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M. Night Shyamalan Tries to Defend 'The Last Airbender', Wants To Shit on the Franchise Again

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http://www.vcpost.com/articles/86253/20150823/avatar-last-airbender-2-updates-director-m-night-shyamalan-defends-first-film-ready-sequel.htm

 

'Avatar: The Last Airbender 2' director M. Night Shyamalan continued to defend his first film from long-standing criticism. He is also reported ready to push through with a sequel.

 

 

It has been 5 years since the release of the first film in the series and criticism seems to want to continue following Shyamalan around whenever talks of a sequel come up. According to Movie Pilot, the filmmaker was not to blame for the Nickelodeon cartoon adaptation's failure with critics and audiences alike.

It is undeniable that Shyamalan is a master writer-director in his own right with successful supernatural films under his belt including 'Lady in the Water', 'The Village', 'Signs', 'Unbreakable' and 1999's cult favorite 'The Sixth Sense'.

The report tagged the 45-year old Indian-American an original visionary but may have done a serious error in judgement after accepting to do a 3D and live-action adaptation of the children's television favorite, which was seriously attacked by fans and critics worldwide.

Shyamalan defended his film from the seemingly endless bouts of disapproval in an article by IGN. He explained his motives behind his own interpretation of the series that clearly was below the expectation of regular audiences.

He said, "It's really weird because on the show the average age was, like, nine-years-old... My child was nine-years-old. So you could make it one of two ways. You could make it for that same audience, which is what I did -- for nine and 10-year-olds -- or you could do the Transformers version and have Megan Fox. I didn't do that... Those kids, it's for them. It was for them, to talk about mysticism and Eastern philosophies through a 10-year-old's vernacular."

He added that creating a kid's show into a mature, adult-oriented film would be like "a betrayal of the innocence of the piece".

On the other hand, a separate interview by IGN with the original animated show's creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante Dimartino revealed that the two decided to pretend Shyamalan's big-screen adaptation didn't exist at all. It also rated a 6% on film review website Rotten Tomatoes and 4.3/10 on imdb.com - rather low and embarrassing assessments for a Shyamalan movie.

According to Den of Geek, Shyamalan planned to push through with a sequel as evidenced by the introduction of Prince Zuko's sister, Azula, at the end of the first film. It was going to be a trilogy. However, despite previous news that he had already penned a first draft for the follow-up, no updates have come up since then. It is also uncertain if development for this would push through some time in the future.

'Avatar: The Last Airbender 2' will be the sequel to 2010's big-screen adaptation of the Emmy-Award winning children's television series. It aired on Nickelodeon for three seasons and was popular with critics and fans of all ages.  The first film starred Noah Ringer as main protagonist Aang, Dev Patel as Prince Zuko, Nicola Peltz as Katara, and Jackson Rathbone as Sokka. It received generally negative reviews and was considered one of the worst films for that year.

 

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There's a reason Mike and Bryan try to pretend that The Last Airbender doesn't exist. :>_>:

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Nothing he or anyone can say could ever make up the shitstorm that was The Last Airbender.

 

Promising to never make a sequel or even speak of TLA ever again would be a good start. :lol:

 

The original series is literally perfect. Film adaptations are unnecessary ... unless done right by a competent director.

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theres not going to be a sequel the article makers pulled everything out their asses for the title. even says in the article

 

" despite previous news that he had already penned a first draft for the follow-up, no updates have come up since then."

 

this shit must have been old news that was planned when the movie came out and theyre just resurfacing it for views

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NO. The original series was phenomenal, and no one enjoyed watching that wreck of a movie. From the pronunciation of the character's names to the lack of humour and playful energy, the movie wasn't able to capture anything from ATLA. So much potential was wasted with that adaptation

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I remember going to the theater with my sister to watch this movie and we both left agreeing that it was the worst thing we've ever seen. The series remains one of my favorites, but the movie was horrible.

 

Plus there's not gonna be a sequel. But even if there was gonna be one, it's too late now. The cast from the first are older now and I don't think would fit the role. Plus I feel like the A:TLA hype has died down a bit since the series ended years ago.

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"It's really weird because on the show the average age was, like, nine-years-old... My child was nine-years-old. So you could make it one of two ways. You could make it for that same audience, which is what I did -- for nine and 10-year-olds -- or you could do the Transformers version and have Megan Fox. I didn't do that... Those kids, it's for them. It was for them, to talk about mysticism and Eastern philosophies through a 10-year-old's vernacular."

He added that creating a kid's show into a mature, adult-oriented film would be like "a betrayal of the innocence of the piece".

 

 

How fucking narrow-minded. So you can only make a watered down (because the movie WAS watered down from the series. And enough 10 year olds liked it and understood it so...) crap version for dumb kids or an overtly sexualized version for adults? Who would want any of this? This shows his complete lack of knowledge of the series. Dude doesn't give a fuck. How is making the main characters white /better/ for ten year old kids? Like....

I've been through this too many times I just don't feel like criticizing him anymore, tbh. He's fucking trash.

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No... why... so much wasted studio money... My siblings and I regularly watch and mock B-movies together, and even we couldn't get through that abomination.

I hope his children hate him for what he's done to their beloved tv show.

 

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