Fuck you M. Night Shamwow, the Last Airbender totally sucked! - Page 15

Lithp · 07-01-2010, 12:58 PM

Wait, doesn't "Avatar" come from Hinduism?

You know what I find hilarious about this? Shama made Katara out to be the useless sidekick. There was an entire Aesop episode about sexism. It is, of course, absent from the movie.

So...what if someone's ass enough to let him make a movie out of Book 2? Toft & Azula can't be half-assed like that.

BloodyMage · 07-01-2010, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Premonitions

I actually hear that the Movies are better than the books somehow.

I'm just gonna talk about the original series, anbody else want to talk about that?

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Originally Posted by Nique

Ugh, gun to my head? I'm comfortable with Twilight being terrible so I could conceivably derive some enjoyment from it in an incredibly round about way. Airbender, not so much.

I don't know, at least if I watch this I can comfort myself that it's just a bad adaptation and I can go home and console myself with the original product and how awesome it is. I can't do that with Twilight because if I go home and read the original, it's still crap.

Premmy · 07-01-2010, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Nique

I do! Even in disagreement on subjects like this (I guess anything controversial) I don't think someone should be shamed into just not talking about it anymore.

I think you're confusing shame with "Fuck this, these douchebags are stupid"

Lumenskir · 07-01-2010, 01:34 PM

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Toft & Azula can't be half-assed like that.

It's already been all but confirmed that Toph will be played by a sassy black kid (or possibly a giant Samoan, something to bring in "all the cultures"), while I'm taking a guess that Azula will be portrayed by a CGI life-sized Fleshlight, mostly on the basis that if this movie does so bad and the studio still gives the sequel a greenlight, literally nobody will be making sure it makes sense.

As regards Twilight v. This: I read a review that said that the newest Twilight had about 20 minutes of decent vampire v. werewolf fighting, so that's about 40 minutes more than what Shimmy is offering.

Amake · 07-01-2010, 01:53 PM

I'd go with Twilight, it's at least somewhat resisting the standard movie template by having a girl for the main character. Nominally.

If you got to choose between two movies you don't want to see, consider what message you're giving by paying for them. :3

Azisien · 07-01-2010, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Invisible Queen

I'd go with Twilight, it's at least somewhat resisting the standard movie template by having a girl for a main character. Nominally.

If you got to choose between two movies you don't want to see, consider what message you're giving by paying for them. :3

Sadly my tickets cannot be refunded. I am considering scalping at the theater for $1 less. But seriously, who would buy these tickets?

BloodyMage · 07-01-2010, 02:33 PM

The only reason I'll be paying to see this is if a whole group of us go, then we can rip on it afterwards.

POS Industries · 07-01-2010, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Premonitions

I'm just gonna talk about the original series, anbody else want to talk about that?

Nothing to worry about now, but there was some sort of BBCode glitch in the swap tag that made you look like a giant asshole, so I went ahead and fixed it.

Because I know you're not a giant asshole so obviously it had to be some sort of forum code malfunction.

Drownball-Champ · 07-01-2010, 08:28 PM

I don't know what you guys are complaining about. Just saw it. The movie was decent. Just because it doesn't live up to the awesomeness that is the series doesn't make it bad. Does it suffer from bad acting and mispronunciations? Yeah it does. However the bending in the movie was awesome.

I don't, however, suggest that you spend the $9 to see it in theaters. Rent it for $3.99 later or watch it on HBO.

Viridis · 07-01-2010, 08:57 PM

It seems critics in general have shunned this movie.

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Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	I'd go with Twilight, it's at least somewhat resisting the standard movie template by having a girl for the main character. Nominally. If you got to choose between two movies you don't want to see, consider what message you're giving by paying for them. :3 __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed Last edited by Amake; 07-01-2010 at 01:59 PM. Reason: Article confusion

07-01-2010, 02:33 PM	#147
BloodyMage I'm not even in the highscore. Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 667	The only reason I'll be paying to see this is if a whole group of us go, then we can rip on it afterwards.

07-01-2010, 08:28 PM	#149
Drownball-Champ Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 220	I don't know what you guys are complaining about. Just saw it. The movie was decent. Just because it doesn't live up to the awesomeness that is the series doesn't make it bad. Does it suffer from bad acting and mispronunciations? Yeah it does. However the bending in the movie was awesome. I don't, however, suggest that you spend the $9 to see it in theaters. Rent it for $3.99 later or watch it on HBO.