AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER Episode 5 REACTION!! Netflix Live Action | 1x05 Review

When the group lands in the spirit world for a rescue mission, they come face to face with dangerous threats, painful memories and a mysterious entity - with the likes of the bear, Koh, the Face Stealer, Wan Shi Tong The Owl, The Fox (Princess Yue) & MORE as we uncover the tragedy with Katara's mother. The new cast consists of Gordon Cormier as Aang, Kiawentiio as Katara, Ian Ousley as Sokka, Dallas Liu as Prince Zuko, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Uncle Iroh, Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai, Elizabeth Yu as Azula, Maria Zhang as Suki, Tamlyn Tomita as Mayor Yukari, Danny Pudi as The Mechanist, Casey Camp-Horinek as Gran Gran, Utkarsh Ambudkar as King Bumi, Sebastian Amoruso as Jet, Arden Cho as June, Appa, & MORE as we witness the powers of Earth Bending, Air Bending, Fire Bending, & Water Bending as well as seeing the differences from live action vs anime.
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[DanGamingFan]

I still can't believe they showed Wan Shi Tong already. Also, the Aang and Gyatso scene is so good. This adaption really did a good job in diving deeper in showcasing their relationship. Gyatso waited a 100 years to see the friend he loved before he could move on. That's so amazing and tragic.

[ProdAGee]

the people in the earth kingdom pub were referencing episodes from the original show when they mentioned pirates and the canyon guide! great Easter egg

[Brook]

The voice cast for some of the creatures from George Takei to Randall Duk Kim just incredible for this show. Sulu and Keymaker!!!.

[Zophiela]

The mention of Sokka getting into trouble with a girl from the fire nation is there to show that time has passed. They don’t have to give us every minute of their lives and journey. We just know Sokka briefly dated a fire nation girl so a week or so likely happened between episodes but was mostly uneventful. Katara probably practiced and got better at bending in that time. I don’t have to see all of it to realize it occurred.

[emmadblanco]

I think Aang's arc has a few factors that make his solo air bending intentional. He tells Katara that Gyatso was the only teacher he knew, and the only avatar he's encountered just took over and yelled at him, and wasnt a teacher. He also admits he never listened to regular teachers. To me it seems like he's always been so advanced that he expects to have a master as a mentor-teacher to just tell him what to do, and his lack of acting towards a solution is a reflection of his immaturity since part of his arc is he's literally still a kid who hasn't grown up.

[drewrayg]

I think Aang can’t focus on learning the other disciplines because he has so much to reconcile with re: his absence. It’s a mental block that he has to overcome before he can do anything else. He didn’t leave them in the spirit world for nothing, he has a mission to save them. And yes I love that we jumped into the episode, we don’t need the minutiae of Sokka romancing a fire nation warrior - it’s so great that we fill in the details with our imagination. We don’t need to be spoon fed.

[MuscleBound_withDre]

“It’s not your fault” hit me like Robin Williams’ scene in Good Will Hunting!

“Look at me, ITS. NOT. YOUR. FAULT.” 🔥

[Samu_Raaay]

"Hoot hoot, hoot. Hoot."
-Wan Shi Tong

[zd_zma]

Sokka in live action, his name is Ian Ousley and he's 21... so yes, he's legal.

[HaydrogenBomb]

Man, they did Koh RIGHT in this series. He is TERRIFYINGLY creepy. 😰😰
Edit: Also, he's voiced by none other than George Takei!

[bananies]

Katara's mom did indeed say she was the waterbender to protect Katara, but the difference here is that she witnessed it vs the man who killed her mom telling her that when she confronts him. Probably too intense for the cartoon to say she witnessed it....and I get what you mean about the moment with Gyatso and it hitting harder if Aang had seen a vision of their deaths, but the reason he didn't was because he didn't actually witness it, and the fog plays off of your memories. He then was able to resist the fog similar to how Tenzin does in LOK.

I did say something to similar to my bf last night about Aang's motivation flip-flopping between saying "I'm the Avatar and I'm here to save the world!" And then putting off practicing waterbending...it feels inconsistent, but he is at least trying to assist people and offer his aid.

[gtjohns]

Katara called him out earlier for avoiding learning bending bc he is avoiding taking the full responsibility of being the avatar. He also mentioned that training reminds him of Gyatso.

