The Last Airbender

[NorthernChaosGod]

I'm totally going to see this.

Haha, is that the Slumdog Millionaire?

[Bunny]

That trailer was pretty terrible.

Do you, ever, like something sometimes

I like plenty of things. I don't like things that don't look good though. That trailer wasn't a very good trailer. It was a short masturbatory film highlighting the cool special effects.

[blackmage_nuke]

You have just described every action movie trailer in existence

None of the characters looked overly Asian in the show though. =p

Everybody i can remember had black/dark brown or grey hair and the fire nation was filled with slanty eyes. Not to mention the Asian writing and architecture everywhere. If thats not an indication the Avatar world is meant to be filled with Asians i dont know what is. The only people i could see probably not being asian are the southern and northern water tribes which I see more as eskimos and eskimos have asian features anyway.

[arcanedude34]

But they all spoke English, so if there was any indication that they should all be American... =V [/asshole]

[blackmage_nuke]

Alot of Asians can speak english but not alot of white people can have slanty eyes

[Freya]

Well it was created by americans and animated in korea sooooo yah. That's why you got that. They we're using all types of martial arts in the show to represent the diverse culture things. Yeah martial arts are typically an asian thing but not always. I find it more of stereotyping to say they should all be asian cause they know martial arts than anything else.

[Shiny]

That trailer was pretty terrible.

Do you, ever, like something sometimes

He likes the original Death at a Funeral because it's a good movie. This is most likely not a good movie and I dunno what happened, but M. Night has been getting progressively worse. Just look at The Happening.

[G13]

Oh man, Jasper's in it. xD

I like how M. Night Shamalamadingdong's name is above the title, like he created the story.

[Peegee]

I like M. Night Shyamalan because he is the man behind The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable but simultaneously I curse him for being the man behind Signs and The Happening.

I loved those movies and hated every last other one of his films. whyyyyy

I will try to watch this movie and see what happens. At least there's CG and fighting!

[Jings]

Having Dev Patel play Zuko just doesn't work for me. He was my favourite character in Avatar (well, him and Ihro) so that is sad. I'll still see the movie though.

[Unbreakable Will]

That trailer was pretty terrible.

Do you, ever, like something sometimes

The good side of that is if Bunny LIKES something we all know something is wrong.

I loved the series but I'm really hesitant on seeing the movie because M. Night Shamallamaman is a wretched excuse for a director. There. I said what you were all thinking.

[Roogle]

This just about sums up how I feel about this movie: Racebending

[Crowseye]

I like the animated series, but aside from the visuals and special effects I have my doubts about how this will turn out. Kids having to play characters that (frequently) exhibit the emotional maturity of adults rarely ends up well.

I do wish that they had made a bigger effort to include Asian actors. Not even including the animation, the series was clearly modeled around the cultures of various people we would classify as Asian or being of Asian-descent (like the Eskimos of the Water Nation).

On the other hand, I think the outrage is a bit overblown. Moviemakers have a responsibility to make money and find the best talent available that is also interested in the project. They have no obligation to spend years and dollars scouring the earth or to disregard available talent in favor of promoting social diversity. People are spouting all kinds of judgements without even knowing the demographics of the people that auditioned. If finding a quality young actor is already difficult, finding a quality young Asian actor to do an English-language film is clearly moreso, not because they don't exist (and yes, it would have been nice had this project found some) but simply because of a smaller pool to draw from.

I also find it interesting that people are outraged over the selection of actors but never once have I heard people calling the creators of the series scum for being white men looking to cash in on an American fad/obsession by imitating an Eastern anime series. White people get criticized all the time for stealing all kinds of other stuff from Asian culture--food, tattoos, movies (even George Lucas has been criticized for stealing from Kurosawa), etc.--but somehow this series got a pass.

[blackmage_nuke]

I also find it interesting that people are outraged over the selection of actors but never once have I heard people calling the creators of the series scum for being white men looking to cash in on an American fad/obsession by imitating an Eastern anime series. White people get criticized all the time for stealing all kinds of other stuff from Asian culture--food, tattoos, movies (even George Lucas has been criticized for stealing from Kurosawa), etc.--but somehow this series got a pass.

No white people get critisized for butchering food, tattoos and movies. Theres nothing wrong with imitating an animation style and making something thats actually good.

[Depression Moon]

I've seen about two or three episodes. My little brother got me into it, but when when our free trial of Nick-Toons was over, I couldn't watch it anymore. I liked what I saw. I will try and see this if I can.