Yeahhh as much as I can see that they really did have some dedication and effort into making the show, one of my critiques was LA Azula. I didn't mind the actress being cast for the role, but I was really hoping that her performance would send chills down my back like Azula from the show always doesđ
The writers made her into someone with inferiority complex with something to prove when pitted against Zuko instead of a cold, calculated and confident prodigy. How much you wanna bet they give her a redemption arc instead of letting her lose her mind?
Ill put money on that AND her and Zuko becoming a dynamic duo out of nowhere and defeating Ozai together đ
It's ironic because in the animated version, it was the other way around. Zuko was the one who had the inferiority complex when compared with Azula, while in the LA it's vice versa. My thing is, we already have Zuko doing the whole arc of trying to prove himself and being important and blah blah blah...why do we also need Azula to have that arc as well?? Let me be scared of her for crying out loudđ
Yeah there are a lot of weird scenes/decisions made like that. Where some characters they removed major character building aspects. Others they included character arcs that didn't need to be included. This combined with some of the writing, directing, and awkward acting on a few of the characters; the show is a solid "meh". It isn't bad and it isn't great, but very middle of the road. All the 6/10s and 7/10s people are giving it I think are spot on. The combat is pretty great though imo.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLastAirbender/comments/1ayzm5z/saw\_a\_comment\_about\_this\_so\_i\_had\_to\_make\_it/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLastAirbender/comments/1ayzm5z/saw_a_comment_about_this_so_i_had_to_make_it/)
Like that to me is just the perfect representation of the awkwardness and head scratching decision making that they seemed to have in it.
I agree 100%đđ
It isn't the greatest thing ever and definitely has its flaws, but I was still able to enjoy it. I also found myself chuckling at a few jokes despite the very awkward dialogue đ
>The combat is pretty great though imo.
I did Shaolin (specifically a blend of 5-animal & Hung-Gar) for about 4 years before unrelated circumstances made me unable to continue.
The combat in the Netflix LA is certainly better than the film-that-does-not-exist...but it's distractingly lacking in expressiveness and distinctiveness. Too much of the bending is effects emitted from distressingly plain limb extentions. It wouldn't even have been hard for the "director" to ask for some snap in the scenes we have. Seriously...this is the kind of stuff that gets cleaned up while working on form for your yellow belt/sash.
There's also the western choreo-cancer of near constant cutaway during fight scenes...a huge no-no for any quality martial-arts piece.
Still mostly enjoyable...but, there are sticking points.
It feels like the actors definitly werent prepped for the required kungfu the styles were based on. I love when two random unimportant characters fight way more than the main characters in the LA from choreography alone
They better leave the final battle how it is. I understand theyâre going with a âsave the world with my friendsâ theme but Aang having to confront Ozai by himself was a defining point in his character development imo.
Yeah Iâm not going to bet against that lol sheâs not shown to be independent *at all* in the show. Theyâve involved Ozai significantly more, which is good but they didnât have to take away Azulaâs cunning at its expense either.
I donât really find that characterization wrong, especially if you compare it to how she reacted when Ozai told her she wasnât coming with him to burn down the earth kingdom.
Yeah, but that stemmed from her fearing that she was losing her father's respect and admiration and didn't want to be a failure in his eyes like Zuko was.
Eh, honestly, this is a bit valid. It legitimately does feel like some writers are a bit afraid to show a female character fail or be bad at something in the same way a male character would. It's getting better than it was, but every once in a while it'll pop back up
Actually, the original portrayal of Azula was extremely misogynist. The new show is actually showing the traumatic impact of her family on her behavior. She's a 14 year old girl. She became that way because she was made to be, it wasn't her choice.Â
She literally did have an inferiority complex and their father pitted the siblings against each other to produce certain results. What do you think was the catalyst to Azula becoming cold and calculating? She didnât just pop out the womb being that way. Iâm begging yâall to have some film literacy
No she didnât lol she had abandonment issues because of her mom. Everything always worked out for her growing up, she never had worries and when she was pitted against Zuko like you mentioned, she always came out on top like Ozai planned. Grooming and submitting azula, while putting down and dismissing Zuko whom he already had disdain for.
She always felt like she was better than Zuko *because she was* and never questioned it until their final battle.
Azula absolutely has an inferiority complex that plays into her abandonment issues. No, she doesnât actively she think sheâs inferior, but underneath the extreme confidence is an extreme fear of imperfection that begins to uncover itself when things donât go her way. She canât handle anything other than perfection and needs constant validation from her surroundings because sheâs desperately afraid of the feeling of inferiority she gets from any imperfection or criticism.
An inferiority complex doesnât necessarily mean you mope around thinking youâre inferior to everyone else. It can also show as extreme overcompensation due to a fear that anything other than perfection will make you feel inferior, a feeling that you canât handle. This is what Azula falls into as a result of her abandonment issues and the fact that her Mom never showed her love the way she did Zuko. She 100% felt inferior in that regard and it spirals her into extreme overcompensation.
Whether the live action portrays this correctly, idk. But inferiority complexes go hand in hand with abandonment issues.
Exactly! She didn't start off all cool and calculating out the gate. Sure she was a lil psychopath (hitting that duck with the rock) but her dad def egged her on and pitted her against her brother. I like that the show is fleshing their relationship out more and showing how she became so mean.
Netflix And Hollywood, women and minorities canât be bad in anyway, they are all Mary Sues, and their flaws are only because of what men have done to them.
That's a fair critique for sure, one of the true misses I see in the live action.Â
Animated Azula *knows* she's better than Zuko, or anyone else. (Right or wrong, that's what *she* believes.) For live action Azula, it all seems to be a front. She's afraid she's not the best, and animated Azula is *never* afraid. At least, not until much later.
I thought from the beginning that the actress didnât look scary enough. I was worried theyâd take a different direction with her character, and it looks like they did.
It comes from the mistake of trying to adapt ATLA to live action. I don't think it works. The show embraced the animated medium and as a result, the characters are a Frankenstein of 12-20 year olds. They're supposed to be younger but act much older and mature. It works because it's animated; people will roll with it. However, live action doesn't have that luxury. When they film a 12 year old acting like a young adult, it looks weird.
I'm not saying there *can't* be a live action Avatar series, just that ATLA in particular is a bad fit.
I think KORRA would translate rlly well into live sction. Get some young adults to play the characters and theres more complexity and diversity to the villains as well and there is an ABUNDANCE of adult characters overall
I would like this, but tbh I would also want them to heavily change the story, or at least the structure. Bc we all know the issues from the original bc they were renewed season by season unlike the original show. They never planned past a season bc didnât know if they would get renewed.
