You can watch it for (literally) free on Megavideo.

Is that the one with the red-plastic-looking “play” sign? ‘Cause last I looked, it didn’t have all of them.

I’m fine with Netflix, really!

Yay, retcons!

I don’t think that word means what you think it means.

Good review. I find it funny that Shyamalan kept saying his kids love the show and theyll hate him if he makes the movie suck so he cant afford to make it suck then he does. Though because I assume his kids are young and he's their dad theyll love it. But one day when theyve grown up I think theyll look back on the film and realise how awful it is but not have the courage to tell their father what they think, even though he will have plenty of bad reviews to tell him that. Doesnt he realise that while he put out some good films before he is now widely considered to be pretty bad? How does he still get directing jobs like this?

The review said something I've been thinking, that in a cartoon world a lot of things are more plausable like bending so it looks more natural and ok when they start using martial arts to move elements, but in live action it just looks silly and doesnt really feel like their martial arts is really moving things. Theyre just spinning on the spot, standing there or flailing their arms. But maybe with a better director/team they couldve made the live action bending work.

EDIT: that review swenson posted was awesome. I love funny intelligent reviewers.

And now, it’s time for Zuko’s VA’s thoughts on the situation. Apparently, he wanted to play his live-action counterpart before hearing that M. Night had different ideas.

Shymalan keeps getting work because most of his films have been successful at the box office. AFAIK Lady in the Water was his only true flop so far. Hopefully this will tank as well and he’ll be done for awhile.

He may still not be done even after this though, since there’s gonna be somebody willing to bet on him.

I can't hold Ebert's review with much regard. He already condemned the casting for the film, so his review just screamed of bias to me. And there's nothing in the film that even surreptitiously alludes to this taking place in the future, only the well-known premise that the nations once lived in peace until the Fire Nation invaded, followed by the century-long absence of the Avatar. That was major lack of attention on Ebert's part.

Thank God for that.

Sorry for all the questions. I’m reading fan reactions so I don’t have to waste money on a Razzie.

Also, can I say I love Dante’s response? It’s essentially, “I didn’t get it, and I’m not mad about it personally, but it’s really, really unfair to minority actors, so I’m not seeing it opening weekend.” ♥.♥

But, like I said, it’s too short, which results in what I think will be an underwhelming experience for longtime fans of the show and a confusing or even empty experience for those unfamiliar with it.

From what I heard, it was longer, but they cut it to work in the 3D (shorter time = less stuff to convert).

I would’ve figured the colossal failure from the identical attempt for Clash of the Titan would’ve been a visible red flag.

I think they thought that it wouldn’t matter to the fans. That was one miscalculation in a massive pile of miscalculations.

Have you seen any of his Game Overthinker vids?

And they're all in character. Fantastic.

That /is/ a good review. Not necessarily a positive one, but a fair one that highlights how not everything in the movie is bad. Unlike… just about every other review. I kind of feel like giving it a shot again.

Helps that I consider Unbreakable and Signs two of the greatest movies ever :) I haven’t seen Shyamalan’s last two, this seems like it might be more worthwhile than they were.

They said in the comments that the Ember Island Players version is better than the movie.

The episode ends with the group walking back to the beach house talking about how the play was absolutely terrible, but Sokka thinks the effects were decent, at least.‎

I think they’re right.

Ugh… I saw the movie last night. Don’t repeat my mistake. It’s bad, and not even in the lulzy way. Like, worse than Dragon Ball: Evolution bad.

I’m rewatching episodes in order to get Shyamalan’s shitstain out of my head. After seeing it for the first time in two years, the Sozin’s Comet finale still holds up well.

Here’s your promo pic of Legend of Korra.

A sequel show, bro. It’s okay to get excited now.

Avatar: Legend of Korra is an upcoming television series set in the Avatar universe. The title was trademarked by Nickelodeon in May 2010 and leaked by the media shortly afterward; more information was revealed in late June 2010, just prior to the release of the feature film The Last Airbender.[1][2]

Nickelodeon is currently staffing up for production,[3][4] adding that Avatar: The Last Airbender co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko are involved and that more information will be forthcoming at a later date, possibly Comic-Con 2010.[5] This tweet shows that there will be a character named Meelo in the series. [1] The tweet also says there will be a character named Wei Bei. [6]

Korra is the next Avatar after Aang, “a passionate, rebellious, and fearless teenaged girl from the Southern Water Tribe.” Aang’s son “Tenzin” is her Airbending teacher. [7]

On July 21, the Associated Press confirmed the series for a 2011 release, as well as confirming Korra will be a Southern Water Tribe-affiliated Avatar who is hotheaded, independent and “ready to take on the world”.[8][9] “Legend of Korra” takes place 70 years after “Avatar: The Last Airbender.”[10]

One of the story’s settings is “Republic City, a “metropolis powered by steampunk-type technology,” “inhabited by people from all nations.” Here Korra must deal with rampant crime and an anti-bender revolt.[11]

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This is going to be freaking awesome. Steampunk, hell yeah. Hopefully it will be a liiiiitle bit more serious then Avatar: The Last Airbender. It sounds like it might, with the mention of all the street crime. I am so excited right now.

And here’s a slightly bigger version of that promo pic:

It was a good show but I hold a grudge against it when my bestist best friend moved away and leagaly changed her name to Katara after the obvious and it really hurt.

Seriously, it’s true. She changed her name to Katara, and it made that girl so upset that she was willing to bash anyone that dared to say “Katara” in her presence, until Katara struck a deal with that girl.

Me, I don’t really care.

