The Avatar Returns

So that happened. The first season is done. What ostensibly is supposed to be Book One: Water, though this version of the show never once refers to it that way, has reached its end. And it got there without Aang ever even TRYING to waterbend. Not one single time. That was a choice. This show makes LOTS of choices. And we talk about them. NEXT: we’ve been bumped and bruis

Studio Ghibli is undoubtedly meeting with lawyers even as we speak, given episode 105 of the Netflix live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender is titled “Spirited Away,” and…boy howdy. This version of the Spirit World amounts to basically a color filter, and an admittedly pretty cool-looking Hei Bai, who is never actually resolved. Episode 106, “Masks” on the o

Oh my cabbages, here we go again. We find ourselves once more confronted with some very confusing story structure choices made in the name of condensing material from six different animated episodes into two messy episodes of live action. 104, “Omashu” introduces us to this version of the great Earth Kingdom city of chutes and ladders, and crams in a lot, I mean A. LOT. of char

Well. They said they were gonna do it. And they made good on that threat. And WE said we’d be here for it. And we…have paid for our hubris. The time has come for your boys to discuss the first two episodes of the 2024 live-action Netflix series, Avatar: The Last Airbender. As you might expect, we have opinions. Episode 101, “Aang” opens on a literal genocide. Did we need to

Team The Avatar Returns has been missing, locked in an iceberg of our own making for the past four years. Before we vanished, Netflix had announced it’s then-still-distant live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and we had only just begun speculating on what might justify the existence of another adaptation, and how it could possibly top the 2010 Shyamalan film. Wel

Guess who’s back, back again… A little flying lemur told us it was the 15th Anniversary of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and we thought, “Hey, we liked that show.” So here we are, Team TARP together again. We discuss our memories of the series, how it’s influenced pop culture, and whether or not that Netflix live-action series is ever gonna happen. We also talk about all

We’re back for a brand new year with a brand new comics series! Following on the successful heels of their Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novels Dark Horse Comics introduces the official Legend of Korra continuation series. The first story arc is called “Turf Wars” and it’s written by original series co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino with art by Irene Koh. To go along

We’re baaaaack. But there’s no cause for celebration as we’re forced to bid a sad farewell to our beloved comics creative team. One last time writer Gene Luen Yang and art duo Gurihiru spin a tale of Team Avatar for the official tie-in graphic novel series from Dark Horse Comics. Vol. 5: North and South sees Sokka and Katara return home to the Southern Water Tribe for the fir

Goodbyes are hard. That’s why we drink. In this episode your sad hosts are sad. In the absence of new Avatar: The Last Airbender or The Legend of Korra chapters to discuss, we get slightly inebriated and try to make it a party. There’s trivia, “Who Said It” challenges, lists (because everyone loves lists), and lots of self-indulgence and time-wasting. We really do go out on

The secret is out! The truth about all of the crazy breaks and pauses and hiatuses The Avatar Returns has endured over the past year-and-a-half can finally be revealed. The truth is…we didn’t want this to end. But end it has, and we must fight our way through the heartache and the pain to discuss, one last time, these final chapters of The Legend of Korra. Chapter 412, “Day o