Okay…Netflix’s Avatar the Last Airbender has dropped its first season. Now much of the built-in fan base from the animated series is going into this very skeptical, mostly because the creators can’t stop talking and everything they say pisses us off. I want to preface this with, I am cautiously optimistic BUT there are no changes that they can make that will enhance the series. I know for a fact that they are going to fuck some things up because they are trying to shove 20 episodes into 8. They will skip stuff and depending on what it is that’s fine, but there will be some horrible decisions because it’s just not possible to cover that much story in that little time. I am going to try and fight through the entire season so that this review is as accurate and honest as possible. But I have very little hope so please bear with me if this takes a while. I consider the animated series absolutely perfect and therefore the live action can only be worse. But let’s see how much worse.
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It’s so heavy handed and it SCREAMS the audience is stupid. Do you really think that new people are watching this show? Do you genuinely believe that people that didn’t grow up with the animated series are watching this? Because they aren’t. The only people you need to cater to are the ones who grew up with the series. Word of mouth will make or break a series so maybe don’t piss off your built-in audience. They really fucked the series structurally. Everything that should have been a flashback was done up top and that is really just unnecessary.
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