@@listening...-xr1kx I legitimately do not understand why Hollywood is so afraid to show girls "struggling" instead of mastering everything instantly. It's such an annoying trope from the last decade.
@@StopReadingMyNameOrElse Never forgetting the Irony in the live-action Mulan where they made her a prodigy who had superpowers so she could be "equal" to the men, whereas, in the original version, everyone was struggling with training, Mulan the most, but just when she was getting kicked out she found a new way to tackle problems that the men's brute strength couldn't and became the turning point for everyone else to perform better.
The amount of times they completely failed the “show not tell” golden rule is mind boggling. How do you get a writers job for a Netflix show and still be making these mistakes. It’s a mystery.
@@knoxxsavage6288 No one's asking for it to be one to one. There's just almost none of the character development or emotional depth from the original show. People aren't mad about the changes. They're mad cause it's badly written.
@@Antenox in the animated show did he scream it to the sky with the camera right above him like a shot in the shawshank redemption? Or was he not even on camera and it was a quick 2 second joke after the episode ended, which is not what a climax is? You're not very smart are you
Honestly, the worst change is Aang’s backstory. The whole point of “The Storm” is that Aang and Zuko have juxtaposed backstories. Our “good guy” is here because he did something bad, and our “bad guy” is here because he did something good. The guilt Aang feels about running away is a huge part of his character, taking that away by making it an accident honestly ruins his character for me.
The guilt is an even bigger part of Aang's character in the new version, though. And Aang getting trapped in an ice floe for 100 years was always an accident, it's the running away that was on purpose, in both versions
@@mannyjacobowitz5571He doesn't run away in this version. He's just going out to clear his head during nice weather and wanders into a storm. In the original, he purposefully runs away during a massive storm.
The fact that the show tries to remake the avatar and make it more mature but it somehow ends up being less mature and less nuanced than the original show, which is animated and has more limitations when it comes to its rating and wow some of the acting is so bland and boring.
@@alexpeters3328Constant repetitions in dialogue, characters over-explaining their motivations and insecurities, and the overly-serious tone of the show clashes with the fantasy elements in a way the OG balanced perfectly.
@@FullMetalB So I might have been slightly high when I started watching it, so I was kinda forgetful, but the way that I had to continuously double check that it wasn’t the movie because I couldn’t tell if it was the awful movie I watched over a decade ago or the show says A LOT. So… yeah. slightly, if that.
It's very simmilar to the cast of disney Percy Jackson, where Walker, Aryan and Leah act more like Grover, Percy, and Annabeth during the interviews than in the actual show, And I completely blame the writers for that, especially since Walker was a giant Percy Jackson fan for years
I never related to Natalie so much as watching her grow frustrated with this remake. Honestly, really happy that you posted it. I made it to the end of episode 6... Not watching any further and not coming back for seasons 2 and 3.
If they want to do a live action, they should've just made a spin-off instead. This universe is full of possibilities and stories. There's no need to try and retell a story that's already near perfect.
I think it's the writers room. They for some reason think they can tell the story better than the one that people fell in love with. Look at The Witcher, they couldn't contain themselves in just telling the story the way it was written. Then look at The Witcher 3 and how much love and care CDProjektRed put into it and you can tell the difference.
@@mysticfox1663 they had so many options. korra, the kyoshi novels, hell, they couldve done the atla comics if they _really_ wanted to do something with the gaang. i feel all of them wouldve been far better received.
Yes I agree. It didn’t feel like Suki. She’s just thirsty because she hasn’t left the island and Sokka is the only guy she’s really been in contact with. No chemistry. Her thanking HIM for showing her the world is insane.
Remember when she casually put him in a choke hold for a few seconds while he was warming up, then just let him go while remaining silent the whole time? I guess that was her way of flirting and it's totally not creepy!
if it were the other way around, people would lose their minds. she was creepy asf and its insane because she was so awesome in the og. sokka and suki were so cute together, wtf happened???
Its crazy how you can take something that is literally laid out entirely for you, completely screw it up, and then sit there and look at it and go "Nailed it!" We are so starved for good tv and entertainment we don't even know what's good or bad anymore. Yes its better than the movie but dude, that bar was under the ocean it was so low. Of course its better. This show doesn't touch the cartoon though. Not even close. There's 1 good thing for every 20 terrible things.
"We are so starved for good tv and entertainment we don't even know what's good or bad anymore." We? You dont' speak for me - Don't *EVER* speak for me. Also, I see that you're one of those "Everything sucks now" people.
People don't understand that all the hate is not because they retold the story completely differently, and we want a one-to-one remake or anything like that. It's because it has horrible directing and timing, and so much monologue. Natalie nailed it in this review when she mentioned peoples lines just falling flat and not expressing the emotions they should.
One piece was a GREAT attempt of turning one of the most cartoonish and the goofiest anime into a live action. They just need to tweak the direction. This one needs to go back to the drawing board.
The fact that they took a show that is so deep, so sophisticated, mature and powerful and made it so plain, so dull, so unremarkable and unsophisticated makes me honestly worried about the standard of entertainment for now and the future, they think young people don’t need more than this.
They probably worked most of the script during the Strike. Which, to me, makes a lot of sense. Sad for the actors, but we need to be more critical of Studios and their work
For me, once bumi started talking, I was turned off. I felt like I was watching some people at a convention reenacting atla. I couldn't help but cringe. So I felt like I had to force myself to watch the rest of the show. It's a one-time watch for me and I don't think I'm gonna continue it unless I hear the rest of it is really good lol.
One of the things that frustrates me so much is completely erasing literally all of Katara's struggles with learning waterbending. Yes, they make her a master by the end of Season 1 to continue with the story and not have the characters tied in the Northern Water Tribe for so long, but by that point we've seen Katara struggle to learn waterbending on numerous occasions, and there's an entire episode dedicated to her literally breaking the law to get the waterbending scroll. Her struggling with bending shows us another layered aspect to Katara, the pressure to learn bending and her drive to do so. It shows that despite being nurturing and kind and the mature one, she can get petty and a bit mean, shown when she gets short with Aang when he's naturally good at waterbending. Negating all of her struggles simplifies her character and just makes her immediately good without any sort of character growth
The original Avatar series has a quote that perfectly sums up this adaptation: “That… wasn’t a good show. I’ll say. No kidding. Horrible. You said it. But the effects were decent.”
@@EChacon I dunno - I literally fell asleep in the cinema during JP3 - there's got to be a problem somewhere with a dinosaur movie if people in the audience are falling asleep.
Yeah I kind of tapped out around the same time. I played the rest of the episodes in the background just out of morbid curiosity but I couldn't take it.
Every time you said “Katara is giving me NOTHING” I just can’t stop laughing 😂 this show needed a better director to work with these kids, Pretty girl but she just had bland face the whole time like she’s talking to koh the face stealer
Yesss was thinking the same thing, also re: Aang. He’s such a young kid and he tries so hard it just makes me sad. Better writing and better direction could’ve made a difference.
yeah kataras personality was missing they needed more time to let some of the actors get some daniel day lewis type of training like watch the animated series all day every day the minute they were cast to get the mannerisms and personalities down
yeah kataras personality was missing they needed more time to let some of the actors get some daniel day lewis type of training like watch the animated series all day every day the minute they were cast to get the mannerisms and personalities down
It's not just Katara, they went out of their way to remove everyone's flaws. She had the water scroll so she wouldn't have to steal it. Aang didn't run away, he took a stroll. Sokka isn't sexist, which I don't mind but still is a pattern. Also Zuko is already on a redemption arc so soon. Literally no one can do wrong in this show💀
That's a stupid way of looking at something, especially if it was a cartoon or book first. Why not see the amazing story that doesn't need to be changed, made into real life, and bring what you imagined it would look like to real life. The fact studios don't stick to the source material and just remake it in live action is why they all fail. This one executed it flawlessly, which is why it's been renewed so early.
@@damien2729 Easy there, killer. It’s not a stupid way to look at it - just different. We can agree to disagree. ;-)P I share a similar viewpoint with Natalie that having the same story depicted repeatedly isn’t as entertaining for me (Disney’s live-action adaptions are a great example). They for sure have their moments (like this series) that are great to see, but overall just leave me kind of…meh. They’re just not as engaging to me. I’m more fulfilled by the original content. And you can’t say this depiction was without flaw. Some key character arcs are notably missing or changed. But I think we can ALL agree…it’s better than M. Night Shamalyan’s 😂
@@damien2729it absolutely was not executed flawlessly. It's extremely flawed in many ways. No, it's not unwatchable, it has its strong moments, but it's worse than the animated series in pretty much every way. At best it's an inferior, unnecessary cash grab.
I think what this show did best was building the relationship with Zuko and Iroh. The funeral wake scene and the 41st Division were such good additions.
One thing I appreciated about Shadow and Bone is there was no expositional voice over. Everything about the world is only revealed as it comes up naturally in the characters' dialogue, so you really had to pay attention.
You're the first person I've seen who was as annoyed with the music as I was. Throughout the entire show it felt like it was trying to drag my emotions into something, while what was actually happening was bland and dull.
