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MY ATLA LIVE ACTION S1E6 THOUGHTS

EP5 - EP7

Not gonna lie guys, this episode was pretty solid. As always with adaptations that take place in an alternate canon, there’s things I enjoyed and things I very much didn’t.

First I have to say that they adapted one of my favorite episodes from the original this time around. They essentially mixed up episodes 12 and 13 (“The Storm” and “The Blue Spirit” respectively). That means we were largely focused on Zuko and Aang. That was a great choice to entice viewers like me, actually. I found the interpretation of the events of The Blue Spirit especially to be done very well on the whole.

I have some things to say about The Storm though. There was one very obvious change in Zuko’s backstory that I just don’t know if I can ultimately get behind, if not just because I don’t know what the writers are trying to say about this new version of him. Maybe it will make sense later. Either way, I’ll talk about it when I reach the end of the series and make a full review post, likely tomorrow.

Lastly, there was one changed regarding the crew of Zuko’s ship that I’m just so down for. Makes things come together nicely, feeling more personal in a way.

More on that under the cut, with the live reactions

oh. zuko backstory. right here right now?

zuko is giving innocent energy when preparing for the war council, but he’s not reading as a child. there’s something about knowing he’s like 12-13 going into the agni kai that really hits different. i hope the show can make up for that

so this is the setup for the storm. but with no storm. i’m glad the story is being told at least

except iroh isn’t going to tell the story right now i guess

crescent island lets go

fire sages with the funny little hats. and here’s shyu

well, i guess that there’s no fun locking doors anywhere, huh. where’s the whimsy :(

roku. roku buddy what. he’s a silly guy what

i’m kind of digging this roku

wait holy shit they’re referencing the mother of faces? that’s insane, isn’t that a comics or legend of korra thing (haven’t read/seen either)

is that all the roku we get?

okay,, so aang is captured by june now. are we gonna get back to save katara and sokka anytime soon? or i guess this could be a substitute for pohuai stronghold?? as katara and sokka are out of commission and aang has been captured. i’m guessing zhao’s gonna get him at some point and zuko’s gonna blue spirit it up.

interesting that ozai invited zuko to speak. it’s no longer “i spoke out of turn”, it’s just an undermining of the general’s tactic. which, of course, is no less cruel, it’s just interesting. one way to resolve this huh?

yeah there we are, ambushed by zhao

there’s some significance in the yuyan archer severing iroh’s topknot. i wonder what they’re going to say with this. if anything

so we ARE going to pohuai. iroh is really talking it up, huh. “impenetrable”, “armies have tried and did not succeed”. oh boy here comes zuko

please let the blue spirit have some incredible fight sequences

yessss get that tsungi horn in here i love the blue spirit theme

zuko you goddamn ninja legend (can you tell the blue spirit is a favorite episode of mine)

not as much of a fight going in as i’m sure it will be going out, where’s that bucket of water takedown, huh?

THE LADDERS FUCK YEAH THEY KEPT IT IN

iconic fight scene. it might have been shorter, but i’m very happy with it

this was Such a turning point for how we see zuko in the cartoon. they changed both the characters for this adaptation, so it’s not quite the same, but i feel like the pohuai/aftermath scenes were done justice

a lot more words exchanged here. aang’s showing an incredible amount of emotional intelligence here. within this continuity i suppose that makes sense. the line “i have a feeling you’ve been hurt more than enough” is hard hitting, but still odd to me. how did aang put that together from the information given to him?

zuko. fights back against ozai in the agni kai. there’s even a moment where he would have won, but hesitated. i don’t think i really like the fact that he fought back at all. while the suggestion that zuko is at this point more skilled than ozai (and with better morals to boot) is incredibly interesting (since he is also supposed to be very much a child), does this undermine ozai as a threat at all? he’s no less cruel or manipulative for doing what he did, but i digress. also what does it say about this version of zuko that he fought back at all. it’s weird to think about

HELLO?? so the 41st was saved?? and is now zuko’s crew? they weren’t sent to the earth kingdom anyway or left ambiguous?? this is. actually not an unwelcome change. this feels a lot more personal, and i’m kind of impressed with this cool new interpretation of the 41st

i didn’t say it earlier but what’s up with the iroh voice over?? this episode and the last have had voice overs and it’s. just a little weird to me? an odd decision. feels a little forced, but i guess they were like “we gotta speed this up guys”

liked: the 41st being zuko's crew, the pohuai stronghold fights, the focus on zuko and aang

worried about: zuko's characterization

disliked: zuko fighting back against ozai in the agni kai

#atla #atla live action #atla netflix #avatar the last airbender live action #avatar the last airbender #long post #this one was largely good #lets keep this energy please

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