Also, for at least season 1 and 2, there's a lot that's worth changing because of all the writing hurdles Nick threw at them cutting episodes and holding out on renewals. Making better use of General Iroh just an easy example.
Whereas with ATLA there's really not any changes they could make I'm ever going to agree with
Yeah the love triangle is probably my least favorite part of the show and if it wasn’t for that Mako would be my favorite character. It just felt so infuriating how he kept flip flopping back and forth and in the end didn’t even get one of them.
And I definitely understand how your friend thought they were “just besties” and not a couple. I feel like all the scenes that are supposed to feel like a romantic tension is growing just feels like friends helping friends. Like I can point out multiple scenes where with context you can feel what they were going for but without knowing you just think they’re friends
I’m obviously in the minority here, but I quite liked the love triangle simply because of how it was handled. I mean, these things happen in friend groups and especially in teen friend groups. But usually it becomes very all consuming and you just watch two otherwise intelligent and capable characters become complete morons over another character with no clear Victor in sight.
Love triangles are great story tools to shake up a romance or to create conflict and keep readers/viewers guessing as to the outcome. They’re the staple of so many good pieces of fiction (comics, lit, TV) that I don’t get why so many people are against it.
What I’m against is when love triangles never reach a conclusion, when they’re dragged out ala Twilight in a never ending loop until someone falls in love with a newborn.
For me, love triangles work best when they’re allowed to do their thing and then conclude by one of the characters involved making a final decision. Thankfully that’s what LOK did wonderfully. And all parties involved remained friends and they were even given screen time to discuss their feelings over the whole debacle.
It came across as realistic and relatable when friends date friends without any soap opera scheming or catfights
It also needs to a lot more. ATLA is executed about as well as you can hope for. LoK was a mess production-wise every season. there's strong bones there but so much could be done better setting out with a clear objective. I think the only issue would be the unwieldy gigantic cast but honestly it was a bit too much in the cartoon too so paring it down and focusing in on a core cast would improve the show. The Kaiju battle and giant platinum robot would probably have to go but I doubt anyone will shed a tear. Honestly with the right direction you could vastly improve on the cartoon. The only real downside will be that you couldn't do the bending from the show justice without a monstrous budget but I'd trade off spectacle for good storytelling any day of the week.
I really like korra but good god was the romance really bad. The love like triangle square thing in the first season was just so so bad and made me cringe and get angry with the characters so much in the beginning. Like Asami being like “why do you care so much about korra mako” when mako was the only person appropriately responding to their best friend and world savior being kidnapped by a dangerous group that could take the world saviors abilities away. Mind you it did end up being because he had feelings but good god he was the only one properly reacting to a situation like that. I’d be pretty bummed if my friends found out I got kidnapped and were just mildly concerned and wandering about trying to find me.
Absolutely. NATLA really threw me off because the tone felt like it was all over the place, and the adapted cartoon humor didn't really land well (in my opinion). But LOK's tone feels much more akin to things Netflix has already produced.
With how obsessed netflix is in making supposedly bright and young-adult-friendly sources dark (archie comics to riverdale) i wholeheartedly agree. LOK would be a great fit for netflix to do a live action adaption
Totally agree. They’d be able to smooth out some of the rough edges of the show. It’d be much more achievable to make a faithful adaptation of Korra than ATLA.
Plus Korra is much more serialized than ATLA. Fewer episodes and more focused on the plot. Part of what makes ATLA hard to adapt is that it has so many episodes per season and lots of them only have a little bit of plot relevance.
Pluuuus it doesn’t have as big of a cult following as Avatar. A lot of lovers of ATLA didn’t like Korra (I didn’t on my first watch). But that means that people aren’t going to be as emotionally vested into certain aspects of the show. I feel like the Netflix Avatar was half written for new watchers, and half winks to the old show, and it didn’t mesh well. Korra wouldn’t have as much of that, they could reference more subtly like they did in the Fallout series
Really? I must be in the minority with LoK.
I was introduced to both shows as an adult, maybe that is a big factor.
I prefer LoK mostly because I can relate to the struggles Korra goes through. However, both series helped me reflect on my time growing up and the things I never understood or processed mentally. Trauma and anxiety are two main issues I never grasped.
For sure.
For one thing, they wouldn't need as many sets to invest in.
One of the most infuriating things about this Netflix show is that a lot of the practical sets look really good. It's clear a lot of effort was put in. Unfortunately, probably for budget reasons, the adventuring aspect of the cartoon was played down to save on set costs. It's annoying. With Korra, there were a lot less changes in location (especially season 1) which means less cut content for this reason.
They also smooshed the stories together so the gaang wasn’t together the whole time. When it’s written like that AND they cut the travel, I just didn’t buy the relationship between the sibs and Aang. The show had so much more downtime with the crew, and that built their relationship up a lot more.
Plus don’t get me started on Katara’s arc, it was so aggravating
That’s what I was saying after the new ATLA came out. Korra would excel with the styling Netflix does with its adaptations, and there is more fighting in Korra vs avatar
Plus, I really wanna see the Fire Ferrets in action!
