May 28 2009New 'The Last Airbender' Photo: Nice Coat, Slumdog
Thanks to Flex at MovieGod for passing along this new photo of Dev Patel in The Last Airbender. Strange how quickly a promising young actor can go from being in the Best Picture of the Year to playing some kind of samurai street pimp of the Himalayas in an M. Night Shyamalan film based on a NickToon.
Reader Comments
1. asiantom - May 28, 2009 10:58 AM
Needs more asians.
2. superbang - May 28, 2009 10:58 AM
first!!!
3. superbang - May 28, 2009 10:58 AM
awww not first...
4. asiantom - May 28, 2009 10:58 AM
Not first, but close. You need more asians.
5. mar - May 28, 2009 11:04 AM
That helmet on the back kinda looks like LOTR leftovers, don't it?? anyways... yes, needs more asians!!
6. dopepope - May 28, 2009 11:10 AM
Needs more burn scar on his left eye. It should totally be noticeable from that distance and it's not. And the hair style is all wrong. but he'll do the character justice I think.
7. che-che - May 28, 2009 11:24 AM
i hope the asian dub foundation does the soundtrack!
i dont understand the needs more asians joke. india is in asia.
8. Rem - May 28, 2009 11:25 AM
Perhaps everyone from the Fire Kingdom are going to be depicted as Indian?
9. phu - May 28, 2009 11:31 AM
that's some crappy costume designing
10. Elboroto - May 28, 2009 12:04 PM
I think he shoul be Sokka
11. Dragon - May 28, 2009 12:44 PM
Yeah...he looks like a real...a real ass-kicker. [/sarcasm]
Thanks, Shyamalan. [/hate]
12. What? - May 28, 2009 2:04 PM
No evil-looking enough... is that pink spot supposed to be the scar on his face or a birthmark?
13. mild - May 28, 2009 2:09 PM
definitely needs more asian, and yeah he should be Sokka
14. Akiyama - May 28, 2009 3:24 PM
Horrid looking 'scar'. Looks more like someone backhanded him, not blasted him with afireball.
15. Darth - May 28, 2009 3:53 PM
He looks like a Mongolian warlord to me.
16. Gando - May 28, 2009 3:54 PM
In India thay use 'Khan' as well? Don't they?
17. Nero - May 28, 2009 3:57 PM
He looks merciless!
18. catch22 - May 28, 2009 4:27 PM
im guessing they are gonna do like the TWOFACE in dark knight where the wound is CGI (masterfully done IMHO)
otherwise a prince zuko witohut a scar would simply be careless on the directors part considering he had "watched the whole series" with his kids
they shoulda just had dante basco dust off his rufio costume from hook and jsut go in considering hes the voice
19. dubba - May 28, 2009 4:29 PM
he also needs the "cauliflour ear"
20. frank - May 28, 2009 11:44 PM
How to make an Indian look lily-white:
1. Put him in the fucking snow
2. Give him a big ol' Russian coat
3. Execute the whitest possible haircut.
21. Deamonghod - May 29, 2009 4:43 AM
Dammit!! It better have more asians in it ...I hope they learned from that Shit dragon ball z movie. martial arts without any martial artist..
Chow yun fat is not a martial artsit b4 some thinks they wanna be smart:P
22. ella - May 29, 2009 9:40 AM
the scar is a joke! i hope he won t be pointing at this stupid thing for 3 movies saying : "look what my father did to me!"
23. nemogbr - June 2, 2009 3:19 AM
They have ignored concerns by fans to make it as authentic as possible. Lord of the Rings was based upon European Myths and Last Airbender is based upon Asian Pacific Myths.
This is an Asian based mythology and all the main characters are identified as:
Aang: based on Shaolin and Tibetan Monks.
Katara and Sokka: Inuit/Yupik society.
Zuko : Imperial Chinese/Japanese Mythos.
Paramount Studios decided to make it “Diverse” and cast all main leads with White Caucasian Actors. The extras were cast with Asians.
They have made Dev Patel look like a Thuggee Cultist from Temple of Doom.
Asian American groups such as MANAA and East West Players have now joined with the protests over the White washing and what we have now termed, Racebending, of the film.
Please visit these sites to learn more.
http://aang-aint-white.livejournal.com/646.html
http://www.youtube.com/user/racebending
http://racebending.com/