Spoilers Avatar: The Last Airbender - Netflix Live Action Version
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Looks decent, after One Piece, Netflix may be on the road to redemption here.
Big difference here, is the original creator of One Piece was onboard the entire time while the creators of Avatar left the this show during production, apprently due to creative differences.
Mind you they did go on to start doing an animated theatretical movie sequel to TLA.
Yeah but it feels "right", when you watch that trailer you don't go "oh, no...". It's amazing how many of these can't even pass the first sniff test.
I mean visually the characters look better than the live-action movie, but none of them actually spoke in the trailer other than a voice-over.
Some of the CG looks a bit dodgy, especially with the living creatures... but can be overlooked if the performances are actually good.
Some of the CG looks a bit dodgy, especially with the living creatures... but can be overlooked if the performances are actually good.
It looks and sounds authentic to the original, but that's just the surface. I hope the substance is good too, and that it offers a new take that's true to the spirit, rather than just duplicating what the original did.
Certainly the ethnic authenticity of the cast is an improvement on the movie, and indeed on the voice casts of the animated shows.
Certainly the ethnic authenticity of the cast is an improvement on the movie, and indeed on the voice casts of the animated shows.
It shouldn't be the animated series. Trying to copy something that's already been done is never going to work as well as the original. A new version should be a new version, something that takes the essence of the work and does something fresh with it.
Of course, that doesn't guarantee it will be good -- M. Night Shyamalan tried to do his own take on the story and it didn't work that well -- but it has a better chance of being good than a slavish remake would.
What intrigues me the most is that this is A:TLA written, produced and performed by people who actually come from Asian and indigenous cultural heritage, rather than by white people trying to homage Asian stuff. That's likely to bring a distinct perspective and add textures and nuances the original lacked.
Of course, Shyamalan is Indian-American and tried to make it more authentically Asian in some ways, like correcting the show's Americanized pronunciations of the character names (a change that the fans complained about), but he was also saddled with a lot of studio pressure to whitewash the cast and the like.
Shyamalan has admitted that he was out of his element doing that film.
After watching the trailer, I have to admit that it looks nice--but that dramatic music was way over the top.
After watching the trailer, I have to admit that it looks nice--but that dramatic music was way over the top.
I'm still rather sceptical about this one. Yes, the trailer look promising, but all that tells me is that casting, costuming, and production design are reasonably well on point. What matters to me is if they get the characters, world building, and themes right. There's no way to tell that from just a trailer with no on-screen dialogue. Lest we forget that the early trailers for the MNS movie also looked promising by the standards of the day.
Well, Tamlyn Tomita's keeping busy, between Monarch and this.
They're certainly committed to capturing the look, and including a ton of familiar characters. I wonder how they'll fit them in if they've restructured the story to be more serialized and to fit in fewer episodes. I hope that doesn't become cluttered or fail to do the characters' stories justice. (Prediction: They'll follow the example of the Ember Island Players and just skip "The Great Divide.")
So when do we get to see James Sie as the Cabbage Merchant???
They're certainly committed to capturing the look, and including a ton of familiar characters. I wonder how they'll fit them in if they've restructured the story to be more serialized and to fit in fewer episodes. I hope that doesn't become cluttered or fail to do the characters' stories justice. (Prediction: They'll follow the example of the Ember Island Players and just skip "The Great Divide.")
So when do we get to see James Sie as the Cabbage Merchant???
Well the trailer at least showed Admiral Zhao in Kyoshi Village.
Okay, we finally get cast dialogue, and they seem to capture the characters pretty well. It certainly looks and sounds authentic.
The trailer used an arrangement of Jeremy Zuckerman's theme, but IMDb says the music is by Takeshi Furukawa.
I can't figure out what character or actor was delivering the voiceover. Maybe it's Roku?
The trailer used an arrangement of Jeremy Zuckerman's theme, but IMDb says the music is by Takeshi Furukawa.
I can't figure out what character or actor was delivering the voiceover. Maybe it's Roku?
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