the reason they were so powerful was because they could summon it anywhere and anytime. They didn’t NEED a fire source to bend!

[@fattiger6957]

I assume bending looks cool and awesome in the show (I've never seen it). This movie makes it look lame and stupid. A kick to the face would be more effective than most of the magic they do in this movie.

[@Alch3mystical]

@@fattiger6957 Most if not all bending techniques in the show were based off of things like martial arts. It was done pretty well in terms of that in the show, but in the movie it was awkward. In the show it was implied benders were rare powerful people who needed training, people who could dig massive tunnels with nothing more than sheer will, then you have this movie where it's just ten dudes lifting a small rock. It was just sad.

[@wilmagregg3131]

@@fattiger6957 in the show each bending art was based on a form of martial arts thus grew in strenght with practice and training and were incrediply powerfull theyd let benders well bend and controll any element as if it was liquid to the point ONE novice earth bender could create a 20 foot high 5 feet thick wall of rock just be stomping there feet once as a example of how strong benders are 7 TRAINED earth benders should be able to make a entire village collapse into a sinkhole NOT THROW ONE TINY ROCK

[@imbored4322]

Shyamalamadingdong didn't watch past the first season. If he kept on going, he would've known why Firebenders were able to bend without a "source". When Iroh was teaching Zuko on how to redirect lightning, he implied that the fire benders were able to bend fire because of the chi in their body. I couldn't remember what Iroh exactly said, but fire comes from the inside of their bodies that's why they were able to firebend.

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@fattiger6957 This is sort of cheating but here is a small compilation of the fights from Legend of Korra: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6OQYoysga-jetk The animation and fights are better in Korra than The Last Airbender but this is 13 minutes to show you how cool bending can be. There are more caveats but this should truly outline how embarrasing this movie is.

[@griffinkelley8785]

Possum the mighty wood bender: "the man who holds two fish cannot hold his bladder" THE MASTER HAS SPOKEN

[@michaelsmart7445]

Possum the Garbage Bender.

[@comicsansstudio7449]

*[HASHIRAMA WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION]*

[@waltercomunello121]

that's deep.

[@LongStar117]

@@michaelsmart7445 The bladder bender

[@jhalenhanshaw5405]

Firebenders: Air nomads prepare to die!! *lights up a candle*

[@meleemastermaa1449]

*Put the candle down with a gust* Firebenders: Goddamnit!

[@jhalenhanshaw5405]

MeleeMaster MAA Other firebenders: Dont worry! *tosses lighter*

[@r.w.9631]

@@jhalenhanshaw5405 airbender blows out lighter

[@LongStar117]

Old blind homeless drunk chinese man pees on candle.

[@jamesgoodwin4543]

Laughing so hard I'm crying. Absolutely hilarious.

[@doublep1980]

Some fun facts: -Kathleen Kennedy was an executive producer in this trainwreck. That's right! -Nicola Peltz, who plays Katara, only got cast because her daddy is billionaire investor Nelson Peltz with good connections in the entertainment business and also a major shareholder of Disney, who wanted to buy a movie career for his little girl. You may recognize her also from Transformers 4, where she was playing Mark Wahlberg's daughter.Her movie career went nowhere, but don't feel sorry for her, she's gonna marry David Beckham's son, plus her daddy is a billionaire as already mentioned. So, in hindsight, it's not so much whitewashing as good old fashioned Hollywood nepotism.

[@hartianx1698]

Both of those are neither fun but it does help make sense.

[@jamesnewman5204]

Ahhh Kathleen Kennedy, she's really the mater and shiting on established franchises

[@johnroyal4054]

As usual people jump to racism when it's just good old fashion corruption

[@megatron6713]

At least she's mega hot.....

[@manfredalbrechtfreiherrvon4042]

The tribe is gonna tribe.

[@geekinc3293]

Someone pointed something out to me and I can't get it out of my head. In the intro to the show, the symbols that are behind the characters bending are genuine Chinese symbols for the respective elements. While in the movie, those symbols are pure gibberish.

[@dakat5131]

But...why? If they literally had the correct answer right in front of them why would they go and make up something different and wrong? amazing

[@arandomkobold8403]

@@dakat5131 thats movie magicfor ya.

[@arandomkobold8403]

@Haku infinite what I can't understand is how he is still is getting the ability to write and direct movies. He is know for ruining/and or tainting series, look at The predator (the fourth movie, not the first one) Or the third Ironman (you know, the one everyone hated) I guess he is still coasting off of the one decent movie he made, and even then, I think it was decent because of a studio intervention, and them re-writing the script. I guess he just sleeps with the executive to direct those movies.

[@RacingSnails64]

Damn, if that ain't a metaphor for the whole movie

[@_Alex_Zer0_]

@@arandomkobold8403 Actually, Shyamalan didn't direct IM3 and Predator 2018.

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

The fact that the actors don't even try to look like Sokka, Katara and Zuko makes me question who does the casting

[@megabuster3940]

Funny you should ask It was Kathleen Kennedy.

[@randomnerd3402]

@@megabuster3940 Really? Holy shit if that's true that's fucking hilarious.

[@Phantom8941]

@@randomnerd3402 Not quite, while Kennedy was an Executive Producer the actual casting director was Douglas Aibel.

[@randomnerd3402]

@@Phantom8941 oh

[@usernameunavailable2036]

Shut up weeb

[@Maximus4587]

*Dragon Spirit:* _"As the Ahvatar, you are not meant to hurt others..."_ *Avatar Kyoshi:* *_[drops a megalomaniacal tyrant off a cliff to his death]_*

[@supremeturtle1186]

I think I hated that the most. The avatar is a protector not a pacifist

[@blackbed5108]

@@supremeturtle1186 whats an avatar? its an *AHVATAR*

[@saphirawinters7028]

Actually she didn't drop him. He was too stubborn to move. So when the ground crumbled beneath his feet, he was too stubborn to notice.

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

@Saphira Winters But, by her own admission, she doesn't really make a distinction between dropping the ground out from under him or straight-up killing him. Her intent was to stop him through deadly force, and she did exactly as she intended.

[@Bruh-hq1hx]

@@saphirawinters7028 he did realize but he didn't want to move

[@RagnarLoudpak]

I like how bending in the movie is somehow objectively less threatening than basic hand to hand fighting.

[@FlameLFH]

The decision to make Zhao the pizza manager from SpiderMan 2 is hilarious to me. Every minute I would fully expect him to scream "GOOOOoooo!!"

[@PumpkinSwag]

"The man who holds two fish cannot hold his bladder." Words to live by.

[@AlterAeon]

Especially if your name is pescado

[@NoahSpurrier]

I depends on how you hold the fish.

[@LongStar117]

My grandfather told me that before he died. I cried in the theater when I heard it.

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

That's a good wisdom.

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

Every time I catch two fish, I piss myself.

[@joshuapannell8131]

Me: "Another one of my favorite cartoons as a kid was made into a terrible live action movie." Zuko: "That's rough buddy."

[@DustyEchozy]

Such a shame that every animation that got live action adaption really suck ass. Just like Possum said, Animation is used for things that can't be occured on real life. Such as there are fictional cartoons like Doraemon, or Star vs The Forces of Evil, which shows stuff you can't do on live-action, but if you STILL do it, then it would either be crappy or low budget. But these morons at Disney decided it would be great idea to remake all of those animated films to terrible live action. I feel making a Petition in which Disney would recounitnue making Animated films.