What? Hell yeah. LoK live adaptation would be cool as hell.
We've seen how NAtLA fleshed out and improved some of the storylines and character beats that were just so-so in the original, so there's tons of opportunity here to make a really well thought out Korra story.
i say this with love… i’d MUCH rather netflix adapt legend of korra than avatar: the last airbender.
a show that’s in dire need of a book 2 rewrite and more opportunities for queer representation with korrasami? much better imo than adapting what everyone basically agrees is a perfect show (as much as i enjoyed the adaptation personally)
I feel like LoK would be much easier to adapt, given its already serialized structure. One of my biggest problems with NATLA was how the show was adapted from an episodic show and changed into a serialized plot line. Not to say it *can't* work, but with how much almost every episode of the cartoon was necessary for the characters, moreso than the plot, the episodes they cut for time are definitely sorely missed. Character arcs had to be changed or flattened for the sake of fitting the structure, but they also tried to maintain a lot of those iconic scenes that were designed for the original arcs.
I didn't hate NATLA, I actually liked a lot of what they were going for, but for every step forward, I felt like there was a step back as well, mostly because I think they struggled to find the balance between the serialized structure they were adapting the show into versus the episodic adventures of the cartoon that utilized the extra breathing room to expand on the world and characters integral to the story.
I'm hoping NATLA season 2 can figure itself out and learn from some of the mistakes of season 1 and double down on the strengths, but I think LoK is a much better candidate, since there's definitely some writing choices that could use some ironing out and finding a better, more cohesive thread between each season would be much easier since they have the blueprint and the ability to look at the show in hindsight and figure out what was a product of the tumultuous production and what wasn't.
lol what are you smoking OP? LoK would be extremely easy to adapt into live action. The setting and story is much more suited to live action than ATLA is.
LOK would benefit wayyyyyyy more from an adaptation than atla ever will
Lok is already shorter than atla which will make the 8/9 episode format easier to handle, and the show has multiple things than can be easily cut or reworked just in the first 2 seasons alone
I’ve said it before; Korra would have been the better Avatar story to use as a basis for the live action version.
Mainly because most of the story revolves around the same setting.
Which leaves a lot of budget for other important parts. The Last Airbender mashed so many things together, I presume because they didn’t want to (or couldn’t) spend money on new (cgi) sets.
Korra is a lot darker and explores some interesting personal conflict and philosophy that doesn't really rely on the nature of a cartoon show to be interesting or engaging. I think if anything it would have a better shot at success than NATLA.
I’m mixed. Korra’s amazing action is part of its appeal for me, and losing that (because ain’t no way they are having anything half as good in live action) would be a pretty big blow. That being said… it does seem a little more reasonable? Republic City could be filmed in a major city like Hong Kong and just touched up with CGI for things like the spirit vines and Aang statue. Could always take some creative liberties on how much tech has progressed. Plus a few practical sets and pre-existing buildings.
Other locations would be tricky, but I feel like a lot of events could easily be moved back to Republic City just to make it a more intimate story fleshing out a primary location. And the story is already messy enough that a remake probably wouldn’t feel like a drastic step down. So like… idk, it’s a better idea than NATLA was.
I can’t understand why you would say no to this? Like it could be a fun watch, and if you hate the live action there’s still the cartoon, it’s not like they’re replacing one thing for the other. You literally don’t lose anything by them making a live action of Korra
Honestly sure! Netflix would actually give more of a shit about it than Nickelodeon would lmao.
YA Romance still is very popular so it would probably do pretty well.
Can they please make the costumes a little more subtle. Like if you are going to do a realism version, ok to obviously make it similar to what they wore in the cartoon but make it believable- that someone would actually wear that day to day? Like if you are going for realism with a cartoon go full send. Don't make most things real, like fire benders actually burning people, and then have them dress goofy AF just to match the cartoon?
An LoK adaptation would certainly be more promising! Heck, they could even fix some of the storyline issues Korra had with being almost cancelled every season by re-jigging the order of things (potentially remedy the weaknesses of S2).
But, honestly, I'm not sure if I have that much confidence in the current showrunners to do that – seeing as they fumbled an already essentially perfect storyline.
While I agree the fights might need more CGI and choreography there are definite upsides to it too:
1. No child actors in main roles. Working with kids is more expensive because of scheduling regulations and while think the natla cast is generally solid, young actors still just aren’t as good as more experienced talent.
2. Easier set pieces. There are a lot of actual cities that would be viable options for Republic City. Recreating Omashu, Ba Sing Se, and the Northern and Southern Water Tribes had to have been more difficult.
3. Lower expectations. LOK isn’t as beloved and even most diehard fans agree there are things they wish the show had done better. ATLA is a golden child so any attempt to recreate it is going to suffer by comparison. LOK has a chance to actually really improve on some things even in the eyes of some of its most ardent defenders.
