NETFLIX's Avatar: The Last Airbender ist but a pale shadow in comparrison to the fantastic animated show of the early 2000s. They try to cram all the emotional moments of the entire animated show in season one on Netflix.
To make one big example: We all know the powefull episode "Tales from Ba Singh Se" in season three that finishes with the stunning 'Leaves From The Vine' moment where uncle Iroh's backstory is fianlly beeing revealed. For two seasons the viewer was made to beleave that Iroh is just a weird old fool but revealing the tragic death of his son during the first siege of Ba Singh Se is what tunred him from a tough general, a man of war, into a the wise mentor who had enough of fighting.
It were moments like this that made the original show great. It was a great display on how well written all these characters were.
In the Netflix show however, all these moments are all laid out for you and shoved right into your face. It is not a journy where the viewer discovers things. It feels more like a strawl through fields of member-berries: "MEMEBA IROH? MEMEBA HOW SAD HE WAS?" He does not even sing the song, instead it is just the melody from Leaves From The Vine played via orchestra in the backround.
All this makes the whole relveal so much less effective! Granted I shed a tear watching this, but only because of how powerfull the original was and how THAT made me feel.
Can't rate this show higher than 5/10. At least the costumes are quite good and some of the casting fits a lot better than in the terrible movie adaptation.
I recommend watching the origianl instead.
To make one big example: We all know the powefull episode "Tales from Ba Singh Se" in season three that finishes with the stunning 'Leaves From The Vine' moment where uncle Iroh's backstory is fianlly beeing revealed. For two seasons the viewer was made to beleave that Iroh is just a weird old fool but revealing the tragic death of his son during the first siege of Ba Singh Se is what tunred him from a tough general, a man of war, into a the wise mentor who had enough of fighting.
It were moments like this that made the original show great. It was a great display on how well written all these characters were.
In the Netflix show however, all these moments are all laid out for you and shoved right into your face. It is not a journy where the viewer discovers things. It feels more like a strawl through fields of member-berries: "MEMEBA IROH? MEMEBA HOW SAD HE WAS?" He does not even sing the song, instead it is just the melody from Leaves From The Vine played via orchestra in the backround.
All this makes the whole relveal so much less effective! Granted I shed a tear watching this, but only because of how powerfull the original was and how THAT made me feel.
Can't rate this show higher than 5/10. At least the costumes are quite good and some of the casting fits a lot better than in the terrible movie adaptation.
I recommend watching the origianl instead.
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