[@kennithball9787]

Me: Yeah, get used to that.

[@plasmawolf7960]

In the cartoon it’s actually explained that zhao has the most elite archers in the world at his command

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

And not just exposited at us, either: we actually got to see some elite archery before that moment.

[@arandomkobold8403]

@@eyesofthecervino3366 it also shows how intimidating these archers are. It also states the archers have been trained from birth, and how they have been raised to obey the king without hesitation, showing how ruthless the fire nation is, raising their citizens to die for the king. Tl:dr: this movie gutted the stories depth in multiple ways, and shaymaln can go crawl back into whatever hole he was living in...

[@localdingus6788]

I think the right complaint would’ve been why did they wait until he was across the bridge to fire giving Aang time to run away and If I remember right this was a problem in the show too. I’d like to add I am a fan of the show but a bad decision is a bad decision and I’m calling it out.

[@Dukeofnachos]

Um, ackshully, in the cartoon the reason Zuko is near the southern water tribe looking for the Avatar is that if the Airbending Avatar had successfully been killed, that's where the new one would have been born. That's why the Fire Nation kidnapped and/or killed all the waterbenders in the Southern Water Tribe in the first place, but they didn't kill anyone else. It actually makes perfect sense for Zuko to be there. The timing, however, is actually convenient.

[@lukeadams4955]

*actually

[@Dukeofnachos]

@@lukeadams4955 no. Ackshully is the version you use when you know you're being a full pocket protector pedant about something but you're choosing to say it anyway.

[@Ashcroft420]

I really need to watch the last Airbender again. A lot of this went over my head as a youngling.

[@Lutherstrode17492]

The show isn’t cultural appropriation, it’s cultural appreciation. The creators had a genuine love of anime, and even learned several martial arts. Every bending style is based off a real martial art.

[@GenesiisDavid]

Yeah, that was a huge yikes on his part.

[@kvproductions2581]

Don't expect to apply logic to twitter crazies throwing around a mostly nonexistant term in order to find something to complain about

[@PreeSpunky]

Another point: Americans didn't bomb the Japanese then steal their art style. Anime/manga style was simply an emulation of the Betty Boo comics American soldiers occupying Japan would leave behind. Hell the word "anime" comes from "animation." If anything, the Nips were stealing our style

[@ravenouself4181]

@@kvproductions2581 I have seen people complaining about the OG Mulan [THE ONLY MULAN] about this "problem".

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Perhaps you’re right-it just seems like these two white guys just created their own set of faux-East Asian cultures without necessarily thinking through what they were setting up.

[@houselemuellan8756]

Unfortunately, this is 2020. Thus, Artemis Fowl hath claimed it's rightful throne as the worst live action adaptation in the history of film making.

[@daltooinewestwood6380]

I don’t know if Artemis fowl and avatar combined could be worse than dragonball evolution

[@alucardo2961]

Daltooine Westwood but what about a three way fusion?

[@KhaosKontroller]

@@daltooinewestwood6380 At least DBE is funny in its incompetence. TLA is just painful.

[@theactualTVB]

I am still mind boggled that Artemis Fowl was made by the same guy who did the 1996 version Hamlet and was the same guy who voiced as one of the duos in Road to El Dorado (then again he directed crap like Thor and the 2015 Cinderella remake so I don’t know what to believe anymore).

[@pedroemo5477]

Good one

[@sexualyeti7023]

Fun fact: In classical chinese philosophy, wood is an element. Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.

[@cavejohnson4306]

A wood bender

[@enumaelish9193]

Also Gold

[@Nuk4Queen]

funner fact; those elements became known in the legend of korra, where metal bending was shown off ALOT.

[@lrose1310]

The 5 Elements exist in the Chinese zodiac too. So you could be like a Fire Rabbit, Wood Pig, Water Rooster, etc. depending on you birth year.

[@KanishQQuotes]

In hindu philosophy Sky is also considered an element. When body is cremated, it is supposed to break down in 5 elements, Burning - fire The smoke mixes with air and then goes up the sky The remaining ash is then deposited in river or ocean where water takes its share and the remaining settles down on the earth (the riverbed or ocean bed)

[@Don-ds3dy]

Race aside, none of the characters look like their animated counterparts.

[@futurestoryteller]

I don't know why we're putting race aside, since the kid looks enough like Aang as long as you don't care that he's white

[@grumpycat6429]

futurestoryteller the kid has a fat face and looks chubby. Aang is skinny and non fat faced.

[@futurestoryteller]

@@grumpycat6429 What he had was actual training as a martial artist, his face is "fat" because he's a healthy kid. They call it "baby fat" it would be harder to find a kid his age who doesn't have it. Aang's design is an abstraction anyway, but the roundness of his face suggests he has it too: you're complaining about nothing.

[@grumpycat6429]

futurestoryteller if it was nothing I wouldn’t be complaining. But your free to your opinion as I am mine. Fuk baby fat...It’s aang.

[@grumpycat6429]

futurestoryteller the tattoo is terrible though.

[@shuttlechief]

“The man who holds two fish cannot hold his bladder.” So, what your saying is, when we’re too focused on the task at hand, we could forget to manage other aspects of our lives, it all makes sense now, I’m spiritually enlightened

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

No, it's literal. If you go fishing, stop at one fish, because if you catch a second fish, you'll piss yourself. It happens every time I go fishing, because there are three people in my family but I'm the only one who goes fishing, so I'm forced to piss my pants just to catch enough fish to feed everyone.

[@joeld.k.7652]

@@DJSockmonkeyMusic Have you tried not wearing pants?

[@pyropsycho1977]

The actor for Katara looks like she’s about to cry in every scene she’s in.

[@brianaguilar8283]

Nicola Peltz is a terrible actress

[@gennybaratta2460]

The movie is giving her so much hope it’s making her tearbend!

[@CruelestChris]

@@gennybaratta2460 I think it's your _honour!_

[@awesomeface7777]

I love how not threatening everyone looks, even Zuko’s burn mark isn’t even noticeable Edit: fuck everyone who corrected Zuko for me, blame my phone’s autocorrect 😂

[@catalin2766]

Wait! He had a burn mark? The fuck?

[@catalin2766]

@Lucius Fawkes I think it would have been better if they would have said ,,Ozai spanked Zuko in the Agnikai and his burn mark is on his bottom''

[@ChrisKunix]

You say he has a Burn mark?

[@fattiger6957]

Must not be that bad of a burn, considering his eyebrow is still there.

[@tvbnine793]

*Zuko

[@DarkSpino306]

Fun fact: until everyone was talking about it, I didn't even know there was a live action movie of this show.

[@mariondumont7634]

You're invited to lake Laogai.

[@localcarmechanic183]

I saw it in theaters. I’ve never watched it again

[@spacerace1313]

Fun fact: I didn't know it was based on a cartoon until years after I saw the movie

[@Tirnel_S]

​@@localcarmechanic183I saw it in theaters. On my birthday. Watched it again a few years later, thinking I was perhaps too critical and possibly in an off mood when I saw it. NOPE! Not seen it since.

[@cordingdesert9566]

I thought it was so stupid that they needed fire to bend in the movie. How could you possibly take over the world when you have to carry fire everywhere you go.

[@futurestoryteller]

Idk, before electricity you do have to carry fire everywhere you go regardless...

[@The_Chef2511]

The Fire Nation spent decades preparing for war and had already established colonies to launch attacks from. ...oh wait that was the show...

