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[[WMG: Shaymalan is a crazed Zutara shipper and made all the changes to make Zutara happen.]]
It would explain why the Avatar isn't allowed to have a family, it takes Aang out of the picture. And the reason Zuko isn't as much of a bad guy is because Shaymalan wants him to be with Katara. The real reason there are no Kyoshi warriors is because he thought Suki was too much of a rival for Zuko's affections. The reason the firebender's bending was changed was so that Zuko was less of a threat to Katara. Also explains that monologue he gives Katara after their fight.

The sheer number of things that were changed and cropped out make little sense, for such a supposed "fan" of the series, other than he wanted to do the Avatar story his way - the "right" way.

* He was certainly more heroic than any of the actual protagonists. His giving Yue the idea for her HeroicSacrifice rather than it being her own choice all along was just the icing on the cake. Movie!Iroh was more [[ThePhantomMenace Qui-Gon Jinn]] than the tea-crazy, wise-but-world-weary DefectorFromDecadence that ATLA!Iroh was.

[[WMG: Shyamalan was not a fan of the show.]]
* He changed so much in the adaptation from cartoon to film it indicates a total lack of respect for the source material. In talking about "grounding" the film, he said he wouldn't have any of the "fart jokes" the cartoon had; a baffling accusation considering the cartoon barely had any fart jokes and in fact was considerably more mature, intelligent, and "grounded" than the movie from any objective perspective.''

[[WMG: Shyamalan doesn't understand how the letter A works.]]
It would explain so much.

[[WMG: Shyamalan is a Zutara shipper and was planning for Zuko and Katara to end up together]]
* The avatar is no longer allowed to marry and the episodes with Aang's attraction to Katara as a driving force were cut.

[[WMG: Shyamalan intentionally threw the movie franchise so they'd make a new series.]]
* So much of the casting is off- Aasif Mandvi as Zhao for example. Many of Shyamalan's alterations to/mangling of canon make it virtually impossible to adapt seasons 2 and 3, for example his bizarre combination of the Avatar state and Aang's spirit world meditation.

[[WMG: Shyamalan only saw the Ember Island Players clip.]]
* Thus why so many aspects of the story are changed, and why the characters are so off. He only saw the play clips from the Ember Island Players episode and didn't realize it was a joke.

* He was certainly more heroic than any of the actual protagonists. His giving Yue the idea for her HeroicSacrifice rather than it being her own choice all along was just the icing on the cake. Movie!Iroh was more [[ThePhantomMenace Qui-Gon Jinn]] than the tea-crazy DefectorFromDecadence ATLA!Iroh was.

* He was certainly more heroic than any of the actual protagonists. His giving Yue the idea for her HeroicSacrifice rather than it being her own choice all along was just the icing on the cake. Movie!Iroh was more [[ThePhantomMenace Qui-Gon Jinn]] than the tea-crazy DefectorFromDecedance ATLA!Iroh was.

* Thus why so many aspects of the story are changed, and why the characters are so off. He only saw the play clips from the Ember Island Players episode and didn't realize it was a joke.

* Given how the female charakters am treated by the movie that sadly would make a lot of sense

* That would actually be really interesting, I think. A bit dark, too.

* So much of the casting is off- Aasif Mandvi as Zhao for example. Many of Shyamalan's alterations to/mangling of canon make it virtually impossible to adapt seasons 2 and 3, for example his bizarre combination of the Avatar state and Aang's spirit world meditation.

* Granted, lava is arguably more earth than it is fire, but then again, where there is lava, there is certainly fire, and it's plausible to believe that the Firebenders are more powerful than the Earthbenders, so their control over the substance would be more powerful as well.

The fact that The Last Airbender was based on The Ember Island Players could be true. But there has been an adaption of the Avatar cartoon which is the movie Avatar. Yes, the Avatar movie has very little or basically nothing to do with the Avatar cartoon but so what? James Cameron wanted to go with his own twist on things and it is better to do his own thing with the franchise then try to make a three season cartoon series into three movies.

