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At least they're getting the art direction right...

#1



cvgurau

ScifiWire posted a new image of "Sokka" from Shyamalan's sure-to-be-a-disaster (but really hoping it won't be) "adaptation" of Avatar: the Last Airbender:



It actually looks like him (to a degree; they were never gonna find the perfect match) and the photo with Kitara makes me eager to see what waterbending will look like. Awesome, probably.


#2

Wahad

Wahad

Not bad, not bad at all. I'm missing his [strike:bs6vh2o8]pony[/strike:bs6vh2o8]warrior's wolf-tail, but apart from that it looks pretty decent.


#3

D

Dubyamn

Wahad said:
Not bad, not bad at all. I'm missing his [strike:1xwbw1mz]pony[/strike:1xwbw1mz]warrior's wolf-tail, but apart from that it looks pretty decent.
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Does he not have it? I can't really tell from these pictures for sure but it looks like he's gathering his hair back into something.


#4

SpecialKO

SpecialKO

Not too shabby.

Maybe the new trailer will actually be interesting.


#5

Wahad

Wahad

It doesn't look like it - in the series, it was standing at an up-angle.


#6

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

It certainly looks less craptacular than I thought it would. Still, you'd think they'd have dyed his hair black or something.


#7



Gill Kaiser

He looks really, really white.


#8

Gusto

Gusto

Man waterbending is fucking awesome. Is Toph gonna be in this movie? Earthbending is also awesome.


#9

Wahad

Wahad

Not yet, Gustoman. One movie for every season equals Toph not in this first movie.


#10

Gusto

Gusto

Wahad said:
Not yet, Gustoman. One movie for every season equals Toph not in this first movie.
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Well in that case I hope we get [spoiler:2tr3uc4z]the awesome Katara/Pakku fight[/spoiler:2tr3uc4z]. Easily amongst my favourites.

Regardless of racism and Shamalama, I'm probably gonna enjoy the shit outta this movie.


#11

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Gill Kaiser said:
He looks really, really white.
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He's a full on WASP. He's even got bee-stung limps :rofl:


#12

Wahad

Wahad

Gusto said:
Wahad said:
Not yet, Gustoman. One movie for every season equals Toph not in this first movie.
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Well in that case I hope we get [spoiler:196s1bwe]the awesome Katara/Pakku fight[/spoiler:196s1bwe]. Easily amongst my favourites.

Regardless of racism and Shamalama, I'm probably gonna enjoy the shit outta this movie.
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I'm just hoping we're getting to see Koh. He was such a magnificent bastard and I'm disappointed we didn't get to see more of him in the series than we did.


#13

Gusto

Gusto

Wahad said:
Gusto said:
Wahad said:
Not yet, Gustoman. One movie for every season equals Toph not in this first movie.
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Well in that case I hope we get [spoiler:26rpejri]the awesome Katara/Pakku fight[/spoiler:26rpejri]. Easily amongst my favourites.

Regardless of racism and Shamalama, I'm probably gonna enjoy the shit outta this movie.
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I'm just hoping we're getting to see Koh. He was such a magnificent bastard and I'm disappointed we didn't get to see more of him in the series than we did.
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Oh yeeeeah. He sure was.

Man there are so many minor character I hope get into this movie it is ABSURD.


#14



Chibibar

well.. I figure they (the movie) is not going to give Sokka actual wolf tail cause well.. It would look rather silly IRL.


#15



cvgurau

Ran through the entire series last week (for the second time... seriously, you guys: Sozin's Comet? :bush: :aaahhh: :bush: :eek: :bush: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ), but I'm drawing a blank on "Koh".

Misspelled, or did I have a stroke?


#16

fade

fade

I'll be okay if they leave the stupid raccoon/lemur/mouse thing out of it. Momo was it? That thing was annoying.


