#theres also something about those kids being hired and presumably paid and getting to go home to a presumably safe house.

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ive only seen the first episode of the live action avatar series, but here are my thoughts so far. visually? stunning. the costumes the cgi the lighting the sets. im enjoying literally just looking at the screen. but the story/adaptation part feels kinda empty. i know the script cant be 1:1 with the old show, but it felt like they cut out so many bits that gave the show so much character? my biggest issue so far- id heard that the original creators of the 2005 show made a choice to not show the air nomads genocide on screen, and i had heard that they were going to do that in the show, so i was already a bit worried about that, but showing the air nomad kids hiding while gyatso tried to protect them from the fire nation soliders was an absolutely horrible decision. seeing that on screen knowing that stuff like that is happening literally every day, not only in palestine but probably in hundreds of parts of the world? completely unnecessary, it just felt like they were doing it for the shock factor. we know the airbenders genocide was horrifying, they didnt have to show the children cowering in a corner before they died.