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Replacing fake sexism with real genuine sexism is like a super high depth social commentary of the last 10 years.

Katara being called a “Master” after obtaining 1 water bending scroll and having no training with an actual Master is as Disney/Marvel as you can get.

You didn‘t even get to the part where azula is now written as insecure and „lashing out“ instead of a calculated, cold-blooded and highly competent psychopath …

When Gran Gran said the name of the 4 elements I literally cringed so much my soul left my body and reached the avatar state.

We never wanted Sokka to be sexist. We wanted Suki to teach him to be better and we were robbed of that

As a woman, Sokka being misogynistic was actually such a great addition. Watching it as a girl in elementary school, I recognized the same behavior from the boys in school. It was always so satisfying to see how Sokka was gonna be proven wrong and immediately recognizes his mistake and apologize. Edit: I also loved Zuko’s turning point, because it also showed change and acceptance. This huge plottwist also didn’t seem weird, instead it just felt natural and we easily started rooting for him. They build it up so well that when he finally got accepted into the group, I felt relief. Also, the way Katara was understandably sceptical of him at first and they eventually got along so well.. (to the point of me hoping they’d actually end up together, bc of the 😳 moments between them 👁👄👁) I love all the passionate replies btw. It shows how much the show and their characters have had such a positive and big influence on kids back then. I hope it’ll still be available on streaming platforms for many many years from now. Such a gem of a show

this was very effective. literally the moment your video ended i opened my laptop to start watching the animated series for the first time

Growing up as a woman, Katara was one of our ONLY positive representations of a strong girl who was also not only able to maintain empathy and emotion (something women and girls are belittled for) while being strong, but it often is what GAVE her strength. For them to completely strip her of that is just so telling of the story they were trying to tell and for who.

Critics: "at least it's better than the movie" Drew: "yeah, I sure hope it does"

Cant wait for tophs entire character to be about how shes blind and how hard her life is because of it 🥺😢

in the Netflix remake of "the emperor's new groove" kuzco is a philanthropic ruler who spends his days working with the peasants & is in the process of dismantling the monarchy when he's turned into a llama. He's the world's nicest guy and they ruined his life for no reason.

The visuals were exactly what I hoped they would be and the rest was exactly what I feared it would be, extremely disappointing

Where is Katara's rage, her compassion, her nurturing, her emotions??? They stripped her of any depth and emotion.

its interesting how netflix seems to think of animation as mindless and for kids and then goes out of their way to make a mindless version of it... but for adults

What really upsets me about this show, is that when I watched through all of the original animated series 2 summers ago my Dad used to walk in and take jabs at me for watching "a kids show" and I'd say its like the LOTR of kids shows but he wouldn't take interest. So I was encouraged and surprised last month to come home and see him watching the Netflix show, the bio and visuals piqued his interest. I didn't mention that it was an adaptation and just let him watch it. I came back later and he had turned it off, when I asked why he said the writing was cheap and it didn't seem worth watching. One of the best stories in TV and they couldn't even keep the audience they spent so much to attract. I hope he watches the original someday but its not likely.

I am so, so grateful for this video and comments section. The IMBD score, supposed Netflix trending status, and announcement of two more seasons all prompted sincere worry that my sister and I were the only people who saw the magnitudes of failure in this show; in everything from writing, to direction, to costume design. It's really vindicating to see that there are many others who see it too. The only kind thing I can say about this show is that the set design is genuinely fantastic; the people behind designing and building them clearly had much more knowledge of and appreciation for the source material than anyone else working on this schlock.

As someone who worked in TV development and left because it is run by soul sucking ghouls, I can almost assure you the reason the exposition is so repetitive and ineloquent and the characters are lacking flaws and are flat, is because some dumb executives didn’t understand what they were reading when they got the first draft scripts because they didn’t do their homework by watching the original series and won’t let the creatives cook. In notes sessions, they probably asked a bunch of questions (questions that get answered in time) and wanted to sound smart and like they had good notes so they told the writers to answer them sooner. I’d say you’d be shocked at the lack of media literacy in those rooms, but studios and networks keep churning out shows and movies that are like this, so you already know. The writers strike showed us the state of the industry and how little higher ups value the work of creatives.

A small thing, but the idea that Zuko could beat his father is more insane when you remember that he is a lack luster fire bender. Everyone in his family were better benders then him, his strength was sword fighting.

can't wait for Katara to discover blood bending by herself halfway through season 2 and use it to kill a bunch of fire nation troops and have 0 moral quandaries about using it.