Watching **THE LAST AIRBENDER (Live Action)** for the first time | WHY DID I DO THIS TO MYSELF???

Now that I've finished watching Avatar: the Last Airbender the animated series, and with Legend of Korra coming to Netflix next week, now seemed as good a time as any to watch and react to the dreaded live action film of 2010 The Last Airbender directed by M. Night Shyamalan starring Nicola Peltz, Dev Patel, and Jackson Rathbone. I knew this would be a painful experience but didn't realize it would be this bad. I can say I did it, and never watch it again.
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[@angelsrageunleashed5441]

You never Actually really appreciate Aang, Iroh and sokka until you meet Oong, Eeroh and Sowka LMAO

[@thebestofstephx]

😂😂😂

[@angeliparraguirre7329]

@DM Animation yeah, but that is subjective. There were legit and provable issues that created the reactions viewers had.

[@airbenderkai2783]

bending in itself too in this movie they where just dancing for 10 minutes so they can push some water

[@UTU49]

I wish they had called them Oolong, Karate, Suckah, Zydeco, and Uncle Eye-roll... cuz that would have been better.

[@airbenderkai2783]

@@UTU49 i don't agree with you all of the ones you said are pretty bad imo

[@asharastark6776]

Watching Avatar TLA: "I knew it would be good, but I had no idea it would be THIS GOOD!" Watching The Last Airbender: "I knew it would be bad, but I had no idea it would be THIS BAD!"

[@queensaharaice7376]

This is exactly right😆

[@joeyjerry1586]

Ashara Stark, also me with the Percy Jackson books and movies

[@Somemastermind21]

This movie is more like a play.

[@ДинараАппазова]

@@Somemastermind21 when I first watched the movie, I thought, it was a play)

[@johnwalker1058]

Except, for me it was extra painfully disappointing because I went to see this in a movie theater when it first came out, and I was all hyped for it like "omg they're taking one of my favorite shows and making a movie for it / about it!" RIP.

[@TheWilyx]

There is no Avatar Movie in Ba Sing Se

[@ScottRutter]

Here we are safe. Here we are free...

[@tornadochaser2457]

There's also ice cream and cookies! MAKE IT HAPPEN, PEOPLE!

[@idk777ish]

We're so lucky to have the animated series and comics to maintain our sanity.

[@VastGrand]

I will find that place.

[@CactusBerto]

What’s an avatar movie?

[@MikeDarwin732]

Why did you do this to yourself. it's time for a visit to lake laogai for a brain wash

[@raihanax7590]

Lmaoo

[@romeothefloof8206]

Yeessss la.oooo

[@shanna-leeshaw1942]

There is no The Last Airbender in ba sing se, you are safe here.

[@airbenderkai2783]

@@shanna-leeshaw1942 There is no movie within the walls here you are save

[@tornadochaser2457]

And hours-long spa treatment! MAKE IT HAPPEN, PEOPLE!

[@abcd-gz2nt]

At least the actress for Yue redeemed herself and became part of Team Avatar in Legen of Korra as the voice for Asami!

[@AtlanticGiantPumpkin]

WAIT SHE DID??? wow I thought I knew my wife better.

[@abcd-gz2nt]

@@AtlanticGiantPumpkin yup Seychelle Gabriel played Princess Yue in live action and voiced Asami Sato 😊 Pretty sure Team Bryke wanted her to redeem herself because Yue was the only one people really liked in Shyamalan's mess of a film

[@iceheart6480]

She got her honor back.

[@pasmas3217]

@@abcd-gz2nt honestly my only memory from the movie is that princess ue was ok...

[@shireenqasimm]

@@abcd-gz2nt tru.. atleast they didn't whitewash her.

[@blueteller]

Uncle Iroh: BLEH! This movie is nothing more than a bunch of bland narrated scenes! Zuko: Uncle, that's what ALL movies are Iroh: How could a member of my own family say something so horrible!

[@Moakmeister]

But that’s NOT what all movies are. MOST movies aren’t that.

[@embran8486]

I don't care what people encounter at the same time. THIS wins the internet!

[@gingermlg]

@@Moakmeister Thats the joke.

[@UTU49]

@BlueTeller. Nice.

[@allisonbierman1602]

Ohhhh boy this REALLY is a “why are you doing this to yourself” 😂

[@frankoceanstanaccount7126]

They cut off the Kyoshi Warriors... Never forget😤

[@eggsnspam]

And the Northern Air Temple's machinist who created the air baloons with Sokka.

[@thewerewolff7248]

yeah thats thing thats most bizarre thing to me. if they were gonna do book 2 and 3 were they just gonna cut suki out? like of all the things to cut out of book 1 the kyoshi warriors are no where near that list. hell the earth bending guy is more understandable to cut since hes a pretty minor character in the rest of the show but he got in?. bumi also shouldn't have been cut out.

[@frankoceanstanaccount7126]

This movie is a mess. I can't really understand how someone from the production company would see the final product and say "Yup. This is it. They'll love it!".

[@thewerewolff7248]

@@frankoceanstanaccount7126 i wouldn't be suprised if it was "oh man this movie sucks... but if we spend any more money on it we won't make a profit so... fuck it!"

