re: Avatar: The Last Airbender | Live Action Discussion Thread |

Rewatched and I think I can now list some pros and cons

Pros:

Brutality knocked up a major notch, fire benders are especially brutal and the Airbender genocide was a rough watch but really set the tone for the show

The bending had some rough parts but overall it was done extremely well especially once again the fire bending a massive step up from the M Night movie

The dynamic between Zuko and Iroh is about as perfect as I could ask for not going to post spoilers but man I can’t wait for certain scenes in season two especially that big one

Also the story behind the 41st Division was really well done connecting them to Zuko’s scaring and banishment really helped humanize both Zuko and his crew

I know some people didn’t like the change to Bumi but I actually really liked it. It makes sense that some of Aang’s closest friends would feel resentment towards him considering all they went through

The creature designs are really top notch and were one of my biggest concerns here, budget was not wasted

Speaking of which Koh was pretty awesome and I’m glad they didn’t mess him up, he only plays a small part but he definitely needed to come off as imposing which he did

Sokka is probably my favorite outside of Zuko and Iroh. Dude is hilarious and definitely has that need to be the a warrior and leader like the OG Sokka.

One my favorite scenes was actually Sokka and the Mechanist because it really showcased Sokka’s intelligence as well as his thirst for knowledge and inventing

Zaho is one of the instances where the live action out performed the original. I liked him in the original show but he seemed to have more character in this version

Cons:

Aang and Katara’s acting lot a good bit to be desired. While the kid who played Aang got better as the show went on, Katara remained somewhat iffy hoping she gets better as she gets older and more experienced

Was not a fan of how they handled Aang finding out about the genocide. He kind of just accepts it then goes ballistic at the air temple in the OG show he was in denial until he saw the skeletons wish they kept it the same there

The pacing is weird and off at times, felt like the show would have benefited from one or two more episodes, maybe give more time for the gang to just be kids for a bit also Momo and Appa were hardly in it. Love the first season but the pacing had to improve maybe make it 10 episodes because the Ba Sing Se arc is critically important


I did like Azula and understood the importance of having her show up early, but Mai and Ty Lee didn’t need to be in here this soon. They literally just stood around while Azula trained.

Speaking of which the fighting between benders was fun to watch but there’s going to be a lot of non benders fighting so the fight choreography is going to have to be done to near perfection especially when you have Ty Lee taking out an army of Earth Benders

I also felt like we needed more Katara training with Aang or Paku because up until then we hadn’t really seen her be impressive with her bending