For all my criticism and frustration over the years, I genuinely wish Bryan and Mike the best with Avatar Studios.
Avatar: The Last Airbender means the world to me, and I hope they come out swinging, prove people/me wrong, and deliver stuff worthy of the legacy they created.
Today's the day!
Will Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender do well enough on Paramount Plus to signal to Paramount that it's a franchise worth keeping around?
One can hope. I know i do.
After all the disappointment, delays, yada yada bla bla bla...
We finally have it.
Enjoy!
Guys, the animation took a nose dive for Seven Havens.
If you think this looks acceptable i don't know what to tell you.
Korra for all it's flaws (many) was a FAR MORE ambitious looking production than this. This looks like something Netflix would dump on their platform.
https://t.co/Em32zRpTag
On a positive note, Jeremy Zuckerman outdid himself with the score for Avatar Aang.
The man is the consistent bright spot that glues the whole franchise, and his score for the movie is truly large and powerful.
The best he's ever been. 1:30 is magical.
Like, how could anyone defend this and say it looks great? Like, are you fucking kidding me?
Okay, sure. I made no effort to conceal how unexcited i was for Seven Havens, but this is just so flat. Avatar has always been known to have strong productions.
I didn't pick at any of the backgrounds, notice. Because i'm being honest, the frame to frame fluidity and drawing quality feels so jilted it's hard to believe this is Avatar.
It doesn't even look like Bryan did the art direction.
@Ani_lfe It's less than 2's. Definitely not 2's. Which is fine, it is a series. But maaaaan. The drawing quality is big oof. Shocked that Bryan of all people let this slide, the guy is an art fiend.
Guys, i think i was too hard on Korra. I take it back, Korra is on another level compared to this.
This is so crushing, because i was okay with the new art style being different for Seven Havens.
It's the animation quality. You all need to do side by side comparisons. Holy fuck
@DiamandisJop I really hope more people are going to look past the excitement here. I get it, it's been a LONG time. We have been starving for content. But this is not what i was expecting.
The Aang movie is gorgeous (better be, it is a movie)
But this is just.. i'm in shock 2 hours later.
@DiamandisJop I really hope more people are going to look past the excitement here. I get it, it's been a LONG time. We have been starving for content. But this is not what i was expecting.
The Aang movie is gorgeous (better be, it is a movie)
But this is just.. i'm in shock 2 hours later.
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My personal example is anecdotal, but your metrics do not prove your conclusion. IMDb scores and streaming demand models are all selective groups measuring different things. They show that many people liked Korra, not that its extensive criticism comes from a negligible minority
Thatโs anecdotal.
By every measurable stat (Korraโs streaming demand, critic scores, ratings volume on IMDB, etc) the show is nowhere near in โeveryone doesnโt like itโ territory.