I liked this show when I first watched it, but the more I have thought about it, the less I like it in hindsight. Every single character is poorly written. Aang straight-up monologues at the camera multiple times in multiple different episodes to tell the audience how he's feeling, every episode he says "I don't know what I'm doing," and then turns around and does everything perfectly and knows exactly what he needs to do, and his dialog is nothing like how a child would speak. He sounds like he spent twelve years as an English teacher, not 12 years ALIVE. Bumi is a travesty, that shit was done so poorly it's genuinely difficult to watch. I get what they were going for, but for fuck's sake, at least do it well. Most of Sokka's big moments are either dumbed down or given to Katara, and even then, Katara is still bland. This is the biggest problem; none of the main trio have ANY growing to do, AT ALL. They're all flawless, they make no mistakes and don't need to change in any way. Wow, really interesting characters you got there guys, great job :/. Zuko in the cartoon was over the top in a good way, in this he's over the top in a bad way. He spits every corny line through clenched teeth and comes across more like a toddler throwing a tantrum rather than a teen with genuine trauma. Iroh is the only decent character and even then he's wooden, stale, doesn't have any of the fun-loving aspects that made him great in the cartoon. Most of his lines aren't even wise, they're just "hey, here's the obvious thing you should do." There's only two things I actually still like about this version; when they made the division Zuko saved be the crew of his ship. I saw that and went "Oh, that's a nice addition." The other is the scene with Lu Ten's funeral. That was very touching. Other than that, it's just... yikes. This show did not care about the source material, or its audience; it wanted to be flashy and look cool so that Netflix could show off their CGI teams.
my main problem is they were trying to be a "better" version of the cartoon without knowing what made the cartoon so great in the first place, all the world building and slow burn is lost also yes theyre mixing episodes (poorly) I hate the change to Bumi's personality Also it being slightly better than the movie is a reason i hate people defending the bad parts of this show because it was so boring to sit through in its entirety personally
All Netflix cares about is drawing you in. They don't care about anything else, cause it's been shown that once you're subscribed, you're most likely gonna stay subscribed. That's why it's rare for a Netflix show to last longer than 2 seasons, if they even get a second season. So as long as the trailer looks good, they don't really care. They can cheap out on everything else. They got you to subscribe.
One of the things that was really lost in the live action vs the animated version is the comedy. I think a big part of that is the sound effects. Adding sound effects to a cartoon to portray comedy is needed, as you can't rely on the actors to do that. In the live action, the actors are doing such a poor job of portraying the comedic aspect. Losing the fun of the animated version and replacing it with forced drama really makes this show fall short. Still, it's a million times better than the movie.
Yeah, I don't really trust reactors who don't dislike stuff. Maybe it's because I never watched ATLA stuff, but if anything, you not continueing here makes me more excited for everything else.
Yes, she earned my views for the future with this. I NEVER see a reactor give a negative take on a show. It's incredibly frustrating and makes me not want to watch their content.
highly recommend watching it or watching her reaction series to the original cartoons. its a masterpiece, if you like the premise of this show I think you'd like it
Thank you! I do get nervous posting more negative reactions because I don’t like to harp on creators and I definitely worked on my fair share of weak projects 😅. But I can’t help but be honest in how I feel!
(Camerons opinion aside) I think the main difference between this and the One Piece live action is that the original creators walked away from this show, as opposed to Eiichiro Oda who worked with the OPLA crew and handpicked the cast.
IDK, I'm sure that made an impact but I still feel like OP writers were better. Like, that LA has many legitimately funny jokes and good lines IMO that are not in the anime so they came up with them. And does a much better job at showing instead of telling, which this one can't stop doing. Has a couple of iffy moments but overall I think the writers were a lot better, even without Oda.
The news said that they left for creative differences, but the reality is they were offered a new animated ATLA movie and to do the next avatar series, so they stepped down to do that.
@@SurrealNirvanaNope. They left for the reason they said. They were told they would have more creative control and they weren’t given it. Why would they lie about that in their public statement when they left the project? Yes they moved on to to work on Avatar Studios
@@kaijingarou6526exactly. The OPLA has some flaws but the atla LA just reads like no one proofread the script…just so much exposition and telling you instead of showing and then telling you stuff the show has already told you 😭….. You see this already in the first 10 minutes of the first ep where kyoshi explains the avatar cycle, Monk Gyatso explains the avatar cycle to aang, and then AGAIN when Gran Gran reads the iconic opening from the og animation like. That’s just bad writing. It’s like they spent all the money on special effects and nothing on the directing, editing, proofreading, etc
Im so glad you posted this reaction. It is really validating seeing a reaction like this bc watching this show was really frustrating, so thank you for posting even though you are not going to finish
I felt entirely the same about the show. I had to force myself to keep watching because there were so many things that just rubbed me the wrong way. And what's the point if you can't enjoy it.
Thank you Natalie. I was so sick of watching reactions making excuses for this, it's like if you have to make excuses for something, that means it's NOT GOOD. Just say a thing is a thing.
because they like it? just because you don't doesnt mean they won't people love the show so saying they make excuses JUST because you didn't like it is crazy
@@lisabling6534no never said that I mean making excuses for it not being up to par for the original. "Oh they can only do so much with 8 episodes," or "oh they can't really translate that because it's a live adaptation." If u have to say all that, it SHOULDNT have been made. We r actively making excuses for mediocre work and then wonder why we keep getting mediocre work.
@@caylincoleman8758 Idk man having a budget and a limit in episodes per season it's not an excuse, that's just how productions works and most of the time it limits the final product
@@Exe3D The still did a disservice to her anyway because sure she was a colder, darker Avatar but she still was better than to start screaming at a kid's face for no reason and ramble about power all the time. She was wiser than that.
@@kaijingarou6526 Exactly. She wasnt angry. Plus she shouldve known better than to say he ran from his responsibilities. He literally went to clear his mind and divine intervention happened.
There's one good little change/addition in the Netflix show (SPOILER): Zuko's crew are the soldiers that where supposed to be sacrificed in a military tactic (which was what Zuko objected to, which ultimately led to his banishment). Other than that the animated show is purely better.
Thank you. 💕 there’s so many people that are so about the Live Action and I do not know how they can even come up with the cope excuse of “it’s an adaption” or “if you wanted a carbon copy of the anime just go watch that then”. The copium is intense.
But that's not coping that's liking the show as it is people are hating on this cause it's not a 1 to 1 remake just because you didn't like it doesnt mean other people can't
@@lisabling6534 Sure. People can like whatever they want, doesn’t mean that it’s not straight copium. It’s not even a 10:1. When I watched it, didn’t know I’d be watching a LA Ember Island Players. Everyone was tearbending in this one, though.
I have minor issues with the OPLA and I think you’ll have the same gripes you had with the acting with the the Avatar one but a lil bit less since I do think the acting a lil bit better but I do suggest giving the OPLA a try
I had too turn it off after Katara blocked a fireball in the first episode. Like she couldn’t even catch a fish in the first episode, she barely knew how too bend. She somehow manages too block a fire ball? I had too turn it off 😂
It was expected that Katara was going to steal her male counterparts's shine for no reason whatsoever despite her being an actual good character in the animated show.
I think a problem with people and this show is that this is an adaptation of the first season and some people are comparing this version to the whole of ATLA. I asked my roommate who just rewatched the whole show with his GF 4 months ago, about how memorable the first season was compared to the other 2. He could only remember the big moments from it. The first season of ATLA is a 7.5/10 at best. Many of the episodes can be smushed together because they only have tiny details that help the overall plot and many of the episodes had specific themes to guide children who watched. Its because S2 and S3 take things into overdrive that make up for the shortcomings of S1 when you look at ATLA as a whole. Not saying this is the same for everyone but when I explained this to my roommate he was able to enjoy the show a lot more.
Natalie, you should watch the One Piece Live-Action show. I apologize to your editor, but I enjoyed the show and I found it to be a good show, or at least a good introduction to the anime. If you're more comfortable with it, you can just watch the first two episodes and then decide whether watching the rest of the show is worth your time.
You're very real for this review. It took me so long to finish the series after its release. I had to stop in the middle of some episodes and come back after cringing so hard. The only reason I pushed through it was because of my friends and family who spoke highly of it (they have never seen the animated show). However, I think if they were going to remake a show like this, they need to cater it to the original audience. The only high budget aspect from the show was the look of the bending, everything else was disappointing coming from Netflix. The wardrobe didn't look handmade, nothing from that time period should look perfectly made. The acting and writing was just the biggest take away for me that really pulled me out from the world. Instead of saying, "OMG THAT'S IT??" at the end of each episode, I was left looking to see how much longer I had to endure it. I will be watching the rest of the series with hopes of improvement, but mainly just to show support for one of my favorite shows... I can't say I will enjoy doing so.
Thanks Natalie for being honest. I like how you present criticism in the most polite way, without trashing on the hard working production team and cast. I liked the performances of Zuko, Azula and Zhao the most, and the bending FX were cool. Everything else not my cup of tea.
