lol we gave a narrative compulsion to a character who had a drive that was largely centered around not wanting the responsibility and fear of failure.

Aang, waking up from 100 years frozen in an iceberg: "Well that happened!"

Isn't the story beat "kid fucks around until visiting the old air temple and seeing his dead mentor causes him to freak the fuck out and realize the implications of the war"?

Why do a coming of age story without character development? Why doesn't Korra start out as a child yelling, "I'm the Avatar! I'm gonna do my best and respect other points of view along the way!"

So all protagonists must be 100% correct and good from the start and know everything and be perfect? No character or narrative growth?

Also why must everything "advance the plot"? Why can't Aang just do things because their fun? That is a way of telling a story and "advancing the plot" in itself.

Again, if this is how they are dealing with characters, wtf are they going to do with Zuko?

Ok. Between this and reading about how they toned down (or removed) Sokka's sexism that he overcomes by being humbled by strong female characters, I am now convinced live action Airbender will be bad.

I'm not super duper mad or anything, I wasn't gonna watch it either way (Legend of Korra was lib as fuck). I just think Avatar was a very tight solid story, and it's fascinating how much some producers can look at solid character arcs and not understand them, why they're there and how they work

So whats the reason for freezing himself then lol? Did it as a bit?

Just make a new property set in the same universe and then they won't be bound by atla's plot or characters at all.

Stop rehashing shit for the love of God.

And especially as the series went on, Seasons 2 and 3 are a lot more mature in theme than, say, Season 1 was. So for us, it was about striking that right balance, of making sure you were true to the DNA of the original. But at the same time, we had to make it a serialized Netflix drama, which meant it couldn't just be for kids. It had to also appeal to the people who are big fans of Game of Thrones. And so, it had to feel grounded and mature and adult in that way too. So that's, like I said, the tightrope that we have to walk.

Who was asking for this? I don't remember ever speaking with another fan of ATLA and them saying "I wish it was more like Game of Thrones". Why does it have to appeal to an older audience? Most of its fans are probably in their 20's or older, and we are still big fans of the original show.

There is literally a whole TvTropes page about this, "Refusing the Call" and "The Call knows where you live".

Look making Aang develop as a character and learn when it’s necessary to get serious is too much work. Can’t we just do a magical exposition dump into his head to solve all these pesky things like “motivation” or “growth”

You can't make this shit up, c'mon, a literal child can point out why this is wrong.

By the end of the Netflixization, its just a vaguely Asian coded martial arts magic Punsher retread.

i am anti avatar (both blue people and tla) on principle but come the fuck on. don't make your show that you're aiming at an older audience less complex and interesting than the one for 7 year olds

Give me the people who think like this and I will make Stalin look like Bernie Sanders

lol he has a vision

Look, I just finished repressing the Wheel of Time show doing all this shit. It's very uncool of Hollywood to immediately retread it and put me in a position where I have to face it all again so soon.

Here's hoping Aang at least gets some agency in his own show?

Gonna see if I can't find a bootleg recording of the Ember Island Players theatrical retelling of the story