oh, for simpler times

[jaina]

I just need to put this out there, guys: No, I haven't seen The Last Airbender trailer. No, I'm not going to. No, I will not be seeing the movie. At all.

For me, it boils down to this: the filmmakers deliberately set out to whitewash the main cast. After the resulting outcry, they backed down a little-- just enough to recast the villains as people of color. And I'm not interested in supporting that. At all.

I don't particularly want to debate this, and if you're excited about the movie, I'm certainly not out to ruin your fun. I just wanted to explain why, while I love the show, I'm not interested in talking about the movie in any form.

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[tirianmal.livejournal.com]

It's fairly blatant, sure.

But there's other reasons not to watch this film, too.

M. Night Scriptsuckalot

The original trailer for the movie ... with special effects that look like they were done in 1999. And a young man who I'm sure does lots of martial arts ... but can't seem to convince anyone of it onscreen.

M. Night Scriptsuckalot.

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

See I was worried about *that* from the beginning. (About Shamalama.) Then the whole casting shit happened and I thought well, at least I don't need to care whether the script sucks anymore.