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I give it a solid 7 the animated show very much is so much better that this is dissatisfying in the fact that they undercut character arcs for the sake of getting the story to the end in 8 episodes. Some legit isht acting from some of the actors while the main cast is good. Though it seems all the actors had serious lip excema… the animation is mostly good but it seems like there’s a lot of motion blur and random intentional blurring of backgrounds wasting the great sets … also the complete lack of Ang katara love interests is baffling
The show was actually great and I had low hopes THEM MAKING THE 41st ZUKOS CREW WAS AMAZING (yes some of the writing needs work and the acting) maybe a lil less force feeding the audience too lmao I have high hopes for s2 tho!!
not learning water bending was the most perplexing thing to me. All the other changes feel minor and for the sake of mushing together certain stories into less episodes and it mostly works well. Not water bending tho was a let down. and Katara not bonding with pakku because of Gran Gran and actually learning a little from him. Solid overall though 8/10. Acting was kinda rough but expected from the youngest.
I agree not learning water bending was an interesting choice for sure. My thinking is that they made that decision so that at the start of season 2 it’s at the north and Aang growing learning water for a whole year which would explain why he has aged
I actually like Pakku bonds with Katara because of her strength not because "oh right I was betrothed to your grandmother so now I'm going to be nice to you" @@arijohn8413
Agreed. A quick training montage might have looked out of place but some kind of training from Pakku would have been good to see. Although, I did like Katara empowering the other women in the northern tribe to join the fight. Can't remember if that happened in the animated series.
@@robbie_stevens_they’ve added a few things from season 2 into season 1 so it would only Make sense if some of the things in season 1, would fill out the gaps that are now in season 2
I loved almost everything they did with the expanded role of the royal family. I do kind of feel like it came at the cost of developing the relationship between Team Avatar. I realized about halfway through that I didn't actually have a great feel on how close our main cast was. That was the soul of the original (and wanted to be the soul of this version) and it left a lot to be desired. But the chemistry between Zuko and Iroh was incredible, ozai as a more grounded abusive father was great to see and Azula's actress has understated talent. The look on her face during the agni Kai said so much she is perfect.
I feel like they over humanized the two main villains making them essentially not evil but traditionalists who actually cares about Zuko when in the show he full would of just sacrificed him like the 41st
@@jonathanEricStaffordRealtor but I liked that here at least Ozai showed a little compassion towards Zuko bcz in animated series it didn't feel like human to be so emotionless towards his only son.
@@jonathanEricStaffordRealtornahhhh Ozai NEEDED more depth, he was the weakest thing about the cartoon was how simplistic he was, it was kind of boring.. Definitely prefer this Ozai
@@lokeshkumar-ff8kxyeah I lie the idea of him doing it because he thinks it will make him stronger. Even when he burns his face it feels like the extreme version of "this hurts me more than it hurts you"
At this point, I have ZERO respect for that egomaniacal d-bag. Dude is walking tall with such arrogance. Hope they kill off Black Adam in the Gunn-verse
Totally forgot Kyoshi was a giant. I was wondering if it was just a stylistic choice. Like a deity standing above a subject......... No.. No... it's not that, she's a giant. Also Also.. Cabbageman is the BBEG.
Definitely a major improvement over the film that shall not be named. I also feel maybe they could increase the episode count if they do a season 2/3. While I did enjoy the 8 episodes they still felt a little rush at some points in the story.
I feel like if Netflix greenlit the next seasons (which they haven’t done yet) they’ll probably want to drag the show out to 4 seasons. Book 3 really has two parts anyways at the end of the eclipse. I would imagine that’s how they’d end season 3 then have the final one end with the conclusion.
If I remember correctly, she was mad at her brother and while doing some tantrum like hand movements, she freed the iceberg by cracking the surface ice.
Yep I agree I dropped in to make this exact point. Great minds... It's not beat for beat but it is her bending that activates him. MT glosses over that, mentioned it as odd. I disagree.
Like, i can see why the creators left and didn't want this version but at the same time, i can see why Netflix DID want this version. They didn't have to change some things, like the way Aang comes out the iceberg, having Roku as his Avatar guide, switching up Oma and Shu, Sokka being sexist towards Suki and realizing she's the better warrior, Aang shows zero attraction towards Katara, the whole Koh thing, the way Zhao was taken out was anticlimactic and doesn't match his crimes against the spirits. It's a great adaptation and i didn't expect it to be as good as it is, i just found these things a little annoying
The show not only reach up to the original, it added more to it. I've never had more empathy for Zuko, when I realized the ship crew he spent 3 years with, were the people he got punished for by saving them. Was so damn happy when they gave him the respect he deserved. I've never been that emotionally invested on some minor c list characters
I think when Katara was trying to bend the water to bring the boat back to shore it’s kind of shown that in doing so she accidentally is also bending the iceberg to break, foreshadowing how powerful she is without knowing it at the time? Am I the only one who noticed this?
Could anyone see Teo flying towards Omashu at the beginning of that episode? I replayed that probably 5 times and never saw what they were pointing at.
MT, you're an effing ledge. I was able to tell my dad, who is undergoing chemo treatments that Avatar got a legit series from Netflix and was pretty much on par with the animated series...he watched your synopsis, and was hooked in the first 3 minutes. THANK YOU. You have no idea how much that meant to him. Thank you so very much...I heard my dad laugh for the first time in 3 months, because of you. Thank you. I cannot show my true appreciation.
I think leaving out. “Book one” in the opening title was a conscious choice, because the writers of this show probably aren’t sure book two will be approved for production.