[@isplat927]

Guess they were trying to have the magic system stay consistent since in the series, everyone except the Firebenders needed the element question in order to bend while the Fire Nation didn’t.

[@tanyanikolaevagizdova6571]

​@@isplat927I mean... Airbenders have it pretty easy too.

[@ravenouself4181]

Japan: Makes an Anime based on the West Everyone: that's cool Western studio: Makes a cartoon based on East Asia Everyone: That's cultural appropriation Ah, Double standards Edit.1: Also, the OG ATLA had the characters represent the people they were based on. The Shyamalan Disaster didn't.

[@Genevieve1023]

It wasn't everyone. This is the only person I've ever heard say that.

[@ZeroKitsune]

@@Genevieve1023 Lots of people have said that, though I didn't really start hearing it until the movie happened and dragged in all the casting choice debates.

[@kvproductions2581]

@@Genevieve1023 Luckily it wasn't everyone, sadly, it wasn't no one either :( People are stupid

[@ravenouself4181]

@@Genevieve1023 I have have been hearing people say this about any movies where this is the case, not Shyamalan's Disaster alone. Heck, I have seen people hating the OG Mulan because of "Cultural Appropriation".

[@Bartekkru100]

While watching the show I never felt like the characters were inconsistent. Both Sokka and Katara have the "I know better" attitude which depending on the circumstances can push them to act rash or careful. Sokka is usually distrustful (Jet, Aunt Wu) of other people and tries to be the chief of his "tribe" (trying to stick rigidly to his invasion plan), but will happily do dumb things if it makes sense in his mind (drinking cactus juice, eating slime from the wasps' nest) or if it makes him feel special (sword training). Katara often thinks she knows what's best for the people around her, on some occasions it pushes her to act motherly and lash out on her friends when they don't do as she says (arguing with Toph about her contributions to the group in se2, disapproving of the scams), on others it compels her to make decisions without thinking if she feels like someone's well-being is in danger (breaking Aang out of ice, helping out the fire nation village). However both are capable of self-reflection and will to go out of thier comfort zones when they feel guilty (Sokka apologizing to Suki and other Kyoshi Warriors, Katara deciding to pull a scam with Toph).

[@Theroha]

All of this. It's also important to remember that in a show characters can show different parts of their personalities at different times. The reason we want movie characters to be consistent is that we're going to be watching them constantly for a much shorter overall length of time.

[@monsterhanna6691]

I completely agree. I don't know how the reviewer acted like nothing was consistent; it's been that way since ep1.

[@robertwalker5794]

@@monsterhanna6691 You got to remember that this guy’s schtick is that he’s a drunk asshole who doesn’t really care about anything, he just calls it as he sees it.

[@macacofrito]

@@monsterhanna6691 He´s either playing dumb or just stupid, not everything is an arc, peoples personalities are complex, with shades, sides and levels. To show a teen acting like katara, being through what she went through is just great. She feels like she HAS to act like everyone´s mother because she lost or is stranded from every adult in her life and those adults are the leaders of her tribe, but she´s still a teenager.

[@linhero797]

@@macacofrito He doesn't have to be dumb or dishonest. He likely is just making a logical connection on cursory review. As he put it, he had already started writing parts of the script before watching the show. He likely watched the show at a cursory level, just as some degree of reference. And if you notice a flaw in one thing, you will likely notice a flaw in another very similar thing. And cause he was just looking at it at a cursory level he made the conclusions he did. There are ways of being wrong without being dishonest or stupid. Especially when he literally says he likes the show if you read the text on the screen.

[@IronDragon-2143]

I literally haven't seen a movie adaptation this terrible since the Dark Tower. This movie is so bad, it's bad for you.

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

What a farce.

[@IronDragon-2143]

@@TheAutistWhisperer What's a farce?

[@ridhosamudro2199]

@@IronDragon-2143 *Farce* _noun_ "A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay. Typically includes hyperbolic characterisation and situations"

[@IronDragon-2143]

@@ridhosamudro2199 Lol, sorry let me rephrase the question. What is TheAutistWhisperer calling a farce?

[@getoffmylawn6275]

You obviously never watched the movie adaption of Dragon Ball.

[@mw9688]

“I have to meditate for hours without losing focus or many people will die.” (40 seconds later) “Aang...... AaAnG KaN yOo HeRe MEEEE?!!!!”

[@mexicandruglordjerry5940]

I have a feeling M. Night is going to be a recurring character on this channel.

[@brianaguilar8283]

What else can he review?

[@mexicandruglordjerry5940]

If i have to list them, you clearly don’t understand who M. Night is.

[@brianaguilar8283]

@@mexicandruglordjerry5940 fuck off

[@zackbonno3675]

I'm back! Isn't that a great twist?- M. Night Shyamalan

[@mexicandruglordjerry5940]

Brian Aguilar Jesus, an angry one are we? Just google his name, and you’ll find 10 shitty movies with his name on them.

[@ultiopersimulta1441]

The movie should have done it like this: -Aang's back story in the air temple until he flees 100 years later -Zuko's back story and the reveal of the war Cut to water tribe -Katara and Soka doing water tribe things with character development -Aang meets Katara and Soka -Occasional cut to Zuko looking for Aang -Final fight is the first fight against Zuko on the ship -Movie ends with Aang picking up his responsibility as the Avatar and starting his journey Or it ends with Aang seeing the slaughter at the air temple and picking up his responsibility there

[@mirceazaharia2094]

Basic film making 101. I suppose that Shyamalan skipped that class.

[@tam2237]

Nah, why don’t we just do all three seasons in one movie?

[@dankdio2887]

@@tam2237 unless you want a 7-8 hour plus movie, that is something a mentally deranged person would say. Also, 7-8 hours for a movie with all three seasons would have, so much cut out that it would honestly be worse then this movie. For the movie to be good and actually have all of the main plot points of the show, you would need to make the movie 18-20 hours plus. At that point you should just make a live action show. doing what disney did for they're live action aladdin and such. Literally the exact same thing as the movie, just in live action. Practically shot for shot.

[@tam2237]

@@dankdio2887 you know what? You’re right. Why don’t we just do all three seasons of Avatar as well as all four seasons of Legends of Korra in one movie? Glad you helped me realize the potential of an Avatar film.

[@craigime]

"some wars are won by blowing up cities, and then hijacking the art style of the people you conquered to make a cartoon which then gets turned into a bad movie." XD

[@helcaraxe301]

Few honest statements. When they introduced Ozai, it took me a while to realize that it was really him. He was so different from the Dark Side Mark Hamill, that I didn't even figure out it who the guy was untill after it was all over. The fact that they cut out Aang "merging" with the Ocean Spirit was an unforgivable sin. That scene was one of the absolute highlights of the entire show, even though the Koizilla looked kinda goofy. But even so, just to see something so massive and majestic, with the entire tribe bowing down to it in reverence, and Aang being granted the power of the Ocean and unconsciously going completely nuclear on the Fire Nation, not even allowing them to retreat, and traveling through water in a glowing pool, and the Ocean killing Zhao in retaliation... it was all an incredible moment in cinematic history. To change it all up just for Aang lifting a giant wall of water... Firebenders being reliant on pre-existing sources of fire was also stupid as hell. Shaym covered up most of it, but it also makes the cartoon Fire Nation look incompetent in comparison: cartoon Sozin's Comet allows the firebenders to go 1-100 really damn quick, or in cases like Ozai and Azula, 1-300. In the film it is downplayed to them simply being able to produce fire from nothing. If that kind of power would allow them to conquer the world, that makes the cartoon fire nation look useless, because that is the power they possess passively. I'll admit, Iroh's reaction to the death of the Moon was by far cooler in the film (in the cartoon, he just throws some fire and beats some Stormtroopers up), but to a cartoon watcher, it just makes for taking something, spit polishing it, and then calling it new and improved. It was a stupid move. The bending itself. In the cartoon, it is decently fast paced, dynamic, and not overly flashy, but still awesome. In the film, it takes a short dance to lift and move something. Hell, even Toph decides that the best first lesson for Aang would be to move a rock, merely because of how simple and straightforward it would be. And yet, in film, it is incredibly slow and drawn out, making you think that people who fail to avoid it are simply incompetent, because anyone who isn't blind would see it coming from a mile away. Hell, even some people who are blind would see it, becuase seismic sense is a thing for the earthbenders. They essentially went from elemental telekinesis to wii remotes with a lag. The film shows Azula as being almost sadistically unstable. In the cartoons, she was almost perpetually calm and collected, and so deliciously evil, only ever momentarily losing her cool on several occasions.