[@jacksparrowismydaddy]

I saw the cut scene... they didn't get much. they just appeared in the crowd and opened their fans to jason rathborn's visible confusion. they probably cut it cause it made even less sense than most of this bad cosplay attempt.

[@sydni96]

The most annoying part is the kid that played aang had a personality that was very similar to his and he was a martial artist who was a big fan of the show. Poor kid had to butcher his favorite show. And the fact that katara and sokka are the only people in their village who are not indigenous is so funny.

[@eggsnspam]

Yes the actor for Aang was actually very good kid and laughs a lot. Had the essence of Aang even though he wasn't Asian like he's supposed to be.

[@queensaharaice7376]

EXACTLY! It's so frustrating 😩

[@jz6532]

I read an article saying the B word who played Katara was some big shot's daughter, and although her acting was very bad during audition she was chosen anyway. Then they had to choose Sokka actor based on whoever look like her the most. Afterwards they realized they shouldn't have an all white cast, so they changed all fire nation actors to be Indian.

[@queensaharaice7376]

@@jz6532 wow. If that's true, what a dumpster fire of a casting

[@ChespinCraft]

J Z and although her acting skills were trash, I believe she can ruin the movie *title theme plays*

[@LJLvids]

Fun fact about this movie: when i was a kid (and even now tbh) i didn't have any critical mind when it came to media, i could watch anything and not mind, okay i enjoyed some things more than others but even the most mediocre film i was at least mildly entertained by. After watching this movie i felt so wrong because i did not enjoy it, and i didn't really have a frame of reference for not liking media, so i was just confused why it made me feel so negative. After 2 weeks i finally understood that it was bad and i just straight up didn't like it. This movie literally taught me how to dislike movies

[@romeothefloof8206]

Lol

[@sasamisamidor4604]

that´s rough buddy

[@Damnjackie288]

I had a similar reaction to this movie. This was the first movie I ever disliked in my life! (I was 10 years when it came out). I remember walking out of that theater being so confused on how that bad of a movie made it to the big screen.

[@UTU49]

LJL, I love getting your perspective, since you disliked it as a kid. First of all, had you seen the TV show? What do you think were the biggest factors that contributed to your disliking of the movie? Were there big problems in the movie that made it a negative experience for you? Or... Were there things that the movie DID NOT HAVE that made it a negative experience for you?

[@LJLvids]

@@UTU49 i had seen the show. As i watched it and they just kept missing important moment after important moment i just felt hollow. It's hard to describe it just lacked the heart that the show had and these where not the characters i loved. (Also i've always maintained tje actor for Iroh would've made for a better Roku than Iroh.

[@wvan1174]

The only person we stan in this movie is Yue because her actress came back and did a fantastic job as Asami in the Legend of Korra

[@treceydory9303]

She did a great job with what she was given here. This script is just bad

[@chrisfoster8976]

I know right

[@quasi8180]

Yue is the only good thing about this movie

[@kylahicks7054]

She did this whole movie while her back was broken. She had an accident from the movie that was carrying it. 🙏🏾

[@gayninja6567]

Me: *sees title* Also me: what movie?

[@exaggeratedswaggerofablack9170]

Me: sees title Also me: *visible confusion*

[@jamesbrooke4349]

There’s a movie? That’s weird, never heard of it.

[@vixiestarfire]

There is no movie in Ba Sing Se

[@jacksparrowismydaddy]

@Summer Rose try a relaxing trip to Lake Laogi it works wonders. just talk to any Dai Li agent in the city they will help you. make a point to mention that thing that doesn't exist.

[@jamesgoodwin4543]

We are safe behind the walls of Ba Sing Se.

[@lea8532]

11:35 Yo if avatars couldn’t have families, Zuko literally wouldn’t exist xD wtfffff

[@itzmeloneh]

Leandra Jimenez And then half the plot of avatar couldn’t happen 🤣🤣🤣

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

"Avatars can't have family." Ahem.... Roku got married and had kids, (with Zuko being one of his descendants.) Aang and Katara got married and had THREE kids.

[@TheHcjfctc]

Yeah this made me really confused. I watched the movie first, so I had this in my head until it started talking about other avatars and their families.

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

@@danielasilva8765 that just proves the point more!

[@mr.moviemafia]

15:31 “Yue is the ONLY character in this movie so far that I actually care about or believe” The creators felt the same way because they cast her as Asami in Legend of Korra

[@R0bilicious]

This movie is the textbook definition of the phrase "Look at how they massacred my boy..."

[@soccer4207]

Yeah...the movie committed plenty of sins, but the worst sin of all has to be that many people who never watched the animated show watched the movie, decided it was (naturally) uninteresting and therefore never watched the show. It's just sad.

[@NotRussianBadger97]

Hopefully they will give it a chance now that the show is back

[@meganclare7]

I had a cousin who had only watched the movie. Didn't have any interest but thankfully she did watch the show and now is such a fan she was the symbols tattooed on her arm

[@TheHcjfctc]

Actually, it got me interested in the show. Same with my aunt. Especially, since it ends on that but if cliffhanger and we had to know what happened. Of course, that first time watching the movie was the one and only time I enjoyed it since I only saw it the once before watching the show.

