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Avatar: The Last Airbender | Official Trailer | Netflix (www.youtube.com)
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Ehhhh.... It's high budget for sure, but I'm just not convinced live action avatar will ever be good. They could've remastered the cartoon with a fraction of the budget.

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[–] FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I lost hope when the original creators left the project because it didn't respect their vision.

[–] GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I regained my hope when I found out that they left, not actually because of creative differences, but because they were given a ton of money to create a new studio for Nickelodeon to create new Avatar content.

It's one of those rare cases where everyone is a winner!

[–] FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Their message did not seem to reflect that sentiment

DiMartino called exiting the project “the hardest professional decision I’ve ever had to make,” adding: “Netflix’s live-action adaptation of ‘Avatar’ has the potential to be good. It might turn out to be a show many of you end up enjoying. But what I can be certain about is that whatever version ends up on-screen, it will not be what Bryan and I had envisioned or intended to make.”

But apparently it was mainly due to creative control. Netflix wanted to go darker/grittier with possible white actors, explore romances, etc while the original creators wanted it to stay true to the childrens story

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Racebending again?

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Except there never was any word im indicating that it didnt respect their vision. The reason for why they left is still not publicly known.