[@inciniumz4671]

Sigh. This movie really, really, really bites. It's as if Shyamalan was trying to be as boring as he possibly could, only taking liberties when they wouldn't make sense. I swear, he really is a talent bender, capable of sucking talent out of the best actors, reducing them to nothing.

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

There was a movie Azula?! Yeah, I didn't remember the movie so much. It's been forever since I watched it.

[@fordmiller4318]

The Koizilla looked cool, I don't know what you're talking about.

[@brianaguilar8283]

It’s amazing that Azula is only in the movie for 15 seconds and her characterization is screwed up in just those 15 seconds

[@elvickRULES]

No ocean* spirit rampage and the air temple reveal being done were the biggest things for me. Obvious all of it sucks, but those two moments are huge highlights for me in S1 and the show itself. I get chills thinking about them.

[@SunDropVT]

The fact that M. Night Shameful was the one who directed this film should've immediately been a red flag

[@fattiger6957]

I heard he wanted to direct the movie cause his kids were huge fans. The real question was, Did Shyamalan hate his children?

[@samuraifury9823]

pretty sure you might get more upset if I told you that they canceled the 4th season of TLA because of shyamalan

[@genericname2747]

@@samuraifury9823 WHAT

[@samuraifury9823]

Generic Name yeah it was a reason why they canceled it

[@the_inquisitive_inquisitor]

What a twist

[@griffinkelley8785]

"The Opposum is taking you for a ride" so this is what eating mushrooms with forest creatures is like

[@quedielzy8579]

Or it can be really sexual

[@griffinkelley8785]

@@quedielzy8579 woah! Possum is hot but I don't know about that hot

[@jonasbahn1466]

"A man who holds two fish cannot hold his bladder" is actually a real Chinese proverb, warning people not to forgo personal health in favor of pursuing productivity and wealth. If a man spends all day tirelessly trying to catch two fish instead of one, he pisses himself. If someone works overtime every night, they neglect their health for extra money, and become tired and irritable.

[@LordNicoDiAngelo]

On your critique on Katara and Sokka being inconsistent in the show, they’re literally teenagers. People are inconsistent and especially kids who are forced to grow up still have childish tendencies. We all can be really smart in one moment and act like a complete dumbass in another. It made them pretty relatable to me

[@davemac9563]

Yeah it’s called having dynamic personalities. It’s not like halo where every character is cool but they’re static so they don’t really change.

[@slothsong080]

When you said wood-bending, my first thought was you were going to kick him in the junk.

[@ShiroTsubasaFalcores]

I found it weird how in the movie the Fire Nation look to be Indian while in the show theyre Japanese in appearance

[@jimtaylor294]

Same. In the series it's pretty heavily implied that the Fire Nation is an analogy for interwar Japan, which was the only fully industrialized nation in the region, against their ostensibly vastly larger but unmechanized main nieghbour.

[@wilmagregg3131]

and the air monks were tibitan the earth nation was chinese and the water benders were inuit

[@jimtaylor294]

...and Kyoshi Island is Taiwan ;-) .

[@Lucivius27]

They are more Chinese inspired, with WW2 Japanese ambition

[@christianhowell3140]

I forget who said it, but the theory I believe most is that they casted Dev Patel as Zuko and they had to cast the rest of the Fire Nation accordingly Weird they didn't do that for the water tribe if that's the case

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

It makes me wonder how M. Night Shyamalan can still get work after all these flops.

[@seb24789]

Because of Split? I heard his newer stuff is better.

[@dendrien]

The production team is part of Disney so, well we all know Disney doesn’t give two shits about production value other than make things flashy af

[@fattiger6957]

His knees are very calloused by now.

[@channel5980]

@@seb24789 Only Split, which he originally wrote like two decades ago. The Visit and Glass are fúcking dogshít.

[@RiseInAfterlife]

@@seb24789 Split was good because it is a script he wrote back when he did not suck ass. Glass for example is the sequel which he wrote 'recently' and it sucked dick. He is incapeable of producing anything of value/quality anymore.

[@Twistedfan89]

I loved how every "Fire" was followed by a different thing each time 😂

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

Fire pubes. Fire Trump's. Fire Choads.

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

8:59 Okay, I get the other ones, but this one is actually part of her character progression in that episode. She got self conscious about how she was percieved, so she tried to rebel against that perception impulsively in order to prove herself to her friends.

[@hoangminhle1964]

"Anyone can sound deep" *ad plays* "There's no such thing as a good or bad memory"

[@nofillergamingknight7319]

I vividly remember TIME magazine calling shyamalan the "Next Steven Spielberg"

[@CSXIV]

I remember that too-but to be fair, that was back in 2000, when the only thing he made was "The Sixth Sense."

[@fattiger6957]

That title gets thrown around way too much. People called JJ Abrams the next Spielberg. Truth is, he was the next Roland Emmerich or Michael Bay.

[@viscountrainbows6452]

Defund TIME magazine.

[@sussy3778]

I can't wait to the “adult” Avatar series remake that is coming. "Zuko had an intense love relationship with Aang"

[@moistmeathateroffurries8621]

Please god tell me that ur joking about this remake *please*

[@sussy3778]

@@moistmeathateroffurries8621 Netflix is making an Avatar remake, the gay Zuko and Aang thing was just a joke.

[@RollingDodge]

Have you heard about the conformed Resident Evil leak? Most of Netflix's adaptations, spinoff, reboots, etc suck.

[@sussy3778]

@@RollingDodge Yep

[@posteriorpepperoni]

Knowing that the main cast of ATLA consists of 12-15 year-olds makes me *very* worried about the live action version

[@murdockfiles9406]

Katara and Sokka's attitude and personality alter depending on their circumstances. It's almost as if they're human beings, and not robots programmed to act in a single way!

[@Meepo007]

Well, technically it wouldn't make much sense if the were adults acting like that, but they are children so it sorta makes sense.

[@littenfire3563]

Actually adults change and behave differently depending on circumstances too. Advertising or pretending to be a certain way for the sake of money, is very common "adult" behavior. Sacrificing your dignity all for a paycheck

[@Meepo007]

@@littenfire3563 Well, the thing is these aren't adults attempting to get their hands on money. They're children under pressure to stop a war.

[@codysellers4151]

@@Meepo007 not to play the cringy armchair psychoanalyst, but everyone puts on a mask when they go out in public and deal with others. You likely act different depending on circumstance without even realizing it. If you truly want to get to know someone, you have to hang out with them one on one, or with people who are really close to them.

