Ten years ago, I would have been so excited. ... now I just want franchises to *end.* Let there be new room for new stories. We can't keep coming back to the same well over and over again. Avatar had a great run back in the 00s, and Korra... Korra tried! - ThreadSky

philbybear.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Ten years ago, I would have been so excited.

... now I just want franchises to *end.*

Let there be new room for new stories. We can't keep coming back to the same well over and over again. Avatar had a great run back in the 00s, and Korra... Korra tried!

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"Avatar: Seven Havens" new animated series (set after "Legend of Korra") is in production.
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liammci.bsky.social•3 days ago

Frustrating they didn’t do this before the live action slop.

rubigb.bsky.social•3 days ago

On one hand, I get that.

On the other hand, I want Avatar to succeed as a franchise that's only 20 years old in an era where most of the big franchises are somewhere between 40 and 90 years old. And as a franchise that inherently stands in opposition to current "anti-woke" trends.

rubigb.bsky.social•3 days ago

Not to mention even IP animation just isn't getting greenlit at all these days so anything that lets animators have fucking jobs (and not jobs cleaning up AI crap) is a win.

philbybear.bsky.social•3 days ago

That *is* a fair point.

But man.

I wish it didn't have to be this way. Bloody capitalism.

philbybear.bsky.social•3 days ago

Maybe, but in this current era of "content-ification," it's hard not to feel a sense of overwhelming trepidation based on past precedence, you know?

brianmcnatt.bsky.social•3 days ago

I imagine this is at least partly driven as a "Screw you!" for the Netflix live-action series, which... I can understand the sentiment.

haremenot.bsky.social•3 days ago

My sibling told me about this, and I told them "I don't have it in me to get excited about this anymore." Like maybe I'll watch it if I hear it's good, but that's a big maybe.

I agree with your point, and I'm also just tired of being promised nostalgia bait.

danfenlon.bsky.social•3 days ago

To be fair unlike other franchises that kept pushing at least avatar had somewhat of a break keeping to novels and comics for the rest of the 2010's and a good chunk of the 2020's maybe it be more exciting if we didnt get the stupid live action series on Netflix

rubigb.bsky.social•3 days ago

I feel like Bryke get motivated by the bad live action adaptations to make more. Korra was right after the Shyamalan movie, now this and a movie coming after the Netflix.

danfenlon.bsky.social•3 days ago

Hey spite works sometimes, we got battle of gods after dragon ball evolution

philbybear.bsky.social•3 days ago

I can't help but think of Twin Peaks s3, which absolutely refused to indulge its audience's nostalgia. It forced everyone to confront the inevitable march of time, showed them the horror of forcing stasis onto others when they simply want to move on.

doriandawes.bsky.social•3 days ago

One of the most haunting scenes in tv history for me. Characters forced to return to the scene of their trauma, to relive it all over again because we couldn't let go.

philbybear.bsky.social•3 days ago

At the very least, I'd rather new shows *inspired* by Avatar than a retread of the same material.

sorryitsandy.bsky.social•3 days ago

It feels like we don't even get spielberg-esque figures anymore in the film space, it seems.

spielberg has a big filmography of varying quality. but the idea of a dude who makes mostly standalone films with huge budgets.

now half the box office gotta be MCU or a sequel to an existing franchise.

philbybear.bsky.social•3 days ago

Jordan Peele, tho, surely?

rubigb.bsky.social•3 days ago

And Nolan, and Villeneuve (who's even allowed to have bombs and still come back!)

sorryitsandy.bsky.social•3 days ago

Fair enough! And there are definitely other examples.

There is far less space for that sort of director in the box office now compared to the past. Speaking strictly in terms of big budget films.

Half of the screens in a theater these days seem dedicated to Disney franchise shit.

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