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Netflixs Avatar: The Last Airbender remake clearly needed more time in the oven.
Some remakes have toed the line, however.
In the live-action show, Katara doesnt calm Aang down.
He simply recalls a cherished memory with his former mentor and snaps out of it.
Costuming and practical sets are largely faithful to the original, breathing life into Avatars wholly unique fantasy world.
The shows wigs and costumes bring these characters closer to their animated counterparts, but fall just short.
What happened to these characters?
Netflixs Avatar has a different story to tell.
Sokka and Katara get more screen time together by comparison, skating due to their already existing sibling dynamic.
There’s a lot of telling but not nearly enough showing happening here.
All the more surprising then, are the few things this show gets right.
Comparing the original series to this adaptation is an exercise in frustration.
It mostly leaves me befuddled over the adaptations choices, visual or otherwise.
