watching the airbenders be happy and celebratory knowing whats about to happen, i'm crying😭😭😭

@yourneighborhoodalien

5 ай бұрын

That scene broke me 😭😭😭😭

@OrangeCat_Roo

5 ай бұрын

No literally and seeing how scared the kids were 😭😭😭😭omg I was bawling

@Capsaysin

5 ай бұрын

@@OrangeCat_Rooknowing they were Sozins true targets since the avatar would’ve only been born around when Roku died so he knew the avatar was a child

@OrangeCat_Roo

5 ай бұрын

@@Capsaysin omg nooo stopppppp I didn’t think of that 🥲

@hotdogwater9060

5 ай бұрын

@@Capsaysin exactly they didn’t even spare the children

Finished the whole season and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. Shed tears and had laughs. 😁👍🏻

@ncard00

5 ай бұрын

"Please be a good adaptation, we need it". Please stop caring so much about things you can't influence. It's just a fictional story, and it's very unhealthy relying on outside sources to make you happy, hoping when you can be disappointed. People are way too emotional, with way too many mood things, you get depressed by that, so stop caring so much, makes life so much easier. Or just grow up, and help fix the real world, however you can, instead of being a kid still living in a fictional world, like the Avatar universe.

@dragonseer2251

Ай бұрын

@@ncard00 bro, what the hell let people enjoy the show, like there's nothing wrong with wanting a good adaptation. and in the Avatar community, a good live action adaptation IS needed, I mean the movie made a while ago was so terrible, people needed this show to see that a good live action show of Avatar could be made. if you don't want to care about this stuff, fine go right ahead. but stfu and leave other people alone

To be honest this series benefits a LOT by the fact that the live action was so bad. I would be way more critical, but in comparison this is so good that I subconsciously allow small things to go. Which isn't bad per se, but I will acknowledge that it's a factor. Like someone who watched just the animated and then this might be way more critical than those of us that watched the trainwreck. THIS I can see them fixing with seasons, learning by feedback, and by season 3 it'll be awesome, by Korra it'll be a masterpiece. The first season being perfect is a rare thing. I'm fine with good.

@arunshajiabraham

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, there is scope for improvement. But for a first season and with a lot of pressure and expectations, it has done a really good job. Like some changes were a bit jarring, but I understand how they have to fit it all into 8 episodes, so I understand it. And most importantly they have kept the main important scenes in the show and have done justice to it by giving it sufficient time, so that they feel the impact of the emotions. I enjoyed every minute of the show. Looking forward to an even better Season 2.

@vgautamkrishna5197

5 ай бұрын

​@arunshajiabraham same here

When you do the maths, a season of eight 50-minute episodes is the same length of time as a season of twenty 20-minute episodes. What's different is that with only eight episodes, they have to make things more linear; they can't take twenty minutes out for a purely character-based episode, they have to work the character stuff in with the plot stuff. It's not as good as the original animated show. But that's not because there's anything _bad_ about it, I don't think. The animated show was some of the best television ever made, and for that reason alone it's going to be an incredibly long, hard uphill battle for anything else to live up to it.

idk if it is bc of the amount of time that has passed but in the legend of Korra I remember pretty clearly how Iroh (Zuko's grandson) uses his fire bending in a normal day to fly just like these soldiers did to get to the air nomads

@najhoant

5 ай бұрын

I looked up the scene, and he only used it to give himself a boost when jumping forwards and control the direction of his fall, not to fly several feet vertically straight into the air

@jrlombardi5251

5 ай бұрын

@@najhoant there's not one single scene in which we see that tho

@najhoant

5 ай бұрын

@@jrlombardi5251In the early scene where Fire Lord Sozin leads a group of soldiers to attack the air nomads. They start on the ground and launch themselves straight upwards to reach the Air Temple

@jrlombardi5251

5 ай бұрын

@@najhoant ik

@terogates1

5 ай бұрын

@@jrlombardi5251in korra or this?

They make up artist could've done better with Zuko's scar because it looks more like a slight sun burn. In the show Zuko's scar was a 3rd degree burn that covered half his face.

Another advantage of telling the story with the genocide of the air nomads in the first part is that, if you pay attention, they never say it's been 100 years since that when we got to Katara and Sokka, so new watchers will think up till that point that this will be about stopping the fire nation from conquering the world, not that they already rule it, which is a thing in the animated one we know from the first moment. There's hints in what they talk sure, but new watchers would think it's only been a few weeks as much or something and that everything did just happen to Aang and that the fire nation is just starting to gain control. It's a cool change if you ask me, it tells the story differently so gives different plot twists and narratives.

@ajsksksks5223

5 ай бұрын

didn't grangran say it's been a hundred years since the comet festival tho?

@jrlombardi5251

5 ай бұрын

@@ajsksksks5223 she doesn't say the 100 years thing till it is revealed to Aang, that's the moment it is revealed to the audience too (in here).

