Oh boy. Avatar. How much i absolutely love this series.
it's also why i couldn't stand to watch the fucking movie.
Seriously, it's the most ridiculous shit ever, even getting past the fact that the storyline had to be condensed from several hours into just an hour or two, there were ALOT of things wrong with the movie, the biggest problems likely being this:
A. Nerf firebending and earthbending, buff airbending, leave water bending the same.
Seriously. So now, firebending is literally that, firebending. fun. You NEED fire nearby to do firebending, which seems kind of a bad choice for an antagonist, because think about it, doesn't that instantly make water bending and airbending top tier?
A strong breeze could probably snuff out that torch they use to firebend, then it's game over for the fire benders. Those 2 elements utterly counter fire bending, with earth bending still being better due to the virtue that regardless of where the fuck you go, there's still earth, provided you aren't out at sea anywho.
Now you may be thinking, 'Hey HelpR you retard, why the hell did you say that earthbending is the second worst? Wouldnt water bending and earth bending be about the same? I mean, they both need the element available to do them.' Well, yes, except for one small tidbit. Apparently earth benders need 3-5 people bending a 10 pound chuck of earth to move it.
Yeah, water bending looks a whole lot fucking better doesn't it? Sure, you still need to carry around your water supply and use it as a whip, but at least you don't need several fuckers to move a bottle's worth of water.
Airbending is just plain broken. It's now the only element that doesnt require you to have your element present to manipulate it. Because it's air.
Obviously.
So let's take this into account, a big part of aang's fighting in the original series was deflection of attacks using air until he could reach a favorable position in which he could win the battle; almost always in a non-lethally. So honestly, what's stopping aang from merely going all commando and taking out an entire fighting force which can apparently only throw fireballs?
fucking pacifism.
Yes, I know it was a kid's show, and to be honest, it was refreshing to see a character that just plain did not want to fight, but had to, because if he did not, that would mean the end of life as he knew it. Aang was a complicated character as he had to deal with his pacifism in light of being protector and balance of all the nations in the world, and unfortunately, this conflict became a major focal point later on. Aang's a pretty cool character, but honestly, did this movie do him justice? Maybe in time it will, who knows.
I really just have one more major qualm with the movie, and it's a simple one: How did the fire nation get into a position of such power being so goddamn retarded?
Ok so. in the original series they had an episode where they had to rescue a group of earth kingdom prisoners who were on a metal rig. Almost all of them were earthbenders, however, there was no earth available to bend as they were out at sea. The episode ends with them overthrowing their guards and eventually becoming free.
The movie version of them is basically a concentration camp with them out in the middle of the woods.
Yeah. I hope you see the problem with this.
Alright so honestly, this first movie was blazingly stupid and did some really bad things. However, you know what I look forward to seeing in the inevitable sequel?
Azula.
Ok look, hear me out. There's no fucking way that shyamalan can fuck this up unless he's really trying.
Azula has control over blue fire and lightning, something few firebenders have. It would be rather interesting to see a firebender taken directly from the series, let alone the most lethal one, be shown in action and fighting.
Here's to hoping avatar doesn't get reamed. Again.
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