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There is no war in Ba Sing Se (Avatar thread, no the other one)
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Water. Earth. Fire. Air. My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when the Avatar kept balance between the Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. But that all changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar mastered all four elements. Only he could stop the ruthless Firebenders. But when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years have passed and the Fire Nation is nearing victory in the war. Two years ago, my father and the men of my tribe journeyed to the Earth Kingdom to help fight against the Fire Nation, leaving me and my brother to look after our tribe. Some people believe that the Avatar was never reborn into the Air Nomads and that the cycle is broken, but I haven't lost hope. I still believe that somehow the Avatar will return to save the world.
VERSUS
AND ALSO
Spoiler:
AND THEN SOME BRILLIANT PERSON DECIDED TO LET SHYAMALAN DIRECT A LIVE-ACTION VERSION
BUT THIS TRAILER DOES NOT SUCK
NEITHER DOES THIS ONE
Let us discuss the awesomeness of this show and the emotions that I am experiencing as a result of the new ad not sucking when I had already dismissed this movie as a sad waste of my time.
Quoth on
“Hic non defectus est, sed cattus minxit desuper nocte quadam. Confundatur pessimus cattus qui minxit super librum istum in nocte Daventrie, et consimiliter omnes alii propter illum. Et cavendum valde ne permittantur libri aperti per noctem ubi cattie venire possunt.”
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now someone explain to me how i should feel about the new ad
like, should i just assume the person who made it is awesome and the movie will still be an utter disappointment
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i am so conflicted
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It's cool that we finally got to see Appa and all the bending styles and a glimpse of the Blue Spirit.
Also: There was a marketing lady hinting at a series boxset coming out sometime this year. Also, the creators shot a documentary on the series at last year's Comic-Con, so that will probably be on there. I will probably buy it because of any new special features/awesome cover art.
Thoughts on the movie:
I am weird because I generally like Shyamalan. I mean, I haven't seen any of his work since The Village, but I absolutely love Signs. I wasn't too sure he'd be a good fit for the series, but he seems pretty enthusiastic.
I can deal with some changes in the storyline, I know how adaptations work. Just depends on what exactly is changed.
The casting is confusing for me-- I'm not the protest-y type, and the race issues aren't quite a dealbreaker, but it's definitely weird. I'm not to the point of supporting the protest movement, but it's not like they don't have a leg to stand on. Depends on how "realistic" it will feel to see white people in this role or that role.
I'm not expecting anything as good as the show, but I'm still definitely going to see it, and probably buy it. I just hope it's not an embarrassment, and doesn't give the public an incorrect idea about the show.
Also, most of my feelings about the movie right now are too caught up in the unfortunate timing of that other Avatar movie's release. I feel like Michael Bolton in Office Space every time someone brings up the naming thing or gets them confused.
This is airing during the Super Bowl.
Backgrounds for several characters, including Suki.
Two reviews of the rough cut (not all special effects are done).
the part at :26 looks pretty silly
don't care how bad it is
i miss aang as if he were an old friend
Ever.
Edit: Bad-Beat, I will cut you.
but I hear it's not bad
now you know, and knowing is half the battle
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Sorry if I offended you. I'll let you get back to your animes.
gonna keep frowning at you for a while
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THE BOULDER TAKES ISSUE WITH THAT COMMENT!
he might have meant the first season, which certainly had its share of goofiness and which could probably stand to be toned down slightly
OR HE IS THE SILLIEST GOOSE, I GUESS WE WILL FIND OUT SOON ENOUGH
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goku could totally beat up that arrow head kid
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right after firefly.
"Think of it as Evolution in Action"
Fix'd.
It's just a shame that the production worked to marginalize minority actors from the very first cast call (requesting "Caucasian or any other ethnicity" for the heroic roles).
And it's so sad that this opportunity for Hollywood to break the pattern of "whitening" people of color - Dragonball, 21, Extraordinary Measures, King of Fighters - has been lost.
At some point, a studio exec or a producer looked at these characters and decided they had to be cast Caucasian. Aang, steeped in Asian culture, and Katara and Sokka - dressed in Inuit clothing with dark complexions...
It's just so sad. And the snapshot in the new ad of Jackson Rathbone and Nicola Peltz, standing in a massive tribe of extras with Inuit heritage... it reminds me of the 1930s Charlie Chan films, where the main actor was a white guy in yellowface, with all the background extras of Asian descent.
Eighty years and nothing's changed.
I don't mean to "rain on anyone's parade." I just want to weigh in with how it feels from the perspective of an American who happens to be of a darker skin tone.
and this is your first post
what're you,
Mr. Useless Trivia man?
hell, the only asians in the whole cast were roshi, yamcha and mai
and don't even get me started on how mai didn't work for piccolo, and the way they handled the oozaru was completely wrong
man, I'm all upset now, way to open old wounds
and then here you are
Ed & Larry : "Doesn't matter."
I recently was gifted a thing in Steam. If it was from you, thank you very much!
Hahahahahahahahahahaha
It's funny because people always bring up Avatar and Firefly
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well they're both based on superior animes
avatar is based on dbz and firefly is based on outlaw star
I don't think anyone cared, because nobody really did care. Like the characters being the proper ethnicity wasn't going to make that movie any better.
Just as it wouldn't make this movie any better than it already is going to be, whatever that is. Except a lot of fans are all crying into their milk about it.
Silly argument