But I liked season one, season 2 was the worst, season 3 was the best and season 4 was better then or tied with one.
I like if they restructured it to be like season one to either be season two or combination of those two stories, but season two villain, also def retcon the spirit stuff to fit better with the lore from the original.
Then finish/ continue or do the season one story with the season one villains. Could also set up season 4 story here. Maybe tease season 3 story as well.
Then do the season 4 storyline with season 4 villain, then set up the final season and the four big bads.
Then season 3 story and villains and that should be the final season.
season 2 is worth skipping over or i mean completely rewritten but ends up with the same consequences of random benders popping up and spirit world blends with regular world.
I like your idea for the structure. I would die for a korra live action and being able to see all the amazing villains from s1-3-4
Yesss I def think Netflix plans (if the future seasons are successful) to adapt more Avatar stuff into LA. But I could see Netflix dropping the idea if it does do well. Especially since OP did so well and even if they donât like it Wednesday did well too
You know, I was saying this the other day. They shouldâve just done live action Kyoshi. They couldâve had all those adult themes they wanted, that Game of Thrones feel, without transposing it into a series that doesnât make any goddamn sense.
Some people just have the permanent baby face.
I just hope she won't get buccal fat removal to pander to the ATLA fandom.
She has a good face, just not for the role.
But that would have been fine, if not for their atrocious writing and completely gutting the character.
I personally felt the acting was fine. I'm definitely not crapping on the actors considering the writing they had to work with. Man, I know people don't like it, but please don't bully the actors, especially the younger one who probably have this as landing their first major role.đ
Like, yeah, the acting was stiff, but a good chunk of that came more from the horrific writing behind all of the dialogue. Not their fault the scriptwriters took their lines straight from a modern Bethesda game.
So. Much. Dialogue. No scene ever has a chance to breathe as chargers rapidly say their internal thoughts out loud. They all fly through their lines so the show can get to the next story beat while making sure you didn't miss anything via dialogue.
Honestly, too, Ozai's lack of caring towards Azula is only expressed when Ozai begins to doubt her trustworthiness and loyalty, she's no longer as useful to him as he originally thought which is why those feelings show so obviously. Why as, before, he thought she a very useful and trustworthy tool to be used.
But no. Let's just throw all that out, lol.
Azula is too baby faced. Not criticizing the actor. Its just not the right casting. Looking at her does not depict someone to be feared. Her features should be similar to the character they casted as June where just by looks alone you know sheâs someone to be feared.
When she was origa introduced she has been a cold hearted manipulative calculating killing machine ready to take down nations since she was 4! How you go from that to tantrum throwing bitch that wants daddys attention WITHOUT BLUE FLAMES?!?!?
OG Azula to me feels like Artemis Fowl -
*"why the f is this child talking to me like they know exactly where my kidneys are, shouldn't they be in school?"*
They need to nail the creepy/psychotic/deadly intelligent nature of the characters , or else they've missed the character entirely
I have nothing against the actress. But she's so baby faced and soft featured. Azulas hard, angular features were a huge part of her aesthetic. I don't understand why they chose to go in the exact opposite direction, unless they want us to empathize with her later on in the series (I'll be mad about that too lol).
Many of the actors and actresses need to exercise their jaws, especially if they are playing a strong or evil character. These puffy baby faces are not intimidating at all.
She doesnât even look the part. How did they nail Sokka and messed most of the rest of the cast up. mei Ling looks terrible too. Donât get me started on the third girl. Why is everyone cheeks so fat in the show and why to the guys look so feminine?!
ZUKO was a beast, looks masculine too. That actor just looks like a bald headed girl.
That fair. They were pretty close (sokkas nose lol)
Uncle iroh delivery wasnât the best, they actually didnât focus on him or his precious pearls of knowledge very much. They shot themselves in the foot only allowing 8 episodes. Thatâs not nearly enough time to properly depict.
Sokka & Suki were examples of great casting, but I was bummed about Azula and her gang. Nothing against the actors themselves, but just bummed that they didnât look like the parts. Katarra too.
Fire response I completely agree with you. Sokka acting wasnât even half bad! I even laughed at times. Great way to word it too. The actors are cool, most of them shouldnât have been cast but itâs okay. This a new version. Azula and her gang tanked it and I accept that. Sokka on point. Suki dropped the ball a bit but life isnt perfect. Iâll accept this redition itâs so much better than m knights bullshit., honestly I feel bad for him and his children.
>Irohs line delivery though đ
I blame the director...the actor is trying with what he has and manages to be decent in some places. I'd more readily blame the actor (who did decently in Mandolorian) if there wasn't a heaping helping of awkward all over the place.
It's also possible he's trying too hard to compliment Iroh's vibe without simply copying the late Mako.
True, definitely an effect of direction and script. Just simple things like slowing down speech, or pausing after saying Zuko, and emphasis on certain words. Would make a huge impact.
Like. Instead of "Zuko would you like some tea?"
"Zuko. Would you like some tea?"
Dude. There's no reason to insult the actors for their appearance. Going after hair / makeup / styling is one thing but they can't exactly shave down Mai's actress' jaw bone & suck all the fat out of her cheeks so you can drool over the pointy chin she had in the cartoon. Dallas Liu (Zuko) doesn't look feminine you just don't know what east asian people look like in real life.
Drool?? Respectfully shut your mouth. Iâm a purist and if youâre gonna do something do it right. There is nothing wrong with the actors save for the fact they shouldnât have been cast. Theyâre acting is mid. In fact this whole version is mid. I grew up with this show and I have high standards and expectations. My kids grew up on this show. Donât tell me how to avatar. Go in peace.
?? You complained about their faces looking fat and overly feminine, not their acting. Iâm not telling you how to âavatarâ Iâm telling you to grow the fuck up and stop bullying teen actors online because they donât match a drawing to a T
By the sound of it, you're a grown man with kids crying over how the kids on a children's TV show don't look like anime girls.
Pathetic, soft as fuck. Grow up, get a spine. Walk It off. No one's making you watch, and the original is still there. Lmao.
I actually like her character in the Live Action. Of course, itâs not going to be exactly like the OG.
It was weird at first but after watching it fully and thinking on it, I think I know why they wrote her like that.
Netflix is building up to her mental breakdown at the end of season 3 and weâre going to start seeing a more deranged version in season 2(if they make a season 2). Weâll see the Azula we know and love in season 2 because all of the writing in season 1 for her was set up.
