m night shyamalan on the casting of the last airbender

[mimesere]

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.

Comments

[fox1013.livejournal.com]

SHEILA SHEILA SHEILA WHY IS KATARA SO AMAZING?????

[askmehow.livejournal.com]

Okay, I have to second the last thing you said. I just finished watching Avatar, and while the series was really great, I have yet to see any fics that were as good. Do you have any recs?

[wemblee.livejournal.com]

GODDAMIT HOLLYWOOD AUUUUUUGH