* So wait, because of a forbidden love, Roku would be partially responsible for plunging the [[strike:galaxy]] world into oppression ? As [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/blogs/bdash/entry/the-animated-reviewer-theater-episode-1-avatar-the-last-airbender-movie/ this reviewer]] put it, I'm having StarWars prequels flashbacks !

* This Troper declares this to be canon now. XD

He just went too far in the other direction. Thus, movie-Sokka lost the comedic side of his character, movie-Aang lost his [[{{Keet}} bounciness]], movie-Katara never got to make her stirring speech about hope to the imprisoned earthbenders, and movie-Iroh is skinny.

[[WMG: Shyamalan is a zutara shipper and was planning for Zuko and Katara to end up together]]
Bear with me here:
* Prove 1: The avatar is no longer allowed to marry.
* Prove 2: The episodes with Aang's attraction to Katara as a driving force were cut

* Brought over from the main page: ''He changed so much in the adaptation from cartoon to film it kind of indicates a total lack of respect for the source material. In talking about "grounding" the film, he said he wouldn't have any of the "fart jokes" the cartoon had, a baffling accusation considering the cartoon barely had any fart jokes and in fact was considerably more mature, intelligent, and "grounded" than the movie from any objective perspective.''

I saw this one somewhere else (And i could've sworn that that somewhere was here. Perhaps I just missed it) but as I can't find it now, I thought I may as well post it. It makes perfect sense. So much of the casting seems to be stupid almost to the extent of being BeyondTheImpossible. Aasif Mandvi as Zhao for example. Additionally, many of Shyamalan's alterations to/mangling of canon make it virtually impossible to adapt seasons 2 and 3, for example his bizarre combination of the Avatar state and Aang's spirit world meditation, ([[spoiler: the seasons 2 and 3 finales in particular]]) or the fact that, under the new, weaker effects of Sozin's Comet, wiping out an entire civilization in a day is laughably impossible, or the removal of The Mechanist and almost all of Sokka's intelligence, which makes the [[spoiler: submarines and various other Day of Black Sun/Sozin's Comet plot essential innovations]] impossible, and the removal of the Kyoshi Warriors, which makes [[spoiler: Azula's conquest of Ba Sing Se, as well as other parts of the Ba Sing Se plotline]] rather difficult.

* Brought over from the main page: ''He changed so much in the adaptation from cartoon to film it kind of indicates a total lack of respect for the source material. In talking about "grounding" the film, he said he wouldn't have any of the "fart jokes" the cartoon had, a baffling accusation considering the cartoon barely had any fart jokes and in fact was considerably more mature, intelligent, and "grounded" than the movie from any objective perspective.''

Prove 1: The avatar is no longer allowed to marry
Prove 2: The episodes with Aang's attraction to Katara as a driving force were cut

[[WMG: This Film Was Not Based On The Actual Series.]]
It was based on only one episode: The Ember Island Players. Think about it. Most people agree that it was SoBadItsHorrible, as the real characters did for the play, the movie!characters don't look anything like the cartoon!characters, and the movie changed around a lot of the facts of the series to serve its own purpose. Everyone who worked on this movie simply based it off of the Ember Island production, with some changes to the parts that were blatantly meant as meta-comedy. It's certainly a nicer (or, at least, less mean) explanation than simply, "These people are idiots."
* But why wasn't Soh-ka making corny jokes?
** They were improvised for that particular performance by the real Sokka, and not a regular feature of the Players' performance. Besides disagreeing slightly on who looked like who, I like the sound of this.
* Does this mean that Aang and Katara wouldn't become the official pairing? Oh, well... Good news for zutarians.