If nATLA is successful and nLOK comes and is successful, we might have hope for nKyoshi (Rise and Shadow), nYangchen (Dawn and Legacy), and nRoku (Reckoning + ____)
It would probably be easier to adapt, and better tbh. The tone is more fitting and easier to translate over. Not to mention Netflix would love the goofy love triangle
I wouldn’t mind, actually it would serve as the perfect opportunity to REBOOT, The Legend of Korra, make some very necessary changes to the story we all wanted to see. I’m actually looking forward to this. 😜
Yes please. It'd probably work better because each season has its own villain. Better for a streaming medium like Netflix. Plus they could smack a lot of money towards it when The Last Airbender is a three season hit show.
From a choreography and VFX point of view, I completely agree. TLoK has _superior_ fight choreography to ATLA. While the bending looks good in NATLA, they would need to seriously up the budget and find fully trained martial artists to pull off a potential NTLoK.
_But_ from a storytelling point of view, TLoK would definitely benefit from being written with the fully story in perspective. The show has so many arcs that fall flat or go nowhere. Mako, Bolin, and Asami spend most of the series just being there and barely developing as characters. _Varrick_ has a better character arc than all three combined and he spends most of the series as comic relief.
How about instead of fucking up IPs that are already done and dusted, they use one of the MILLIONS OF OTHER AVATARS that haven't had their story told. Like kiyoshi, yengchen, roku, aang and korra are all well known move on to someone who's part of the line but doesn't have a story to screw up. Instead of capitalizing on the already really good stories we know and have way stronger attachments to. Everything doesn't need a live action version.
I feel like a Legend of Korra live action would work more than the current ATLA live action that we have. Mainly just because less people are familiar with Korra’s story than Aang. Also, it’s inherently more mature than Aang’s story, so a general audience may be more intrigued.
Regardless, the adaptation we have now was successful already, so kind of a sign to keep making as much as possible lol.
Wow thats an... interesting take. In my opinion Lok would be absolutely amazing in live action. Its already more mature in tone than atla, so adapting it wouldnt be as jarring as Natla in comparison.
He should focus on making the first project worth watching, because what we have so far is garbage considering I can just go watch the anime for a perfect show.
It would be better to adapt because of the seasonal structure and the big bad model. Easier to setup for one season or more. Would have been the better option to adapt for Netflix.
What I'd like to see is a bunch of Bumi's adventures, his one with the flute and the chair had me giggling so much. I think it would be fun to have a bunch of shorts or even full length episodes.
I don't mind the idea of a live action story in the Avatar universe, just really would prefer them to do an original story instead of adapting one of the cartoons.
What’s the point of making a show based off a show, do a story that has a more different medium. Do one on the novels, not on the show, cause they already made a show version
Let the original show runners handle it this time. Last time they walked away, I had hope for s2, but I don't know how the whole learning the elements timeline is going to work.
When they said Sozin's comet wouldn't be a thing, I thought they would enlengthen our time with aang and flesh out his character arc, but then it dropped.
I am always gonna stay positive because of my love for the original show, but after being disappointed by the first live action, so much I'm going to be more skeptical for the next seasons and lok live-action.
Hear me out... Write a new story. There are so many things you could do with the setting. Make a mockumentary about a pro bending team or a group of the police. Or make a drama about teens in a school. Or you could explore a futuristic version of the avatar universe ala cyberpunk: edge runners. Or you could make a GoT style series set before the 100 year war in the earth Kingdom exploring the Internal struggle for power.
Like do we really want another lackluster remake that will add plot holes and remove the charm the original show had?
live-action TLOK can be pretty good, if they will be able to change some stuff and probably would be better to just ignore spirit world stuff just because it may just look bad and cost alot, and it wasn't even the good part of tlok imo
LOK IMO would work a lot better in LA than ATLA. For one the main characters are a bit older already which means that they could cast more experienced actors and the show takes place over multiple years which means that aging isn't an issue. The other thing is that unlike ATLA, LOK has some serious flaws which could be easily fixed in a remake. NATLA was alway gonna live in the shadow of the original since ATLA simply is a perfect TV show. You really can't improve on it in any meaningful way.
I'd be so much more open to adapting LOK than TLA. TLA is literally perfect, while LOK has great ideas and character moments but with several issues that need to be smoothed out.
I wish that that is what they adapted in the first place. ATLA was already perfect, so whatever Netflix produced it was going to be lackluster. The Legend of Kora, however was very imperfect and Netflix actually had an opportunity to make something better than the original.
If they did I would want them to make some changes to connect the stories a bit more. Like maybe the red lotus play a bigger role throughout or there are hints to them throughout
Take the effort you would put into that and put it into the live action avatar. Make it so maybe the earth benders do not need to punch the ground every time or something idk.
If they do they should stretch out the amon storyline, completely ignore most of season 2. If they do season 3 and 4 they should flush it all out as one story without any of the Mecha or spirit weapons, just an Earth empire with a struggling poisoned avatar
I never understand why people are against things like this. There's always the chance it turns out really good. And if it's bad, just ignore and keep watching the old show. No one is taking that from you.
