SMS007 Posted September 18, 2018 Posted September 18, 2018 https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/09/18/new-live-action-avatar-the-last-airbender-series-coming-to-netflix Wow. I feel both great hope and great dread. Which will win out in the end? Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted September 18, 2018 Posted September 18, 2018 ... wasn't there already one admittedly terrible attempt at a live-action adaptation of Avatar: the Last Airbender? Quote
SMS007 Posted September 18, 2018 Author Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) Yup. The infamous one by M. Night Shyamalan. The difference this time around is that Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino are in charge. Edited September 18, 2018 by SMS007 Quote
kajnrig Posted September 18, 2018 Posted September 18, 2018 Nah man. I learned my lesson last time about getting prematurely excited for anything having to do with this show. Nope, no thank you, I'll wait 'til the reviews are in. Quote
Dobber Posted September 20, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018 Ooh....I have great hope for this! Chris Quote
Mechapilot77 Posted September 20, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018 original creators involved....nice. loved the original show. hopefully this recaptures some of that magic. Quote
no3Ljm Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/12/30/avatar-the-last-airbender-netflix-live-action-production-2020/ Quote
hachi Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 The original cartoon was fun, the previous live-action was not fun to sit through. I had not watched the original material before the movie, but I could tell it was one of the worst/boring movies I have ever paid for and watched. Iirc one of my friends (who had watched the original show) apologized for it. I'm not hopeful they can really recreate the fun atmosphere of the cartoon. They'll need good actors AND a good director. Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 6 hours ago, no3Ljm said: https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/12/30/avatar-the-last-airbender-netflix-live-action-production-2020/ This seems... how do you say... doomed to fail? Quote
peter Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 On 9/18/2018 at 10:39 AM, Seto Kaiba said: ... wasn't there already one admittedly terrible attempt at a live-action adaptation of Avatar: the Last Airbender? On 9/18/2018 at 11:36 AM, SMS007 said: Yup. The infamous one by M. Night Shyamalan. The difference this time around is that Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino are in charge. Never watched it. Was it as awesome as the live action Dragonball? Quote
no3Ljm Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, peter said: Never watched it. Was it as awesome as the live action Dragonball? If you meant Dragonball Evolution, then for me, the The Last Airbender is better. Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 19 minutes ago, peter said: Never watched it. Was it as awesome as the live action Dragonball? Very nearly. Quote
kajnrig Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 I made my friend watch the movie with me opening night. ... ...... ......... Quote
Bolt Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 Wasn't impressed by the old live action AB. It was..ok. Hopefully this one is better. Quote
Tking22 Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 Netflix adaptations have been pretty good IMO, so I'll need to actually see some of this before I count it out, no reason to doom and gloom that it's terrible before we've even seen any of it yet. Also M. Night isn't involved, so we're good there, I know he wanted to do a sequel to his first film but if very thankfully never happened. Quote
Thom Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 I've never watched the anime and don't have much desire to. Did watch the movie and it was alright. Could have been better. As someone coming in still with no expectations of how the characters act and what actions they take, nor where the story is taken, I'll probably like it - unless it's a total crap show. But as stated above, Netflix does pretty dang good with their adaptations, so my trust is in them until they do something to lose it. Quote
Mazinger Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 Me and my family re-watch the original cartoon perhaps once a year. We know when the emotional gut punches are coming, and yet, pow, it get's us all over again. I love this show. I remember scoffing at the advertisements for it during it's original run - like, "how good could some American made Nickelodeon cartoon be?" It wasn't till I started hearing by word of mouth how much people liked it that I decided to get a copy. So glad I did. I, too, am apprehensive about this planned version, if only because there's a lot of silliness and zany moments that just lend themselves so well to animation and I'm afraid they'll be lost in the production. The Witcher leaves me thinking that perhaps there's a chance. It manages to use a lot of humor and do it to good effect. Avatar without the humor would really be sad and dour, you know, like the M. Night Shyamalan movie was. It got some things right, but man was it a chore to sit through. Quote
Old_Nash_II Posted October 17, 2023 Posted October 17, 2023 https://screenrant.com/avatar-the-last-airbender-live-action-netflix-characters-images/ First pics Quote
Big s Posted October 17, 2023 Posted October 17, 2023 I keep thinking that TLA stands for the live action rather than the Last Airbender. If he gets drunk on air, he’d probably be pretty bad with cough syrup Quote
Thom Posted October 17, 2023 Posted October 17, 2023 A few years down the line, but good to hear the gears are still turning. Quote
mechaninac Posted November 10, 2023 Posted November 10, 2023 Did... did Netflix finally get it right???... Not gonna lie, that looks stunning and very authentic to the cartoon, in a 'the people behind it' get the source material and took it seriously kind of way. Quote
Chronocidal Posted November 10, 2023 Posted November 10, 2023 59 minutes ago, mechaninac said: Did... did Netflix finally get it right???... Not gonna lie, that looks stunning and very authentic to the cartoon, in a 'the people behind it' get the source material and took it seriously kind of way. I think after the missteps with Cowboy Bebop and the corrections they've made with One Piece, they might actually have a clue about what makes a good adaptation. Getting the original creators involved is only part of it, they also need to have the authority to shoot down meddling from on high. Quote
Tking22 Posted November 10, 2023 Posted November 10, 2023 Looks awesome, but I'm cautiously optimistic. Netflix did good with Alice in Borderlands and One Piece, this could be great, we'll see. Quote
no3Ljm Posted November 15, 2023 Posted November 15, 2023 (edited) One Hundred. Edited November 15, 2023 by no3Ljm Quote
mechaninac Posted February 18 Posted February 18 I don't believe they could have cast better live action representations, looks-wise, of Iroh and Ozai; they're damn near perfect. Sokka looks pretty legit too. The other players are okay (Azula being the least fitting of the bunch) but have a great chance of competently embodying the roles depending on their performances (One piece is proof positive that this can be done in a single intro/episode)... this is true for all of them, actually, but when the actor looks the part, from the get-go, without uttering a single line of dialog, there is just a certain unquantifiable magic in the offing. Will the show actually be any good? That remains to be seen (Netflix is hit or miss with scant examples in between... when they get out of their own way and refrain from interference and/or 'current year' messaging, they seem to shine, but what's been shown so far is very promising. Quote
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