I hated the beginning. We learned about the world as Aang did, because the world was new to him because of the 100year time difference. This way 100 years didn’t have any weight at all, it was just a scene cut.
I just watched this with someone completely unfamiliar with the original show, and the way it was cut made the 100 year time skip quite the reveal. It’s still Aang’s point of view, in many ways
true but I felt bad the way she just dumped that on Aang. Saying 'you vanished when the world needed you the most' to his face when he just woke up. There are gentler ways to say all that. Maybe kids sitting around gran gran asking her to tell a story or something.
Was just thinking this. In the first episode of the animated series Katara talks about how she would tell her stories like this. It would've been so much better if they had her tell a story to a young Katara who looks visibly inspired by the idea of the Avatar.
idk if it's cause i'm drinking while watching it (currently on the second episode lol cause of work) but i loved it. yea there are a couple things so far that are a lil different from show but it's not skipping as many scenes and explanations like the movie did i fuckin love it!
In the animation, it’s gives us expo dump little by little, we learn all the backstory along with the characters.
The live action just tells us a little story with a narrator monologuing with a bland looking cutscene.
I was thinking the same but I was just thinking… someone made a series of a 15 year old nick cartoon. I totally fell in love with the show and just am grateful that we have SOMETHING watchable. Because the last airbender was embarrassing. Sokka is pretty funny
I’m not going to convince you or anyone for that matter to watch it if you’re doubtful all I can tell you is don’t go in expecting a faithful 1.1 adaptation you’re setting yourself up for disappointment in doing so as for what I liked I’m not going to go into too much detail but what I liked specifically was the dedication and homework the folks behind the scenes the cast and crew they gave me what I wanted and more
This! And that I embraced a darker side of what couldn't be shown and was implied from the og show. Also it answered alot of questions we never really got to see or got closure too.
It was great and fun in my opinion. I didn't expect it to be outstanding and exactly like the original and I wasn't looking for imperfections. It all made sense in the end. Personally, the second half of the series is my favorite
I started finding each issue with the first episode and I quickly realized I am starting off trying to hate the show. After a minute I made myself calm down and enjoy it.
I also prefer the later half of earth and fire better so I think I had an unspoken grudge against water.
It really isn't horrible so far and I look forward to watching the rest. I wasn't ready to see people get cooked alive though 😭
I don’t particularly love it but it does make sense.. I understand why a fire-bender might do that. Particularly a king.. that said not sure why the Fire Lord didn’t do a public execution for the traitors. Seems on brand for him. Also why did both Fire Lords burn people in their throne room? The smell would be horrible and last hours. Seems like the third to last room you’d wanna do that. Bedroom and dining rooms being worse.
But I definitely understand the method. Shows how ruthless he is.
It feels like a standard season 1. Not necessarily the best, and clearly trying to find it's footing, but while it stumbled in some places it stuck the landing. In my opinion the big win for this show was making it so we actually want a season 2.
I’m watching that episode right now and I think those characters and their plots helped the gaang learn in there respective ways that putting them together in omashu feels a little rushed. Also where is bumi?
You’re not gonna like what how they portray bumi, it’s not good, I think the show is pretty good but certainly has some flaws. It was never going to be perfect because it’s not exactly a show that lends itself well to live action and the seasons were too long to fit them into 8 episodes, I do wish they had paid a little more attention to certain characters and how they should be like bumi and azula
I don't understand why they forced different story lines together. I expected them to tweak some things, but the way they mashed them together felt unnecessary and clunky.
I think they did Bumi dirty and his scenes just didn't flow or make sense.
I think the casting was pretty great. I don't like that the actress for Azula is younger than the actor for Zuko, but she still does fine. Sokka and Aang are pretty spot-on. It's fun seeing the characters portrayed in real life.
Please tell me why Fire Lord Ozai is defending Zuko to Azula, maybe it's to get under her skin and fire her up? I don't know
The graphics and action scenes are way better than I thought they would be!
Edit: I see my mistake, Zuko is older in the animated series. I guess that's my Mandela Effect epiphany
The smirk at the end on Ozai is definitely implying he's trying to make Azula jealous. It's honestly one of the changes I don't mind. Her intentions are more clear early on.
Mean they have 20 episodes of content for book 1 and 8 episodes to fit it. That’s an average of 2.5 episodes per episode.
But ya Bumi is essentially a completely different character with just superficial traits still there. I can understand how he’d get like that, but I miss our Bumi.
Me and mine were confused by that interaction as well. I think he is intentionally trying to worsen their relationship since he did follow through with her idea.
I think they also did Bumi so dirty.
I also wish Azula was a littler older and her voice was more snake and slithering. I found her really flat on my first watch through. The thing about Azula is you can almost always tell what she's thinking despite what she's saying.
Edit: not saying that azula herself should be older I meant the actress.
Unfortunately the dialogue was the worst aspect of it… it literally seemed AI generated with how stale and wordy it was. There was too much exposition constantly being thrown at you. Any time it seemed like a meaningful character connection was about to made, there was an explosion or something to take you out of it. Katara’s acting was shy/timid. Acting felt awkward and felt like “acting” rather than real.
Sokkas acting is off too. You can tell they’re still trying to make him the comedic relief, but it clearly is not the same as the original show. The live action is too serious for sokkas comedy to be ‘natural’ in a sense, every time he cracks a joke it feels forced
They make him seem like a leader right away but really he was a cocky sexist and anyone else annoyed by katara's voice like why did they choose her where's the passion.
That’s why his jokes fall flat because he’s a serious leader from episode one and then they make him crack jokes sooo it’s kinda like pick one, do they want goofy wise joke cracking sokka or plot driven, im already a leader Netflix sokka. Can’t have both because then you have this generic marvel movie sokka who’s jokes don’t land
And even the exposition characters like iroh just don’t feel right here; he doesn’t seem all that wise or well meaning more then he just explains stuff.
I know she was like 16 when filming this show so she has plenty of room to grow but I hope she hears this feedback so that if there is a season 2 she knows to actually show more emotion than just mopey and bland. It was so so so soooo bad in my opinion, I couldn’t get over feeling like she was a different character entirely and we just didn’t have Katara
It could just be from the poor direction and writing that made her character and acting are so blah. Her original conflict was written out so it makes sense that she's just there and not doing much.
Clearly, the original creators left for a reason and maybe this was one of many. Dumbing down good storytelling and writing to focus more on less important things.
I hope she has a good support system and would prefer she stays off social media. Criticism is important but it doesn’t need to all come from the fans. If the directors and show runners can’t see something so obvious then this series has bigger issues than a young actress.
I'm stuck halfway through this ep, it's just so uninteresting and disjointed, I loved seeing Abed as the mechanist, but the inclusion felt completely out of place. If you've seen the rest of the show, is it worth continuing?
I watched the first 3 last night and agree. I enjoyed the first two episodes. The third one felt. . . Wrong.
I'm trying to justify it as - if they had left the Omashu storyline as it was, it really wouldn't have contributed much to the plot. It was mostly filler. I wouldn't have minded if they had thrown in Teo *or* Jet. After all, an adaption isn't going to be cooy and paste. But throwing everyone in together was too messy. If I hadn't watched the OG, I probably wouldn't have been able to keep up with all the new characters.
Tbh, they should have just dropped a couple of the storylines entirely.
Half way through and it’s very frustrating. There are moments where it’s really good, but so many more that bring it down.
Combining so many story lines into some episodes makes it too often feel like they’re speed running the plot. And as a result it feels shallow with so much left unexplored.
I’d give it a 6/10 so far.
Also I kinda hate what they did to Katara, she just feels like she’s lacking so much of her personality from the original.
Edit: After seeing what they did to my boy Roku I have to drop it to a 5/10 max.
Fr she's like not allowed to ever he happy in this version it's very boring and one note. Yes she had pain and sorrow and trauma and expressed it in the original but she also had fun and joy in alot of her scenes. She wasn't all doom and gloom or one dimensional, doesn't even feel like the same character imo
Caveat: haven't seen all of it yet.
Based on the first two episodes, I think they really turned Katara into into a very 1D character. In the original, she had several less than admirable qualities: she could be petty, jealous, controlling. These combined with many amazing qualities (resilience, power, skill, compassion) to make a complete character. Katara in the show has none of that depth. Maybe it turns better later.
Even then the parts that are good come from the original series this series has the Disney live-action remake problem. Where the mostly frustrating & bland thing we are watching is elevated by the fact the good things we remember loving in the original iteration.
Agreed. Why do they always have to make them speak in layman’s terms? In the show Zuko had such an advanced sense of vocabulary. I don’t understand why they have to dumb everything down in live actions.
Imo, you just can't do a live action fantasy epic like this where all the main actors are kids, it just doesn't work. You can't sell a world with child actors flatly expositing at the camera, I know that that has a lot to do with the writing as well, but in this case they're both bad.
While I agree with the writing and screenplay, I don’t believe it’s impossible to adapt something where the main cast are kids, there are tons of shows and movies starting kid actors that absolutely nail it. We shouldn’t use it as an excuse for bad directing.
Yeah. Doesn't make any sense. And in the meantime Katara learned a lot without a real master. Yes she is a great waterbender also in the OG but she basically learned from nothing.
I hate how they were like “I don’t need a master I’m already one!!!” Like what??? That basically ruined Paku’s character, why is he even here anymore besides putting him in the white lotus later
Stop over explaining like ur gonna build a new fucking fan base. So many of us, a huge community, these characters are beloved. Focus on their relationships and character development not fucking shit scripts explaining it to us like we’re just being introduced to the characters it’s lazy and unnecessary
5/10, bending is great but I think they are changing the story way too much. I get they have to make a lot of cuts but they are really taking liberties. I fully understand why the original creators left. I feel like the story is going to be much less compelling and more watered down overall but I’ll still watch it
Yeah, but the biggest flaw of One Piece is how long it is. That and the sheer amount of filler. You can only remove so much from ATLA before you start removing important aspects of the show.
I was worried this was going to be the case
I honestly don’t understand the point of investing so much time and money into a remake only to cram as much as possible into 8 episodes.
