>>154102560 The thing where they cast an ugly actress who doesn't look anything like the character you like on purpose just so they have an excuse to call you a pedophile for criticizing such a decision? Yeah they're on their way ITT soon.
>>154102560 >>154102634 If you watch the video she is petite and looks like Toph. Is this thread supposed to gauge interest as to whether critical stinker should make a video calling it "woke" or not?
>>154102560 I feel that if this had been an adaptation from China or South Korea, probably the actresses they would choose would be much prettier or at best, even more accurate to what the character actually looks like
And It's sad that even AI images showing what the characters would look like in real life are more accurate than official adaptations that could actually look for actresses who really look like they're straight out of the animated series into the real world.
>>154103993 Honestly, they could have looked for actresses who REALLY LOOK like the character... But no, we're going to look for the actress who looks the least like it because "we do not want to promote false ideals of beauty" or some similar woke shit
>>154103749 >even AI images showing what the characters would look like in real life are more accurate than official adaptations Oh are we going by THAT playbook you child
But getting an actress that looks like Toph; has a career and therefore experience to pull this off well; like the character, and is on the perfect age range seems to have gotten this girl, and I think they did well.
>>154104292 I'm not saying I have to look for super models full of surgeries and such, but at least they could have given it a try to search a actress more or less similar
I mean, an actress who looks like her enough and you can say "hey, the actress really looks like the character" and that's it
>>154104292 She's kinda moonfaced, but that can't be helped with these casting directors. Her performance seems okay from the bits they showed. Honestly, my biggest problem is that they half-assed the bangs. Toph's bangs go way down over her eyes. You know, because she's blind and doesn't give a fuck.
>>154104306 Let's see, we're not going to grab any random AI images either, as I know there are some where they really did a good job doing a flesh and blood version of the character
>>154104654 nta, but the OP shot is kind of an unflattering angle that makes her cheekbones look huge and her lips look overdone, so I can't blame someone for having a bad initial reaction. Tone down the makeup on the lips and lengthen her bangs and she'd be closer to passable. If you want something very specific, her nose is very flat. In the show, Toph actually has a bit more of a nose than Katara if you compare side profiles.
>>154104956 >but the OP shot is kind of an unflattering angle that makes her cheekbones look huge and her lips look overdone, so I can't blame someone for having a bad initial reaction. fair > her nose is very flat. >>154104486 >>154104651 I need to see more shots of cartoon tough to compare. the bangs being too short is fair albeit a nitpick
>>154105040 >>154105076 >Nose a product of the artstyle at the time where the designs were more westernized, something they've gone back on in the new aang movie. This certainly remotely comparable to the ellie casting TLOULA
>>154105162 Mai was always going to be shit IRL, bad example. no way were they ever going to find a horseface who looks the part of the cartoon, and her hair looked like shit in the cartoon KEK
>>154105151 >a product of the artstyle at the time where the designs were more westernized, something they've gone back on in the new aang movie. I mean, kinda moving the goalposts there, but I'll take the underlying concession that it indeed doesn't resemble how she's depicted in the original show.
>>154102560 >Adult plays teenager >Cast for neoteny looks of being an odd inbred Babyface at 25 >Lizard brain knows they're an adult and looks nothing like the character would as an adult >Complain >Antichud troonxisters complain about the complaining, defend casting choice of bogged as fuck person who has childlike features but you're the pedophiles because... Because ok?!
Every time.
The wig is shit and looks it's floating an inch too high on their head, which in general suggests this is a cheap cash grab production because it is. Her eyes being more than 1 eye length apart from each other is just like an actual birth defect and it's racis to suggest it's because she's Asian.
This will do terribly in korea, japan, and china due to their aesthetic sense and dartboard racial animosities towards each other. They utterly refuse to understand the international audience.
>>154105228 well yeah, i do concede that. it's two very specific things which is a farcy from being completely unrecognizable as toph like the OP was implying.
>>154105204 So the logic here is that if they went for total accuracy, she'd be ugly anyway, so they might as well make her ugly in a totally different way? Okay, fine, but hear me out on this one: if you're gonna trash the original design, why not cast someone decent looking instead?
