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The Avatar Remake Doesn't Understand Avatar (www.youtube.com)
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Didn't watch it yet, as I'm only 2 episodes in and Idon't want to taint my first view too much.

But from what I've seen of the show, I understand how they reach this conclusion. And Jessie Gender usually has quite a good grasp on these things.

Edit: Kind reminder that this post is for sharing/discussing the video, not for dunking on the Netflix adaptation.

Edit2: Watched it now. Spoilers for the first 2 episodes and light spoilers for the rest of the live action show, season 1.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It seems like show was not trying to be memorable like animated show. I still remember when I watched Aang chasing Momo and accidentally seeing Gyatso’s skeleton. It felt like a punch in the gut. From what I understand, the Netflix show doesn’t do it like that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah, way too often does it feel like they are going "now this important moment happens, then this important moment happens" in their scripts without a good way between those. That's better in some episodes than in others, maybe some individual directors were able to make more out of that than others.

[–] WidowsFavoriteSon -3 points 9 months ago

So, you haven't watched it. Yet here you are.