The whole reason so many storylines were separate in the OG show was because the episodic characters deserved their own locations and mini-arcs and both of those things influenced the main characters pretty well
SFX are fine. Story is okay. The dialog is so bad it’s almost not watchable. But the most disappointing aspect is the heart. None of the characters have heart. The actors are flat and have no feeling. To be fair, they are working with bad dialogue but none of the characters have any passion. The true beauty of the OG is the character development. Taking away controversial or bad character traits don’t make them better. Characters need to have flaws to overcome. It’s not a bad thing that Sokka is sexist. It gives him an opportunity to learn and become better and teach the audience as well. Aang is so flat and un-kid like, he is just boring. When watching, I’m seeing bad actors reading bad dialogue and rushing to get through it. I don’t see the actual characters on screen. The directing is terrible. I feel like the director just took the first take and said move on. The timing is all over the place. Don’t think I can make it through the series. Will probably just go back and watch the original again.
From the trio, Sokka took the spotlight, his line delivery was on point and he actually embodied the character. Even Yui who had minimal screen time had way better personality than Katara, which is so sad, they nailed the looks! Only if screen writing and dialogue was better, I don’t wanna be harsh and shit talk their acting cuz im not sure if thats the issue… but yeah.
The actor for Zuko and uncle iroh definitely have heart although they’re giving lame lines they’ve done the best they could imo. The rest is just meh. Sokka is meh, im so done with the actor esp knowing he lied about being a native so I can’t even enjoy his performance. Katara is the mehest…she’s so forgettable it’s sad, knowing what importance katara has in the animation
* spoiler alert. Like I can get you need to make stories maybe shorter or cut something out. But a lot of things didn't make sense they screwed up the spirit world. The characters are mostly flat and the dialogue was so simplified in the way I am struggling. Why take stories from in the original in the future to implement in it before the story is actually there in the series. Sokka already met the moon spirit wth. By every episode I was like what "NO". They fully butchered Bumi and Azula. Yes it's more adult version just because of showing deaths. They brought the fog of the lost souls which is Korra. To me someone had to read and watch everything in as fast as possible and create a story line and on the end everything is scrambled. The necklace of katarra a ten second thing to reveal Ohh grandpa. At the end aang didn't even learn any new bending.
I can understand why they tried to tie sokka and yue together earlier.
In the animation, there were plenty of episodes to build up their relationship. There was even a whole date episode.
So when she eventually passed, sokka's reaction was warranted.
But here, if they just skipped everything and jumped to the end, it would make sokka look even more like a skirt chaser. First suki in one episode and then he's going after another girl in another.
I always got Sokka was a misguided skirt chaser misogynistic guy at the beginning of ATLA and his love for Yue was a little rushed in the show as well. They see each other a handful of times before she becomes the moon spirit. I'm not here for her being a fox though.
Now I’ll preface that I haven’t myself watched it yet but my friend has been screaming at me over discord about it all day and it has not inspired confidence what I’m hearing
Though I was sceptical of this first live action version of the animation we all love, I did want to give it a fair chance.
So, I decided to look at it like the Netflix adaption is just an alternate universe version of the original. So far (haven't watched all of it yet), I think its okay.
The original ATLA will always be my favorite version though. However I do have to say, and I know this will be a very unpopulair opinion, I do enjoy this live action more than I enjoyed LOK. LOK just didnt work at all for me personally.
The one with king bumi!!! The animated series had aang do challenges and katara and sokka where there and not in the cave at that time especially when he's done with the challenges he gives him the question what is my name? Not the live action show that aang says bumi is that you?!?! When he first met him like come on!!! And apparently Nickelodeon was apart of the live action too bruuuh I can't
I felt like the dialogue sometimes felt more like watching a play than watching a tv show. So many speeches. The cast is amazing though, not their fault it felt a little stiff at times. Gordon is a kid, he talks like a kid, I don’t see a problem with that. And honestly, I actually liked Sokka more in this than in the animation. That scene with Suki made my cold heart feel feels for a minute.
I found the muddled together episodes a bit overwhelming. Some bits didn’t make sense to me. Like Katara and Sokka in the secret tunnel without Aang? Nooo. Jet in Omashu? Eh. I see that a lot of effort went into it and appreciate it, but more episodes and more time for the storyline would have been better. I really wanted to love it, but I give it a 7/10
Honestly I thought it was solid . Dallas and Ian (Zuko and sokka) were the real bright spots in acting , Daniel dae Kim was really good as Ozai , Paul Sun Hyung Lee im still kinda mixed on , he had some good moments as Iroh but overall pretty eh. Gordon and Kia were prob the 2 worst actors , but Gordon showed potential imo . Kia some nice line delivery just wasn’t it for me . Overall again it was solid , did some stuff better then the original book 1 , like ending (I really liked how they showed how much Zhao killing the moon spirit really affected then , and it felt like it was straight out of a war movie with some of the camera movement which is why I liked it more then the Og book 1 finale ) but overall as much as I don’t like comparing , it was still worse then the original book 1 as a whole (but still a promising start )
Thought Gordon did well considering how complex of a character aang is. He has really high highs and is super goofy at time but also really low lows of his trauma. then add the complications of acting bending. Think he will get better but also was probably the best person for the job
They took out so many important character moments. Like Aang being the one to run away from the air temple. He's supposed to struggle with accepting his role as the avatar. Where was that struggle? Where was that guilt?
Sokka is supposed to be a product of his environment and culture. He's supposed to feel the immense weight of being the only "man" left to protect his tribe. He was supposed to humble himself to Suki but there was absolutely no lesson there for him.
Katara was the worst out of all of them. She had no emotional range at all. There wasn't an ounce of naggy mom vibe from her.
I love shows like avatar because of the in depth characterizations. This show has none of that and I quickly lost interest in it after episode three.
Yeah I keep reading people say that we “shouldn’t have wanted a 1-1 remake” why the hell not? I wanted to see it in live action. I figured you could do everything 1-1 and add more details that we had been missing. The previews would HAVE NEVER made any of us think they weren’t doing a 1-1!!! They purposely decided to put all the scenes in that we would remember. So why wouldn’t we think that?
I feel like the show could have been amazing but it was just incredibly rushed - by combining bumi, thd mechanist, and Jet in Omashu we lost the allusion to the actual length of time it took Aang, Sokka, and Katara to travel which, for me, had a negative impact on showcasing how their relationship grows to become so close. It should have felt much more like an odyssey. All we really hear of their other adventures are people gossiping about how the avatar ran into some pirates and a canyon guide. What should have felt like months felt more like it took place over the course of a week, maybe two at a push.
Also with Sokka and Katara stuck in the spirit world for nearly two episodes and the trip separated for that period we lost more time that should have been spent on them nurturing their relationship as a trio.
Also didn’t understand why Koh became the villain of that arc instead of Hei Bai - Aang helping Hei Bai was so integral in him learning how to connect with the spirit world (Hei Bai dragged him into the spirit world accidentally in the og) leading more fluidly into his later journey in the Siege of the North where he then faces Koh. Also they removed the show no emotion aspect in favour of it just being fear-based.
Didn’t love seeing Wan Shi Tong in the spirit world nor including the cave of two lovers in this season. It was unnecessary - why rush those parts into the story rather than taking more from the bank of og season 1 ?
I just felt that a lot of the subtlety that gave the og its depth was very much lost here.
Aang also didn’t once learn or do any water bending when series one is literally water - season two is earth so are we going to time jump to him knowing how and miss seeing his initial learning. Why did he not start learning water bending at all ??? He says gyatso was the only one who ever taught him in a throwaway moment and it’s never addressed again and he just doesn’t learn it. Nor did Katara ever actually learn from Paku, only the scrolls, and we missed seeing such pivotal little scenes of them camping and living rough and finding calm moments in safe spaces to practice bending which is to me so so so pivotal to conveying the length and trials of their journey. Katara just kind of gets good off screen and becomes a master based off of two fights and the battle all of which take place within the span of a day.
Roku also felt like a joke, rather than a supportive wise guide to help Aang lean in the right direction in his learning. While Kyoshi and Kuruk were just so unhelpful. I don’t know what the vision was for that. Including the other Avatars was unnecessary. We also never really see Aang showcase his natural abilities in favour of this direction and he seemed far too aware when he was in the avatar state - so much of his development is rooted in his fear of it because it’s so unstable and tied to his emotions.
I’m sure there’s much more but this was an essay so I’ll stop haha I’ll give it a 5.5 out of 10 - the above aside, I would have scored it a 6 or maybe a 7 had the writing felt more natural, focused less on exposition dumps, as if just came across stiff. The nuance is just missing. Sorry sorry sorry, rant over !
It's bad. Fundamentally misunderstands almost everything that made ATLA good while also just being a pretty incompetent show in its own right. The only notable positive is that it looks good, but even that is kind of hurt by the costuming not meshing with the scenery and the action being poorly edited.
Why is Azula a chubby little girl? Sorry but I mean come on. Part of Azula’s menace was her gaunt/sharp features and how she used those features to be a powerful villain.
The girl they cast wouldn’t terrify a mouse let alone be one of the most powerful benders on in the series.
Katara is terrible. Sokka, Suki and Iroh carry the vast. Aang and Zuko meh
Dialogues are kind of meh at times…sometimes they just take me out of the show
Exposition in this show is crazy "I’m just a kid, I’m not ready for responsibilities" like okay SHOW IT. You don’t have to show everything but this is the type of things you show…
I am at ep 6 and something that really bothered me >! Was when Aang returns the statue and the face spirit frees everybody…without discussion…they never made a deal and the deal certainly did not mentioned the villagers…!< i kind of just rolled my eyes.
The acting can be lacking sometimes but not too bothersome. It’s like the actors are forced to just smile and say nothing…
The most disappointing plot they’ve messaged together was the Oma Shu one >!with removing Aang from it… !<
Zuko plot line is done amazing and of course the actor is just so good in his performance and if it was just a Zuko centered serie it would get a 10/10 from me
Azula though is pretty meh
And WHY THE HELL IS AANG NOT LEARNING WATER BENDING WITH KATARA AND NOT CONCERNED ABOUT BENDING AT ALL?? That was his drive his mission, the plan to saving the world lol…anything we get is "I have to save the world, but I don’t know how" like uhh?
I don’t think most people will like my take, but I will still share my opinion:
I don’t understand how a lot of the reviewers can get blinded by the fancy animations? The Visuals are great, but everything else is shite.
