cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1898250
This is BIG.
If they wanted to make a movie of TLA they shoulda just made it animated. Live action versions never hold up to their animated originals.
I'm going to keep fighting on this, because the old One Piece anime was really poorly done in many respects (though not abnormally so for the time). The animated reboot could be better than the live action one, it's hard to say.
Haven't seen the new show. On a scale of really lib to extremely ultra lib, how lib is the new show?
Honestly, they were more respectful of the source material even as they took creative license here and there. The format changes (live action, hour long episodes) favored how they wove plots together. There characterization was modulated, but not alien. Yes, Sokka isn't starting as a misogynist jerk, but they put his underlying insecurity up front.
Aang still struggles with the pressure of being the Avatar, but his empathy at seeing the suffering of the world and it's people gives him resolve.
Is it perfect? Nothing is but just as the LOTR film trilogy is considered a decent adaptation (and they changed a lot more), so too an I satisfied with this adaptation.
It should always be told with long-form storytelling; trying to do a movie was a mistake.
I agree that it’s more respectful to the original, but I’m not going to give it much praise. The writing and pacing were just not there. I’m not trying to be nitpicky either. If I’d never watched the cartoon I’d think it was mediocre at best.
