The Normies react to the Episodes 7 and 8 of Netflix’s Avatar The Last Airbender, “The North” and “Legends.” Be sure to stick around after the reaction for our discussion.
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ALSO. Hope you enjoy this double drop! Tell us what you look forward to for the next season!
One of the thing I didn't like is the lack of "my honor" mentioned anywhere. Like I remember the internet meme it to death.
Y’all need to relax on ang not learning the other elements cause even in the cartoon he didn’t learn them til season 2
Seeing all the women waterbenders hit me in the feels
Rana could easily cosplay Yue. There's a resemblance
I’m ok with no waterbending for Aang this season cause honestly the CGI budget for this season probably couldn’t handle Aang doing both water and air bending. Since their going the route of him being a natural talent, makes sense he would wait until he finds a true master
Make the women COMBAT MEDICS!!!
AANGZILLA!!! 🦖🦖🦖
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When Katara said "I know i'm probably gonna mop the floor with him" I jumped out of my chair laughing lmao. Did not expect gen z lingo in atla world fr. Also, the fandom named the moon spirit 'Koizilla'
Although I don't personally care for the live action because of the changes they've made, if I'm looking at it from the perspective of what the show runners are trying to do and from the perspective of a new audience member I will point out that there is no reason for Aang to learn Waterbending at this time.
When he first wakes up he's still goofing off, he then finds out it''s 100 years later and wants to go home, they're heading to the Northern Water Tribe to get Katara a teacher. Aang is informed by Roku that the comet is coming by the end of summer which puts a clock on him having to face the Firelord and end the war. Even in the animated series we have a much stronger direction from Roku's conversation onward.
Without the ticking clock it doesn't quite make sense within the logic of the live action. He's 12, he looks like a baby. The war has been going on 100 years. He's not stopping the Firelord tomorrow, it wouldn't even make sense for him to fight the Firelord in a year. Even though they don't really go much into the martial arts aspects of bending we can assume it takes time to fully learn and master so although Aang is supposed to learn them all he has time. There's no rush. He's set up to stop the Firelord at some point in the future, he's supposed to do it but there's no reason to do it now.
That being said that's the whole reason why it exists in the animated series, there is a lot more structure in the series. Not saying I don't agree with you, I do. It's just that's not what they're doing.
32:36 BITCOOOOOOOOOOONEEEEEEEEEEECT 😂😂😂
47:28 Navi said 'partipicate'
im waiting for your echo and the marvels reaction!!!!
S2 will help them fix some of the issues, characters getting more in-depth chemistry with each other. All in all, this was was a promising step in the right direction that respects the greatness of the Original.
Yes! yes it should
My god, how many times do we need to say its an adaptation not a 1 for 1 remake😂
The reason why I believe that the justification behind why they chose not to have Ang learn any bending in Season 1 is because Ang was "stuck" in Gyatso's death and the death of his tribe the entire show with guilt and avoidance. He was physically free from the Ice Ball of Episode 1, but not mentally or spiritually free. It wasn't until episode 5, when Gyatso told him that he couldn't have saved his people and would have died, that gave Ang the permission to heal and move beyond that. Episode 6 is basically just a continuation of 5, so there's no real time passing there to give an opportunity to learn/practice. Obviously, there is some time between 6 and the Northern Tribe in 7, but they're not going to have that happen off-screen. So, all of the other bending will be learned in Season 2 and beyond. These are just my thoughts, I don't know what the show runners were personally thinking.
That Micky-Dante Basco story at the beginning was hilarious
Can't wait to see blood binding in the future seasons
this was really good I am excited for more seasons
Kitara's School for Kids Who Can't Bend Good….
well, Aang didnt really use any water bending in season finale fight, so there seem to be no point adding him leaning while we can still see Katara learning anyway.
Thank you for being fair to this show. I am watching the animation because of this show. Hopefully they take the criticism and make it even better.
Getting all the female benders showing up to defend the city is great and all, but no one talks about the other half of sexism: they're going to need a lot of healers afterwards, and it would have been nice if the guys had some first aid experience too.
Any jobs that are traditionally "women's work" like childcare, nursing etc., are thought of as less important in most cultures and men are made to feel embarrassed to be doing them, but they're objectively just as vital to society, require hard work and skill, and deserve more respect than they get. Men should be joining Yagoda's lessons and feeling honored to be there.
They literally spoon-fed people an explanation for Aang not learning waterbending in like the 2nd episode and y’all just decided to completely ignore that. 🤦🏻
"Gender bender Navi"? Be still my non-binary heart. 🙂
This show was absolute trash. Acting was horrible, CGI was bad, writing was atrocious! Fight scenes were cool tho…….
The biggest surprise was seeing Amber Midthunder from freaking PREY as Yue
1:10:50 Or it might be a way to brace us for appa's last days
This show needs WAY more space to breathe. I love everything they included and the changes they made. But there are some issues, and in my opinion, every single problem this show has could theoretically be solved by simply increasing the number of episodes per season. There was way too much they had to cram into eight episodes. The actual story is pretty great! But they simply weren't given enough space to properly pace everything out and add in things like Aang learning waterbending or more profound development in some of the characters. Seasons 2 and 3 need to be at least 12 episodes. I would honestly love 15.
About the waterbending:
1) I think Aang probably "unlocked" or "connected to" waterbending by melding with the ocean spirit. So now he's probably willing to learn it, he'll probably say something like that in season 2.
2) I think Aang will learn between seasons. There's no rush because they don't know about the comet yet and it will take longer to arrive in this. The actors will be older for season 2, so it's assumed that they spend a few months or half a year in the northern water tribe. The only reason for that would be if they are taking that time to learn waterbending.
3) it explains why Katara is going to be better at waterbending than Aang for the rest of the series. Because it's established that Aang is more talented and more powerful. So why is Katara better? In the anime, Aang was better at it until they went to the northern water tribe. At which point he first tries to teach her secretly, so he even gets some extra training that she doesn't. Then when they're both training, the only explanation we get for why Katara now becomes better at it is that Aang was slacking off. Which works in kid's show, but Natla is trying to be more serious. So Aang not wanting to learn waterbending because of trauma is a better reason here. Idk, I think it's not ideal, but it could make sense.
The previous avatars aren't spirits. They're not in the spirit world. They're in Aang.