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[timepiececlock]

For some unspeakable reason, I was looking at the forums for AintItCool.com and its post about the A:TLAB Shyamalan movie. Don't ask me why; I've never read the messages below the posts before, but today I did. I saw this:


I've seen "Avatar: The Last Airbender" several times with my young nephews, and for a kids show, I thought it was well-written and the animation was pretty kickass. But like all Pokemon-esque kids shows, for all of its violence, no one ever dies (not that you see, anyway), no one gets hurt, and there's never really any drama. It's kind of like GI Joe with barrels of bullets flying around, taking out buildings with impunity, but not one soldier ever takes a slug in the leg, let alone the heart. It's quite silly even though the makers of "Avatar" want everyone to take it SOOO seriously. For this reason, it'll be perfect for M. Night. I wish him good luck.


I don't think you have to take it seriously, but, dude, that makes laugh. Cause, you know, I could list the characters who've died. By now there's enough to LIST them. On-screen.


This whole movie project has me wondering, though... how will they cast it? Shyamalan is an American director and typically so far likes to cast white main characters. But here we're talking about a series that literally has no White/Caucasian characters. None. The closest characters to "white" are actually the air nomads since they're the palest "ethnicity" on the show, but I think fans would pitch a fit if Aang looked like a little white kid instead of vaguely pale Tibetan-style monk.

Just gotta hope that if it happens, they don't sell out on the casting. All the fans (young or older) would expect non-white actors, I think.

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[memlu.livejournal.com]

So, he's never watched the show.

All the fans (young or older) would expect non-white actors, I think.

Oh, dude. Dude. You would be so, so surprised.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I know. :sigh: I looked at that after I posted it, and reconsidered, but I left it up in hope. You know... in hope.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking... do you think they'd give Zuko and Iroh some gold contacts? Will Katara and Sokka get blue ones? Or will the characters all have normal eye colors?

It's a bit strange to wonder about something so minor, but I am terribly curious now that it occured to me.

I really do hope that there is some attention given to multiethnicity in the films, even if it's not a perfect duplicate of the series. It's just that nationality and ethnicity and racism-- and learning to look past those distinctions-- are such a huge themes in the series.

random, but

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I need you to go see Pan's Labyrinth so that I can read your squeeful reaction post. Can it be done?

[memlu.livejournal.com]

I've been planning to see it, but it might not be for another few days, what with winter finally descending on my region. *g* (Everyone I know has loved it and I've wanted to see it since I first heard Doug Jones would be in it, so!)

[duelingrose.livejournal.com]

I see Sokka as some Hawaiian surfer actor... Like the kid who played in "Johnny Tsunami" (Although I think he's probably getting too old to pull off young now...)

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3381/Events/3381/BrandonBak_Vespa_5551357_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Baker,%20Brandon%20(I) (With a hair cut, I see Sokka. Am I crazy?)

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Although that guy does look too old, nope... not crazy! I could easily imagine two kids of Hawaiian descent (or even Native American) playing the water siblings. Best would be Inuit and/or southern pacific islander.

Somehow I doubt they'd give them all blue contacts, though. I bet if there's a movie, Katara's going to have brown eyes.

[duelingrose.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Sadness. I just pray we don't end up with blonde actors with no acting sense. (I almost want to add that maybe they could pull it off with Sokka, it wouldn't work. Even Sokka can manage to pull brilliance out of his ass)

I would, however, LOVE to see Zuko's VA portray him in the movie, but he's way too old to be young again.

Ruffio... I miss you.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I know it's probably a hopeless dream for all the cast to be asian/islander descent, but if anyone is going to be ethnically cast, it better be the watertribe. If I see blonde Nordic Katara, there will be many an angry email going out to Mr. M. Knight.

[duelingrose.livejournal.com]

We should start one of those online petitions... Save the ethnicity of the A:tLA movie!

Nordic Katara makes me want to cry.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

Keisha Castle-Hughes?

except she went and got pregnant...why?? Why did she do that?? *is sad*

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

She's not brown enough. She's barely not white. She could be Toph, if I didn't imagine Toph as so completely a tiny little asian girl.