Why Fans are UPSET | Netflix 'Avatar the Last Airbender' SPOILER Review

I FIXED the first season ⬇️ https://youtu.be/J62OmnV3UkE

My issue is Azula. She was cold and ruthless and fearless in the original, but the live action makes her insecure, jealous, and immature, and the actress doesn't look the part or portray her well.

Aang goofing off and being fun is very important because it reminds the audience that he is a CHILD and this burden is on a child. So he can’t be expected to deal with everything as well as an adult would.

You can clearly see why the original creators left the Netflix project so early on.

I honestly loved the 41st battalion change that they made with Zuko.

It’s like a typical Netflix show where they change everything to appeal to an audience that doesn’t exist and give middle finger to already existing audience who was very excited for it .

this is how the gang felt when they were watching the play on ember island

The actress playing June, Arden Cho, would've made the perfect Azula if she were 10 years younger.

While you were talking about Katara I think you missed that she didn’t train at all! Pakku never trained her, they just suddenly and randomly called her master Katara and she suddenly new waterbending out of nowhere. It defeats the point of the show in that Aang who has his past lives can also just know the other elements without training as well. No need for toph and zuko in the future.

Bro sokka is one of the 3 main characters, wym it’s okay for his fundamental character arc to be gone? Wtf is he there for then

It just felt SO RUSHED. I don’t have time to even process any emotions they’re trying to hit. The animated series is filled with so many wise teachings too! But it’s so rushed in the netflix series that, even if they had a few lines that are wise……. I CAN’T HAVE A FEW SECONDS TO LET THAT SINK IN. UGHHHHHHH

Uncle Iroh not being his carefree and joyful self in the beginning takes away the impact of finding out he was powerful warlord. To know he became such a caring and gentle man after decades of being a feared warrior is powerful. Also seeing everyone respects him and don't get me started with the arc where he's trapped in prison. It proves that he is really that dude. The show watered everyone's character down

I went in with an open mindset. I can forgive the costumes, I can forgive the less-than ideal actor/actress choices that didnt feel right, I can forgive the story changes, I can forgive the world-lore changes (like airbending flying), I can forgive the few 3d effects that were bad. For me what made the original show soo good was rich, but subtle world building; character development; intricate and reasonable plotlines, deeper themes; and the ability to blend humor with profound emotion and action. With an honest open mind, I don't see the show delivering on any of these points. from soul-less world building, to exposition dumps, to complete disregard for the themes that setup key moments in the plot... so far this is a big miss for me. Imagine if this money was instead put into delivering us another animated series with the backing of the original creators. sigh

They made the mistake of thinking that adult oriented means grim, rather than intelligent. This ironically ends up painting a less emotionally heavy picture as when the goofy friendly kid is replaced with a focused and driven one you lose all the weight of him being genuinely conflicted about whether he can really hold on to those lighthearted values when the chips are down.

anyone that says they want their show to be like game of throwns should be immediately fired

The Ember Island Players adapted the story more respectfully than Netflix did.

Two misses in my opinion was not having an agni-ki between Zuko and Zhao towards the beginning which really set the tone between the two and just how strong Zuko was and their hatred for each other. The other was not having the Jeong Jeong experience on fire bending, I feel this was a big miss not only on his path of learning the elements but also why Aang is so hesitant to learn fire bending down the road. My biggest dislikes were vindictive, angry Bumi, Zuko & Zhao working together and thus far pretty much everything about Azula.

Its sad that so bad directors and writers worked with these awesome visual effects artists

At this point I won’t be surprised if Toph is deaf instead of blind and they meet her at an underground metal bending fighting ring

When the best thing about a story is 'the visuals' and not 'the story', you're already on the road for failure.