Honestly, i thought the show was mid. I fully went into it and expected a much different adaptation, and honestly i wanted it. I didnt want it to be 1:1 to the OG show. But there was just as much i liked about it then what i didnt. Below are my reasons: Firstly, i think the show shined its best when they did something completely new and original that the OG show didn’t have. Like the genocide. And when they did 1:1 recreation moments, I thought they did good as well. But the biggest issue to me is when they did 1:1 moments, but changed them drastically. I disliked Kyoshi because they basically made her a jerk that had zero sympathy towards aang. She just bullied him for her scene. I disliked Bumi because they also turned him into a bitter jerk. And he became completely unlikable to me. I liked Zuko, and I liked what they did with his character and how it's different, but at times he was too jolly in the way he spoke which turned me off from seeing his character as one who has had serious trauma from the agni kai. Avatar Kuruk was bitter as well which really sucked, and they basically trashed him as an avatar. And roku.... *sigh*... my favorite past avatar they just butcher. Terrible casting, because although he's got the looks he sounds nothing like Roku. And although differences in that are fine, obvisouly the actors arent going to sound exactly the way they do in the OG, roku has a whole demeanor to him. The actor sounds like hes in his early 30's, and talks nothing like the way Roku should. He acts like the fun uncle. I should know because i am a fun uncle lol. And they make him out to be a bit bitter as well, because at the end he tells Aang friendships arent good for the avatar. At this point in the story, the avatars should be lifting up Aang in support, not bringing him down. I thought the way they combined some stories and not others actually fit pretty well, but the one thing I thought was too forced was Jet and freedom fighters. First of all, Pipsqueak was TERRIBLE casting. I actually laughed out loud in disbelief and had to pause the show when he walked on screen. Pip is a grown man, not a teen thats not threatening at all whatsoever, especially when they tried to make him so. Just terrible casting. And honestly made me feel like it would have been better off to not have them in it at all. Production wise it was great, music was great, but some of the costumes were too cosplay-like. Jet and the freedom fighters are a great example. They look like great 1:1 comparisons, but they are too good. It literally looks like a cosplay/fan film costume that isn't realistic to the world. And although Jets actor was great, that hair just looks wayyyyyyyyyy too fake, even if it wasnt a wig. Speaking of, Yua's wig in the northern tribe was laughable. Its ridiculous that got passed to be on screen as realistic. Another issue is that the language spoke just didnt always feel fitting. Media, short of it being a modern day flick or documentary, is supposed to take you out of the world and immerse you elsewhere. 90% of the show did that, but then people would say things that i would hear one of my friends say. Case in point is Katara telling Sokka "Im sure master paku is going to mop the floor with me". Like what? And then the cursing. I get its more mature, but its just not Avatar, especially since its technically based on the past. Aang also seems much more useless in the show. He never waterbends (the spirit at the end doesnt count) which concerns me because he was supposed to at least start learning water bending. He spends every episode "ahh I failed the world, i have to bring balance and learn the elements" but does nothing to accomplish that. Instead, he either bullies himself with the same old i ran away speech, or someone bullies him and he never learns water bending. He never does it once! And next season he's supposed to be starting on earth. I know theres a two year time jump between seasons but is that really how its gonna be? Aang is only going to learn other bending off screen? You cant have him start water next season otherwise how do you expect him to also learn earth at the same time. I feel cheated on seeing that growth, and feels like, as the audience, I'm going to be left behind from seeing that. It also makes me worried for how they'll treat the other elements going forward. With that, aside from kyoshi i just felt the avatar, aang, wasn't really doing much at all. Aang didn't do much as the avatar he just went places. It felt more like Katara's show. The finale fell flat as well for two reasons. One, water bending never really felt different. It always looked as if water bending was the same two to three moves over again, even for the masters. The show shined when combat showed something different, but it didn't do it much. It also felt slow. Sped up, water bending is a lot coolor to watch live action. Secondly, the fish spirit fell flat because it didn't really do anything. In the show, it wiped out nearly all the firebenders with several water moves and waves. The fish did a water slap once, and then did the wave thing at the end which totaled about 30 seconds of screen time. Every other shot was just a godzilla rip off. For the rest of its time on screen it just roared like godzilla and looked around. So it fell flat as a result. I doubt anyone will read this all, but if you do I'd love to hear your thoughts. I had a good time watching, but it just ended up being.. mid.
I read all your comment. You're right. I enjoyed the show anyways. It did strike me at first seeing all the differences, then I just started to enjoy the live action, and then I loved episode 6. The final needed that span of time between Katara's fight against Pakku (with him later training her) and the battle against the fire nation. I loved the series though and I hope for a second season.
What I learned in this breakdown: - Aang randomly popped out of the iceberg. - Gran Gran is Katara and Sokka's mother. - Katara's feminist nature was toned down (as opposed to Sokka's sexism being toned down). - Hei Bai is pronounced "hi bye." - "Forcing Aang to travel to Avatar Roku's shrine in the Fire Nation in order to save the untethered souls of his friends." - "Forcing Aang to travel to Avatar Roku's shrine at Crescent Island in order to save the untethered souls of his friends."
Im surprised no one in talking about how much they changed the dynamic between Suki and Sokka. They made Suki kinda creepily stalk Sokka and she’s like obsessed with him right away. It was distracting in my opinion. Sokka’s arc of being embarrassed and refusing to acknowledge that the Kyoshi warriors got the better of him and could fight like true warriors then changing his attitude and asking, humbly, to be trained by them is a huge part of his character development.
Honestly given how people respond in today's climate, they would've claimed woke, even if it's apart of the source material. I don't blame that creative decision considering how much hate the last live action adaptation got.
Theres no reason for this live adaption to be an exact replica of the animation. Here suki is obsessed with saka because he represents a world she isn't allowed to mix with. And that's fine. It's a beautiful choice in my opinion.
They made a lot of decisions that made me think a spinoff would've been better. With a focus on Zuko, Azula, Ozai and maybe more flashbacks, this could've been great.
After binge-watching the 8 episodes, let me put out one straight fact: The Netflix Live-Action Adaptation is AMAZING😀😀 and so GOOD....!!!!! No sensible person can expect a copy-paste of the animated series, and Netflix really transitioned the Avatar story into a proper Live-Action adaptation with its spirit intact. The changes that I really liked are:- 1. Introducing Azula & Ozai in season 1 - This move really shows the audience how she is indirectly manipulated into becoming the psychopathic villain that she is in the Avatar arc by Ozai. The animated series shows this link much later in season 3, but by introducing both of them here it is clear that the real villain is Ozai and Azula is just a manipulated puppet in his hand. 2. Not showing the connection between Gran-Gran and Pakku -- In the animated series, the change of heart of Pakku from a sexist old prik to a normal old man is triggered by the discovery of Katara's necklace, which actually erases the point of Katara & Pakku's fight. But here by allowing his internal misogyny to get hurt & ashamed by how the Northern Water tribe kids got impressed by Katara & the eventual forceful appeal by all the women in the face of doom, the transition looks more real. 3. Introducing Lu Ten's death & its impact on Iroh -- This move actually makes the character of Uncle Iroh more rich, and shows the depth of the bond between Zuko & Iroh. A Live-action cannot afford Iroh to always be goofy about tea & food like in the Animated Series. That being said, clubbing some major storylines of the animated series together into 2-episode arcs might seem a bit odd, but for a live-action part, it is still justifiable. Also remember that even for the animated series, Book1 water is the weakest, followed by much better & stronger Book2 and 3, that is after Toph is introduced. However, I am getting some strong vibes that Netflix may try to reduce/eliminate the romantic chemistry between Aang & Katara, which if they did will not be acceptable. I will give it 4.3/5 stars.
I really liked Zuko in this live action.. His character and story feels perfect... Sokka on the other hand felt underused a bit for me.. Overall i enjoyed this live action version..