[[WMG: The whole thing is a dream.]]
Similar to St. Elsewhere, This whole movie was imagined by an autistic kid, who watched and enjoyed the original cartoon. With some toys he tries reenact the whole show in his head as best he could. This is why the characters are so unemotional. You know if M Night could actually end the film series that would be the twist ending.
* As someone with Apsergers, I kindly give you the middle finger and tell you to go die in a hole.
** I do too. I do not mean a regular high-functioning Asperger person, but someone very low on spectrum.
* Ignoring the blatant rudeness here, it would be a cool twist if the movie's ended with cartoon Aang waking up from a nightmare.

[[WMG: The film was Aang's life flashing before his eyes after he was driven insane and died.]]
After the series, he suffered being abused by his wife Katara, who had been taking out her anger on Aang. She messed with him by distorting many memories of his and said others never happened, mocked him by calling him "Ohng", talked to him constantly about what a whiner he was, etcetera etcetera. He died after a complete emotional breakdown, and this movie is what he remembered in his last breaths.
** O_o Whoa. That's... different.

[[WMG: Avatars can't have families because it conflicts with M. Night's shipping preferences.]]
The show provided perfectly good reasons for Aang to run away from the Air Temples while still allowing Avatars to have spouses and families. So why change it? Simple--M. Night is a Zutarian. In future movies, [[strike:Aang]] Ong will come to accept that he can't have a family the same way he's accepted that he can't ever hurt a fly or show a facial expression, leaving Katara perfectly free to go with Zuko instead. ''[[MemeticMutation It's a tweeeeeest!]]''

[[WMG: TheMovie [[StylisticSuck was supposed to be bad]]]]
Shammylammy actually created the movie as a [[XanatosGambit plan]] to bring a [[AvatarTheLegendOfKorra new series]] to television. The producers [[UnwittingPawn unwittingly]] played along with this by giving him as much freedom as he possibly can. When the movie flopped with critics and fans alike, it motivated Bryan and Mike to develop a new series, and thus pleasing the fanbase, [[BrokenBase most of them still sour about the movie.]]
* Remember: he said that he was a big fan of the series. The worst case scenario should have been RunningTheAsylum; it should have been more faithful to the show.

[[WMG: This film is a result of the AnimationAgeGhetto]]
* As M.Night was watching the series, he felt nothing but shame and self loathing for liking a cartoon that was [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids so CLEARLY]] meant for children. Then he had himself an idea: he would make the show a live action movie for ADULTS to justify his admiration of the cartoon. He kicked the creators of the show off the set because they are ''cartoon makers'', not [[PrimaDonnaDirector serious filmakers]] like him. He cut out anything that might be perceived by audiences as "Cartoony" like Aangs ubeat mood, Sokkas comedic MANLINESS and [[spoiler: a giant koi fish kaiju crushing an entire army]] and put in more "realistic" and "adult"story elements like [[DullSurprise realistic emotions]], [[spoiler: Zhao drowning horrifically onscreen, despite the message of non-violence just a few minutes prior]] and [[RealIsBrown the muted colors]]

[[WMG: The sequels, if they exist, will involve even more ridiculous bending choreography.]]
Specifically, lightning generation will now involve at least a minute of overly-dramatic scuffing of one's feet on a handy piece of carpet to get a spark, since movie firebenders normally can't create their element from scratch.

[[WMG: M. Night Shyamalan is a damn liar.]]
He claimed he was a fan of the show, but that was a lie so he could get work after losing his AuteurLicense.
[[WMG: M. Night Shyamalan, for some reason, wants to twist the Avatar into that universe's equivalent of our world Jesus Christ, including being the representation/son of the almighty being.]]
The cross tattoo on "Ohng"'s back, the rule that an Avatar can't get married or have relationships, and the fact that everyone practically WORSHIP him by the end of the movie? By the time of the sequels, he'll get killed by the Fire Nation (more specifically Azula in the second season finale) "who doesn't know better", then resurrected by the third day, and forgive all the Fire Nation of their sins. We'll eventually see "God" of the Avatar universe as a greater Spirit being. It also explains why there is no Avatar Roku to guide Ohng: the dragon seen in the movie is an extension of the almighty being, who will either be a great dragon spirit, or the turtle spirit in the last episodes of the series. I'm scared.

