well the water tribe are eskimos in the cartoon
the firenation are the most typical Japan-ish/asian of the 4 countrys
but thats not a big deal if they manage to do a good movie
since no1 in the cartoon looks very asian xpt maybe the old airbenders/avatar-oldstars in the flashbacks ang have

Found this posted by someone here


At the review and the pic

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Bloody good review!

So people,

Do you really think there is still any hope left?

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I'm just really, really sad. I love the show, and watch it all the time. It does so many things so right. (What I like best is Zuko's character arc.) Seeing the previews, I just got the feeling that the movie was going to be bad. The Fire Nation in dark blue? It's a small thing, but to me it was the canary in the coal mine that everything the series carefully built up regarding the distinctive culture, history, philosophy, and character of the four nations was going to be thrown out the window.

imma see it when it comes to netflix.

It's just a movie. Some of you guys are so intense

I have to disagree. Personally for me it isn't just about the way that they messed up the source material, it's also about the way they screwed over the culture and heritage of a people by whitewashing it and letting the minorities who should be the heroes in the first place instead play either minor roles or villainous roles. That whole "Relax, it's just a _____" mentality is one of the reasons why things like that still happen in the world today.

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I was actually looking forward to it. But after reading reviews...not so much lol

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This movie is garbage

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i saw the movie and the acting was terrible. looked like they were reading the script for the first time.

ugh, im so mad!! they've completely ruined the series! i mean, look at the live action zuko, he doesnt even have the big scar! the outfits are completely different, and aang's arrow is supposed to be a regular arrow, no little swirls for god's sake! plus, they've completely wrecked every1's personality! sokka is supposed to distrust aang when he first meets, not go all "what if we found you teachers?" aang is way too serious, he's supposed to be a goofy kid when he comes out of the iceberg who at first, hides his secret of being the avatar! i just hope the director is ready for the boatload of criticism that is going to come his way.

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M Night ruined my dreams. I refuse to watch that trash.

I even defended his choice of actors, change of the name pronunciation, and change of details. I feel.....betrayed.

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You're arguing on behalf of fictional individuals. I would have to agree with you if this was a misrepresentation of actual "heroes," as you say. And as much as I like the animated series, it's not really, hardly worth the effort to be put on the pedestal.

I see it as a creative representation, and yes, nothing but a movie. Also, wouldn't the creators have to agree to the changes? If it was me, and I truly cared about my creation - I wouldn't have agreed.


That's just a bit too much. For every time I've said that, the world should be in chaos.

Apologies to those offended, but I just think that such passion could be used on more important issues out there. Twenty years from now, will everyone still be taking about this? I don't really think so.

Whatever. Let's agree to disagree.

I was actually arguing on the behalf of Asians and how they weren't cast to play as the fictional heroes that were heavily based off of them.


They did agree (Or they at least didn't seem to have any problem with it), which makes all of the changes even more confusing seeing how they were big on Asian culture and even painstakingly made sure that every detail was as accurate as it could be in the animated series.


When I typed that, I meant that that way of thinking (With people not caring about things like whitewashing just because it's applied to something that's fictional) is the reason why lots of talented minorities who are perfect for those main roles either get misused or not even used at all. Yes, no one will remember this movie in detail, but people will remember the whitewashing that took place in this movie and how things like whitewashing are totally unnecessary (A good example is how people know and still talk about how John Wayne was horribly miscast as Genghis Khan in "The Conqueror", a movie that came out 54 years ago).

tl;dr, If a fictional character is a certain race before a live-action adaptation get made, then there's no reason to not cast someone who's of that race unless there was some reason they couldn't find anyone of that race (Which certainly wasn't the case when casting came up in The Last Airbender).

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Ehhh. Well, I liked the animated series, but I won't watch the movie. Not because of the racial issues, but just because I prefer to watch/read originals only. It's sort of a personal preference. Even with manga it's like this. I can only read the original work, I can't watch anime adaptions.

And even if I didn't have that sort of preference I wouldn't watch it, mainly because it looks like it is all special effects and nothing else.

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Well, I don't particularly mind them not casting Asians to fill these roles since most of the characters did not look Asian in the series (except for the Fire Nation, which they should have cast Asians to fill those roles)... Or at least that would have been my stance if the people they casted looked like their respective character. Other than Aang (let's face it, the actor does look pretty similar to the Aang in the series), none of the actors looked like their respective characters. The worst were Zuuko and Fire Lord Ozai (who was actually shown in this movie). The actor they got to play Ozai looks absolutely nothing like Ozai. At least with Sokka, who's also pretty bad, the hair was good. Ozai was just afwul. Grant it, I'm saying this knowing that it can be difficult to find actors that look like animated characters, but it really looks like they didn't even try.

Now, as for the actual movie, it was not very good at all. The acting was horrible. It did a horrible job of forming a connection with the characters. It was just another failed attempt at turning an animated series into a live-action film. Some fights were pretty cool, and the effects were also pretty good. However, those were few and far between. So much so that the other bad things were accentuated. The truly tragic thing is that now I'm invested in it. I feel almost obligated to watch the next two films. Here's hoping they get a new director for the next two films (not likely, I know).


lol. That's almost exactly what was said in the episode, too.