I feel like the live action atla is calling me an idiot because why is it not letting me pick up ANYTHING for myself, like it's okay to not outright say literally everything
anyway yeah really not enjoying it so far, I've only watched three episodes and I know have to watch it all to give it a fair chance but damn I really don't want to
episode 5 actually killed something inside me I think.
the way they portray lu ten's death might have been the worst thing I've seen for a while. do we get anything actually resembling an emotional scene? do we get to infer what iroh is feeling and why, through context clues? nope. we get two random people talking (exposition dumping) exactly what happened, iroh laid siege on ba sing se for 600 days, his son died and he returned home. the end. there wasn't a single way they could have communicated that better? maybe without words?
I actually feel a little insulted by how they have a orchestral rendition of leaves from the vine playing EVERY time there's an emotional moment between iroh and zuko. it's like they're bashing me over the head "hey! we played the song you like! do you feel sad yet? huh?"
am I a snob? are my standards too high? am I a bitch? am I the only one upset by this? because I'm actually concerned about the quality of media that's being produced. this is one of the better things I've seen in the past year. what is happening 😭😭
I feel like the live action atla is calling me an idiot because why is it not letting me pick up ANYTHING for myself, like it's okay to not outright say literally everything
anyway yeah really not enjoying it so far, I've only watched three episodes and I know have to watch it all to give it a fair chance but damn I really don't want to
Okay so I haven't posted in like 12 years and I know I'm like a week late, but what's everyone's thoughts on the live-action ATLA teaser? I'm genuinely very interested to know, because I certainly have thoughts, and I've definitely seen some polarised opinions. What do you like about it, and are you worried about anything?
Anyway, my long personal thoughts are below the keep reading line. I probably haven't said anything super new, or any hot takes but they're there.
First, what I loved about the teaser. It looked visually stunning! The shot composition all looked amazing (to someone who knows nothing about film), the visual tone was definitely there, and the set design was gorgeous! The entire time I was just going "oh my god, oh my god, oh my god" but in a good way. The characters especially look great. In particular, I loved Suki, Aang, and Zuko. I know some people were disappointed with how the characters looked, but I really think it's the best we could have gotten considering the wide disconnect between animation and live-action, and I think it's something people need to remember.
The acting obviously hasn't been shown very much, so it's still up in the air in that regard. I've been trying to convince myself I'm cautiously optimistic, but quite honestly I've gone straight to pure excitement, despite my worries.
We're also getting more flashbacks, as shown by the fact there's a scene of the Air Nomad genocide. More worldbuilding and backstory is definitely something I'm very happy about, so I'm excited to see where it goes. The thing that stumps me on it is whether they're going to do it well. In the film that shall not be named, Shyamalan put references to the original show everywhere, but he never took the time to understand why they worked. It was like he wanted us to say "Wow! They said the thing!!!!!" as if we'd clap at the screen without actually thinking about anything. I'm really, really hoping that's not the case here.
The tone is definitely something that people are concerned about, myself included. The teaser was very serious and dramatic. Of course, the show has those moments but it's overall very lighthearted. It's a show about friendship first and foremost, and those positive messages are highlighted throughout the series. I'm hoping this teaser is more Netflix saying "Look at these cool effects!" and less "This is the overall tone of the entire series!".
The humour also comes to play in this. ATLA has a lot of jokes. You know this, I know this, they work, I don't have to talk about it. I'm curious about the humor in the live-action series because a lot of the humour in ATLA works because the show is animated, and wouldn't work in the live-action setting. In the film that shall not be named, Shyamalan tried to take jokes from the show, but they just fell completely flat because it was the completely wrong genre and just created tonal dissonance.
The last big thing I'm worried about is the characters, particularly Katara and Zuko.
I'm worried about Katara, because film has had this tendency in the past (and I know this is probably outdated) to "tone down" a female character's more "unsavoury/unladylike" traits. This is a bad example but it's the best my brain can come up with, but Hermione in the HP films compared to the books. In the films she was smart, brave, never wrong, and never made fun of. In the books, she was smart, yes, but also naive, and really mean and judgy sometimes.
Katara is a strong female character because she's not perfect. She's hotheaded and can hold a mean grudge, but those make her who she is. Also, in the film that does not exist, other character's strong moments are inexplicably given to Katara to make her more "badass" without actually putting in the work for her.
