Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 4:58 PM
the time has come to truly test my limits as a garbage sommelier
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 4:59 PM
https://images.plurk.com/7yZZKa9B6SGtENyRjwa9fJ.png
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
@phainein
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 4:59 PM
NOOOOO QUINN
Princess Emily
@deerleisure
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 4:59 PM
What's that even a picture of- /sees the title
Princess Emily
@deerleisure
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 4:59 PM
No
Dragons Dragons
@jisusushi
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:00 PM
\
Princess Emily
@deerleisure
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:00 PM
Don't do it!
Princess Emily
@deerleisure
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:00 PM
You have too much to live for!
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:00 PM
THE WORD MARTYR COMES FROM A LATIN WORD MEANING "WITNESS"
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:01 PM
okay I thought it wouldn't be my top concern with everything else going on but like
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:01 PM
Katara really is ASTONISHINGLY white
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:02 PM
Sokka is a scowly edgeboy...
BernieWiseman
@YuiichiKayama
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:02 PM
Oh shit, and you're not live streaming it? I'd totally watch with you.
BernieWiseman
@YuiichiKayama
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:02 PM
I'm not allowed to put it on at home
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:03 PM
this is a burden I must bear alone
moontouched
@rukafais
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:05 PM
i understand
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:05 PM
"Katara, don't go near it. This is probably some fire nation trick." Sokka it's a giant sphere of ice that was submerged in the ocean
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
@lastbastion
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:07 PM
oh god oh no
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
@lastbastion
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:07 PM
i can't believe quinn is dead.
RobotApocalypse
@ninjarobotclone
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:08 PM
oh dear
RobotApocalypse
@ninjarobotclone
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:08 PM
i say, but am popcorning in the background
Princess Emily
@deerleisure
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:09 PM
they're not dead yet, but they're liveplurking their execution
Princess Emily
@deerleisure
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:09 PM
F....
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:14 PM
they should've just gone all the way and changed katara's name to like. kimberly
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:14 PM
it would be more honest
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:14 PM
artist's depiction of movie sokka https://images.plurk.com/4DXQAskT6ckBLaMl9lRbL9.png
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:15 PM
Zuka barely even has a scar
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:16 PM
Zuko*
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:17 PM
even Aang is speaking in steely movie plot advancers
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:17 PM
how is this so joyless
BernieWiseman
@YuiichiKayama
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:17 PM
Most of it was filmed outside of Philadelphia, that is why it is so joyless
BernieWiseman
@YuiichiKayama
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:18 PM
there is no joy in these lands
Rama
@Nerdorama
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:18 PM
Shyamalan only knows how to make one kind of movie and it is not "kids' fantasy martial arts"
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:19 PM
https://images.plurk.com/5WAOBUCBLJG7weWFnlq9fN.png NO IT ISN'T
Dragons Dragons
@jisusushi
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:20 PM
why are the subtitles for ants
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:21 PM
because only ants like this movie
Rama
@Nerdorama
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:24 PM
That feels like an insult to ants
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:25 PM
someone's gotta keep them in line
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:25 PM
they outnumber us a million to one
RobotApocalypse
@ninjarobotclone
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:26 PM
as an ant-liker i must regretfully agree that only ants could like this movie, because they're not intelligent enough to understand movies
Rama
@Nerdorama
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:28 PM
This is why the termites will win the war
RobotApocalypse
@ninjarobotclone
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 5:30 PM
smh
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:06 PM
the bending is so slow
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:07 PM
the only joke in the movie is about how katara sucks ass at water bending
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:14 PM
an agni kee duel
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:16 PM
the bending really does all look impressively bad
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:16 PM
all four elements
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:17 PM
OK no better depiction of movie sokka
https://images.plurk.com/2x6DFHyJsNAbHaQejJzKXO.png
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:17 PM
"do you mean zuko" I wish I meant zuko
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:18 PM
zuko is edward cullen with a tan
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:23 PM
azula is in the movie for 1.5 seconds
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:26 PM
aang's only move is Force Knock Someone Over
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:37 PM
I don't believe any of these characters have feelings
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:41 PM
"Zhao has no sacredness!" there you go, Shyamalan, just so close to sounding like people
RobotApocalypse
@ninjarobotclone
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:41 PM
so close. it almost sounds like something a person might say.
