I think one of the big questions is, despite all the remixing, is the point A and the point B still the same as the original?

AK: Pretty much. Yeah, I mean, I think the state of the world and the stakes of the world are still the same. So we decided to make Aang’s narrative drive a little clearer. In the first season of the animated series, he’s kind of going from place to place looking for adventures. He even says, “First, we’ve got to go and ride the elephant koi.” It’s a little looser as befits a cartoon. We needed to make sure that he had that drive from the start. And so, that’s a change that we made. We essentially give him this vision of what’s going to happen and he says, “I have to get to the Northern Water Tribe to stop this from happening.” That gives him much more narrative compulsion going forward, as opposed to, “Let’s make a detour and go ride the elephant koi,” that type of thing. So that’s something, again, that’s part of the process of going from a Nickelodeon cartoon to a Netflix serialized drama.

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    11 months ago

    I’m still cautiously optimistic, but it also doesn’t matter that much.

    I don’t really think the world needs a live action ATLA. The original show is close to perfect.

    Would I enjoy another opportunity to dive back into this world, and would it be interesting to see a live action version? Sure.

    But if it sucks I’ll just go rewatch the entire original series for the ninth time and it will be fine.