#17

Gurpel

Gurpel

cvgurau said:
Ran through the entire series last week (for the second time... seriously, you guys: Sozin's Comet? :bush: :aaahhh: :bush: :eek: :bush: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ), but I'm drawing a blank on \"Koh\".

Misspelled, or did I have a stroke?
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http://tinyurl.com/l786wv


#18

Wahad

Wahad

cvgurau said:
Ran through the entire series last week (for the second time... seriously, you guys: Sozin's Comet? :bush: :aaahhh: :bush: :eek: :bush: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ), but I'm drawing a blank on "Koh".

Misspelled, or did I have a stroke?
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Koh, aka [spoiler:1zi4iawm]the Face stealer[/spoiler:1zi4iawm]. Remember the season 1 finale? [spoiler:1zi4iawm]Aang has to figure out where the Ocean and Moon spirits are hiding so he has to visit Koh.[/spoiler:1zi4iawm]


#19



cvgurau

Oh, yeah.

Weird that I forgot that. =/

Unless the climax is a HUGE portion of the movie (and I really can't fathom how they'll parse the movie; there's a lot of material in the first season) I can't see Koh making an appearance. Even in the show, his was not a big role.

Personally, I can't wait to see how Appa looks. :uhhuh:


#20

Wahad

Wahad

It's a fairly important part. Well, the info Koh gives is, anyway. But if Shamalama will replace Koh with some Water Tribe sage, I will be sad.


#21

SpecialKO

SpecialKO

I suspect that this movie is really going to be the live-action adaptation of the Ember Island Players (spoilers in link)


#22



cvgurau

Wahad said:
It's a fairly important part. Well, the info Koh gives is, anyway. But if Shamalama will replace Koh with some Water Tribe sage, I will be sad.
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Knowing Shyamalan, he will not only replace Koh with a Water Tribe member, but he will play the Water Tribe member... who will show up to delete the Fire Lord and save the world at the last minute. Then everyone will love him, and he will be honored through the ages. :eek:rly:


#23

Wahad

Wahad

cvgurau said:
Wahad said:
It's a fairly important part. Well, the info Koh gives is, anyway. But if Shamalama will replace Koh with some Water Tribe sage, I will be sad.
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Knowing Shyamalan, he will not only replace Koh with a Water Tribe member, but he will play the Water Tribe member... who will show up to delete the Fire Lord and save the world at the last minute. Then everyone will love him, and he will be honored through the ages. :eek:rly:
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What a tweest! :waah:


#24

SpecialKO

SpecialKO

The twist will probably be that Aang isn't the last airbender or the avatar.

:eek:rly:


#25

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

I said this in a previous thread but...

The Twist will be that Aang never woke up from inside that iceberg. The entire movie will be a hallucination in his head, as he and Appa slowly freeze to death. The Fire Nation will eventually win the war and kill off the next Avatars as the pop up, until the reincarnation cycle swings back to Air Bender. Being as there are no more Air Benders, the cycle dies and the world is doomed to forever be at the grip of the Fire Nation. The End.


#26



Chibibar

TeKeo said:
The twist will probably be that Aang isn't the last airbender or the avatar.

:eek:rly:
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yea... I remember they (the creators) were thinking of changing the name to "The Avatar" and drop "The last airbender"

[spoiler:13geg6am]Technically, Aang is NOT the last airbender. The sand people can bend air and earth (more or less) but control sand and wind to power their sails[/spoiler:13geg6am]


#27

Gusto

Gusto

Yeah if you wanna get technical, the cycle is doomed anyway.

(Of course this assertion is based on the idea that bending is genetically-inherited, rather than cultural, trained, location-based, etc., all of which have proof in their favour in the show.)


#28



Gill Kaiser

Chibibar said:
TeKeo said:
The twist will probably be that Aang isn't the last airbender or the avatar.