So how many ships are in the Fire Navy? Ozai lost at least 50 ships to Koizilla, as a "distraction". Who was watching the Northern Water Tribe? Who was distracted? They say at the beginning that the nations don't talk anymore. This seemed like a really stupid plan.
The way I understood it was as: word travels around, and it was that the northern water tribe was going to be attacked, which probably let the guard down of the earth kingdom, not expecting a full blown, possibly bigger, attack (idk how big that army was, could’ve been from the inside since fire nation had spies within). Who knows tbh I do wish we get to see that battle, and the siege of ba sing se, would be dope.
Imagine how powerful the avatar state is. Aang survived 100 years in the ice. no food, water, air, for 100 years. How can anything kill the avatar when he is in that state?
5:00 Show runners didn’t want to dial down Katara’s “feminist nature”, instead they wanted (rightly or wrongly) to tone down Sokka’s “sexism” as shown in the screenshot.
They could’ve built up his sexism in a tasteful way. Like getting teased by girls his whole life or something. Or having an older brother who he admires, that’s happens to get the women to like him through machismo.
They really did this show justice. I just finished and it’s amazing. Its got some odd changes but they didn’t ruin the show some actually kinda made sense for a 7 episode season. But a win is a win! And the actors playing zuko and sokka are perfect. 👍🏼
This is a great adaptation of the animated series. I really didn't think it would be possible to make a live action version. But I was wrong. They nailed it!
I REALLY liked how they ret-conned Pakkus arc. In the original, he only decided to train Katara because he had a hard on for her gram-gram. But in this one, she showed her the there is strength in women that he didn't see. Much better arc for both of them. HOWEVER, really don't like that they didn't make Sokka a sexist little boy. That was a really good arc for him in the anime. Additionally, Zuko was wayyyy to whiney in this show whereas in the anime, his angst manifests as anger and rage, Uncle Iroh is probably my favorite character in the entire show, and I did like Mr. Kim's (lol) adaptation, although I would have liked to see him act IDK...more wise? He's a difficult character to 'get right''. CAN'T WAIT FOR SEASON (BOOK) 2!
Katara attempting to waterbend while her mother was being attacked is what caused her death. If she hadn't, eventually the firebender would've given up since there wouldn't be a way to determine whether or not there really was a waterbender left in the southern tribe.
Crazy how Aang kept saying that he needed to master all 4 elements, but never thought once about trying to learn water in the Southern freaking Water Tribe like he did in the animated show.
I don't think Aang so much randomly chose to come out of the ice at that moment honestly, I think its more that Katara was trying to waterbend to bring the boat back, but not really knowing what she's doing managed to waterbend the ice behind her (watching her hands, the motions look more like she's tryna tear an apple in half so it'd make a lil sense why the giant ice ball to start cracking) instead of her voluntarily breaking the ice open Idk, just seemed like it was caused by her tryna waterbend n not really knowing how to achieve what she wanted to, that being getting the boat back
I absolutely was gutted when they changed AANG and KATARAS moment to SOKKA and KATARA for secret tunnels... HUH? My favorite episodes were definitely Episodes 1,2 and 6.
I LOVED the development with aang and zuko in the blue spirit mask episode. they also did well to devlop fire lord ozai characer by showing his face early on.. i was worried about that decission but im glad they did this. Ozai is not just a Big bad guy thats just bad for no reason, theres depth there. Im proud that the fan asked for and good a live action show. you can tell this show was made by fans for fans. LOVED IT. omg and the bending??? fuuuuuuck
"Forcing Aang to travel to Avatar Rokus shrine in the fire nation in order to save the untethered souls of his friends forcing Aang to travel to Avatar Rokus shrine at crescent Island in order to save the untethered souls of his friends."
I think the live action show got better as the episodes went on. The acting and writing got good after the world building stuff around episode 4 onwards. Hope they get to finish the series and improve the overall writing and CGI quality for the next seasons!
this series did a great job , it was also adapted comics details, and we never found out how omashu fallen , this series gave a great reason , war strategies were amazingly described , this shows the original feelings of ozai on zuko that comics showed,look how they connected the 41st ship crew to the story of banishment
I’m a big fan of avatar and I really liked this show. It was different in a lot of ways but I feel like they worked with what they had and did a good job. Aang could be goofier but the actor is young. Master pakku didn’t mention katara’s necklace but I think it still worked well. The only thing that bothered me is aang flying to crescent island on his glider then getting captured and losing it but somehow getting it back when he got back to the Forrest shrine. But hey that’s showbiz baby
The only thing I wish they did instead of Avatar Kyoshi the first Avatar who talks to Aang. I wish they use Avatar Kuruk and mentor Aang here in Book 1 on how to deal with the burden of being an avatar and gave ang a choice to walk his destiny or to choose to be selfish and runaway from his destiny Parallel it with Aang learning to bend water and be like water who adapts and hold things together and deal with his emotional trauma Then in book 2 comes Avatar Kyoshi almost same what shown in the show, that teach aang to be strong, to be firm, and to stand on what he believes Parallel it with how Toph teach him how to bend earth and just like earth which is stable and strong, aang needs to be firm and be the symbol who gives substance and hope to people and stable that people can rely on Then lastly Avatar Roku in book 3 which is very personal to Roku since it was his bestfriend who starts the war and mentor aang, on what choice he needs to take the moment the life of ozai was in his hand, here they can flesh out Aang's POV in the war, Aang's principle and morals Which parallel to when he learns how to bend fire on the twin dragon and zuko and that as fire he needs to be compassionate yet aggressive when it needs be and respect life Anw. Shareeee
4:58 Actually, Aang’s iceberg cracked open precisely when Katara was trying to waterbend in the _other direction_ (to bring the canoe back). I got the impression that her waterbending was misfiring and causing the iceberg to crack behind her, demonstrating just how powerful a waterbender she was but also how inexperienced and uncontrolled she was. I thought this was an easter egg reflecting what happened in the OG series, when she was ranting at Sokka and wound up cracking the glacier behind her, revealing Aang’s iceberg; also when she had to turn her back and blindly cast her icebending behind her to freeze enemy firebenders for the first time.
I didn't really watch it my nephew did but the pits and pieces I did watch. I really liked Zuko's character, he was so well written. The actor does an amazing job too ❤.