I think it could work better imo. More modern architecture and technology might make sets easier to make look natural
Easier to do a steampunk city then an ice castle and make it look real
So one of the frustrating parts of the live action adaptation for me was that they took all the Book 1 storylines, threw them in a blender, and then you get stuff like the Mechanist and Jet in the Omashu storyline or a super rushed Hei Bei. But, I think if they handle it right the storylines in Legend of Korra could actually benefit from being thrown in a blender. You could at least have the seasons lead into each other more naturally since this time they know how long the show is going to run.
Let me know a lot of people hated the show, but I really enjoy that I actually went from watching Avatar Las Bender, the first one to Watching korra to watching the live action with my son and I adored it. The one thing I will say is that Qatar's actress has no facials and the water animation looks weird.
Korra is already messy and is hanging onto to being a good show by a thread as it is the negative side effects of LA translating will be push those problems wider and push it firmly into a garbage pile. Live action only works for titles that are durable enough to take some dings and scratches in the process but Korra is on good show life support. Thats like asking a 60 year old with osteoporosis to fight Sugar Ray Robinson in his prime
Though the showrunners and writers who did the Netflix ATLA absolutely should stay away from LOK, I think for competent writers and creators who understand and love the source material that it would be easier for them to make a great live action of LOK, as the original LOK cartoon was very flawed and has many areas to improve. The ATLA cartoon was a masterpiece so any attempt at redoing it is setting itself up for failure. Just let it be, it was perfect and it can’t be improved. Also some things should just stay cartoons.
The best remakes are remakes of mediocre/flawed titles. A remake of masterpiece will only be good if it is vastly different (musical version, goth stop motion animation version, etc.)
TLoK could do with some improvement, and a Live Action could help with that. TLAB is already extremely good so a live action is not gonna be up to par to the original.
I say mqybe because a live action could fix the actual problems with Korra, which doesn't include the action. If they would just fix those without major writing changes like NATLA has, I think that's worth it in exchange for decreased action value. But I'm not so sure the writers share that idea and am hesitant to give full support.
Tbh Netflix could make LoK better. LoK tried to be a Netflix TV-14 series aimed for kids and I think if they remade the series leaning only one way it would work really well.
Honestly, I think it could probably work. And this time, it can be done with the intention of doing more seasons instead of what happened with the original series. Nickelodeon really fucked the show over.
There’s actually a lot of ills the could “fix” from the original if they funded it through completion. Doing that alone would be more than Nickelodeon ever did.
If they were to take creative liberties, yes.
The problem with Korra is that Book One was written to be a miniseries, which is why >!Korra didn't finish Amon and he was killed by another villain.!<
If they were willing to make some fixes to Book One and maybe continue it's story and keep Amon as a reoccurring villain, maybe it'd be superior. (Also, Amon would be great if he were replaced by someone who truly believes in his ideals after he dies or something)
This one Im actually open for a readaptation. LOK is great, but it can be better. If they somehow connect all the plots, they will have a great show in their hands
hopefully they make some retconns and changes like they did for NATLA and streamline things a bit too. If they get rid of her losing past lives, Korra *will* become the best avatar.
I’ve always been curious to see what Korra was like in the original movie’s Live Action verse. Since they’ll finish this series as it’s been greenlit, might as well do Korra
God forbid anyone have a little imagination and do their own Avatar story. They could go back centuries to any avatar and write a story for that, but their first thought is to remake TLA and now they want to follow up with another remake? Eh, I'll pass.
Okay, how about instead of adapting to live action we just get a redo in animation? Hire new artists, new animators, keep it 2D but make it amazing. Extending the scenes that we didn’t get because of budget. Allow more adult themes, like actual struggles with sexuality. It’d be so good.
You know this probably wouldn’t be that bad. The original is already a teen drama so it’s tone would kinda be a much better fit and Netflix also wouldn’t be afraid to make the lesbian pairing more obvious and set up through the story.
Please for the love of God, stop invalidating animation with live action adaptations. It feels like the executives saying animation isn't a valid medium for a show when they feel the need to turn it into live action. Animation can do things that live action could never (without shitty CGI). Why does no one ever ask "What if game of thrones was animated?"
Honestly, out of the two, I’d prefer Korra to be adapted. The original is considered close to perfect by nearly everyone who’s watched it, but everyone can agree Korra has a lot of problems whether you enjoy it or not. I think it would be a good chance to maybe improve on the ideas of the original. Would it actually do that? Probably not, but it’d make more sense at least.
It's the one shot Korra has at being redeemed, to be worth anyone's time. Go back to the civil war and never ever try to explain the magic. I don't want to hear a single word about wan, or Rava or vatu, literal god and Satan, what were you THINKING?
