Meh. I’m enjoying it. It’s extremely similar to the show, and they’re really try to adopt a lot of the same jokes, scenes, and concepts from the cartoons.
I mean it’s a kids show, a kid will absolutely love this. If you go into it expecting Avatar for adults you’re going to be a bit let down.
I think this is why I take issue with these attempts at remaking the show. Even if it was a completely perfect recreation of the original, then why make it? I’d much rather see a different angle, something new. We already have so much substance in the original that trying to adapt it doesn’t make sense to me.
I always ask myself what a reboot is adding. And there’s just not a lot to add to Aang’s story that wasn’t already very well said in the original series.
I think aiming for something that’s just in the same universe could work really well, though. Maybe a focus on the other nations? Or follow one of the minor character paths that briefly cross with Aang? But trying to bring characters that we all know deeply and have a very specific expectation of just has such a low chance of hitting right that it baffles me they’ve tried twice now.
It would have been awesome to see this show as not focusing on Aang. You could follow the Kyoshi warriors, perhaps, and then some episodes might include crazy moments seemingly out of nowhere where Aang goes into the avatar state at the other end of a scene or city.
You say it’s a kids show but i felt like the fight/war scenes were much more violent and graphic in the live action version. Like there’s a bunch of times where you just watch people burn to death. I enjoyed the adaptation but one of my complaints wild definitely be that they didn’t stick with one tone.
Meh. I’m enjoying it. It’s extremely similar to the show, and they’re really try to adopt a lot of the same jokes, scenes, and concepts from the cartoons.
I mean it’s a kids show, a kid will absolutely love this. If you go into it expecting Avatar for adults you’re going to be a bit let down.
I think this is why I take issue with these attempts at remaking the show. Even if it was a completely perfect recreation of the original, then why make it? I’d much rather see a different angle, something new. We already have so much substance in the original that trying to adapt it doesn’t make sense to me.
I always ask myself what a reboot is adding. And there’s just not a lot to add to Aang’s story that wasn’t already very well said in the original series.
I think aiming for something that’s just in the same universe could work really well, though. Maybe a focus on the other nations? Or follow one of the minor character paths that briefly cross with Aang? But trying to bring characters that we all know deeply and have a very specific expectation of just has such a low chance of hitting right that it baffles me they’ve tried twice now.
6 part docu-series about Omashu cabbage man and how Team Avatar has ruined his business
Cabbage seller spinoff!
It would have been awesome to see this show as not focusing on Aang. You could follow the Kyoshi warriors, perhaps, and then some episodes might include crazy moments seemingly out of nowhere where Aang goes into the avatar state at the other end of a scene or city.
That would have been AMAZING.
You say it’s a kids show but i felt like the fight/war scenes were much more violent and graphic in the live action version. Like there’s a bunch of times where you just watch people burn to death. I enjoyed the adaptation but one of my complaints wild definitely be that they didn’t stick with one tone.
Because now every show-runner wants their show to be the next Game of Thrones. But they don’t understand what made GoT work.
Yeah, I’ll give you that one. It’s definitely a bit more graphic.
Yeah, the guy being burned alive in the first few minutes was way more graphic than anything in the original show.