[@kirara2516]

That was me until my ex boyfriend asked me to watch the first 5 episodes. As you can guess, my reaction was "more please?"

[@ailanivega6026]

The fandom never talks about this movie and there’s a reason why, we all go to lake laogai 💀💀💀

[@SmoovyNovaFan]

but you just talked about it

[@tornadochaser2457]

@@SmoovyNovaFan He's slippin'! Time for another brainwashing session with Long Feng, I think... Three to be sure...

[@ailanivega6026]

@@SmoovyNovaFan time to go back then

[@alexalson645]

Hell, we would even VOLUNTARILY go to Lake Laogai just to forget this movie 😂

[@phxmaell1338]

Another vacation to lake Laogai

[@woahdang192]

Pure torture, you're a strong lady Stephanie

[@thebestofstephx]

Thank you strange woman who I’ve never met before!

[@woahdang192]

@@thebestofstephx indeed stranger, have a nice day 👋😂

[@santosic]

The Ember Island Players episode does a BETTER retelling of the first season in LESS time than the whole runtime of the live action movie ever does. AND IT"S A SATIRE EPISODE.

[@casualpotato44]

How timely. A perfect reminder why the leaving of the og creators Mike Dimartino and Bryan Konietzko is a bad sign for Netflix's live action ATLA adaptation.

[@Themandalorian935]

Yep

[@nsan48]

it's gonna be shit. i'm so scared for this series and people dumping on it.

[@erickeker8761]

I think netflix is taking away the meaning of the serie.. that why the creators left

[@oremfrien]

No. Bryke are not the reason for ATLA's success. They came up with the idea of the world, sure, and they understand the mythology, but what made us fall in love with the world is not the idea of it or the mythology. This movie is case and point that just making a world like the Avatar world will not generate emotion. What is gripping about the story is writer Aaron Ehasz's penchant for storytelling and character-building. We can the very same n "Dragon Prince". The reason that ATLA was successful was Ehasz. And, unfortunately, Ehasz is not involved in the Netflix Live-Action either.

[@eireyouok101]

@@oremfrien aw mannn you had me in the first half, thought you were about to say Ehasz was on board

[@AtlanticGiantPumpkin]

You know, he's too old (not that Shyamylan cared) but Dev Patel would have made such a better Sokka than he did a Zuko. Dev is actually pretty funny and CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL GODDAMN RACE. God I'm so mad.

[@rogercruz1547]

Totally agree, Dev can be very funny

[@MARYWTHER]

I remember reading an interview of him where he said he had watched like some episodes with his daughter and that's what drove him to want to do this movie. Dude watched the wrong episodes.

[@Lycanthromancer1]

I don't think he watched any of them. At best, he based the movie off of the Wikipedia episode synopses.

[@nsan48]

doubt he watched anything. i mean ong, soakka, eeroh, agni kee.

[@monacampbell3817]

THIS!! And apparently the original creators had a fall out with him during filming and production and this is what we’ve ended up with 🥴

[@somedudewatchintv5297]

Imagine if Avatar had to have fights if the shows benders were like the movie. Anyone with a sword or bow would have like 10 minutes to aim while the bender did a whole dance.

[@airbenderkai2783]

that fight with the haru stuff i didn't know what that bullcrap was last time i watched it so i just didn't even bother

[@melonenlord2723]

Fire benders would win, because they haven't to dance that much. At least, if nobody extinguish it before. :D

[@airbenderkai2783]

@@melonenlord2723 yeah they only have to make 2 circles or something like that

[@assimilater-quicktips]

Philipp Petsch fire benders can't make their own fire. A non bender could put out their source and they're up a creek

[@somedudewatchintv5297]

@@assimilater-quicktips if they got a bonfire going that aren't easily put out they would be fine. One oil drum and they would have no problem.

[@louiejay9199]

Did nobody warn you. And if they didn’t y’all did this girl dirty 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@ryanakers1372]

Just as no one can truly be prepared for how great ATLA is, no one can be prepared for how absolutely horrific this "movie" is. Also I've noticed that no matter how strongly the fanbase tries to warn Avatar newcomers about this "movie," the newcomer is always like, "It can't be THAT bad."

[@Angelo_MS]

@@ryanakers1372 I don't think anyone watches this movie expecting it to be good, everyone already knows it's pure garbage

[@ryanakers1372]

@@Angelo_MS Clearly no one expects it to be good, but judging from the reactors I've seen, newcomers go into the movie believing, on some level, that the Avatar fanbase is over selling just how bad it really is. However, by the end, they all realize that even the harshest warnings were actually being kind to this stinking dumpster fire of a "movie."

[@airbenderkai2783]

@@Angelo_MS yeah they just wanna know what it is

[@YuzuLeMoon]

@DM Animation You made me think for sec, but yeah, no. I love the animated series to death since I first saw and finished it. The movie simply gave me an idea of how a live action can potentiaply mess things up in a franchise, especially without its creators' influence.

