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[Ladida]

I've turned into this addict who'll stay up til 2 in the morning watching Avatar. I swear there's some brainwashing mechanism in there. And for some reason, nicktoons shows this series around like 9pm. I don't get it, I thought this was a kids show! I'll download it, but I kinda like watching it on tv

Have you ever had Avataritis? Or have you gotten over it by now?

[Turtleboy]

It's too interesting to watch once a week.
So I finished all of it in a week teehee. It's pretty good but the ending was too abrupt.

[Mishelle]

I've seen all the seasons. I love the series. I can't wait until The Legend of Korra starts.

[Ladida]

It's too interesting to watch once a week.
So I finished all of it in a week teehee. It's pretty good but the ending was too abrupt.

Agreed, it seemed a bit rushed. Plus I still think Aang should have crushed Ozai to pulp. This series was magical

I've seen all the seasons. I love the series. I can't wait until The Legend of Korra starts.

I can't wait to see what Tenzin is like.. But it made me sad that all the characters I love are dead in it =\ I hope it'll be amazing though!

Edited by Ladida, 28 December 2010 - 09:14 PM.

[Mishelle]

Did you see the movie? I saw it, I hated it.

[Ladida]

Did you see the movie? I saw it, I hated it.

I tried. It sucked so badly that I turned it off halfway =\

[Mishelle]

The best (worst) part is when Katara is water bending and Sokka is supposed to get the water dropped on him but he's not even wet. Like what the hell. This movie has been made by Nickelodeon and it's supposed to cost like 100 million to make, someone got ripped off.

[Acheron]

I agree, the movie was sooo bad! I even paid extra to watch it in 3-D. Such a disappointing tribute to a great series.

Also, what's this The Legend of Korra? A sequel to Avatar?

[Mishelle]

Yes it's a sequel and a miniseries. When Ang dies he's re-incarnated into the Water tribe as Korra.

[Elindoril]

It was good until book 4, which was filler central until the "movie", which was pretty bad in itself.

[Mishelle]

I felt like they could've done so much more with the finale. There should've been more books and they should've have ended the series where they did. But at the same time the movie was just completely careless. The Books were like 20+ episodes so they had A LOT of material to pull from for the movie to add back story but they didn't use any of it! That's what pisses me off the most. The fact that they had Katara narrate most of the story instead of actually using the stories to develop the characters.

I think that for a cartoon series the back story and character development for Avatar was done very well. The movie was just, a mess though. I'm really hoping that M Knight Shamalan (I know I spelled that wrong) doesn't get the funding to butcher Book 2.

[Elindoril]

I felt like they could've done so much more with the finale. There should've been more books and they should've have ended the series where they did. But at the same time the movie was just completely careless. The Books were like 20+ episodes so they had A LOT of material to pull from for the movie to add back story but they didn't use any of it! That's what pisses me off the most. The fact that they had Katara narrate most of the story instead of actually using the stories to develop the characters.

I think that for a cartoon series the back story and character development for Avatar was done very well. The movie was just, a mess though. I'm really hoping that M Knight Shamalan (I know I spelled that wrong) doesn't get the funding to butcher Book 2.

Keep in mind though, that the cartoon was created for an under-14 demographic, so it might seem rather flawed to those older than what they assumed would be watching more. Though, it was still very entertaining throughout book 2, but for me, it went very downhill going through book 3, they had this Comet to prepare for, and instead of taking the time to prepare, train, etc, they had dancing parties and goofed around the fire kingdom, and everything serious got squished into the finale, giving us this short 90 minute mix-up of closure and an incredibly small and rather anticlimactic final battle, whereas they could've used those filler episodes to train and give us this amazing ending.

Of course, I can't really expect much more from a cartoon made for a child, considering the reception it did great regardless.

[Mishelle]

yeah I do understand that it was made for kids but at the same time there's been plenty of cartoons made for kids that also appealed to older audiences like Dragon Ball Z. Even my 10 year old brother, who's also a huge fan of the series, thought the movie was complete crap. And I agree about the last Book, most of it was filler and boring, but I did enjoy the ending. I hope the lose ends in Book 4 are tied up in The Legend of Korra.