@@synergyrevolution2332 I have a feeling the fans would've just turned on the creators for anything less than perfect. Fanbases love nothing more than to turn on those who make the art. I can already see the cringe think pieces & 2 hr long breakdown videos of how they "missed what made their original show great". I'm glad they spared themselves of that. Creatives shouldn't try and recreate old magic, because there isn't much to be gained from it....
it's not even that, all they had to do was not to make every single character just say the exposition in text, all they had to do was "show, not tell", but instead everything turned out to be the opposite
The worst part of the show is the fact that the only reason Netflix had this IP is because the creators of ATLA finally thought that they could make a live-action adaptation after the movie, and in 2018 this show was announced and we were all excited for it because both creators even said that their idea was to make essentially the same show, but they wanted to add in scenes that were cut from the original show and new things that they could add after having finished the original show and Korra and stuff. That way there would be more threads that weaved together the seasons better than they had during the originally show. And that would have been great. And Netflix initially said, in a public statement, that they would honor Mike and Bryan's creative choices and the direction they wanted the show to go in. But by Summer 2020 they both realized that their voices weren't being heard, and they probably wouldn't be even if they stayed with the show, so they left the project. They posted a public letter talking about it. They also didn't like some of the interactions at Netflix, and they didn't like the direction that Netflix wanted the show to go in. So, what was originally supposed to be the creators having hope for doing live-action the way they had wanted to became a worst nightmare scenario. Netflix also hired 5 showrunners to replace Mike and Bryan and that does show. And they are all fan of the original show, but there's only so much a fan can do in editing a show's narrative before things get messed up. I don't blame the actors or the writers or the rest of the crew, I fully blame Netflix for essentially tricking and literally betraying Mike and Bryan. But yeah, I didn't hate the show, but there were many more negatives than positives for me. And I absolutely hate that I have to say that I don't think I'll ever do a rewatch (even before season's 2 and 3 come out) because every time I watch it (or watch reaction videos of the episodes), I get heated about the unnecessary changes that were made. You hit the nail on the head with that comment you said about them making small changes for no reason. I would also add that because they were fans making the show, and not the creators, they didn't know how to rearrange the narrative structure properly in a way that wouldn't damage the narrative of the show. A lot of the time the changes that were made seemed to have been made simply to make changes or to adjust from other changes having been made. Mike and Bryan wanted this show to have been supplemental to the original show and I had a sliver of hope for that, but really, the moment they posted that open letter about leaving the show, I already knew that I would be disappointed even if I didn't know to what degree. I just hate that Mike and Bryan were ready to trust again with this happening and Netflix screwed them over, I'd say arguably more-so than the movie did since they were never really involved with that at all. The positives I had were the extra scenes that were added in like the beginning stuff at the air temple and some other stuff that you didn't get to yet. I was fine with them since I felt they added to the narrative. I also enjoyed the score, but like you said, they used that quite a lot to make scenes hit harder. I loved the costumes and the effects were good. And I did genuinely enjoy seeing these characters in live-action, everything else just fell flat. And I really just hate that I feel like that. I hate that I don't feel like I'll ever watch this again. I still will watch seasons 2 and 3 when they come, but if things haven't changed at that point, I probably won't ever watch this entire show more than once, and that just sucks to say. It's just weird that the One Piece adaptation was so good and this wasn't. And I say that because for OP, they had the creator of the anime as a consultant, and he would be given scripts and would say things like oh this characters wouldn't say that or do that, and adjustments were made. That's why ever though it was also cut up (though at least it was mostly chronological), the heart of each character was accurate. So, I felt the heart of the show shine through. And that show was announced in 2017, so it's weird that Netflix decided to work with the creator for OP and then later decided to ignore the creators for ATLA. This ATLA show shouldn't have been so polarizing, and I fully blame Netflix for being horrible to the creators.
There were a lot of people saying this show is actually showing respect for the source material and I literally never got those vibes at all. Netflix showed no respect to the creators of the show while they were working together, they promised the creators they would have control but never accepted any criticism or changes from them, ultimately making both creators leave the project in 2020. That is not respecting the source material or their creators. (They luckily formed their own studio and are creating a ton of new Avatar content and im so happy for them) The other thing that I hated was that the Sokka actor lied about his heritage just to get the role. Naither him nor Netflix even acknowledge it when it came to light, it was even before filming started. It really is sad to see how this adaptation went when it could've been such a good thing, Netflix does not deserve any of the support from the Avatar community. It really is sad to see how this adaptation went, what it was built on, when it could've been such a good thing. Its just sad this adaptation happened the way that it did.
Changing the inciting incidents of both main character's stories was always the craziest part to me. Aang never runs away, and Zuko fights back against his father.
I hope someday Natalie start to watch One Piece its a long journey but i think she may enjoy it very much, i dont know may she just drops it at 2 episode 😂😂
@@marvinthefilmnerd9259 no I'm saying she's honest about how she feels about it. Most reactors I've seen act like this show is the most amazing thing ever with little to no criticism.
omg, please watch the one piece adaptation. i watched the first episode, then went and watched 100 episodes of the anime and then finished the live action and i loved it! made me a fan of one piece in general and the original creator was involved every step of the way and it shows in the quality
I really don't have anything against this show. I don't really have anything against the idea of a live-action version. I just don't feel like watching it. If other people enjoy it, that's great.
This story will never work without those rpg elements, the side quests and misadventures are how we see team avatar really grows and become a family. You take that away and you're left with a shell of what it really is.
Take this for what it's worth, but I'm a new fan of the Avatar IP and binged through the original animated series before watching the Netflix show. I quickly fell in love with the OG show which left me apprehensive about immediately following it up with a live action version. Honestly, I can't fault anyone for choosing to bow out at any point in the first season. Speaking for myself, it took me the first 2 episodes to acclimate to the quality of the production and the tone. Episode 3 is when I acknowledged and adjusted to the pacing that they set. And, finally, in the fourth episode, I was rewarded with the potential the show had to meet the emotional beats of the original (if you made it that far in the show, then you know what I'm referring to). So, it took me half the season to make up my mind to finish it. Now, I don't believe it's a fair ask of anyone these days to have to watch half a season of anything in order to decide if a show is for them or not. Do I think the first season of Netflix's Avatar:TLA does enough to justify its existence? No. But, is it possible that it has done enough that as a complete series it still may? I sincerely hope so. Surely, the next season must address some areas that Natalie talked about in the video and others have been mentioned in the comments. Until then, I will choose to keep an optimistic outlook and look forward to seeing what the team behind the Netflix show can do going forward with the experience they've gained and the fanbase's feedback.
I watch shows with the mentality of get what good you can get from them and ignore the rest, because you will forget anyway. This show overall was not good. However, there are really really good moments and good changes even if they are very few (yes, not every decision they made with the story was bad). And I am grateful for them. If NATLA didn't exist, I wouldn't have those. For example, when I re-watch og series in the future, I will always remember the Zuko's crew being 41st division story in the storm episode. I will remember Lu Ten's funeral when I watch Tales of Ba Sing Sei episode. But I won't remember Katara's character being bad in NATLA. Or I won't remember Bumi being bitter. Those were just bad changes. So, what's the end result? At Worst, NATLA improved my rewatch of the original series. At best, it gave me some entertainment.
I felt the same way and stopped watching around the third episode too. I have no hate or ill will towards the actors. There are moments I appreciated, and some of the additions I've seen I think were good. The writing just wasn't strong. There are a lot of things that I have complaints about - the lack of relationship building between our main characters, Aang's lack of bending, a lot of the clunky "telling", and especially the way Aang's "running away" plot line was handled. like you said, this adaptation wasn't for me. I still love and will continue to rewatch the original!
my biggest problem (not only lul) is that they didn’t spend ANY time with the gaang just hanging out. like-- by the end of the season i don’t even know why they’re “friends”. they Literally do not know eachother
Yes, I agree with the line delivery. Some of the actors are a great deal MORE natural. You can actually tell because you can actually SEE when certain actors are waiting for their cues after saying a line or waiting to say a line. They're aren't exactly interacting so much as "just reading lines." Aang personally for me has that same feel that many child actors have. Especially the ones on kids' shows like "I Carly" and all those Disney or Nickelodean shows where they KNOW they've said something funny and are waiting for the laugh track to be added in, or they play their acting or expression REALLY BIG as if anticipating a crowd reaction before continuing. Andrew Garfield has that kind of moment when he steps out of the portal. lol. He plays that as if he was in front of a live audience and waiting for the crowd to finish cheering; whereas Toby just kind of steps through looking confused, but it's very subtle; as if he's thinking "Huh, okay that just happened."
I really enjoyed the Netflix series so far. Not that it's the best anime series adaptation, but for what it just is. A Netflix series about the avatar. If you start to hardcore compare it with the animated series, any real-life series will lose. I did not try to expect and compare that much. Then I had a fun time watching it.
One Piece adaptation was fantastic. It gave me hope that some live actions can actually be great if done right. Avatar crashed that hope with its poor direction choices and bland performances.
This is absolute insanity to me. Every criticism of the Avatar live action show is worse in One Piece. Cheap sets, terrible outfits, horrific acting, cheesy dialogue, and BBC level directing.
@@mattb7479 Everyone has right to have their own opinion. I was hooked the moment I started watching One Piece and I almost immediately got attached to the characters. Was it perfect? No, but it was fun and silly (like it was supposed to be), with the right balance of emotional and serious moments. That's what makes viewers hooked, not expensive sets or incredible special effects. Avatar had cool visuals (mostly), but it was empty to me because it wasn't facilitated enough by interesting storytelling or characters. Oh, and I haven't seen anime (nor One Piece, neither Avatar). So I went completely blind into both shows, without any expectations.
@@alexie5201 I just can't reconcile the two. I also wasn't leaning into the effects like you seem to be. The writing and acting are far superior in the Avatar show. And by highlighting the acting, I mean that as a knock on One Piece. Everyone in One Piece looks like a group who just went halloween shopping. If Avatar did a goofy tilted close up everytime someone spoke, would you suddenly love it? But to hate one for the reason you love the other is just clear bias to me (not specific to you, the people commenting in general).
It's so bizarre to me that the writing is the weakest part of the Netflix adaptation. The costumes and hair/makeup are precise to the original series, the child actors do a decent job (given what they have to work with), but the writing simply isn't very good. And the worst of it came from changes that they didn't need to make! I agree that it's not a bad show, but compared to the gem that IS the original series, it feels like a huge disappointment.
@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 For sure. The *one* thing that was kinda off was when Aang was in the Avatar State. They used a CGI digi-double and it's really jarring
@@starsimvidz It kinda kills me though, cause if they followed the show verbatim and had the characters develop like they did in the OG, it'd be a better show. I've seen shows that deviate from the source and they did well, but this isn't one of them smh
I would just like to point out that they didn't need to save time. The first season of the cartoon has 20 episodes of 23 minutes each, which is less than 8 hours, and the live action has 8 episodes of around an hour each, which is 8 hours. (And they even decided to put things from other seasons for some reason)
I think the show is way better than the Movie since y'know, I don't feel physical Pain watching it. It is just soooo boring and shallow compared to the animated series. And making the last airbender boring is a crime. The only thing I liked about the show is some of the casting like Aang(hope his back doesn't hurt from carrying the show), and Sokka's(I think he really looks like him) I also really liked Suki, but oh boy, Katara was Butchered sooooo bad It hurts
I think these videos are really important to post. I know most reactors don't want to put up bad reviews and some will pander or find good things to say about content they don't like. This take lets everyone know you're honest and it makes the 'good' reviews that much better. Great job!
