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@Sharpester

4 ай бұрын

I really respect your willingness to accept the changes necessary to compress 20+ episodes into 8. A lot of reactors are upset that certain storylines aren't stretched out or included at all, not really looking at the bigger picture. You seem to have a very open mind when it comes to this, and we all appreciate it.

Zuko getting respect from the 41st was so moving. And I actually like the change of him actually fighting back but hesitating to actual injure his father because of his natural compassion. I think it adds extra weight to his lines about compassion being weakness and why he’s internalized that so much.

@justlivinglife1167

3 ай бұрын

Same, i completely agree especially with that last part. You can tell that's been hovering over his head all those years. I know some people didn't like it because the original way seemed sadder but I feel like the angle they went at here fits this particular take better imo. Because of two things: one in this series like you said, they're highlighting even more the fact that zuko has a naturally compassionate nature and yet simply wants to be the son his father wants (which is the complete opposite of what he is deep down, so those two things are in constant conflict)

@justlivinglife1167

3 ай бұрын

And two: because unlike the original, ozai isn't JUST supposed to be a one-dimensional megalomaniac who's crazy for power and hates his son. Instead they gave him just a bit~ more depth, in the fact that he genuinely wants zuko to become stronger (at first anyway). Maybe not for the right reasons but nonetheless because of that it makes the moment of him purposefully scarring him after he showed compassion even more impactful. Because you can see in his eyes he doesn't enjoy it but thinks he "has" to for zukos own good🙁

AHAAA I KNEW IT PEOPLE ARE JUST TOO QUICK TO JUDGE the series is good yall please trust

@Corey313

4 ай бұрын

That's what I'm saying. It's good I love how they did this Frfr 💯

@tajaemartin2251

4 ай бұрын

Its trash

@LouisLirio

4 ай бұрын

@@tajaemartin2251… hmm yeah I doubt you can do better tho

@terogates1

4 ай бұрын

Most of it is really good, I’m still processing a couple things from the last 2 episodes though there is one scene I’d dare say was done better than the animation, but there is a couple changes that just irk me reaaaallly bad and felt unecessary, ( I also can’t believe I caught myself saying yay to a certain character) Overall though I agree people were too quick to judge, I need some time to sit with it before I decided. Currently sitting at a 7/10 for this fan!

@askyeyv7039

4 ай бұрын

@@tajaemartin2251 S1 of cartoon is also trash compared to the other 6 seasons of the avatar. Im confident enough s2 live action is gonna be much better than s1, just like the cartoon

I love this little detail when Kataras mom did a hand movement to pretend she was a water bender it made me so emotional 😭😭 9:32

@Corey313

4 ай бұрын

Yeah that was pretty dark to actually see what happened to her mom.

@thecoolcamkid

4 ай бұрын

nj should add avitar chars

@Youre.mom_

4 ай бұрын

@@thecoolcamkid no 💀 it’s a marvel game😭

@thecoolcamkid

4 ай бұрын

they added audrey i have hope😡😡@@Youre.mom_

I know they don’t say this, but I don’t think it’s a stretch to imagine that the 41st were bewildered about being taken out of the war to effectively babysit the prince, in exile. I imagine they’ve never shown Zuko this respect, and we know Zuko is a stickler for the rules. I imagine the injured pride on both sides, the soldiers and the prince. I can imagine they largely behaved out of respect for Iroh.

YES!!!, Arden Cho (June) plays Kira Yukimura in Teen Wolf, finally someone remembers her and curious fact, Tamlyn Tomita (Suki's mother) plays Noshiko Yukimura, Kira's mother🤭🤭🤭🤭

@hadjabebe6048

Ай бұрын

Yes I remembered them cuz I recently binged it again this week

Koh is the stuff of nightmares and the fact that they actually got him in live action just brought back the childhood trauma!😨

The mother of faces is in the book where zuko finds out about his mom. If you’re a superfan of the show like we both are you’d love them

“We’re still capturing you babes” took me tf out😂😂😂 love your commentary it’s like we’re watching it together but I be yelling “IKR” like you can hear me 😂😂

Literally every reaction I've seen of episodes 4-6 have been people loving it. And it's exactly how I felt while watching it too. Not sure where all the hate on Twitter seems to be coming from.

@timkruse9912

4 ай бұрын

twitter is a cesspool, none of that hate is real lol

Yeah I think so too! Ozai puts his children against each other. He tries to make her feel inadequate. THAT SNILE HE GAVE THO!😯 Both of them have gone through different types of child abuse. Mainly emotional (Zulu scar = physical) Hopefully we also see how this may push her to obtain absolute power & control (I.e BLUE FIRE!)