Aang can't really fly, he was just bending at the start of the ep, for that he obviously needs the right form and position, and it also takes more effort as he has to find the impulse in almost evey move. With his "thingy" as you call it, it is way more smooth and fast, for which it is more useful at times.

This is a really good adaptation of the series. It sticks to the core of the story. People should understand that most of the live-action adaptations usually deal with serious issues and tones a bit more than Animated versions and usually give it more screen time, as they can't sweep trauma and deaths under the rug and simply change the tone like in a Nickelodeon Animated Show. Good adaptations show the characters dealing with these issues without losing the overall plotline and without straying away from the nature of the characters. I feel this series has done it in a really good way. Please watch it with an OPEN MIND instead of expecting a 1:1 adaptation and scene-for-scene remake. This was a really good adaptation. All the characters have depth and they develop and come into their own over the episodes. Most of the scenes from the Original Series have been included keeping their motivations and nature similar to the series. And even the casting and their mannerisms resemble the characters in the Animated Series. Please watch with an open mind and don't give in to the EXTREMELY HARSH AND NEGATIVE CRITICISMS that are coming the way of this show. This is a good adaptation for the AVATAR fans and a good Web Series for someone who has never seen Avatar before as well. Please watch ALL the episodes with an OPEN MIND and then make your own judgement on this show. It will be worth it. We have finally got a really good adaptation for the AVATAR series after 19 YEARS of waiting and only getting a tragedy of a movie. Let's watch it, give it POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS rather than nitpicking and give it all the support by watching it with an open mind so that they don't cancel the show and try and make the remaining seasons even better. Looking forward to Season 2. Hopefully, it would be as good or maybe even better.

@gamersthumbs4673

5 ай бұрын

Well said, Just watched the whole series and it was fantastic!

@IsanG08

5 ай бұрын

It's better than the original that's why people are mad

@kei7540

5 ай бұрын

It didn't need to exist

@arunshajiabraham

5 ай бұрын

@@kei7540 the fact that a lot of people liked the show is proof that it needed to. We all waited so long for this, and a lot of us are happy and optimistic about future seasons. Just because some people don't like it or because people don't understand the difference between a remake and an adaptation doesn't mean the people who liked it shouldn't enjoy the show and support the creators. I liked the show and would ask people to watch and judge the show based on the merit of this show and how they have still told the story without straying from the crux/spirit of the ATLA world, and not based on whether every scenes have been recreated in a 1:1 or a scene-by-scene basis. Watch it with an open mind. You might actually like it. I did.

@janetgriffin7779

5 ай бұрын

But should we watch it with an open mind??? Sorry I had to!! 😂😂😂 Seriously I’m loving the show so far!!

5:17 don't know if people noticed this, but those animals are possum-chickens which weren't mentioned until book 2 in the Swamp episode where one of the hillbilly waterbenders say that something they're eating tastes like possum-chicken

It’s more realistic I guess people can’t accept that, for one, he’s an airbender him losing control respectfully kitara and Sokka should’ve been flung off that mountain, 2 it’s 8 episodes vs 20 please don’t expect every detail to be explained the same way or at all. 3 this is LIVE ACTION, not anime, it’s gonna give more serious tone regardless, that’s why you give a live a action, certain scenes will hit better some won’t, just be open

@victorychukwuka6673

5 ай бұрын

You just summoned it up, people are mostly closed minded. A 1 for 1 shot of an Animation translating to live action, would be boring, because we’ve seen it before so many times over. take for example the lion king live action, people don’t even talk about it anymore WHY because they did the exact same thing as the cartoon.

@arunshajiabraham

5 ай бұрын

Exactly, all good live actions give more screen time to the serious stuff rather rhan just brushing it under the rug and just doing a tonal change like how they can do in a Nickelodeon Animated Show. And as long as they stick to the core/spirit of ATLA, we should give them the benefit of the doubt and trust in their storytelling and make our judgement after watching all the episodes with an open mind. Let's enjoy both versions of the show seperately instead of nitpicking about a scene for scene adaptation. That's no longer an adaptation, that's a remake.

@kei7540

5 ай бұрын

So its a more boring version got it

@arunshajiabraham

5 ай бұрын

@@kei7540 boring for some, interesting and awesome for us.🥳🥳🥳

@BojackReacts

5 ай бұрын

@@kei7540 lol if you want to think that then yes, but in MY opinion I love this version, finished it all in one day.

Honestly I really like the approach they've taken with the darker tone, And my man Ian IS SOKKA. He really brought that much needed (realistic) humor.

@lauren_3228

5 ай бұрын

Yeah except for the fact that he’s a fraud who lied about being Native American to get the role and can’t deliver a line to save his life

@Akaeus

5 ай бұрын

Instead of being the punchline of wacky jokes he is actually being sarcastic and comedic in a very Sokka way.

