Avatar: The Last Airbender [Netflix Live-Action]

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

Doing a show like Avatar in live action would have hard back in 2005. Crappy CGI and Nick probably wouldn't have picked it up unless it were animated and affordable to produce. We've come a long way with what studios are able to do in terms of effects and whatnot.

But doesn't it seem pretty dismissive of a brilliant show with a large and loyal fanbase to essentially say, "What came before was just practice"? Especially moving it from animation (an art form that's always been ghettoized as "kid's stuff" in America) to live-action? I mean, I love the Avatar universe, and would love to see more of it, but what's the point of going over the same ground again, just in a different medium? ESPECIALLY after the abortion of the 2010 movie? Just saying, "We'll cast non-white leads now!" isn't really enough of an answer.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

But doesn't it seem pretty dismissive of a brilliant show with a large and loyal fanbase to essentially say, "What came before was just practice"? Especially moving it from animation (an art form that's always been ghettoized as "kid's stuff" in America) to live-action? I mean, I love the Avatar universe, and would love to se more of it, but what's the point of going over the same ground again, just in a different medium? ESPECIALLY after the abortion of the 2010 movie? Just saying, "We'll cast non-white leads now!" isn't really enough of an answer.

I do see what you mean, yeah. I could see if we had one or two seasons of the live action out already and it was receiving big time praise, but they're speaking too soon and shouldn't have used that wording. The live action is going to be a "reimagined take on Aang's story" and I wonder what that entails. Why not take this opportunity to adapt some of the comic material that came after the animation ended? I'm sure a lot of fans would like that.

[The Fallen Deity]

There's absolutely no way this'll be worse than the film. I don't think that's humanly possible.