Expectations

Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of my favorite cartoon shows, and as such, I had a feeling the live-action movie would suck.

First of all, Avatar: The Movie with Blue People stole the namesake away. Talk about marketing confusion.

Second, despite being a show where all the main characters practice a specific form of Chinese martial arts, not one of the actors is Asian.

Third, most translations of animation into live action don't work. At all.

But then:


And the spot last night:


So far so good. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.