The pillows behind you give of Appa energy

I don’t know about y’all but I LOVED this show!!!!! I watched all episodes in one day and omggg amount of emotions I had and the effects look good!!! Cast is very good Azula and everything!!! Some stuff is changed but I feel like it fits in with this universe

@Youre.mom_

5 ай бұрын

I would love to be an Avatar it’s so cool 😍 or a water bender

Fun fact sis, the actor who plays Aang is fili! 🥹❤️💪🇵🇭

@MyPj25

5 ай бұрын

He and zuko actor was actually here in the Philippines recently to promote

I agree with everything you said. It looks amazing, but I agree the dialogue and overall energy of this introduction to the show feels off to me as well. Sokka was the character i found most accurately portrayed so far.

It's hard to find balance in remaking a cartoon for easily pleased children into a live-action show for those kids as jaded adults. I'm 4 episodes in and it seems to find it's rhythm more as it goes.

I think for Aang to have been able to fly in the first scene with the other airbenders I think calls back to what was revealed in Legend of Korra. Airbenders would fly at one point because they did not have any ties to Earth. Although Aang at the time had Monk Gyatso it wasnt the same kind of tie as we see 100 years later :)

@wowokay7059

5 ай бұрын

Hes the avatar so he's the exception I guess

@victorychukwuka6673

5 ай бұрын

@@wowokay7059he wasn’t flying he was bending the Air currents around him unassisted flight is what requires no tether to the earth

@Igorteddede

5 ай бұрын

Air benders couldn’t fly at any point. I don’t know how people would call that flying 🤦🏾‍♂️

I'm glad that one of my favorite youtubers is reacting to one of my new favorite shows :)

Just finished it, It was fantastic, Some changes were made but i feel like it was for the better of the Live action.. Hope you enjoy.

It’s funny to me, now i see so many reaction KZreadrs, who were excited about the Percy Jackson series, being pessimistic and critical with the LA show of Atla. I am quite the opposite xD

@jadethirlwall1573

5 ай бұрын

I would imagine it’s because the original creators of ATLA left the live action production, whereas as RR is super involved with the Percy Jackson show

@legi1233

5 ай бұрын

@@jadethirlwall1573 yes, i understand that. Idk, because RR is involved in the pjo show and he has said multiple times, that the show is going to be the perfect adaptation, I trusted him and had really really high hopes. But watching the show, it didn’t meet my expectations. That was kind of disappointing for me. I dont want to feel that way while watching the LA of Atla, and I knew the creators left the show, so I lowered my expectations xD I just want to enjoy it. And so far (I have seen two episodes) I have fun and it’s okay with me that the show feels a bit different. I am happy with the portrayal of Zuko and Iroh. Aang and Katara on the other hand dont feel like their characters yet, but maybe that’s going to come!

@jadethirlwall1573

5 ай бұрын

@@legi1233 that’s fair, I loved the PJO show but also agree that it’s flawed and could be improved for the next seasons - I haven’t finished the LA of AITA yet but I’m glad everyone’s loving it!!

That first half of the episode really made me hate the fire nation which was the goal i think

I’m halfway through this series and there were so many scenes that has almost made me cry😭

That 2010 film 14 years later is still a big film diaster so I have hopes for the 2024 live action series second live action attempt please be good 🌊🌍🔥💨

Yesss I’ve been waiting for this video 🎉

I cried 8 times during the first episode alone

3:26 "mind ya business!" 😮🤣🤣👏🏽🤣👏🏽🤣👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 omfg, that cracked me up! For a sec i thought you were going to apologize, cuz you often do that when explaining your outfits, but you hit us up with a stfu i LOVED it! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 more sassy-ness please!

18:33 I have to disagree with this point, especially on judging the writing based on the other version. Cartoons, especially American ones, by nature drum up bombastic personalities and simpler black-and-white concepts to keep kids attentions. YA and live action tends to go for subdued and slower burn build up of character traits instead of hitting you over the head, especially if it's part of their character arc. Showing what actually brings the passion out of Katara could work better for the format. Since it's live action, I feel like starting Katara off as big angry presence would get torn apart by Toxic Male Internet for a girl being "loud and whiny and can't control her emotions". It's not fair, but we are on KZread after all. A good comparison for me is Yu-Gi-Oh, especially GX vs 5D's. Early in 5D's, Fans of the first two series didn't like the more serious tone and subtle more adult characters, especially Yusei as a much more stoic quiet thinker type instead of big personalities like Yugi and Judai/Jaden. The show went on and people loved Yusei as a Big protective mature older brother type protagonist dealing with a more serious world with some laughs and humor, but deals appropriately toward very dark subject matters. I wish the show wasn't 8 episodes to get some proper build, but we'll see.

Ive been a longtime fan of the OG series since I was a kid watching it on TV, and overall this first season was great

I definitely agree with you on some points that you made. I just put all the comparisons aside and watched it for what it was and I actually really enjoyed the series. I haven’t finished but I’ve gotten pretty far and although there are things that are different that I liked I am still enjoying it. I’ve learned a long time ago not to expect what I know from an adaptation but to just watch it for what it is.

