The Reel Rejects - AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER LIVE ACTION 1x5 REVIEW!!

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Starting point is 00:01:33 The creatures I thought were cool. The seizure is much better this episode. There's that. I think, well, yeah, I mean, when you're working with darker environments, you can do better blending and to have this multiple amount of creatures. I think really does help to put it in an environment that also feels surreal and mystical. So you can put it in like darker backdrops, which I help, which I think really helps with blending your, you know,

Starting point is 00:01:59 fantastical creatures into these environments. I think like the mood and the aura overall I thought was really good. And, you know, they get a couple of nostalgia bugs, seeing the owl there. Yeah, the owl's really cool. Remember the owl from the library or something? Yes. But they brought him here. They said, nope, slap that there.

Starting point is 00:02:23 Throw the bear here. I think that's what, this is the first time that. I feel like they just were like, there you go. From a standpoint of someone who's familiar with the animated stuff, or did you feel that way even if you had it? I think I probably would feel that way

Starting point is 00:02:44 even if I hadn't, but it feels heavier because I am familiar with the animated show. Because it feels like a discombobulated episode. The way it even starts, I'm like, this is a dramatic change from the end of the last one. They're talking about him dating a Fire Nation girl. We didn't see any of that.

Starting point is 00:03:04 It feels like a very discombobulated episode, in my opinion. And I also feel that Aang is our weakest character, which is a problem. Yeah, I mean, we've still got a few episodes that seems like they're putting him on his own here, which will make for a very interesting development. I just think it's very repetitive what they do with Aang. And the way to develop Aang, if you were to take a note from a, I actually didn't realize when I'm like, this is why I would have heard the anime show actually work for Aang is the way you develop Aang is by developing his relationships with the people around him.

Starting point is 00:03:47 And the show seems to be shying away so much from him developing connection, bonding, kinship with the other two characters like the people he's traveling with like when they're saying like my friends i'm like they kind of just seem like buddies still like little buddy like random i don't feel like a like they've been really developing a close connection and we're five episodes in or they're developing like a tight friendship yeah even with their passage of time i don't really get the sense of all these things that the show is saying that they should be at at this point but I know they're not supposed to be like best buds yet or anything. At the same time, the show doesn't really kind of just give Eng repetitive dialogue.

Starting point is 00:04:31 And then while they got the lesson of you got to let go of that shit, it's not your fault. Like, all right, good. You got one little moment there that I felt was necessary for his character. Outside of that, it is starting to fall when we cut to him, it falls flat. Yeah. And as appealing as the visuals are, I think the show has a lot of work to do to me. Like when we're with like Katara's backstory, I'm like, oh, this is great. Like I was, I was so that we were just watching some vision.

Starting point is 00:04:59 I didn't know we were watching. And when they show you're in a memory, like, oh, this is messed up. And then it's really horrific what she had to experience. And they did a great job at illustrating the traumas they have to overcome. And I think it made their performances even feel more fleshed out, especially Katara, who I imagine there might be some back. and I think some people really like guitar and I can imagine it would be some back and forth. But I have noticed she is very

Starting point is 00:05:26 internal performance and very subdued. And even before we got to flashback, I was going, something about her just feels like she's in just so much pain this like kid. And this really drove that home, as obvious as it might be from what they've

Starting point is 00:05:42 established with plot points with her character. They really drove that home this episode showing that not only did the mom die, unless there was a plot point they've reveal that we totally missed but that she died because they were looking for her guitar like that the amount of guilt a child would feel in a situation like that is intense more guilt than everyone being slaughtered and ing being gone but i feel like that whole talk what with gaitso and eng would have had more impact if we felt the

Starting point is 00:06:21 weight of guilt from ing from some type of vision or something if he was quickly because he didn't fall into the trap of the spirit world i almost wish he had for a little bit if they had showed that him showing some type of despair yeah because then it just falls i feel like we're not as connected to him as literally every other character no they don't give and this is this was my concern from the episode I was trying to say was that there's a lack of emotional weight when it comes to hang and it seems to like they haven't really given the kid like he's a charming kid he's really charming he's very very charming yeah and the the writing hasn't given him the opportunity to display that to see see if he has that he's up for the challenge I think so the depth of like

Starting point is 00:07:16 yeah like you got to see if he's the actors up for the challenge at least and and if they can And it comes out to directing. There's a lot of variables to pulling that out of an actor. And I do think that it's, it is just like the same goddamn dialogue from both Aang and what people say to Eng. It's just so repetitive. And the way you make Aang more interesting is watching his connection with, with other people. And you, and I think they are doing a really not a strong job. yeah after five episodes with how much we've gone on uh that yeah it does feel like they're

Starting point is 00:07:54 they are missing something whereas like like zuko still great azula even i'm like you're flushing out yeah it seems like the i know the main writers left but it seems like when the creators the creators of this show we're really interested in fleshing out and making these other characters more three-dimensional and humanizing them. I like the motive a lot that they're doing with Azula. Because Zula does show up in the animated show as a, you know, just like, ha-ha, I'm the one dad loves. You suck, brother.

