[Movie] Avatar: The Last Airbender ... Movie

A live action movie had crossed my mind before, and when you think about it, all bending is rooted from real martial arts style and aside from Aang, they are still rooted to the ground and performing it. The only real concern are the special effects, the industry has the tech, skills and talent to make it look awesome, but it all comes down to funding it. Choreograph is also an important element, but with the HK martial arts effects guys now getting more exposure and attention, again, its not a major issue.

Some people commented how the fight scenes from Crouching Tiger, Hero etc looked cheesy, but thats how most martial arts movies or shows with fantasy elements work, and Avatar has alot of fantasy elements. I've seen so so special effects from period shows in Hong Kong, and they dont look horrible at all, it may take some getting used to though.

I think the more concerning issues is the writing, are they going for a gaiden like side story, a prequel to the animated series or worse, following the series current timeline? And are any of the writing cast from the show gonna be involved? The Key difference between a dumb ol kids cartoon and shows like Avatar are good writing and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, and Avatar has a huge and solid ensemble of characters and they all developed well in a mere 2 seasons.

Anyone who has seen Shaolin Soccor or Kung Fu Hustle that with the right crew you can embrace the wacky humour and also the spirituality of the show. Adding a good cast and a solid writing team that stays true with the original show, it is possible to make a good adaptation from the show.

However, knowing how the industry really works, I doubt they would put that much detail in the movie, I mean Peter Jackson made LOTR in great detailed all the way to the minute, and look how they treated him. Now imagine what they can possible screw up in Avatar cause the coporates are stingy greedy bastards with no artisitic integrity. If they're smart, they should have a joint co operation with Hong Kong's movie industry, the costume designs and sets from Avatar are stright from China, despite the show's multi asian influences. We proba have enough Chinese period clothes from movies and shows to clothe a entire country, and have plenty of sets for Town scenes. If they so any natural exterior shots, then either rural parts of China or New Zealand.

As for the director, eh, he had his ups and downs but there are probably alot worse choices than him...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

News on the live action movie, and it may ease your worries.

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Fans will be pleased to hear that Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko have finally voiced their thoughts about the upcoming live-action Avatar movie.

In an interview with Sci-Fi.com the co-creators said they are looking forward to the movie and have met with Shyamalan and feel confident he will stay true to the Avatar storyline.

"The movie is in the earliest stages, so it is too soon to comment on exactly what we will be doing," said Konietzko. "However, Mike and I have met with Night and, on top of really admiring his craft, he is a great guy who really respects the material. It means a lot to us that he personally chose to do this project and we look forward to helping him in any way."

This news comes as an enormous relief to many Avatar fans who feared the live-action movie might diverge substantially from the original story. It also dispels fears that the co-creators were going to be left completely out of the creative process as Paramount did not specify their level of contribution when announcing the deal with Shyamalan.

"We are thrilled that there is going to be a feature film of Avatar and that M. Night Shyamalan is writing, producing and directing it," DiMartino said. "Personally, I can't wait to see Appa fly!"

Thanks to Lisa31468 for the update, and the many others who emailed with the news!

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Kiddish? Have you bothered to watch the 2nd season of Avatar? Its alot heavier now and its a very well done show beyond the kiddness of say, dumb shows like Spongebob. We're talking about stuff that is on par or Beyond the recent Justice League animated series. "Cartoons" that also reaches older audiences.

Sure they can't do certain things like anime in Japan can get away with, but Avatar so far is a damn solid piece of work where every character is interesting and well developed, with a moving plot in season 2 with almost no filler episodes that keeps getting better and better, and ends with not so happy season finale. Not many "kiddie shows" can pull off their season 2 finale.

I mean just for example:

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In an episode we have a character name Jet who gets brainwashed by one of the villains in season 2 and then gets killed (though whether he's dead is still debatable, but he was beyond help in the episode). A interveiw with the creators seem to indicated that he's officially dead.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...d=40634&type=0

Instead of Black and white Earth Kingdom good and Fire bad, we see episodes that show the good and bad exist in every culture and nation. Long Feng who brainwashed Jet is a fine example. He's allied with the Earth Kingdom yet only lusts for power and has no regard to the people who were affect by war, he insteads brainwashes anyone who mentions the war and make them believe their city to be a same utopia. Scenes that showed brainwashed people were pretty damn creepy. And the finale ends with the heroes not prevailing and they lose their strongest defense int he war, the city of Bai Sing Sei. And this is just ONE example to why Avatar is no kiddies show.

I suggest reading up on Wikipedia or watch more episodes before making assumptions. As said in the interview link in the spoiler tag, the creators stated :

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"Such dark moments are "written and directed in a very tasteful and dramatic way, where it's clear what's going on without having to show gratuitous violence. And we are always careful to balance the serious moments with humorous ones."

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.