That one guy

Strong points: the special effects are beautiful, and they completely carry the show in my opinion. The bending was spectacular to watch, and when Aang turned into the giant Godzilla fish I was super stoked. The martial arts scenes were super good as well and the way they blended the martial arts with the bending was great. Some of the actors that I thought did a really good job were Ian Ousley (Sokka), Dallas James Liu (Zuko), and Maria Zhang (Suki). I didn’t expect Ousley or Liu to be so convincing, but they truly made me believe they were Sokka and Zuko. Aang was “Aang” in some scenes, but I have to be honest and say he didn’t consistently convince me like the other actors I mentioned.. Weak points: I don’t want to discredit any of the actors or actresses, but I would say this was one of the weaker points of the show. Understandably, it is very difficult to emulate characters that have so long been beloved by a massive fan base for decades. I don’t want to say who I thought did a particularly bad job (lol) because there is no way I could emulate any of these characters myself. But I will say that there were a few characters that seemed a little odd to be casted even if they are otherwise good actors. I thought Boomy could have been casted a little better, or maybe they could have done the makeup differently, Idk. But he didn’t capture that same affable, maniacal charm that Boomy has in the show. I also thought that Ty Lee and Mai could have been cast a bit better. I remembered them being a bit more like individuals and not like dim-witted minions.

The characters in this show are either extremely self-aware or not self-aware at all. The show teeters from taking itself very seriously by having a character state some generic “woke” thing to not taking itself seriously and trolling people. There seems to be a lot of talent, but the premade characters limit what can be done. Recycling characters and plugging in “woke” opinions like it’s mad libs isn’t going to do anything but make people cringe. Just make something new.