The Netflix live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender seems to completely misunderstand the themes of the original animated series. ✔ SUPPORT ✔▶Pa...

Didn’t watch it yet, as I’m only 2 episodes in and Idon’t want to taint my first view too much.

But from what I’ve seen of the show, I understand how they reach this conclusion. And Jessie Gender usually has quite a good grasp on these things.

Edit: Kind reminder that this post is for sharing/discussing the video, not for dunking on the Netflix adaptation.

Edit2: Watched it now. Spoilers for the first 2 episodes and light spoilers for the rest of the live action show, season 1.

    • novibeEnglish
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      9 months ago

      All I ever wanted was to see the grown-up Gaang… And we’re getting that! As an animated movie!

      Like THAT is what the people want!!

      • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
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        9 months ago

        I kind of wanted Ang to be chill for the rest of his days cause I felt like he earned it but we all know that’s not what happened. Maybe even slice of life epilogue we got in lord of the rings.

        Lol but I want to see more avatars. Like there’s got to be 50 at least with no impact to orignal story.

        • novibeEnglish
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          9 months ago

          Ah yeah I’d love to see more avatars, in different time periods.

          I know we all dislike Legend of Korra, and most people dislike this specific episode, but I love the avatar Wan storyline. It wasn’t perfect, but I loved the idea of “ancient history” for the world of Avatar.

          For the Gaang… I see the end of the show as the beginning of reconstruction. And I’d love to see what Sokka and Zuko in particular were up-to during that. They seem to have been incredibly important, and with good reason right? That’s a story I’m interested in.

          Rebuilding a connected world after the Fire Nation empire fell.

          • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            I sometimes wonder if I should rewatch Korra now that I’m older a see if maybe I judged it too harshly. I rewatched last air bender and it was just better. I actually thought Wan got shafted. There was alot of potential there for content. Like it’s the spirit realm, it’s almost limitless potential.

            I can see where you are going but I would imagine it would feel very different than the orignal show.

            • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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              8 months ago

              Late reply, but you should.

              I like Korra better. I think most people dislike it just because they immediately watch it after ATLA, which is unfortunate.

              Another aspect that’s underappreciated is the sheer number of parallels/connections between the shows. After poking through this for awhile (then recognizing it in a rewatch), the two shows feels more like a cohesive whole… 2 cycles of the Avatar. The sheer number of callbacks that must be intentional are mind-boggling.

              https://avatarparallels.tumblr.com/tagged/both/page/169

          • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netOP
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            9 months ago

            For the Gaang… I see the end of the show as the beginning of reconstruction. And I’d love to see what Sokka and Zuko in particular were up-to during that. They seem to have been incredibly important, and with good reason right? That’s a story I’m interested in.

            You should read the comics.