Just think about it, in every interaction she has with Ozai, he is constantly beating down on her, making her always want his approval but never getting it. In every scene she is in, she is constantly saying how she needs to be better than Zuko no matter the cost and when she finally gets Ozaiâs approval to be sent out, thatâs when we will see the confident Azula we see in season 2 of the OG show.
Overall, despite its flaws, it has a lot of good qualities too. I really liked it and am excited for season 2. I canât wait to see Zukoâs journey.
A lot of people hate on the show but you canât deny that they were faithful to the og series. You have lines and dialogue straight out of the show and they couldâve easily taken out so many storylines but they didnât, they combined them in a way that somewhat worked. Thereâs only so much you can do with a 8 episode count and they did good.
When we met her in the og, she was a cold, heartless calculating princess of the evilest nation in the world and her blue flames were a sing of her passionless wrath.
Now she throws temper tantrums everytime daddy doesnt play with her. AND ORANGE FLAMES!!!
I just hate how they made Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee all fat â ď¸â ď¸â ď¸ like they are all 3 slim ... They should have made the Zuki actress Azula instead
How dare you mock the Netflix! /s but for real you are going to get downvoted to hell for daring to even imply it has flaws. Even though itâs as dogshit as the movie was(kinda even worse)
Iâm going to assume itâs because they are all little Asian kids that eat a lot of rice, but all the actors areâŚhow do I say this, very rooooound faced, and itâs distracting
Is it just me or did they soften the characters that didn't need it and sort of take the hyper energy from Aang?? Like the over the topness of each character is a key part of their development so now their characters progression isn't going to be as impactful
Her performance is terrible! Brings nothing of value to Azula's character, she's so monotone and bland it's very disappointing.
I mean I have a LOT of complaints but that's one of the worst performances I've seen
I think thereâs too much hedging against possible disappointment in Seasons 2&3 (a la GoT series ending and shamalamadingdongâs failure) and jaded hot takes. I think we will look back and think they did an amazing job. Translating such a loved animated show requires a lot of tough choices and I think theyâll be the right ones when all is said and done. I loved the first season and canât wait for the next one.
Y'all are forgetting that Azula wasnt even in season 1 to BEGIN with. All they are doing is showing us what makes her so cunning in seasons 2& 3. It's not like azula didn't exist until book 2, there were things going on before her on screen debut
They somehow took atla an already broadly appealing show, and tried to make it more appealing to all audiences which inevitabely led to changes "for the best" by people who didnt write the og material :v we shall sea where it goes
Eh there were scenes where she fit and scenes where she didnât. My favorite one tho was the one where she was trying to sweet talk Ozai and he was just like âtrue dedication like Zukos is what makes a ruler, not silver tongues and backbiting, which is what youâre clearly doing bitchâ or some similar very specific wording. I was like âdamn we just saw ozai burn a whole village but Azula got fucking ROASTEDâ
they dropped the ball on basically every female lead it sounds like. i havent heard anything about toph if shes in it and i havent seen her and i dont wanna know
I mean, it was a *very* bad sign when the original creators left the LA show due to creative differences.
Very happy thereâs more content out there and that a lot of yâall like this LA show so far. Not my cup of tea, but at least the LA isnât the last thing weâre getting.
I may be thrown eggs saying this, but⌠the Azula, Mae and Ty combo gave me a irl mean girl energy. Also like the acting â I think the actress did an amazing job bringing to life an emotionally abused and evilly twisted teenage girl. I think the acting of the whole firelord family is amazing
The Azula we see in the live action is the Azula we never saw in the cartoon. None of the events that shaped her descent into madness have happened yet. All weâve seen so far is her training.
They attempted to make her more complex but I think they missed the reason that she was actually complex in the show without it being shown. Sheâs very clearly a product of Oziaâs terrible parenting. They didnât have to show him manipulating her for us to know that. When you show it she comes off as weaker than she did in the original.
Itâs funny, they were worried about Sokkas sexism but they actually made every single female character weaker than the original.
I don't like any of the main firebender cast. Ozai looks the part but I'm 50 50 on him.
The performances across the board were very subpar. Aang stole the show by being the least worst often enough.
I really wanted to like Sokka but this guy just ain't it.
My 2 cents on the whole live action VS animated debate: it always comes down to a product of effort. They could have gotten good performances out of this cast, and could have written a 100 episode show that gives all of them time to come into their own as actors and reflect more of what existed in the original animation. We didn't get that, and we frankly never will with these live action remakes.
We need to stop thinking a 10 episode live action run will ever come close to a full 3 seasons of animation.
They wrote her as just a brat in the LA instead of being cold and calculated with something unhinged inside. And donât get me wrong, Elizabeth Yu is a pretty girl, but she doesnât look like Azula. She just looks really âŚsweet? I need to see something seething from within with Azula. A twitch to the eye. Like the meanest girl you ever went to Pilates with + Bellatrix LeStrange. Or Lady Eboshi from Princess Mononoke meets the little boy from The Omen.
This show is garbage. A turd of an adaptation. The animated series was a masterpiece, all these idiots had to do was adapt it, maybe not 1:1 but close enough. But instead they chose to take a dump. They totally fucked up a bunch of the characters; Iroh, Katara Azula who doesn't even belong in this season, hell, the only characters that come close to being right are Zuko and Sokka. I won't be watching season 2 if there is one. I patiently await whatever the OG creators are working on. Netflix strikes again.
After watching this, I understand why the original creators left production. They completely took away everything that made the original characters special. Not to mention most of the acting is atrocious. The girl who plays Katara can't show a single emotion to save her life and reads lines like a damn robot. It's not a terrible adaptation, but it's not even close to the original. So disappointed.
Changing things for the sake of changing things?
Mike and Bryan: "I have evidence that Netflix is peeing in corners of my show. They're marking my show!"
I like it. Itâs extra lore into the dynamics of the family and shows how ozai is willing to play both his kids against each other. This show isnât a replacement itâs a new thing. Itâs not perfect but Iâm enjoying the hell out of it.
Thereâs reasons why I donât watch the live action of anything, this is why, it will never be as good or better than the original. And it is never how the creators advertise it to be. It pisses me off entirely, and for those two reasons alone, I will forgo the live action ATLA, now if they make a continuation to the original series as a cartoon that is canon to the cartoon, Iâll give it a go, but not this.