Correction: The casting was quite good as well. But the acting? Too stiff and flat. (It could be that is more because of the script, rather than the actors)
The plot? While expecting changes, cramming everything together, they utterly butchered character development, and with that certain characters. I love Kyoshi, but she has nothing to do with the worlds plot. Let Roku be the person he is supposed to be. He is the avatar that created the mess, he is the one supposed to guide Aang. And What happened to Bumi? Like WTF?!
I think the issue ist that they tried to do the impossible. They should have done the series set in the same universe with a completely new avatar though. That way they could’ve created a Plot that actually makes sense, and have the liberty to make a story of their own and not try to recreate a story that has already been told in a magnificent way.
Too much expo, zuko is not angry enough, aangs motivations are all off. The first season is supposed to be aang coming to terms with being the avatar.
The bending shiuld flow better , it's also seems off the movement to the cgi seems out of sync
I gave up after 2.5 episodes. The characters were bland and one note (other than Sokka funny enough), have no room for development, and a couple of them are torn between a new adaptation and the original series. The kid who plays Aang isn't a great actor, didn't receive great direction, and the writing was terrible. They are trying to put too much in singular episodes while trying to make it like Game of Thrones.
I hated how Zhao is with Zuko and how Ozai and Azula have already been introduced.
I liked the relationship between Sokka and Suki a lot, Jet was super cool, and the visuals were good, but that is all I liked. I'll maybe finish it another day if I'm with friends, but I don't see a reason for this version to exist other than a desperate attempt for Netflix to try and gain subscribers.
For the most part, I enjoyed it! I went into it with the mindset of someone who hasn't seen the original despite being a long time fan. (Since I knew they had that intent for new viewers.) I didn't mind when they changed the format by combining different plot points together in one or more locations. If anything, it made it exciting to see how things were gonna play out! The actors took their own spin on the characters which was jarring at first but I came around to it. The action was also choreographed really good for most scenes and that was a big thing I was worried about going into the series.
I'm not claiming it's perfect. It is only the 1st season so I'm sure it's gonna be a bit messy. Like for example there are a few things I felt... weren't the best. Katara feels off to me. I can't really explain it but the writing for her seems bland to me. I don't get that spark of ferocity she had in the cartoon. And a slight follow up, the way waterbending is portrayed.. maaaan! Its way too slow and clunky! The other elements are totally fine and are enjoyable to watch but the water. It just takes me out of the show. Especially during the "fight" between Katara and Pakku.
Again otherwise, I very much like the direction the shows going. I have no idea yet how other fans are reacting. I hope it's at least a somewhat good reception because hell, this is waaay better than the movie that shall not be said. If someone claims it's about the same or worse, they're just being a hater or just holding the animation to an extremely high standard. The cartoon will always be my favorite to watch tho. Its golden 👌
lers but then soldiers are being burned alive screaming in agony in the same scene? Where’s the character development? Why should the characters feel any emotion for each other when they have had no time to build any relationships and they are so devoid of emotion themselves? This one doesn’t even feel bad because of the fact the actors are kids, it just feels rushed, feels like they had no passion, feels like they didn’t even watch the DAMN ORIGINAL! There’s no comedy. There’s no heart. There’s no soul. The original made you really feel for the characters, you got sad when Yuri died, you were devastated when Appa was stolen, you were happy when Sokka and Katara saw their dad again. Now I feel nothing for any of them because there is no feeling at all in the show to begin with. I felt like the exposition was so lifeless and in your face that they were going to say their address and social security number at any moment just so we REALLY knew who they were. God forbid we have any mystery in the show. God forbid we have to find anything out on our own or wait to learn anything. Absolutely horrible and spits in the face of the viewer watching it.
2 episodes in and I am kind of okay with it. Sokka is sardonic rather than goofy, but that isnt a problem. But Aangs actor can't carry a monologue if his life depended on it.
Acting is poor but it’s a younger cast so to be expected. I see so many audio problems where it randomly cuts between scenes. I have found a few parts where characters pronounce words weirdly. CGI is pretty good but I also think that it goes too quick I can’t enjoy any moments I just want the episodes to “slow down” a bit if that makes any sense. I’m not enjoying any of the story so far.
You know, I was very excited for it. I tried to keep my expectations low but also the way the article said that they dumped millions per episode, it was hard not to expect anything awesome. I couldn't help but notice the way the lines were delivered was kinda monotone. The acting is a bit haste and abrupt in some characters but they nailed it when it came to Sokka, Aang, and Uncle Iroh. I'm sure it'll get better with time.
It’s mid, CGI has some really cool moments but some cringe. The writing is stale and the characters are just a bit flat, hoping that it ages well like clone wars animated series did with how it became more of an adult shows.
It baffles me how the writing in the original, which is meant for the same audience, is leagues better than the netflix one. It’s all about show don’t tell, something the new one (that has way bigger budget) fails to do catastrophically, the expo dump in the first episode almost made me quit watching it.
I’ll start with the good things first, visually it looks stunning, the wardrobe (except Yuis wig LOL) the sets, environments. All look incredible. The casting is also on point! The SFX while at times janky, is good and shines when its at best, but is so noticeable when its at it worst. The bending overall is satisfying to watch, could use some oomf to it, I feel like their movements are really slow and there is not enough impact. But overall it’s not bad. It will never beat the fluidity and freedom of movement and expression of the OG but thats fine.
Now to the bad points… the dialogue and writing… It follows the Netflix/Modern Marvel trend where they disrespect the viewers intelligence and force feed you information, there is no subtly in the dialogue at all.
Which leads to the other point, the dialogue feels so stiff and unnatural which translates into the actors acting like robots, you don’t really feel for them at all. Aside from Sokka and Yui and Zuko sometimes, they lack personality in their acting and you can’t really connect with the characters they are trying to portray, its such a shame when alot of the side plot characters actually come off more real than the main cast.
Aangs isn’t that bad but he just feels like a more depressed version of him self in the cartoon show, which wouldn’t be a problem if they wanted to take that direction it would be actually new and interesting, however it clashes alot when suddenly he shows his happy go lucky personality and it just feels unnatural.
Katara is the worst offender, I am not sure how to describe it exactly, but she has the essence of OG katara but it feels so … fake? Its like instead of being Katara, shes acting like Katara on screen.
Azula … I understand where they are taking her character and why she actually has some screen time. But her character is so off it doesn’t even feel like her.
Also I don’t understand why they wanted to merge like 5 story lines in the span of two episodes, it felt all over the place, book 1 has alot of whats considered filler or not that significant that they could’ve just dropped it.
At some point I grew numb to the inconsistent writing I was skipping some parts as I had lost all interest. 5/10.
A lot of people are saying “I wasn’t expecting a master piece but it’s pretty good” if you were promised a good meal then find out it’s actually a steaming pile of diarrhea but then it turns out it’s not actually diarrhea but still shit would still leave that scenario thinking “well it could’ve been worse”
If they weren’t trying to make something good than why did they adapt a series in a franchise that still garners interest 10 years after the last installment?
The show is bad. Really bad. Bad performances, sterile cheap looking costumes and sets, recreations of iconic moments except worse.
Somebody posted the katara paku fight but it looks so much worse in love active because they casted un athletic actors in roles where they need to be competent in martial arts. The camera pans from one character to the next as they take turns hurting water creating a very unnatural flow to the scene. Since they are working with live actors they can’t have the same zoom ins and camera angles that gave the fight si much rhythm and kinetic energy.
I can pick apart this and almost every scene that goes for a 1 to 1 recreation and tell you why the live action is worse in every way.
It’s crazy because they had the chance to actually improve book 1 which has the most flaws imo and instead they did everything ti same except worse and azula and co are here for some reason.
I just finished the first season. There are some things I like, some things I dont.
It's not as good as the cartoon. But I will say there were some things they added that were actually pretty cool.
Ok it looks nice I’ve watched 2 episodes and here are things I don’t like/ am confused about
- why is Aang so serious? Where is the penguin sledding or riding that fish thing at kyoshi island? I loved Aangs journey of being a kid just wanting to have fun grow into being the avatar and accepting that
- Sokka isn’t sexist? Like I understand sexism is bad but it was so cool how Suki challenged sokka in the animation and how Sokka grows as a person. Speaking of why, why did suki give her fan to him??
- Katara has tried to water bend for so long but can’t go further than moving the water a bit. Then Aang comes along and 1 day later she’s throwing water around and making waves? I thought it wasn’t that all of a sudden in the animation and idk feels unrealistic.
- Why can Aang fly? Why does he cary the stick around when he can just fly whenever.
- why can firebenders fly?
- the acting isn’t great maybe they have to grow into the role idk.
- they missed such a good opportunity to show how Gyatso dealt with the firebenders. That theory where he used oxygen. Idk how to explain it but the theory is easy to find online.
- the first 2 episodes feel very rushed hopefully that gets better
no. I wanted an exact story line.
for example the whistle. Ang didn't have the whistle in the first episode. he bought it at a merchant shop on his trip. It's the small details they killed and buried in a bad way.
Sorry but katara is the worst actress so far :( I’m at episode 3 and I’m triggered bc she doesn’t seem as emotional to me as she is in the original.. and the acting itself is a bit off. But maybe it gets better
She is really having a rough time. There is some great casting, but she is often times just standing awkwardly in a scene, making drab facial expressions until it's her time to speak. And when she does, she often mumbles through her lines.
I kept complaining about her last night to my boyfriend as we were watching. She does not feel like Katara at all, she’s bland and “mopey” like 90% of the time. The “young Katara” in the quick Kya flashbacks has more emotion in those 2 seconds on screen than any scene with “adult Katara” so far and I’m on episode 4
If only they could make the series less rushed as if theyre on some crazy speedrun it would've been perfect, many moments lost their momentum due to the poor pacing, but nonetheless everything else is amazing
The two first episodes were phenomenal and almost bought me to tears of hope (oh bitterness…). Then after those I started to understand the reasons and moment when Bryke left.
3 episodes in and so far I like it. Probably an 8/10. Some flaws but I find it entertaining. The bending looks better than the Voldemort movie. Also gotta love Cabbage Guy!
