Jun 23 2009 'Last Airbender' Teaser: There Must Be More Impressive Applications for Airbending
Welp, the teaser trailer for Last Airbender, M. Night Shyamalan's live-action NickToon adaptation has been released, and my feelings are a bit mixed. On the one hand, I'm relieved Shyamalan appears to have avoided the camp and silliness that plagued fellow martial arts cartoon-turned-movie Dragonball. Or, in other words, at least it looks like an actual movie.
But on the other hand, I feel when there's a lead character with the power to manipulate the wind (or bend air, if you will), there has to be a cooler way to show that off than just showing him extinguishing candles. Putting out candles is the most rudimentary thing you can do with air manipulation. That's a skill only threatening to birthday cakes and romantic evenings in a bathtub with only the company of a romance novel. This is it?:
Sep 12 2007 Shyamalan Talks Avatar, Likes 'Eastern Stuff'
MTV Movies Blog has a new interview with M. Night Shyamalan, where he discusses his reasons for his newest project, adapting the Nickelodeon cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender into a feature film. His selective criteria included: "cool fighting scenes and everything," "the supernatural with all the elements," and "Eastern stuff." Keep an eye out for the follow-up interview where he admits, "Also, I figured out a way to tack on a really inane twist ending and some other bullshit that will make a lot of people wonder how I've ever made a successful picture."