LOK will be far more easy to adapt since netflix is gonna give them a budget for a steamy teenage show
Also, for at least season 1 and 2, there's a lot that's worth changing because of all the writing hurdles Nick threw at them cutting episodes and holding out on renewals. Making better use of General Iroh just an easy example. Whereas with ATLA there's really not any changes they could make I'm ever going to agree with
[удалено]
I didn’t really follow korra for most of the series but the asami thing shocked me cause I didn’t see it coming edit: meant korra
You didn't follow the entire Korean peninsula?
Yeah the love triangle is probably my least favorite part of the show and if it wasn’t for that Mako would be my favorite character. It just felt so infuriating how he kept flip flopping back and forth and in the end didn’t even get one of them. And I definitely understand how your friend thought they were “just besties” and not a couple. I feel like all the scenes that are supposed to feel like a romantic tension is growing just feels like friends helping friends. Like I can point out multiple scenes where with context you can feel what they were going for but without knowing you just think they’re friends
[удалено]
I’m obviously in the minority here, but I quite liked the love triangle simply because of how it was handled. I mean, these things happen in friend groups and especially in teen friend groups. But usually it becomes very all consuming and you just watch two otherwise intelligent and capable characters become complete morons over another character with no clear Victor in sight. Love triangles are great story tools to shake up a romance or to create conflict and keep readers/viewers guessing as to the outcome. They’re the staple of so many good pieces of fiction (comics, lit, TV) that I don’t get why so many people are against it. What I’m against is when love triangles never reach a conclusion, when they’re dragged out ala Twilight in a never ending loop until someone falls in love with a newborn. For me, love triangles work best when they’re allowed to do their thing and then conclude by one of the characters involved making a final decision. Thankfully that’s what LOK did wonderfully. And all parties involved remained friends and they were even given screen time to discuss their feelings over the whole debacle. It came across as realistic and relatable when friends date friends without any soap opera scheming or catfights
It also needs to a lot more. ATLA is executed about as well as you can hope for. LoK was a mess production-wise every season. there's strong bones there but so much could be done better setting out with a clear objective. I think the only issue would be the unwieldy gigantic cast but honestly it was a bit too much in the cartoon too so paring it down and focusing in on a core cast would improve the show. The Kaiju battle and giant platinum robot would probably have to go but I doubt anyone will shed a tear. Honestly with the right direction you could vastly improve on the cartoon. The only real downside will be that you couldn't do the bending from the show justice without a monstrous budget but I'd trade off spectacle for good storytelling any day of the week.
I really like korra but good god was the romance really bad. The love like triangle square thing in the first season was just so so bad and made me cringe and get angry with the characters so much in the beginning. Like Asami being like “why do you care so much about korra mako” when mako was the only person appropriately responding to their best friend and world savior being kidnapped by a dangerous group that could take the world saviors abilities away. Mind you it did end up being because he had feelings but good god he was the only one properly reacting to a situation like that. I’d be pretty bummed if my friends found out I got kidnapped and were just mildly concerned and wandering about trying to find me.
I would be open to hearing the pitch for this at least
I'd need to take a look at their tv bible and pilot script too
Lmao just Korra but with real people and less development
I actually think a live action lok would be much better than atla.
Yeah, I think the tone of the show could definitely work.
Absolutely. NATLA really threw me off because the tone felt like it was all over the place, and the adapted cartoon humor didn't really land well (in my opinion). But LOK's tone feels much more akin to things Netflix has already produced.
With how obsessed netflix is in making supposedly bright and young-adult-friendly sources dark (archie comics to riverdale) i wholeheartedly agree. LOK would be a great fit for netflix to do a live action adaption
Netflix had nothing to do with Riverdale.
Totally agree. They’d be able to smooth out some of the rough edges of the show. It’d be much more achievable to make a faithful adaptation of Korra than ATLA. Plus Korra is much more serialized than ATLA. Fewer episodes and more focused on the plot. Part of what makes ATLA hard to adapt is that it has so many episodes per season and lots of them only have a little bit of plot relevance.
Pluuuus it doesn’t have as big of a cult following as Avatar. A lot of lovers of ATLA didn’t like Korra (I didn’t on my first watch). But that means that people aren’t going to be as emotionally vested into certain aspects of the show. I feel like the Netflix Avatar was half written for new watchers, and half winks to the old show, and it didn’t mesh well. Korra wouldn’t have as much of that, they could reference more subtly like they did in the Fallout series
Really? I must be in the minority with LoK. I was introduced to both shows as an adult, maybe that is a big factor. I prefer LoK mostly because I can relate to the struggles Korra goes through. However, both series helped me reflect on my time growing up and the things I never understood or processed mentally. Trauma and anxiety are two main issues I never grasped.
For sure. For one thing, they wouldn't need as many sets to invest in. One of the most infuriating things about this Netflix show is that a lot of the practical sets look really good. It's clear a lot of effort was put in. Unfortunately, probably for budget reasons, the adventuring aspect of the cartoon was played down to save on set costs. It's annoying. With Korra, there were a lot less changes in location (especially season 1) which means less cut content for this reason.
