Lol, I was looking through this thread, and I was like, 'I've never heard of that.' Oh gosh, really. (I was so in disbelief this was real I had to watch it twice.) It's through things like this I learn so much about the fans of fandoms...(I'm with Zuko, I didn't see that ending coming either. xD)Anyone seen this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e2oIoaYOz0
The creators of Avatar know all about the shipping wars that go on in this fandom and made a short parody about it.
I think they were going for a more authentic Asian sound on the pronunciations. (I took Japanese in high school, and it is true that, based on that spelling, you would pronounce it with the long O sound. And you would also pronounce the 'a' sound in Aang's name like it is in the film, more like 'ong' rather than 'ang' like in 'bang.' I'm not sure how similar all the Asian languages are, but that's how it is for Japanese.) I guess maybe it would have made sense for them to keep the name pronunciations the same as in the show, but I didn't really mind that aspect of the movie, I thought it was kind of a interesting choice.Does anyone else find it obnoxious that they're pronouncing Sokka's name as SOH-CAH with a long O, instead of SAH-CAH, with a short O, like they did in the actual series? It's not like a book character, where you can misinterpret how to pronounce something. They actually said it that way throughout the entire show.
Since the time this question was written...they have started coming out with comics, which are a direct sequel to the original series. (Including the story of Zuko's search for his mother—though yeah, I think Mike and Brian, the creators, did originally pitch the idea for that story as a TV-movie, but Nickelodeon turned it down at the time.) But you know, now that you mention it, the stories have been pretty focused on Zuko, maybe because his story still does feel a bit unresolved in a lot of ways.In non-movie news, don't you guys think there should be another season? I don't know if this has been discussed previously, but the end of Sozin's Comet was a totaly cliff-hanger! Zuko's mother is alive!? WTH? And they just leave it at that? Come on! There should totally be another season. I mean, yeah, so Aang's story is over, but that doesn't mean Zuko's is. Aang doesn't have to be in it, it could just be Zuko and Sokka or something in just a little mini-series thing. Or like a TV movie (that's animated obviously).
I pretty much go for the canon ships, whatever they are. I didn't necessarily care about the romance especially on the first watch through, but I liked it well enough, (especially the funny moments, like in The Fortune Teller xD) and all the pairings have grown on me over time. (I like the connection between Aang and Katara that was built up over the series. I also really like Katara and Zuko's relationship, but I'm more interested in them as just friends.)He needs to ditch Mai too, she's cool when she's fighting, but when she's dating Zuko, she makes him all depressed too. idk.
I've actually been wondering, who do you guys ship? I was totally for Zuko/Katara, but that can't really happen anymore, but still.
Yeah, I agree, I think people underestimate how dark some parts of Avatar really are. (Just look at The Puppet Master, or The Southern Raiders. I mean, bloodbending—controlling someone from the inside out. You don't get a bending concept much darker than that. And main characters setting out on a mission to assassinate someone for the purpose of getting revenge, you don't really expect that in a Nick show. Also what we saw in the show of Zuko's past, the disappearance of his mother, and Azula basically taunting him about it—that entire episode had a dark feeling to it. Not to mention the genocide of all the airbenders.)Well, they have teen-nick. But how dark could it be? I mean, some of the episodes are pretty dark, like when Jet dies, or Azula's insanity.A zuko mini-series would be epic, but I feel like it should be darker.... like, not on regular nickelodeon. If only Nick had it's own sort of Adult Swim, like Cartoon Network.And Zuko should SO have his own mini-series! Ahh!
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