The Last Airbender (2024 Series)

[NikaInParis]

A place to discuss, praise, shit on, and otherwise give our thoughts on the Live Action adaptation of Avatar The Last Airbender



My thoughts on the first two episodes:

I like:
The bending - overall really well done. Waterbending looks unimpactful so far tho.
The scenery - beautiful and I like that they expaned on it a bit, like Kyoshi's shrine in Episode 2
Prince Zuko - so far, from the og characters, I like his performance the most

What I dislike:
Changing story beats - I feel like Aang running away wasn't done well at all. Same for the Sokka-Katara dynamic - an unnecessary change to Sokka's character in particular that only takes away from what made him a fan favorite in the original series. Exposition Gran Gran was also done really bad, especially the way she revealed Aang was the Avatar.
Young actors - a lot of wooden acting. The way lines that are supposed to be impactful are delivered makes those scenes not weigh as much if at all (most Aang-Katara-Sokka scenes tbh)
Uncle Iroh buffoonery - Bruh, I know he's a goofball in the og, but saying "We're looking for maps to find shark squid" to Zhao is some D&D level writing. And I feel like his Jasmine Tea gag will be overdone to hell and back.


@RayanOO @Mr. Reloaded @Tyki_Mikk anyone else that might be interested

 

[Bisoromi Bear]

Should I watch it or not?🤔

 

[Uncle Van]

The creators of the show left the project because they didn't like what their show was being changed into. That's telling enough

 

[NikaInParis]

The creators of the show left the project because they didn't like what their show was being changed into. That's telling enough

They left because they wanted to change the story
I'm all for shitting on it if it's bad, but that has been debunked

 

[Nikuzi]

Not a fan at all. Thought it sucked. It doesn't suck as bad as the movie, but that bar is in hell, so whatever.

 

[NikaInParis]

Not a fan at all. Thought it sucked. It doesn't suck as bad as the movie, but that bar is in hell, so whatever.

It's that bad past episode 2?
I'll push through till Roku at least (should be in the next two ig)

 

[Nikuzi]

It's that bad past episode 2?
I'll push through till Roku at least (should be in the next two ig)

I didnt watch the whole show, but I checked out after episode 4

did not like the changes to the plot and character interactions and bumi took me out of it completely

said nope and dropped it lmfao

 

[NikaInParis]

I didnt watch the whole show, but I checked out after episode 4

did not like the changes to the plot and character interactions and bumi took me out of it completely

said nope and dropped it lmfao

Fair enough

 

[Bisoromi Bear]

I didnt watch the whole show, but I checked out after episode 4

did not like the changes to the plot and character interactions and bumi took me out of it completely

said nope and dropped it lmfao

Is the music good at least?

 

[Nikuzi]

Is the music good at least?

eh

I like the cartoon's music more, but it wasn't bad. A little generic though.

 

[Bisoromi Bear]

eh

I like the cartoon's music more, but it wasn't bad. A little generic though.

A part of me wants to watch it just so I am competent enough to talk shit about it 🤔

 

[RobertoTheOharaSurvivor]

lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooo

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1760719899385594225

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The creators of the show left the project because they didn't like what their show was being changed into. That's telling enough

worse is that they left halfway through the production of the live action, and all of the interviews coming out the last week basically implying that the core of what ATLA successful was going to fundamentally changed

 

[Yoho]

lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooo

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1760719899385594225

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worse is that they left halfway through the production of the live action, and all of the interviews coming out the last week basically implying that the core of what ATLA successful was going to fundamentally changed

Bland visuals? The visuals look honestly amazing but they are right about the writing they are skipping arcs or rearranging key moments etc etc

 

[Yoho]

Just finished binging and here's my final verdict

The best aspect of this series is the visuals the affects and custome designs are perfect where it fails is

The choreography is sluggish usually when a series is set to have hand to hand combat the actors go through months of combat training to prepare for the role this felt like they just saw a technique and tried it out right before filming

Another thing that I don't like an keeps the series from reaching a 7 is how they either change, rearrange or straight up delete arcs from the original series

Overall it's Decent and I'd recommend watching it but it has no rewatch value imo

Final score 6.5/10

 

[NikaInParis]

Episode 3:
Liked:
Omashu looks great, as does Jet


Disliked:
The Mechanist plotline was something I disliked even in the animated show, and here it's even more annyoing and disjointed. Why combine it with Omashu?
Zuko and Zhao working together? What?
On the topic of Zhao, I don't feel his actor at all.
The mechanist just being a traitor out in the open, and the subsequent chase scene are reaaaaaalllyyyy bad. Good Lord lmaoo
The fight coreography so far was a let down

What a mess of a storyline, 2-3710 is generous for this episode

 

[RobertoTheOharaSurvivor]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1760799859156918387

 

[Natalija]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/ente...he-last-airbender-review-netflix/72657660007/

 

[Bepo]

Why can't they just let this series for what it is already?

 

[NikaInParis]

Why can't they just let this series for what it is already?

Money

 

[Bisoromi Bear]

Just checked out the music they have on the official Netflix channel. It's pretty generic, flat and uneventful, I can tell the people who worked on this didn't feel it. The best one is the end credits because they just rerecorded the cartoon version with minor changes.