@arunshajiabraham

5 ай бұрын

Finally. Someone gets it. This is not as bad a show as all the critics are making it out to be. I mean, it's not perfect, and there are scopes for improvement like the acting of the child actors but I think it will improve as they get more experienced. It improved a lot by the time we reached the last episode. It's not a perfect adaptation but it is definitely one of the best. I really enjoyed watching it.

@Aya_97_

5 ай бұрын

@@arunshajiabraham Yeah like we had the original and that was amazing and beautiful and now we have this which is also great and visually stunning. Lets enjoy both and keep them separate because its not a remake. It also makes the reaction a lot less enjoyable when you have to constantly hear the creator talking about the original throughout the show. Like it would be better to save all that for the end and just react to whats in front of you.

@arunshajiabraham

5 ай бұрын

@@Aya_97_ exactly. When someone criticises for something blatantly wrong, that's ok. But people are busy comparing it scene-by-scene that they are missing out on the character development and emotional journeys that this new version in the adaptation takes the viewers through. Hopefully, all of this won't lead to this getting cancelled. There are so many bad shows out there that should not be renewed but this is not it. This is a good adaptation. People just need to watch all the episodes with an open mind and then make their judgement rather than constantly comparing it. Let's enjoy both versions seperately.

I feel very similarity to you Monica, this show was my childhood and I used to watch it all the time. And watching this be so different when it comes to certain details has bothered me. Like I wanted the scene where Aang wakes up and instantly falls for Katara, because it shapes his crush on her for the entire show. And I wanted the scene on the ship where he goes into the avatar state… I dont know the pacing is good and it makes sense the way they did it, but I was just hoping it would be more accurate. Anyway would love to see your reactions to the rest of the show

@victorychukwuka6673

5 ай бұрын

They can’t make it 1 for 1 but the important thing is you feel the ATLA spirit in it and can say that this is ATLA

@JADTO

5 ай бұрын

Watch the animated series

@sarah4hp

5 ай бұрын

Definitely needed a few episodes to get used to the tone and the new takes on beloved characters, but I got there in the end and ended up loving the show. As for Aang and Katara that was one of my favourite changes as I never enjoyed their supposed romance and I am kinda hoping they will continue to ignore that part of the story 😅

@victorychukwuka6673

5 ай бұрын

@@sarah4hp they are ignoring it now because they are still kids they will probably bring it in the future though

@sarah4hp

5 ай бұрын

@@victorychukwuka6673 I hope they don’t, but I am not getting my hopes up as they probably will go that route.

My only problem with ep1 was Katara blocking Zuko's fire bending when she was to far away from any water to bend, but since we skip the rescue scene from the ship where she freezes the solders they needed another way to show her progress. If they did the scene closer to the water Katara bending the water would have worked more better.

I can’t even lie I fell in love with zuko and azula in this live version to be honest

Loved this adaptation so much, you were definitely trying to compare it a little too much, nobody needs a carbon copy of the animation.. That's what we have the animated series for already! This is the essence of the show, the dna, but the wrapped in a short 8 episode reel with bit more serious tone showing things from another perspective. Inviting us to, if we like it, explore more by watching the animated series. They have to kill some darlings in the process or it would be just a sad attempt at a copy of something marvelous. Instead of starting from the perspective of Katara and Sokka, we actually start from the perspective from the Aang and how he actually left his house one second to cool his head, only to have lost everyone he loves in a matter of, what feels to him like, minutes.

This is where the fun begins!!!!! 🙏🏽💪

How they make me cry when it started goddamn it 😂😭😭😭 & I mean the first few times Aang did go into the avatar state he was unconscious if you remember , the next time was during his teacher’s death and he was conscious for that one then crying into Katara in the cartoon anyway . & I like the serious tone there doing especially the whole genocide bit you can’t show that shit in a kids cartoon 😂I like it a lot so far & the set & costume design is really damn good

I think it's hard for people who've seen the show so many times to put aside all the history we've seen the characters go through. It's odd to think that Aang going into the Avatar state seeing the corpses of all the people he loved "isn't earned" because he wasn't hopeful they'd survived before, but also thinking that Katara, a girl he'd only met like a day ago, talking him down *would* have been earned. We only think Katara talking him down is earned because we've seen it so many times in animation - if in the cartoon, they'd have Gyatzo's memory calming Aang down and the show switched it to Katara, you know everyone would be foaming at the mouth that it wasn't earned. I also did feel a lot of passion from Katara in this episode, so I'm not sure why others aren't - maybe it was just that one scene in the cartoon with her screaming at Sokka that's throwing people off? Because she stands up for Aang constantly and insists that they need to do something rather than sitting back and being passive. I guess also a thing to keep in mind is that cartoons are over-expressive - a flat out screaming match is going to come off as over-the-top in live-action while a raised voice and strong body language will work much better to show anger in a way that looks realistic and not, well, cartoony and over-acted.

