I watched the first episode and tapped out when they decided to show the air nomad genocide on screen and Whoah How Cool Are These Fights Guys instead of what the original did, which was show the deep emotional impact of being the last person of a dead culture in the ruin of their society.
Also they straight up stole lines from Man of Steel lmao
I watched the entire thing, and then when I went online to talk about how disappointed I was about how awful it was I got so much copium in my replies that I was like "did I really miss something?" So I went back and tried to rewatch it.
I got about halfway through episode 2 of the rewatch before I was like "no, this is absolute garbage, how are people lying to themselves about this?"
It's perfectly fine Netflix slop but it's honestly astounding that the original animated series is coming up on 20 years old and they still haven't managed to make an adaption that's even half as good.
Whoah How Cool Are These Fights Guys instead of what the original did, which was show the deep emotional impact of being the last person of a dead culture in the ruin of their society.
Genuinely some of the greatest writing advice I've ever heard in my life: "Nobody gives a shit about the events in your story. They care about how it affects the characters."
Thousands of nameless extras dying in a slaughter is essentially a statistic. What gives it meaning is how it impacts Aangs development and having the audience learn about it and see it through his eyes defacto makes them empathize with him more.
I watched the first episode and tapped out when they decided to show the air nomad genocide on screen and Whoah How Cool Are These Fights Guys instead of what the original did, which was show the deep emotional impact of being the last person of a dead culture in the ruin of their society.
Also they straight up stole lines from Man of Steel lmao
I watched the entire thing, and then when I went online to talk about how disappointed I was about how awful it was I got so much copium in my replies that I was like "did I really miss something?" So I went back and tried to rewatch it.
I got about halfway through episode 2 of the rewatch before I was like "no, this is absolute garbage, how are people lying to themselves about this?"
It's perfectly fine Netflix slop but it's honestly astounding that the original animated series is coming up on 20 years old and they still haven't managed to make an adaption that's even half as good.
Genuinely some of the greatest writing advice I've ever heard in my life: "Nobody gives a shit about the events in your story. They care about how it affects the characters."
Thousands of nameless extras dying in a slaughter is essentially a statistic. What gives it meaning is how it impacts Aangs development and having the audience learn about it and see it through his eyes defacto makes them empathize with him more.