...ugh.

[misora]

Dear god. The wanking over The Last Airbender movie in katara_zuko and everywhere else on LJ today (o hai random comms suddenly paying attention to this fandom, wtf) is driving me nuts. How many posts are we going to have about "racefail" (which there WAS, yes, we've known for quite a while already) and "Ebert says it sucks" and "don't go see this, or else you're stupid".

Be aware now, if any of you tell me not to see it, simply because of what you've heard or you've seen it yourself and disliked it, I will remove you from my friendslist. I do not feel as though you are doing me a "favor" by telling me to believe something without having seen it with my own eyes first. Do me the courtesy of viewing it like those of you that have seen it have done, and I'll reserve my judgment of the film once I've managed to take it in for myself, not by second-hand info.

Apologies if this sounds harsh, but I have had just about enough of the self-righteousness of LJ, today.

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[milieva]

As one who is not familiar with the fandom and was practically forced to go see the film at the midnight premier last night, I could easily complain about it on those grounds.

But I actually enjoyed it.

I am now interested in seeing the series, though I don't know that I ever will. My time is still currently being eaten by the Doctor Who fandom, though I am not fond of the current Doctor. I still adore the past one as he is part of my OTP for that fandom.

I say it is your choice to go see it.

Just remember it is a film adaptation and the films rarely do the books or series justice. Look at Harry Potter or the Princess Bride. They leave plenty of information out.

As I said, I liked it, but I have no knowledge of anything else or what everyone is complaining about. I did have to deal with my mate bitching about it afterward to the point I pulled out my iPhone and ignored him while reading a book on my Kindle app.