Agents of SHIELD is one of the very best Marvel shows ever made. They take the time with their characters and little corner of the MCU. They show, They don't tell, unlike Netflix's Avatar remake. I think you'll really come to love it, and be weeping with tears of joy by the end of the show. Take care and enjoy!!
When it’s all said and done, the Netflix Avatar Adaptation has some good parts and bad parts. Like any adaptation. I think one of the issues that we’re now facing is Networks or Streaming Service’s opt for short Episodes and condense everything as opposed to 10 years ago where Seasons had 22 episodes. This works depending on the source material or the script. The writing definitely needs to improve for Seasons 2&3 but 8 Episodes won’t work, especially since Book 2 has many plots happen like the Dai Li , The Ongoing War , The effect of the war on Earth Kingdom citizens etc.
I enjoyed it despite the comparisons to the animated.. sure they didn’t have the day to day growth on the original series it was but it was decent and may improve the next seasons
If that's the only purpose then they are completely worthless, and I agree. They are garbage and a waste of time. They should stop wasting money on them, I agree
I enjoyed it, there were for sure parts i didn't like, the changes made sense to me for the most part. The acting seems to get better as the episodes go on, if you can make it that far, obviously you couldn't which is fine. Iroh was hit or miss with me, mainly hit, the relationship between Zuko and Iroh by the end i think nailed it. I think Aang was great as you said. I really think it was mainly Sokka that didn't feel right to me. Like once I accepted this wasn't the animated Sokka I did like where they were going with him a bit better. I think Katara was pretty good, Suki was perfect, Zhao was bad in a good way if that makes sense. I think i did almost stop watching about the same time you did, i am glad i kept going but totally get it if you don't.... tho I do wish you had made it one more episode just for a fan service reason lol I thought by the trailer I would be mad at having the mechanist in Omashu instead of the air temple, but I personally think the way they mixed the mechanist, jet and omashu story lines really worked well.... that said especially in these first few episodes they did too much exposition, show don't tell as others have said. And like you said the delivery of the dialog was just so bad. But of course a lot to me was comparing it to the animated, once I let that go and let it be its own thing, I started to like it a bit more. With the acting I don't know if they actually got better like more used to playing the characters or if i just got used to it or started ignoring it, but I did really enjoy it towards the end
I appreciate that you knew when to stop. I forced myself to watch the whole thing in the foolish hope it would somehow get better (and I was watching it with my mom), but we were both bored as hell. Like you said, art is subjective and I understand how some people like or even love this. But I’m in your camp. It’s not bad, it’s not horrible. But it’s so unbelievably whatever. So thanks for your honesty. And you really didn’t miss anything by tapping out. In fact, I believe you saved yourself from a ton of frustration.
Zhou's acting and charisma, and Zuko and Iroh's relationship are the major highlights of this series that kept me engaged and watching. Everything else is okay, but overall a pretty fun watch, since I didn't remember the original series.
@@ent66Some trolls just travel in the comments yelling "woke" to all that will listen. I agree with much of what you pointed out. The fire benders acted very well in the series. I hope they can improve on the rest for the other seasons. It just needs some tweaking to go from okay to good or even great.
Jesus Nat thank you for honestly reviewing this garbage ! I have seen to many youtubers forcefully praising this show , it felt like they were paid to talk good about it and didn't actually mean any of the positive comments .. so called "fans" of the original praising the netflix reboot as a masterpiece ?!?! Like excuse me ?!!? It does not matter if one person has seen the original before or not.. the neflix reboot is just boring and cringe to watch. The boring 100 times exposition , explaining one things 10000 times as if the audience is brain dead, the out of place musik, weird frickin diologue, and again I repeat myself just frickin boring to watch !!!! Everybody I know has checked out this series by the 3rd episode and nobody wanted to endure this garbage anymore. If anything this reboot has accomplished that people wanted to just watch the original again and have good time 😂
The CGI and some of the ways they blended multiple episodes are the only good parts of the show imo. The acting was mid at best (except for ozai who I think did a great job). The writing and directing were abominable.
Katara is supposed to be nurturing, and caring, but also short tempered and a sore looser. In this she was just... Docile.
Docile and a child prodigy 😂
@@listening...-xr1kx I legitimately do not understand why Hollywood is so afraid to show girls "struggling" instead of mastering everything instantly. It's such an annoying trope from the last decade.
She really just exists in this
@@StopReadingMyNameOrElse Never forgetting the Irony in the live-action Mulan where they made her a prodigy who had superpowers so she could be "equal" to the men, whereas, in the original version, everyone was struggling with training, Mulan the most, but just when she was getting kicked out she found a new way to tackle problems that the men's brute strength couldn't and became the turning point for everyone else to perform better.
Have you seen her in real life she is exactly like katara. I dont know why the directors didnt just tell her to act herself in the show
The amount of times they completely failed the “show not tell” golden rule is mind boggling. How do you get a writers job for a Netflix show and still be making these mistakes. It’s a mystery.
"How do you get a writer's job for a Netflix show [...?]": Nepotism. That's how. We don't live in a meritocracy.
If you want a 1 to 1, rewatch the cartoon. Simple
@@knoxxsavage6288so you settle for this trash instead? 💀
@@knoxxsavage6288 No one's asking for it to be one to one. There's just almost none of the character development or emotional depth from the original show. People aren't mad about the changes. They're mad cause it's badly written.
@@knoxxsavage6288 show dont tell is a extremely important rule for every show, even if its an adaptation. If a show cant do that then its a failure
fun fact: the cabbage guy is the same actor as the original voice actor for the cabbage guy
We could tell because they made it the climax of the episode for some stupid reason
@@MAXISORAWIGGLES It was the climax of the episode in the animated series, too. Doubt you thought it was stupid then.
@@Antenox in the animated show did he scream it to the sky with the camera right above him like a shot in the shawshank redemption?
Or was he not even on camera and it was a quick 2 second joke after the episode ended, which is not what a climax is?
You're not very smart are you
@@MAXISORAWIGGLES You're confusing two completely different scenes, genius
@@Antenox I'm literally not smart guy
Honestly, the worst change is Aang’s backstory. The whole point of “The Storm” is that Aang and Zuko have juxtaposed backstories. Our “good guy” is here because he did something bad, and our “bad guy” is here because he did something good. The guilt Aang feels about running away is a huge part of his character, taking that away by making it an accident honestly ruins his character for me.
The guilt is an even bigger part of Aang's character in the new version, though. And Aang getting trapped in an ice floe for 100 years was always an accident, it's the running away that was on purpose, in both versions
@@mannyjacobowitz5571He doesn't run away in this version. He's just going out to clear his head during nice weather and wanders into a storm. In the original, he purposefully runs away during a massive storm.
just the little minute details they change that really make a big deal and turn off
Also they made Zuko fight back against Ozai which is just a travesty.
@@Fucisko Fuckin hell I forgot about that, they somehow managed to ruin the dynamic on both ends. It’s honestly kinda impressive.
The fact that the show tries to remake the avatar and make it more mature but it somehow ends up being less mature and less nuanced than the original show, which is animated and has more limitations when it comes to its rating and wow some of the acting is so bland and boring.
What the hell are you talking about? Lol
Animation is always supreme.
@@alexpeters3328Constant repetitions in dialogue, characters over-explaining their motivations and insecurities, and the overly-serious tone of the show clashes with the fantasy elements in a way the OG balanced perfectly.
@@alexpeters3328 It was written by toddlers.
@@DigiMyst 100%. The cartoon is written for smart kids and the LA for dumb adults.
Slightly better than the movie. We're improving. Maybe by the year 3000 will get a worthy adaptation we still don't need.
😂
Imagine being this disingenuous. "Slightly" better LOL.
@@FullMetalB So I might have been slightly high when I started watching it, so I was kinda forgetful, but the way that I had to continuously double check that it wasn’t the movie because I couldn’t tell if it was the awful movie I watched over a decade ago or the show says A LOT. So… yeah. slightly, if that.
@@Mrtradie499 the netflix show is like the weird middle pokémon evolution between ATLA and that movie 😂
@@doolicious disrespect to the concept of Pokemon evolution 💀
When the original creators LEAVE the project, you know it’s gonna be bad.
Yep, knew it was doomed then but I tried it anyway and regretted the few scenes I watched.
Its funny that sokka's actor is so similar to Sokka when seeing videos of him with the cast that feels more team avatar than this series XD
It's very simmilar to the cast of disney Percy Jackson, where Walker, Aryan and Leah act more like Grover, Percy, and Annabeth during the interviews than in the actual show, And I completely blame the writers for that, especially since Walker was a giant Percy Jackson fan for years
Katara yes but him? 🤢 i wont support an actor who lies about his race
@@danielorlovaquinn Who lied about their race?
@@Crushergirl3122 Ian(Sokka's actor) he lied about beeing Innuit(i think)
The Katara actress also has so much more personality and spunk in the interviews than she does in the show
I never related to Natalie so much as watching her grow frustrated with this remake. Honestly, really happy that you posted it. I made it to the end of episode 6... Not watching any further and not coming back for seasons 2 and 3.
If they want to do a live action, they should've just made a spin-off instead. This universe is full of possibilities and stories. There's no need to try and retell a story that's already near perfect.
