Comments on: Airbender Animatics Are So Much Better Than Live Action Footage

By: Kunoichi

Kunoichi — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:22:15 +0000

I can think of better fight sequences, but it was a pretty awesome final fight (especially considering the tension held up decently even if any viewer over the age of 15 should have known how it would end…) But, I should amend that, what makes a great fight scene for me is probably different from a lot of people’s.

By: JenS

JenS — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:43:52 +0000

Yeah, I would have loved to see a big screen full length animated Avatar movie. Hell, Nick did it for Rugrats, Wild Thornberrys and Spongebob to great success, I can’t imagine why they went for live action instead. Top that with removing pretty much any of the Asian flair that is what it asthetically stand out (authentic costumes, writing, the correct martial arts styles and…you know…some Asian American heroes…), I really can’t see why they’re even bothering to call it “The Last Airbender”.

By: Amaniwolf

Amaniwolf — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:22:02 +0000

Best fight scene in the series, they really should’ve gone with an animated movie taking place a few years down the road with the characters. Let us see where they are and perhaps use the search for Zucco’s mother as a story. I fear for the live-action one, they’ve already removed any ethnicity from the characters and even the colors from the tribes. Why do they try and make realistic, something that was a cartoon, and steer away from what made it great? Ah well….we’ll see what comes down the road, and hope.

By: Lurklen

Lurklen — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:58:38 +0000

I dunno, I think that fight could be done in live action. But I don’t think it will be, at least in this movie. I’m not sure M. Night has the choreography chops, but others could pull it off. It wouldn’t be exactly the same from a certain style sense just because with animation there’s a kind of flow that’s hard to translate to Live action.

And the Casting thing still bugs me.

By: raize

raize — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:51:06 +0000

I’ve got a class of kids here in Japan studying English off Airbender. They LOVE it, and they’re only elementary school kids. There’s enough to identify with for them thanks to the asian culture, the language is fun and fresh (and getting easier for them to pick up on), but more than anything, they just did a wonderful, WONDERFUL job on the whole series. Fun for kids, fun for adults, and the animation just carries you away and right into their world.

Although it might be cool to see a live action movie, I am just amazed by what they accomplished with the animation, and I was expecting a real let down with that last fight after figuring the show couldn’t possibly get any better.. and that fight, and its conclusion were just exactly right.

Thanks for posting this, it’s made me want to go back and rewatch a few of my favourite episodes (specifically the last fight

By: FmF

FmF — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:08:41 +0000

Personally i like the last 5 sec of the fight that wasn’t showed in that.I found the hamster ball of doom kind of funny when i saw it in action.cool but funny.I seriously doubt Shyamalan movie going to be good for so many reason now it all most uncountable.They can give the sequel to Michael Bay and we can talk about witch one sucked more though.

By: Samurai Penguin

Samurai Penguin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:12:38 +0000

Amen.

That fight scene is by far one of the greatest i have even. I cant agree more with what you have said.