Fuck you M. Night Shamwow, the Last Airbender totally sucked!

[Lithp]

According to Shamallama, "Ong" is correct. Something tells me he's wrong. He does, however, have this weird ability to make his bullshit appear to be logical, at first glance.

[Aerozord]

could reason that it was the original intended pronounciation, but when the creators ok the pronounciation of the only audio version of a work, then it should be considered the official and proper one. Unless they have since said otherwise, the original stands

[Fusionman]

Originally Posted by Lithp

According to Shamallama, "Ong" is correct. Something tells me he's wrong. He does, however, have this weird ability to make his bullshit appear to be logical, at first glance.

Well from what I heard a linguist said to to say "Ong" because it'd be easier. Or to summarize we're stupid make it easier to pronounce.

[Premmy]

Relevant link

[Lithp]

Yeah, I figured if the pronunciation was wrong, the show would have all sorts of pissed off Weeaboos bitching about it. To quote myself, because I'm just the kind of narcissistic asshole who would do that, "No, Shamallama, being Asian does not make you an expert."

I'm not shitting you. He actually said he knew "because he's Asian."

[Marc v4.0]

Originally Posted by walkertexasdruid

So am I the only one who actually liked the movie? I did not watch the animated series yet, at least not that many episodes. But I thought it was a decent movie. I suppose that I will be considered an idiot for thinking that way, but I have never worried about what the "cool" kids think anyway.

I am my friends enjoyed it, and we're huge fans of the series.

Ya'll too damn picky Ya'll got some inflated expectations

[Mondt]

But that's just it.

I didn't expect much at all. It was a genuinely bad movie. Its redeeming qualities were effects and sets. The dialogue was average, the acting was poor, and the characters were barely past empty-shell status. I don't see what there is to enjoy, and that's without comparisons to the series. Like... you're entitled to your opinion and all but my expectations were in no way inflated.

[Funka Genocide]

It should have been watchable to someone who didn't know what an Avatar was. It should have been a standalone product, interesting enough to attract an audience, not some derivative nonsense only interested in milking a pre-established audience.

Take an example of another bad movie, X-Men. Yeah, it was pretty craptastic, but at the same time it had the balls to move in its own direction. If you didn't know what an X-Man was you'd still be able to watch the movie and be all like "damn this needs more Wolverine."

When you watch Avatar as a subject matter neophyte, it just leaves you bewildered and upset. It doesn't have a lot of internal consistency, its just visual cliffs notes of a supposedly great source material. That's a terrible way to write a movie.

[Nikose Tyris]

Originally Posted by walkertexasdruid

So am I the only one who actually liked the movie? I did not watch the animated series yet, at least not that many episodes. But I thought it was a decent movie. I suppose that I will be considered an idiot for thinking that way, but I have never worried about what the "cool" kids think anyway.

Originally Posted by Marc v1.0

I am my friends enjoyed it, and we're huge fans of the series.

Nono, see, the thing is the three of us have terrible taste. That's the real issue here. We only like it because we like terrible, terrible things. We should have a get together and watch Kevin Smith movies. I have a machine that makes terrible popcorn and a PS3 that plays terrible movies.

[Lumenskir]

It's made 70.5 fucking million dollars.

I hate you.