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:46 PM
I think fire is the worst looking bending
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:46 PM
it moves like someone carrying a torch at a brisk jog
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:47 PM
the acting/direction in this is SO wooden
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:47 PM
everyone speaks in monotones
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:47 PM
I would describe this as Battlefield Earth Bad but not as fun
RobotApocalypse
@ninjarobotclone
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:52 PM
oh that's a dire assessment
EsperBot
@PikaBot
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:52 PM
Battlefield Earth has energy it’s just all aimed in the wrong direction
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:52 PM
yeah BE is GOING for it
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:52 PM
and missing so hard it falls into the sun but still
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:52 PM
this movie makes me think that shyamalan had not watched ATLA before taking on the project and didn't like what he saw afterwards
EsperBot
@PikaBot
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:54 PM
Apparently he took on the project specifically because his kids were fans
oh i'm scary
@yurisoldier
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:54 PM
that's the baffling thing. by all accounts he was extremely excited to be working on it
oh i'm scary
@yurisoldier
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:55 PM
I kind of think it's the opposite problem
oh i'm scary
@yurisoldier
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:56 PM
having such reverence for the material that he forgot it was a kids' show with a large amount of comic relief and tried so hard to make it a Solemn Epic that nothing was allowed to risk altering that mood
RobotApocalypse
@ninjarobotclone
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 6:59 PM
i heard there was also a ton of executive meddling so a lot of the creative decisions aren't even really his fault
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:00 PM
yeah I can believe that because like
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:00 PM
this is by far the least weird Shyamalan's dialogue has ever been
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:00 PM
it's just boring bland plot exposition instead of every single character being uniquely total nonsense
RobotApocalypse
@ninjarobotclone
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:05 PM
yeah if he had full creative control i feel like the movie would've been at least interesting
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:06 PM
w... wait
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:06 PM
the other airbenders in the flashback look more asian than aang
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:06 PM
why is aang the only white airbender
Princess Emily
@deerleisure
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:08 PM
https://media4.giphy.com/media/l2YWu1LBNLRDr1Bg4/giphy.gif
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:09 PM
I think there's also an inherent challenge of adapting tv to movie of like
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:09 PM
"we have a lot of ground to cover, so cut out all the arcs that don't further the story"
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:09 PM
and then it turns out that that's where all the fun parts were
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:10 PM
so the result is just dire, steadily-advancing plot
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:11 PM
Someone else on my timeline is plurking about the new atla show and just
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:12 PM
Seeing that side by side with this is really highlighting how dire this sounds
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:13 PM
https://images.plurk.com/7tdnwlpVoa69HW8woeuaoP.png this is the last shot of aang in the movie
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:13 PM
me too, aang
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:13 PM
the particular flavor of badness in this movie is that like
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:13 PM
there isn't anything good about it
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:13 PM
it's ALL below the median line
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:16 PM
in the credits I kept looking through the names like "hey it's an asian actor!" and then they'd be credited as Earth Kingdom Prisoner
RobotApocalypse
@ninjarobotclone
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:23 PM
weren't most of the fire kingdom characters played by south asian actors? i remember that being a thing, shyamalan deciding to make the first kingdom indian flavored
RobotApocalypse
@ninjarobotclone
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:23 PM
despite it being very clearly japanese flavored in the original show....
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:24 PM
I was too white to be able to tell at a glance
RobotApocalypse
@ninjarobotclone
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:24 PM
that's fair
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:31 PM
when you actually get to the Fire Nation it's a hybrid of like, japanese imperialism, Chinese (specifically the Yellow Crane Tower in Hubei) and like, indonesian/thai architectural elements I think?
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:31 PM
also lmao making everyone white except for the bad guy nation
RobotApocalypse
@ninjarobotclone
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:51 PM
yeah.
RobotApocalypse
@ninjarobotclone
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 7:51 PM
yeah.
Rama
@Nerdorama
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 8:10 PM
Vehrec : lots of southeastern European architecture too, supposedly. I didn't actually research that myself.
Lightning Bolt
@graygriffin
Fri, Dec 22, 2023 2:52 AM
apparently shyamalan's original script covered all the arcs and would also have been several hours long
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