:eek:rly:
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yea... I remember they (the creators) were thinking of changing the name to "The Avatar" and drop "The last airbender"

[spoiler:2g2bpkt9]Technically, Aang is NOT the last airbender. The sand people can bend air and earth (more or less) but control sand and wind to power their sails[/spoiler:2g2bpkt9]
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I am fairly certain that nobody except the avatar can bend more than one element. The sandbenders are simply earthbending sand particles to form a vortex which then drives the surrounding air into their sails. There is no direct bending of air. I'd imagine that the feat takes a lot of practice, which is why only sandbenders can do it.

If you think about it, there are ways by which most benders could indirectly produce the effects of another type of bending. For example, in order to approximate airbending, a waterbender might theoretically be able to bend water vapour in the air in order to direct air currents, or a firebender might manipulate the temperature of specific areas of air in order to do the same.


#29

R

Raemon777

I'd almost rather see an entire movie about Koh (it was implied there was a decent-sized story that happened two avatars ago). I think that when you average the awesomeness-per-second, Koh is the most awesome character in the whole show.


#30

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

I suspect that, once the cycle goes back to Air, it would be someone with no power who is born with Airbending ability.


#31



cvgurau

I think bending is cultural, not genetic, which means that Aang isn't the last airbender, even if we never saw one on the show (and I assert that we should have; after 100 years, more airbenders would've shown up).

Of course, the only proof of this is that Kitara is the only airbender in her family; from what we saw, neither brother, parents, nor grandmother were benders..... although, I suppose Paku (who is a bender) could secretly be her grandfather (Gram-Gram and him having got horizontal before she left).


#32

Wahad

Wahad

The creators have said it's a mix between genetics and spiritual ability/awareness - it's why every Air Nomad can bend but not every Earth Kingdom denizen can. (Example: The twins in the Fortune Teller; when one of the gang asks who can bend, one brother says: "I'm an Earthbender!" and the other says: "I'm not!" or something like that.

That said, the cycle is still doomed, but hey.


#33

Bowielee

Bowielee

It's not doomed. [spoiler:j5er6c7a]I'm sure Aang and Kitara will be having some little air bender rugrats.[/spoiler:j5er6c7a]


#34



Gill Kaiser

Bending is a combination of spirituality, culture and genetics. I like to think that during his tenure as Avatar, Aang will spread the philosophy and teachings of the Air Nomads to others. There's bound to be some people still alive that have a great-great-grandparent that was an Air Nomad; we know that even though the Air Nomads were more spiritual and possibly more reclusive than the other nations, the majority of their race was spread throughout the world, not just in the Air Temples. I find it inconceivable that at least some interracial breeding didn't go on, which makes it very possible for Airbending to make a comeback, and for the Avatar cycle to continue. After all, there will be 3 whole generations in between Aang and the next Airbending Avatar, which is, I think, enough time. Of course, there will (presumably) be Aang's direct descendants, as well.

Unfortunately for Appa, since the ancestral habitats and herds of his species were culled over 100 years before the start of the series, I doubt that the Sky Bison have managed to survive. Even if there were some scattered survivors, the severe reduction in numbers would cause serious inbreeding depression.

Oh, and by the way guys, it's "Katara", not "Kitara".


#35

Bowielee

Bowielee

Gill Kaiser said:
Oh, and by the way guys, it's "Katara", not "Kitara".
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#36



Gill Kaiser

I have no regrets.


#37

@Li3n

@Li3n

Wait, wasn't he supposed to have a tan... :twisted:

The Twist will be that Aang never woke up from inside that iceberg. The entire movie will be a hallucination in his head, as he and Appa slowly freeze to death. The Fire Nation will eventually win the war and kill off the next Avatars as the pop up, until the reincarnation cycle swings back to Air Bender. Being as there are no more Air Benders, the cycle dies and the world is doomed to forever be at the grip of the Fire Nation. The End.
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No, no, no... without the Avatar defending it the world eventually gets consumed by demons... and everyone was actually a ghost in hell.


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