So, yeah, it’s good. I mean, it’s going to be different from the animated AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER, but the first episode was a lot of fun. The kid they got playing Sokka is particularly good, especially when he screams*.
I’ll be watching the other episodes when I need a break from something.
Moe Lane
*Uncle Iroh needs just a little bit of calibration; then again, I’ve only watched the first episode.
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:sigh: All right. Let’s take a look at this sonuvagun.
…huh. Odd. It maybe… doesn’t suck?
I am… guardedly hopeful. The live-action AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER is clearly meant to be multi-seasoned, because there is no Toph; and the Cabbage Merchant is both in the show, and voiced by the actor from the animated series. We’ll see how it goes.
I don’t hate them, but I’m not in love with the way they look, either.
Via @Strangeland_Elf. I should note: ‘not in love with the way they look’ is still better than ‘Dear God, what is that thing‘ – and the latter is currently the baseline for a live-action Avatar flick. I can’t quite blame Hollywood for collectively wanting a do-over on this IP. If I was in their position, I would feel the same way.
As I said on Twitter: I’ll allow it. I’d say that Iroh is an absolutely critical character to cast correctly, but that would imply that some of the characters in AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER are not absolutely critical. If we simply must have this show, then by God I want them sweating on who to pick for the Cabbages Guy…
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Honestly, it is probably a bad idea to try to make a live-action version of Avatar: The Last Airbender. And by that I don’t think there’s a movie studio out there that’s quite up to the job. But since Nickelodeon’s going to set up Avatar Studios to start with a new animated movie, well: the problem has largely now solved itself.
Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who were the original creators and executive producers of the shows, will lead the new studio as co-chief creative officers, months after the duo left Netflix’s planned Avatar: The Last Airbender film citing creative differences. In a statement to EW, DiMartino and Konietzko promised to expand the world of the original series in new and exciting ways.
Unless you watch whatever it is Netflix eventually coughs up. In that case, you may end up having a problem after all. An avoidable one, too.