I only wish that the Last Airbender have captions. Unfortunately they don’t have captions for Hard of Hearing. upset

Zuko better still be Fire Lord, or I’m going to be very sad indeed. Or maybe we can finally get a waterbender/firebender ship with his son and this girl?

hold on happycrab91 did you just SPOIL THE AVATAR THE LAST AIR BENDER MOVIE for the Aussies ect. without a spoiler alert?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I’ve been thinking about the whole “70 years has passed” thing and if we are to take 70 years literally, it makes no sense at all. Let’s assume Korra is 15. So that means Aang died 55 years after the ending of the first series. So he died at the ripe old age of 67… what the hell? Well ok maybe it wasnt from old age and it was him being killed like how Roku died before he shouldve. But thats still a bit mean of the writers.
And Aang’s son would be anywhere from age 50 – 60 me thinks. So what he’s now the last airbender and only available teacher? Or the people releasing the info failed to mention they had several kids.
Maybe they shouldve skipped more than 70 years so that the airbenders were finally beginning to repopulate. And I wonder if any of the characters are still alive. It’d be interesting to see a really old Sokka, Zuko or Toph. An old Katara might just be sad cos she’d be all without her Aangy.

My friends and I tried to figure this out. Remember, most Avatars (except Aang) find out when they’re sixteen. Let us assume that Korra found out at sixteen. At the time of the show, she has already mastered fire, earth, and water, and needs to learn air from Aang’s son. Let’s say she was a prodigy and only took a year per element, that makes her nineteen. 70-19 is 51, so Aang was 51+12 at the time of the series, so he was 63, give or take. Let’s say he had his son at eighteen, six years after the series. 70-(19+6)=45, so Aang’s son is 45.

Still, Aang was really young (especially since Avatars can live so long). But, it means we can still see old Zuko and Mei as Firelords! And old Toph and Sokka! AND STEAMPUNK!

Oh I forgot about the whole Avatars usually being told at 16 and her having already learnt 3 of the elements. So in a way this “book” will be “air” to complete the cycle name theme thingy. Another possible way it couldve been air is if it went back to Aang’s life before knowing he was Avatar and running away so we’d see him learn airbending and see the world how it was back then when he hanged with Bumi and Kuzon and such. But what they decided to do is better and was what I was hoping for. But yeah 70 years isnt long enough a gap me thinks.

Another thing to think about is how many airbenders there are now. Did Aang and Katara have more than one kid? Did Aang sex it up with many other women to help the repopulation? Does his son have a kid? It’s gonna take forever to get a decent amount of airbenders again.

Really? I thought I had heard that Katara was still alive somewhere… Also, some people said it was going to be a mini-series.

SO its 75 years to be more specific? Still doesnt change much about it not making much sense that everyone is dead. Aang died too early and I wanna see old Katara, Zuko, Toph and Sokka. And having 3 episodes recorded makes me hopeful that this series isnt too far away from airing. Yay!

Yay! Even if he isn’t playing Zuko any more… :(

Also, I didn’t know Andrea Romano was connected to Avatar! I like her twice as much now!

Hooray I’ve been waiting for more info on this, though thats not much. Unless he changes his voice enough it’ll be weird hearing the same exact voice as another character unless the character is Zuko’s son. The only other role I have heard him in is that Jake the Dragon dude who sounds essentially like Zuko as a home dawg.

Oh Nate you review every episode? Well then I might have to read them all.

I declare my love for you. I really hope there was a lot of cool information about it revealed at comic-con and I hope there’s a good video of the panel. Panels are always fun to watch. As for the trailer it feels odd to me but I’ll adjust. I loved the statue of a slightly older badass Aang. And did Appa somehow learn to breed by himself? And was that several people flying around on gliders at one point?

Steampunk. <3

I only wish it wasn’t a mini series.

@puppet, well it was going to be 12 or 13 episodes or something but is now over 20. I think 24. So still a bit mini compared to the other one having 3 seasons but it’s still a decent amount. I want to know if they tagged on the extra episodes after the 12th or changed things to squeeze the others in the middle.

I. CAN’T. WAIT.

Republic City looks like it’s going to be such a cool setting.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

But why was the video flipped…?

I still want to know what the situation is with the extra episode; whether they somehow dragged the storyline out to 24 after having probably already completed the first few and writing others, or if a mini plot ends at episode 12 and then there’s a new one after. Or what. I dunno.

The video is flipped so people can’t claim copyright I think.

Correct. Publishers give a sample of their stuff to YouTube which will search the database for matches. By flipping the video and distorting the audio you can effectively hide it from YouTube.

Ohhhhh makes sense.

And yes it better.

I just realized something, that guy wearing the mask at the end of the trailer…

Nick Some guy’s leaking more clips of Korra.

There’s four clips here and they are all made of so much win, I just don’t even know what to say.

Impressions hidden for spoilers:

The more I see on the Legend of Korra the more weird it seems. It just feels so off. I hope I can get over that.

Avatar pick up lines:

“Hey, I’m the Avatar, bender of fire, water, and all that. But this time, I want you to bend… over.”

“Hey, I’m the Avatar, bender of fire, water, and all that. But this time, I want you to bend… over.”

Technically speaking, Katara could force people to bend over, if you know what I mean…

Why are we ruining a family-friendly show like this.

Which beach?

(Also, what are those Chibi things? They have the actual voice actors, but they aren’t posted by an official channel….)

Oh, cool.

Ah, so Ember Island? ...Uh, I don’t even remember the swimsuits. I kinda didn’t notice amongst the actual character development and Azula’s bizarre flirting attempts.