The actor for Zuko isn't that bad he's good but he's not angry enough. Zuko was constantly pissed and fuaming with Anger.

To me, expecting airbenders to be at the southern temple despite traveling there with people from this time was something that always felt off for me with the original. I think this show handled that better. There's no way all of them didn't know the airbenders had been extinct for 100 years. And if they knew (because why wouldn't they) , it was cruel of them not to try and talk to him about it. Most of the changes made, I agree with. And I have seen all 8 episodes.

Yaaaaaaaay I loved it….. I’m so happy 😂🎉❤

Its perfect they did amazing.!

I knew you'd understand. It's got some ups and downs and scenes that made me laugh and cry but overall I think the show was fine.

That looks like a good adaptation so far 🙏 Lool I love how there’s an actual war going on at the start and Monica is just casually talking over it 😂😂

Clouds have water and humidity in the air have water too

It gets better. Finished it in one go when it came out. (disabled and stuck in bed so what else is there to do???) The show runner stated he thinks the pilot is the weakest episode and the chatter is because it was made while the original creators were there and there was a lot of arguing over creative licensing over how to write certain characters and dialogue. Also I think some of the cast haven't acted much before and they are getting settled into the role? I ended up really liking how they did certain episodes and hating certain other parts. Just wish the vfx could have been better. As an ex-photographer/retoucher, I can tell the people working on this had little to no experience working on children's faces since anytime they apply vfx to a face, it accidentally ages them up (in my eyes). Hope you continue through the series!

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

The only negative I had about the whole episode is that Aang was literally flying... gliding at worst. This really undercuts many many things including Zaheer.

Keep in mind that the animated series started out aimed at a 12 year old audience [they realised early that their audience was actually larger so they updated it to more late teen audience] but this is clearly aimed at an older audience and that is why the tone is different. I would say Katara does improve in the second episode. So far I watched the first two episodes as soon as they came out then went to bed as it was late and I wanted to check out a few reactions before watching the rest. Here was my reaction after watching the first 2 episodes: It is not the same, but it is good. Imagine if the events of Avatar the Last Airbender were real and happened 200 years ago. Nobody today was around to see it happen and there are no doubt many histories which may not all agree on every point, depending on who wrote them. So someone today created the animated series to tell the story, and they did a good job of telling it as they understood it. Then later another person does a live action version and they also try to tell the story and do a good job of it, but the two tellings put different emphasis on things and perhaps use different sources for the details and in the end, both tell the story well but neither is perfect telling of it. Neither includes everything that happened because there would be just too much to include it all and some details might be arranged differently to make it all work as a docudrama - because in both cases, they are telling it as a story, not as a dry history book. That is what this is like. If you assume that it was a true story being told by people who only have historic accounts to work with, both tellings are likely to be imperfect but they capture the essence of the history. That's how I choose to see this and on that basis, both are great jobs but they are not identical. Also like the many tellings of the story of Robin Hood - there are multiple great jobs of telling the story but none of them are the same, just similar. There are also some bad jobs that have been done with Robin Hood - just as Avatar had a bad job done of trying to tell the story in the Movie that Shan't be Named.

I guess I have to be a bit more open minded as well because I agreed with what you pointed out. I also hoped we would see Gyatso kick some ass cause he had a pile of bodies around him when Aang found him.

him being a “person of action” as you put it is also so essential bc it’s why he struggles sm w earthbending. i feel like this character arc might come back in season 2, since aang isn’t as carefree the whole “waiting and then attacking” momento of earthbenders that he struggles w won’t make much sense

Your theory with Gyatso doesn't hold he is still a pacifist Air bender like the rest of them, they don't kill they are all vegetarians too, but Air bending is the most op assassination bending dicipline, if you're smart enough you could conjure invisible air blades to decapitate people and jump abnormal heights to escape, perfect weapon for a assassin, sadly they all pacifists xD, sucks that Zaheer never thought of this

The opening of this show really got me 🥲. The only thing that I was critical of was that they didn't do a "100 years later" message on screen which would confuse someone unfamiliar with the franchise and the "this happened 100 years ago" reveal didn't really land imo I am absolutely a water bender. I never feel more alive and energized than when I am in the pool or in the sea. Ice, water, steam, I am all over it.

Just finished ep 1, I really like this adaptation

It gets way better!!! The on the nose exposition toned down in the next episodes, and I gets way better!! I actually really liked the series and the changes they made!!!

I love your reaction and I love this live action show.

Interesting seeing how people were fine with them changing so much in the percy jackson series but with this its just people whining about everything that was changed.

