Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Changes Showrunners Again (producer + director step up)
Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Changes Showrunners Again (producer + director step up)
Albert Kim, who replaced creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, is handing over the series to colleagues Christine Boylan and Jabbar Raisani.
Albert Kim, who replaced creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, is handing over the series to colleagues Christine Boylan and Jabbar Raisani.
Sources say Kim’s intention was to lay the foundation for season one of Avatar: The Last Airbender after stepping in for the beloved franchise’s creators. Given the long turnaround time in crafting the series — Netflix ordered it in 2018, the creators left in late 2020 and the show didn’t debut until February 2024 — sources say Kim was ready to move on to new opportunities.
Co-executive producer Christine Boylan and exec producer/director Jabbar Raisani — both of whom were hired by Kim — will take over as the drama’s third showrunners for the previously announced second and third seasons.
I don't think the show is salvageable.
I think critics are being a bit dramatic. ATLA Book 1 had bumps and slow episodes, and some very similar flaws people pave over looking back (like Sokka being a chick magnet).
I wouldn't care if the issues where just bumps or some slow episodes. The problem is that the live action has some very fundamental issues like a glaring lack of character development and generally poor story telling, which are things the original excelled at.
Just watching the live action remake and trying to tune out the original as much as I could, I found most characters to be very flat and superficial. Combined with the often very cringy dialog I found it really hard to emotionally connect with or care about the characters.
The live action version is far better than the OG. I think this bodes well for the future seasons.
That is a good joke. I laughed for a few minutes before being saddened.
They washed down literally everything that made the show good. All of the aspects are simplified to the point that it's just a shell of itself. ATLA characters are actually pretty complex and have a lot of good interactions and growth together, which is terribly absent from the remake.
I don't like changing showrunners. It doesn't speak to things being stable behind the scenes.
But maybe it will be an improvement?
Just give up already. It was a great cartoon it doesn't need anything else.