where is the childish side of aang and his companions?

where is the character developement of growing up to take on the responsibilities of the avatar while staying a child at heart?

i mean.... it seems like the core of the character to me, without it, the show feels like a fantasy action drama with kids

while the anime was kind of a feel good experience the netflix show just makes me sad?

Whilst i will admit it deviates ever so slightly from source material, it helps make the story more logical and far more mature.

By removing the illogical ways Zuko escaped from south water nation after having his ship totalled etc it genuinely makes the show seem more real and helps reach its target audience.

My only complaint is probably the emotions are a bit eh, but the ones who lack expression (Aang, Katara, and the likes) seem like new young actors so it is excusable and overall the show is good.

I'm only on episode 1, but wow, that acting is not very good. It's very stiff and none of it comes off naturally. I'm literally watching and thinking "Did everyone go to acting school because the acting is bad. Acting school bad."

M. Night Shyamalan and the team that did The Last Airbender film blew it. That picture lacked all heart and soul. What fans loved about the Nickelodeon series was the characters, their youth and optimism. Yes, they were on an epic adventure with amazing sights and confrontations but more so, they loved, lived and laughed together. It was fun, funny and many times downright silly. There wasn’t a single moment in the film version that was just for fun. Ang doesn’t stop to ride a penguin or visit his old pal Bumi. Sokka doesn’t go goofy-gaga over Suki and there’s no song about a secret tunnel. It’s like M Knight never saw the series or read the comics at all. Or at least didn’t tune in on why fans adore it. I’m hopeful the new series gets it right.

They might be doing something right if they are including the cabbage merchant in the cast list.

I’m Iñupiaq Eskimo and I find it incredibly baffling that the show that claims to be “casting from the correct ethnicities” (not a direct quote) chose to pick a different “race” than what was the actual inspiration of the Water Tribe. I find it racist, my people aren’t Mohawk, we’re not Cherokee, hell we’re not even Athabaskan. Actions like this just perpetuate this notion that we are the same, even though we Genetically, Linguistically, and Culturally are not. This could’ve been such an easy win for Netflix, yet they messed it up severely.

So I've finally figured out where to watch this show and I'm really enjoying it. Great story and all that but I can't help but wonder how much better this show could've been with death and people actually getting hurt. It was good but I feel it would've been a lot better if there was more serious consequences. So my question is am I alone in this or are their other who feel the same way?

Why doesn’t she use metal bending?

I think it would be a pretty good chance to enhance certain elements of the avatar story. For example, I just got done watching the ending of season one, starting from ep 18 bc it's the farthest I can recall, aang entering the spirit world in live action to add an extra element to the mystical/ almost unsettling setting. When he meets koh they could up the horror factor with crawling from koh, the way he changes faces. This could be a chance to make the audience feel like they are actually in the story; koh is crawling around, kept in the shadows and out of perspective to put us in aangs shoes not knowing if they're about to have their face ripped off. And finally when aang merges with the moon spirit in the avatar state, could add a more god like presence with camera position at a lower angle and lighting of the water, can also really make us feel the hits the fire nation takes from aang in this state with camera movements. Idk these are really just the big cinematic scenes and the way to engage the audience more in an emotional sense(idk if that's the right word). And obviously really good actors good be better for bringing more life and expression to the good character moments, think zuko and iroh moments. Idk it might just be me but I think this is a great opportunity that will probably be squashed :/

Rewatching, never finished the series but I was one who was there from the beginning, just lost ability to watch later.

Obviously if you stop for a bit you need to restart or it gets confusing (in the first run anyway). So im currently rewatching and im all S1:E3 Chuka chuka chuka