Absolutely a spin off would've been so much better. They could've just done the Kyoshi novels
I think it's the writers room. They for some reason think they can tell the story better than the one that people fell in love with. Look at The Witcher, they couldn't contain themselves in just telling the story the way it was written. Then look at The Witcher 3 and how much love and care CDProjektRed put into it and you can tell the difference.
@@mysticfox1663 they had so many options. korra, the kyoshi novels, hell, they couldve done the atla comics if they _really_ wanted to do something with the gaang. i feel all of them wouldve been far better received.
You hit the mark with this. A spinoff would have been great, so they didn't need to try so hard to replicate what they should not.
Suki going after Sokka was straight up pointless and kinda gross 🤢. That's not the real Suki
Yes I agree. It didn’t feel like Suki. She’s just thirsty because she hasn’t left the island and Sokka is the only guy she’s really been in contact with. No chemistry. Her thanking HIM for showing her the world is insane.
Remember when she casually put him in a choke hold for a few seconds while he was warming up, then just let him go while remaining silent the whole time? I guess that was her way of flirting and it's totally not creepy!
if it were the other way around, people would lose their minds. she was creepy asf and its insane because she was so awesome in the og. sokka and suki were so cute together, wtf happened???
Its crazy how you can take something that is literally laid out entirely for you, completely screw it up, and then sit there and look at it and go "Nailed it!" We are so starved for good tv and entertainment we don't even know what's good or bad anymore. Yes its better than the movie but dude, that bar was under the ocean it was so low. Of course its better. This show doesn't touch the cartoon though. Not even close. There's 1 good thing for every 20 terrible things.
"We are so starved for good tv and entertainment we don't even know what's good or bad anymore." We? You dont' speak for me - Don't *EVER* speak for me. Also, I see that you're one of those "Everything sucks now" people.
@@Stew91 lmao. Did I strike a nerve? It’s the internet dude. People are going to disagree. And not everything. But a whole lot of things
@@Stew91I speak for you, to bad
@@Stew91 calm down please
People don't understand that all the hate is not because they retold the story completely differently, and we want a one-to-one remake or anything like that. It's because it has horrible directing and timing, and so much monologue. Natalie nailed it in this review when she mentioned peoples lines just falling flat and not expressing the emotions they should.
Some One Piece fans hated the live action but it’s honestly more well received by everyone in general compared to Avatar Live action😂😂
One piece was a GREAT attempt of turning one of the most cartoonish and the goofiest anime into a live action.
They just need to tweak the direction.
This one needs to go back to the drawing board.
The fact that they took a show that is so deep, so sophisticated, mature and powerful and made it so plain, so dull, so unremarkable and unsophisticated makes me honestly worried about the standard of entertainment for now and the future, they think young people don’t need more than this.
Kids now are already exposed to nonsense toilet videos. You shouldn’t been worried then
Just goes to show how unbearably pretentious you are. And that you put waaay too much in to opinions on children's cartoons.
They probably worked most of the script during the Strike. Which, to me, makes a lot of sense. Sad for the actors, but we need to be more critical of Studios and their work
@@BlazeRequiem from what i've heard even nonsense toilet videos are more sophisticated than this
I seriously can't comprehend this. Season 1 of the Last Airbender was sophisticated, mature, and powerful to you? C'mon now.
You didn't even get to the bumi interaction 😂😂 thank you for not reacting to that horrible portrayal of bumi
Thank you! So far every “fan” doesn’t see the difference.
For me, once bumi started talking, I was turned off. I felt like I was watching some people at a convention reenacting atla. I couldn't help but cringe.
So I felt like I had to force myself to watch the rest of the show. It's a one-time watch for me and I don't think I'm gonna continue it unless I hear the rest of it is really good lol.
@@cactusjuice8277 I only saw clips and nothing looked promising
They completely destroyed a key character....Bumi is the only reason they search for and find toph but this portayal would never lead there
It's not as bad as the "yeah... You're looking at her" I had a physical reaction to that
I just realized I missed angry Katara🥹
One of the things that frustrates me so much is completely erasing literally all of Katara's struggles with learning waterbending. Yes, they make her a master by the end of Season 1 to continue with the story and not have the characters tied in the Northern Water Tribe for so long, but by that point we've seen Katara struggle to learn waterbending on numerous occasions, and there's an entire episode dedicated to her literally breaking the law to get the waterbending scroll. Her struggling with bending shows us another layered aspect to Katara, the pressure to learn bending and her drive to do so. It shows that despite being nurturing and kind and the mature one, she can get petty and a bit mean, shown when she gets short with Aang when he's naturally good at waterbending. Negating all of her struggles simplifies her character and just makes her immediately good without any sort of character growth
The original Avatar series has a quote that perfectly sums up this adaptation:
“That… wasn’t a good show. I’ll say. No kidding. Horrible. You said it. But the effects were decent.”
Perfect! I was thinking about Ember Island the whole time
Natalie is so real for this title😭
I'm not surprised at all that Nat couldn't finish this show lol
I’m even more surprised Natalie also couldn’t finish the rest of the Jurassic Park movies after the first film and even _Jurassic World_
@@EChacon I dunno - I literally fell asleep in the cinema during JP3 - there's got to be a problem somewhere with a dinosaur movie if people in the audience are falling asleep.
I didn't finish it either. I keep trying but so far I didn't make it
@@DaveF. Seriously I love _Jurassic Park 3_ and it was the first JP film I saw in theaters so I don’t know what’s your problem.
Yeah I kind of tapped out around the same time. I played the rest of the episodes in the background just out of morbid curiosity but I couldn't take it.
"the bending is already better than in the movie" with the fucking rock floating slowly behind you, i can't lmao
Every time you said “Katara is giving me NOTHING” I just can’t stop laughing 😂 this show needed a better director to work with these kids, Pretty girl but she just had bland face the whole time like she’s talking to koh the face stealer
LMAOOO that’s a perfect way to describe it. Koh is literally looming over her the whole time.
Yesss was thinking the same thing, also re: Aang. He’s such a young kid and he tries so hard it just makes me sad. Better writing and better direction could’ve made a difference.
yeah kataras personality was missing they needed more time to let some of the actors get some daniel day lewis type of training like watch the animated series all day every day the minute they were cast to get the mannerisms and personalities down
yeah kataras personality was missing they needed more time to let some of the actors get some daniel day lewis type of training like watch the animated series all day every day the minute they were cast to get the mannerisms and personalities down
It's not just Katara, they went out of their way to remove everyone's flaws. She had the water scroll so she wouldn't have to steal it. Aang didn't run away, he took a stroll. Sokka isn't sexist, which I don't mind but still is a pattern. Also Zuko is already on a redemption arc so soon. Literally no one can do wrong in this show💀
“I don’t want the same story told over and over again in a slightly different way. It’s boring to me.”
Amen!!! 👏🏼
That's a stupid way of looking at something, especially if it was a cartoon or book first. Why not see the amazing story that doesn't need to be changed, made into real life, and bring what you imagined it would look like to real life. The fact studios don't stick to the source material and just remake it in live action is why they all fail. This one executed it flawlessly, which is why it's been renewed so early.
@@damien2729 Easy there, killer. It’s not a stupid way to look at it - just different. We can agree to disagree. ;-)P
I share a similar viewpoint with Natalie that having the same story depicted repeatedly isn’t as entertaining for me (Disney’s live-action adaptions are a great example). They for sure have their moments (like this series) that are great to see, but overall just leave me kind of…meh. They’re just not as engaging to me. I’m more fulfilled by the original content.
And you can’t say this depiction was without flaw. Some key character arcs are notably missing or changed. But I think we can ALL agree…it’s better than M. Night Shamalyan’s 😂
@@damien2729 "This one executed it flawlessly"
say you're on Netflix's payroll without saying it... yikes dude
@@bigredcube91 this is the problem with trying to appease to fans of something. "WE WANT THE SAME THING BUT DIFFERENT!"
@@damien2729it absolutely was not executed flawlessly. It's extremely flawed in many ways. No, it's not unwatchable, it has its strong moments, but it's worse than the animated series in pretty much every way. At best it's an inferior, unnecessary cash grab.
I think what this show did best was building the relationship with Zuko and Iroh. The funeral wake scene and the 41st Division were such good additions.
One thing I appreciated about Shadow and Bone is there was no expositional voice over. Everything about the world is only revealed as it comes up naturally in the characters' dialogue, so you really had to pay attention.
You're the first person I've seen who was as annoyed with the music as I was. Throughout the entire show it felt like it was trying to drag my emotions into something, while what was actually happening was bland and dull.