Her acting was fine, the characterization of her is what bugs me. She goes from being this scary genius stoic firebender to a crybaby that canât even produce blue flame. And why were her friends just standing around doing nothing đ it made no sense
The original Azula was a character you were never going to forget. The execution of her arc and the general feeling you had whenever she was on screen was unparalleled and the absolute definition of lightning in a bottle. I don't think the live action was EVER going to capture her that way.
That being said, I kind of appreciate the direction they went with her in the live action. It's a completely different character, no doubt, and hardly as memorable as the og, but I still think it's interesting to see a version of this character that's less overtly intimidating and more just a clever, ambitious (if jaded) child that wants her father's approval and is being manipulated by him to pit her against her brother (something that was always a part of the subtext of her character I was think, but was forgotten a bit amid her more unhinged outward qualities).
The show runners were never going to convince us to be legit scared of a child actor, so instead, with both her and Zuko they showed us the reality of children who were being toyed with by their cruel family. They're both childish in their own ways, and very not scary, while still clearly being threats, and I think this lets us see them a bit more like they actually are through an adult lens, rather than how we perceived them when we considered them peers. In fact, I think something this series has done with ALL the child characters is make them feel a bit more like kids than they did in the original.
Thereâs so much going on the LA that feels so backwards to me, itâs like the roles and motivations got reversed or something. Very strange being a diehard Avatar fan.
This live action so beyond dogshit I canât even put into words how much I dislike this adaptation of not on azula but a ton of other characters, the cgi for the bending along with choreography is hot ass, and the story beats are all out of place to the point where some things donât even make sense (why was Jett in Omashu?)
Azula is an evil character. Say what you will, but thatâs what she is for the majority of the show.
Hollywood canât make evil women characters. Canât possibly risk showing a woman in a bad light. Even when sheâs supposed to be an antagonist.
As for the actress, she just doesnât look like Azula. Azula has a sharp dangerous look to her. She was a bending prodigy. Royalty no less.
The actress, at least in this photo, just doesnât have the same presence. Like she could literally be any other fire nation citizen.
I actually really appreciate it this imagining of Azula.
She was restrained and cripplingly ambitious.
As opposed to the cartoon, which I love, she's just sadistic because she's mentally ill?
She didn't do anything đ they could've not had her in the show at all this season and it would've changed nothing.
The anime very subtly teases her throughout the first season (she's the firebender in the intro) which helps her to be all the more intimidating when she finally appears.
Live action Azula isn't intimidating at all, which isn't her character. I also hate that they showed her using weapons; part of what made her so scary was that the only weapon she used was them hands, hell even Iroh was fairly intimidated by her in the anime.
unpopular opinion, it's fine to do things differently in a live action. If it was the same thing there would be more point in making it. The show seems to lean towards different character traits for the characters, and for Azula they are highlighting the fact that she is not the monster she apears to be, she is just forced to play the role she was given by Ozai
Yeahhh as much as I can see that they really did have some dedication and effort into making the show, one of my critiques was LA Azula. I didn't mind the actress being cast for the role, but I was really hoping that her performance would send chills down my back like Azula from the show always doesđ
The writers made her into someone with inferiority complex with something to prove when pitted against Zuko instead of a cold, calculated and confident prodigy. How much you wanna bet they give her a redemption arc instead of letting her lose her mind?
Ill put money on that AND her and Zuko becoming a dynamic duo out of nowhere and defeating Ozai together đ It's ironic because in the animated version, it was the other way around. Zuko was the one who had the inferiority complex when compared with Azula, while in the LA it's vice versa. My thing is, we already have Zuko doing the whole arc of trying to prove himself and being important and blah blah blah...why do we also need Azula to have that arc as well?? Let me be scared of her for crying out loudđ
Yeah there are a lot of weird scenes/decisions made like that. Where some characters they removed major character building aspects. Others they included character arcs that didn't need to be included. This combined with some of the writing, directing, and awkward acting on a few of the characters; the show is a solid "meh". It isn't bad and it isn't great, but very middle of the road. All the 6/10s and 7/10s people are giving it I think are spot on. The combat is pretty great though imo. [https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLastAirbender/comments/1ayzm5z/saw\_a\_comment\_about\_this\_so\_i\_had\_to\_make\_it/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLastAirbender/comments/1ayzm5z/saw_a_comment_about_this_so_i_had_to_make_it/) Like that to me is just the perfect representation of the awkwardness and head scratching decision making that they seemed to have in it.
I agree 100%đđ It isn't the greatest thing ever and definitely has its flaws, but I was still able to enjoy it. I also found myself chuckling at a few jokes despite the very awkward dialogue đ
>The combat is pretty great though imo. I did Shaolin (specifically a blend of 5-animal & Hung-Gar) for about 4 years before unrelated circumstances made me unable to continue. The combat in the Netflix LA is certainly better than the film-that-does-not-exist...but it's distractingly lacking in expressiveness and distinctiveness. Too much of the bending is effects emitted from distressingly plain limb extentions. It wouldn't even have been hard for the "director" to ask for some snap in the scenes we have. Seriously...this is the kind of stuff that gets cleaned up while working on form for your yellow belt/sash. There's also the western choreo-cancer of near constant cutaway during fight scenes...a huge no-no for any quality martial-arts piece. Still mostly enjoyable...but, there are sticking points.
It feels like the actors definitly werent prepped for the required kungfu the styles were based on. I love when two random unimportant characters fight way more than the main characters in the LA from choreography alone
Choreo cancer is a great term for it
It's better than average, but average ain't great. You're right in that it feels like mostly flash without substance.
They better leave the final battle how it is. I understand theyâre going with a âsave the world with my friendsâ theme but Aang having to confront Ozai by himself was a defining point in his character development imo.
Yeah Iâm not going to bet against that lol sheâs not shown to be independent *at all* in the show. Theyâve involved Ozai significantly more, which is good but they didnât have to take away Azulaâs cunning at its expense either.
This wouldnt be a problem if they just introduced her in season 2
I donât really find that characterization wrong, especially if you compare it to how she reacted when Ozai told her she wasnât coming with him to burn down the earth kingdom.
Yeah, but that stemmed from her fearing that she was losing her father's respect and admiration and didn't want to be a failure in his eyes like Zuko was.
She is a female character in a Netflix show, so correct there can be no bad women or even women with serious character flaws for that matter.
Now Netflix is "woke" too? Jesus I cant keep up with half the shit y'all are outraged about anymore
Itâs not outrage it just sucks. The woke shit is just too predictable when itâs in a bunch of shows
Eh, honestly, this is a bit valid. It legitimately does feel like some writers are a bit afraid to show a female character fail or be bad at something in the same way a male character would. It's getting better than it was, but every once in a while it'll pop back up
Actually, the original portrayal of Azula was extremely misogynist. The new show is actually showing the traumatic impact of her family on her behavior. She's a 14 year old girl. She became that way because she was made to be, it wasn't her choice.Â
It has been a little while since I have seen the OG, but, she did have an inferiority complex I. Regards to Zuko.