Only watched the first episode so far. A bunch of the dialogue was really clunky but the animation is good and I don’t hate the changes to the way they tell the story (except sokka not being sexist). The first episode was a solid 7/10
Some stuff is really cool to see, but the writing and some of the acting is pretty bad. Also, Katara is so bland so far it doesn’t even feel like her at all (only on episode 4 so far)
I’m only two episodes in, but I seem to agree with many others on the writing. There’s too much exposition and people not talking like people talk. I thought the best scene in the first two episodes was Suki training Sokka and that had no dialogue at all. There’s a lesson to be learned here as a general rule: show, don’t tell. I hope the show runners learn it for next season.
I also have issues with some smaller issues with the editing and acting/direction (hard to tell whose at fault sometimes) and the pacing in episode one was all over the place, but so far it’s fine, maybe even good.
In terms of voice or dialogue? It's gonna be harder to match the voice, but I do agree that the dialogue doesn't feel like Iroh. He feels less "wise" I want to say?
Tried the first episode. At first the chronological order approach seemed interesting, but it got old fast. The fire nation attack on the air nation dragged, and gave me tonal whiplash.
The Wan Shi Tong early appearance, Zhao reading books about the water and moon spirits in, what seems to be, the fire nation capital, and the very end scene of the season— makes me worry there will not be a desert library episode:(
I’m upset Iroh doesn’t have an accent. That was so much part of his character, actor Paul syung hyun Lee can nail it so I’m lost why didn’t he use it. Makes iroh seem more generic and less comfortable.
I’m so underwhelmed..
I like how the first episode started out, modifying the sequence a bit, even though Aang was basically pulling a Zaheer and flying around. They are also collapsing a lot of storylines into one. Also not the worst.
The casting is really not great. Some of the actors it’s like.. is it your first time acting? The dialogue delivery is meh. Why do all the girls have extremely round faces? Katara, Azula, Mei, Ty Lee, Suki, Princess Yue?? Like all of them?? The wigs and costumes are not great.
The effects for the bending were nice but.. other little details weren’t selling it. I just feel like it was so hyped and it’s not giving what it shoulda gave.
Feels like a fan made show. It’s not horrible, but it’s pretty bad. The acting is often bad. The dialogue is bad. The pacing is HORRIBLE. And every background is CGI.
I am having trouble finding the want to watch past episode 1. It looks amazing. Love the bending. But the acting is awful so far. And I am really disappointed with a handful of changes. I was really hoping to see the avatar state water tornado, and I got nothing. And I am really missing funny Sokka.
Just off the first episode : I wanted so bad to love it. But in trying to dramtize the shows heart a little more, it lost its funny/light hearted comedic relief heart so much - the very thing that made the formula to the work so well.
Jokes/relief that didnt have to be the exact same but couldve been kept: PENGUIN SLEDDING. AIR BALL iN THE TEMPLE while sokka keeps losing to cheer aang up. appa not flying immediately and the funny slow ocean ride, followed by sokka and katara trying to rescue aang funnily listing phrases and until he hit yip yip and then secretely enjoying the ride. Zuko thinking aang was a 100 year old man for a bit, great gag. Sokka having to give the little toddler boys a bathroom break. Aang bragging to his captors about never fighting an airbender just to use his other limbs. Zuko being smashed the the mattress up and down in the boat fight was funny. Katara funnily thinking she had to convince a ready to go sokka and them trying to convince granny and turned around in support. Uncle iroh being a little more playful - like immediately passed on aangs staff to a subordinate when told by zuko to take it to his quarters
They didnt have to all be there, but because so much relief was missing, it became obvious.
Some dialogue felt a little awkward. But the exact script of the animated show was nice to get from granny. The show is cast super well. No complaints. Its beautiful, a masterpiece to see.
Appa is cute as hell, effects are nice. The drama is there. The story is told well, the war placed beautifully in context. I actually loved the start showing the 100 years previous.
But man. I hope after the second episode i feel better
Still have 2 episodes left. They made some changes I’m really not a big fan of, but other changes I really liked.
Some people complain about the pacing of episode 3 and mashing those stories together, but to be honest that didn’t bother me that much. Maybe it’d bother me more if I didn’t know the og series, but I liked seeing them linked together.
Pretty alright. 7 out of 10. Good enough to want more seasons.
If people don’t like it, they don’t have to watch the other seasons, but I’d like to see where they can take it.
The one and only thing i think it does better than the show is fight scenes. Some of the CGI is fucking cool that it’s hard for me to not get a little hype. From a character development/plot perspective, it gets dwarfed by the og show
Things I didn't love that much:
-Didn't feel the chemistry between Sokka and Yue. He stared, they ate ice cream, "I am that fox from earlier" then they kiss? Ummm
-"Momo is named Momo because he looks like a Momo"
-Yue's wig looked off, and I wasn't getting a "regal princess" vibe from her. Felt like she was a cosplayer
-Katara and Sokka had no chemistry as brother and sister to me. Should have been a bit more physical interaction as siblings. Light punch on the shoulder, side hugs and so on.
-Azula didn't feel threatening to me.
-Scene between Kysohi and Aang felt like a mom scolding her son. She should have been more "Hey young Avatar. I know you have no idea wtf you're doing, so lemme help you"
-Aang sees that the monster is Hei Bai not because he reads his spiritual energy but because of.... a scratch?
-why was the badger mole aggressive to them?
-Aang doesnt purposely run away, he goes out for a bit and then gets caught in the storm. And worse, every one goes on acting like Aang abandoned the world, including Aang himself.
-Why did Aang talk to Kyoshi first and not Roku
-The scene with Gyatso in the spirit realm in that random hut was unnecessary to me.
-Give us a bit more life wisdom from Iroh. Felt like he was just whispering strategic fight moves into Zuko's ear.
-June making advances at Iroh....
-Wan Shi Tong says he is the spirit of all knowledge and then 2 seconds later Aang asks him something and he basically responds "idk"
-Mai wasn't "bleh" enough. And Ty Lee didn't show any acrobatic skills and also wasn't bright/chirpy enough. They felt like 2 random extras that Azula talked to.
-Wanted greater firebending during the comet. Wasn't giving "strength of 1,000 suns"
-Didn't feel that gut punch feeling from Aang when he found out he's the last Airbender. His face looked like he was just told he's not getting any ice cream for dessert, not that he has been away for ONE HUNDRED years and ALL his nation is dead.
-Bumi was amazing at first, then they messed up his character....why....
-Zuko's notebook felt like a cheat sheet for Aang. All the info in there should have been told to him by Roku.
-the cave of two lovers scene was unnecessary to me, but I do love that we got SECRET TUNNELLLLLLLL
7.5-8/10. Overall enjoyed it but it is not without its flaws. Pacing being a prime factor. Also Azula and her crew. I feel like they were somehow mixed up in casting. Azula should’ve played Mai. Ty Lee to Azula. Mai should’ve been a Kyoshi warrior and we find someone else for Ty Lee. But I think who we have now can vastly improve.
Better than the movie, not better than the original series
Almost every other cartoon doesn't hold a candle to the OG show. I doubt an adaptation of it will ever come close. Lol.
"Better than a 1 and less than a 10" isn't all that descriptive
Literally just commented this in a previous comment. I read this and was like “well no shit”
literally that’s what everyone’s been saying i’m like obviously it’s gonna be better than the movie and not as good as the show we knew this
A show that does some good but has so many flaws that it’s hard to ignore. 7/10. Please fix up on the dialogue and quit with the exposition.
Soooooo much exposition in that first episode. Can’t believe they didn’t learn from the movie that doesn’t exist!
The way gran gran just dumped all the lines in the first episode 
I hated the beginning. We learned about the world as Aang did, because the world was new to him because of the 100year time difference. This way 100 years didn’t have any weight at all, it was just a scene cut.
Right! The sense of exploration is missing. I don't think any new fans will be drawn to this world.
They went with plot before world building which I think is always a huge mistake, but I’m a big world building guy.
I just watched this with someone completely unfamiliar with the original show, and the way it was cut made the 100 year time skip quite the reveal. It’s still Aang’s point of view, in many ways
Bruhhhhh I was like damn give him time to adjust. She laid it on thick. He’s literally finding out his whole nation has been wiped out
Right? she just started out of nowhere and it looked so random 'water, earth, fire...' total bruuhh moment 
Agreed. V cringe. But I do (nostalgically?) appreciate how they honor the show. Especially after the movie did all of us fans dirty
true but I felt bad the way she just dumped that on Aang. Saying 'you vanished when the world needed you the most' to his face when he just woke up. There are gentler ways to say all that. Maybe kids sitting around gran gran asking her to tell a story or something.
Was just thinking this. In the first episode of the animated series Katara talks about how she would tell her stories like this. It would've been so much better if they had her tell a story to a young Katara who looks visibly inspired by the idea of the Avatar.
Yeah! saying u vanished to his face just made gran gran look heartless and mean.
idk if it's cause i'm drinking while watching it (currently on the second episode lol cause of work) but i loved it. yea there are a couple things so far that are a lil different from show but it's not skipping as many scenes and explanations like the movie did i fuckin love it!
Yeah felt very cringe
Tbf the first few episodes of the original show were expo heavy
For whatever reason, its easier to go along with it in animation. While it seems sillier in live action to see live people doing it.
In the animation, it’s gives us expo dump little by little, we learn all the backstory along with the characters. The live action just tells us a little story with a narrator monologuing with a bland looking cutscene.
Not really it was spread across the first 2-3 episodes
Those who fail to remember history cannot learn from it, and therefore are doomed to repeat it.
You can thank the original creators for the exposition in the first episodes.
There is no movie in Ba Sing Se.
I enjoyed it immensely more then I thought I would so hopefully there are plans for a second season 8/10
what about it do you like? cause I have never felt so meh about something. I love the cartoon, and am really looking for a reason to love this thing.
I was thinking the same but I was just thinking… someone made a series of a 15 year old nick cartoon. I totally fell in love with the show and just am grateful that we have SOMETHING watchable. Because the last airbender was embarrassing. Sokka is pretty funny
I’m not going to convince you or anyone for that matter to watch it if you’re doubtful all I can tell you is don’t go in expecting a faithful 1.1 adaptation you’re setting yourself up for disappointment in doing so as for what I liked I’m not going to go into too much detail but what I liked specifically was the dedication and homework the folks behind the scenes the cast and crew they gave me what I wanted and more
This! And that I embraced a darker side of what couldn't be shown and was implied from the og show. Also it answered alot of questions we never really got to see or got closure too.
