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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Warriors - Episode 2 - Season 1 - RECAP@skiptvads836d

Its a bit more a week after Avatar The Last Airbender Live Action series from Netflix release and I'm only on episode three so I might have to burn a few episodes this weekend, I have always mention how Netflix really break the traditional one episode per week format by releasing an entire season at once, something I don't enjoy that much to be honest and its a fact that in most cases this cause sleep disorder to a lot of people.

So far I'm really enjoying the series but can't tell if its close to the original story, critics went had on it for how some of the characters have change but even though if they can I still have to say its a great watch, I try to set a schedule for myself on when fit each episode and the first two episode had a little of everything but the aspect that I enjoy the most is that Aang is not stealing the show, he might be the center of the story but most of the other characters really provide a great input to the story they are as entertaining if not more than Aang himself in the case of Sokka.

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9018736/
Platform: NETFLIX

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Source After Suko had Aang on his ship as prisoner he is now going nuts after Aang escape with the help of Sokka and Katara, his childish behavior might be annoying most of the time since he is the Fire Nation Prince and what looks like a good fire bender he thinks everyone needs to do as he says when he commands but seems not many respect him specially on this episode. Aang took Suko's notebook since it look interesting for all the data that he has collected while looking for the Avatar, this took hang to his next location Kyoshi Island where he could find some sort of knowledge that can guide him from the Kyoshi Avatar books, Aang already experiment the Avatar State and it almost went very bad as his totally lost control almost wiping the entire place and throwing his friends off the mountain.

Source Now that Katara is with Aang, both on the run; she can start to develop her Water Bending powers, Aang might not be a teacher but he knows what is having bending powers and without direct intention so far has teach her a few things on how to feel and control her powers.

The acting from Katara, Sokka and Aang has been spot on, all three behaving and acting very close to what I remember from the animated series, Appa also looks awesome, details that you look for on a live action series to bring all this fantasy characters like Appa to the screen and make them look real, they don't look animated or cgi.

Source If you have never seen Avatar you probably though it would be a boring trip to a library in the Kyoshi Island but it is so much more than that, here the buys find the Kyoshi Avatar temple guarded by a group of warriors, The Kyoshi Warriors who had amazing fighting skills even taking a fight with fire nation warriors during the episode.

Source For me during this episode the most important thing was the Kyoshi Warriors and what Avatar Kyoshi teach Aang during mediation. There is some background on how Kyoshi was also quiet and had no clue she would become the avatar just like Aang, it was expected that after the Fire Nation attack Kyoshi Island does not like visitors specially the Avatar, everywhere Aang goes that place becomes a target but they are allow 48hrs to look around Kyoshi Temple books and diaries.

Source I'm probably the worst critic since I always look for the good things unless the series is really bad but even some of the secondary characters to the story are doing so good, it is the example of Suki the Kyoshi Warrior Leader played by Maria Zhang who I have never heard before did an amazing job on this episode, I hope she appears on other episodes, some of this characters wont since Aang and the guys are going from one place to another trying to learn more about the Avatar State and the other four bending techniques.

Source Talking about bending techniques it was obvious that Katara was the one who starts training with Aang trying to teach him the little she knows so far, after all she is improving very quickly now that she can focus more on her powers not been at her hometown, anyways the Fire Nation is going after them so better practice. She offers Aang to train with her but he still a bit sad and grief for his teacher Gyatso, Aang decides to hang on for some time before starts training after all he still a kid who likes to play and have fun, something he has not done for 100s of years after been frozen into the ice.

Source In my opinion this right here was the best scene of the episode, there were action scenes on the episode but I'm starting to notice that I enjoy more the comedy side of the series than the action, specially the chemistry between Suki and Sokka. Not only have the series brought to live all this fantasy characters like Appa but they also do special effects like on the animated series, for example on the scene above Suki invites Sokka to fight and moves her right hand like "bring it on" and production added a sound effect to that action, its all this little details that connect with the animated series that I'm really enjoying too.

I have always said that an online rating of 7 in real life is very close to an 8, specially if the series gets a 7.5, what I'm trying to say is that so far Avatar is a solid 8 hands down, but then you have to consider two factors and is how much characters and the story have change this you would only notice if you are a hard core fan but for any other regular viewer like me this is a solid series to watch, very similar to the Halo Tv Series case but that one is more evident that is far from the OG story.

