Alrighty, so it's no secret that I'm a serious fangirl of the show "Avatar"..
A while back, M. Night Shyamalan decided he was going to make it into a live-action
movie...the title "Avatar" had already been taken so he went with "The Last Airbender"..

you can see the teaser trailer for it here: [link]

My main complaint is that they seem to be doing exactly what American film-makers LOVE
to do....
and that's casting caucasion people in the place of other race characters...
Oh, but they did it for the "Dragonball" movie and it was fantastic....right?
Perhaps as a movie in and of itself...but associated with Dragonball? no.
Much like the first "Final Fantasy" movie was fantastic...
but it had little to do with the actual games...
Note that when they made "Final Fantasy: Advent Children" people went bonkers for it..
why?
Because they went by the story enough to appease hardcore fans AND the general public, alike.

I don't expect directors to follow the story exactly down to the very last detail-
it's called artistic license- and the story would need tweaked to translate well on the big screen..
but it's when they feel the need to unnecessarily change the basic elements of a story, that gets to me...
I'm alright with Ang being Caucasian...so long as he can act the part..
and so long as they didn't turn down another actor,
that was of a different race, just b/c he wasn't white..
Lord knows us white-folk can't connect with them asiany-types.

This idea that the general American population wouldn't be able to relate as well to
a cast of non-white actors is ridiculous and false...
Why, I remember when the Godzilla movies were more popular here
than most anything being made in the U.S.!
Urgh, now I feel old...

However, even though I don't necessarily agree with them casting Caucasian
actors just so Americans can "relate" (as if all Americans are white...)
I also don't agree with boycotting the film just b/c they cast Caucasians...
That could be considered racism, as well, folks!

I think it's funny that people don't really consider as many things
racist when it's against us mutts..

I wish we could just see people as people...


*le sigh*

Anyhow, as long as it follows the story fairly well,
and the actors look and feel accurate- I should be alright....
guess I'm just biased cause I love the show..



Things are going semi-alright here...
Been helping my mother-in-law with her two toddlers,
while her family grieves over the loss of their grandmother..

I don't mind helping them, but since I have anxiety issues,
everything going down here has me on edge..
I miss my apartment a lot...

Although, I'm sure it doesn't help the stress situation that I've
decided to try and quit smoking....yay!

I don't think I'll be able to quit cold-turkey like I did last time, though..

Well- I should be heading back to my place before too long;
and then I'm going to kick it into over-drive,
and finish the pieces I've been trying to finish for ages!

Until then, thanks again everyone for the s, pageviews, and s



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