@talia_n_t_7967

5 ай бұрын

yes! and the percy jackson series had wayyy worse writing, acting, and direction compared to netflix’s ATLA live action. what’s even crazier is the PJO series got a 92% on rotten tomatoes while ATLA has a rating of 60% rotten tomatoes. I feel like some of these hollywood reviewers are sellouts lowkey😂

@arunshajiabraham

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I mean I am a huge Rick Riordan Fan and I love the PJO Live action series, but it has its flaws. But this show is made a million times better. The pacing is superb, a lot of exposition have been dealt as flashbacks and people feeling those emotions instead of telling us how they felt. It has a more serious nature which is necessary as the fate of the world is at stake and live action adaptations usually give the serious issues more screen time rather than sweep it under the rug and bring a funny tonal change like in an Animated Childrens Show. And a lot of character development and overall storyline has been well tied up with really good writing. There is no moment where you feel bored, unlike the animated series, and that's good writing. And some of the acting especially from the senior actors was really good. It has a few flaws with some of the chid actor's acting and some CGI effects on the kid's faces and all, but that could definitely get better as they make future seasons. But the way people are making this out to be a trash and pathetic show simply because it's not a 1:1 adaptation is just dumb. 1:1 is not an adaptation. That's called a remake. Every good adaptation says the same main story, through the storytelling method that they think is best. And as long as they stick to the main core/spirit of the ATLA story, i think we should give it a chance, watch all the episodes with an open mind and then make our judgement. Let's enjoy both versions seperately.

It gets better as the episodes go on.👐

Great theory about taking air out of that room but keep in mind then he would kill those children he was protecting as well

Love the TV show of avatar the last airbender and I really love the live action avatar the last airbender it is a lot better than the avatar the last airbender movie they did years ago that no one ever talks about it

Totally get it. This is one of the best reviews from someone who grew up watching the original series. Thanks a lot for this!

Hi Monica! Great & completely understandable reaction & awesome editing as always! So many ppl are traumatized about seeing the Air nomads & rightfully so! But imo it helps the pacing you were talking about as far as quickly setting up earned stakes, esp for Aang & the non-Fire nations. Since they don’t have the room to let Aang kind of unfurl slowly into mid-war reality like in the animated series. Likely one of the reasons they also had his actual familial love for Gyatso & Gyatso himself calm Aang down & out of the Avatar state. Which in the context of this ep works better than Katara at this point, given how much time hasn't passed btw them. As far as acting & writing, I think that a couple of the main leads take a lil time to warm into their characters, as does the writing (which is still 98% more “showing” than Percy Jackson did, imo). An unfortunate side-effect of most first seasons, even an adaptation. But it does settle in more with each ep. Hopefully they’ll get more time with these characters & as young actors, and also in the writers room. Though I am impressed with Gordon Cormier (Aang). Bc this doesn’t work if he doesn’t. Like striking a non-animated, real life tone of zen-optimism mixed with heavy emotions (on his almost too adorable lil face!) without veering into precocious annoyance, or slipping out of character & in that COSTUME?! It SHOULD be a disaster given a lot of his cheesy lines alone! But he’s a kid/lead, on a huge budget, insane expectations, green screen epic & he’s really owning what he’s been given imo. 👏🏾 I miss the cartoon goofiness too! But the actors are giving us facial nuance & shading of their internal conflicts & you can tell everyone cares. It uses the live medium effectively & I binged the whole thing. But also didn’t watch ATLA for the first time until I was an adult, during COVID, so…🙃 Genuinely hoping you can enjoy the rest! Esp bc of your lovely history with your mom & the show! 🥰 Please have a great weekend & try to stay healthy with the randomness that is end of winter weather, blech.

the actor playing Aang Gordon Cormier is half Filipino.. and now Monica reacting.. Filipino reacting Filipino

I like it when you're critical. I think you caught on to some pernicious issues of the show right from the very first episode, which goes to show how perceptive you are. I heavily encourage you to share your insights on all your reviews! I think you've got a knack for story. Personally, I wish this show didn't exist. I would've preferred a live-action story set in the Avatar world, maybe following a different Avatar (like Kyoshi!) or following events of the war elsewhere.

Yes! It's good 👍😌

7:05 they are supposed to be doing a movie about her which i am looking foward too

Never watched One Piece or Last Air Bender but it looks as if they got it right, I think both have been pretty good

Good analysis.

I enjoy powerful attacks and strong defense, practiced a few different martial arts and I am pretty certain I would be a Earth bender if a bender at all.

valid critiques. Spot on take but doesn't mean it's bad. It could be better if they address those points for the next season.