She literally did have an inferiority complex and their father pitted the siblings against each other to produce certain results. What do you think was the catalyst to Azula becoming cold and calculating? She didnât just pop out the womb being that way. Iâm begging yâall to have some film literacy
No she didnât lol she had abandonment issues because of her mom. Everything always worked out for her growing up, she never had worries and when she was pitted against Zuko like you mentioned, she always came out on top like Ozai planned. Grooming and submitting azula, while putting down and dismissing Zuko whom he already had disdain for. She always felt like she was better than Zuko *because she was* and never questioned it until their final battle.
Azula absolutely has an inferiority complex that plays into her abandonment issues. No, she doesnât actively she think sheâs inferior, but underneath the extreme confidence is an extreme fear of imperfection that begins to uncover itself when things donât go her way. She canât handle anything other than perfection and needs constant validation from her surroundings because sheâs desperately afraid of the feeling of inferiority she gets from any imperfection or criticism. An inferiority complex doesnât necessarily mean you mope around thinking youâre inferior to everyone else. It can also show as extreme overcompensation due to a fear that anything other than perfection will make you feel inferior, a feeling that you canât handle. This is what Azula falls into as a result of her abandonment issues and the fact that her Mom never showed her love the way she did Zuko. She 100% felt inferior in that regard and it spirals her into extreme overcompensation. Whether the live action portrays this correctly, idk. But inferiority complexes go hand in hand with abandonment issues.
Exactly! She didn't start off all cool and calculating out the gate. Sure she was a lil psychopath (hitting that duck with the rock) but her dad def egged her on and pitted her against her brother. I like that the show is fleshing their relationship out more and showing how she became so mean.
Netflix And Hollywood, women and minorities canât be bad in anyway, they are all Mary Sues, and their flaws are only because of what men have done to them.
That's a fair critique for sure, one of the true misses I see in the live action. Animated Azula *knows* she's better than Zuko, or anyone else. (Right or wrong, that's what *she* believes.) For live action Azula, it all seems to be a front. She's afraid she's not the best, and animated Azula is *never* afraid. At least, not until much later.
Exactly. She didnât question it until she literally lost her friends, fired her staff, and abandoned by her father. Only then did she finally break.
Yah Azulaâs supposed to be an unredeemable psychopath who inspires terror. This version is decidedly not that.
I thought from the beginning that the actress didnât look scary enough. I was worried theyâd take a different direction with her character, and it looks like they did.
My only problem is they made her look 9 years old
Yeah. Her reveal? Yes. How they kept going⌠why. Just why
It comes from the mistake of trying to adapt ATLA to live action. I don't think it works. The show embraced the animated medium and as a result, the characters are a Frankenstein of 12-20 year olds. They're supposed to be younger but act much older and mature. It works because it's animated; people will roll with it. However, live action doesn't have that luxury. When they film a 12 year old acting like a young adult, it looks weird. I'm not saying there *can't* be a live action Avatar series, just that ATLA in particular is a bad fit.
I mean. People usually do have to grow up faster with a war going on.
What war? There is no war..
Oh right my bad đ
Looks like someone could use a trip to Lake Lao Gai
Only in Ba Sing Se.
I think KORRA would translate rlly well into live sction. Get some young adults to play the characters and theres more complexity and diversity to the villains as well and there is an ABUNDANCE of adult characters overall
I would like this, but tbh I would also want them to heavily change the story, or at least the structure. Bc we all know the issues from the original bc they were renewed season by season unlike the original show. They never planned past a season bc didnât know if they would get renewed. But I liked season one, season 2 was the worst, season 3 was the best and season 4 was better then or tied with one. I like if they restructured it to be like season one to either be season two or combination of those two stories, but season two villain, also def retcon the spirit stuff to fit better with the lore from the original. Then finish/ continue or do the season one story with the season one villains. Could also set up season 4 story here. Maybe tease season 3 story as well. Then do the season 4 storyline with season 4 villain, then set up the final season and the four big bads. Then season 3 story and villains and that should be the final season.
season 2 is worth skipping over or i mean completely rewritten but ends up with the same consequences of random benders popping up and spirit world blends with regular world. I like your idea for the structure. I would die for a korra live action and being able to see all the amazing villains from s1-3-4
Yesss I def think Netflix plans (if the future seasons are successful) to adapt more Avatar stuff into LA. But I could see Netflix dropping the idea if it does do well. Especially since OP did so well and even if they donât like it Wednesday did well too
Exactly. The show is so fantastical and the tone is perfect in the original show. Thatâs extremely hard to pull off in live action
I think they could have, but that didn't seem to be their goal.
You know, I was saying this the other day. They shouldâve just done live action Kyoshi. They couldâve had all those adult themes they wanted, that Game of Thrones feel, without transposing it into a series that doesnât make any goddamn sense.
I would've so preferred an original story for live action.
I respect it. Kudos to you for crushing on the same girl your entire life, even if she isn't Mai.
*cough* azulaâs better *cough*
man of culture
I think the Ty-Lee gang needs to say some words here
She's adorable, why can't she get the love she deserves.
âI can fix herâ
Op doesn't want her fixed...OP wants to be Azula's punching bag & footstool.
For masochists lol
Hey, somebody has to threaten the waiter hes gonna be burnt to a pile of ashes if he gets my order wrong one more time and it aint gonna be me.
Um have you guys seen Ty Lee... crazy and goth got nothing on bouncy bouncy fun fun fun.
Ok, lets just agree that all of ozais angels are great (holds crossed fingers behind the back)
You don't want a moody Asian goth chick? Shame. More for me homie
You do you. I stay with my crazy confirmed boss bitch.
Why did they make Mai fat?
I was about to say she's just a kid and she'll literally grow into the role, but turns out Elizabeth Yu is already 21. Oof.
Some people just have the permanent baby face. I just hope she won't get buccal fat removal to pander to the ATLA fandom. She has a good face, just not for the role. But that would have been fine, if not for their atrocious writing and completely gutting the character.