The show didn’t want to dial down Katara’s Feminist nature. They wanted to dialed down Sokka’s machismo. I saw Aang getting out “bu itself” as a sign of it was meant to be. It was his time now
They needed a few more episodes to really bring the story together more… it was rushed in its story and delivery but that’s my only real “complaint” … I was entertained
Overall I think they did a good job on this 1st installment. We have to realize that the "cartoon" was a special moment that will never be duplicated in our lives.... with that being said, he should have learned waterbending lol
It looks like they got a lot wrong, mostly due to cutting corners on the plot, and the script/dialogue isn't great, but I think they got the looks of everything spot-on, and that's a huge plus. I can understand them wanting to drop the Aang love interest thing early-on, since he isn't even a teen yet. They'll probably bring it in next season, especially if we get a time-skip (which we should, considering how much arc they are losing).
The Rock gets cast as The Boulder....2 months later a new Avatar spin off is announced "The boulder and the Blind Bandit" where the boulder turns out to be some Samoan variant of Earth Benders that seem to have access to cellphones and laptops.
My only complaint about this adaptation is what they did to Bumi. My absolute favorite character from the OG. I even named my cat after him. lol. This new one was too dark and cynical and did not teach the lessons that the original taught about cunning and thinking outside of the box.
Its better than the movie but that isnt saying much. Its not a true 1:1 retelling. Some things the show mentioned we got to see etc. Nothing will ever touch the show because of its legendary status but this can continue to be a solid show.
Every scene with unc iroh n zuko Def had me in my feels... I'm liked damn I thought we was spose to hate then love zuko.. not understand why and love him more. The 2 of them were best part of this series.
"Finger licking good soul food" 😂That was perfect! Although I'm an adult now, I never watched the show as a kid. But you broke down this Netflix adaptation really well. Very fair criticism's compared to what I've seen online. Too many people have misguided criticism because they forget that comparison is the thief of joy. I was super excited to watch this show, loved the experience and hoping for the next season!
The show is definitely good and it’s cool to see it all in live action. I think they did nail most of how the world and the characters look, keeping a lot of the spirit from the animation. But I must say that especially Katara is a massive let down for me. In the cartoon she was always a bit hysterical and short tempered but showed massive growth across the three seasons. In the remake she is just super calm and collected from the start and gives dreamy soft girl energy. Which definitely isn’t the actresses fault and her look definitely fits. Zuko was probably my favorite part, although he looks pretty different his acting is spot on. Aang and Sokka are pretty well done, although I feel like they’re both too mature from the start. Who also majorly disappointed me was Iroh, bc he gave off crazy old grandpa vibes and not really the wise man he was in the original. Which also bugged me is that they put Kyoshi so much in center, not because I don’t like her, but because I felt like they only did because they wanted to score some girl boss points, which felt pretty forced. But still compared to the movie back then this is a masterpiece and I will definitely watch the following seasons just because it’s awesome to see the show brought to life!
I fully disagree with Iroh. I thought he was great. Definitely a bit different but still wise and wholeheartedly loving towards Zuko. The Zuko / Iroh scenes were the best parts. Agree with you about the rest though. None of the characters are flawed and have the room to grow like the cartoon other than Zuko
zuko iroh scene is great, wish we got like 2 more episode with sokka, katara and aang just bonding , but sokka change with suki is great, wish we got cooler roku , but kyoshi is better for this series
i love the remake i miss the parts the left out, Sokka sexiest personality btu thr extra parts they added are very good. Zuko is best casting and what with all the girls being plump?
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I give it a solid 7 the animated show very much is so much better that this is dissatisfying in the fact that they undercut character arcs for the sake of getting the story to the end in 8 episodes. Some legit isht acting from some of the actors while the main cast is good. Though it seems all the actors had serious lip excema… the animation is mostly good but it seems like there’s a lot of motion blur and random intentional blurring of backgrounds wasting the great sets … also the complete lack of Ang katara love interests is baffling
@@KamiAnimeS1 I disagree.
Maybe!
Wait Warden's Age Matched The Age That Aang Ran Away (Well Cranked To 100)
Iroh casting was perfect.. he gave one of the best scenes in the show
I can't feel the wiseman vibe from the animated series... You know the bodily language of a man molded by time and life experience
Although i like the actor, Mako’s wise and soulful voice is hard to beat. Zuko on the other hand is pretty spot-on at least to me.
The 41st legion reveal was pretty amazing. Had me in my feels
Had me Tearbending 😢
The show was actually great and I had low hopes THEM MAKING THE 41st ZUKOS CREW WAS AMAZING
(yes some of the writing needs work and the acting) maybe a lil less force feeding the audience too lmao I have high hopes for s2 tho!!
That was a good suprise.
I LOVE THAT
Dude SERIOUSLY. That was perfect
Yeah i tearedup it so brilliant
Isn’t it the same in the cartoon
This show deserved at least 10 episodes
As did many Netflix adaptations
It's not over, this is book one.
@@mycelia_ow I know but production takes years and years
I’m just glad it’s amazing! Better being good with 8 episodes then just okay or not good with 10!
Agreed. I enjoyed it, but those last 2 episodes were rushed. Hopefully they get renewed and manage to get the creators back on board for book 2.
“Gran gran is not Katara’s mother” - out of the mouth of my outraged 8 year old 😂
I mean, her name is gran gran 😂😂
@@MRLONG758 Gran gran has a name and it’s not gran gran lol her name is Kanna. Gran gran is just short for grandma
even your 8 year old knows this show is dissappointing!@@chach8087
I was about to say the same thing how is he gonna call kanna, kataras mom when her mom is dead
I was dying laughing when he said that thinking to myself, ain’t her mom, extra crispy
not learning water bending was the most perplexing thing to me. All the other changes feel minor and for the sake of mushing together certain stories into less episodes and it mostly works well. Not water bending tho was a let down. and Katara not bonding with pakku because of Gran Gran and actually learning a little from him. Solid overall though 8/10. Acting was kinda rough but expected from the youngest.
I agree not learning water bending was an interesting choice for sure. My thinking is that they made that decision so that at the start of season 2 it’s at the north and Aang growing learning water for a whole year which would explain why he has aged
Agreed
I actually like Pakku bonds with Katara because of her strength not because "oh right I was betrothed to your grandmother so now I'm going to be nice to you" @@arijohn8413
Agreed. A quick training montage might have looked out of place but some kind of training from Pakku would have been good to see. Although, I did like Katara empowering the other women in the northern tribe to join the fight. Can't remember if that happened in the animated series.
@@robbie_stevens_they’ve added a few things from season 2 into season 1 so it would only
Make sense if some of the things in season 1, would fill out the gaps that are now in season 2
I enjoyed the show, it has it's glaring flaws but it was better than I expected. I really hope we get a second season
I loved almost everything they did with the expanded role of the royal family. I do kind of feel like it came at the cost of developing the relationship between Team Avatar. I realized about halfway through that I didn't actually have a great feel on how close our main cast was. That was the soul of the original (and wanted to be the soul of this version) and it left a lot to be desired. But the chemistry between Zuko and Iroh was incredible, ozai as a more grounded abusive father was great to see and Azula's actress has understated talent. The look on her face during the agni Kai said so much she is perfect.