The amount of handholdy exposition in this show feels like it was made for people missing the chunk of brain matter that makes memory possible
I liked this show when I first watched it, but the more I have thought about it, the less I like it in hindsight. Every single character is poorly written. Aang straight-up monologues at the camera multiple times in multiple different episodes to tell the audience how he's feeling, every episode he says "I don't know what I'm doing," and then turns around and does everything perfectly and knows exactly what he needs to do, and his dialog is nothing like how a child would speak. He sounds like he spent twelve years as an English teacher, not 12 years ALIVE. Bumi is a travesty, that shit was done so poorly it's genuinely difficult to watch. I get what they were going for, but for fuck's sake, at least do it well. Most of Sokka's big moments are either dumbed down or given to Katara, and even then, Katara is still bland. This is the biggest problem; none of the main trio have ANY growing to do, AT ALL. They're all flawless, they make no mistakes and don't need to change in any way. Wow, really interesting characters you got there guys, great job :/. Zuko in the cartoon was over the top in a good way, in this he's over the top in a bad way. He spits every corny line through clenched teeth and comes across more like a toddler throwing a tantrum rather than a teen with genuine trauma. Iroh is the only decent character and even then he's wooden, stale, doesn't have any of the fun-loving aspects that made him great in the cartoon. Most of his lines aren't even wise, they're just "hey, here's the obvious thing you should do." There's only two things I actually still like about this version; when they made the division Zuko saved be the crew of his ship. I saw that and went "Oh, that's a nice addition." The other is the scene with Lu Ten's funeral. That was very touching. Other than that, it's just... yikes. This show did not care about the source material, or its audience; it wanted to be flashy and look cool so that Netflix could show off their CGI teams.
my main problem is they were trying to be a "better" version of the cartoon without knowing what made the cartoon so great in the first place, all the world building and slow burn is lost
also yes theyre mixing episodes (poorly)
I hate the change to Bumi's personality
Also it being slightly better than the movie is a reason i hate people defending the bad parts of this show because it was so boring to sit through in its entirety personally
Nat's awkward glances at the camera are hilarious 😂
Studios need to realize that ‘If it ain’t broke, it doesn’t need a live action adaptation’ when it comes to beloved IPs
All Netflix cares about is drawing you in. They don't care about anything else, cause it's been shown that once you're subscribed, you're most likely gonna stay subscribed. That's why it's rare for a Netflix show to last longer than 2 seasons, if they even get a second season.
So as long as the trailer looks good, they don't really care. They can cheap out on everything else. They got you to subscribe.
@@Eidlones I agree. As a fan of The Dark Crystal (and ATLA), Netflix can kick rocks.
Nah. That’s current Hollywood. They go by the new rule of ‘if it ain’t broke, fix it anyways.’ Which was basically what this show was.
But money
Corporations don't consider ips beloved, they consider them money makers.
You got exactly as far as I did, and I had the same reaction, "I just don't want to watch this anymore."
One of the things that was really lost in the live action vs the animated version is the comedy. I think a big part of that is the sound effects. Adding sound effects to a cartoon to portray comedy is needed, as you can't rely on the actors to do that. In the live action, the actors are doing such a poor job of portraying the comedic aspect. Losing the fun of the animated version and replacing it with forced drama really makes this show fall short. Still, it's a million times better than the movie.
This show had so much potential, but it's just disappointing.
It's not terrible, and standalone its OKAY.
But it could have been so much more
So tickled by the amount of times Natalie correctly identifies a change but questions her entire reality because of it
Yeah, I don't really trust reactors who don't dislike stuff.
Maybe it's because I never watched ATLA stuff, but if anything, you not continueing here makes me more excited for everything else.
Yes, she earned my views for the future with this. I NEVER see a reactor give a negative take on a show. It's incredibly frustrating and makes me not want to watch their content.
A lot of reactors enjoyed the Netflix version because they knew there were gonna be changes.
highly recommend watching it or watching her reaction series to the original cartoons. its a masterpiece, if you like the premise of this show I think you'd like it
Thank you! I do get nervous posting more negative reactions because I don’t like to harp on creators and I definitely worked on my fair share of weak projects 😅. But I can’t help but be honest in how I feel!
I completely agree with you.
(Camerons opinion aside) I think the main difference between this and the One Piece live action is that the original creators walked away from this show, as opposed to Eiichiro Oda who worked with the OPLA crew and handpicked the cast.
IDK, I'm sure that made an impact but I still feel like OP writers were better. Like, that LA has many legitimately funny jokes and good lines IMO that are not in the anime so they came up with them. And does a much better job at showing instead of telling, which this one can't stop doing. Has a couple of iffy moments but overall I think the writers were a lot better, even without Oda.
The news said that they left for creative differences, but the reality is they were offered a new animated ATLA movie and to do the next avatar series, so they stepped down to do that.
@@SurrealNirvanaNope. They left for the reason they said. They were told they would have more creative control and they weren’t given it. Why would they lie about that in their public statement when they left the project? Yes they moved on to to work on Avatar Studios
@@kaijingarou6526exactly. The OPLA has some flaws but the atla LA just reads like no one proofread the script…just so much exposition and telling you instead of showing and then telling you stuff the show has already told you 😭…..
You see this already in the first 10 minutes of the first ep where kyoshi explains the avatar cycle, Monk Gyatso explains the avatar cycle to aang, and then AGAIN when Gran Gran reads the iconic opening from the og animation like. That’s just bad writing. It’s like they spent all the money on special effects and nothing on the directing, editing, proofreading, etc
@@theYammy Yeah I definitely felt like I was in make-up class instead of watching a show.
Im so glad you posted this reaction. It is really validating seeing a reaction like this bc watching this show was really frustrating, so thank you for posting even though you are not going to finish
I felt entirely the same about the show. I had to force myself to keep watching because there were so many things that just rubbed me the wrong way. And what's the point if you can't enjoy it.
Yup, gotta enjoy it, not treat it like a job. Hell, it's actually Nat's job and she dipped out.
Me too. I really had to force myself to finish it.
I do think Nat would love One Piece live action
She would, absolutely but her editor hating it makes me think it’s less likely to happen now.
She should. And what's up with her editor💀
Netflix has invited you to Lake Laogai 😂
Thank you Natalie. I was so sick of watching reactions making excuses for this, it's like if you have to make excuses for something, that means it's NOT GOOD. Just say a thing is a thing.
because they like it? just because you don't doesnt mean they won't people love the show so saying they make excuses JUST because you didn't like it is crazy
@@lisabling6534no never said that I mean making excuses for it not being up to par for the original. "Oh they can only do so much with 8 episodes," or "oh they can't really translate that because it's a live adaptation." If u have to say all that, it SHOULDNT have been made. We r actively making excuses for mediocre work and then wonder why we keep getting mediocre work.
@@caylincoleman8758 Idk man having a budget and a limit in episodes per season it's not an excuse, that's just how productions works and most of the time it limits the final product
@@luisfernandodiaznegreiros2506The runtime is longer than the original
I hate how they seemingly went out of their way to disrespect Roku in this. Minimized his role, gave it to Kyoshi, made him act like a clown, etc.
I know I was sick. Kyoshi is overrated and doesnt deserve the attention they keep giving her.
@@Exe3D The still did a disservice to her anyway because sure she was a colder, darker Avatar but she still was better than to start screaming at a kid's face for no reason and ramble about power all the time. She was wiser than that.
@@kaijingarou6526 Exactly. She wasnt angry. Plus she shouldve known better than to say he ran from his responsibilities. He literally went to clear his mind and divine intervention happened.
@@Exe3D Yeah the dialogue not only was moronic but it contradicted their own narrative.
yes that Roku scene felt like I was watching a bad play 😭
I'm glad that you posted your reaction anyway. Your insights into why something doesn't work is just as (or more) interesting as why something does.
"i basically want to dress like a water bender, live in the earth kingdom and bend like a airbender" sooo basically korra at the end of season 1.
lmao
🤣🤣 i love this comment
😂😂
There's one good little change/addition in the Netflix show (SPOILER): Zuko's crew are the soldiers that where supposed to be sacrificed in a military tactic (which was what Zuko objected to, which ultimately led to his banishment). Other than that the animated show is purely better.
When the show does its own thing, it is excellent. When it tries to be like the cartoon, you can tell, and it's always a bit weird.
You should do One Piece. They knocked it out the park.
Thank you. 💕 there’s so many people that are so about the Live Action and I do not know how they can even come up with the cope excuse of “it’s an adaption” or “if you wanted a carbon copy of the anime just go watch that then”. The copium is intense.
But that's not coping that's liking the show as it is people are hating on this cause it's not a 1 to 1 remake just because you didn't like it doesnt mean other people can't
@@lisabling6534 Sure. People can like whatever they want, doesn’t mean that it’s not straight copium. It’s not even a 10:1. When I watched it, didn’t know I’d be watching a LA Ember Island Players. Everyone was tearbending in this one, though.
Nat, please watch the Live action One Piece. It's really good and I think you would like it!
I have minor issues with the OPLA and I think you’ll have the same gripes you had with the acting with the the Avatar one but a lil bit less since I do think the acting a lil bit better but I do suggest giving the OPLA a try
I had too turn it off after Katara blocked a fireball in the first episode. Like she couldn’t even catch a fish in the first episode, she barely knew how too bend. She somehow manages too block a fire ball? I had too turn it off 😂
It was expected that Katara was going to steal her male counterparts's shine for no reason whatsoever despite her being an actual good character in the animated show.
I “tried” to watch 😂😂😂
I think a problem with people and this show is that this is an adaptation of the first season and some people are comparing this version to the whole of ATLA. I asked my roommate who just rewatched the whole show with his GF 4 months ago, about how memorable the first season was compared to the other 2. He could only remember the big moments from it. The first season of ATLA is a 7.5/10 at best. Many of the episodes can be smushed together because they only have tiny details that help the overall plot and many of the episodes had specific themes to guide children who watched. Its because S2 and S3 take things into overdrive that make up for the shortcomings of S1 when you look at ATLA as a whole.
Not saying this is the same for everyone but when I explained this to my roommate he was able to enjoy the show a lot more.
Or maybe its just a bad show. (It is)
i had not watched any one piece before the live action and really enjoyed it without any prior knowledge of anything about the original show
natalie's honesty is what keeps me watching this channel.
Natalie, you should watch the One Piece Live-Action show. I apologize to your editor, but I enjoyed the show and I found it to be a good show, or at least a good introduction to the anime. If you're more comfortable with it, you can just watch the first two episodes and then decide whether watching the rest of the show is worth your time.