[@dmitriuswatley5533]

We tried to tell you. This movie is quite possibly the worst way anyone could have tried to recreate the show.

[@orlandoawilliams799]

With the news coming out re the original creators departing the project at Netflix, I'm so scared that you might be wrong!

[@UTU49]

It would take an incredible amount of effort to make a worse adaptation.

[@fede98k54]

@@UTU49 "Is that a challenge?"

[@drakeredwingofficial]

@@UTU49 well whoever's in charge of the Netflix remake is asking for the characters to be aged up so they can do the smashy smashy. Not cool bro

[@monerdo7403]

BRUH IM DYING lmao why does he say "bring me all ur elderly" why the hell does he need gran gran lmao

[@abthedragon4921]

Because he assumed the Avatar naturally aged and didn't know he had been frozen in ice.

[@Fr0zenPeanut]

@@abthedragon4921 lol, gran gran is old, but she's obviously not an old man.

[@abthedragon4921]

@@Fr0zenPeanut he also didn't know at the time if the Avatar was male or female

[@UTU49]

>> ... why does he say "bring me all ur elderly"... GILF fetish?

[@Carlos1515]

You know the actor who plays Aang actually acts like Aang in real life (at the time) He was the perfect Aang. Look at behind the scenes of the movie

[@celestinahuang3483]

Really sad how they can't have him act his goofy self for live action? :(

[@eggsnspam]

@@celestinahuang3483 Director didn't like the "immature fart jokes"... apparently. So, the most no-dull-moment character, Aang, I've ever known became a serious Ohng. I feel bad for the kid.

[@murrh1432]

Exactly its bit the actors faults they are ok some may not be fit for who they are acting but this is all m nights fault

[@goodaimshield1115]

I think the actors are partly guilty, but it obviously also comes down to the dorector and the WRITERS. Whoever wrotre the dialogues didn't know what he/she was doing.

[@smeeegss7697]

We never talk about this movie

[@shanna-leeshaw1942]

What movie?

[@sektrif]

"The Emperor has invited you to Lake Laogai" (Memory reset to factory settings) There is no ATLA live action from 2010.

[@asirnewazkhan4172]

There is no live action movie in Ba Sing Se. We are safe here

[@ilyMiickeyBee]

"There is no what?"

[@tornadochaser2457]

Hey, cool! Look at me! I get to be a robot and the Moon! I am the peak of human evolution! Set up a fancy museum for me at Ba Sing Se, would ya.

[@Combustion803]

I honored to accept his invitation

[@kevinhrankowski734]

I remember being so pissed off in the theater the first some Katara said Sokkas name because not only is he the love of my life but he LITTRALY explains in the TV show how to pronounce his name. "My name is Sokka, it's spelt with an Okka. Ladies, I rocked ya!"

[@timothyackerman1215]

The names are based on the "correct" pronunciations from the languages they are based on. Doesn't make it the correct Avatar pronunciations though, like telling someone they are saying their own name wrong because it is originally a Greek name and the Greeks would pronounce it like X and so should they. Likewise, all the bending styles are based on specific martial arts with water bending being based on Tai Chi, so it's like they just had them do Tai Chi in front of a camera. There were so many mistakes that all of us could go on and on about, but clearly someone had to think all these were a good idea.

[@Lycanthromancer1]

Except they're not correct. I don't speak any Asian languages myself, but I've heard other people who do, and they said all the names actually are wrong. So not only are they wrong according to the actual series, but they're wrong in whatever languages they're supposed to be from. So they're wrong^2. Just like the rest of it.

[@FilthyCazualGamer]

Ahhhh yes, the inevitable rage of a new ATLA fan taking in the discount dumpster fire that is M. Knight’s “Disaster Opus”. A beautiful sight indeed.

[@majike0355]

Now you understand the fear/outrage fans have over the Neflix animated series since Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko (original creators of AtLA) left a few days ago. They felt lied to and that their vision for the series was distorted--the same way everyone felt when the movie was made.

[@nicolasdanan8182]

yue, the only good actress in this film voices asami in korra. 15:25

[@ryapowa]

She also is the voice of Princess Yue in the original series

[@sandrasiepert5647]

Seychelle Gabriel was the actress in the movie, Johanna Braddy was the voice in the show.

[@ryapowa]

@@sandrasiepert5647 Must have just been some misinformation I've heard then, doesn't help that when you look up "Princess Yue Voice Actor" it showed a picture of Yue from the movie, but Braddy's name instead

[@santosic]

Now I think you can understand the running gag we in the ATLA fandom use: "There is no movie in Ba Sing Se" (we're going to Lake Laogai to get it brainwashed out of us basically) :P Yeah, to us, the movie basically doesn't exist.

[@ProfessorZoom2140]

Fun fact, the actress who played princess Yue, later voiced Asami in the legend of korra. So it's pretty great that she had the chance to redeem herself after this film, because she is a good actress and was probably one of the only highlights in the movie..

[@Akashiko]

This movie unlocked a new level of disappointment that I didn't even know existed. "I'm not mad, I'm disappointed" doesn't even apply because it circles all the way back to anger.

[@ryanakers1372]

Hope you had a big glass of cactus juice with you while you watched.