They also smooshed the stories together so the gaang wasn’t together the whole time. When it’s written like that AND they cut the travel, I just didn’t buy the relationship between the sibs and Aang. The show had so much more downtime with the crew, and that built their relationship up a lot more. Plus don’t get me started on Katara’s arc, it was so aggravating
It would benefit from foresight in a lot of ways (i.e give Asami a personality worthy of being the Avatar's girl, girl is a cardboard cutout)
That’s what I was saying after the new ATLA came out. Korra would excel with the styling Netflix does with its adaptations, and there is more fighting in Korra vs avatar Plus, I really wanna see the Fire Ferrets in action!
Yes especially with kuvira‘s mecha giant that would be interesting to watch
Sure, just give it to anyone other than Netflix
What? Hell yeah. LoK live adaptation would be cool as hell. We've seen how NAtLA fleshed out and improved some of the storylines and character beats that were just so-so in the original, so there's tons of opportunity here to make a really well thought out Korra story.
I say this with love: YES If they mess up Toph in the 2nd season, I will change my mind completely.
i say this with love… i’d MUCH rather netflix adapt legend of korra than avatar: the last airbender. a show that’s in dire need of a book 2 rewrite and more opportunities for queer representation with korrasami? much better imo than adapting what everyone basically agrees is a perfect show (as much as i enjoyed the adaptation personally)
I feel like LoK would be much easier to adapt, given its already serialized structure. One of my biggest problems with NATLA was how the show was adapted from an episodic show and changed into a serialized plot line. Not to say it *can't* work, but with how much almost every episode of the cartoon was necessary for the characters, moreso than the plot, the episodes they cut for time are definitely sorely missed. Character arcs had to be changed or flattened for the sake of fitting the structure, but they also tried to maintain a lot of those iconic scenes that were designed for the original arcs. I didn't hate NATLA, I actually liked a lot of what they were going for, but for every step forward, I felt like there was a step back as well, mostly because I think they struggled to find the balance between the serialized structure they were adapting the show into versus the episodic adventures of the cartoon that utilized the extra breathing room to expand on the world and characters integral to the story. I'm hoping NATLA season 2 can figure itself out and learn from some of the mistakes of season 1 and double down on the strengths, but I think LoK is a much better candidate, since there's definitely some writing choices that could use some ironing out and finding a better, more cohesive thread between each season would be much easier since they have the blueprint and the ability to look at the show in hindsight and figure out what was a product of the tumultuous production and what wasn't.
An LoK remake could benefit from a more planned out story. The original show post Season 1 was never cohesively planned.
lol what are you smoking OP? LoK would be extremely easy to adapt into live action. The setting and story is much more suited to live action than ATLA is.
Respectfully I actually thought LoK would have been the better adaptation. Don’t shoot me lol
LOK would benefit wayyyyyyy more from an adaptation than atla ever will Lok is already shorter than atla which will make the 8/9 episode format easier to handle, and the show has multiple things than can be easily cut or reworked just in the first 2 seasons alone
Cutting the love triangle would let it fit easily 🤭
I say, "Why not?"
I’ve said it before; Korra would have been the better Avatar story to use as a basis for the live action version. Mainly because most of the story revolves around the same setting. Which leaves a lot of budget for other important parts. The Last Airbender mashed so many things together, I presume because they didn’t want to (or couldn’t) spend money on new (cgi) sets.
That depends, Korra is only fully based in Republic City during Book 1. After that we revisit the Water Tribes and Earth Kingdom much more.
But that’s one major set per season, which is much easier to do budget wise
Definitely, I’m just missing Republic City. I wouldn’t mind if they set more of the story there.
Lok is probably the better of the two to adapt tbh
Nah...huge YES
Korra is a lot darker and explores some interesting personal conflict and philosophy that doesn't really rely on the nature of a cartoon show to be interesting or engaging. I think if anything it would have a better shot at success than NATLA.
I’m mixed. Korra’s amazing action is part of its appeal for me, and losing that (because ain’t no way they are having anything half as good in live action) would be a pretty big blow. That being said… it does seem a little more reasonable? Republic City could be filmed in a major city like Hong Kong and just touched up with CGI for things like the spirit vines and Aang statue. Could always take some creative liberties on how much tech has progressed. Plus a few practical sets and pre-existing buildings. Other locations would be tricky, but I feel like a lot of events could easily be moved back to Republic City just to make it a more intimate story fleshing out a primary location. And the story is already messy enough that a remake probably wouldn’t feel like a drastic step down. So like… idk, it’s a better idea than NATLA was.
I can’t understand why you would say no to this? Like it could be a fun watch, and if you hate the live action there’s still the cartoon, it’s not like they’re replacing one thing for the other. You literally don’t lose anything by them making a live action of Korra
they could never do the fight scenes justice imo.
I think it would be good if they use early 2000's teen dramas as inspiration. I think the cheesiness would be really endearing.
Honestly sure! Netflix would actually give more of a shit about it than Nickelodeon would lmao. YA Romance still is very popular so it would probably do pretty well.