[ShizuruNakatsu]

One of the differences in this show, is Aang doesn't know Sozin's Comet is coming back. He plans to save the world, but he doesn't feel any kind of time pressure to do so. Usually, the Avatar isn't told that they are the Avatar until they are 16 years old, and then they start their training. They spend a few years learning each element, and become a fully realised Avatar by the age of 25 - 30 (I believe Roku was 28 when he mastered all 4 elements, after a 12 year journey). Aang, in this show, has no reason to think he should do it any faster. Plus, the other Avatars, for the most part, didn't have to deal with a war *while* they were training. It was easier for them to just go to the other nations and train with master's who were waiting for them. Aang has to find masters and then ask them to train him, while dealing with the war too. For now, he is focused on saving the Northern Water Tribe, because there is an immediate threat. I'm sure he will focus on the other elements a lot more when he learns about the comet.

[MarzBaer]

I really enjoy how they're making changes to tie in several short episodes to fit the Netflix hour-long format. Probably one of the biggest risks they took but it paid off really well for telling the story their way while keeping the overall themes of the OG intact. can't wait to see how season 2 goes with a higher budget and fewer episodes to cram into a season

[fairytailfoxy]

I love how the same voice actor played both Wan Shi Tong and Masster Oogway. One an owl, the other a tortoise, and both equally amusing.😊

[rmhartman]

In something like the second or third episode there was a mention of "three months ago". There is a lot of time passing that we don't get any indication of.

[Kidapollo]

Aang got snappy at the North Pole when trying to go to the spirit world not in this episode in the show. Sokka went into the spirit world but he didn’t travel with aang. Katara never went into the spirit world in the show. Aang never brought them with him. They combined all
The spirit elements of the first season in one episode which makes sense because of pacing and budget.

[the_nikster]

Aang didn't just abandon Sokka and Katara in the Spirit Realm; he went to Roku's shrine to find a way to defeat Koh and release them.

[mosesdelacruz]

"Lets get rid of John and get a Momo" had me dying bruh

[serenshadow]

In the Heibai episode of the cartoon, Sokka (along with the villagers) get pulled into the spirit world by Heibai. So yes, Sokka does go to the spirit world. Katara did not however. She stayed with the villagers while Aang went into the spirit world to get Sokka and the villagers... and then met Koh and Roku's dragon who took his spirit to Avatar Roku's temple where he learned that he could speak to Roku on the solstice.

In ATLA, yes, the FIre Nation was aware that there was a waterbender in the Southern Water Tribe but they were not sure who it was. It played out similar to what we see here --- Katara does confirm later on that her mom sacrificed herself to save her --- but in the cartoon, Katara was not witness to it. She got to their home after it happened. No, their mom was not actually a bender - she just pretended to be one to save Katara.

He's going to Roku's temple to talk to Roku to find out how to defeat Koh because Gyatso told him that Roku had tussled with Koh and won. Right now, that's all he has to go on to save them. This arc was definitely not as fleshed out as it should be. I don't disagree with the choices and changes made but it's rough.

As for not learning the other bending - he doesn't really start to learn the other bending until the end of season 1 in ATLA. If it's been awhile since you've seen the show, you might not remember it well.
He picks up a couple waterbending moves with Katara maybe mid-way through s1 but doesn't truly learn until they get to the Northern Water Tribe where he becomes a student of Master Pakku in the last 2 episodes of ATLA. And correct me if I'm wrong, but the elements need to be learned in the same order as the cycle - Water - Earth - Fire - Air... this is the order he learns them in ATLA - water at end of s1, earth in s2 after meeting Toph, and fire in s3 after Zuko abandons his father's reign and becomes Aang's teacher. So he's not really far of course of how things develop in ATLA. Remember, they went on a bunch of side-quests in between finding Masters to teach him bending. So in terms of pacing with the bending, we're still ok. At this point, anyway. We'll see how season 2 plays out.
But I agree, they really needed to flesh out his motivations here so that we understand more about why he's so reluctant to start learning waterbending.

39:20 I mean, that's kinda what happened in ATLA. When Katara is trying to teach him - prior to Master Pakku - Aang easily creates a giant wave while Katara is still struggling with a small one -- leading to Katara being really jealous of Aang and then Aang explaining that of course it comes easy to him - he's The Avatar and he's already learned waterbending in his previous lives. So, if the show does go that route, it's not going to be all that different from ATLA. The only bending Aang actually struggled with in ATLA was Earthbending - because it's the complete opposite of his birth element, Air. Water and Fire are relatively easy for him because Water flows similar to Air and like Air, has a strong spiritual competent. And Fire relies on Air so that was fairly easy for him as well once he learned to not fear it. Earth however is solid and doesn't flow so it was a struggle for him.