I feel like they over humanized the two main villains making them essentially not evil but traditionalists who actually cares about Zuko when in the show he full would of just sacrificed him like the 41st
@@jonathanEricStaffordRealtor but I liked that here at least Ozai showed a little compassion towards Zuko bcz in animated series it didn't feel like human to be so emotionless towards his only son.
I kept saying this each episode, why are trying so hard to make us feel for the villian@jonathanstafford3383
@@jonathanEricStaffordRealtornahhhh Ozai NEEDED more depth, he was the weakest thing about the cartoon was how simplistic he was, it was kind of boring.. Definitely prefer this Ozai
@@lokeshkumar-ff8kxyeah I lie the idea of him doing it because he thinks it will make him stronger. Even when he burns his face it feels like the extreme version of "this hurts me more than it hurts you"
“Yip yip his ass” & “magic caillou” 🤣🤗🤗😂
"Gyat damn dead"killed me man
Ye that line sent me to the comments 😂
After that line , I subscribed .😂😂
Straight spit out my drink hahaha
I think Netflix did a great job of adapting this version of Avatar. Love most of the changes. Looking forward to season 2
The rock won't play the boulder because he refuses to have contract where he loses
Idk why he has that in his contracts
Didn't he lose in DOOM 2005 movie? but yeah, i pretty sure he would have a second thought to lose toward a little twelve years old blind girl...
At this point, I have ZERO respect for that egomaniacal d-bag. Dude is walking tall with such arrogance. Hope they kill off Black Adam in the Gunn-verse
Then let's have The Rock play Toph in the Ember Island Players.
@@ChiliJ😂 perfect
Totally forgot Kyoshi was a giant. I was wondering if it was just a stylistic choice. Like a deity standing above a subject.........
No.. No... it's not that, she's a giant.
Also Also.. Cabbageman is the BBEG.
Definitely a major improvement over the film that shall not be named. I also feel maybe they could increase the episode count if they do a season 2/3. While I did enjoy the 8 episodes they still felt a little rush at some points in the story.
I feel like if Netflix greenlit the next seasons (which they haven’t done yet) they’ll probably want to drag the show out to 4 seasons. Book 3 really has two parts anyways at the end of the eclipse. I would imagine that’s how they’d end season 3 then have the final one end with the conclusion.
I think you got it wrong on Kitara. She was using waterbending to get back the boat..causing Avatar Aang to open up. Similar to the series
in the original show Katara was yelling at Sokka throwing her fists around when she broke the ice encasing Aang
If I remember correctly, she was mad at her brother and while doing some tantrum like hand movements, she freed the iceberg by cracking the surface ice.
There is no way you typed her name kitara 😂
He right tho
Yep I agree I dropped in to make this exact point. Great minds... It's not beat for beat but it is her bending that activates him. MT glosses over that, mentioned it as odd. I disagree.
Like, i can see why the creators left and didn't want this version but at the same time, i can see why Netflix DID want this version. They didn't have to change some things, like the way Aang comes out the iceberg, having Roku as his Avatar guide, switching up Oma and Shu, Sokka being sexist towards Suki and realizing she's the better warrior, Aang shows zero attraction towards Katara, the whole Koh thing, the way Zhao was taken out was anticlimactic and doesn't match his crimes against the spirits. It's a great adaptation and i didn't expect it to be as good as it is, i just found these things a little annoying
Katara was the one who caused the ice to crack actually when Aang was freed in the live action....
This, she was water bending the boat back to them which cracked the ice. It's Suttle but folks forget that water bending is a push and pull.of water
18:25, 18:34... You couldn't decide which take you liked more, so you kept both?
The show is way better than I expected. I enjoyed the show. Hope there's season 2.
Stupidity at its finest
The show not only reach up to the original, it added more to it. I've never had more empathy for Zuko, when I realized the ship crew he spent 3 years with, were the people he got punished for by saving them.
Was so damn happy when they gave him the respect he deserved. I've never been that emotionally invested on some minor c list characters
I think when Katara was trying to bend the water to bring the boat back to shore it’s kind of shown that in doing so she accidentally is also bending the iceberg to break, foreshadowing how powerful she is without knowing it at the time? Am I the only one who noticed this?
There is nothing that anyone can say to make me anything less than LOVE this show.. weeped like a child every episode. :)
Netflix did a kickass job adapting the OG show into Live Action. Really special, totally enjoyed it.
Could anyone see Teo flying towards Omashu at the beginning of that episode? I replayed that probably 5 times and never saw what they were pointing at.
It is very small. I replied several times also. I literally got up in front of my TV to see Teo.
Seems like production nailed it!
Ikr, it's flawed but ultimately entertaining
It wasn't coincidence that Aang got freed from the ice. It was Katara using water bending in an attempt to get their canoo back.
MT, you're an effing ledge. I was able to tell my dad, who is undergoing chemo treatments that Avatar got a legit series from Netflix and was pretty much on par with the animated series...he watched your synopsis, and was hooked in the first 3 minutes. THANK YOU. You have no idea how much that meant to him. Thank you so very much...I heard my dad laugh for the first time in 3 months, because of you. Thank you. I cannot show my true appreciation.
I think leaving out. “Book one” in the opening title was a conscious choice, because the writers of this show probably aren’t sure book two will be approved for production.
Honestly, i thought the show was mid.
I fully went into it and expected a much different adaptation, and honestly i wanted it. I didnt want it to be 1:1 to the OG show. But there was just as much i liked about it then what i didnt. Below are my reasons:
Firstly, i think the show shined its best when they did something completely new and original that the OG show didn’t have. Like the genocide. And when they did 1:1 recreation moments, I thought they did good as well. But the biggest issue to me is when they did 1:1 moments, but changed them drastically.
I disliked Kyoshi because they basically made her a jerk that had zero sympathy towards aang. She just bullied him for her scene. I disliked Bumi because they also turned him into a bitter jerk. And he became completely unlikable to me. I liked Zuko, and I liked what they did with his character and how it's different, but at times he was too jolly in the way he spoke which turned me off from seeing his character as one who has had serious trauma from the agni kai. Avatar Kuruk was bitter as well which really sucked, and they basically trashed him as an avatar.
And roku.... *sigh*... my favorite past avatar they just butcher. Terrible casting, because although he's got the looks he sounds nothing like Roku. And although differences in that are fine, obvisouly the actors arent going to sound exactly the way they do in the OG, roku has a whole demeanor to him. The actor sounds like hes in his early 30's, and talks nothing like the way Roku should. He acts like the fun uncle. I should know because i am a fun uncle lol. And they make him out to be a bit bitter as well, because at the end he tells Aang friendships arent good for the avatar. At this point in the story, the avatars should be lifting up Aang in support, not bringing him down.