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›Avatar: The Last Airbender: Aang - Episode 1 - Season 1 - RECAP@skiptvads841d
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Source I believe this is one of those series that no matter how perfect they are its still going to be heavily criticize, considering there are sixty one episodes on the animated series I find hard they can put in everything into two or three eight episode seasons, after watching the first episode I find it very entertaining and could give it a solid 7.5/10 in coincidence with what the Audience has score on RTT.
Now days its great to watch this live action series adaptations of animated series because finally the technology is here to make it possible, I'm really hoping a brave enough studio can put up a Dragon Ball and Saint Seiya live action series as good as Avatar The Last Air Bender. The cast from the series is really transmitting similar vibes to the animated series, characters like Aang, Sokka, Katara, Zuko are in my opinion very close to what the OG series is, specially Sokka always skeptic about others, the look he gives everyone when he doesn't trust what they saying or doubt, this are the basics to make this a good series besides CGI has been on point, would like to see more light into the face of Appa but thats hard too because he has so much hair, the action scenes has also been great so far with the opening fight between an Earth Bender and a couple of Fire Nation Guards (Fire Benders).
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9018736/
- Platform: NETFLIX
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As I mention above the opening of the series is just awesome, a fight scene between an Earth Bender who is no chump, a very skilled one against more than three Fire Nation Guards (Fire Benders), he almost took them down but seem like Earth Attacks take more effort and time besides he was hurt already, the Earth Bender is trying to escape with a message to his nation, they are about to be attack by Ozai, Fire Lord King of the Fire Nation; he knows the next Avatar is an Air Bender and he wanted the less possible defenses up there so he poker face an attack to the Earth Nation.

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Aang, the youngest Air Master ever in history, the tattoos he has represent he is an Air Bender Master but he is still too young, just a kid, he is not part of the Monks Council, he lacks experience, judgement, he is just a kid that didn't ask for any of this but still he has to be responsible of his great powers, Monks know this and want him to start his training on the other three bending styles.

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I love the scene when Monk Gyatso, Aang's friend and master; talks to him about his responsibilities as the next Avatar, Gordon Cormier playing Aang did such a wonderful job at expressing feelings of distress, happiness, and sadness all in a single scene and still look as an innocent kid who just want to have fun but also has to rapidly grow up to keep up with his responsibility as The Avatar.

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Ozai was dead set to destroy the Air Benders attempting to kill The Avatar while he still very young, Ozai is very powerfull, on this attack none of the Air Benders were able to stand in a fight with him, even Aang's Master was killed by Ozai himself, they burn everything to the ground, lucky for Aang he was very far from there. I cant imagine WHY he would take Appa to flight over the sea during a storm? I know nothing about the lore of Avater since I never finish the animated series, did finish Korra because was watching it with my wife. Aang and Appa got trap by a huge wave and went down, its here when Aang goes into a trance stage and the spirit of the Avatar comes out, creates a big ice sphere around them as a last resource to survive, Aang and Appa remain on this ice sphere for the next 100 years.

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I'm not going to go through the entire episode, there still much more about it but trying to cover the basics that I really like and the events that start almost everything from now on, fast forward about 100 years after Aang and Appa fall, show up Katara probably the last Water Bender and her brother Sokka, after the fire nation didn't find the Avatar they went through all the other two nations looking for him and in the case of the Water Nation they make sure there were no more Water Benders. Sokka worry for her sister because of her powers, accidentally while going fishing they find Aang ice sphere, Katara was using her powers to bring in the canoe that was taken by the current, her powers probably wake the Avatar Spirit, making Aang get out of the sphere but still in trance.

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Prince Zuko has been banned by his father from the fire nation until he comes back with the Avatar, he departed on fire nation ship with his uncle as escort, going around the world looking for the Avatar and they have finally found him, probably by accident.

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After Aang wakes up and found Appa, everyone at the village gather into the town hall and the Elder tells the story of how the Avatar vanish many years ago when the world most need it during the massive Fire Nation Attack, how basically they took over the world and how most people live in fear, how the Air Temple was destroy by the Fire Nation and Aang has probably been on the ice for over 100 years.
From here starts Aang new journey at trying to become the Avatar, master the other three bending styles but now that Zuko has discover him it wont bee too easy to be out of his radar, Fire Nation is on high alert knowing Aang will probably travel to contact other style benders? is that the right term?

Everything about the series looks great to me, I repeat LOOK; because as usual I don't read books and I don't know the lore or core story of Aang besides what I remember form the animated series, I'm sure some events will be alter to keep the viewers engage although I remember seen a few comments on a blog post that some of the characters would also be alter but so far I don't see anything that could be a problem for some one who has never see or knew about Avatar, also would like to mention that if you have never seen any of the animated series you don't need to in order to enjoy this series. I was looking up information about this live action series and couldn't find if this is a mini series, I doubt because of how long the story is or if this is an actual series because it would be a shame if it doesn't have at least two more seasons. There are so many tv series right now that I'm still watching and most are still running that its hard to keep up with everything so some of my posts might be delay but will still put them out.