>>154103141 The entire thread is just baffling. Who the hell cares about the LA avatar remake after the disaster that was the first season? Is this just yet another astroturf campaign?
>>154105314 >if you're gonna trash the original design, why not cast someone decent looking instead? Fair point there. this would have been the opportunity to make Mai tolerable to look at it at least.
>>154103749 >And It's sad that even AI images showing what the characters would look like in real life are more accurate than official adaptations that could actually look for actresses who really look like they're straight out of the animated series into the real world. You might just be the dumbest motherfucker alive.
>>154103217 I want designer babies creating for the purpose making accurate LA adaptations. After filming is over they are to be released into the world with no idea on what they should with their lives
>>154102560 Interviews say season 2 will be 8 episodes, each episode 40 minutes long. Compared to the 24 episodes, 20-min each of the original, it's safe to say plotbeats will get cut. I can see the library not making it into in, since their focus in on Ba Sing Se
>>154102560 Why do they cast ugly Asian-Americans, they can just hire a bunch of k-pop actresses Like nobody wants to see some flat faced mixed-race Amerimutts
Let's see, I don't think it was difficult to find a thin Asian actress with a half-elongated face, if there are almost accurate Mai cosplays, they could easily find the right actress
Bella Ramsay is the same thing, you people have some legitimately weird obsession with neoteny whenever a woman has to be depected under the age of 43.
>>154102560 First season was terrible and pointless. The casting is awful. This show has no reason to exist. Don't force yourself to watch this drivel out of obligation.
>>154105819 >complain about the complaining, defend casting choice of bogged as fuck person who has childlike features but you're the pedophiles because... Because ok?!
Any Kdrama extra would have been a better choice. There is an entire world of actresses you're too threatened by. This evil stepmother mindset towards womens depictions in media is pretty toxic buddy.
>>154105823 >It's a fictional character depicting a child so it's totally ok to be sexually attracted to her What an argument anon, I wonder if you would ever say that in real life
>>154105251 To me this Toph looks line a Japanese boy. Which I think she shouldn't since the Earth Nation were the Chinese. At least get someone that doesn't look like a boy.
>>154105768 >Bella Ramsay is the same thing, you people have some legitimately weird obsession with neoteny whenever a woman has to be depected under the age of 43. She is a fine voice actor Who should never appear on camera outside horror movies
>>154105907 Its a grown woman depicting a cartoon character you dork. She doesnt suddenly stop being an adult just because you're incapable of separating reality from fiction
>>154102560 Its not like there are any humans with eyes double the size of normal eyes plus a moonface girl irl wouldn't look all cutesy like toph does in the cartoon
Since we are talking about the Netflix show, have you guys seen this? The real reason Bryke left the show is because they wanted to make a bunch of changes to the story and Netflix didn't let them. >Princess Yue would be murdered by an arrow during the Battle of the Northern Water Tribe. >Uncle Iroh would secretly be working for Firelord Ozai and betray Prince Zuko. >Firelord Ozai would die by the end of Season 1. https://knightedgemedia.com/2026/01/massive-changes-netflixs-avatar-the-last-airbender-almost-had-under-mike-dimartino-bryan-konietzko/
>>154106815 You literally admitted that you know K-drama actresses who you think are attractive enough to play the role of Toph, a 12 year old girl. You are a pedo anon.
>>154106932 >Personal supposition that a shitty live action show must use actors who have retained out of place young features (neoteny) because... Because ok?! At the expense of everything else in casting >Everyone else is a hekkin pedo though
This is unironically a complex in people like you.
>look chuddie it's literally impossible to find a non beat asian who reflects the character and doesn't look like a down syndrome child in a live action retelling where everyone is over 20.
There is a whole Instagrams worth of English speaking fitness influencers who like weebshit. You tell me the actress they chose can pull off being the blind bandit in the ring and also rock a cheongsam when oppressed by tradition? This shit is farcical
>>154104486 Yeah she really doesn't seem that bad. Even cute. I don't really see any issue looks wise right now. All depends on her delivery and how she captures Toph's attitude.
>>154106840 >Watching the LA >suddenly, evil Iroh Would have been worth it just for the reactions alone. Imagine if Evil Iroh ended up being the final boss.