You're very real for this review. It took me so long to finish the series after its release. I had to stop in the middle of some episodes and come back after cringing so hard. The only reason I pushed through it was because of my friends and family who spoke highly of it (they have never seen the animated show). However, I think if they were going to remake a show like this, they need to cater it to the original audience. The only high budget aspect from the show was the look of the bending, everything else was disappointing coming from Netflix. The wardrobe didn't look handmade, nothing from that time period should look perfectly made. The acting and writing was just the biggest take away for me that really pulled me out from the world. Instead of saying, "OMG THAT'S IT??" at the end of each episode, I was left looking to see how much longer I had to endure it. I will be watching the rest of the series with hopes of improvement, but mainly just to show support for one of my favorite shows... I can't say I will enjoy doing so.
Thanks Natalie for being honest. I like how you present criticism in the most polite way, without trashing on the hard working production team and cast.
I liked the performances of Zuko, Azula and Zhao the most, and the bending FX were cool. Everything else not my cup of tea.
We all knew it was going to be a disaster when the original creators dipped.
Yeah, if only Netflix just let them do their thing.
You say that as is if they weren't (at one point) tied to the Movie That Shall Not Be Named as producers?
@@synergyrevolution2332 I have a feeling the fans would've just turned on the creators for anything less than perfect. Fanbases love nothing more than to turn on those who make the art. I can already see the cringe think pieces & 2 hr long breakdown videos of how they "missed what made their original show great". I'm glad they spared themselves of that. Creatives shouldn't try and recreate old magic, because there isn't much to be gained from it....
But it wasn’t tho
it's not even that, all they had to do was not to make every single character just say the exposition in text, all they had to do was "show, not tell", but instead everything turned out to be the opposite
Watch the Live Action One Piece instead!!!!
(Bro like this so she can see it)
The worst part of the show is the fact that the only reason Netflix had this IP is because the creators of ATLA finally thought that they could make a live-action adaptation after the movie, and in 2018 this show was announced and we were all excited for it because both creators even said that their idea was to make essentially the same show, but they wanted to add in scenes that were cut from the original show and new things that they could add after having finished the original show and Korra and stuff. That way there would be more threads that weaved together the seasons better than they had during the originally show. And that would have been great. And Netflix initially said, in a public statement, that they would honor Mike and Bryan's creative choices and the direction they wanted the show to go in. But by Summer 2020 they both realized that their voices weren't being heard, and they probably wouldn't be even if they stayed with the show, so they left the project. They posted a public letter talking about it. They also didn't like some of the interactions at Netflix, and they didn't like the direction that Netflix wanted the show to go in. So, what was originally supposed to be the creators having hope for doing live-action the way they had wanted to became a worst nightmare scenario. Netflix also hired 5 showrunners to replace Mike and Bryan and that does show. And they are all fan of the original show, but there's only so much a fan can do in editing a show's narrative before things get messed up. I don't blame the actors or the writers or the rest of the crew, I fully blame Netflix for essentially tricking and literally betraying Mike and Bryan. But yeah, I didn't hate the show, but there were many more negatives than positives for me. And I absolutely hate that I have to say that I don't think I'll ever do a rewatch (even before season's 2 and 3 come out) because every time I watch it (or watch reaction videos of the episodes), I get heated about the unnecessary changes that were made. You hit the nail on the head with that comment you said about them making small changes for no reason. I would also add that because they were fans making the show, and not the creators, they didn't know how to rearrange the narrative structure properly in a way that wouldn't damage the narrative of the show. A lot of the time the changes that were made seemed to have been made simply to make changes or to adjust from other changes having been made. Mike and Bryan wanted this show to have been supplemental to the original show and I had a sliver of hope for that, but really, the moment they posted that open letter about leaving the show, I already knew that I would be disappointed even if I didn't know to what degree. I just hate that Mike and Bryan were ready to trust again with this happening and Netflix screwed them over, I'd say arguably more-so than the movie did since they were never really involved with that at all. The positives I had were the extra scenes that were added in like the beginning stuff at the air temple and some other stuff that you didn't get to yet. I was fine with them since I felt they added to the narrative. I also enjoyed the score, but like you said, they used that quite a lot to make scenes hit harder. I loved the costumes and the effects were good. And I did genuinely enjoy seeing these characters in live-action, everything else just fell flat. And I really just hate that I feel like that. I hate that I don't feel like I'll ever watch this again. I still will watch seasons 2 and 3 when they come, but if things haven't changed at that point, I probably won't ever watch this entire show more than once, and that just sucks to say. It's just weird that the One Piece adaptation was so good and this wasn't. And I say that because for OP, they had the creator of the anime as a consultant, and he would be given scripts and would say things like oh this characters wouldn't say that or do that, and adjustments were made. That's why ever though it was also cut up (though at least it was mostly chronological), the heart of each character was accurate. So, I felt the heart of the show shine through. And that show was announced in 2017, so it's weird that Netflix decided to work with the creator for OP and then later decided to ignore the creators for ATLA. This ATLA show shouldn't have been so polarizing, and I fully blame Netflix for being horrible to the creators.
I like how Nat basically described Korra when she was talking about dressing like a waterbender, bending air and living in Earth Kingdom))
Except air was the one element Korra was struggling to learn and she never lived in the Earth Kingdom..
@@GummiAndExcept she did learn it and used it for 3 seasons (and comics) and Republic city in the Earth Kingdom
@@martophrenia fuckin tell em marto
@@GummiAndtell me you didn’t watch the show without telling me you didn’t watch the show
@@martophreniarepublic city is not part of the earth kingdom
There were a lot of people saying this show is actually showing respect for the source material and I literally never got those vibes at all. Netflix showed no respect to the creators of the show while they were working together, they promised the creators they would have control but never accepted any criticism or changes from them, ultimately making both creators leave the project in 2020. That is not respecting the source material or their creators. (They luckily formed their own studio and are creating a ton of new Avatar content and im so happy for them) The other thing that I hated was that the Sokka actor lied about his heritage just to get the role. Naither him nor Netflix even acknowledge it when it came to light, it was even before filming started. It really is sad to see how this adaptation went when it could've been such a good thing, Netflix does not deserve any of the support from the Avatar community. It really is sad to see how this adaptation went, what it was built on, when it could've been such a good thing. Its just sad this adaptation happened the way that it did.
One thing remains true. Avatar fans are literally the worst fandom on the planet.
Changing the inciting incidents of both main character's stories was always the craziest part to me. Aang never runs away, and Zuko fights back against his father.
I hope someday Natalie start to watch One Piece its a long journey but i think she may enjoy it very much, i dont know may she just drops it at 2 episode 😂😂
I really appreciate her honesty in this. She's not enjoying and decides to not finish. I did the same thing I couldn't get into it after episode 2.
I watched episode 1 and just haven't had the motivation to watch anymore 😂
So the people who did enjoy the show are not being honest? Because that’s the logical through line
@@marvinthefilmnerd9259 no I'm saying she's honest about how she feels about it. Most reactors I've seen act like this show is the most amazing thing ever with little to no criticism.
Honestly I thought the Netflix version was ok a bit to rushed with the story plots and a few other things abit off but overall I enjoyed it
@@marvinthefilmnerd9259 That is literally not the logical through line. It's just your very uncharitable interpretation of their statement.
omg, please watch the one piece adaptation. i watched the first episode, then went and watched 100 episodes of the anime and then finished the live action and i loved it! made me a fan of one piece in general and the original creator was involved every step of the way and it shows in the quality
I really don't have anything against this show.
I don't really have anything against the idea of a live-action version.
I just don't feel like watching it.
If other people enjoy it, that's great.
This story will never work without those rpg elements, the side quests and misadventures are how we see team avatar really grows and become a family. You take that away and you're left with a shell of what it really is.
Take this for what it's worth, but I'm a new fan of the Avatar IP and binged through the original animated series before watching the Netflix show. I quickly fell in love with the OG show which left me apprehensive about immediately following it up with a live action version. Honestly, I can't fault anyone for choosing to bow out at any point in the first season. Speaking for myself, it took me the first 2 episodes to acclimate to the quality of the production and the tone. Episode 3 is when I acknowledged and adjusted to the pacing that they set. And, finally, in the fourth episode, I was rewarded with the potential the show had to meet the emotional beats of the original (if you made it that far in the show, then you know what I'm referring to).
So, it took me half the season to make up my mind to finish it. Now, I don't believe it's a fair ask of anyone these days to have to watch half a season of anything in order to decide if a show is for them or not. Do I think the first season of Netflix's Avatar:TLA does enough to justify its existence? No. But, is it possible that it has done enough that as a complete series it still may? I sincerely hope so. Surely, the next season must address some areas that Natalie talked about in the video and others have been mentioned in the comments. Until then, I will choose to keep an optimistic outlook and look forward to seeing what the team behind the Netflix show can do going forward with the experience they've gained and the fanbase's feedback.
I watch shows with the mentality of get what good you can get from them and ignore the rest, because you will forget anyway. This show overall was not good. However, there are really really good moments and good changes even if they are very few (yes, not every decision they made with the story was bad). And I am grateful for them. If NATLA didn't exist, I wouldn't have those.
For example, when I re-watch og series in the future, I will always remember the Zuko's crew being 41st division story in the storm episode. I will remember Lu Ten's funeral when I watch Tales of Ba Sing Sei episode. But I won't remember Katara's character being bad in NATLA. Or I won't remember Bumi being bitter. Those were just bad changes. So, what's the end result? At Worst, NATLA improved my rewatch of the original series. At best, it gave me some entertainment.
I felt the same way and stopped watching around the third episode too. I have no hate or ill will towards the actors. There are moments I appreciated, and some of the additions I've seen I think were good. The writing just wasn't strong. There are a lot of things that I have complaints about - the lack of relationship building between our main characters, Aang's lack of bending, a lot of the clunky "telling", and especially the way Aang's "running away" plot line was handled.
like you said, this adaptation wasn't for me. I still love and will continue to rewatch the original!
ironically, sokka is my fave in this. i don't like aang or katara here. they are so mischaracterized.
