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Anon watches LOTR (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Zagorath@feddit.nl 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

they do a lot more “tell, don’t show” than old movies

Geez the Netflix Avatar adaptation (a show, not movie, but still) was so bad for this. Despite actually having more runtime and fewer distinct plot points (due to the removal of and consolidation of different side-plots) than the cartoon it was based on, it spent less time showing us why characters think and feel how they do, and straight-up told us every single thing.

[–] Renacles@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I love listening to the original intro 3 times in the first episode.

I would have never known that the 4 nations lived in harmony until the fire nation attacked, or that the Avatar, master of all 4 elements was the only one who could stop them.

I also love learning that Aang wants to eat banana cakes and goof off with his friends instead of being the Avatar by him outright saying it instead of us meeting ANY of these friends in the first place.