This live action adaptation of ATLA is riddled with problems. And the biggest one is that all these problems are really easy to fix. They are stupid mistakes and it feels like a film students senior project and not like it was made by professionals and developed over years. Most of the technical elements are at about 70-80% but that last 20-30% is very incohesive. I am holding out hope that the first episode is not indicative of the overall season quality.
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The second episode was infinitely better then the first one and though that makes the show more watchable, Netflix should have come out swinging in the first episode. You never want to “save” your quality stuff for later, especially in a world where things get canceled after one season, but something with as many eyes on it as Avatar the Last Airbender, not putting your whole body, soul, blood, sweat, and tears into your first episode is a mistake. People should not have to wait for you to get your shit together, I hate every show that people tell me to watch where they go “just wait, it gets good” bitch why didn’t it start good? This adaptation of ATLA just seems underdeveloped and lazy.
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