• @brucethemoose
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    2 months ago

    Netflix’s Avatar the Last Airbender.

    Not a movie, but it’s moving. Zuko/Iroh stole the show just like Book 1 of the animation, Lu Ten’s funeral legit made me cry. Yet it gets tons of hate!

    I’m a huge Avatar fan, but few fandoms put the original on the pedestal as much as ours, and it’s only gotten worse with time. I feel like Korra got the same treatment, as I’m a massive Korra fan and I don’t understand how so much of the fandom treats it like garbage.

    • @FooBarrington
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      62 months ago

      I think that both Korra and Netflix’s Avatar deserve a lot of criticism (Netflix more so than Korra), but it’s definitely overblown in many parts. Korra has a lot of good sides, those rarely get mentioned alongside the bad ones.

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        2 months ago

        The biggest injustice to me is that no one dares criticize the original ATLA.

        I’ve seen a few good critical essays and videos, honestly less contrived than a lot of Korra/NATLA criticism, and they get snuffed into oblivion.

        It feels like the Star Wars fandom. Maybe even more extreme.

        • @FooBarrington
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          42 months ago

          Good point! That’s definitely treated as not acceptable, at least beyond criticisms of the first season.

          • VindictiveJudge
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            32 months ago

            Season one had some problems trying to find its place, but that’s also pretty common for a lot of shows. Season three had serious pacing issues due to the writers’ strike. I’d be interested in seeing what season 2 criticism is like.

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              2 months ago

              Season 2 has slow episodes. For instance, 2-5 are not great, IMO.

              But there’s more fundamental “it’s not totally the show’s fault” criticism too, like the awful video quality/artifacts (even on the blu-rays), and the general maturity level and jokes. And TBH Zuko/Iroh kinda carried the show for me until Toph shows up, I didn’t feel connected to the early gang like I instantly did to Zuko and Korra.

    • @PugJesus
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      12 months ago

      I liked Korra, but Season 1 had trouble finding itself, and Season 2 was awful. 3+4 were masterful, but I think most people had made up their minds by then.

      • @brucethemoose
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        12 months ago

        Strong disagree, I thought Book 1 was incredible. The animation, the art, the noir, fights, Korra’s whole “human husky” attitude, Amon, everything! Even the intro. The first two episodes of ATLA are so much slower.

        Season 2 was very mixed, with some great episodes though. And not just Wan, I loved the alice-in-wonderland-esque Spirit World.

        And to be even more oppositional, I loved 3, but it was too short. And Book 4 has some mixed bits too, lol.