[@Meepo007]

@@codysellers4151 True enough.

[@SpookyKabuki2.0]

"The man who holds 2 fish cannot hold his bladder." I'm ded.

[@shadowking9739]

The scene with the kid unknowingly relating Zuko's backstory to him and Iroh is pointless when you remember the earlier scene with Admiral Zhao roasting him at the dinner. If they really wanted to go in that direction, then make the scene with the little girl the introduction to what happened to Zuko and just have Zhao insult Zuko by implying what happened to him.

[@Prime4812]

Ah yes "this" movie after my cousin and I saw it we were so pissed about how bad it is and how much they butchered it and the fire benders couldnt make fire I was like "ok bois how much ammo we got well 2 match sticks and one piece of wood still burning from last nights camp fire"

[@admech590]

Me and my sister just sat there in fucking rage at this movie!

[@RiseInAfterlife]

When me and a friend of mine watched it we were just waiting for Iroh to say "no thanks, I do not like tea" and we would've walked out right that second.

[@jwnj9716]

Oh M Night, you should have stopped after Signs...well at least after The Happening, watch it as a comedy, it will make more sense.

[@jwnj9716]

@Cure4Living Some people say its not the plants. Its the power plant which you see in the background at times...eh who knows

[@weakliestterror1337]

What nooooo

[@kylehyde215CA]

My firearm is my friend!

[@futurestoryteller]

What I find embarrassing is when people get so wrapped up in their smug perception of superior intelligence over any badly written movie they betray stupidity by singling out scenes for ridicule that were obviously ridiculous on purpose. The Happening was supposed to be scary: it's not; but I've seen people criticize the "Mark Wahlberg talks to fake plants" scene, by showing skepticism or outright denying that it is supposed to be funny: it is. It may very well be the only scene in the movie that was intended to be funny, for all I know, but it is so obvious that if you ever once questioned it then you are not as smart as you think you are. Of course this is different from thinking the scene was not funny regardless, which I shouldn't have to say either but, this is the internet after all.

[@jxdxs7170]

11:27 lost my shit when he called him gyro.

[@jeantechnoir7702]

14:36 I have an EVEN better question: why did the goblin turn out the stove?

[@AROBASPARK]

I really, REALLY, forgot who badly they render the whole thing with the Earth Bender Prison. That was the one f*** up that was really inexcusable, and the list of F-Ups only gets worst from there on out.

[@fattiger6957]

Yeah, but it allows for the funniest moment in the movie where like 8 guys do their dance and a small rock slowly floats across the screen.

[@brianaguilar8283]

@@fattiger6957 who thought that was a good idea?

[@fattiger6957]

@@brianaguilar8283 Maybe the editor and CG guy knew the movie was a trainwreck regardless, so they put the slow rock in there to add even a little enjoyment in the movie. Even if that enjoyment is from laughing at the ineptitude.

[@TheTrueRandomGamer]

Pretty much all the examples you brought up of Sokka and Katara acting "out of character," are actually motivated by an established weakness in their personalities (in the show). For Katara it's the very desire you mention (being the group mom) that compels her to act impulsively for the sake of others. When she sees suffering her goodwill overtakes the common sense she would normally display. Because now she's not in a position where only her group's lives are in immediate danger if they expose themselves. This obviously isn't always smart, but acting like it's inconsistent with what we know about her isn't really true. Same with Sokka and his insecurity. And his "wasting time" most often doesn't conflict with the schedule he already established for the group. It also doesn't place them in positions where they could easily and immediately be exposed (like other characters sometime suggest). It doesn't really have much to do with not being a bender, but rather just being seen as useless in general by comparison. The only example where I can understand your frustration is Katara pulling off a scam. And even that still has some buildup in an earlier scene where she and Toph unwittingly get their home life backstories exposed to the other. Motivating Katara to put aside what she'd normally do in an earnest attempt to get closer to her friend. It still definitely exaggerates her behavior and could have been handled better, but it's not like the writers of the show fell asleep as you imply. Sorry for the nitpicking. I'll return to you making fun of this garbage movie. EDIT: Convenience for the sake of starting the plot isn't an issue. You could call pretty much every beginning to a story "stupid" by this logic. Without an unlikely (not impossible) event to kickstart everything, there's essentially no story to be told. Convenience for the sake of moving it forward is.

[@usernameunavailable2036]

The True Random Gamer thanks for wasting your time to look smart

[@TheTrueRandomGamer]

@@usernameunavailable2036 I don't think correcting his misunderstanding of the show's characters is a waste of time. It has nothing to do with trying to sound smart.

[@brianaguilar8283]

The movie just didn’t adapt their personalities well at all

[@usernameunavailable2036]

The True Random Gamer I beg to differ

[@TheTrueRandomGamer]

@@usernameunavailable2036 I'm still waiting for you to explain why.

[@roberthan5109]

The only reason I heard that explains the "controversy" was that someone on set had a kid who they were pretty much forcing to be princess azula. Because of this they had to change the races around so that way it would somewhat make sense for her to be a firebender. That's the only explanation I heard, but there you go. I mean why would m night Shyamalan want to change the races to specifically make his own race the bad guys?

[@Phantom8941]

Wow, I knew that nepotism got Katara's actress the role (daughter of a producer), but I didn't know Azula was also a nepotism hire. This movie was just all kinds of fucked, from Shyamalan to producer bullshit.

[@emperorgameling5064]

Shyamalan actually commented on that, I forget what interview it was but basically he said something like "Do people really think I was trying to make a racist statement here, have you seen my skin color?"

[@CSXIV]

This is how I heard it went down: -Kid who played Kitara was a daughter of a producer; producer strong armed her into the role (so-yeah, nepotism hire). -Sokka had to look like her brother; hence Kitara and Sokka are white. -Aang-actually won the audition. Yes, his acting is stiff. I can't imagine what the other actors were like. -They needed someone that was relatively known, and Dev Patel wanted to be in this for some reason. Since Dev Patel was cast as Zuko, they made the fire nation Indian to match Dev Patel.

[@fattiger6957]

@@Phantom8941 That makes sense because that girl was friggen terrible. And believe it or not, but she got even worse. She was in Bates Motel years later and she was even more wooden than in this.

[@Phantom8941]

@@fattiger6957 She also went on to play the barely legal daughter of Cade Yaeger in the terrible Transformers 4.

[@Camkitsune]

7:53 - 9:46 You're not wrong, but I don't think you're giving the show enough credit. Part of why the show works (IMO) is that while the characters aren't always consistent, a lot of those inconsistencies make sense in context, because none of them are even out of their teens yet and are having to take on way more responsibility than kids should ever have to. Thus, a lot of these breaks can be seen as the characters switching between how the situation requires them to act in a way that makes perfect sense in-universe: they're responsible and adult when they feel they have to be but then will act like normal kids when they aren't under as much pressure. Kitara is _trying_ to be the nurturing and responsible one but if something gets under her skin she can and will react emotionally, and she can be extremely stubborn - the scam episode and the water scroll episode from the first season both show her as trying to take on a mantle of responsibility, but then discarding it out of a desire to be liked and frustrations at her own inadequacies, respectively. Sokka is an even more interesting case because of how consistent his inconsistency is: in the opening episodes he's very much trying to be a responsible, savvy leader because his status in the tribe requires it of him. He's still snippy and sarcastic, but he is very much trying to be a smart, responsible leader. Once it becomes clear that Aang is directing the group, he loosens up considerably, but is still usually the one trying to keep them on-task, even if he's not being totally poe-faced about it. However, he's also prone to dropping the act when he wants to do things _he_ wants to do. On the other hand, the sword master episode kinda sucks for a lot of different reasons, including the ones mentioned. I dunno if this is so much a defense of the series as it is an attempt to explain why I never really found it questionable, but it's what I came up with on reflection.

