Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series lost a lot of momentum with the fandom this week. It was revealed that original Last Airbender anime creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko were dropping out of the live-action series, due to what they indicated was Netflix not honoring their creative vision. Naturally, DiMartino and Konietzko leaving has sparked a massive backlash against Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender – and now that backlash has grown into a full-on rally cry. “#CancelNetflixATLALiveAction” is now a trending hashtag on Twitter, thanks to the collective efforts of outlets reporting on the matter, and Avatar: The Last Airbender fans everywhere.
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Check out just how savage the comments get in this “Cancel Netflix Avatar: The Last Airbender Live-Action” wave on social media:
Fact Check!
Hey @netflix why do you need to add sex to everything to make it “mature”? Fuck off you losers.#CancelNetflixATLALiveAction
โ Crownjo (@Crownjo) August 14, 2020
Not surprisingly, the news of DiMartino and Konietzko dropping out has sparked all kinds of speculation and “inside sources” claiming that one big reason could be Netflix refusing to honor the pledge to cast a diverse set of actors for the series. Now Netflix Whitewashing” rumors are running rampant – along with rumors of attempted sexualization of these child characters. However, we DO NOT know that any ofย those reports are yet true.ย
What Netflix Wants, What Fans Want
What Netflix Wants
โ ||Jordan Novak|| (@Tired_Barnes) August 14, 2020
Vs
What ATLA Fandom Wants#CancelALTALiveAction pic.twitter.com/Af4nhPsQSn
If you sawย Avatar: The Last Airbender,ย you know this kind of photo mashup says it all!
I’m Sick
#CancelALTALiveAction #CancelNetflixAtlaLiveAction iโm SICK pic.twitter.com/bVhqtHMTCB
โ shar ๐ฆ (@zvkooo) August 14, 2020
Can Netflix recreate THAT in live-action, with the appropriate actors? If not, then…ย
Avatar: The Last Cash-Grab
lets get to the core of it–Netflix doesn’t want to make ALTA, they want to make a show using ALTA as a brand and a cashgrab#CancelALTALiveAction
โ jude | ๐๐๐ | ะฒสะผ (@neon_nuisance) August 14, 2020
Without the creators behind it, a lot ofย Avatarย fans see this as nothing but exploitation of the brand.ย
Give Us Something New
can we just get a brand new Avatar series with like twin avatars or sumn #CancelNetflixATLALiveAction pic.twitter.com/L8xwDymPh3
โ Evan Mathis (@EvanAmilMathis) August 14, 2020
This “controversy” with Netflix has done quite a lot to inspire fan outcry for the next Avatar: The Last Airbenderย anime.
The Comics Deserve Attention
@netflix yโall should rlly apologize to bryke and start over..
โ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ (@Faithnaomii) August 14, 2020
BUT instead of the ATLA live action. Turn the comics into animation๐ผ!! #CancelNetflixATLALiveAction #CancelATLALiveAction pic.twitter.com/GnnBa3vcVj
Instead of fucking up YET ANOTHER Avatar adaptation, how bout we get these animated? #CancelNetflixATLALiveAction pic.twitter.com/KKPfIbcv6P
โ Annaliese โeindel (@Annaliese119) August 14, 2020
After the anime series,ย Avatar: The Last Airbender continued its story in no less than five comic series that are collected in graphic novel form. Fans like many of those stories, and they seem like the richest material to adapt into new anime. ย
Been Here, Done This
#CancelNetflixATLALiveAction We already went through this once. pic.twitter.com/ahhU9T4o8X
โ Josh_Harbaugh (@JoshHarbaugh3) August 14, 2020
All fans see now is anotherย Last Airbenderย movie in the making – meaning, another epic failure for the franchise.ย
Celebrate Korra
#CancelNetflixATLALiveAction guys instead of being mad at the live action letโs take today to celebrate KORRA DROPPING ON NETFLIX and then we can rant another day because we know damn well itโs needed โ๐ฝ#TLOK #LOK pic.twitter.com/uGizYP2t2D
โ Jeffrey Salone (@jeffrey_salone) August 14, 2020
With all the outrage overย The Last Airbender, it’s important to note that Netflix has just debutedย The Legend of Korraย original anime today!ย
Can’t Hide The Hate
Dear @netflix,
โ ScarlCarl (@carl_scarl) August 14, 2020
How is it that the trending search bar was replaced. 5 minutes ago I saw #CancelNetflixATLALiveAction, but now all I see ๐ is this…..scared? pic.twitter.com/oQvbnWm8yb
Conspiracy? Or PR attack? You decide.ย
Get It Together!
You’re fucking kidding me right? Get the creators bac on board and stop trying to make an already deep and dark story into something even more darker. Stop trying to sell sex in a show that has nothing to do with it. Stop fucking around. @netflix #CancelNetflixATLALiveAction
โ Torino Submarino (@Ghxdra) August 14, 2020
Us watching Netflix’s live action ATLA vrs us watching M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender:#CancelNetflixATLALiveAction pic.twitter.com/XKCBdHFbSS
โ โจ um, noโค๏ธ (@WYM_O) August 14, 2020
There is a percentage of fans who don’t want this Netflix live-actionย Avatar: The Last Airbenderย canceled: they want Netflix to get the series creators back on board, and do this series the right way.ย
We’ll keep you updated on what happens with Netflix’sย Avatar: The Last Airbenderย live-action series.ย