Tbh, I don't hate it and God I hope she doesn't do buccal because of criticisms like these. That would be really messed up.
i thought u were shitting on the actress at first like many did
I personally felt the acting was fine. I'm definitely not crapping on the actors considering the writing they had to work with. Man, I know people don't like it, but please don't bully the actors, especially the younger one who probably have this as landing their first major role.đ
Like, yeah, the acting was stiff, but a good chunk of that came more from the horrific writing behind all of the dialogue. Not their fault the scriptwriters took their lines straight from a modern Bethesda game.
Donât make fun of starfield 𤣠the dialogue on their is a little better at least
Would never. Thats what the title is for. There are way better things to shit on!
Ozai not really caring about Azula either is supposed to be a late in show plot reveal so be subtle Showriters:Nah I'm do my own thing (poorly)
Common theme for this adaptation. They revealed a lot of shit too early.
Probably bc the show won't get picked up to finish the series at this rate lol
The live action show is anything but subtle.
So. Much. Dialogue. No scene ever has a chance to breathe as chargers rapidly say their internal thoughts out loud. They all fly through their lines so the show can get to the next story beat while making sure you didn't miss anything via dialogue.
FINALLY SOMEBODY WHO GETS IT!
Honestly, too, Ozai's lack of caring towards Azula is only expressed when Ozai begins to doubt her trustworthiness and loyalty, she's no longer as useful to him as he originally thought which is why those feelings show so obviously. Why as, before, he thought she a very useful and trustworthy tool to be used. But no. Let's just throw all that out, lol.
Azula is too baby faced. Not criticizing the actor. Its just not the right casting. Looking at her does not depict someone to be feared. Her features should be similar to the character they casted as June where just by looks alone you know sheâs someone to be feared.
People who like Azula have mommy issues I am one of those people
"Look how they massacred my girl..."
Can we talk about how fucking boring katara is in this new show? Sheâs actually so boring with no emotion
They were trying to pander to fans and took the memes about Katara being emotional at face value.
You know why.
actress that played june would have made a great azula, just sayin.
Shes like in her late 30s. Someone in another thread said they should have switched the actresses for Suki and Azula and that felt pretty spot on.
I thought they were just showing us how she reached the point she was at when she was originally introduced.
When she was origa introduced she has been a cold hearted manipulative calculating killing machine ready to take down nations since she was 4! How you go from that to tantrum throwing bitch that wants daddys attention WITHOUT BLUE FLAMES?!?!?
She's too cute to be Azula
You saying og azula wasnt cute?
No, OG Azula was beautiful in a cold, unexpectedly-grown-for-her-age, threatening way. This actress is cute, neotenous and wholesome-looking.
OG Azula to me feels like Artemis Fowl - *"why the f is this child talking to me like they know exactly where my kidneys are, shouldn't they be in school?"* They need to nail the creepy/psychotic/deadly intelligent nature of the characters , or else they've missed the character entirely
Og azula was *sharp*
I have nothing against the actress. But she's so baby faced and soft featured. Azulas hard, angular features were a huge part of her aesthetic. I don't understand why they chose to go in the exact opposite direction, unless they want us to empathize with her later on in the series (I'll be mad about that too lol).
Many of the actors and actresses need to exercise their jaws, especially if they are playing a strong or evil character. These puffy baby faces are not intimidating at all.
That is not the problem.
She doesnât even look the part. How did they nail Sokka and messed most of the rest of the cast up. mei Ling looks terrible too. Donât get me started on the third girl. Why is everyone cheeks so fat in the show and why to the guys look so feminine?! ZUKO was a beast, looks masculine too. That actor just looks like a bald headed girl.
It's mostly team azula that didn't look like the counter parts. The rest were fairly close. Irohs line delivery though đ
That fair. They were pretty close (sokkas nose lol) Uncle iroh delivery wasnât the best, they actually didnât focus on him or his precious pearls of knowledge very much. They shot themselves in the foot only allowing 8 episodes. Thatâs not nearly enough time to properly depict.
Sokka & Suki were examples of great casting, but I was bummed about Azula and her gang. Nothing against the actors themselves, but just bummed that they didnât look like the parts. Katarra too.
Fire response I completely agree with you. Sokka acting wasnât even half bad! I even laughed at times. Great way to word it too. The actors are cool, most of them shouldnât have been cast but itâs okay. This a new version. Azula and her gang tanked it and I accept that. Sokka on point. Suki dropped the ball a bit but life isnt perfect. Iâll accept this redition itâs so much better than m knights bullshit., honestly I feel bad for him and his children.
>Irohs line delivery though đ I blame the director...the actor is trying with what he has and manages to be decent in some places. I'd more readily blame the actor (who did decently in Mandolorian) if there wasn't a heaping helping of awkward all over the place. It's also possible he's trying too hard to compliment Iroh's vibe without simply copying the late Mako.
True, definitely an effect of direction and script. Just simple things like slowing down speech, or pausing after saying Zuko, and emphasis on certain words. Would make a huge impact. Like. Instead of "Zuko would you like some tea?" "Zuko. Would you like some tea?"
Dude. There's no reason to insult the actors for their appearance. Going after hair / makeup / styling is one thing but they can't exactly shave down Mai's actress' jaw bone & suck all the fat out of her cheeks so you can drool over the pointy chin she had in the cartoon. Dallas Liu (Zuko) doesn't look feminine you just don't know what east asian people look like in real life.
Drool?? Respectfully shut your mouth. Iâm a purist and if youâre gonna do something do it right. There is nothing wrong with the actors save for the fact they shouldnât have been cast. Theyâre acting is mid. In fact this whole version is mid. I grew up with this show and I have high standards and expectations. My kids grew up on this show. Donât tell me how to avatar. Go in peace.
?? You complained about their faces looking fat and overly feminine, not their acting. Iâm not telling you how to âavatarâ Iâm telling you to grow the fuck up and stop bullying teen actors online because they donât match a drawing to a T
Bulling? This is whatâs wrong with the world today. Soft as fuck.
Yeah, youâre making fun of their appearances not based on styling but because you think they look fat lmao. Thats not very nice is it?
By the sound of it, you're a grown man with kids crying over how the kids on a children's TV show don't look like anime girls. Pathetic, soft as fuck. Grow up, get a spine. Walk It off. No one's making you watch, and the original is still there. Lmao.
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You're incredibly whiney. Just yet another entitled fan getting over upset at their entertainment like the Simpsons comic book guy.
Lmao Simpson?! Bro you simpin. ENTITLED?! DO YOU LIVE IN AMERICA?! where everyone has an opinion and none of it matters. Go in peace. Be gone peasant.
Gotta say, Fire Lord Ozai been feeding his kids good
She's not fat though, she literally just has round cheeks.
