"I'm fourteen. I'm a wind from nowhere. I can break your heart."

[suzukiblu]

Hnnn, my personal corner of fandom is cranky in ways I do not feel like commenting on or becoming involved in, for various reasons. Mostly my patience. *ponders ways to lighten this burden, however*

CLEARLY THIS REQUIRES SMUT. *gets to writin'*

Comments

[suzukiblu]

You know, I'm not sure how old Dante Basco is. I think he could pass for an older teenager, but I'm not sure. The actor they did get is actually a proper actor, I know, and not a generic big name pretty-boy like they were originally going with (oh Jesse McCartney, you are so attractive and so entirely not Zuko).

Of course, the actor they got is also not Japanese--it's Dev Patel from Slumdog Millionaire. :/ And in fact none of the actors are any kind of Asian or Inuit--from what I've seen, everyone cast is either white or Indian. The Fire Nation seems to have become India and the Water Tribe seems to have become something kind of Viking-esque.

The visuals I've seen look beautiful, and I love M. Night Shyamalan's movies. Even Lady In The Water has a special little place in my heart, despite pretty much being crap. I hate, hate, hate whitewashing and playing willy-nilly hell with races and cultures, especially in a series that did such a good job constructing theirs. So I'm going to go see it, but I'm not going to be thinking of it as "Avatar" when I go and won't be expecting it to be. I don't know if it's going to be any good or not, but I know it's not the story it's based on.

. . . /end too much information? >>;;;;

[runeariala]

Eh, I was worried about that when I saw the trailer. I guess it could still be entertaining, but not sure where M. Night Shyamalan came from...it sort of appeared from no where.

[suzukiblu]

Yeah, it all seems rather out of left field to me. Like I said, I'll see it, I just won't be thinking of it as the same thing.