I thought the way they combined some stories and not others actually fit pretty well, but the one thing I thought was too forced was Jet and freedom fighters. First of all, Pipsqueak was TERRIBLE casting. I actually laughed out loud in disbelief and had to pause the show when he walked on screen. Pip is a grown man, not a teen thats not threatening at all whatsoever, especially when they tried to make him so. Just terrible casting. And honestly made me feel like it would have been better off to not have them in it at all.
Production wise it was great, music was great, but some of the costumes were too cosplay-like. Jet and the freedom fighters are a great example. They look like great 1:1 comparisons, but they are too good. It literally looks like a cosplay/fan film costume that isn't realistic to the world. And although Jets actor was great, that hair just looks wayyyyyyyyyy too fake, even if it wasnt a wig. Speaking of, Yua's wig in the northern tribe was laughable. Its ridiculous that got passed to be on screen as realistic.
Another issue is that the language spoke just didnt always feel fitting. Media, short of it being a modern day flick or documentary, is supposed to take you out of the world and immerse you elsewhere. 90% of the show did that, but then people would say things that i would hear one of my friends say. Case in point is Katara telling Sokka "Im sure master paku is going to mop the floor with me". Like what? And then the cursing. I get its more mature, but its just not Avatar, especially since its technically based on the past.
Aang also seems much more useless in the show. He never waterbends (the spirit at the end doesnt count) which concerns me because he was supposed to at least start learning water bending. He spends every episode "ahh I failed the world, i have to bring balance and learn the elements" but does nothing to accomplish that. Instead, he either bullies himself with the same old i ran away speech, or someone bullies him and he never learns water bending. He never does it once! And next season he's supposed to be starting on earth. I know theres a two year time jump between seasons but is that really how its gonna be? Aang is only going to learn other bending off screen? You cant have him start water next season otherwise how do you expect him to also learn earth at the same time. I feel cheated on seeing that growth, and feels like, as the audience, I'm going to be left behind from seeing that. It also makes me worried for how they'll treat the other elements going forward. With that, aside from kyoshi i just felt the avatar, aang, wasn't really doing much at all. Aang didn't do much as the avatar he just went places. It felt more like Katara's show.
The finale fell flat as well for two reasons. One, water bending never really felt different. It always looked as if water bending was the same two to three moves over again, even for the masters. The show shined when combat showed something different, but it didn't do it much. It also felt slow. Sped up, water bending is a lot coolor to watch live action. Secondly, the fish spirit fell flat because it didn't really do anything. In the show, it wiped out nearly all the firebenders with several water moves and waves. The fish did a water slap once, and then did the wave thing at the end which totaled about 30 seconds of screen time. Every other shot was just a godzilla rip off. For the rest of its time on screen it just roared like godzilla and looked around. So it fell flat as a result.
I doubt anyone will read this all, but if you do I'd love to hear your thoughts. I had a good time watching, but it just ended up being.. mid.
I read all your comment. You're right. I enjoyed the show anyways. It did strike me at first seeing all the differences, then I just started to enjoy the live action, and then I loved episode 6.
The final needed that span of time between Katara's fight against Pakku (with him later training her) and the battle against the fire nation.
I loved the series though and I hope for a second season.
What I learned in this breakdown:
- Aang randomly popped out of the iceberg.
- Gran Gran is Katara and Sokka's mother.
- Katara's feminist nature was toned down (as opposed to Sokka's sexism being toned down).
- Hei Bai is pronounced "hi bye."
- "Forcing Aang to travel to Avatar Roku's shrine in the Fire Nation in order to save the untethered souls of his friends."
- "Forcing Aang to travel to Avatar Roku's shrine at Crescent Island in order to save the untethered souls of his friends."
Im surprised no one in talking about how much they changed the dynamic between Suki and Sokka. They made Suki kinda creepily stalk Sokka and she’s like obsessed with him right away. It was distracting in my opinion. Sokka’s arc of being embarrassed and refusing to acknowledge that the Kyoshi warriors got the better of him and could fight like true warriors then changing his attitude and asking, humbly, to be trained by them is a huge part of his character development.
Honestly given how people respond in today's climate, they would've claimed woke, even if it's apart of the source material. I don't blame that creative decision considering how much hate the last live action adaptation got.
Theres no reason for this live adaption to be an exact replica of the animation.
Here suki is obsessed with saka because he represents a world she isn't allowed to mix with.
And that's fine. It's a beautiful choice in my opinion.
I really enjoyed this show. Definitely one of the better live action adaptations from animation. Looking forward to a season 2!
They made a lot of decisions that made me think a spinoff would've been better. With a focus on Zuko, Azula, Ozai and maybe more flashbacks, this could've been great.
After binge-watching the 8 episodes, let me put out one straight fact: The Netflix Live-Action Adaptation is AMAZING😀😀 and so GOOD....!!!!! No sensible person can expect a copy-paste of the animated series, and Netflix really transitioned the Avatar story into a proper Live-Action adaptation with its spirit intact.
The changes that I really liked are:-
1. Introducing Azula & Ozai in season 1 - This move really shows the audience how she is indirectly manipulated into becoming the psychopathic villain that she is in the Avatar arc by Ozai. The animated series shows this link much later in season 3, but by introducing both of them here it is clear that the real villain is Ozai and Azula is just a manipulated puppet in his hand.
2. Not showing the connection between Gran-Gran and Pakku -- In the animated series, the change of heart of Pakku from a sexist old prik to a normal old man is triggered by the discovery of Katara's necklace, which actually erases the point of Katara & Pakku's fight. But here by allowing his internal misogyny to get hurt & ashamed by how the Northern Water tribe kids got impressed by Katara & the eventual forceful appeal by all the women in the face of doom, the transition looks more real.
3. Introducing Lu Ten's death & its impact on Iroh -- This move actually makes the character of Uncle Iroh more rich, and shows the depth of the bond between Zuko & Iroh. A Live-action cannot afford Iroh to always be goofy about tea & food like in the Animated Series.
That being said, clubbing some major storylines of the animated series together into 2-episode arcs might seem a bit odd, but for a live-action part, it is still justifiable. Also remember that even for the animated series, Book1 water is the weakest, followed by much better & stronger Book2 and 3, that is after Toph is introduced.
However, I am getting some strong vibes that Netflix may try to reduce/eliminate the romantic chemistry between Aang & Katara, which if they did will not be acceptable.
I will give it 4.3/5 stars.