[@jocelynreyes3077]

“That’s suppose to be uncle iroh? .... No!” 👏👏👏

[@roger_towny_jr]

Why did you do this to yourself! Just watch the Dragon Prince. Or She Ra Or Legend of Korra You didn't have to do this for yourself!

[@Lycanthromancer1]

Yes, to all of the above. They're all great. There's also RWBY and Steven Universe, but they're a lot more hit-or-miss.

[@avaholdsworth5678]

Or owl house and amphibia

[@_underscore_4514]

Oh she's reacting to the live action version of THE BOY IN THE ICEBURG an ember island exclusive play

[@erinmckeon123]

Your reaction to this movie was my exact reaction! I absolutely loved this😂😂

[@skrearlmaster]

Hey we warned you.

[@emanuel-vw8rg]

Seychelle gabriel's (yue's) back must hurt from carrying the whole movie.

[@mohammadnoumanud-din2657]

Trust me Legend of Korra is a great show and very entertaining to watch. I mean yeah it isn't better than avatar the last airbender but it still is very fun to watch. If atla is a 10/10 then lok is a solid 8.5/10.

[@nsan48]

agreed. best short description i would give too.

[@murtamp9828]

Seasons 1, 3, and 4 are great but 2 needs a retcon.

[@marpj6138]

I agree. Merphy Napier hit the nail on this - the biggest problem with LOK is that you will compare it with ATLA and even if you dont want to you are forced since they keep refering to it. If you are being compared with the best its easy to look worse than you really are LoK is a good series (8-8.5 looks right to me) and is better than a lot of other shows, but ATLA has a 10/10. ps: personally Lok has too much meh characters to my liking, while ATLA biggest drive has its characters. So while Lok is amazing in the action department, but ATLA has a lot easier to connect with it duo to the characters being more likable

[@mohammadnoumanud-din2657]

Eventhough I didn't agree with alot of what Merphy said, I did agree with her when she said compared to atla, Lok isn't incredible, but compared to some other shows these days, it's amazing. But I personally feel like Merphy was overcritical of the show. Some of the things she said was kind of ridiculous. Like for example when she gave the show a 2.5 out of 5 and then when she said that somethings that happened were obvious. For example when Korra Air bended when Amon was about to take Mako's bending. I didn't think that was obvious at all; infact , I didn't see it coming at all. I thought she was gonna go into the Avatar state. So you gotta take Merphy's analysis with a pinch of salt.

[@PxndaCakes]

If we forget season 2, then it's a 9/10

[@pedroortiz5905]

Legend of Korra doesn’t come close to ATLA but it’s still a good series. Especially season 3

[@angeliparraguirre7329]

Subjective but a valid opinion. I see lots of people who didn't like it are giving it another chance as well as new fans. Maybe we as fans get something new outta the Avatar universe. This film ain't it tho.

[@shireenqasimm]

Only season 2 of LOK sucked. But it had the Beginnings episodes. Other seasons were lit af. Themes were mature, as the creators thought that their fan base would have grown up. And taking how they were treated by Nick, what they did with the series was decent enough.

[@airbenderkai2783]

i love season 3 and 4 we saw the least korra possible

[@jonathanjohnson6727]

@@airbenderkai2783 I see you're one of those who want every Avatar to conduct exactly the same as Aang. I gotta ask, did you or do you still think Yangchen, Kyoshi, Roku, Kuruk, etc. acted the same as him?(because they definitely didn't)

[@airbenderkai2783]

@@jonathanjohnson6727 i know they didn't i just hate the way korra bends and the fact that she broke the avatar cycle AND the fact that her avatar state is so weak that a normal earthbender can beat her. i am happy she changed a bit in season 4 but i am not really mad about personality. btw kyoshi is my favorite avatar not aang. i think aang is second or third

[@epicureanbard]

"The dialogue is so bad!" Welcome to Shyamalan movies. "Whose idea was it to change the pronunciation of literally every name?" Welcome to Shyamalan's The Last Airbender 12:03 That was me and I can tell you that my reaction to first watching this was "It's not that bad. Why are people so upset?" Updated opinion, after watching the entire series? There is no Live-Action movie in Ba Sing Se. Here we are safe.

[@caulinwhitewater4118]

Korra is fine, don’t worry. it’s got it’s downs but over all it not that bad

[@mjwatershark1881]

Very true

[@assimilater-quicktips]

It's bad, but it's not Shyamalan bad

[@assimilater-quicktips]

Summer Rose Ya that's cool, I just making jokes here

[@oremfrien]

The movie is significantly worse than Korra, granted, but Korra has a large number of significant problems. The biggest problem is that the basis for every season is a really intriguing idea that never has proper setup or payoff, so you just sit there thinking of what could have been instead of grappling with the way the authors actually wrote the plot.

[@carson.29_]

ricardo demetrio alonso rojas my favorite show

[@andrewzamora2689]

The ember island players episode was actually three things rolled into one, firstly it was the greatest recap episode in tv history, secondly it was the show writers having a laugh at themselves and finally it was a massive middle finger to this movie.