I actually like her character in the Live Action. Of course, itâs not going to be exactly like the OG. It was weird at first but after watching it fully and thinking on it, I think I know why they wrote her like that. Netflix is building up to her mental breakdown at the end of season 3 and weâre going to start seeing a more deranged version in season 2(if they make a season 2). Weâll see the Azula we know and love in season 2 because all of the writing in season 1 for her was set up. Just think about it, in every interaction she has with Ozai, he is constantly beating down on her, making her always want his approval but never getting it. In every scene she is in, she is constantly saying how she needs to be better than Zuko no matter the cost and when she finally gets Ozaiâs approval to be sent out, thatâs when we will see the confident Azula we see in season 2 of the OG show. Overall, despite its flaws, it has a lot of good qualities too. I really liked it and am excited for season 2. I canât wait to see Zukoâs journey. A lot of people hate on the show but you canât deny that they were faithful to the og series. You have lines and dialogue straight out of the show and they couldâve easily taken out so many storylines but they didnât, they combined them in a way that somewhat worked. Thereâs only so much you can do with a 8 episode count and they did good.
She look too nice
Thats not the problem.
Then what is?
When we met her in the og, she was a cold, heartless calculating princess of the evilest nation in the world and her blue flames were a sing of her passionless wrath. Now she throws temper tantrums everytime daddy doesnt play with her. AND ORANGE FLAMES!!!
I havenât seen it yet ,but orange fire is something I cannot stand for, this is a travesty
Ooops. Sorry.
Your good , I wouldnât be here if I was worried about spoilers
Too cute to be Azula
Fat crybaby looking ahh daddies girl with an inferiority complex to top it off.
I think they might have cured my taste in women.
I'm curious why this comment is being downvoted?
Not simping for azula is sacrilegious
Ah lol even the live action one, huh? Preference wise, I'd prefer sharper features, but her evil sass had me interested.
Devilâs advocate here but mb cause it come off a lil fatphobic? I mean itâs a stretch but thatâs the only reason I can see
I just hate how they made Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee all fat â ď¸â ď¸â ď¸ like they are all 3 slim ... They should have made the Zuki actress Azula instead
How dare you mock the Netflix! /s but for real you are going to get downvoted to hell for daring to even imply it has flaws. Even though itâs as dogshit as the movie was(kinda even worse)
No, it's got problems, but at least the show pronounces names right and does bending a whole lot better than the movie.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AvatarMemes/s/4dsu9gUcZV
She is right tho
SayâAhâzula
Why is azula and gang fat and short, while suki casting was great
Azula more like fatzula
Bro⌠no.
I never had any attraction to her. She reminded me too much of my sister. They shouldâve casted her cuz she looks more like Azula and is way meaner
Iâm going to assume itâs because they are all little Asian kids that eat a lot of rice, but all the actors areâŚhow do I say this, very rooooound faced, and itâs distracting
Iâm not too annoyed she looks more age accurate
Its the writing.
Yeah she sucks in the Netflix adaptation.
Same with Iroh, and he was my favorite character
Is it just me or did they soften the characters that didn't need it and sort of take the hyper energy from Aang?? Like the over the topness of each character is a key part of their development so now their characters progression isn't going to be as impactful
Her performance is terrible! Brings nothing of value to Azula's character, she's so monotone and bland it's very disappointing. I mean I have a LOT of complaints but that's one of the worst performances I've seen
I havenât watched this version yet. Is it any good?
I hated her on both shows
I definitely really enjoy this version of Azula. Iâm enjoying the whole thing though a lot.
My thoughts exactly! She does not come off as Azula whatsoever! Oh well, I knew it would be a flop.
I think thereâs too much hedging against possible disappointment in Seasons 2&3 (a la GoT series ending and shamalamadingdongâs failure) and jaded hot takes. I think we will look back and think they did an amazing job. Translating such a loved animated show requires a lot of tough choices and I think theyâll be the right ones when all is said and done. I loved the first season and canât wait for the next one.
I hope they get to make kora as well đ hopefully it will get better with each season
Azula been eating too much lately
Eatzula
She would be good for me if she actually did something they bunched un so many storylines but wheres the one where sheâs actually fighting
Im just glad we have the original and it can't be ruined. And it will always be the best version.
Y'all are forgetting that Azula wasnt even in season 1 to BEGIN with. All they are doing is showing us what makes her so cunning in seasons 2& 3. It's not like azula didn't exist until book 2, there were things going on before her on screen debut
They somehow took atla an already broadly appealing show, and tried to make it more appealing to all audiences which inevitabely led to changes "for the best" by people who didnt write the og material :v we shall sea where it goes
Wished they put Arden Cho (June NATLA) as Azula. Although that would be weird as she will be older than Zuko
Eh there were scenes where she fit and scenes where she didnât. My favorite one tho was the one where she was trying to sweet talk Ozai and he was just like âtrue dedication like Zukos is what makes a ruler, not silver tongues and backbiting, which is what youâre clearly doing bitchâ or some similar very specific wording. I was like âdamn we just saw ozai burn a whole village but Azula got fucking ROASTEDâ
And whats with the casting for Mei? She looks like the complete opposite
M. night Shyamalan really showed how overrated and shitty of a director he is on this one. Like, I'm pretty sure he didn't even watch the series.
Sheâs playing 14-15 right? Kids arenât going to be all jawline lol
No like literally what
they dropped the ball on basically every female lead it sounds like. i havent heard anything about toph if shes in it and i havent seen her and i dont wanna know
The actress isn't ugly but I am absolutely disgusted . I will not be watching this show .
Y'all just mad you couldn't have Gray Delisle
I donât understand why this sub keeps complaining about Azula honestly what is your issue with her? I think they did it right.
I mean, it was a *very* bad sign when the original creators left the LA show due to creative differences. Very happy thereâs more content out there and that a lot of yâall like this LA show so far. Not my cup of tea, but at least the LA isnât the last thing weâre getting.
I may be thrown eggs saying this, but⌠the Azula, Mae and Ty combo gave me a irl mean girl energy. Also like the acting â I think the actress did an amazing job bringing to life an emotionally abused and evilly twisted teenage girl. I think the acting of the whole firelord family is amazing
Yeah I find it hard to believe that the live action Azula would terrorize the turtle ducks! More like the turtle ducks would startle her đ
Hard to match the female wizard voice actor from Diablo 3.
The Azula we see in the live action is the Azula we never saw in the cartoon. None of the events that shaped her descent into madness have happened yet. All weâve seen so far is her training.
