#before anyone asks: ian ousley was accused of faking his native american heritage to get this role

[aangarchy]

My current honest thoughts and opinions on the live action

I'm gonna be real honest with you people: i'm probably going to watch it the second it drops. I've been a massive atla fan since i was 6, i went to see shyamalan's version in theaters at age 11 (yes i was disappointed) and i've read every comic. I can't bring myself to just not watch it. Yes some the costumes look cheap, yes Zuko's scar looks goofy, yes Ian Ousley's allegations give the entire situation a very dark undertone. And yet i'm gonna watch.

Currently with what i'm seeing though, they are already doing the show more justice than m. night shyamalan ever did. The casting is more ethnically accurate (except for ian), the costumes look closer to the original cartoon (i've been told they're also ethnically more accurate than shyamalan's, i am white so i'm not going to comment on whether or not that's the case) the characters look more like themselves and I'm including Azula in that one even though i've seen comments say she doesn't look "menacing enough", whatever the fuck that means (she's 14 you weirdos). I'm okay with them aging up Zuko and Sokka bc shyamalan did that too.

Do I think this live action will be the best thing ever? No. Since seeing the cast i've been cautiously optimistic, that definitely dwindled after those first promo pictures but i'm still feeling more positive than negative about it. But i don't have high expectations. If anything i just hope it'll be entertaining. The one thing i'm incredibly worried about is the bending and use of cgi. I'm hoping for the use of lots of practical sets, but it's Netflix. I'm sure it'll be more greenscreen than anything.

The trailer will show us how good or bad the cgi looks. If it's truly horrible, i'll still watch the show just to shit on it. If it's half decent, hey good for them. Either way i'll probably be live blogging my reactions to it on my main @sunflower-dori and posting my opinions on here, so even if you decide not to watch the show you can stay up to date through here