@jager3090

4 ай бұрын

The first time we see Azula firebend, if you pay close attention (maybe slow down the video too), there's a quick flash of blue.

Zuko and Uncle's interaction when June is around is hilarious lol

THE WAY I WAS SOBBING AT THE ZUKO SCENE GIRLLLL

For what I understand, I think the gender flipping of the relationships (Sokka - Suki, Iroh - June) were attempts by the creators (for better or worse) to downplay specific negative traits about the characters we're supposed to root for - namely, Sokka's initial sexism and the interaction between Iroh and June basically being a "dirty old man" stereotype - to be something more currently socially acceptable and palatable.

@jimmytollett7465

4 ай бұрын

irohs comments to june really feel out of character in the original show to me

@elisitbon4672

3 ай бұрын

Yeah we wouldn’t want sokka learning a good lesson, it might make him look bad to not start off perfect. Isn’t it better to teach children not to be sexist than to leave the topic alone? Although I do agree about the Iroh stuff bc there was no lesson there.

@evilwelshman

3 ай бұрын

​@@elisitbon4672 But.... the live-action adaptation seems definitely not meant for children? I guess the way the topic was covered via Sokka was thus too ham-fisted for the live-action's target audience. Instead, the the theme was broadened out (or watered down, depending on your take on it) to be more about not being pigeonholed by society's roles and expectations of you. Instead, they kept the sexism aspect confined to the Northern Water Tribe, and personified through Pakku. This helps prevent retreading the exact same themes (which is especially important for the live-action adaptation given its lower episode count and binge-watching format). Otherwise, what it then creates is the image that the Water Tribes as a nation is sexist, as opposed to just the Northern Water Tribe being the ones who are backwards thinking.

Like in the swamp episode, Kotara think she sees her mother, but at this point Sokka had already met Princess yue and he was seeing her. Also aang saw toph in the swamp, but we haven’t been introduced to her character here or as of yet. Hakoda never doubted sokka in the animated series. Knowing that he does doubt him as a warrior, this may make Sokka lean more into his engineer side.

One other aspect of Aang's survivor's guilt is if he'd died as well then the world would not have suffered without an Avatar for the past 100 years.

i really like the additional context of who zuko's crew are, partly because of they make more series its a fun new element to play around with.

One thing I actually like more in the live series is the greater time spent exploring Ozai's interactions and behavior. In the animated series, I always felt Ozai was too much of a capering bad guy. We never saw much of him at all, even toward the end. I wanted to see more of why he did what he did... not to excuse it, but just so he was more of a living, breathing character. In the OG, he's just shitty to Zuko and there's not a lot of scenes outlining anything. Here, though... we see the rationale and the dimension of an abuser. That he has a logic and internal mechanism for his terrible behavior. I like that.

I definitely just assumed they thought it might be weird iroh as old as he is hitting on June but that is a fair question

I’m so glad you’re enjoying the show more and more, and I was tearing up right with you 😭I can’t wait for your reaction to the finale!!! 💖

Awww I think the gender role switch was interesting actually and not at all demeaning to the female characters. I think the show makes them confident. And Suki just had an innocent crush…that was her way of flirting and it makes sense for her character as being a curious confident, but also ignorant. As she said in Kyioshi they don’t go out much😅 Suki and June are still very badass

Bring on season 2 damn it 😤😤😤😤🤩🤩🤩😫😫😫😫

I like how Koh was more of the villain of this adaptation of Book 1's Spirit World episode

Zuko got the shit end of the stick no doubt. Azula most definitely got some abuse as well, but Zuko had it way worse.

@izziehw

4 ай бұрын

My father says azula is lucky he says I was lucky to be born

16:34 My microwave exists to reheat my tea... so I feel you hahaha Speaking of, I need another cup of tea >.>

I love this series it’s really good but omg Koh is so much more freaking creepy in this version

yes that's Arden cho from teen wolf

we NEED your positive critique review and rating on IMDB! CONVINCE THESE PEOPLE TO FINANCE A SECOND SEASON!

Haha.17:20 The comment about the girl changes. That's right ladies! Be a Suki or a June. Shoot yo shots!! Us guys don't mind lol

Koh no bullshit is the thing of nightmares. I kinda like that they blended the elements of all the spirit world episodes. They mixed the library with the owl spirit wan shit tong he who knows 10,000 things with the swamp mix that with hei bai the forest spirit. And also the fox spirits who were with wan shi tong. Only this time it’s more of an ice fox where as the foxes with wan shi tong in the cartoon were from the desert.