I love the anime, but I'm really loving the darker straight forward tone. I expected this series especially this first episode to have a less fun dialog than the anime and a more serious one with this being a live action adaptation. Nice show overall! #GetYourPopcornReady 🍿

@LucerysOwner

5 ай бұрын

It's not an anime.. just cartoon

I haven’t watched your reaction yet so idk if you pointed this out but, the one thing that made me stop watching the episode at the 26 minute mark 😂 is that they made Aang ACCIDENTALLY run away. Like they made him just go for a ride on Appa to clear his head and he just happened to get caught in a storm…even though the comet was meant to be happening and it takes at least a day to get between the air temple and South Pole. And we don’t even see the comet. If it wasn’t for Sozin saying the comet is making them stronger, I would have no idea cause the sky looks normal in every scene but- not what I’m arguing about. I’ll ignore it XD but I couldn’t ignore Aang’s change. This decision completely changes the story and Aang as a character. Him choosing to run away is a major part of his character. Having him accidentally do it just…it rewrites his character entirely and not for the better. Not to mention they also changed his motivation by having him just be freaked out over the responsibility of being the Avatar. Whereas in the original, that wasn’t the only problem. Yeah he was worried about so much responsibility like anyone would be, but his decision to run away was a build up of different factors. When he’s telling Katara the story she asks him “so you were upset you were the Avatar? Why wouldn’t you be excited about it?” And he responds with “well, I didn’t know how to feel about it. All I know is after that, everything began changing.” And we see how Aang’s friends treated him differently, he wasn’t allowed to play with the other kids anymore. But he still wasn’t running away because he was enjoying himself with Gyatso. But when he overhears the conversation the monks are having about sending him away to complete his training, that is the final straw and he chooses to run away. They completely destroyed that in this adaptation. They changed his motivation for running away AND they changed the choice of him running away anyway so there wasn’t even any point of them changing the motivation if he’s not going to purposely run away because of the responsibility or whatever 😂 So yeah. Not a fan. I will now be watching if it purely to point out inaccuracies and not taking it seriously cause, this ruined it for me. I was ignoring A LOT of gripes I was having with it, some were small and unimportant, some a bit bigger. But I was trying to go in with an open mind. This was the thing that I just couldn’t look past 😂

@LucerysOwner

5 ай бұрын

Cry more

I watched Avatar growing up and I can accept the changes in the live action. Too bad other cannot. Its not that hard

Why do you want everything to be exactly the same as the cartoon ? It'll make no sense for them to do a live action version . You gotta remember this is only 8 episodes they gotta cut alot but it's all good tho you just gotta see more it gets better

To tell the truth who really gets burned besides zuko aang katara and song... I cant think of anyone oh yeah toph when her feet got burned so to see this is a nice touch

Seems like you're wanting to watch the animated show and not an adaptation? Correct me if I'm wrong but expecting nearly scene for scene is not an adaptation. For an adaptation based on the series I think it's great and hardly missed anything and gave a new way of seeing the story.

Finished the whole season like, its not the best but its not the worst either

the show was just ok. they are a little heavy on the monologues in the beginning, it was a interesting choice. I really thing the general movement of our society to shorter attention spans are hurting this show, it really would have benefitted by more episodes. some changes was not my speed, but I can objectively understand the creative decisions, even if I don't agree with them.

Watching this show I cried I would a watertender is so cool..... I enjoyed it........

Netflix really learn from mistake

no because i have watched 3 episodes of this and liked them all! Episode 3 has been my fav

I hope that you don’t feel like you are being overly critical or that you come across as harsh because you absolutely are not! I find it more interesting to hear your opinions on this show because it means a lot to you! (I critised it just as much if not more) And I completely agree with you on most things especially the script being on the nose. I kinda feel like they just included the highlights from the first and second episode and therefore lack the depth and the scenes where we get to connect with the characters more but I hope it will get better because I truly love the original work!

Fire bending is my favorite

Ok, so between access to the show and what I have seen, I have differing feelings from fans because what turned me off from watching the original show WAS the childish nature at the start. Maybe it's because I'm an Upper Millennial (lower Millennials love Avatar/Airbender) but was very "I get it" because it was very black and white and childish early plots with manufactured drama like kids in high school thought about (to me) and I was very over that. Same feelings I had for the Netflix Voltron show at the start. I want to give Korra a chance instead because I heard it's more starting for plots important to young adults instead of children. I also would like to give the Netflix version a shot and one day try the original again. I heard a lot about future topics they cover, so I am more interested in those. These are all based on my personal experience watching what I saw though.

