Netflix missed the point of Avatar

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Replacing fake sexism with real genuine sexism is like a super high depth social commentary of the last 10 years.

Katara being called a “Master” after obtaining 1 water bending scroll and having no training with an actual Master is as Disney/Marvel as you can get.

You didn‘t even get to the part where azula is now written as insecure and „lashing out“ instead of a calculated, cold-blooded and highly competent psychopath …

The fact that the original show runners WERE working on Netflix with it but then left due to creative differences which we clearly see here in this adaptation is extremely sad and upsetting.

Critics: "at least it's better than the movie" Drew: "yeah, I sure hope it does"

something that bothered me immensely is how live actions are always marketed as a more mature version of the animation…but then treats the audience like children by spoonfeeding all the information like we can’t comprehend it without being beaten over the head with the meaning of everything every two seconds

Studios are forgetting more and more about “show dont tell” ITS ALL TALKING

When Gran Gran said the name of the 4 elements I literally cringed so much my soul left my body and reached the avatar state.

Where is Katara's rage, her compassion, her nurturing, her emotions??? They stripped her of any depth and emotion.

When execs hear “strong female character,” their only interpretation is “you mean strong like punching, right?”

this was very effective. literally the moment your video ended i opened my laptop to start watching the animated series for the first time

in the Netflix remake of "the emperor's new groove" kuzco is a philanthropic ruler who spends his days working with the peasants & is in the process of dismantling the monarchy when he's turned into a llama. He's the world's nicest guy and they ruined his life for no reason.

its interesting how netflix seems to think of animation as mindless and for kids and then goes out of their way to make a mindless version of it... but for adults

Aangs childlike nature also made his relationship with katara that much better. As she was already very mature for her age. Aang taught her to have fun and katara taught him to be more serious. It’s a shame they took that away from them

Growing up as a woman, Katara was one of our ONLY positive representations of a strong girl who was also not only able to maintain empathy and emotion (something women and girls are belittled for) while being strong, but it often is what GAVE her strength. For them to completely strip her of that is just so telling of the story they were trying to tell and for who.

The visuals were exactly what I hoped they would be and the rest was exactly what I feared it would be, extremely disappointing

We never wanted Sokka to be sexist. We wanted Suki to teach him to be better and we were robbed of that

The fact that they felt the need to simplify the plot/exposition of a CHILDREN'S SHOW. Like they literally assume their audience has a shorter attention-span than a 7 year old

What really upsets me about this show, is that when I watched through all of the original animated series 2 summers ago my Dad used to walk in and take jabs at me for watching "a kids show" and I'd say its like the LOTR of kids shows but he wouldn't take interest. So I was encouraged and surprised last month to come home and see him watching the Netflix show, the bio and visuals piqued his interest. I didn't mention that it was an adaptation and just let him watch it. I came back later and he had turned it off, when I asked why he said the writing was cheap and it didn't seem worth watching. One of the best stories in TV and they couldn't even keep the audience they spent so much to attract. I hope he watches the original someday but its not likely.