[@rovinanimated7954]

“The man who holds two fish cannot hold his bladder” Socrates: Yo write that one down

[@John_19k_doe]

Why they pronounce words so weird. Like ahvatar and eerho

[@Didierpelupessy]

Shamalangadinhdong probably based the way they promounce stuff on hiw these words are pronounced in other (mainly European, that I know of) languages. It is correct to pronounce them like that in French, German and Dutch. Guess he just forgot the movie was in English.

[@badlaamaurukehu]

Or maybe it's a Hindi/Tamil thing🤷‍♂️

[@cheriquebutterfly]

just how Didier explain, im from Dutch the name are corret when i heard it on tv but the problem is the movie was made in English. he should just use the english pronounce name and not mix them with other country pronounce name it gonna sound odd even we notice that fast.

[@sneakysnake7695]

Ung

[@fantasyforger]

@Haku infinite Bet if they make a sequel Toph name gonna pronounce "tooth" or maybe...... just maybe ...."Tough"

[@LadyJen13]

An important thing to remember in regards to the show "Avatar: The Last Airbender" is that everything in the show that happened was to some degree implied to have happened for a reason beyond just because. Zuko being nearby Aang's location when he was found was supposed to imply that Zuko's destiny was intertwined with Aang's. Of course; Zuko interpreted this sign to mean that he was meant to capture the Avatar to "restore his honor". The whole part of higher purpose is better elaborated after Book 1 in the show, and Book 1 of the show better illustrates the function of higher powers than that awful movie.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

You really shouldn't use hand waving excuses.

[@GloriousSquizoKing.]

@@fightingmedialounge519 ????

[@fightingmedialounge519]

@@GloriousSquizoKing. do you not understand that term?

[@GloriousSquizoKing.]

@@fightingmedialounge519 Nah i understand the term, i'm just confused as to why you would say that those are excuses.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

@@GloriousSquizoKing. if you understand the term, you would understand why those are excuses.

[@JoseVasquez-pb7md]

It took 6 earth benders to toss a small rock

[@thecartooncynic]

22:36 Being a fan of the cartoon, when I saw this fucking scene in the movie, I could not contain myself when I shouted "Are you fucking kidding me!??" in the theater. My Dad was with me btw

[@aniket8350]

I feel you man

[@Firguy]

"But.. But... I was programmed to rebel against my creators!"

[@CreationSGame01]

About contradiction in their personality, they are just kids. They would contradict themselves because they are still trying to find themselves. Still handled better in the show rather than the movie.

[@futurestoryteller]

I don't know how I feel about this, I don't think even kids contradict themselves arbitrarily, but maybe it's just wishful thinking that nobody really does. Even as adult, sub-conscious selfishness can be capricious enough. Who knows what angles kids aren't accounting for.

[@leirawhitehart1236]

@@futurestoryteller well the thing is, I don't think it was ever arbitrary, as most of the time, katara did something impulsive because she felt it was the right thing to do, but other times, she could be a bit selfish and indulge in her own desires. I don't think this is necessarily inconsistency, but more so reality, as people generally want to do the right thing, but can have moments of weakness, selfishness, impulsiveness, jealousy, and give into peer pressure. Just because the characters don't necessarily fit in these neat little personality boxes doesn't make them badly written, it just makes them more complicated. And this can be true for most of the other characters as well. Not necessarily responding to you, but moreso the whole idea that the possum guy talked about, where they just "did things arbitrarily" when that isn't necessarily the case.

[@GothicLightingQueen]

@@leirawhitehart1236 to me at least, the scene where Katara is emotionally hurt and talking a bath while Toph and Sokka is having a deep talk above. That scene makes the transition from beeing against scaming people to doing it herself belivable

[@leirawhitehart1236]

@@GothicLightingQueen eh, could be. Tbh, I don't remember that episode as much.

[@brewedjuice494]

it makes more “sense” in the show just because of different writes per episode and.. ya know.. “kids cartoon”

[@byzantineboi8345]

“Hi I’m a possum *cracks a cold one* and I find garbage”-possum reviews That never gets old

[@Useless22]

You’re the only youtuber I’m willing to tank 10 ads for

[@Dr._Heinz_Doofenshmirtz]

why does it have 10 ads anyways?

[@Useless22]

@@Dr._Heinz_Doofenshmirtz Man’s gotta make his money somehow

[@Dr._Heinz_Doofenshmirtz]

@@Useless22 true true

[@alaskansoybean6297]

Amen

[@Snek-Jay-Jay]

Same

[@FargonNemeloc]

I love how possum is like the drunk grandpa, telling old tales and at times trying hard to pull words from his brain, all mixed with some bitterness Wholesome 😂

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

I miss my cranky granddad too.

[@kaksspl]

8:30 Hold on, I understand disliking shit, but are you telling me that calm and careful people can never ever act impulsive and impulsive people can never ever hold back in different circumstances? In the movie it changes 5 times in one scene so agreeably it is kind of a bullshit, but if you look at someone travelling around the world for days and weeks, it isn't fully unreasonable that sometimes people act unlike their first established personality would immediately suggest.

[@CymBoy11]

The show was great M. Night Shyamalans movie was so boring, filing my taxes is more action packed than the movie

[@Thehudats]

CAUSE THIS IS FILLER! FILLER NIGHT!

[@wyattcampbell2077]

@@Thehudats And no one's gonna save you from the shit about to strike!

[@futurestoryteller]

I wouldn't care if it had almost no action as long as the writing was better.

[@DoomBowser64]

NERD!

[@blainetate743]

Protagonist: *GASP* Taxes went up another .02 percent already! Lady: They what?! Man: Impossible! Villain: Mwahahaha! Take that, “hero”! Protagonist: Curse you!

[@Cru128]

They didn’t even give Zuko the massive burn mark on his eye! Also, in the show, episode one shows that they were on a boat and the avatar came out when Katara’s waterbending got a bit out of hand with an Iceberg, revealing the location of Aang, or The Avatar. Also, in the show Saka actually tries to fend off the firebenders but it worked just as well as you’d expect. I’m also quite sure Aang didn’t hide, instead he turned himself in to protect the village.

[@jahhidboston8430]

28:38 uhh no the cartoon explains that Zuko was at the Southern tribe because it’s been a hundred years since any one has seen the avatar which natural assumes that he’s supposed to be dead. So zuko being ignorant to the fact that aang was basically in cryofreeze went to the southern water tribe looking for a water bender because the next element after air in the avatar cycle is water. He literally says this in the first episode. Just had to point that out lol

[@r.j.penfold]

Wasn't explained well in the movie tho

[@scrambled5517]

Every episode we learn more and more about possum. He was in jail and now we know why, he was court martialed and discharged for drinking and driving. A tank

[@mr.irrelevant8826]

Yall realize this had a bigger budget than: transformers,Star wars,Star trek

[@luckyducky7819]

When it comes to the race talk in Avatar, I usually can't care any less than I already do. They're cartoons, and they don't make race an issue in the show, so it doesn't matter to me. In the movie, however, M. Night shyamalan clearly made the conscious effort to have the characters attempt to accurately reflect real life asia by changing the pronunciation of the names. To then have them portrayed by non asian actors seems like double talk to me. It can't be both so important to reflect real Asian heritage that you'd change their names, and then not important enough to hire Asians, right?