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›Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024): New Live Action Adventure@skiptvads854d
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The Return of Avatar: A Live Action Adventure
Avatar The Last Airbender was first an animated series but now is a live action series that all devoted fans have been waiting hoping it makes justice to the original. Directed by Albert Kim known for his notable contributions to television this live action adaptation brings renewed energy to Aang’s saga and his friends. The series is set to release on February 22nd on Netflix this first season consists of eight episodes, Albert Kim has made his mark with his work on shows like Leverage, Nikita and Sleepy Hollow, before transitioning into television he served as Senior News Director at ESPN where he created the entertainment news program ESPN Hollywood.
With a good eye for detail Kim’s vision for Avatar The Last Airbender is to engage both lifelong fans and those who soon will become after the season starts. Under Kim’s supervision the production team meticulously recreated the fantastic world of Avatar bringing to life the intricate cultures and landscapes inspired by Asian and Native American influences, the series as filmed in Vancouver the attention to detail something fans will their eye on as that.
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9018736/
- Platform: Netflix
- Release: February 22, 2024
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The Last Airbender Themes & Topics
Avatar The Last Airbender is set in a world divided in four nations named the fire nation, air nation, water nation and earth nation in every nation people can control their elements but they are going to face a war because the fire nation want to conquer them all. The series explores themes of balance, friendship, identity, struggle for peace and self discovery for some characters making it more than just a fantasy adventure it addresses real and complex issues from Aang’s journey to master the four elements to the moral dilemmas faced by characters like Zuko and Azula theirs enemies delivering him powerful messages. Through its diverse characters and richly imagined world Avatar The Last Airbender invites viewers to think on their own values, beliefs and to have an amazing experience through every adventure Aang’s will face.
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A Live Action Cast
Looking into the ensemble bringing the characters of Avatar The Last Airbender to life. Gordon Cormier performs the enigmatic Avatar Aang at just fifteen years old Cormier is a young star on the rise with previous work on the series Stand where he appeared alongside Whoopi Goldberg on the other side Dallas Liu known for his versatility in roles ranging from young Jin Kazama in Tekken to the endearing Shuji Ishii-Peters in PEN15 takes on the role of Prince Zuko, Liu’s face may also be familiar from Shang-Chi joining them is Kiawentiio Tarbell as Katara whose journey from the CBC series Anne with an E to the big screen in Beans has earned critical acclaim. Ian Ousley plays the role of Sokka adding some humor to the series Ousley has participated in different TV Series such as Physical and 13 Reasons Why series produced by Selena Gomes. Paul Sun-Hyung Lee takes on the beloved character of Uncle Iroh drawing on his extensive experience primarily in television series but is most known for his role on the Star Wars franchise as Captain Carson Teva. Elizabeth Yu a rising young actress takes on the role of Azula having previously worked in several films and let’s not forget the incomparable Daniel Dae Kim whose portrayal of Fire Lord Ozai complements the ensemble, Kim’s past performances include roles in Lost and the film Insurgent from the Divergent series.
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Anticipation and Challenges
Like any highly anticipated adaptation Avatar The Last Airbender has faced its own challenges and controversies from production delays to debates over character representation the journey to bring this series to life has been anything but simple or easy all this to the highly expectations claimed by the fans of the original series. For that reason the production has take very seriously every detail. Despite the obstacles fans can finally see the series on February 22nd in Netflix.
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The story familiar to fans revolves around Aang a young airbender who is the Avatar the only being capable of bending all four elements: water, earth, fire and air. Aang must master his abilities to defeat the Fire Nation which is waging war against the other three nations but won’t be easy because he will be facing moral issues through his journey that needs to solve to complete his duty as the Avatar. Many are eagerly anticipating the premiere to see their beloved animated series brought to life almost twenty years after its debut.
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Avatar the Last Airbender is a testament to the lasting legacy of a franchise beloved by audiences, although it premiered in 2005 and concluded in 2008 through Nickelodeon the story of Aang and his friends still alive to this days and now its bring back as a live action with Albert Kim as its visionary creator with a talented cast bringing iconic characters to life and the iconic themes that resonates across generations this adaptation is ready to make its mark. This saga seems to be well received by the audience and theirs many loyal fans who are eager to see a new version of this story live action and obviously at the same time all the fans will be breaking down every little detail of the series expecting that it is better than the movie and for what is shown in the trailer it seems that this will be the case.
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