@curlyxcoco

4 ай бұрын

wan shi tong was OLDY there for fanservice (which idc about) and the fox yue thing has little to do with the foxy knowledge seekers. its something they added for fun. assume. they made koh a villain (as in he didnt help aang at all) and that led to the only reason they went to roku being to get help to fight koh.. the swamp thing was ruined because i still dont even know if thats what they were going for because if so (they revealed the technique of being able to live in the spirit world after “death” early OR they really just let Gyatso vanish if it wasnt an illusion) also hei bai they just forgot about (poor hei bai) we didnt get to see him go in peace

Iroh was a bit weird with June in the OG series, so I'm glad they went with this reverse approach. Less creepy.

It's funny. I was so opposed to Netflix making this. Especially after that synopsis they released placing it in our world and making them high school kids. And then when DiMartino and Konietzko said fuck this there was no way I was ever going to change my mind about it. But I'm in love with this and personally I think Nickelodeon had a lot to do with this being good and not Netflix. I have to admit it's making me seriously angry all the usual suspects hating on it. The negativity on KZread is so forced and dishonest. This is an amazing adaptation. It will never get me to go back to Netflix but it deserves praise. Especially after that mess M Night put out.

I noticed the roles switched too with June and earlier with Suki. I think... there's an undertone there, which I think is unnecessary, but it wasn't too disturbing 😅 I think they are all quite sweet, either way :)

Good take on the Azula & Ozai scene. I think that the whole take of "Ozai would never praise Zuko even if it was to manipulate Azula" isn't true at all. He's always pitted the two against eachother through manipulation & its his way of abusing them in the name of "improvement & competition" & you can clearly see that here with that scene -> which leads to Azula's perfectionist trait - If you ask me, the building blocks they have going for Azula's (& even Ozai's) character in this to lead them to how we see them in Season 2 & 3 of the animated series is really great. I look forward to a season 2.

I have to say love your passion and expressions during the reactions and looking beautiful each time.

SUKIS MOM AT KIOSHI ISLAND IS KIRAS MOM ON TEEN WOLF!!! 😂

Twitter (Sucks) you can get in a lot of trouble with Twitter (that is why I don't use it anymore) thank you for all of your Avatar reactions ❤❤

It gets better and better

This guy plays zhao more subtle and not so angrily and aggressive. By this time, Zuko and zhao had already had their Angi Kai. With Dia not being so over-the-top I doubt that we will get his connection jeong jeong when aang first tries to learn fire bending. This also has elements of the storm episode where the crew learns the backstory about Zuko.

Props. Because in the beginning you were really skeptical. But you just stuck with it and gave it a fair shot. I didnt watch the Cartoon so of course u like it. 😂🤣

i think episode 6 was my favorite episode!! i honestly had no complains about it

Koh literally freaked me out

Awesome reaction of my favorite episode of Avatar The Last Airbender!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

I love your reaction & i love this show.

Yo this fit.......fire🔥

Blue spirit baby!!!!

I’m right there with you

Pinoy acting lead, Pinay reactor ✊️

@MonicaCatapusan

4 ай бұрын

🇵🇭💪🏼

The show overral has been fine but i wish they kept the parallels that were presented in the blue spirit epsiode with aang's and zuko's flashbacks and the talk they have when aang learns the blue spirit is zuko felt like a bit much, and splitting it into two moments felt odd the original scene is soooo good maybe I'm a purist ig

Besides she's not flirting she's She's teasing the old man that's the difference

17'47 They cut out all the sexism. And found a weird trade

Aang having next to no spiritual knowledge in the OG never made sense to me, as an airbender that is

You should watch Marvel agents of shield

Wait!!! What happened with your tea?!? (Cliffhanger...)

@MonicaCatapusan

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 I warmed it up. It was not as good as I was anticipating. Disappointed, I threw it out and made a new one lmaoo

Just don't get caught heating your tea in public.

for the record i don't know how famillar you are with teen wolf but trust me azula would not get along with the main characters mother on teen wolf at all

... what's wrong with the Women swooning over the guys?? 🧐

@MonicaCatapusan

4 ай бұрын

Generally speaking, nothing. But it’s out of character for these characters in particular… I didn’t say anything about Katara swooning over Jet because that’s exactly how she’s supposed to act towards him. But Suki and June aren’t like that.

God's not dead

as a fan,of the og series, your overly critical of the show, live action is suppose to have its own identity, as long as the stories are consistent and make sense, its ok,