Avatar: The Last Airbender Trailer

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Was pessimistic when it was first announced back in 2020 just because live action remakes of animated shows have a poor track record.

But the more and more I saw of this show w/ the cast and screenshots, the more optimistic I got.

Now I am fully bought in! This looks AMAZING!!!

It won’t be a one-to-one remake, nor should it be.

The OG animated show will always be there and depending on how good this turns out, Mike and Bryan may incorporate some aspects into their future projects they got cooking in Avatar Studios. 

Azula being featured right out of the gate is certainly a change. But one I think has much potential. Especially if they go all in on trying to give her a redemption arc. She was the best villain in the show.

But what is often forgotten about her is that she was only 14, one of the youngest members of the cast. For as terrifying and amazing as she was, she was still a kid. And that is entirely because of the influence of her God awful father and the absence of any legit positive role model in her life. 

Zuko may have resented her for what Ozai said: “She was born lucky, you were lucky to be born.”

But if you ask me, Zuko was the lucky one! He had Iroh and Ursa to love him, nurture him, and guide him down the right path, especially during his darkest and worst moments. Without that, he would have turned out just as bad as Azula, maybe worse. She didn’t have that. And that’s why, as amazing and just incredible as Zuko’s redemption arc was, I truly believe Azula’s could have been even better.

For this version to stand on its own and truly separate itself while still honoring the OG version, it has to be willing to take some risks here and there and explore some things that the OG show wasn’t willing to or just didn’t have the time to. A proper Azula redemption arc would be one of them!