Avatar: The Last Airbender

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Source: https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/4115/team-avatar-returns-in-the-avatar-the-last-airbend

Supposedly for petty personal reasons:

> The woman who controls the company, Shari Redstone, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory last week as she scuttled a planned merger with David Ellison's Skydance Media.

> Redstone had spent six months negotiating a complicated deal that would have given control of Paramount to Ellison and RedBird Capital, only to call it off as it neared the finish line.

> The chief reason for her decision: Her reluctance to let go of a family heirloom she fought very hard to get.

The fandom doesn't want to talk about it, but the Avatar franchise is in trouble.

Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/TheLastAirbender/comments/1dgrkis/my_attempt_at_an_appa_cake/

https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Azula_in_the_Spirit_Temple

I've been doing a lot of reading into various spiritual concepts and practices from around the world and typically light/order/yang is masculine and dark/chaos/yin is usually feminine. Is there another concept that's being referenced or is this just a minor but interesting artistic decision?

I was a little disappointed that they played Raava as "good"; I've always preferred media like Babylon 5 where it turns out the vorlons are fucking with humanity too, but I can see why they might not put all that in a kids show.

Link to the FanArt

Avatar Studios seems to be part of Paramount Media, aka the "pay television channels" that I assume Sony is not interested in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Global

And in light of this article: https://deadline.com/2024/05/paramount-sale-hollywood-studio-takeover-history-lessons-1235910245/

That doesn't look good for Avatar Studios. If they are left behind in a Sony sale, it seems the probability of them getting shut down (or just going down with whatever is left of Paramount) is very high.

The article is a very fast read because it's Axios, but in a nutshell, either:

• Skydance gets Paramount intact, but possibly with financial trouble and selling some IP.

• Sony gets Paramount, but restructures the company and also possibly sells some parts.

• Nothing happens... and Paramount continues its downward spiral, probably accelerated by a failed sale.

The can of worms opened today, as now Paramount is officially open to a buyout from sony.

I don't like this at all. Avatar is a high budget IP, animesque fantasy, and not historically, proveably profitable like Star Trek/Spongebob. Avatar Studios is a real candidate to be chopped off.

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Source: https://www.instagram.com/figgsies/

As the title says. This includes any visual media, including all 7 Books and other stuff.

What kind screen do you watch it on? What sound setup? What source?

Screen poll: https://strawpoll.com/e6Z28M9aqnN

Source poll: https://strawpoll.com/Q0ZpRmzaVnM

I'm asking this because:

A: I'm curious how this fandom generally consumes the shows

B: I theorize this may have an impact on the experience. Avatar is an audiovisual feast, and I find I get caught up in the art/music more than many viewers seem to. LoK in particular is like a totally different show with high-bitrate HD vs. a bad stream.

> Dave Bautista and Eric Nam are set to headline the voice cast for the upcoming “Avatar: The Last Airbender” movie in development at Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Studios. The film’s working title is “Aang: The Last Airbender.” The news was announced during Paramount’s slate presentation at CinemaCon.

> Joining Bautista and Nam in the voice cast are Dionne Quan, Jessica Matten and Roman Zaragoza. Plot details for the film remain under wraps. Bautista will voice a villain character. The new “Avatar” animated film is set for release on Oct. 10, 2025 from Paramount.

> Lauren Montgomery, who worked on the original “Avatar: The Last Airbender” series, is directing the project, with original series creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko executive producing alongside Eric Coleman. William Mata is co-directing.