Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Eagerly Anticipating 'The Last Airbender'


I just got through watching the final chapter of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. This is, hands down, one of the best animated series ever.

I hope M. Night Shyamalan doesn't fuck it up royally in his live action version scheduled for release this summer. So as not to be confused with James Cameron's uber-successful Avatar, Shyamalan's movie carries the truncated title The Last Airbender.

The scale of the mythology built into the series is bigger than anything Shyamalan has ever given us, not to mention the special effects necessary for the air, water, fire and earth bending.

So far, we've gotten a single trailer and three images from the set. The casting seems dead on and the trailer was kinda sick. But I've sat through more than my fair share of horrible movies that had awesome trailers.

The final chapter of the animated series is brilliant stuff ... rivaling the "Phoenix Saga" from the X-Men animated series. If you haven't seen it, dude, what are you waiting for. Netflix already!

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