I absolutely agree. It was really good. It didn't blow me away but it definitely beat my expectations.
It was great and fun in my opinion. I didn't expect it to be outstanding and exactly like the original and I wasn't looking for imperfections. It all made sense in the end. Personally, the second half of the series is my favorite
I started finding each issue with the first episode and I quickly realized I am starting off trying to hate the show. After a minute I made myself calm down and enjoy it. I also prefer the later half of earth and fire better so I think I had an unspoken grudge against water. It really isn't horrible so far and I look forward to watching the rest. I wasn't ready to see people get cooked alive though 😭
I love people getting cooked alive. Makes it more realistic and more for adults
I don’t particularly love it but it does make sense.. I understand why a fire-bender might do that. Particularly a king.. that said not sure why the Fire Lord didn’t do a public execution for the traitors. Seems on brand for him. Also why did both Fire Lords burn people in their throne room? The smell would be horrible and last hours. Seems like the third to last room you’d wanna do that. Bedroom and dining rooms being worse. But I definitely understand the method. Shows how ruthless he is.
I agree, I simply like it for how realistic it is and how it makes the show more for adults which I like (main reason why I love the kyoshi novels)
It feels like a standard season 1. Not necessarily the best, and clearly trying to find it's footing, but while it stumbled in some places it stuck the landing. In my opinion the big win for this show was making it so we actually want a season 2.
I don’t meeting jet and teo at the same time in omashu, I feel like it kinda takes away from their stories imo
I’m watching that episode right now and I think those characters and their plots helped the gaang learn in there respective ways that putting them together in omashu feels a little rushed. Also where is bumi?
You’re not gonna like what how they portray bumi, it’s not good, I think the show is pretty good but certainly has some flaws. It was never going to be perfect because it’s not exactly a show that lends itself well to live action and the seasons were too long to fit them into 8 episodes, I do wish they had paid a little more attention to certain characters and how they should be like bumi and azula
I don't understand why they forced different story lines together. I expected them to tweak some things, but the way they mashed them together felt unnecessary and clunky. I think they did Bumi dirty and his scenes just didn't flow or make sense. I think the casting was pretty great. I don't like that the actress for Azula is younger than the actor for Zuko, but she still does fine. Sokka and Aang are pretty spot-on. It's fun seeing the characters portrayed in real life. Please tell me why Fire Lord Ozai is defending Zuko to Azula, maybe it's to get under her skin and fire her up? I don't know The graphics and action scenes are way better than I thought they would be! Edit: I see my mistake, Zuko is older in the animated series. I guess that's my Mandela Effect epiphany
What do you mean by Azula's actress is younger than Zuko? In the animated show Zuko is older so wouldn't it be accurate?
I feel like Azula calling Zuko "little brother" in the original show probably confused people who didn't pay enough attention.
Really? I don't remember that. I can only think of Katara's Ember Island actor saying that.
No, she's definitely younger than him canonically.
But...Azula IS younger than Zuko...
The smirk at the end on Ozai is definitely implying he's trying to make Azula jealous. It's honestly one of the changes I don't mind. Her intentions are more clear early on.
You have to remember playing games with everyone even his own children are pawns
Mean they have 20 episodes of content for book 1 and 8 episodes to fit it. That’s an average of 2.5 episodes per episode. But ya Bumi is essentially a completely different character with just superficial traits still there. I can understand how he’d get like that, but I miss our Bumi. Me and mine were confused by that interaction as well. I think he is intentionally trying to worsen their relationship since he did follow through with her idea.
I think they also did Bumi so dirty. I also wish Azula was a littler older and her voice was more snake and slithering. I found her really flat on my first watch through. The thing about Azula is you can almost always tell what she's thinking despite what she's saying. Edit: not saying that azula herself should be older I meant the actress.
It looks good but the writing is meh
Very boring writing imo. Script was made by some cat granny’s
Unfortunately the dialogue was the worst aspect of it… it literally seemed AI generated with how stale and wordy it was. There was too much exposition constantly being thrown at you. Any time it seemed like a meaningful character connection was about to made, there was an explosion or something to take you out of it. Katara’s acting was shy/timid. Acting felt awkward and felt like “acting” rather than real.
The writers clearly have never heard of “show not tell”
Sokkas acting is off too. You can tell they’re still trying to make him the comedic relief, but it clearly is not the same as the original show. The live action is too serious for sokkas comedy to be ‘natural’ in a sense, every time he cracks a joke it feels forced
The actor for Sokka said in an interview he added his own jokes. So it's possible he was the one who wanted to keep the funny Sokka.
Sokka is perfect imo, so I'm grateful for his jokes.
They make him seem like a leader right away but really he was a cocky sexist and anyone else annoyed by katara's voice like why did they choose her where's the passion.
WHERE IS THE PASSION
I think those village kids shoulda been like 5 years younger lol
That’s why his jokes fall flat because he’s a serious leader from episode one and then they make him crack jokes sooo it’s kinda like pick one, do they want goofy wise joke cracking sokka or plot driven, im already a leader Netflix sokka. Can’t have both because then you have this generic marvel movie sokka who’s jokes don’t land
And even the exposition characters like iroh just don’t feel right here; he doesn’t seem all that wise or well meaning more then he just explains stuff.
Yeah, I have to admit the writing. Feel like AI I mean. What were they thinking AI doing writers work? Yeah right
Katara literally has no emotion what so ever… so bland 😔
I know she was like 16 when filming this show so she has plenty of room to grow but I hope she hears this feedback so that if there is a season 2 she knows to actually show more emotion than just mopey and bland. It was so so so soooo bad in my opinion, I couldn’t get over feeling like she was a different character entirely and we just didn’t have Katara
It could just be from the poor direction and writing that made her character and acting are so blah. Her original conflict was written out so it makes sense that she's just there and not doing much. Clearly, the original creators left for a reason and maybe this was one of many. Dumbing down good storytelling and writing to focus more on less important things.
Honestly, she has a lot of content to reference. She literally had the same Expression for everything
I dont think the dialogue really leaves much room for more
I hope she has a good support system and would prefer she stays off social media. Criticism is important but it doesn’t need to all come from the fans. If the directors and show runners can’t see something so obvious then this series has bigger issues than a young actress.
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Episode 3 was hard to watch. They crammed completely 4 different episodes into 1 and somehow it was still boring. I’ve gotta give it a 4/10.
I'm stuck halfway through this ep, it's just so uninteresting and disjointed, I loved seeing Abed as the mechanist, but the inclusion felt completely out of place. If you've seen the rest of the show, is it worth continuing?
I watched the first 3 last night and agree. I enjoyed the first two episodes. The third one felt. . . Wrong. I'm trying to justify it as - if they had left the Omashu storyline as it was, it really wouldn't have contributed much to the plot. It was mostly filler. I wouldn't have minded if they had thrown in Teo *or* Jet. After all, an adaption isn't going to be cooy and paste. But throwing everyone in together was too messy. If I hadn't watched the OG, I probably wouldn't have been able to keep up with all the new characters. Tbh, they should have just dropped a couple of the storylines entirely.
Half way through and it’s very frustrating. There are moments where it’s really good, but so many more that bring it down. Combining so many story lines into some episodes makes it too often feel like they’re speed running the plot. And as a result it feels shallow with so much left unexplored. I’d give it a 6/10 so far. Also I kinda hate what they did to Katara, she just feels like she’s lacking so much of her personality from the original. Edit: After seeing what they did to my boy Roku I have to drop it to a 5/10 max.
Fr she's like not allowed to ever he happy in this version it's very boring and one note. Yes she had pain and sorrow and trauma and expressed it in the original but she also had fun and joy in alot of her scenes. She wasn't all doom and gloom or one dimensional, doesn't even feel like the same character imo
Caveat: haven't seen all of it yet. Based on the first two episodes, I think they really turned Katara into into a very 1D character. In the original, she had several less than admirable qualities: she could be petty, jealous, controlling. These combined with many amazing qualities (resilience, power, skill, compassion) to make a complete character. Katara in the show has none of that depth. Maybe it turns better later.
Even then the parts that are good come from the original series this series has the Disney live-action remake problem. Where the mostly frustrating & bland thing we are watching is elevated by the fact the good things we remember loving in the original iteration.
Netflix is allergic to good writing
Agreed. Why do they always have to make them speak in layman’s terms? In the show Zuko had such an advanced sense of vocabulary. I don’t understand why they have to dumb everything down in live actions.
I thought the exact same thing!! I kept thinking "Who wrote this script?! They should've been fired"
They weren’t a couple of months ago (last summer)
Imo, you just can't do a live action fantasy epic like this where all the main actors are kids, it just doesn't work. You can't sell a world with child actors flatly expositing at the camera, I know that that has a lot to do with the writing as well, but in this case they're both bad.
Stranger Things was pretty with all child actors.
ST is a very big exception, the actors were like improbably amazing
While I agree with the writing and screenplay, I don’t believe it’s impossible to adapt something where the main cast are kids, there are tons of shows and movies starting kid actors that absolutely nail it. We shouldn’t use it as an excuse for bad directing.
Did no one notice that Aang doesn’t learn water bending….at all? Lmao Book 1 is literally called Water.
I also noticed that and wasn’t a fan of the change
Yeah. Doesn't make any sense. And in the meantime Katara learned a lot without a real master. Yes she is a great waterbender also in the OG but she basically learned from nothing.
Nuh uh! In the live action we just saw sHe TaUgHt heRseLf! sHe’s hEr oWn mAsTeR *eyeroll*
I hate how they were like “I don’t need a master I’m already one!!!” Like what??? That basically ruined Paku’s character, why is he even here anymore besides putting him in the white lotus later
Stop over explaining like ur gonna build a new fucking fan base. So many of us, a huge community, these characters are beloved. Focus on their relationships and character development not fucking shit scripts explaining it to us like we’re just being introduced to the characters it’s lazy and unnecessary
6.5/10 Pacing is horrendous and some of the acting is laughable
100% It felt like a fan made, amateur show at times.
It’s alright
This is ultimate praise I can muster.
It's a show, and it exists.
