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Wow.

The movie isn't only bad, it's...

I don't even know how to describe it. I went in expecting it to be god-awful and it still somehow surpassed my expectations.

Watch it with your friends. Make sure one of them says "Back to you, Jon!" after every one of Zhaovi's lines.

ETA: Gifs! Somehow the movie is STILL worse than what these might ( Read more... )

Contemplating leaving racebending. Between sidepocket_pro's fount of ignorance and self-righteousness and the increasingly shrill tone every subsequent post is made with, I'm really starting to believe the opposition's claims that the only reason so many people care is because it's inaccurate to the show rather than unjust. All the posts that come out of there implicate ( Read more... )

I had to share this with you. It's very special ( Read more... )

So, I have to say that I'm not sure about this boycotting business. On the one hand - no, it's not okay to approach a movie that's very clearly asian and just cast everyone as white. On the other hand - there probably wouldn't have been any racial diversity within the cast if it weren't for fans complaining... and for Dev Patel coming along ( Read more... )

First part is correct, second part is wrong. It should be: companies no longer act like they are trying to cover their asses when they are only feeding their own self-interest ( Read more... )

For those of you who are familiar with the The Last Airbender debacle but not in the racebending community, paramount's latest decision has been to divvy up the nations according to race.

Water Tribe = White
Fire Nation = Indian
Earth Kingdom = "Asian"
Air Nomads = Also White ( Read more... )

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So, a lot of people are still bitching about the finale. Myself included. I like to think what I'm doing is more like counter-bitching; bitching about the bitching. I'm bitter about all the people who are bitter. Does this make me hypocritical? I don't know. I think it just makes me really self-indulgent.

Anyway, I found this "satirical" ( Read more... )

So, I very much liked the finale. My biggest complaint was probably that they kept cutting to commercial right after really emotional moments and completely destroying the mood ( Read more... )