Starting point is 00:08:31 And she's awesome. She's like my favorite. Yeah, she's amazing. And they've taken a very different introductory approach with her, where you could see the dad is like pawning both. of them and manipulating both, which is probably what he's always done, even in the animated show. You just don't see that. You see how she's fighting for his approval and you give her these softer elements.

Starting point is 00:08:57 And then, of course, the way they've been fleshing out the relationship with Iro. And he's like, none of this comes back to, here's the, when I make comparisons, it's not a comparison in the way of going. Here's what the animated show did in the plot of the story. And that's why it's better. It's really, it's just the show. It's, I'd have this, I know one million percent. I would be like, yeah, everyone's really flushed out except your main character.

Starting point is 00:09:25 He's kind of just very repetitive for everything here. And he's the title character. That's the thing is it's hard not to compare it to the animated show when at the end of the day, the backstory is the same. And in the animated show, I feel like they did a better job of fleshing out. The weighting felt on him of being. the last airbender and the avatar and all of a sudden having to grow up being thrust into this world of war i think they did a better job of showing that weight on him whereas our ing here all of that still exists he still has all of that weight but he's just like the the comedic but

Starting point is 00:10:07 the comfort of the show to comfort everyone else you're doing a good job katara you know you're doing a good job sock like it's he does he's not fleshed out enough for me and we're almost we're halfway through the show we're more than halfway through the show yeah no we're we're like deep into like when i think about the journey they've been on all the all the shit that's happened I feel like it's been like three days I don't hold of everything that's gone on and and so much has happened but at the same time so little has been developing for eng that's the that's the main issue because like i said like everyone else i'm really enjoying like everyone else i really like uh i'm really digging and ever were with fire

Starting point is 00:10:54 nation people whenever we're with them they're they're solid and like i said like it's actually my preferred the second that they go to the fire nation i'm like awesome i'm excited it's i just think that so much of us talking about ang is we're fixated on it because He's the main character. It's a real problem for me. And now that they've set up, I don't even really get the choice of what happened here. I don't know. Of leaving Katara and sometimes his name sounds so similar.

Starting point is 00:11:29 I said, I was about to be like, no, wait, Kora. No, no, no. Qatar and Saka in the spirit world. Then he's like, you know, buzzing off to the freaking fire. And I'm like, wait. okay i know time works differently in the spirit world sort of but how did that was there something there about that they'll be fine i think that's why he left oppa and momo behind to kind of watch them that's what i was imagining still trapped they're still trapped in the spirit world and i mean

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Starting point is 00:13:30 Because it seems like he's shown up right at the Fire Nation, right? It's like no time. But they did say that they were on the border of the Fire Nation. They did say that at the beginning. But still. That part is still Earthbender people, but it's fine. Fire Nation, they occupy, Fire Nation occupies. And that they're getting closer to the Fire Nation borders.

Starting point is 00:13:46 Okay. They did say that. Yeah, that's true. Okay. So they did make that clear. All right, right. But it's still, like next scene, he's automatically there. I've got, I'm seeing the problems with the main character here.

Starting point is 00:14:01 I've got a real issue and concern that we've not seen him attempt any other bending, not even try to learn. Yeah, there was been sitting a lot of things. things that I think that they, that they establish here. And he just keeps going, I don't know what I'm doing. Well, I'm like, well, maybe you should start treating. Why aren't you even, why aren't you attempting it? Maybe she should be like on a path to every episode. Yes.

Starting point is 00:14:28 Instead of going, I don't know what I'm doing. Well, maybe he started doing something. He was in the earthbending kingdom. Why didn't you try to find an earthbender to help teach you earthbending? I don't understand. And I don't think he does that in the anime show, but the point is it's the, it's the search. she's not doing. It's the search and I think there was a storyline in the animated show that he was afraid because it would thrust him to have to force to learn everything to be this like

Starting point is 00:14:53 strength. Like he that's what he was ultimately afraid of so he was trying to put it off. I feel like there were that that was a core storyline in the animated show. Whereas we're not getting that here. If we saw him like wanting if they're like hey let's practice bending and he's like oh you know but no guitar you need to learn more and like we saw him. him being afraid to do that because it forced him into the spotlight sooner and maybe forced him into the front line of war sooner, I would understand. We're not getting any explanation of that. We're not seeing any of that from him. And it's not saying that because the anime, I think whenever you say any sentence like that,

Starting point is 00:15:29 anyone that they automatically think it's just, it's just, it's just the best example you can pull. It's still a core theme with your characters. Well, the show itself set that up. The show itself made it. explicitly clear he has to learn this stuff in order to save the world but he's like there's no he has to master all of the element that's literally what everyone's saying that's what he was told and there's like no effort being made on that it's really bothersome and it's just the same repetitive shit so i'm concerned they're told to let the pain go yeah i'm concerned they're going to throw it in at the last minute and he's going to learn waterbending no issue and it's

Starting point is 00:16:08 Even the M-9 Chalala movie was the freaking him trying to learn by this point, yeah. So I'm a little worried that we just ended episode five. Still better. Yeah, I just miss, I think the show is missing some things that the show itself has already established. And it's just making the choices a little confusing and just it's not interesting. Like when you're with them, it's not. I really could care less about anything at this. It's unfortunate because he was my favorite.