[@Exobably]

The movie came out in 2010, the Ember Island Players premiered on July 18, 2008. It's just coincidence, but it definitely works extremely well as a comparison lol

[@andrewzamora2689]

@@Exobably pre production for the film began in 2008 so the early script and casting were available long before the movie aired in theaters, films take years to produce so you're basically pretending it popped out of thin air here and that is not the case.

[@Exobably]

@@andrewzamora2689 and animated shows take a long time to create as well. They didn't know "the effects were decent" or any of the casting issues when a movie was in pre production. The episode's production in the credits says 2007 - it would have been done before anything happened with the movie.

[@ck_sidekick8306]

And now you are truly one of us. Welcome. We appreciate the scar on your soul.

[@shariweber2291]

The movie was garbage!!! But... It is the reason that I decided to watch the animated series. I was intrigued by the whole 4 elements IDEA and liked certain aspects of the world. Soooo I guess something good came from the movie?! But it's still absolute GARBAGE!!!!

[@proxkei2266]

@DM Animation nope. It feels diconnected imo

[@YuzuLeMoon]

Agree with DMAnimation here. But to be fair, most music in that genre is great to listen to ONLY by itself. The movie simply did not do justice to the music.

[@nsan48]

Good thing you decided to watch the series. Iroh: You restored your own honor.

[@orlandoawilliams799]

I'm glad something good came of the movie for you. The rest of us still cry a little...

[@shariweber2291]

Oh I still hate it, (I love to hate it) but I also have to give it due credit. It's the funniest thing to watch the cinima sins/wins videos for the movie. Sins: 271,095,000 (accurate) Wins: 65 He has to stretch and try so hard for every single win (good thing about the film). And it's hilarious!!! But in doing so he also articulates why it's a terrible film, but how it did motivate people to go watch the original source material. (Links to Sins and Wins respectively below) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYSyq5ibpLuEhbs kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5qccqp6hNeGrac

[@kiwiy2k]

It’s so bad it’s now a rite of passage for the fandom to watch at least once 😳

[@TheSnowyandRioShow]

I'm sooooo sorry but i can't watch this again. The pain, it's unbearable. I will watch your korra vids though!

[@abthedragon4921]

Yeah, Korra may not be perfect but it's gold compared to this movie.

[@tornadochaser2457]

*it's

[@TheSnowyandRioShow]

@@tornadochaser2457 xD sure bro

[@itzmeloneh]

Andrew Burton anything is a MASTERPEICE compared to this peace of flipping garbage 🗑

[@tornadochaser2457]

@@itzmeloneh Please, let's not throw the word "masterpiece" around people! It must be preserved for my beloved Spectacular... err, spectacular things, that is.

[@JordyJRT]

Oh god you poor soul lmao sending good vibes even though you’ve already endured it

[@shionkim478]

Ironically, this show doesn't feel like an actual people unlike the series.

[@johnwalker1058]

When animated 2-D characters feel more like real people than LIVE ACTION characters played by actors and actresses on a screen instead of voice actors that you only hear, you know you "done messed up A-ARON!" (sorry, didn't mean to yell at you, I'm yelling at Shyamalan.)

[@lectro_legendary_electroni1852]

when i first saw the title i felt so sorry for you. Also i cried when i saw the sokka under appa's tail scene cause i had just realized that it was supposed to be their version of comedy. Needless to say these were tears of sorrow for the death of a comedic character like sokka and for the murder of comedy itself. all i can say to you is Latom.

[@yamyam2987]

Aang: "I was just upset" Literally saying it with a smile in the face. Nice

[@panjamysy]

Dev Patel deserved so much better. As far as this movie goes, Zuko was the best acted character, but he could only do so much with those TERRIBLE dialogue choices... My brother saw this movie and balked SO HARD when I asked him to watch the animated series with me because he said it was so horrible. Thankfully I convinced him and he is loving it!

[@dxrebel]

This is like a ritual, isn't it. The one good thing about this movie is that it makes you appreciate the show even more lol

[@Robert-ht7om]

One of the many things I hate about this movie is the fire bending, in the series it's the one element that can be produced from within the bender, but here they need a source of fire in order to bend it.

[@stephen-macdonald]

"A sword should not be able to break metal chains" I'm pretty sure they made a jab at that in Dragon Prince.

[@lectro_legendary_electroni1852]

i watched this movie as a child and liked it, i had already seen the show but was too young to truly appreciate it. then i was going to rewatch it a few months ago but as soon as i saw appa i instantly began to binge the entire show cause i knew id just be comparing the entire time and be let down.

[@Omiron8214]

I remembered my parents said they like this movie. Me: "They literally take a whole minute to throw a ROCK!" Just glad the original show is on Netflix so they can see how it's REALLY done.

[@tazm2480]

In that one scene where zuko and Oang are fighting together when they did that above camera shot if you look to the left (your left) you'll see one guy fall back even though nothing hits him at all

[@DaddyDynastic]

I'll never understand the directorial decision to make it so that the firebenders need an actual fire around to bend instead of just producing it themselves which completely Nerfs firebenders like there's no way they could have possibly won the war all you need to do is snuff out any fires around them which is something literally every other element is capable of

[@andrewhoward6946]

I think you nailed it with a big issue on the bending being the lack of feedback from the motions. In the show you have very direct effects coming from each movement the characters are making, but here it's more dance for a few seconds, and then later some unrelated CGI happens.

