#pro tip if your plot is driven by coincidence it is a Bad Plot

[lpbear]

I can’t believe they made me prefer Shyamalan’s adaptation. I can’t believe they’ve done this to me.

#like he did a bad job but he at least tried something #he failed but he was definitely aiming for something I can appreciate #the new one just took out all agency and everything important about each character #I’m not even talking about sokkas sexism #although that also shows a huge misunderstanding of the original to think that that needed to be taken out to update it #I’m talking about aang not even being allowed the flaw of running away from being the avatar and being a scared kid #he just goes out to fly around a while to like clear his head and gets caught in a storm??? #pro tip if your plot is driven by coincidence it is a Bad Plot #him being a kid and being dragged into this world and responsibility is like Important and Good to explore #and also they didn’t they didn’t even get rid of silks being sexist btw they just don’t call it what it is #which is WORSE #he still thinks katara can’t fight or protect the village but all the boys can #they try to frame it like it’s just about leadership?? oh yeah?? why does he think he should be a leader and katara shouldn’t? #whats that called? #and yue works in the kitchen now to be more relatable? #they took the sexism out of his plot line and put it into the show itself #I need to stop adding tags but I could literally go on all day #I’m not precious about adaptations #it’s fine to change things #but if all the changes you make are just removing characters’ agency and growth and the POINT of them #those are Bad Changes #you did it Wrong #also they literally CLUNG to tell don’t show as a guiding principle #they didn’t do the most basic storytelling once #not once did they show something to us instead of just telling us what we’re meant to think over and over #first episode includes about five retellings of the opening monologue #aang TELLING gyatsu that he’s playful instead of once just showing him goofing off #this is fucking storytelling 101 #all that to say the movie is terrible but it’s like funny and more like a failed attempt at something decent #this series is more like a successful execution of a bad approach to the story and I think that’s worse