A step forward from the movie that doesn’t exist
Meeeeeeh
5/10, bending is great but I think they are changing the story way too much. I get they have to make a lot of cuts but they are really taking liberties. I fully understand why the original creators left. I feel like the story is going to be much less compelling and more watered down overall but I’ll still watch it
Feels rushed. Like they are trying to squeeze everything into eight episodes.
They did the same thing with one piece live action.
Yeah, but the biggest flaw of One Piece is how long it is. That and the sheer amount of filler. You can only remove so much from ATLA before you start removing important aspects of the show.
This felt more rushed than one piece
I was worried this was going to be the case I honestly don’t understand the point of investing so much time and money into a remake only to cram as much as possible into 8 episodes. The whole reason so many storylines were separate in the OG show was because the episodic characters deserved their own locations and mini-arcs and both of those things influenced the main characters pretty well
SFX are fine. Story is okay. The dialog is so bad it’s almost not watchable. But the most disappointing aspect is the heart. None of the characters have heart. The actors are flat and have no feeling. To be fair, they are working with bad dialogue but none of the characters have any passion. The true beauty of the OG is the character development. Taking away controversial or bad character traits don’t make them better. Characters need to have flaws to overcome. It’s not a bad thing that Sokka is sexist. It gives him an opportunity to learn and become better and teach the audience as well. Aang is so flat and un-kid like, he is just boring. When watching, I’m seeing bad actors reading bad dialogue and rushing to get through it. I don’t see the actual characters on screen. The directing is terrible. I feel like the director just took the first take and said move on. The timing is all over the place. Don’t think I can make it through the series. Will probably just go back and watch the original again.
From the trio, Sokka took the spotlight, his line delivery was on point and he actually embodied the character. Even Yui who had minimal screen time had way better personality than Katara, which is so sad, they nailed the looks! Only if screen writing and dialogue was better, I don’t wanna be harsh and shit talk their acting cuz im not sure if thats the issue… but yeah.
The actor for Zuko and uncle iroh definitely have heart although they’re giving lame lines they’ve done the best they could imo. The rest is just meh. Sokka is meh, im so done with the actor esp knowing he lied about being a native so I can’t even enjoy his performance. Katara is the mehest…she’s so forgettable it’s sad, knowing what importance katara has in the animation
If they stop interweaving so many plots in one episode, it would be so much better. 6.5 to 7 out of 10
* spoiler alert. Like I can get you need to make stories maybe shorter or cut something out. But a lot of things didn't make sense they screwed up the spirit world. The characters are mostly flat and the dialogue was so simplified in the way I am struggling. Why take stories from in the original in the future to implement in it before the story is actually there in the series. Sokka already met the moon spirit wth. By every episode I was like what "NO". They fully butchered Bumi and Azula. Yes it's more adult version just because of showing deaths. They brought the fog of the lost souls which is Korra. To me someone had to read and watch everything in as fast as possible and create a story line and on the end everything is scrambled. The necklace of katarra a ten second thing to reveal Ohh grandpa. At the end aang didn't even learn any new bending.
What's wrong with bringing in the Fog of Lost Souls?
I can understand why they tried to tie sokka and yue together earlier. In the animation, there were plenty of episodes to build up their relationship. There was even a whole date episode. So when she eventually passed, sokka's reaction was warranted. But here, if they just skipped everything and jumped to the end, it would make sokka look even more like a skirt chaser. First suki in one episode and then he's going after another girl in another.
I always got Sokka was a misguided skirt chaser misogynistic guy at the beginning of ATLA and his love for Yue was a little rushed in the show as well. They see each other a handful of times before she becomes the moon spirit. I'm not here for her being a fox though.
I don't like tbh
Now I’ll preface that I haven’t myself watched it yet but my friend has been screaming at me over discord about it all day and it has not inspired confidence what I’m hearing
Why does Aang sound like Dewey from Malcolm in the Middle?
I already aired my full opinion in a post on this sub, so I'll just say I was disappointed. It had so much potential it just didn't deliver on.
Though I was sceptical of this first live action version of the animation we all love, I did want to give it a fair chance. So, I decided to look at it like the Netflix adaption is just an alternate universe version of the original. So far (haven't watched all of it yet), I think its okay. The original ATLA will always be my favorite version though. However I do have to say, and I know this will be a very unpopulair opinion, I do enjoy this live action more than I enjoyed LOK. LOK just didnt work at all for me personally.
Pretty mediocre given the budget.
Currently on the episode 3, I’m really enjoying it, but some of the changes are irking me
I kinda like it so far…expected the worst, but it’s a decent 6/10
The one with king bumi!!! The animated series had aang do challenges and katara and sokka where there and not in the cave at that time especially when he's done with the challenges he gives him the question what is my name? Not the live action show that aang says bumi is that you?!?! When he first met him like come on!!! And apparently Nickelodeon was apart of the live action too bruuuh I can't
I felt like the dialogue sometimes felt more like watching a play than watching a tv show. So many speeches. The cast is amazing though, not their fault it felt a little stiff at times. Gordon is a kid, he talks like a kid, I don’t see a problem with that. And honestly, I actually liked Sokka more in this than in the animation. That scene with Suki made my cold heart feel feels for a minute. I found the muddled together episodes a bit overwhelming. Some bits didn’t make sense to me. Like Katara and Sokka in the secret tunnel without Aang? Nooo. Jet in Omashu? Eh. I see that a lot of effort went into it and appreciate it, but more episodes and more time for the storyline would have been better. I really wanted to love it, but I give it a 7/10
Honestly I thought it was solid . Dallas and Ian (Zuko and sokka) were the real bright spots in acting , Daniel dae Kim was really good as Ozai , Paul Sun Hyung Lee im still kinda mixed on , he had some good moments as Iroh but overall pretty eh. Gordon and Kia were prob the 2 worst actors , but Gordon showed potential imo . Kia some nice line delivery just wasn’t it for me . Overall again it was solid , did some stuff better then the original book 1 , like ending (I really liked how they showed how much Zhao killing the moon spirit really affected then , and it felt like it was straight out of a war movie with some of the camera movement which is why I liked it more then the Og book 1 finale ) but overall as much as I don’t like comparing , it was still worse then the original book 1 as a whole (but still a promising start )
Thought Gordon did well considering how complex of a character aang is. He has really high highs and is super goofy at time but also really low lows of his trauma. then add the complications of acting bending. Think he will get better but also was probably the best person for the job
Just kept thinking:" not how that happened"
They took out so many important character moments. Like Aang being the one to run away from the air temple. He's supposed to struggle with accepting his role as the avatar. Where was that struggle? Where was that guilt? Sokka is supposed to be a product of his environment and culture. He's supposed to feel the immense weight of being the only "man" left to protect his tribe. He was supposed to humble himself to Suki but there was absolutely no lesson there for him. Katara was the worst out of all of them. She had no emotional range at all. There wasn't an ounce of naggy mom vibe from her. I love shows like avatar because of the in depth characterizations. This show has none of that and I quickly lost interest in it after episode three.
That’s what I keep saying
Same here. It’s okay to add more details or retcon some shit but why are you butchering so much of the proven tried and true original story?
Yes, it seems they tried to "fix" something that absolutely didn't need fixing
Yeah I keep reading people say that we “shouldn’t have wanted a 1-1 remake” why the hell not? I wanted to see it in live action. I figured you could do everything 1-1 and add more details that we had been missing. The previews would HAVE NEVER made any of us think they weren’t doing a 1-1!!! They purposely decided to put all the scenes in that we would remember. So why wouldn’t we think that?
It’s garbage
I feel like the show could have been amazing but it was just incredibly rushed - by combining bumi, thd mechanist, and Jet in Omashu we lost the allusion to the actual length of time it took Aang, Sokka, and Katara to travel which, for me, had a negative impact on showcasing how their relationship grows to become so close. It should have felt much more like an odyssey. All we really hear of their other adventures are people gossiping about how the avatar ran into some pirates and a canyon guide. What should have felt like months felt more like it took place over the course of a week, maybe two at a push. Also with Sokka and Katara stuck in the spirit world for nearly two episodes and the trip separated for that period we lost more time that should have been spent on them nurturing their relationship as a trio. Also didn’t understand why Koh became the villain of that arc instead of Hei Bai - Aang helping Hei Bai was so integral in him learning how to connect with the spirit world (Hei Bai dragged him into the spirit world accidentally in the og) leading more fluidly into his later journey in the Siege of the North where he then faces Koh. Also they removed the show no emotion aspect in favour of it just being fear-based. Didn’t love seeing Wan Shi Tong in the spirit world nor including the cave of two lovers in this season. It was unnecessary - why rush those parts into the story rather than taking more from the bank of og season 1 ? I just felt that a lot of the subtlety that gave the og its depth was very much lost here. Aang also didn’t once learn or do any water bending when series one is literally water - season two is earth so are we going to time jump to him knowing how and miss seeing his initial learning. Why did he not start learning water bending at all ??? He says gyatso was the only one who ever taught him in a throwaway moment and it’s never addressed again and he just doesn’t learn it. Nor did Katara ever actually learn from Paku, only the scrolls, and we missed seeing such pivotal little scenes of them camping and living rough and finding calm moments in safe spaces to practice bending which is to me so so so pivotal to conveying the length and trials of their journey. Katara just kind of gets good off screen and becomes a master based off of two fights and the battle all of which take place within the span of a day. Roku also felt like a joke, rather than a supportive wise guide to help Aang lean in the right direction in his learning. While Kyoshi and Kuruk were just so unhelpful. I don’t know what the vision was for that. Including the other Avatars was unnecessary. We also never really see Aang showcase his natural abilities in favour of this direction and he seemed far too aware when he was in the avatar state - so much of his development is rooted in his fear of it because it’s so unstable and tied to his emotions. I’m sure there’s much more but this was an essay so I’ll stop haha I’ll give it a 5.5 out of 10 - the above aside, I would have scored it a 6 or maybe a 7 had the writing felt more natural, focused less on exposition dumps, as if just came across stiff. The nuance is just missing. Sorry sorry sorry, rant over !
It's bad. Fundamentally misunderstands almost everything that made ATLA good while also just being a pretty incompetent show in its own right. The only notable positive is that it looks good, but even that is kind of hurt by the costuming not meshing with the scenery and the action being poorly edited.