I expect Azula to be more ruthless guess we gotta keep watching
Season 1 was more like Azula kickass villain origin story. Hoping she will give me anxiety in Season 2.
I really liked Zuko in this live action.. His character and story feels perfect...
Sokka on the other hand felt underused a bit for me..
Overall i enjoyed this live action version..
loved that zhao mentioned the lion turtles, hopefully the setup is better this time.
So how many ships are in the Fire Navy? Ozai lost at least 50 ships to Koizilla, as a "distraction". Who was watching the Northern Water Tribe? Who was distracted? They say at the beginning that the nations don't talk anymore. This seemed like a really stupid plan.
The way I understood it was as: word travels around, and it was that the northern water tribe was going to be attacked, which probably let the guard down of the earth kingdom, not expecting a full blown, possibly bigger, attack (idk how big that army was, could’ve been from the inside since fire nation had spies within). Who knows tbh
I do wish we get to see that battle, and the siege of ba sing se, would be dope.
@ThickPatatoChip Apparently, they didn't learn from history, as that's how the Fire Nation took the Air Nomads.
I’m confused why they didn’t make Aang waterbend right now.
Imagine how powerful the avatar state is. Aang survived 100 years in the ice. no food, water, air, for 100 years. How can anything kill the avatar when he is in that state?
Iroh is literally the best character they did him so much justice 🥹
I thought it was a really good adaptation. I was waiting for Toph though
5:00 Show runners didn’t want to dial down Katara’s “feminist nature”, instead they wanted (rightly or wrongly) to tone down Sokka’s “sexism” as shown in the screenshot.
They could’ve built up his sexism in a tasteful way. Like getting teased by girls his whole life or something. Or having an older brother who he admires, that’s happens to get the women to like him through machismo.
@@DaveSkylark111 but that's radically changing things from established lore. and that's a nono.
They really did this show justice. I just finished and it’s amazing. Its got some odd changes but they didn’t ruin the show some actually kinda made sense for a 7 episode season. But a win is a win! And the actors playing zuko and sokka are perfect. 👍🏼
This is a great adaptation of the animated series. I really didn't think it would be possible to make a live action version. But I was wrong. They nailed it!
Loved it. Love you.
Love from finland.❤
Aang being free from the water ice ball, was because he reacted to Kotora’s water bending
Who?
I REALLY liked how they ret-conned Pakkus arc. In the original, he only decided to train Katara because he had a hard on for her gram-gram. But in this one, she showed her the there is strength in women that he didn't see. Much better arc for both of them. HOWEVER, really don't like that they didn't make Sokka a sexist little boy. That was a really good arc for him in the anime. Additionally, Zuko was wayyyy to whiney in this show whereas in the anime, his angst manifests as anger and rage, Uncle Iroh is probably my favorite character in the entire show, and I did like Mr. Kim's (lol) adaptation, although I would have liked to see him act IDK...more wise? He's a difficult character to 'get right''. CAN'T WAIT FOR SEASON (BOOK) 2!
Katara freed Aang when she bended beside the snow ball … Bending caused resonance which broke the ice … it’s still a solid idea 💡
Katara attempting to waterbend while her mother was being attacked is what caused her death. If she hadn't, eventually the firebender would've given up since there wouldn't be a way to determine whether or not there really was a waterbender left in the southern tribe.
Crazy how Aang kept saying that he needed to master all 4 elements, but never thought once about trying to learn water in the Southern freaking Water Tribe like he did in the animated show.
And Paul, thanks for snagging up MT. he's an awesome addition to the channel. You did very well.
Omashu, Freedom Fighters and the Mechanist combined in a single is such a bad decision.
More episodes and better writing would've made it supreme. If they do season 2, they gotta do at least 11 episodes imo.
I don't think Aang so much randomly chose to come out of the ice at that moment honestly, I think its more that Katara was trying to waterbend to bring the boat back, but not really knowing what she's doing managed to waterbend the ice behind her (watching her hands, the motions look more like she's tryna tear an apple in half so it'd make a lil sense why the giant ice ball to start cracking) instead of her voluntarily breaking the ice open
Idk, just seemed like it was caused by her tryna waterbend n not really knowing how to achieve what she wanted to, that being getting the boat back
One thing I noticed in the series...they love using the single tear roll. That should be a fun cinema sin.
I absolutely was gutted when they changed AANG and KATARAS moment to SOKKA and KATARA for secret tunnels... HUH? My favorite episodes were definitely Episodes 1,2 and 6.
Like 👍🏽 100 just started the show. Ill be back for the breakdown. Thank you MT
That "gyat damn dead" for gyatso was wild.
16:50 Yes, that is exactly what the owl said. Thank you for this video MT.
I LOVED the development with aang and zuko in the blue spirit mask episode. they also did well to devlop fire lord ozai characer by showing his face early on.. i was worried about that decission but im glad they did this. Ozai is not just a Big bad guy thats just bad for no reason, theres depth there. Im proud that the fan asked for and good a live action show. you can tell this show was made by fans for fans. LOVED IT. omg and the bending??? fuuuuuuck
"Forcing Aang to travel to Avatar Rokus shrine in the fire nation in order to save the untethered souls of his friends
forcing Aang to travel to Avatar Rokus shrine at crescent Island in order to save the untethered souls of his friends."
I think the live action show got better as the episodes went on. The acting and writing got good after the world building stuff around episode 4 onwards. Hope they get to finish the series and improve the overall writing and CGI quality for the next seasons!
Really enjoyed it
this series did a great job , it was also adapted comics details, and we never found out how omashu fallen , this series gave a great reason , war strategies were amazingly described , this shows the original feelings of ozai on zuko that comics showed,look how they connected the 41st ship crew to the story of banishment
I really enjoyed this show and I hope we get more but I wish it didn’t cut out some stuff yet overall I enjoyed this show
Originally, I thought we didn’t hear about the comet until the last season! I don’t get the logic of breaking this out so early.
What do you mean? Aang literally learns about the comet really early on in season 1.
@@ragingraichu219 I thought they only figured it out in the sand library.