[Elindoril]

yeah I do understand that it was made for kids but at the same time there's been plenty of cartoons made for kids that also appealed to older audiences like Dragon Ball Z. Even my 10 year old brother, who's also a huge fan of the series, thought the movie was complete crap. And I agree about the last Book, most of it was filler and boring, but I did enjoy the ending. I hope the lose ends in Book 4 are tied up in The Legend of Korra.

Dragonball Z wasn't made for an under 14 demographic in Japan, the company(ies) in North America who edited and dubbed it were the ones who made it available to a broader audience, there was no way the show would be fine for any 10 year to watch if it was uncut and aired pretty much raw like it did in Japan, at least I doubt most of the parents would say so.

Also question, when you reference the movie, do you mean the cartoon finale, or the shitty live action film?

[Mishelle]

I mean the cartoon finale.

I've gotten the point where The Last Airbender is dead to me. Just like the Star Wars prequels, it doesn't exist.

[Narna]

Seen all seasons, amazing series imo. I couldn't stop watching it, and stayed up far too late. Story line is just amazing, and got hooked on the theme of it

[BERRIES]

I only got over it when i finished all the 'books', the episodes. This cartoon is really good! Very funny and entertaining. Hahas. If i had the time, I could watch it all over again! (:

[neobrah]

I havent seen it, but i heard the movie adaptation was just god awful -> the only way i'll see it if it's on TV and I have absolutely nothing to do.

[BERRIES]

I havent seen it, but i heard the movie adaptation was just god awful -> the only way i'll see it if it's on TV and I have absolutely nothing to do.

Yeah, the movie adaption WAS awful. Peeps that didn't watch the cartoon but watched the movie was totally turned off by Avatar: The Last Airbender. So they concluded they hate Avatar, even the cartoon. But the cartoon is way better! Damn movie, ruin Avatar's image. =.=

[neobrah]

Yeah, the movie adaption WAS awful. Peeps that didn't watch the cartoon but watched the movie was totally turned off by Avatar: The Last Airbender. So they concluded they hate Avatar, even the cartoon. But the cartoon is way better! Damn movie, ruin Avatar's image. =.=

Same thing happened with that real life dragon ball movie I my childhood memories of DB died a little inside when I watched it

[Elindoril]

Same thing happened with that real life dragon ball movie I my childhood memories of DB died a little inside when I watched it

You should have known better than to trust a Hollywood depiction of an anime. It's like Street Fighter, those movies were so baaaaaad.

[BERRIES]

Hollywood is trying desperately to make cash now. They even did one on Yogi Bear. Well, personally, i HATE Yogi Bear. I think he's kinda stupid, just mainly going around stealing food. Just came back from watching The Tourist. Kinda predictable storyline. I thought the movie was quite bad, just felt so, >____< !! Watched it because Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie are in it.

[neobrah]

You should have known better than to trust a Hollywood depiction of an anime. It's like Street Fighter, those movies were so baaaaaad.

Yeah, I can't wait until the day an anime is done justice. Japanese anime adaptions are done pretty decently...

So far North American adaptations of their own maintstream comics are directed properly =p

[Lallard]

Yeah, I can't wait until the day an anime is done justice. Japanese anime adaptions are done pretty decently...

So far North American adaptations of their own maintstream comics are directed properly =p

Since Western comics are being put into live action by Western producers/screen writers, it works out perfectly.

Don't mistake me as a racist now, but putting a white guy as the lead role in anime live actions is almost always a recipe for disaster.
In fear that non-white characters being given the lead role might not be appealing to the US market, we end up with garbage movie adaptations .

[neobrah]

Since Western comics are being put into live action by Western producers/screen writers, it works out perfectly.

Don't mistake me as a racist now, but putting a white guy as the lead role in anime live actions is almost always a recipe for disaster.
In fear that non-white characters being given the lead role might not be appealing to the US market, we end up with garbage movie adaptations .

oh no, I completely agree with the white guy as the leading role as a recipe for disaster haha.. a white goku? haha.. although interestingly enough the author of DB intended his characters to be white or smth in an interview