168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of the most iconic stories out there, with beautiful animation, amazingly well-written characters, and plots with a lot of maturity in its topics, even though it's aimed at young audiences — which is the main reason it also resonates with adults. It was only a matter of time for it to get a live-action adaptation — well, a good live-action adaptation.

For now, we have the cartoon's first season adapted into eight episodes by Netflix, each with approximately one hour. Many things were changed, with both good and bad changes in the story, character behavior, and cut content. Let's talk about the big ones.

Spoilers f⛎or the series and the first season of the car🙈toon.

10 ꦺ The Beginning Of The War

No Mystery About The Boy In The Iceberg

The first episode covers the main three episodes from the cartoon, with the two-part episodes covering Aang's awakening at the South Pole and their Air Temple visit. However, the show already starts with original content, showing Sozin, the Fire Lord who began the war, and his troops attacking the Southern Air Temple shortly after Aang leaves the area.

The series shows the brutal genocide of the Air Nomads, giving a much darker start to the show. Still, you see Aang and his interactions with his friend/father figure, Gyatso, earlier, even before seeing Sokka or Katara. Then the show goes from Aang getting himself frozen and later freed 100 years 🌄later, essentially having the story run chronologically.

9 Kyoshi Warr⛦iors And Their Avatar

More Kyoshi, Less Roku

The Kyoshi Warriors don't have the same issues with Sokka as they do in the cartoon, as he isn't sexist like he used to be on the original show. Instead, Suki and Sokka show interest in one another right away but don't know how to start their interactions, with 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Suki even challenging him as a way of spending time together.

There's also an early display of Kyoshi, where she even takes over Aang's body to fight Zhao's forces (not Zuko's this time). While that's a fun scene, it came with a cost; a similar scene featuring Roku taking Aang's body is no longer present, and Roku's presence in the series is short, which is sad considering how Roku's story is relevant to the series, but no spoilers.

8 ⛦ Omashu, Part One ♐

Featuring Jet And The Mechanist

Omashu has two episodes dedicated to itself, and many stories are fused here. In its first episode, there are the stories for both the Mechanist — with his son flying around Omashu being the reason the 'gaang' goes there — and the Freedom Fighters story, with Jet and his group.

This episode also features a fight between Aang and Zuko in the city that eventually leads to Iroh getting captured by the Earth Kingdom, which later resolves in the story where Zuko has to choose between going after his uncle or the Avatar. Plus, there's a very dramatic rendition of the Cabbage guy.

7 Omashu, ⛎Part Two ♋

With Bumi And Secret Tunnels

Bumi's motivations are pretty different here, not to mention that Aang immediately realizes who he is. Instead of silly challenges meant to test the Avatar's unorthodox thinking, Bumi's challenges are mostly him being resentful of his friend disappearing and showing him how 100 years of war can destroy a man.

While that is happening, there's a side story where Sokka and Katara have to infiltrate the palace using the Secret Tunnels, which is quite a change considering these Tunnels are meant to traverse the mountains near Omashu. Still, it was a nice way to add this plot here, and there's even the Secret Tunnel song.

6 Early Introductions 𒊎

Ozai Is Already Here, Among Others

Fire Lord Ozai is nothing but a mere shadowy figure during the first season, but in the Netflix show, he's already here in his full glory. His personality is also slightly different, as he's not obviously evil but still very manipulative, especially towards his children. It's less cartoonish evil, essentially.

Along with him, Azula has her own mini-plot going on, as well as her besties, Mai and Ty Lee, which show there's not going to be a recruitment scene like in the cartoon, as these characters don't start out together in the plot. Regardless, their characterization and personalities, along with Azula's and Ozai's, are on point, so it was fun to see them all.

5 🌱 The Spirit World

Hei Bai Got Sidelined

The Spirit World had its looks simplified a bit, which is understandable considering how expensive some areas could be. Still, there are some significant plot changes, where Sokka and Katara also go to the Spirit World wiღth Aang and get trapped there along with the rest of the villagers they were trying to help, leaving Aang to save everyone by himself. Gyatso also appears, which is fantastic.

But the biggest change here is that Hei Bai's situation is easily solved, but they're also not the real culprit, as the one who trapped the villagers is Koh, the Face Stealer, who appears in the first season but is not prominent. Wan Shi Tong also makes an appearance in this episode, even though he only appears in season two.

4 Zuko's Fleet

The Biggest Improvement In The Story

One particular thing this series did masterfully was making even random, nameless soldiers feel like actual people, such as the Earth Kingdom soldier having a vendetta against Iroh. But the focus here is that the show gave a backstory to Zuko's crew and why they were assigned to the banished Prince.

While Zuko's backstory remained the same, with him arguing against sacrificing troops as a tactic and suffering for it, the people he saved for speaking out were assigned to him by his father. That created a beautiful bond between him and his crew, as he saved their lives before even meeting them, showing his true colors.

3 𓆏 Fewer CGI Creatures

Which Means Less Appa

As expected, the animals in the Avatar world suffered a hit, as they all require CGI to make them. That means they're not as prominent as they are in the cartoon, with even Appa and Momo appearing significantly less compared to the cartoon. They're expensive characters, after all.

Along with them, the Shirshu, a blind animal that belongs to the mercenary June, also appears less, with her fight against Appa being cut altogether. Some of these animals, such as Flopsie or Unagi, don't appear at all.

2 C👍haracter Changes

Some Personalities Are A Bit Different

The good news is that most characters behave how they should, so there aren't significant details to mention. The 'gaang' behaves less like children, which is odd considering that they are children, but their personalities are mostly there. The biggest hit among the main characters is Katara, who doesn't display her explosive personality.

Also, as mentioned, Sokka doesn't display his sexist behavior on the show, but he's still quite hot-headed at first and learns to cool it down as the series progresses. Other characters behave a bit differently, such as Zhao, but his motivations remain the same.

1 🍰 Cut Content

Where's Jeong Jeong?

Some episodes were cut, like the Great Divide or the Fortuneteller, while others were adapted, such as Bato's side story with the ship being integrated into Sokka's backstory or the waterbending scroll appearing without the pirates.

But the biggest hits were the loss of Jeong Jeong, who is not even mentioned, and the episodes dedicated to explaining the Comet. The Comet is seen during the Airbenders Genocide, and its return is teased, but the series doesn't explain its significance.