Starting point is 00:16:38 character in the animated show he really was well i mean he's a he's a he's a very iconic character for a reason the show is huge and it's a large part due to him he's a he's a last herpenter yeah this is where i see the cracks this episode like i've loved every episode before this and this is the one where i'm like yeah i see the cracks for me because i feel like we should be at a specific point that we're just not at And to me, I really don't, I got to make it clear, just for my own sake, just so I know I said it, is that I really don't think it's the actor's fault because there hasn't been a scene given to him for all these things that we were talking about that make, that have me go, oh, it's because the actor can't pull this off. Yeah, because the actor is like, well, we haven't seen a scene where the actor's really required to do this shit, you know. and that's the that's the sad part but we'll see we'll see they've done uh i think i think the i think actually having an awareness of the animated show makes makes the the some of the

Starting point is 00:17:49 things a little bit more clear where the faults actually lie with the series because it seems like they've given this expansion and different approaches on everyone else but while they're expanding they are significantly they're for the most part taking the plot points of ang's journey and and from the animated show and they're just really condensing it so it feels thin and whereas everyone else they're giving like extra extra time to but they're just taking ang's plot points like literally the outline of his journey and they're going cut this scene cut this scene just put this here just put this here just cut this beat cut this beat put this year and it's it's making development of a character feel like there's no development oh well we'll see it's it really just overshadows a lot of what

Starting point is 00:18:47 was really good about the episode actually that's that's the that's the bummer because there's a lot of good things and like the whole guitar stuff is incredible yeah I like the the CGI I really do But I've got, man, I just am bummed about the a thing stuff. That's a real, real some weird. But leave your thoughts down below. How wrong are we? Yeah, tell us why our opinions suck and your opinions are better. And why you're right and we're wrong.

Starting point is 00:19:18 Yeah. Tell us. Go ahead. Engage in the comments. Yeah, I love reading those comments. Now we'll start getting everything wrong next episode just so we increase that engagement. love the comments someone made um wow you guys just talk about a scene after you saw it that's not a reaction what the what does that mean i don't even understand what that comment means he's like you're not really reacting you're just talking about a scene after after it airs what does that mean he's an

Starting point is 00:19:47 idiot is what it means whoever made that comment we're talking about seeing you mean we're making a he says we're not it's not an actual reaction we're not reacting what is what is actual reacting Apparently, he doesn't know the definition of reacting. Well, what is an actual, what's actual reacting? Just making faces? Apparently, I think that's what he wants more of. I guess so. Ooh.

Starting point is 00:20:07 I mean, sometimes you got to talk about what's happening. It's called a tiny bit of commentary without commentating too much to the point where we're missing what's happening in the show. That's what we're doing. It's a pretty simple process here, letting you in on thoughts. Whereas here, this was I found myself trying to figure out my thoughts as I. I was watching it. I don't know. Is that like a top comment?

Starting point is 00:20:31 No, it's not. Don't get in your head about it. It's like the bottom of the bottom. I don't know where is that. Watch time was pretty good on that. Was it? I don't know what they're talking about. They don't understand what a reaction is.

Starting point is 00:20:41 They're watching more than half of the reaction. So that means that people, that's actually a really good watch time for her reaction. They don't understand what the definition of reaction is. It's kind of crazy to hear that. That's good to hear. All righty. We're done.

Starting point is 00:20:56 Lex, I got to say, now that the Superman legacy movie is coming around, the name Lex is going to be popping through the ether again. The zeitgeist of Lex's name is going to be circulating the atmosphere. But the Lex that I will forever think about is not the Lutheran. No, no to that, man. I'm going to be thinking about the Lex who has been here supporting us this entire time. The Mononymous Lex. I can't believe just how long you have been pledged waiting for us to just crap out whatever craps out of our mouths while we are shouting you out, just whatever we can possibly think of.

Starting point is 00:21:37 And this is the best that I've got today. This is a crap out for you. It's a big crap out for Lex. I am so happy to be here to be saying your name on camera yet once again because of your unflappable support that you show our way. You are Exilex. Exilex. That's what I'm going to talk.

Starting point is 00:21:58 Exilexence. Exilexence. Absolutely. That is so awesome. Oh, my goodness. You are, you know, Lex in some languages means like royal, it means like king or queen, you know, royalty. And that's what you are. You are a royal reject, my friend.

Starting point is 00:22:16 Love you, Lex. Hope you're having a great Valentine's Day and that you can find some type of emotional intimacy. Everything we have just said about the crap out party for Lex. Lex Rex, the crap out party.

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The Reel Rejects - AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER LIVE ACTION 1x5 REVIEW!!

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