The next Last Airbender film! Reboot?

[mr. peasant]

^Paramount made TLA not Fox

imo it is not too much of a failure at BO imo with how bad the film was and the horrid reviews and it being m night coming off bad films like lady in the water and the happening and it still made like 320 million WW means it had an audience who wanted to come

The question though is, are they willing to come back? The first film did as well as it did because of the strength of the original cartoon's reputation, the fact that the trailer's looked good and because for the general viewing audience, Shyamalan's name still has some credibility to it (since he's still a recognisable name as far as directors go). The sequel, however, will be based on whether people liked the first one.

 

[Liam_H]

M Night has almost no credibility left after so many terrible movies. He's recognized in a very negative way. I mean there was a reason people groaned when people saw his name attached to Devil. That's probably cooled off a bit since its been over a year.

 

[mr. peasant]

Perhaps, but only within a very specific community - namely, people such as us who frequent movie forums and the like. For the movie-going majority, his reputation probably only extends as far as name recognition. Most people don't recognise the names of directors.

 

[Asgard]

Best bet is to hope for a CG direct to dvd version of Avatar The Last Airbender.

 

[Warhammer]

Damn shame M. Night dropped the ball with this movie. This franchise had SO MUCH potential.

 

[Lord]

I think that adapting The Legend of Korra would be a good option, first season offered a good and stand alone story, not to mention that having different kinds of citizens they can cast more American actors if they want.

It could also offer some cool visuals, if it was a success, once they were done with the korre films they could make a prequel trilogy based on the original show, i think that Book 3 however would have to be split into 2 movies

 

[Raiden]

I think they should just go with The Legend of Korra, and if it is done well (unlike TLA) and the audience's reception is good, they can always go back and make a "prequel" (using TLA) later, once moviegoers' memory of that awful Nights movie has faded sufficiently.

 

[Thundercrack85]

The subtitle should be "No Shymalans".

 

[Fanticon]

shamaylan's debacle has most likely put movie plans/reboot plans for this franchise back about 10 years.

 

[Lord]

I just rewatched some episodes of the first season, and had the courage to watch The Last Airbender (while still surfing the net as it was too bad to stare for 1 hour and a half) and i saw that it even has more problems and missed oportunities than i thought.

For starters i think that the effects were ok, but the problem was that most scenes seemed too dark, i would have prefered if they had more scenes with asian decoration during the day, another is casting, i know it's difficult to find good young actors, xpecially when you try to find asian ones in the USA, but it's not impossible, Goonies did it:

I'm shure you can still find energetic funny good actors for Aang, i'm not shure of the water tribe however, maybe that's one nation for which they can cast american actors, i guess, i'm certain some fans wouldn't like that but i'm not shure about the water nation, however the Earth Kingdom should be all chinese, something Shyalaman was smart enough to do, and i think that the Fire Nation just seems japanese to mee, i know they are a mix of many cultures, but the scenes with the young royal family seem japanese to me.

Another thing i only realizes they screwed besides the writing were some of the messages that gave the story more drama and dimensions, i remember season 1 dealing with machism and racism, don't remember any, they should have explored the North Water Tribe not leting women learn waterbending fighting at first, i think that part of the story was essential.

Now, about the fight scenes, they were mostly terrible, they have to make stupid dances to move a little rock, that should be like that, and firebenders not being able to create fire at will was stupid, they didn't destroy an entire nation and cause war with the world with some simple candles. I think bending was simple, just like any superpower they can use it at will, a firebender can just make a punch and shoot fire, waterbending and airbender are probably the ones that require more arm gestures, but not that many.

Ozai was also miscast, he should have remained in the shadows, i know that's cliche but it suits him best, not to mention that he should have muscles, he should be somebody that you see and don't want to mess with.

The film should have aslo been big scale, but the bad acting and silly moves made it seem like a bad movie (which it was), they should have also tried the romance of Sokka and Yue, she's marrying a guy that only cares for her money, why not explore more of that?