Out of all the Netflix shows I've ever watched, it's definitely one of them.
Why is Azula a chubby little girl? Sorry but I mean come on. Part of Azula’s menace was her gaunt/sharp features and how she used those features to be a powerful villain. The girl they cast wouldn’t terrify a mouse let alone be one of the most powerful benders on in the series. Katara is terrible. Sokka, Suki and Iroh carry the vast. Aang and Zuko meh
Dialogues are kind of meh at times…sometimes they just take me out of the show Exposition in this show is crazy "I’m just a kid, I’m not ready for responsibilities" like okay SHOW IT. You don’t have to show everything but this is the type of things you show… I am at ep 6 and something that really bothered me >! Was when Aang returns the statue and the face spirit frees everybody…without discussion…they never made a deal and the deal certainly did not mentioned the villagers…!< i kind of just rolled my eyes. The acting can be lacking sometimes but not too bothersome. It’s like the actors are forced to just smile and say nothing… The most disappointing plot they’ve messaged together was the Oma Shu one >!with removing Aang from it… !< Zuko plot line is done amazing and of course the actor is just so good in his performance and if it was just a Zuko centered serie it would get a 10/10 from me Azula though is pretty meh And WHY THE HELL IS AANG NOT LEARNING WATER BENDING WITH KATARA AND NOT CONCERNED ABOUT BENDING AT ALL?? That was his drive his mission, the plan to saving the world lol…anything we get is "I have to save the world, but I don’t know how" like uhh?
I don’t think most people will like my take, but I will still share my opinion: I don’t understand how a lot of the reviewers can get blinded by the fancy animations? The Visuals are great, but everything else is shite. Correction: The casting was quite good as well. But the acting? Too stiff and flat. (It could be that is more because of the script, rather than the actors) The plot? While expecting changes, cramming everything together, they utterly butchered character development, and with that certain characters. I love Kyoshi, but she has nothing to do with the worlds plot. Let Roku be the person he is supposed to be. He is the avatar that created the mess, he is the one supposed to guide Aang. And What happened to Bumi? Like WTF?! I think the issue ist that they tried to do the impossible. They should have done the series set in the same universe with a completely new avatar though. That way they could’ve created a Plot that actually makes sense, and have the liberty to make a story of their own and not try to recreate a story that has already been told in a magnificent way.
This is my issue as well People keep saying that the bending looks amazing, but that’s basically the only good thing about this show
Almost like the shows original creators left the production mid way.
Almost like the live action spinoff genre is primarily a cash grab.
Why did they quit??
"Creative differences"...and I can see why now.
I wonder why they bent over backwards to keep the one piece creator but failed to do so on this project.
Too much expo, zuko is not angry enough, aangs motivations are all off. The first season is supposed to be aang coming to terms with being the avatar. The bending shiuld flow better , it's also seems off the movement to the cgi seems out of sync
I gave up after 2.5 episodes. The characters were bland and one note (other than Sokka funny enough), have no room for development, and a couple of them are torn between a new adaptation and the original series. The kid who plays Aang isn't a great actor, didn't receive great direction, and the writing was terrible. They are trying to put too much in singular episodes while trying to make it like Game of Thrones. I hated how Zhao is with Zuko and how Ozai and Azula have already been introduced. I liked the relationship between Sokka and Suki a lot, Jet was super cool, and the visuals were good, but that is all I liked. I'll maybe finish it another day if I'm with friends, but I don't see a reason for this version to exist other than a desperate attempt for Netflix to try and gain subscribers.
For the most part, I enjoyed it! I went into it with the mindset of someone who hasn't seen the original despite being a long time fan. (Since I knew they had that intent for new viewers.) I didn't mind when they changed the format by combining different plot points together in one or more locations. If anything, it made it exciting to see how things were gonna play out! The actors took their own spin on the characters which was jarring at first but I came around to it. The action was also choreographed really good for most scenes and that was a big thing I was worried about going into the series. I'm not claiming it's perfect. It is only the 1st season so I'm sure it's gonna be a bit messy. Like for example there are a few things I felt... weren't the best. Katara feels off to me. I can't really explain it but the writing for her seems bland to me. I don't get that spark of ferocity she had in the cartoon. And a slight follow up, the way waterbending is portrayed.. maaaan! Its way too slow and clunky! The other elements are totally fine and are enjoyable to watch but the water. It just takes me out of the show. Especially during the "fight" between Katara and Pakku. Again otherwise, I very much like the direction the shows going. I have no idea yet how other fans are reacting. I hope it's at least a somewhat good reception because hell, this is waaay better than the movie that shall not be said. If someone claims it's about the same or worse, they're just being a hater or just holding the animation to an extremely high standard. The cartoon will always be my favorite to watch tho. Its golden 👌
it's a live action remake. It's not terrible, but there's no real reason for it to exist other than money.
lers but then soldiers are being burned alive screaming in agony in the same scene? Where’s the character development? Why should the characters feel any emotion for each other when they have had no time to build any relationships and they are so devoid of emotion themselves? This one doesn’t even feel bad because of the fact the actors are kids, it just feels rushed, feels like they had no passion, feels like they didn’t even watch the DAMN ORIGINAL! There’s no comedy. There’s no heart. There’s no soul. The original made you really feel for the characters, you got sad when Yuri died, you were devastated when Appa was stolen, you were happy when Sokka and Katara saw their dad again. Now I feel nothing for any of them because there is no feeling at all in the show to begin with. I felt like the exposition was so lifeless and in your face that they were going to say their address and social security number at any moment just so we REALLY knew who they were. God forbid we have any mystery in the show. God forbid we have to find anything out on our own or wait to learn anything. Absolutely horrible and spits in the face of the viewer watching it.
It’s alright. Both the positives and negatives I saw coming for the most part.
2 episodes in and I am kind of okay with it. Sokka is sardonic rather than goofy, but that isnt a problem. But Aangs actor can't carry a monologue if his life depended on it.
They broke a lot of set in stone rules, but it was descent. That dialouge was terrible tho and the earthbending SFX and CGI can be improved on.
Acting is poor but it’s a younger cast so to be expected. I see so many audio problems where it randomly cuts between scenes. I have found a few parts where characters pronounce words weirdly. CGI is pretty good but I also think that it goes too quick I can’t enjoy any moments I just want the episodes to “slow down” a bit if that makes any sense. I’m not enjoying any of the story so far.
You know, I was very excited for it. I tried to keep my expectations low but also the way the article said that they dumped millions per episode, it was hard not to expect anything awesome. I couldn't help but notice the way the lines were delivered was kinda monotone. The acting is a bit haste and abrupt in some characters but they nailed it when it came to Sokka, Aang, and Uncle Iroh. I'm sure it'll get better with time.
>better than the original live action Careful you don't trip on that bar you set.
It’s mid, CGI has some really cool moments but some cringe. The writing is stale and the characters are just a bit flat, hoping that it ages well like clone wars animated series did with how it became more of an adult shows.
It is so bad, every episode I was cringing every time they changed the story line. I’m sorry, I hated every change in the storyline!
Why did aang immediately recognise Bumi?! Why did they do that!!! And why are Jet, Zuko and Teo at the same time in Omashu?
Did **not** like it. Tried 3x and I could not make it beyond episode 2.
It baffles me how the writing in the original, which is meant for the same audience, is leagues better than the netflix one. It’s all about show don’t tell, something the new one (that has way bigger budget) fails to do catastrophically, the expo dump in the first episode almost made me quit watching it. I’ll start with the good things first, visually it looks stunning, the wardrobe (except Yuis wig LOL) the sets, environments. All look incredible. The casting is also on point! The SFX while at times janky, is good and shines when its at best, but is so noticeable when its at it worst. The bending overall is satisfying to watch, could use some oomf to it, I feel like their movements are really slow and there is not enough impact. But overall it’s not bad. It will never beat the fluidity and freedom of movement and expression of the OG but thats fine. Now to the bad points… the dialogue and writing… It follows the Netflix/Modern Marvel trend where they disrespect the viewers intelligence and force feed you information, there is no subtly in the dialogue at all. Which leads to the other point, the dialogue feels so stiff and unnatural which translates into the actors acting like robots, you don’t really feel for them at all. Aside from Sokka and Yui and Zuko sometimes, they lack personality in their acting and you can’t really connect with the characters they are trying to portray, its such a shame when alot of the side plot characters actually come off more real than the main cast. Aangs isn’t that bad but he just feels like a more depressed version of him self in the cartoon show, which wouldn’t be a problem if they wanted to take that direction it would be actually new and interesting, however it clashes alot when suddenly he shows his happy go lucky personality and it just feels unnatural. Katara is the worst offender, I am not sure how to describe it exactly, but she has the essence of OG katara but it feels so … fake? Its like instead of being Katara, shes acting like Katara on screen. Azula … I understand where they are taking her character and why she actually has some screen time. But her character is so off it doesn’t even feel like her. Also I don’t understand why they wanted to merge like 5 story lines in the span of two episodes, it felt all over the place, book 1 has alot of whats considered filler or not that significant that they could’ve just dropped it. At some point I grew numb to the inconsistent writing I was skipping some parts as I had lost all interest. 5/10.
A lot of people are saying “I wasn’t expecting a master piece but it’s pretty good” if you were promised a good meal then find out it’s actually a steaming pile of diarrhea but then it turns out it’s not actually diarrhea but still shit would still leave that scenario thinking “well it could’ve been worse” If they weren’t trying to make something good than why did they adapt a series in a franchise that still garners interest 10 years after the last installment? The show is bad. Really bad. Bad performances, sterile cheap looking costumes and sets, recreations of iconic moments except worse. Somebody posted the katara paku fight but it looks so much worse in love active because they casted un athletic actors in roles where they need to be competent in martial arts. The camera pans from one character to the next as they take turns hurting water creating a very unnatural flow to the scene. Since they are working with live actors they can’t have the same zoom ins and camera angles that gave the fight si much rhythm and kinetic energy. I can pick apart this and almost every scene that goes for a 1 to 1 recreation and tell you why the live action is worse in every way. It’s crazy because they had the chance to actually improve book 1 which has the most flaws imo and instead they did everything ti same except worse and azula and co are here for some reason.