[@fattiger6957]

Hollywood isn't a fan of putting Asian people in prominent roles. That's why Lucy Lieu was the token Asian girl in any Hollywood movie for 15 years. They are willing to bring Hong Kong stars like Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat over for a few movies, but they never let them shine and end up paying the American actors more (Chris Tucker got paid more than Jackie F***ING Chan) and never allow the Asian man to romance white women. All that isn't woke bs. That's how Hollywood operates when it comes to Asian people. Even in these woke times, the only skin colours that matter in Hollywood is white and black and everyone else may as well not exist.

[@luckyducky7819]

@@fattiger6957 The issue with representation is all Hollywood's fault; I think I've been saying that for years on this account. The lack of female representation (for an example) is, at the very least, mostly the fault of companies not wanting it hire women, but then people want to blame things like "toxic masculinity" and all of this nonsense for it. Its a shame. In this case, the blame lies specifically on M. Night and the rest of the crew not hiring asians after making changes to pay respect to asians. IMO, if they didn't imply asian heritage was important, I'd be fine with the casting.

[@MaylocBrittinorum]

Idk, even if Shyamalandingdong didn't want to show his woke credentials with the name thing, it would still have been better that they casted East Asian actors: the entire show takes its inspiration on the cultures of China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, etc., and having everything being Asiatic except the actual actors would be odd, to say the least. It's like if in LoTR there were no European-looking folks in the very Anglo-Saxon scenario Tolkien had imagined. Also, greater representation matters.

[@luckyducky7819]

@@MaylocBrittinorum It'll always be better to showcase the actual race of the people in something based on it. However, I was saying how I personally wouldn't have minded it if they didn't make a big deal with the names. If you aren't trying to make woke media, I don't think you have to play by woke rules because those aren't the rules you're claiming. I'm making a game right now, and while I'd like to hire my own people (african americans), at the end of the day, I need to hire people to get the job done. If that means a white person playing a black character's voice, then I'd disagree with any backlash. However, if I boasted my company being about 100% representation, 100% authentic African roots, I think I'd deserve any backlash that I'd get. And greater representation matters lots. I blame Hollywood for refusing to cast diverse actors.

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

@@luckyducky7819 Also worth note is the cartoon used actual Chinese characters and translations in all the writing seen in the show, from the opening sequence showcasing the 4 different elements, to wanted posters, water bending scroll, carvings, and books seen throughout the series. The movie however used a gibberish language which mimicked Chinese caligraphy.

[@DaTanMan01]

Firebender Comet: +50 to DMG 100% Pierce

[@SchazmenRassir]

It doesn't work as a movie on its own, and it's an absolute disgrace as an adaptation.

[@dinho3531]

"he decided it'd be a good idea to poke the giant unidentified animal" lmao

[@TheSatisfiedPig]

8:01 it seems odd that people have this conception that characters must behave like robots in order to stay in character. "Ah, you're the level headed serious one, that means if you ever have a silly moment, you're out of character and are poorly written!" Do you see how silly that sounds? No one in real life acts 100% in accordance with your conception of who they are. No one in real life acts 100% in accordance even with their own conception of themselves. For a character to truly be out of character, they have to to against what has been established as core values or traits for them. The best example I can think of is Luke in TLJ. We know him as hopeful, optimistic, determined, and loyal to his friends and family. He is none of those things when we meet him in TLJ. That is out of character and with no sufficient explanation as to why. That's the kind of departure from character that really matters. And even so, what really makes it bad writing is the absence of a reason this character has changed so drastically. A selfless character can break their characterization and act in a selfish way if it's adequately supported by events that lead them to that point.The examples you provide aren't major character deviations, but even so, they are explicable and supported in the show. Sokka feels insecure about his usefulness to the group, so he tries to find a way to be more useful. Katara, a 14 year old girl, is frustrated that she's seen as a mother hen and senses resentment from the others so she overcompensates and it ends up causing trouble. I can't really see these as going against their characters in a meaningful way, even if they weren't explained. There are absolutely cases where even small departures would be bad, Vader telling Luke a fart joke in the middle of their duel for example, but I don't see that. Which isn't to say Avatar has the best character writing or whatever, but it's pretty good overall.

[@MalleusSemperVictor]

The fact that this guy uploaded a video before the world exploded is the real twist.

[@zeroperator]

33:10 The expressions the Fire Lord make, make his character a complete joke.

[@Herpestidae]

See, the funny thing about the Anime "style" is that it was largely inspired by Western animation to begin with, and even took a lot of visual cues from it.

[@brianaguilar8283]

Japanese anime takes a lot of inspiration from Disney animation

[@kylenielsen5083]

I think there's something to be said for preexisting Japanese art as well

[@monsterhanna6691]

And Possum is acting as if that's a bad thing, when they clearly did it out of love in the show. Hence why it's so great.

[@ZeroKitsune]

@@monsterhanna6691 I think he's trying to poke fun at how everyone wants to shout "cultural appropriation" whenever anyone gets inspired by anything, but I'm not certain.

[@alfiobonanno5100]

See the funny thing about the style tirade, was that he was making fun of people who cry cultural appropriation about anything without even knowing what it means. And those who demand this western produced product being called anime because it sound more special I guess.

[@gwanael34]

The characters being inconsistent makes them more relatable imo. Nobody is always cautious or always careless. They are just more likely to be depending on aituations

[@savagekid94]

28:30 It's not convenient. It's known that the avatar is reborn in repeated cycles. Zuko was purposely sent to search for a needle in a haystack in the water tribe because if Aang actually died, the avatar would be reborn as native water bender. No one knew what happened to aang so it was assumed he died during the genocide of the air nation. The best possible place to look for aang would have been either the northern or southern water tribe, but Zuko and his single crew would have no chance raiding the northern tribe so he lingered around the southern tribe until the eventual awakening. It was convenient that he was on an active search and saw the beam immediately, but it's hard to have missed, someone would have alerted zuko, and we've already known how hellbent zuko was with finding aang to begin with. The whole point in him going was because it was his only option and best bet, because if they knew for a fact that the avatar died, the next avatar would likely be an old man or woman by that time, due to the hundred years passing. and they would either be in the northern or southern water tribe, as well as being a bender, which is why he went and rounded them up asking for the elders. His odds were about 50/50, had aang actually died.

[@thewolf8660]

The only two things you were completely wrong about: 1.) Avatar is cultural APPRECIATION, not APPROPRIAtION. Big difference. Aside from the fact that cultural appropriation is really only a buzzword that non-minorities use to tell other non-minorities that they can wear or do something because they don't like it, it's just a dumb argument to say they having/using a particular art, hair, or clothing style that started in another culture is somehow robbing the people of that culture that things significance is, to be completely honest, stupid. For example; If I, A white man pointed out that a Japanese person was wearing Blue Jeans (An item made by Jacob W. Davis and Levi Strauss on May 20, 1873. Two **very** white people) and claimed they were appropriating my culture, you laugh in my face. Because it's a dumb argument. But this show taking the time to explore concepts such as pacifism in religions like hinduism & buddhism, **and** takes care to incorporate them into a story that touches on some truly mature concepts like genocide and imperialism is somehow nothing more than appropriation? 2.) Anime was inspired by Disney cartoons, not Japan's traditional art style (The latter would be better represented with something like "Ōkami". Anime, with the big eyes and everything, is far more representative of something like mickey mouse.) so to say that they stole the art style or what ever is misleading at best and down right a lie at worse.