I also think that they could have put the Avatar Roku parts when Aang trains in the North water tribe when he goes on that spirit journey, i think that's all i can think for now.

 

[Incrediblejeff]

Why not just make an animated stand alone film that ties into the series?

 

[DarkSovereignty]

^I like that idea, or have a film about a different avatar, like maybe the first avatar, that's a story I'd love to see.

 

[mr. peasant]

Another thing i only realizes they screwed besides the writing were some of the messages that gave the story more drama and dimensions, i remember season 1 dealing with machism and racism, don't remember any, they should have explored the North Water Tribe not leting women learn waterbending fighting at first, i think that part of the story was essential.

The film should have aslo been big scale, but the bad acting and silly moves made it seem like a bad movie (which it was), they should have also tried the romance of Sokka and Yue, she's marrying a guy that only cares for her money, why not explore more of that?

The reason some of the subplots were cut/reduced (e.g. how Northern Water Tribeswomen aren't allowed to learn bending, the Sokka-Yue subplot) was reduced was for the interest of time. Shyamalan tried to tell as much of the first season as he could - resulting in the movie becoming so infamously narration-heavy.

I think that adapting The Legend of Korra would be a good option, first season offered a good and stand alone story, not to mention that having different kinds of citizens they can cast more American actors if they want.

It could also offer some cool visuals, if it was a success, once they were done with the korre films they could make a prequel trilogy based on the original show, i think that Book 3 however would have to be split into 2 movies

On a more conspirational note, I wonder if the creators deliberately designed Season 1 Korra (multicultural, standalone, singular location) to allow for easy movie adaptation.

 

[Lord]

The reason some of the subplots were cut/reduced (e.g. how Northern Water Tribeswomen aren't allowed to learn bending, the Sokka-Yue subplot) was reduced was for the interest of time. Shyamalan tried to tell as much of the first season as he could - resulting in the movie becoming so infamously narration-heavy.

I know that, but it still could have been done, i checked the pacing of the last 3 episodes of the season and they had a quite good pacing that could have worked on film, and it was in total one hour long, it was the bad writing that made so many things left off, that and making the film less than 2 hours. I don't expect him to adapt all the 20 episodes, i expect him to do a good job in using the best elements of the season.

Even the blue spirit story line seemed forced.

On a more conspirational note, I wonder if the creators deliberately designed Season 1 Korra (multicultural, standalone, singular location) to allow for easy movie adaptation.

Maybe, but i must say that with the Yakone and Pro-Bending sub plots and considering how essential they are i muct say that it may still be a little tricky to adapt, but possible.

 

[mr. peasant]

Korra's been over for a week now. Feeling deprived and going into withdrawal symptoms, I came across Shyamalan's The Last Airbender on TV and thought I'd give it a watch. Only to regret it instantly. I can't help but feel that a 400 foot tall purple platypus bear with pink horns and silver wings could write a better movie than Shyamalan. As such, I figured I'd give it a whirl.


Thread for it can be found in this thread:

Project: 'The Last Airbender' Done Right



P.S.: Sorry for the thread necro. But I figured anyone who participated in this thread might be interested in my project.

 

[Destructus86]

The only way to do it right would be to make it a full on CGI film. Not cartoony, but more towards realism.

 

[MadVillainy]

So I finally saw The Last Airbender yesterday. My basic reaction was:

But it got me thinking how would I have changed the adaptation. Just some ideas I had:

Split the series into 6 films.
Any director/writer will have a problem adapting a 20 episode season into a single around 2 hour movie. So I propose they divide the seasons into 2 film adaptations instead of 1. They could be filmed back to back also. And I mean I wont see any of the money, but Im sure if they films are could the 6 films would make more money for the studio then 3 films
Film 1: Covers everything needed from "The Boy in the Iceberg", "The Avatar Returns", "The Southern Air Temple", "The Warriors of Kyoshi", "The King of Omashu", "Imprisoned", and Winter Solstice, Part 1 & Part 2
Film 2: Covers everything needed from "The Waterbending Scroll", "Jet", "The Great Divide", "The Storm", "The Blue Spirit", "The Fortuneteller", "Bato of the Water Tribe", "The Deserter", "The Northern Air Temple", "The Waterbending Master", "The Siege of the North"
Film 3: Covers everything needed from "The Avatar State", "The Cave of Two Lovers", "Return to Omashu", "The Swamp", "Avatar Day", "The Blind Bandit", "Zuko Alone", "The Chase", "Bitter Work", and "The Library"
Film 4: Covers everything needed from "The Desert", "The Serpent's Pass", "The Drill", "City of Walls and Secrets", "The Tales of Ba Sing Se", "Appa's Lost Days", "Lake Laogai", "The Earth King", "The Guru", and "The Crossroads of Destiny"
Film 5: Covers everything needed from "The Awakening", "The Headband", "The Painted Lady", "Sokka's Master", "The Beach", "The Avatar and the Firelord", "The Runaway", "The Puppetmaster", "Nightmares and Daydreams", and "The Day of Black Sun"
Film 6: Covers everything needed from "The Western Air Temple", "The Firebending Masters", "The Boiling Rock", "The Southern Raiders", "The Ember Island Players", and "Sozin's Comet" (I think this film would be the hardest in terms of adaptation)

And of course they could move around storylines between films if needed

Actually follow the aesthetic of the series
The fire lord palace, some of the wardrobe, character names, and even the feel/acting of the characters were failures compare to the show. They should improve on it.

Get actors who can act
Goes without saying


And those are just few of the many ideas I have on rebooting/continuing the series

 

[Nathan]

The only problem with 6 Movies is, Aang is supposed to be 12 when he gets out of the ice and ultimately beats the Firelord. He'd be considerably older after 6 Movies. Heck, even 3 Movies are troublesome because of that.

 

[MadVillainy]

1) Actually one of the things I liked from The Last Airbender was that they changed the time period of the (proposed) series from basically until the end of the summer like in the show, into 3 years. That gives leeway into the aging problem.
2) I think they can film movies back to back. For example, in my idea Films 1 & 2 are basically all of book 1 split. Film those 2 together, film 3&4 (Book 2) together, film 5&6 (Book 3) together and release some of the films a year after each other, like Film 1&2 get released a year after each other, they film Films 3&4 and release it 2 years later after film 2, and so on. If that all makes sense

 

[psylockolussus]

I say yes to a reboot! New cast, new crew and new director. The Last Airbender was such a disappointment that if they release a sequel for the movie, there's a possibility that it would bomb in the box-office.

 

[El Hombre Gato]

shamaylan's debacle has most likely put movie plans/reboot plans for this franchise back about 10 years.

Exactly. Paramount knows they have a great franchise in their hands, but you have to wait for the bad taste to wash out.

 

[Project862006]

m night picked the right episodes to adapt into a film he just did it badly lol

also i ask why was this film so short

it was'nt even 2 hours long lol

they got to NWT at like the 45 minute mark when in the show they dont get their till like episode 10 or 11 lol

it was so rushed

 

[MadVillainy]

m night picked the right episodes to adapt into a film he just did it badly lol

also i ask why was this film so short

it was'nt even 2 hours long lol

they got to NWT at like the 45 minute mark when in the show they dont get their till like episode 10 or 11 lol

it was so rushed

i'd disagree. he didn't choose the best episodes. But honestly thats the complain of the movie that I'm least mad at him about.

But yeah it feels so rushed. The scene that covers the first 2 episodes is only the first 10 mins of the movie

 

[Project862006]

really there was'nt any episodes he left out that would of added anything to the main plot of things and can easily of been just dropped totally and not hurt the mythology of the story


King of omashu
Kyoshi Warriors
The Great divide
the fortuneteller
Jet

maybe the firebending episode is only thing i missed since it showed his fear of firebending when he hurt katara

 

[El Hombre Gato]

He did film the Kyoshi Warriors, but all that footage was deleted.