I'm worried about Zuko for an entirely different reason. I'm scared they'll "tone back" his assholeness in the first season, and possibly even give us his backstory a lot sooner. I really don't want this, because the whole reason his redemption arc works is because he was a villain first. He did bad things, but he atoned for them. His backstory explains his actions but doesn't excuse them. If we're sympathetic to him too early, the payoff is going to feel a lot cheaper, and like he didn't actually work to make himself better because he was already there.
Okay wow that was a lot, but that sums up all of my thoughts/concerns/excitement for the show. I'm really stoked to see where they go with it, and even if it's a disaster I'll probably enjoy it anyway honestly.
darth vader voice: if i had a credit for every time some ginger jedi fuck broke into my inquisitorious and flooded the place, i'd have two credits. which is nothing compared to the power of the force but it's weird that it happened twice
the stormtrooper he was talking to: hgrhrrkk (is being force choked to death)
I saw you like sapphic stories and the Crane Wives and I've just gotta ask you: have you heard of Burn the House Down by Kenna Jenkins? It's an alternate history novel abt the 1st woman president and her secret sapphic relationship/bearded marriage with her mlm best friend and has massive Crane Wives vibes (especially Shallow River, the Hand That Feeds, I Ain't Done, The Moon Will Sing, Tongues and Teeth, Ancient History, and Metaphor). It also has a subplot about arson at the White House and ft. An entirely queer main cast and really fleshed out characters!
woah! thanks so much for the recommendation! i'll be sure to check it out yk i love anything crane wives or gay
i’ve run out of intelligent observations to make about the nickelodeon show avatar: the last airbender (2005-2008) created by bryan konietzko and michael dante dimartino. from now on i will only be making unintelligent observations. did you know that appa spelled backwards is appa
So you guys know how fucking miserable Portal RTX’s rendition of Test Chamber 00 looks, right? It’s flat, dull, and it doesn’t even have a clear temperature, it’s just all gone.
Well guess what.
If you open the RTX Remix developer menu, you can turn off “Enhanced Lighting”.
Look at how Chamber 00 looks like when you turn that off.
twitter is implementing some draconian ass rules. you’re no longer allowed to promote most social medias on there, and can be banned/deleted for having done so in the past
twitter is digging it’s own grave straight into an antitrust lawsuit tbh
you wanted to be a good friend, because you loved your friends, but the truth was that everyone else somehow had a pamphlet on being normal that you never received. most of the time you learn by trial-and-error. you are terrified of the next big mistake you make, because it seems like the rules are completely arbitrary.
you've learned to keep the prickly parts of your personality in a stormcloud under your bed - as if they're a second version of you; one that will make your friends hate you. it feels feral, burning, ugly.
instead, you have assembled habits based on the statistical likelihood of pleasing others. you're a good listener, which is to say - if you do speak up, you might end up saying the wrong thing and scaring off someone, but people tend to like someone-who-listens. or you've got no true desires or goals, because people like it when you're passive, mutable. you're "not easy to fluster" which is to say - your emotions are fundamentally uninteresting to others around you; so you've learned to control them to a degree that you can no longer really feel them happening.
you have long suspected something is wrong with you, but most of the time, googling doesn't help. you are so-used to helping-yourself, alone and with no handbook. the reek of your real self feels more like a horrible joke - you wake up, and, despite all your preparations, suddenly the whole house is full of smoke. the real you is someone waiting to ruin your other-life, the one where you're normal and happy. the real-self is unpredictable, angry.
your real self snarls when people infantilize the whole situation. because if you were really suffering, everyone seems to think you'd be completely unable to cope. but you already learned the rules, so you do know how to cope, and you have fucking been coping. it's not black-and-white. it's not that you are healed during the other times - it's just that you're able to fucking try. and honestly, whenever you show symptoms, it's a really fucking bad sign.
because the symptoms you have are ugly and unmanageable for others. your symptoms aren't waifish white girl things. they're annoying and complicated. they will be the subject of so many pretentious instagram reels. if they cared about you, they'd just show up on time. you care, a lot, so deeply it burns you. you like to picture a world where the comments read if they loved you, they'd never need glasses to see. but since that's a rule you've seen repeated - "one must never be late or you are a bad friend" - you constantly worry about being late and leave agonizingly early. there are no words for how you feel when you're still late; no matter how hard you were trying.
so you have to make up for it. you have to make up for that little horrible real you that you keep locked in a cabinet. you are bad at answering emails so every project you make has to be perfect. you are weird and sensitive so you have to learn to be funny and interesting. you are an inconvenience to others, so you become as smooth as possible, buffing out all the rough parts.
all this. all this. so people can pass their hands over you and just tell you just the once -how good you are. you're a good friend. you're loveable.
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