USA Today released the first two teaser pics from M. Night Shyamalan’s live action feature, Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Despite the ongoing debate and protests over the casting, it’s clear that the studio is hellbent on moving forward with the movie and promoting it as much as they can. Well duh, it’s their job but it seems like they’re taking a pretty unabashed approach.
Take that, nay-sayers! You may blog all you want, but we’ve got USA Today to talk to us! You say Aang ain’t white, but to us, he sure is!
Oh, and to rub this white-washing in even more?
For years, Noah Ringer went by the nickname “Avatar” because he looked so much like the lead in the Nickelodeon cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender. Now he gets to act like the character, too.
Yeah, they said it. And don’t forget the photo caption as well:
The good guy: Noah Ringer, 12, already had the look of Aang, an Avatar who can manipulate weather, because he usually shaves his head to keep him cool for tae kwon do (he has a black belt).
Because that’s all that it takes to look like Aang, right? Thank god he already has those wide Caucasian eyes that you find so common in anime. So while the rest of you whine about the misrepresentation of the race and culture behind Avatar, it doesn’t matter! Shyamalan still got the perfect white kid to play the lead role.
I’m not convinced though. He just looks like some white bald kid with freaky hands.
On a more positive note, I must admit that the pictures look cool–you know, in that way where you realize that it is possible to bring an incredibly creative and imaginative animation to real life (but uh…without the magic…and Asian people).
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8 Comments to “Avatar: The Last Airbender Teaser Pics”
daniel wrote:
flop.
Posted on 22-May-09 at 12:16 pm | Permalink
Tristan wrote:
Shyamalan might as well roll over and die after all this.
Posted on 22-May-09 at 12:39 pm | Permalink
Paul G. Bens, Jr. wrote:
I truly hope this movie is a massive failure on every front.
Posted on 22-May-09 at 7:01 pm | Permalink
ed wrote:
It’s Dr evil!! oh wait.. it’s mini me!
Posted on 23-May-09 at 10:50 am | Permalink
Paul G. Bens, Jr. wrote:
It’s Dr evil!! oh wait.. it’s mini me!
:::snort::: I knew it reminded me of something, I just couldn’t figure out what.
Posted on 23-May-09 at 11:08 am | Permalink
nemogbr wrote:
Reminds people of 80’s Ninja flicks and Dev Patel looks like a Thuggee cultist from Temple of Doom.
Please visit these sites to learn more and research before writing another article concerning this racist film.
http://aang-aint-white.livejournal.com/646.html
http://www.youtube.com/user/racebending
http://racebending.com/
Posted on 23-May-09 at 4:09 pm | Permalink
muythai wrote:
This movie is going to be awesome. Can't wait
Posted on 18-Jun-09 at 5:05 pm | Permalink
01honey wrote:
All i have to say is that there are many very talented asian kids to cast who have the skills to play the part too…check out all the awesome hong kong movie stars! i'm not so crazy about that patel guy playing zuko either…it just throws it off because zuko is supposed to look more eastern asian…too be honest, it's all a little disappointing… hopefully it'll turn out better than we're assuming…other wise if it fails I hope there's a remake who takes it to the next level you know..maybe it won't be like the LOTR or anything but…take it from an epic anime and make it even more epic lol
Posted on 20-Jun-09 at 11:19 am | Permalink
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