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?:
May 28 2009 New '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.
May 22 2009 'The Last Airbender' Photos: It's the Kid with the Arrow on his Head
USA Today has posted some shots from The Last Airbender, M. Night Shyamalan's adaptation of that Nickelodeon cartoon that looked like a fake anime starring a bald kid. Above is the first look at unknown Noah Ringer as Aang, the aforementioned bald kid.
Now I'm no Avatard (Trishna87, who sent this in, claimed that's a term), but I'd say this kid at least does a pretty good job capturing the look of "bald kid in a fairly expensive, store-bought Avatar: The Last Airbender Halloween costume." In terms of accuracy, that's marginally more successful than Dragonball!
Below the cut, Slumdog Millionaire as Prince Zuko, who is apparently another character in this world.
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