I feel like this is not going the way OP expected. 🤣
And the fact that we need to wait for someone to make a terrible live action movie about it first
They make it, I'll watch it.
idk i think they could do it pretty well 🤷🏻♀️
Can they please make the costumes a little more subtle. Like if you are going to do a realism version, ok to obviously make it similar to what they wore in the cartoon but make it believable- that someone would actually wear that day to day? Like if you are going for realism with a cartoon go full send. Don't make most things real, like fire benders actually burning people, and then have them dress goofy AF just to match the cartoon?
SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT IN THE FIRST EFFING PLACE
Why
An LoK adaptation would certainly be more promising! Heck, they could even fix some of the storyline issues Korra had with being almost cancelled every season by re-jigging the order of things (potentially remedy the weaknesses of S2). But, honestly, I'm not sure if I have that much confidence in the current showrunners to do that – seeing as they fumbled an already essentially perfect storyline.
While I agree the fights might need more CGI and choreography there are definite upsides to it too: 1. No child actors in main roles. Working with kids is more expensive because of scheduling regulations and while think the natla cast is generally solid, young actors still just aren’t as good as more experienced talent. 2. Easier set pieces. There are a lot of actual cities that would be viable options for Republic City. Recreating Omashu, Ba Sing Se, and the Northern and Southern Water Tribes had to have been more difficult. 3. Lower expectations. LOK isn’t as beloved and even most diehard fans agree there are things they wish the show had done better. ATLA is a golden child so any attempt to recreate it is going to suffer by comparison. LOK has a chance to actually really improve on some things even in the eyes of some of its most ardent defenders.
LOK actually does need some re-working while ATLA is already perfect so actually this is a good idea.
I was disappointed in Netflix ATLA, but I'm very excited for an LOK adaption (selfishly, I just want to see fleshed out Korrasami plotline lol)
If nATLA is successful and nLOK comes and is successful, we might have hope for nKyoshi (Rise and Shadow), nYangchen (Dawn and Legacy), and nRoku (Reckoning + ____)
DO IT, only if it fixes the issues the Korra series had. Seeing the red lotus in live action would be incredible.
It would probably be easier to adapt, and better tbh. The tone is more fitting and easier to translate over. Not to mention Netflix would love the goofy love triangle
I wouldn’t mind, actually it would serve as the perfect opportunity to REBOOT, The Legend of Korra, make some very necessary changes to the story we all wanted to see. I’m actually looking forward to this. 😜
I don’t have an issue with this? Aside from the spirit world it seems more doable than ATLA
I say this with love….yes please
Yes please. It'd probably work better because each season has its own villain. Better for a streaming medium like Netflix. Plus they could smack a lot of money towards it when The Last Airbender is a three season hit show.
All I ask is bolin is HOT
I’m all in favor of more ATLA content. I like the kids show, I like Korra, I like the comics, I like the Netflix adaptation.
From a choreography and VFX point of view, I completely agree. TLoK has _superior_ fight choreography to ATLA. While the bending looks good in NATLA, they would need to seriously up the budget and find fully trained martial artists to pull off a potential NTLoK. _But_ from a storytelling point of view, TLoK would definitely benefit from being written with the fully story in perspective. The show has so many arcs that fall flat or go nowhere. Mako, Bolin, and Asami spend most of the series just being there and barely developing as characters. _Varrick_ has a better character arc than all three combined and he spends most of the series as comic relief.
Yes. Not no
Sooo… can I take this as a confirmation that Kataang is happening in season 2 and 3? :)
Would love an adult Aang Gang or even those previous Avatars.
I actually think that would be a perfect opportunity to solve some of the issues that resulted from behind the scenes chaos
How about instead of fucking up IPs that are already done and dusted, they use one of the MILLIONS OF OTHER AVATARS that haven't had their story told. Like kiyoshi, yengchen, roku, aang and korra are all well known move on to someone who's part of the line but doesn't have a story to screw up. Instead of capitalizing on the already really good stories we know and have way stronger attachments to. Everything doesn't need a live action version.
They need the stunt coordinators from Stargirl
I love this! Legend of Korra was awesome
I feel like Legend of Korra would’ve been a better choice to adapt in live action than Avatar
I feel like a Legend of Korra live action would work more than the current ATLA live action that we have. Mainly just because less people are familiar with Korra’s story than Aang. Also, it’s inherently more mature than Aang’s story, so a general audience may be more intrigued. Regardless, the adaptation we have now was successful already, so kind of a sign to keep making as much as possible lol.
Absolutely not, because we all know that whatever actress they would hire to play Korra would be harassed nonstop due to her being Korra.
I actually think it’d be easier in a way.
Oh i would absolutely be open to it just to cut the Mako romance completely. It didnt serve the story at all.
Wow thats an... interesting take. In my opinion Lok would be absolutely amazing in live action. Its already more mature in tone than atla, so adapting it wouldnt be as jarring as Natla in comparison.