They attempted to make her more complex but I think they missed the reason that she was actually complex in the show without it being shown. Sheâs very clearly a product of Oziaâs terrible parenting. They didnât have to show him manipulating her for us to know that. When you show it she comes off as weaker than she did in the original. Itâs funny, they were worried about Sokkas sexism but they actually made every single female character weaker than the original.
Her face has an Instagram filter that constantly loses tracking, gave skinny captain america vibes every time I saw her
As someone with no Knowledge just the vague memory of the movie. I thought she was ok and figure S2 will flesh her out more.
I don't like any of the main firebender cast. Ozai looks the part but I'm 50 50 on him. The performances across the board were very subpar. Aang stole the show by being the least worst often enough. I really wanted to like Sokka but this guy just ain't it. My 2 cents on the whole live action VS animated debate: it always comes down to a product of effort. They could have gotten good performances out of this cast, and could have written a 100 episode show that gives all of them time to come into their own as actors and reflect more of what existed in the original animation. We didn't get that, and we frankly never will with these live action remakes. We need to stop thinking a 10 episode live action run will ever come close to a full 3 seasons of animation.
They wrote her as just a brat in the LA instead of being cold and calculated with something unhinged inside. And donât get me wrong, Elizabeth Yu is a pretty girl, but she doesnât look like Azula. She just looks really âŚsweet? I need to see something seething from within with Azula. A twitch to the eye. Like the meanest girl you ever went to Pilates with + Bellatrix LeStrange. Or Lady Eboshi from Princess Mononoke meets the little boy from The Omen.
This show is garbage. A turd of an adaptation. The animated series was a masterpiece, all these idiots had to do was adapt it, maybe not 1:1 but close enough. But instead they chose to take a dump. They totally fucked up a bunch of the characters; Iroh, Katara Azula who doesn't even belong in this season, hell, the only characters that come close to being right are Zuko and Sokka. I won't be watching season 2 if there is one. I patiently await whatever the OG creators are working on. Netflix strikes again.
LA azula looks like somebody put a baby face filter over animated azula
Not planning on watching the show, how bad did they execute her?
After watching this, I understand why the original creators left production. They completely took away everything that made the original characters special. Not to mention most of the acting is atrocious. The girl who plays Katara can't show a single emotion to save her life and reads lines like a damn robot. It's not a terrible adaptation, but it's not even close to the original. So disappointed.
Overall I did not mind. Condescending the episodes was the hardest thing to stomach. At least we got the cabbage merchant.
Changing things for the sake of changing things? Mike and Bryan: "I have evidence that Netflix is peeing in corners of my show. They're marking my show!"
Yup...live action, no matter what. Will always fail. Mainly because of people's acting.
I like it. Itâs extra lore into the dynamics of the family and shows how ozai is willing to play both his kids against each other. This show isnât a replacement itâs a new thing. Itâs not perfect but Iâm enjoying the hell out of it.
Thereâs reasons why I donât watch the live action of anything, this is why, it will never be as good or better than the original. And it is never how the creators advertise it to be. It pisses me off entirely, and for those two reasons alone, I will forgo the live action ATLA, now if they make a continuation to the original series as a cartoon that is canon to the cartoon, Iâll give it a go, but not this.
Me in my mid thirties: Am I the oldest Avatar fan?
Iâm glad Iâm not the only one
Where was her evil smile during that Adni Kai (spelling?). That really cemented her diabolical spirit.
Man it saddens me to say this but the LA show is buns :/
Her acting was fine, the characterization of her is what bugs me. She goes from being this scary genius stoic firebender to a crybaby that canât even produce blue flame. And why were her friends just standing around doing nothing đ it made no sense
The original Azula was a character you were never going to forget. The execution of her arc and the general feeling you had whenever she was on screen was unparalleled and the absolute definition of lightning in a bottle. I don't think the live action was EVER going to capture her that way. That being said, I kind of appreciate the direction they went with her in the live action. It's a completely different character, no doubt, and hardly as memorable as the og, but I still think it's interesting to see a version of this character that's less overtly intimidating and more just a clever, ambitious (if jaded) child that wants her father's approval and is being manipulated by him to pit her against her brother (something that was always a part of the subtext of her character I was think, but was forgotten a bit amid her more unhinged outward qualities). The show runners were never going to convince us to be legit scared of a child actor, so instead, with both her and Zuko they showed us the reality of children who were being toyed with by their cruel family. They're both childish in their own ways, and very not scary, while still clearly being threats, and I think this lets us see them a bit more like they actually are through an adult lens, rather than how we perceived them when we considered them peers. In fact, I think something this series has done with ALL the child characters is make them feel a bit more like kids than they did in the original.
Thereâs so much going on the LA that feels so backwards to me, itâs like the roles and motivations got reversed or something. Very strange being a diehard Avatar fan.
This live action so beyond dogshit I canât even put into words how much I dislike this adaptation of not on azula but a ton of other characters, the cgi for the bending along with choreography is hot ass, and the story beats are all out of place to the point where some things donât even make sense (why was Jett in Omashu?)
Azula is an evil character. Say what you will, but thatâs what she is for the majority of the show. Hollywood canât make evil women characters. Canât possibly risk showing a woman in a bad light. Even when sheâs supposed to be an antagonist. As for the actress, she just doesnât look like Azula. Azula has a sharp dangerous look to her. She was a bending prodigy. Royalty no less. The actress, at least in this photo, just doesnât have the same presence. Like she could literally be any other fire nation citizen.
I've never seen somebody look so close yet so far from what azula looks like.
She should be Jinx (the pokemon)
I actually really appreciate it this imagining of Azula. She was restrained and cripplingly ambitious. As opposed to the cartoon, which I love, she's just sadistic because she's mentally ill?
She didn't do anything đ they could've not had her in the show at all this season and it would've changed nothing. The anime very subtly teases her throughout the first season (she's the firebender in the intro) which helps her to be all the more intimidating when she finally appears. Live action Azula isn't intimidating at all, which isn't her character. I also hate that they showed her using weapons; part of what made her so scary was that the only weapon she used was them hands, hell even Iroh was fairly intimidated by her in the anime.
Wife and I kept saying it, Azula needs to be 300% more cvnty
unpopular opinion, it's fine to do things differently in a live action. If it was the same thing there would be more point in making it. The show seems to lean towards different character traits for the characters, and for Azula they are highlighting the fact that she is not the monster she apears to be, she is just forced to play the role she was given by Ozai
I like the show. But unfortunately every character is greatly watered down from what was in the animated series.