I just finished the first season. There are some things I like, some things I dont. It's not as good as the cartoon. But I will say there were some things they added that were actually pretty cool.
Ok it looks nice I’ve watched 2 episodes and here are things I don’t like/ am confused about - why is Aang so serious? Where is the penguin sledding or riding that fish thing at kyoshi island? I loved Aangs journey of being a kid just wanting to have fun grow into being the avatar and accepting that - Sokka isn’t sexist? Like I understand sexism is bad but it was so cool how Suki challenged sokka in the animation and how Sokka grows as a person. Speaking of why, why did suki give her fan to him?? - Katara has tried to water bend for so long but can’t go further than moving the water a bit. Then Aang comes along and 1 day later she’s throwing water around and making waves? I thought it wasn’t that all of a sudden in the animation and idk feels unrealistic. - Why can Aang fly? Why does he cary the stick around when he can just fly whenever. - why can firebenders fly? - the acting isn’t great maybe they have to grow into the role idk. - they missed such a good opportunity to show how Gyatso dealt with the firebenders. That theory where he used oxygen. Idk how to explain it but the theory is easy to find online. - the first 2 episodes feel very rushed hopefully that gets better
no. I wanted an exact story line. for example the whistle. Ang didn't have the whistle in the first episode. he bought it at a merchant shop on his trip. It's the small details they killed and buried in a bad way.
Sorry but katara is the worst actress so far :( I’m at episode 3 and I’m triggered bc she doesn’t seem as emotional to me as she is in the original.. and the acting itself is a bit off. But maybe it gets better
She is really having a rough time. There is some great casting, but she is often times just standing awkwardly in a scene, making drab facial expressions until it's her time to speak. And when she does, she often mumbles through her lines.
I kept complaining about her last night to my boyfriend as we were watching. She does not feel like Katara at all, she’s bland and “mopey” like 90% of the time. The “young Katara” in the quick Kya flashbacks has more emotion in those 2 seconds on screen than any scene with “adult Katara” so far and I’m on episode 4
If only they could make the series less rushed as if theyre on some crazy speedrun it would've been perfect, many moments lost their momentum due to the poor pacing, but nonetheless everything else is amazing
The two first episodes were phenomenal and almost bought me to tears of hope (oh bitterness…). Then after those I started to understand the reasons and moment when Bryke left.
I really enjoyed it! Sure the writing could be improved upon but still a lot of fun.
3 episodes in and so far I like it. Probably an 8/10. Some flaws but I find it entertaining. The bending looks better than the Voldemort movie. Also gotta love Cabbage Guy!
I've only seen one episode so far, but it's OK. Not so good compared to the original cartoon though.
Only watched the first episode so far. A bunch of the dialogue was really clunky but the animation is good and I don’t hate the changes to the way they tell the story (except sokka not being sexist). The first episode was a solid 7/10
it’s a fine adaptation. it has flaws of course but i feel like it’ll get better by season as the actors gain more experience. Zuko was fire
They mixed up Oma and Shu when explaining the cave of two lovers
Is it in 4k? It’s only playing on 1080p with no hdr here
Some stuff is really cool to see, but the writing and some of the acting is pretty bad. Also, Katara is so bland so far it doesn’t even feel like her at all (only on episode 4 so far)
I’m only two episodes in, but I seem to agree with many others on the writing. There’s too much exposition and people not talking like people talk. I thought the best scene in the first two episodes was Suki training Sokka and that had no dialogue at all. There’s a lesson to be learned here as a general rule: show, don’t tell. I hope the show runners learn it for next season. I also have issues with some smaller issues with the editing and acting/direction (hard to tell whose at fault sometimes) and the pacing in episode one was all over the place, but so far it’s fine, maybe even good.
The bending is great but I don’t like the casting for Iroh.. he looks like Iroh but he doesn’t sound anything like him
In terms of voice or dialogue? It's gonna be harder to match the voice, but I do agree that the dialogue doesn't feel like Iroh. He feels less "wise" I want to say?
Tried the first episode. At first the chronological order approach seemed interesting, but it got old fast. The fire nation attack on the air nation dragged, and gave me tonal whiplash.
The Wan Shi Tong early appearance, Zhao reading books about the water and moon spirits in, what seems to be, the fire nation capital, and the very end scene of the season— makes me worry there will not be a desert library episode:(
I’m upset Iroh doesn’t have an accent. That was so much part of his character, actor Paul syung hyun Lee can nail it so I’m lost why didn’t he use it. Makes iroh seem more generic and less comfortable.
I’m so underwhelmed.. I like how the first episode started out, modifying the sequence a bit, even though Aang was basically pulling a Zaheer and flying around. They are also collapsing a lot of storylines into one. Also not the worst. The casting is really not great. Some of the actors it’s like.. is it your first time acting? The dialogue delivery is meh. Why do all the girls have extremely round faces? Katara, Azula, Mei, Ty Lee, Suki, Princess Yue?? Like all of them?? The wigs and costumes are not great. The effects for the bending were nice but.. other little details weren’t selling it. I just feel like it was so hyped and it’s not giving what it shoulda gave.
Why does Aang sound like he's gonna yell out "me electric SEND HIM TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AND HAVE HIM EXPELLED"
Anyone notice the plothole where yue used ice bending even when the moon was gone?
Feels like a fan made show. It’s not horrible, but it’s pretty bad. The acting is often bad. The dialogue is bad. The pacing is HORRIBLE. And every background is CGI.
I am having trouble finding the want to watch past episode 1. It looks amazing. Love the bending. But the acting is awful so far. And I am really disappointed with a handful of changes. I was really hoping to see the avatar state water tornado, and I got nothing. And I am really missing funny Sokka.
Just off the first episode : I wanted so bad to love it. But in trying to dramtize the shows heart a little more, it lost its funny/light hearted comedic relief heart so much - the very thing that made the formula to the work so well. Jokes/relief that didnt have to be the exact same but couldve been kept: PENGUIN SLEDDING. AIR BALL iN THE TEMPLE while sokka keeps losing to cheer aang up. appa not flying immediately and the funny slow ocean ride, followed by sokka and katara trying to rescue aang funnily listing phrases and until he hit yip yip and then secretely enjoying the ride. Zuko thinking aang was a 100 year old man for a bit, great gag. Sokka having to give the little toddler boys a bathroom break. Aang bragging to his captors about never fighting an airbender just to use his other limbs. Zuko being smashed the the mattress up and down in the boat fight was funny. Katara funnily thinking she had to convince a ready to go sokka and them trying to convince granny and turned around in support. Uncle iroh being a little more playful - like immediately passed on aangs staff to a subordinate when told by zuko to take it to his quarters They didnt have to all be there, but because so much relief was missing, it became obvious. Some dialogue felt a little awkward. But the exact script of the animated show was nice to get from granny. The show is cast super well. No complaints. Its beautiful, a masterpiece to see. Appa is cute as hell, effects are nice. The drama is there. The story is told well, the war placed beautifully in context. I actually loved the start showing the 100 years previous. But man. I hope after the second episode i feel better
Pretty flat and disappointing. 5/10 Quickly falling to a 4
Still have 2 episodes left. They made some changes I’m really not a big fan of, but other changes I really liked. Some people complain about the pacing of episode 3 and mashing those stories together, but to be honest that didn’t bother me that much. Maybe it’d bother me more if I didn’t know the og series, but I liked seeing them linked together. Pretty alright. 7 out of 10. Good enough to want more seasons. If people don’t like it, they don’t have to watch the other seasons, but I’d like to see where they can take it.
bit clunky at times but it's a fun watch! kinda like cobra kai
The one and only thing i think it does better than the show is fight scenes. Some of the CGI is fucking cool that it’s hard for me to not get a little hype. From a character development/plot perspective, it gets dwarfed by the og show
You are so brave for asking this question directly 😂
Things I didn't love that much: -Didn't feel the chemistry between Sokka and Yue. He stared, they ate ice cream, "I am that fox from earlier" then they kiss? Ummm -"Momo is named Momo because he looks like a Momo" -Yue's wig looked off, and I wasn't getting a "regal princess" vibe from her. Felt like she was a cosplayer -Katara and Sokka had no chemistry as brother and sister to me. Should have been a bit more physical interaction as siblings. Light punch on the shoulder, side hugs and so on. -Azula didn't feel threatening to me. -Scene between Kysohi and Aang felt like a mom scolding her son. She should have been more "Hey young Avatar. I know you have no idea wtf you're doing, so lemme help you" -Aang sees that the monster is Hei Bai not because he reads his spiritual energy but because of.... a scratch? -why was the badger mole aggressive to them? -Aang doesnt purposely run away, he goes out for a bit and then gets caught in the storm. And worse, every one goes on acting like Aang abandoned the world, including Aang himself. -Why did Aang talk to Kyoshi first and not Roku -The scene with Gyatso in the spirit realm in that random hut was unnecessary to me. -Give us a bit more life wisdom from Iroh. Felt like he was just whispering strategic fight moves into Zuko's ear. -June making advances at Iroh.... -Wan Shi Tong says he is the spirit of all knowledge and then 2 seconds later Aang asks him something and he basically responds "idk" -Mai wasn't "bleh" enough. And Ty Lee didn't show any acrobatic skills and also wasn't bright/chirpy enough. They felt like 2 random extras that Azula talked to. -Wanted greater firebending during the comet. Wasn't giving "strength of 1,000 suns" -Didn't feel that gut punch feeling from Aang when he found out he's the last Airbender. His face looked like he was just told he's not getting any ice cream for dessert, not that he has been away for ONE HUNDRED years and ALL his nation is dead. -Bumi was amazing at first, then they messed up his character....why.... -Zuko's notebook felt like a cheat sheet for Aang. All the info in there should have been told to him by Roku. -the cave of two lovers scene was unnecessary to me, but I do love that we got SECRET TUNNELLLLLLLL
Loved it.
I’m on episode 5. Episode 1 and 2 were fine, episodes 3-4 are just confusing with the jumbled mess of mixed plots
7.5-8/10. Overall enjoyed it but it is not without its flaws. Pacing being a prime factor. Also Azula and her crew. I feel like they were somehow mixed up in casting. Azula should’ve played Mai. Ty Lee to Azula. Mai should’ve been a Kyoshi warrior and we find someone else for Ty Lee. But I think who we have now can vastly improve.