2024-03-19 13:51:12
I’m a big fan of the 2005 animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. I’ve seen all seasons at least twice. The series reminds me of the Japanese anime my parents love to show us and is about the four elements that define us: fire, water, air and earth. And from their tamers.
There are people in this fictional world who are able to connect with the elements, shape them – and also use them as a weapon in defense. The Fire Lord Ozai and his followers are fighting the other tamers and want to wipe them out. Only a few tribes were able to save themselves. Then Avatar Aang, who combines all the elements, returns after 100 years in the ice. He’s still a little boy – and a simple airbender.
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We see how he finds his role – and makes new friends: the waterbender Katara and her brother Sokka. My favorite character is Toph, an earthbender. I even dressed up like her for carnival. I think she’s incredibly cool because she can do and achieve so many different things: She’s blind, her father wants to protect her, only sees her weakness, but she wants to fight. I first met her in the second season of the old series.
Now, for the first time, Netflix has tried to show the fantastic story with real actors. I couldn’t even imagine it. Is that even possible? I asked myself – and was very excited. I didn’t see an old movie because everyone warned. So what is the first new season like? Is it worth watching? Or should you, as a real fan, leave it alone?
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I think: If you love “Avatar” like I do and follow its ideas down to the last detail, then you shouldn’t have high expectations of the Netflix series. Because something crucial is missing: humor. In one scene in the animated series, Katara gets so angry and loud about Sokka that the block of ice in which Aang was frozen for 100 years breaks apart in the background.
You won’t find such a funny scene on Netflix. Everything is very serious, even Sokka, who is actually so funny, looks serious and worried! And he always has to fall in love and kiss. What’s nice is that the German voices of the waterbenders Katara (Kiawentiio) and Sokka (Ian Ousley) are exactly the same as in the old series.
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But Netflix is worth it to see Aang (Gordon Cormier) shine. When the avatar sits cross-legged, puts his fists together, all three arrows of his tattoos point to each other and he immerses himself in the spirit world – that’s really great. However: On Netflix he flies through the air as an airbender in a rather ridiculous animation, which looks strange. In the animated series, he can only fly with his amazing glider.
In general, I’m not that interested in the virtual world. However, I love the old drawings. On Netflix you can feel that the characters don’t really meet each other, a lot of things seem like they’re in a studio set. When Avatar Aang hugs his sky bison Appa, he reaches into the void. Does he even talk to him? But there are so many other things that aren’t right either. It’s a shame that the angry freedom fighters, a group of young people who want to avenge the killing of their families by the firebenders, only appear very briefly.
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Her story is so important to understand what it’s about: the actually good people become evil themselves through their terrible experiences. Aang and his friends have to stand against them. But on Netflix they are only there for a short time. Far too much time is spent on fight scenes, everything happens quick-quick, and then there’s war again. I didn’t understand why this was necessary. Because if I remember correctly, no one dies in the animated series.
Since I know the plot of Avatar inside and out, we knew where it would be too scary for me. Then we fast forwarded. I would recommend that everyone, including children over the age of twelve, skip the fourth episode with Koh the Face Robber. This part was too much for me even in the animated series.
Who is this series for? For adults who enjoy war but are not interested in the history of the four elements in detail. I’m still thinking about whether I want to watch the second season. But probably yes, because then I would meet Toph, my favorite earthbender.
Rosa Reinhardt, 9, attends the Erika Mann elementary school in Berlin-Wedding. Swantje Karich watched the series with her and recorded her contribution.
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