I binged the show yesterday and I think they did an overall good job. Of course it isn't perfect and there is obviously a reason why the original producers left. The lightheartedness is missing to a degree and everything is a lot more mature (in Germany you have to be at least 12 to watch it). This level of earnesty would have been a great fit for Kyoshi or Yangchen instead, who were a lot more mature in their characters (due to their ages too). Aang, the way we know him, is just a goofy kid. This show took his character (and everybody elses) and changed it to sth. that fits the topic more though. They are at war. They have seen and felt a lot of hurt, and it shows. The writers took a lot of creative liberties and not everyone will be happy with them. But I personally think, that the amount of goofyness depicted in the original cannot be moved to a realistic setting. The faces, the dances, certain reactions just don't mix well with reality and still trying to add them would end up in horrible immersion breaks. Let's imagine we took the funny faces from the One Piece Manga/Anima and applied them to the LA. That would have been horrifying. Animation is glorious for its nearly infinite possibilities to capture the fantastic, expression and effects, while still managing to enchant the viewer. It works, because it's animated. Whereas reality is a lot more down to earth. Imagine you'd turn into a sharp toothed monster once you get angry. Or you fall to the ground when you're in disbelief. That doesn't work. It would feel off. Some like one more than the other. And some make more out of it than others. Shyamalan took the fantastic and tried to apply it to his realistic vision, ultimately failing after giving it the lowest of efforts. He didn't understand the essence of the show, nor the fantastic aspects of animation that cannot just be copy and pasted into live action. Taking something big and pushing it into something small will never go well. And animations are finally on the rise, gaining the respect they deserve. (At least that's what I want to believe.) All in all Netflix managed to take some of the main essence and put it into something alternate. You still see the original show, but you obviously realize the changes. And that's good. This was never supposed to be a copy & paste. Why would you watch a copy and paste when you already have the original? I think you have to be open to the changes and see this as an alternate reality of TLA. Aang will forever be the goofy kid in the animated show. And in this one, he's a little bit calmer. Aware. Anxious. But you can still see the child he was inspired by.

Have you read the Rise and Shadow of Kyoshi?

I give the first episode 8/10

This has nothing to do with the show. I love your Bangs.

No Monk Gyatso Calms him down.

When someone is so passionate about a book/cartoon… they will never be satisfied with live action adaptation. They have to change things…they can not just do a carbon copy of the original.

Did Zuko scar just disappear

@jpblack2148

5 ай бұрын

Right? They could have used prosethics or something like he is literally not supposed to be able to open his eye fully with the scarring

Id be a blood bender... lol

Mahusay ang reaction mo kasi isa kang fan ng orig show. Abangan ko reaction mo sa ep 2.👍🏻

dude gets roasted me: oh this damn sure not a kid show dude

Yeah the nitpicking is insane. We already have the show that we all love, this will not be that I promise you. This is the problem with ppl who are obsessed with the OG series.

I’m sorry, but does anyone else remember Ozai on the last episode? Did y’all forget the unholy amount of power him and the other fire benders wield once the comet arrives? Because I did not. The people who created this clearly didn’t get the severity of what happened to the air nomads. Watching the genocide scenes was super disappointing. Other than the flying, that was literally the equivalent of strong but pretty regular fire bending on the original show.

@terogates1

5 ай бұрын

They made a point to say that on another night the airbenders would have won, none of us forgot that, but that just served to set up ozais mastery of fire later when we get to that scene

@luishp3

5 ай бұрын

@@terogates1 That doesn’t justify how weak they look while supposedly fired up by the cosmic powers of the comet.

@tajaemartin2251

5 ай бұрын

​@@luishp3 cry more no one cares lmao

@victorychukwuka6673

5 ай бұрын

@@luishp3bro they took on people who could lift them in the Air with just a swipe of hand here they let us know the Airbenders are strong and would’ve won against the firebenders IF not for the COMET

@luishp3

5 ай бұрын

@@tajaemartin2251 Clearly you do care. You cared enough to leave this comment. 😂

I understand your points about the show but i think you should realise that this is not a remake but it is an adaptation of the original show so you can't expect this to be exactly like the show when it concerns the little détails like the dialogue or the fight scene between zuko and sokka 17:30 PS : if i made mistakes with my grammar please bear with me im french

@Kayoss13212

5 ай бұрын

True, but idk to feel about them changing Aangs reason for leaving the temple. In the cartoon series, he ran away, but this one, he didn’t. And I feel like him running away was important. It’d be like taking away Peter Parker playing a part in his uncles death. Now, he’s gonna have people calling him a coward (in this show.) when he wasn’t.

@pat92xx

5 ай бұрын

@@Kayoss13212 i agree with that. It did feel a little disturbing

@arunshajiabraham

5 ай бұрын

exactly, people need to understand the difference between remake and a live-action adaptation.

@terogates1

5 ай бұрын

@pat92xx I view this like resident evil 4 2005 versus the remake in 2023 both are great and have same story but the order and method are different,

@terogates1

5 ай бұрын

@@Kayoss13212it kinda was the same I. The show though. The gist of it was he ran and needed to clear his head ( I know there were scene of the others shunning him cus of his power, but we didn’t need all of that to get the same point)

No don’t apologize, you’re not being closed minded, it isn’t because you went into this having high expectations. You are spot on about this stick with your guts and quit apologizing. Netflix & Nickelodeon are garbage. Nickelodeon is using the Live Action Series to finally achieve what they always wanted to do kill Avatar The Last AirBender.

It is an adaptation. It cant be like the original

I unfortunately don't like the adaptation. The characters just didn't feel like themselves, and there are some changes I just didn't vibe with, primarily around the fire nation. I hope you rind things to enjoy about it, it's just not for me.

@victorychukwuka6673

5 ай бұрын

Tell me how they didn’t feel like themselves what did they do that you don’t see their Animated versions doing?

Yeah youre too nitpicky its an adaptation not a remake