@@DaveSkylark111 That was about the solar eclipse. Aang learns about the comet from Roku in Winter Solstice Part 2.
did new rockstars just fumble the craziest trade of history?!?! MT validddd
I’m a big fan of avatar and I really liked this show. It was different in a lot of ways but I feel like they worked with what they had and did a good job. Aang could be goofier but the actor is young. Master pakku didn’t mention katara’s necklace but I think it still worked well. The only thing that bothered me is aang flying to crescent island on his glider then getting captured and losing it but somehow getting it back when he got back to the Forrest shrine. But hey that’s showbiz baby
The only thing I wish they did instead of Avatar Kyoshi the first Avatar who talks to Aang. I wish they use Avatar Kuruk and mentor Aang here in Book 1 on how to deal with the burden of being an avatar and gave ang a choice to walk his destiny or to choose to be selfish and runaway from his destiny
Parallel it with Aang learning to bend water and be like water who adapts and hold things together and deal with his emotional trauma
Then in book 2 comes Avatar Kyoshi almost same what shown in the show, that teach aang to be strong, to be firm, and to stand on what he believes
Parallel it with how Toph teach him how to bend earth and just like earth which is stable and strong, aang needs to be firm and be the symbol who gives substance and hope to people and stable that people can rely on
Then lastly Avatar Roku in book 3 which is very personal to Roku since it was his bestfriend who starts the war and mentor aang, on what choice he needs to take the moment the life of ozai was in his hand, here they can flesh out Aang's POV in the war, Aang's principle and morals
Which parallel to when he learns how to bend fire on the twin dragon and zuko and that as fire he needs to be compassionate yet aggressive when it needs be and respect life
Anw. Shareeee
I still think they got the message across with Sakka’s character. He underestimated suki and she kicked his ass
4:58 Actually, Aang’s iceberg cracked open precisely when Katara was trying to waterbend in the _other direction_ (to bring the canoe back). I got the impression that her waterbending was misfiring and causing the iceberg to crack behind her, demonstrating just how powerful a waterbender she was but also how inexperienced and uncontrolled she was. I thought this was an easter egg reflecting what happened in the OG series, when she was ranting at Sokka and wound up cracking the glacier behind her, revealing Aang’s iceberg; also when she had to turn her back and blindly cast her icebending behind her to freeze enemy firebenders for the first time.
I didn't really watch it my nephew did but the pits and pieces I did watch. I really liked Zuko's character, he was so well written. The actor does an amazing job too ❤.
The show didn’t want to dial down Katara’s Feminist nature. They wanted to dialed down Sokka’s machismo.
I saw Aang getting out “bu itself” as a sign of it was meant to be. It was his time now
They needed a few more episodes to really bring the story together more… it was rushed in its story and delivery but that’s my only real “complaint” … I was entertained
Im very surprised by the overwhelming positivity in the comments. I watched the first 4 episodes and did not want to continue personally.
Overall I think they did a good job on this 1st installment. We have to realize that the "cartoon" was a special moment that will never be duplicated in our lives.... with that being said, he should have learned waterbending lol
It looks like they got a lot wrong, mostly due to cutting corners on the plot, and the script/dialogue isn't great, but I think they got the looks of everything spot-on, and that's a huge plus. I can understand them wanting to drop the Aang love interest thing early-on, since he isn't even a teen yet. They'll probably bring it in next season, especially if we get a time-skip (which we should, considering how much arc they are losing).
The second I heard they were gonna cut back or push or even basically do anything in the name of DEI I was out.
I’m just glad the original exists
The Rock gets cast as The Boulder....2 months later a new Avatar spin off is announced "The boulder and the Blind Bandit" where the boulder turns out to be some Samoan variant of Earth Benders that seem to have access to cellphones and laptops.
My only complaint about this adaptation is what they did to Bumi. My absolute favorite character from the OG. I even named my cat after him. lol. This new one was too dark and cynical and did not teach the lessons that the original taught about cunning and thinking outside of the box.
Its better than the movie but that isnt saying much. Its not a true 1:1 retelling. Some things the show mentioned we got to see etc. Nothing will ever touch the show because of its legendary status but this can continue to be a solid show.
Would appreciate if you call the original 'animated series' instead of 'cartoon'.
Katarra frees him accidentally when trying to pull the boat over, Ank didn’t free himself spontaneously
This was amazing but wish you would of broke down each episode like you did on the Last Of Us but still great video
It's unclear if Zhao died in the last episode. Will they be bringing him back?
I liked identifying 3 actors from Lost, one of my fav series.
Magic Cailou had me on the ground!! 😂😂😂
Gyatso being gyat damn dead is PERFECT!!! MT, you are a true comedian!
Every scene with unc iroh n zuko Def had me in my feels... I'm liked damn I thought we was spose to hate then love zuko.. not understand why and love him more. The 2 of them were best part of this series.
Show had a rough start but you can definitely tell they found their footing episodes 6-8
Aang bends a total of zero drops of water this whole season (unless you count the ocean spirit after Aang sacrifices himself)
"Finger licking good soul food" 😂That was perfect! Although I'm an adult now, I never watched the show as a kid. But you broke down this Netflix adaptation really well. Very fair criticism's compared to what I've seen online. Too many people have misguided criticism because they forget that comparison is the thief of joy. I was super excited to watch this show, loved the experience and hoping for the next season!
7:23 Not her mother, her grandmother (“Gran-Gran”).
I think they would span Aang's journey from months to years since they did say it is impossible to film the 3 seasons in a year so....
5:04 bs. you can clearly see Aang reacts when Katara waterbend 😂
The show is definitely good and it’s cool to see it all in live action. I think they did nail most of how the world and the characters look, keeping a lot of the spirit from the animation. But I must say that especially Katara is a massive let down for me. In the cartoon she was always a bit hysterical and short tempered but showed massive growth across the three seasons. In the remake she is just super calm and collected from the start and gives dreamy soft girl energy. Which definitely isn’t the actresses fault and her look definitely fits. Zuko was probably my favorite part, although he looks pretty different his acting is spot on. Aang and Sokka are pretty well done, although I feel like they’re both too mature from the start.
Who also majorly disappointed me was Iroh, bc he gave off crazy old grandpa vibes and not really the wise man he was in the original.
Which also bugged me is that they put Kyoshi so much in center, not because I don’t like her, but because I felt like they only did because they wanted to score some girl boss points, which felt pretty forced.
But still compared to the movie back then this is a masterpiece and I will definitely watch the following seasons just because it’s awesome to see the show brought to life!
I fully disagree with Iroh. I thought he was great. Definitely a bit different but still wise and wholeheartedly loving towards Zuko. The Zuko / Iroh scenes were the best parts. Agree with you about the rest though. None of the characters are flawed and have the room to grow like the cartoon other than Zuko
Ya the straight lack of interaction between katara and Ang across 8 episodes is an insult… the makers seem to be zutaras shippers
zuko iroh scene is great, wish we got like 2 more episode with sokka, katara and aang just bonding , but sokka change with suki is great, wish we got cooler roku , but kyoshi is better for this series
i love the remake i miss the parts the left out, Sokka sexiest personality btu thr extra parts they added are very good. Zuko is best casting and what with all the girls being plump?
Liked the show. Enjoyed the special effects..
8/10 I enjoyed the series. The characters were well written and acted.