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https://comicbook.com/anime/2018/09/18/netflix-announces-live-action-avatar-the-last-airbender-series/

Yes, this is happening, Netflix is taking the Avatar series and doing a live action series.

Just giving it a glance, it's gonna be a challenge, with the high requirements, especially on the main cast.

Edited by Synchronicity on Jan 29th 2024 at 8:11:35 AM

dcutter2 Since: Sep, 2013
#251: Jun 18th 2023 at 12:33:06 PM

On the one hand, yes, it's a practical change for live action. On the other: years is a long time, especially to kid who'd regard it as practically forever and wouldn't have the same urgency about it at all.

TheMountainKing Since: Jul, 2016
#252: Jun 18th 2023 at 3:11:16 PM

Personally I don't like Aang and Katara's costumes. They look more like cosplay or Halloween costumes than clothes that a person actually wears. Sokka and Zuko look a lot better, though.

ECD Since: Nov, 2021
#253: Jun 18th 2023 at 3:14:22 PM

[up][up]I think that might actually help assuming some slower episodes get made/adapted. With such a short timeframe, a lot of the episodes feel a bit weird, very game RPG Take Your Time logic.

generation81 Since: Aug, 2021
#254: Jun 18th 2023 at 3:16:11 PM

I saw the images and lemme just say, I do not look forward to it, and the show should have just been an animated reboot.

Honestly, I would have preferred a Game of Thrones-style Perspective Flip story about the Fire Nation, with the Gaang in supporting background roles.

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#255: Jun 18th 2023 at 3:20:01 PM

Tbf I dunno if that would be different as Zuko is the Deuterogonist anyway.

Plus Ozai works because in the original he series he was built up as this dark background threat before showing that he is a Human evil in the last season. Imo the film made a huge misstep making him do so much

Edited by miraculous on Jun 18th 2023 at 3:21:07 AM

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#256: Jun 19th 2023 at 11:24:48 PM

[up][up]May I ask why?

Edited by windleopard on Jun 19th 2023 at 7:25:07 PM

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#257: Jun 20th 2023 at 2:36:36 AM

What are some differences you would theorize / think would be interesting?

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TheMountainKing Since: Jul, 2016
#258: Jun 23rd 2023 at 3:17:59 PM

I'm interested din what episodes they adapt and which one's they cut. It's a safe bet "The Great Divide" is dropped and we know Suki's in it, so they'll do "The Warriors of Kyoshi", but I wonder which other midseason episodes they'll adapt.

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#259: Oct 17th 2023 at 6:35:38 PM

Netflix released some promo pics of the Fire Nation characters ahead of Geeked Week on their social (but I will link to the Polygon article about it because the website formerly known as Twitter is unfriendly)

(If nothing else I can be assured the costumes will be rich and Paul Sun-hyung Lee will be perfect.)

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#260: Oct 17th 2023 at 6:48:14 PM

Zuko's scar turned out a challenge, huh?

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#263: Oct 17th 2023 at 7:52:24 PM

[up][up][up] Scars are always tough in live-action. Especially burn scars, because sometimes in real life they just look like a permanent bad sunburn. I expect we'll get some complaints no matter what his scar looks like. That picture isn't the best because of the lighting, but I think it looks okay.

I'm unreasonably annoyed that Azula doesn't look cruelly amused in the picture, but I'm sure it will be fine.

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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#264: Oct 17th 2023 at 8:40:43 PM

I suppose a recent close comparison point would be Witcher s3:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_5824.jpeg

I think they could’ve at least covered up the eyebrow, thoughtongue

Edited by Synchronicity on Oct 17th 2023 at 11:44:54 AM

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#265: Oct 18th 2023 at 1:29:03 AM

So they are showing Azula and Ozai in season 1 huh? I don't know how I feel about that.

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#266: Oct 18th 2023 at 1:56:16 AM

[up] I'm fairly certain we did see Azula in Zuko's season 1 flashback.

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#267: Oct 18th 2023 at 2:30:24 AM

Yes, but the promo shot implies we are gonna see more of her.

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#268: Oct 18th 2023 at 9:03:38 AM

By this point, people know who Ozai looks like and know that Azula is a big part of the series. Trying to recapture the mystery and suspense of the original is only going to look and feel like a cheap carbon copy of the original animated series.

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#269: Oct 18th 2023 at 9:07:27 AM

At long as he Doesn't appear much to keep the suspense in fine. Like a huge mistake in the film (one of many) is that he appeared way too much that it ruined his build up.

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#270: Oct 18th 2023 at 11:21:46 AM

The movie was super weird about Ozai, some scenes just casually showed him in full and some of them apparently forgot we'd already seen him and went back to hiding him before his next scene showed him again, rinse and repeat.

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#271: Oct 18th 2023 at 2:52:45 PM

The only thing needed is Ozai looking imposing and intimidating. And for his reintroduction in Book 3, that aura should be subverted with him acting like a caring father to Zuko, almost like a twisted version of Iroh... just to highlight how his humanity makes him scarier.

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#273: Nov 8th 2023 at 7:04:52 AM

And here’s the poster: https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_6689.jpeg

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#275: Nov 9th 2023 at 3:20:42 PM

I'd love for this searis to be successful, because I want to see Korra get the same treatment. Theres a series that could use a redo. (For the record, I still maintain that while Korra was more uneven in quality then atla, the best episodes of Korra were better than the best episodes of atla)

So far it looks like they might actually pull it of.

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