[@RedyyChuu]

It’s so crazy that you’re reacting to nothing. All I could see was a black box. Whatever that was, I loved your reactions 👌

[@SystemBD]

Yeah, it was like Airbending... only it sounded more like a fart?

[@evetea9780]

@@SystemBD That was probably just Meelo

[@MythicalPhoebe]

watching you watch this movie is the most of this movie i've ever seen. i've refused to watch it for the longest time, and for a while i even refused to learn anything about it. i missed out seeing it in theaters and people told me i was fortunate, and i wanted to keep that streak going. i regret watching this because i have to see my favorite childhood show defiled and made into a joke. however, i like your reaction.

[@sheilla6315]

Steph, what do you think about the latest news on Netflix Avatar Series?

[@thebestofstephx]

My friends and I have been discussing it at length. It’s very upsetting.

[@angeliparraguirre7329]

@DM Animation are we though? Eventually maybe, but without more information...who is to say? The recent news changes everything.

[@sheilla6315]

@DM Animation but knowing that it is not what mike and bryan are hoping for... I feel like I won't be fine with it :(

[@shariweber2291]

search.app.goo.gl/Xzbj7n5 While I'm sad that the original creators won't be involved, it might actually be for the best.

[@immyray4287]

I’m still gonna watch it and then decide if it’s bad

[@BGTitanAvatar]

I’m not gonna lie and say Korra is a perfect show. It’s got problems, from studio interference and bizarre writing choices, but I honestly enjoy it. I also find some of its themes strike more of a chord with me personally than ATLA. However, the best way to go into Korra is to think of it as it’s own thing.

[@tazm2480]

The dude they chose for Iroh looked like he was high this entire film, here's how I see the names spelled when they say them wrong "Eroh, Sakka, Oang, Oavatar, Agni KEY duel," the bending was so slow man, he crapped on the entire series

[@jooj3699]

When I was a child ATLA was my absolute favorite series. Watched it as it came out and was so excited for the movie. Forced my mom to buy IMAX tickets, the day of came. First off the IMAX portion was like five minutes when some of the bending was 3D, then a big banner popped up to let you know to take your glasses off for THE REST OF THE MOVIE. We ended up leaving early. I told my mom I wasn’t feeling good and we literally up and left. I was 10.

[@TheMakromag]

They basically took everything we love about ATLA and threw it out the window. None of the humour lands, the battles look bad, the bending straight up doesn't make sense don't even get me started on the characters. I was so sad and angry at how little the director cared about making a good movie.

[@redbeard365]

Great review. I felt the same exact way and now I have now added this movie to my Netflix filter so it can't even accidently be played.

[@kerrychristensen7204]

You know what I just realised? Since they knew Kataang would be endgame, they probably didn't want any chemistry between Haru and Katara to muddy the shipping waters, so the solution was to make him be even younger than Aang there by removing him from the field entirely! 😂

[@broadwaybrook2319]

The trippy thing about this movie is that it came out literally a year after the film "Avatar" came out (2009), and cause I was younger then, I was so confused over the two movies that had titles that both began with: "Avatar." So when people are talking about "Last Airbender," but just say "Avatar," I think they're talking about the movie with the blue people. Edit: Ok, so this movie didn't have "Avatar" in it's title.

[@j.5371]

Sokka's only 15 actually so that just makes it worse LMAO

[@meh31ii]

The original series creators removed themselves from the development and production of this movie long before it was released. They saw the direction he was going and wanted no part of it and put out a public statement letting everyone know that they had nothing to do with this.

[@johryt4293]

It's been out for ten years, and I've not dared to watch it yet

[@abthedragon4921]

Trust me, don't

[@UTU49]

If you watch it, you will probably regret it, but the only way to find out is to watch it... regrettably.

[@johryt4293]

@@UTU49 Will do

[@UTU49]

@@johryt4293 You'll be okay... ... eventually.

[@johryt4293]

@@UTU49 I am now scarred, thank you :D

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

The best way to review the movie. Play the clip on how the Avatar gang felt about the Ember Island play based on them. Seriously, this was the first movie I *HATED.* with a burning passion.

[@harrypeter5626]

To think they sacrificed a season 4 for TLA to make this movie

[@acereporter73]

Here comes the pain... One saving grace: The actress (Summer Bishil) who appeared for a heartbeat as Princess Azula went on to play Margo on The Magicians. Fortunately for her, she got the chance to get a role she could really dig in and own.

[@assassinapex662]

Ha lol this oughta be good 😅

[@ParadoxFreak]

So when ATLA first premiered, I never watched it. I knew of it, and vaguely what it was about but not very much. After the series wrapped and the movie released, they both were on Netflix. I watched the movie first and really loved it that I motivated me to watch the series. Then I never watched the film again and hated it since.

