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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

What "Avatar: The Last Airbender" reveals about live-action adaptations


Maybe this is the best we can hope for.

There's been a lot of both anticipation and concern surrounding the premiere of Netflix's "Avatar: The Last Airbender". The series, a live-action adaptation of the animated TV show of the same name, is one of the most high-profile projects of its kind, but fans haven't ever forgotten the disappointment they felt when M. Night Shyamalan's abysmal "Last Airbender" film hit theaters in 2010. Consequently, when "Avatar" creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko left the Netflix series in 2020 over creative differences, many became understandably worried that the project was doomed to be similarly disappointing.

Now that its first season has premiered, though, it seems safe to say that Netflix's live-action "Avatar: The Last Airbender" series is nowhere near as bad as the Shyamalan film that came before it. The show isn't nearly as good as the original "Last Airbender" TV series, either. It is, instead, an endearing but undeniably imperfect adaptation of one of the most impressive and beloved animated series of recent memory. READ MORE FROM INVERSE

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