Created by Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
“Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–2008) pulls you in with a kid learning to bend elements and then slowly builds into a full-on war story, redemption arcs, and payoffs that actually land, the kind of show that keeps getting better the deeper you go. https://t.co/OgX3c3RCsW”
@TheCinesthetic
“Let me fill you on the Avatar the last Airbender issue
- Hundreds of artists worked all through even with the constant fear of losing their jobs
- people were excited because it was going to be on the big screen
- Production is done
- Paramount says nahh guys we are putting on our streaming platform instead
- people filed petitions,…crickets
- In the last 48 hours, an hacker group leaked the whole movie for free
- millions of people have watched it
- the videos have been taken down from X, but people are sharing links to download
- it is everywhere!!!!!
- the only way to come back is for Paramount to release this on the big screen or lose out big time
- it’s so sad to see people’s work just dumped online with no respect to creators, the corporations are evil but please the Animators that worked on this deserve a chance for their work to be shown properly.
#avatar #movie #avatarthelastairbender”
@MrKezho
“I am still furious Paramount has chosen not to put this on the big screen. Imagine seeing this kind of level of animation in a theater, but set in the world of Avatar The Last Airbender. Incredibly huge missed opportunity. https://t.co/sVr4zU3MBV”
@OtterlyNoah
“Watched the new "Avatar"
If you missed it: the creators of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" made a feature-length film that was supposed to hit theaters this fall, but in the end they decided to release it on streaming, and hackers leaked the cartoon six months before the premiere.
And this is probably the most beautiful non-anime I've ever seen. Almost every frame here is on the level of concept art that the creators of other cartoons post after its release, while the cartoons themselves don't turn out quite as gorgeous.
The plot feels like a good but fanfic. I won't spoil it, but there's no sense that it was dreamed up by fans. It's fanfic because the original story had a clear structure that doesn't quite work the same way in the sequel. It also could've used a bit more screen time, so Zuko and Toph only get a couple of scenes here.
The characters also remind me of heroes from Korean manhwa, but a lion's share of the people in the credits are Korean. Plus, the Avatar and his team bare their muscles in some scenes, which is why people are joking that they're a Swedish family.
Overall, it's a real shame that Paramount decided not to release "Avatar" in theaters. They even shelled out for voice actors like Bautista and Waititi, gave the animators maximum freedom, but still chickened out at the last moment, and the hackers punished them for it.
https://t.co/q8uDuzpd7M”