[@felonytaxevasion2773]

I think he was joking

[@poke-champ4256]

Yeah bro,i think you need to get irony

[@blindswordsman27]

Exactly, they went out of their way to explore different phylosophies and cultural thought. They devoted an entire episode on explaining Chakra's for fucks sake and it was even vital for the story progression.

[@blindswordsman27]

@@felonytaxevasion2773 Of course it was a joke. But the joke was seemingly more about poining out hypocracy of people calling the movie cultural appropriation, while the show being guilty of the same thing. I don't think the guy tried to make a 4 dimensional chess joke, where he ridiculed the people for making this faulty comparison at all, since he was the only one bringing it up in the first place. So the joke doesn't really work and it's just dumb sounding take on cultural appropriation. So I think it's a very reasonable criticism to make, even if it's a joke, it can still be just pretty stupid

[@zacross8504]

Wasn’t the show also animated in Korea? Remember seeing a pinned comment on Kissanime before shutdown where they mentioned this as a reason why it was on KA despite not being an “Anime” (despite having RWBY which is less of an anime than Avatar)

[@Snakedude4life]

“EARTH BENDER!” *dudes toss one rock* looks more like a rock type move. 🎩 🐍 no step on SNEK! 🇺🇸🇭🇰

[@usernameunavailable2036]

Snakedude4life bruh shut up

[@alucardo2961]

Yooo i see you all the time on memeology’s channel. Also 👢 🐍

[@purpleheron7302]

You're not unique, stop embarrassing yourself with your cringey little "outro"

[@usernameunavailable2036]

Purple Heron what are you talking about

[@bethanyvarre9142]

Quick let's put those who can manipulate the earth IN A DIRT PRISON!

[@Mr.Comedian42069]

I watched the movie, I stopped as soon as they said *AuNg*

[@abandonedpictures1002]

Points out how 12-15-year-olds change their mind either because they want to be accepted by their friends or to feel like their just as good as them as if you've never been or met young teens who are highly susceptible to peer pressure and the feeling of inadequacy

[@ablosch2452]

16:30 And how is that surprising? Seriously, I've seen loads of kids shows that had death and genocide and what not in them. It's nothing new. Not all kids shows have to be like Teletubbies or Care Bears for crying out loud!

[@ColdFuse96]

11:40 "So anyway, *GYRO* " That made me laugh harder than it should have been 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@ffnendhgrgd]

If Gyro is Zuko's uncle I'm done with every fandom

[@Lrdnqustr]

Nyohoo~

[@roserose109]

Gyro Gyro Gyro Zeppeli

[@Drudge_Lord]

Ok. So want to remind everyone who thinks The Avatar ™ is a bit too "Mature" Remember Powerpuff Girls? A show about three literal girls that beat up people for a living. Or how about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles a show where in one episode Donatello watches all of his brothers die. Or.... How about Ren and Stimpy? I rest my case.

[@sock312]

Yo 2003 tmnt was my shit

[@posteriorpepperoni]

I've been watching the Clone Wars series and it's crazy how they get away with all that in a PG cartoon,especially with Maul doing what he does

[@tugmylantern4244]

Or Teen Titans? No need to say more.

[@Safetyswitch]

*takes your case and runs off*

[@bluefiremarkii]

Mmm yes but do those tackle war, genocide, sexism, concentration camps, dictatorships, depression loss and death all in one?

[@nixnox1962]

I think the reason the kids personalities change and they do seemingly erratic things is because that's what they are. Kids. Well teens. Aang was 12. Katara and sokka were 15 or 16 I think. They are insecure about their place in the group, they make stupid decisions based of irrational emotions, they try to be better but still make mistakes and some of that immumaturity shines through at times. I think its less of having characters act in ways the episode demands and more of a story about young people with faults who don't act like Mary janes all the time because that's not how people are. Maybe in a perfect story they will always act in accordance to their preset handful of Character Traits. But this is a story about imperfect, fucked up teenagers thrust together and into the responsibility of saving the entire world. They won't act rationally 100% of the time, and I believe it adds to the realism and relatability of the story, rather than detracts.

[@skydragonslayer9820]

You are right about anng being 12. Katara was either 13 or 14 while sokka was 15. Other than that,good job explaining

[@brianaguilar8283]

Katara was 14 and Sokka was 16

[@Londronable]

It's kind of odd how we expect this from fiction characters in a way even if it is unrealistic. I can tell you I'm the more mature, responsible type GENERALLY. But I've done some dumb stuff in my teens as well.

[@anonymousapproximation8549]

@@Londronable "these characters are inconsistent!" They yell, as if they, a mere human, has always been consistent themselves, "they don't make any sense!" they continue, ignoring that the character's actions were in line within the context of the story.

[@brianaguilar8283]

@@Londronable there’s still a line to be drawn on when it’s just shitty writing

[@LaHexey]

33:52 "The man who holds 2 fish can not hold his bladder." 😂😂😂 that's the best !!!

[@noveltea9593]

You're completely right about Soka's schedule, but Katara doing a scam wasn't inconsistent. It was completely explained and the point of the episode. She tried to be impulsive like her friends and ended up regretting it.

[@theultimatetempest1918]

Why is fire lord introduced as a regular-ass dude and why are they suddenly depicting him being all mysteriously menacing at the end credit with Azula??

[@Schaewe]

its so confusing and questionable why they pronaunce names/words like in the german version

[@RollingDodge]

I also think it's odd the white people are the water tribe and the brown people is the fire nation.

[@SakuraAvalon]

So, the Avatar cartoon, uses more Western phonetics for the Asian names. The movie changed this to be more Eastern. In Japanese, Iroh would be pronounced 'Ee-roh', not 'Eye-Row'. Japanese A's have an 'Aw' sound, unlike the more common 'eh' sound it makes in English. O's are pronounced like the O in 'OK', so Sokka's name would sound like 'So-kah' instead of 'sock-ah'. Still, considering the audience for these movies would be fans of the show, it makes no sense to make the names have a more accurate pronunciation, over having it be like the shows.

[@RollingDodge]

@@SakuraAvalon , also it seems the actors playing Zuko and Sokka should of switched. Not that it matters it probably still would of sucked.

[@novira0151]

I'm actually rewatching the original show Never watched this movie Why 90% of the movies based on show/game I've seen is bad????

[@CapucineNighly]

Because Hollywood. I've seen Japanese live action adaptations and at least they were entertaining. Hollywood just like to butcher things as always.

[@the_inquisitive_inquisitor]

@@CapucineNighly Lol the live action Inuyasha is the only one of those I've watched and it's comedy gold! I'm not sure if it was meant as a comedy but I had a good time

[@the_inquisitive_inquisitor]

They're bad because the people making them don't understand or care about the IP they only care about brand recognition.

[@thelordelric8424]

@@the_inquisitive_inquisitor I didn't know there was a live action Inuyasha. Yikes.

[@the_inquisitive_inquisitor]

@@thelordelric8424 I'm pretty sure it was a stage performance that somebody filmed

[@russiancheems2275]

26:25 you didnt pay attention. he learns waterbending first because water is the most related to air and thus easier and faster to learn