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mimesere ([personal profile] mimesere) wrote2010-03-30 09:50 pm

m night shyamalan on the casting of the last airbender

and other questions.

http://io9.com/5504967/shyamalan-addresses-airbenders-race-controversy-and-answers-your-questions

I call BS. But it is well spun BS.

'cause see, here's the deal:

I might -- MIGHT -- have bought the casting for Aang. Maybe. If I were being super charitable, which has been known to happen.

But when the sum of the response is:

The casting for Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Jesse McCartney or whoever as Zuko
+ Recasting JUST Zuko to be of color
+ Removing the ACTUALFAX chinese calligraphy and replacing it with gibberish
+The leaked casting notes
+ Ignoring MANAA
+ Changing the martial arts
=FAIL.

Also, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RtGMZv6Rjs) is a beautifully edited video to a really terrible song. But you know, it really is beautifully edited. And also makes me go YAY ATLA YAY.

also, man, I am reading some mediocre katara/zuko fic. MORE GOOD FIC PLZ.
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[identity profile] wemblee.livejournal.com 2010-04-01 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
GODDAMIT HOLLYWOOD AUUUUUUGH

[identity profile] mimesere.livejournal.com 2010-04-01 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
I knoooow. It left a bad taste in my mouth.