[@romeothefloof8206]

Girl l wached the movie and l just saw kataras face and stopped it then l became brave and l wached for 53 minutes !!! YES 53 and l couldn't bare the pain anymore soooo yeah

[@themercifulzeus1500]

Korra is one of those shows I feel like I always have to go to bat for, because I genuinely love what it accomplishes but it's situation is kind of complicated in a lot of ways. It's very deliberately trying to be something different from the original and that can an extremely disorienting move, not just because of new characters or a new state of the world but because it intentionally isn't replicating the traditional heroic journey that ATLA executed pretty flawlessly. It can be easy to compare it to it's predecessor and feel like it's doing things worse because it isn't conforming to what we expect from the first series, or a lot of fantasy epics in general, without necessarily realizing what it's trying to build by stepping away from that format. There are plenty of valid reasons why that isn't everyone's jam, but I actually end up preferring LOK just a bit because of it. It gains some powerful depth not just from how they contrast each other but what those contrasts actually represent thematically and physically in the world. It's a /very/ different deal from the movie, which is just so... confusing on so many narrative and production levels that it's honestly hard to imagine how you're supposed to contextualize any of it into something that makes meaningful sense.

[@AJSdanmakufu]

Remember, there is no live action movie in Ba Sing Se.

[@normalgamergal]

It's hilarious how many reactors go into this movie thinking they won't be surprised at how bad it is based on what they've heard, but no, it's worse than you can explain. Also, thanks for doing this reaction. I'm one of the unfortunate souls who went to the midnight release being super excited... Was not happy about that decision. My poor creative writing class the next day had to deal with a very angry me.

[@johryt4293]

We were supposed to get a fourth season with an Azula redemtion arc, but we got this instead...

[@michaelbailey1242]

Common misconception, it was an idea at least one of the writers had, but they didn't ever seriously consider it, but the movie did crush the idea regardless

[@johryt4293]

@@michaelbailey1242 I know they said it was a point where all the writers were on board, but then the movie came instead, or somthing

[@may83195]

Technically not true, Nick asked the writers to pitch some ideas for a 4th season, and one of the potential pitches was an Azula redemption, but it never got passed that because the show was built to be 3 seasons and they didn’t want to mess with what they already had

[@johryt4293]

@@may83195 Ait, Idk bro, just what I heard

[@veerebleatsim2380]

There's a new fan theory going around (more like a meme) that Zuko is just insanely strong. Do you remember that time he just axle kicked to break Iroh's chains in that one episode? Then he breaks Aang's chains with his swords? Man doesn't even need firebending.

[@johnwalker1058]

Or in the ending of "The Beach" episode where Zuko, Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee go back to the party to trash the guy's place and Zuko karate chops a thick sturdy banquet table in half with his leg like it was a soft cardboard box. Earlier that same episode, he also one-inch shoved a guy clear across the room because he was pissed at him for talking with Mai and he was enraged by feelings of jealousy. Yeah, Zuko was pretty physically strong, stronger than a lot of people seem to remember or give him credit for.

[@w_i_i]

automatically gave this video a like to make it up for you having to put up with this movie

[@KerstinMamma]

I can't believe that she cut the dance pebble scene out, it's the best part.

[@barroslucasc]

[insert mandatory "reacting to a black screen" joke here]

[@Maddie-uh8hz]

Script/Delivery (Like a middle school theater production) Choreography(Is like watching old people stretching in the park) Acting(I cant even it was so bad) Pronunciation(Oh its not like you had a reference for them anything) Changing Rules in the Universe(Like the crap about fire benders and chi, and the avatar having a family) The worse part is that sometimes I realize that this is suppost to be the beautiful animation I grew up with, but I cant even comprehend that their made to be the same.

[@Sorestlor]

Korra is a good show just not near perfection like avatar and has its moments, like where they explain the ending of the original. This movie is truly a 5%. I thought big shot of the northern water tribe looked nice. Also that part where those earth benders stomped this huge sequence only for a tiny rock to fly at the enemy was really funny. The worst part about this is Shyamalan thinks its good for some reason and that we don't understand it.

[@dynamo116]

I was waiting for her reaction to that earthbender stomp scene but it wasn't included in this :(((, but I'm dying laughing at her reaction to how bad this movie was!

[@diode_wow]

Oh, no. You poor thing. Would have loved to see your reaction to them just showing Firelord Ozai like, yeah, this is the big bad...just a dude. My lord I would have loved to see your reaction to the Azula reveal too.

[@ryandalan]

Fun Fact: princess yue voices one of the main characters in Korra

[@kaviddwiz6556]

I also tried to watch ATLA, I promise since it was released upto date, i still cant find a way how to finish the whole movie, I swear, I haven't even seen a quarter of it.

[@kaviddwiz6556]

Oh wait I wrote in the wrong place lol. Sorry

[@thomaschristopherwhite9043]

"It's trying to eat me" Awwww.... *sigh

[@airbenderkai2783]

join our discord server about ATLA and a little bit about LoK

[@airbenderkai2783]

discord.gg/uW7SPQD

[@TrippNessa]

This movie is legit like watching an elementary school play attempt to do an Avatar adaptation. But because it's NOT, I can't even be like "awe, the kids were cute though" like no. It's just infuriating.