Netflix missed the point of Avatar
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Published 2024-03-24
i'm gonna go rewatch the animated show now
00:00 - intro
01:49 - a terrible first impression
12:43 - opera
13:54 - what is the point of an adaptation?
14:29 - sokka/suki
18:14 - katara
21:05 - aang
26:45 - things I liked
29:30 - oh no i'm getting mad again
34:50 - outro
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All Comments (21)
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Replacing fake sexism with real genuine sexism is like a super high depth social commentary of the last 10 years.
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Katara being called a âMasterâ after obtaining 1 water bending scroll and having no training with an actual Master is as Disney/Marvel as you can get.
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You didnât even get to the part where azula is now written as insecure and âlashing outâ instead of a calculated, cold-blooded and highly competent psychopath âŠ
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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.
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The fact that they felt the need to simplify the plot/exposition of a CHILDREN'S SHOW. Like they literally assume their audience has a shorter attention-span than a 7 year old
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When execs hear âstrong female character,â their only interpretation is âyou mean strong like punching, right?â
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this was very effective. literally the moment your video ended i opened my laptop to start watching the animated series for the first time
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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.
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Cant wait for tophs entire character to be about how shes blind and how hard her life is because of it đ„șđą
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From the second Aang said "I like to play airball, eat banana cakes & goof off with my friends" I knew we're going to be in for a bucket load of "tell, don't show".
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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.
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The visuals were exactly what I hoped they would be and the rest was exactly what I feared it would be, extremely disappointing
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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
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Where is Katara's rage, her compassion, her nurturing, her emotions??? They stripped her of any depth and emotion.
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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.
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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.
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Critics: "at least it's better than the movie" Drew: "yeah, I sure hope it does"
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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 didnât understand what they were reading when they got the first draft scripts because they didnât do their homework by watching the original series and wonât 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. Iâd say youâd 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.
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ALSO the thing that pissed me the fuck off the most was the fact that they robbed Katara of her "motherly" role in the group. In live action Sokka was said to be the one that takes care of her and he is a "father figure" to her when in cartoon it was such an important part of Katara's and even Sokka's arc that Katara was the one to act like a mother to Sokka at times. I hate that they robbed Katara of one of her main personality traits which is her sense of responsibility and maturity. She was forced to grow up too soon they completely ignored that.