The HUGE Problem with Avatar live action

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The heart’s in the right place for the show but as Tenzin once said, “Are you rushing or are you dragging?” and they were somehow doing both.

I think they fundamentally failed to understand what made Koh so terrifying in the original. It’s not just his design, although that is creepy. It’s the slow buildup to his reveal, and the tension of knowing that if Aang shows any emotion, it’s all over. And Koh is constantly trying to startle Aang, get him to show an emotion so that he can steal his face. The suspense and atmosphere and stress of it makes it still creep me out to this day

Netflix tried its best to ruin The One Piece live action too. However, unlike the ATLA creators who just left due to creative differences, Oda had to put his foot down to make sure Netflix didn't f*ck up the soul of the anime.

For Zuko to have one of the best villain redemption arcs ever, he has to first be a villain. And this is something the Netflix series screwed up, because he is way too sympathetic, way too early. Even in Book 1, Zuko should be taking Iroh for granted. At this point he still has a lot to learn about their relationship, as he does everything else. It's not until Book 3 that he realizes what he's lost by his decisions, when Iroh stops talking to him. All because these creators already knew where they were going. Which is why saying "The best thing that Netflix has going for it... is that it can bank on its viewers already knowing the characters, their story, and where they ultimately end up" actually ended up being a detriment by the creators, because they lacked to tact to keep any intrigue or surprises about anything. The biggest problem with this live-action adaptation, is how obvious it is being about the story. "They have the knowledge of what happened prior and can weave that in a bit earlier so that things feel like they flow a bit better." Except they don't flow better. The most common criticism of the series is how clunky it is. Many of their changes, end up messing with the cause-and-effect aspects of the narrative that actually made the cartoon flow better.

They removed character traits and major plots that gave the original its heart. You can have a flashy show but no one who has watched the original would agree that it’s anywhere as deep cause they changed too much for no good reason. There was no reason to change so much and demand fans to love it if they weren’t going to respect the original story and morals 3:16

This is why Avatar: The Last Airbender should stay as an Animated cartoon and NOT be made Live Action!

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In my opinion Avatar The Last Airbender worked because it never aged. I watched it for the first time when I was 22. 4 years after I became an adult and I enjoyed kids show that was more mature than most mature shows today. Characters actually learn something. In the same I fell in love in this simple, sometimes stupid humor remainding me that when it came out it was made for kids. I still remember show pretty well (Toph and her sarcasm jokes takes most of my memory space xD). I feel like netflix wanted to do mature show, forgetting that people didn'f fell in love in the oryginal show because of seriusness and flashy fight scenes.

One piece can fit about 44 episodes into 8 episodes of Netflix.. So trying to fit 22 episodes into 8 episodes shouldn't be an excuse..

I feel like the live action is relying on our connection to the animation version of the characters instead of building a new connection and just trying to have cool visuals and fight scenes.

This show is an aggressive mixed bag. The highs of this show are very high. The 41st division change along with zuko and iroh scenes were rock solid. The lows though. They're low af. Whether it's dialogue that rivals the star wars prequels (saying that as someone who likes the prequels), exposition dumping galore, adapting certain aspects of the material very clumsily like the spirit world. I would give the show overall a 4.5/10. Better than the film but NOT better than the og. There's a bit of a gap there.

Avatar is a show about characters. The events only happens to allows the opportunities for the characters to grow, so as important as the stakes seems to be, focus should be on getting the characters right, first and foremost.

I think the good parts of the show is also a bad thing too. Like all the Zuko and Iroh stuff is too early for me. The mystery of Iroh’s backstory and why he’s so different than the other royal family is something that should be fleshed out a bit later on. I like Zuko too much already. Like he’s being shown this redemption a bit too early.

I knew it wouldn't be received well when I found out the og writers quit

I feel so bad for the cast in particular. You can even see in the promotional interviews and videos that they all have great personalities and taking the roles as seriously as they can. They're just dealing with absolutely terrible writing.

I'd rather have an Animated series after the Legend of Korra, rather a Live Action show.

At this point playing leaves on the vine is emotional manipulatiob

I disagree with your fire nation take, all the azula and ozai stuff is way too early and will hurt the pay offs later, same with iroh, his backstory should be slowly peeled away, this is too early and doesnt hit as hard

Thire costumes look unlived in