This is honestly the more popular take from what I've seen.
i agree
my biggest problem (not only lul) is that they didn’t spend ANY time with the gaang just hanging out. like-- by the end of the season i don’t even know why they’re “friends”. they Literally do not know eachother
Yes, I agree with the line delivery. Some of the actors are a great deal MORE natural. You can actually tell because you can actually SEE when certain actors are waiting for their cues after saying a line or waiting to say a line. They're aren't exactly interacting so much as "just reading lines." Aang personally for me has that same feel that many child actors have. Especially the ones on kids' shows like "I Carly" and all those Disney or Nickelodean shows where they KNOW they've said something funny and are waiting for the laugh track to be added in, or they play their acting or expression REALLY BIG as if anticipating a crowd reaction before continuing. Andrew Garfield has that kind of moment when he steps out of the portal. lol. He plays that as if he was in front of a live audience and waiting for the crowd to finish cheering; whereas Toby just kind of steps through looking confused, but it's very subtle; as if he's thinking "Huh, okay that just happened."
I really enjoyed the Netflix series so far. Not that it's the best anime series adaptation, but for what it just is.
A Netflix series about the avatar. If you start to hardcore compare it with the animated series, any real-life series will lose.
I did not try to expect and compare that much. Then I had a fun time watching it.
I'd recommend the One Piece live action. A much better adaptation from Netflix.
With the added bonus its a lot of people’s first exposure so they have limited expectations
One Piece adaptation was fantastic. It gave me hope that some live actions can actually be great if done right. Avatar crashed that hope with its poor direction choices and bland performances.
This is absolute insanity to me. Every criticism of the Avatar live action show is worse in One Piece. Cheap sets, terrible outfits, horrific acting, cheesy dialogue, and BBC level directing.
@@mattb7479 Everyone has right to have their own opinion. I was hooked the moment I started watching One Piece and I almost immediately got attached to the characters. Was it perfect? No, but it was fun and silly (like it was supposed to be), with the right balance of emotional and serious moments. That's what makes viewers hooked, not expensive sets or incredible special effects. Avatar had cool visuals (mostly), but it was empty to me because it wasn't facilitated enough by interesting storytelling or characters.
Oh, and I haven't seen anime (nor One Piece, neither Avatar). So I went completely blind into both shows, without any expectations.
@@alexie5201 I just can't reconcile the two. I also wasn't leaning into the effects like you seem to be. The writing and acting are far superior in the Avatar show. And by highlighting the acting, I mean that as a knock on One Piece. Everyone in One Piece looks like a group who just went halloween shopping. If Avatar did a goofy tilted close up everytime someone spoke, would you suddenly love it? But to hate one for the reason you love the other is just clear bias to me (not specific to you, the people commenting in general).
It's so bizarre to me that the writing is the weakest part of the Netflix adaptation. The costumes and hair/makeup are precise to the original series, the child actors do a decent job (given what they have to work with), but the writing simply isn't very good. And the worst of it came from changes that they didn't need to make!
I agree that it's not a bad show, but compared to the gem that IS the original series, it feels like a huge disappointment.
Shout out to the editor floating a rock behind your head when you said the effects were better than the M. Knight version.
I've...already divorced myself from future seasons. I'll just stick with the animated show or whatever the OG creators come up with...
But the visual r nice
@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 For sure. The *one* thing that was kinda off was when Aang was in the Avatar State. They used a CGI digi-double and it's really jarring
yea, and whatever "changes" they made are not different enough for this to feel like anything other than a bland copycat....
@@starsimvidz It kinda kills me though, cause if they followed the show verbatim and had the characters develop like they did in the OG, it'd be a better show. I've seen shows that deviate from the source and they did well, but this isn't one of them smh
periodt. I haven’t even touched the first episode
I would just like to point out that they didn't need to save time. The first season of the cartoon has 20 episodes of 23 minutes each, which is less than 8 hours, and the live action has 8 episodes of around an hour each, which is 8 hours. (And they even decided to put things from other seasons for some reason)
Someone on Reddit did a time comparison the LA is actually an hour shorter
I think the show is way better than the Movie since y'know, I don't feel physical Pain watching it. It is just soooo boring and shallow compared to the animated series. And making the last airbender boring is a crime. The only thing I liked about the show is some of the casting like Aang(hope his back doesn't hurt from carrying the show), and Sokka's(I think he really looks like him) I also really liked Suki, but oh boy, Katara was Butchered sooooo bad It hurts
IMHO, the only good change in the whole series is the connection they added between Zuko and his crew. That was pretty cool.
I think these videos are really important to post. I know most reactors don't want to put up bad reviews and some will pander or find good things to say about content they don't like. This take lets everyone know you're honest and it makes the 'good' reviews that much better. Great job!
Agents of SHIELD is one of the very best Marvel shows ever made.
They take the time with their characters and little corner of the MCU. They show, They don't tell, unlike Netflix's Avatar remake.
I think you'll really come to love it, and be weeping with tears of joy by the end of the show. Take care and enjoy!!
When it’s all said and done, the Netflix Avatar Adaptation has some good parts and bad parts. Like any adaptation. I think one of the issues that we’re now facing is Networks or Streaming Service’s opt for short Episodes and condense everything as opposed to 10 years ago where Seasons had 22 episodes. This works depending on the source material or the script. The writing definitely needs to improve for Seasons 2&3 but 8 Episodes won’t work, especially since Book 2 has many plots happen like the Dai Li , The Ongoing War , The effect of the war on Earth Kingdom citizens etc.
I enjoyed it despite the comparisons to the animated.. sure they didn’t have the day to day growth on the original series it was but it was decent and may improve the next seasons
The lack of soul in Netflix original series and adaptations are tiring at this point
Facts
The purpose of live action remakes is to bring something to life. That’s it. There doesn’t need to be more story to be told
If that's the only purpose then they are completely worthless, and I agree. They are garbage and a waste of time. They should stop wasting money on them, I agree
@@KaiNirssayou schizophrenic? That’s the most anime lover answer😂
Ah, so it has NO purpose whatsoever then?
@@frenchynoob you illiterate?
@@KaiNirssahbo the last of us is a perfect example of a great adaption
I enjoyed it, there were for sure parts i didn't like, the changes made sense to me for the most part. The acting seems to get better as the episodes go on, if you can make it that far, obviously you couldn't which is fine. Iroh was hit or miss with me, mainly hit, the relationship between Zuko and Iroh by the end i think nailed it. I think Aang was great as you said. I really think it was mainly Sokka that didn't feel right to me. Like once I accepted this wasn't the animated Sokka I did like where they were going with him a bit better. I think Katara was pretty good, Suki was perfect, Zhao was bad in a good way if that makes sense. I think i did almost stop watching about the same time you did, i am glad i kept going but totally get it if you don't.... tho I do wish you had made it one more episode just for a fan service reason lol I thought by the trailer I would be mad at having the mechanist in Omashu instead of the air temple, but I personally think the way they mixed the mechanist, jet and omashu story lines really worked well.... that said especially in these first few episodes they did too much exposition, show don't tell as others have said. And like you said the delivery of the dialog was just so bad. But of course a lot to me was comparing it to the animated, once I let that go and let it be its own thing, I started to like it a bit more. With the acting I don't know if they actually got better like more used to playing the characters or if i just got used to it or started ignoring it, but I did really enjoy it towards the end
In the words of Daphne Blake in 'Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island' as my response to your intro: *You are so corny!* 😂 I love it!
you know youve done a bad job, when the Ember Island Players represented the story better than your multi-million dollar production
I appreciate that you knew when to stop. I forced myself to watch the whole thing in the foolish hope it would somehow get better (and I was watching it with my mom), but we were both bored as hell. Like you said, art is subjective and I understand how some people like or even love this. But I’m in your camp. It’s not bad, it’s not horrible. But it’s so unbelievably whatever. So thanks for your honesty. And you really didn’t miss anything by tapping out. In fact, I believe you saved yourself from a ton of frustration.
Zhou's acting and charisma, and Zuko and Iroh's relationship are the major highlights of this series that kept me engaged and watching. Everything else is okay, but overall a pretty fun watch, since I didn't remember the original series.
Woke
@@miguelsanchez307 how????
Man, thanks for a semi positive response.
@@ent66Some trolls just travel in the comments yelling "woke" to all that will listen. I agree with much of what you pointed out. The fire benders acted very well in the series. I hope they can improve on the rest for the other seasons. It just needs some tweaking to go from okay to good or even great.
@@IamnotJohnFord poor dude, this garbage of adaptation doesn't deserve more seasons
Try One Piece, please!
Jesus Nat thank you for honestly reviewing this garbage ! I have seen to many youtubers forcefully praising this show , it felt like they were paid to talk good about it and didn't actually mean any of the positive comments .. so called "fans" of the original praising the netflix reboot as a masterpiece ?!?! Like excuse me ?!!? It does not matter if one person has seen the original before or not.. the neflix reboot is just boring and cringe to watch. The boring 100 times exposition , explaining one things 10000 times as if the audience is brain dead, the out of place musik, weird frickin diologue, and again I repeat myself just frickin boring to watch !!!! Everybody I know has checked out this series by the 3rd episode and nobody wanted to endure this garbage anymore. If anything this reboot has accomplished that people wanted to just watch the original again and have good time 😂
Stop yapping lil bro
It’s about this girl that becomes half vampire on her 13th birthday and discovers incredible abilities. I think there are 2 seasons.
The CGI and some of the ways they blended multiple episodes are the only good parts of the show imo. The acting was mid at best (except for ozai who I think did a great job). The writing and directing were abominable.
Saying it's better than the movie isn't much