* Alternatively, they're not symbolic of anything - there just aren't any combs in the spirit world.

[[WMG: Ahng ''is'' the Ahvatar!]]
Naturally, the plot of the sequel film will revolve around Ahng and co looking for the ''Avatar'', so that he can restore balance to the world.

Obviously it is in no way connected to the cartoon but instead is a story about a plucky nation deciding they no longer wish to be under the oppressive thumb of the Spiritworld and by definition the Avatar, only the story is told from the point of view of the oppressors. This way it is logical why the Earthbenders are kept in an open place with no attempt to cover the ground with something they couldn't use, the Firebenders kill people (it's a revolution after all), but see no point in killing needlessly. Also explains why we never really see the much talked about Machines and why the most sympathetic people in the film are the guys playing the Firebenders, it was genius casting by M.Night. The entire film is in fact a propaganda story told by the supporters of the Avatar, Katara and Co might never have actually existed and are simply badly thought through characters in the story.

Obviously it is in no way connected to the cartoon but instead is a story about a plucky nation deciding they no longer wish to be under the oppressive thumb of the Spiritworld and by definition the Avatar, only the story is told from the point of view of the oppressors. This way it is logical why the Earthbenders are kept in an open place with no attempt to cover the ground with something they couldn't use, the Firebenders kill people (it's a revolution after all), but see no point in killing needlessly. Also explains why we never really see the much talked about Machines and why the most sympathetic people in the film are the guys playing the Firebenders, it was genius casting by M.Night. The entire film is in fact a propaganda story told the supporters of the Avatar, Katara and Co might never have actually existed and are simply badly thought through characters in the story.

* Alternatively, they're not symbolic of anything - there just aren't any combs in the spirit world.

The cross tattoo on "Ohng"'s back, the rule that an Avatar can't get married or have relationships, and the fact that everyone practically WORSHIP him by the end of the movie? By the time of the sequels, he'll get killed by the Fire Nation (more specifically Azula in the second season finale) "who doesn't know better", then resurrected by the third day, and forgive all the Fire Nation of their sins. We'll eventually see "God" of the Avatar universe as a greater Spirit being. It also explains why there is no Avatar Roku to guide Ohng: the dragon seen in the movie is an extension of the almighty being, who will either be a great dragon spirit, or the turtle spirit in the last episodes of the series. I'm scared.

The cross tattoo on "Ohng"'s back, the rule that an Avatar can't get married or have relationships, and the fact that everyone practically WORSHIP him by the end of the movie? By the time of the sequels, he'll get killed by the Fire Nation (more specifically Azula in the second season finale) "who doesn't know better", then resurrected by the third day, and forgive all the Fire Nation of their sins. We'll eventually see "God" of the Avatar universe as a greater Spirit being. I'm scared.

He claimed he was a fan of the show, but that was a lie so he could get work after losing his AuteurLicense.

* As M.Night was watching the series, he felt nothing but shame and self loathing for liking a cartoon that was [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids so CLEARLY]] meant for children. Then he had himself an idea: he would make the show a live action movie for ADULTS to justify his admiration of the cartoon. He kicked the creators of the show off the set because they are ''cartoon makers'', not [[FallenCreator serious]] [[PrimaDonnaDirector filmakers]] like him. He cut out anything that might be perceived by audiences as "Cartoony" like Aangs ubeat mood, Sokkas comedic MANLINESS and [[spoiler: a giant koi fish kaiju crushing an entire army]] and put in more "realistic" and "adult"story elements like [[DullSurprise realistic emotions]], [[spoiler: Zhao drowning horrifically onscreen, despite the message of non-violence just a few minutes prior]] and [[RealIsBrown the muted colors]]

Specifically, lightning generation will now involve at least a minute of overly-dramatic scuffing of one's feet on a handy piece of carpet to get a spark, since movie firebenders normally can't create their element from scratch.

[WMG: Shyamalan was attempting to make the anti-Ember Island Players]]