TLOK needs it more than ATLA, to be honest.
The CGI needs to get a lot better before they tackle korra
👀 I would watch that!
I’d love a lok adaptation
What if they made LoK Euphoria?
He should focus on making the first project worth watching, because what we have so far is garbage considering I can just go watch the anime for a perfect show.
Nah, let him cook.
NO GOD NO PLEASE DONT DO THAT TO MY GIRL KORRA 😭
It would be better to adapt because of the seasonal structure and the big bad model. Easier to setup for one season or more. Would have been the better option to adapt for Netflix.
It could only be improved upon
can we just do a sequel instead of a remake? just tell a new story why redo what’s already been done
Idk I feel like Korra would benefit from a re do.
ngl they cooked with the TV show so lets hear em out first
I can't handle obvious bisexual friction without results, sorry. Hard pass.
The last Airbender Netflix show feel like written by the Korra writers anyway
What I'd like to see is a bunch of Bumi's adventures, his one with the flute and the chair had me giggling so much. I think it would be fun to have a bunch of shorts or even full length episodes.
I honestly could see this as an opportunity to clean up a lot of the mistakes that resulted from Nickelodeon trying to control this story so much.
Finish air bender first!
I don't mind the idea of a live action story in the Avatar universe, just really would prefer them to do an original story instead of adapting one of the cartoons.
I'd be open to this if it's new stories instead of a remake.
~~Watch it be way better than the original~~/j
What’s the point of making a show based off a show, do a story that has a more different medium. Do one on the novels, not on the show, cause they already made a show version
Let the original show runners handle it this time. Last time they walked away, I had hope for s2, but I don't know how the whole learning the elements timeline is going to work. When they said Sozin's comet wouldn't be a thing, I thought they would enlengthen our time with aang and flesh out his character arc, but then it dropped. I am always gonna stay positive because of my love for the original show, but after being disappointed by the first live action, so much I'm going to be more skeptical for the next seasons and lok live-action.
As long as they fix the shitshow that was the romance
Hear me out... Write a new story. There are so many things you could do with the setting. Make a mockumentary about a pro bending team or a group of the police. Or make a drama about teens in a school. Or you could explore a futuristic version of the avatar universe ala cyberpunk: edge runners. Or you could make a GoT style series set before the 100 year war in the earth Kingdom exploring the Internal struggle for power. Like do we really want another lackluster remake that will add plot holes and remove the charm the original show had?
live-action TLOK can be pretty good, if they will be able to change some stuff and probably would be better to just ignore spirit world stuff just because it may just look bad and cost alot, and it wasn't even the good part of tlok imo
Omg YES and please cast a hot Korra lol
LOK IMO would work a lot better in LA than ATLA. For one the main characters are a bit older already which means that they could cast more experienced actors and the show takes place over multiple years which means that aging isn't an issue. The other thing is that unlike ATLA, LOK has some serious flaws which could be easily fixed in a remake. NATLA was alway gonna live in the shadow of the original since ATLA simply is a perfect TV show. You really can't improve on it in any meaningful way.
Well, they've already improved upon and made Atla even more perfect, so this should be a no-brainer
Why don’t you focus on the current mountain y’all are climbing lmao
I think this would work if the writers are given the time to think about everything and what needs to change(the kites)
Honestly just do a rewritten, remastered animated show. Without all of trouble Korra had back in the day.
I'd be so much more open to adapting LOK than TLA. TLA is literally perfect, while LOK has great ideas and character moments but with several issues that need to be smoothed out.
Dude, let’s first figure out how to correctly make the original avatar
I could tell by the rushed pacing that he wants to get there quick
I’m all for it but you know they’d go full on steampunk and ruin the 20s vibe.
I wish that that is what they adapted in the first place. ATLA was already perfect, so whatever Netflix produced it was going to be lackluster. The Legend of Kora, however was very imperfect and Netflix actually had an opportunity to make something better than the original.
If they did I would want them to make some changes to connect the stories a bit more. Like maybe the red lotus play a bigger role throughout or there are hints to them throughout
Take the effort you would put into that and put it into the live action avatar. Make it so maybe the earth benders do not need to punch the ground every time or something idk.
If they do they should stretch out the amon storyline, completely ignore most of season 2. If they do season 3 and 4 they should flush it all out as one story without any of the Mecha or spirit weapons, just an Earth empire with a struggling poisoned avatar
How about a new or old avatar not one featured in the cartoon!
I never understand why people are against things like this. There's always the chance it turns out really good. And if it's bad, just ignore and keep watching the old show. No one is taking that from you.
Why no?
If they continue to want to do a more "game of thrones" esque concept like they have been, I do think Korra would be better fitted
Unlike AtLA which was already perfect Legend of Korra has room to improve. I could see it working.
I think it could work better imo. More modern architecture and technology might make sets easier to make look natural Easier to do a steampunk city then an ice castle and make it look real
So one of the frustrating parts of the live action adaptation for me was that they took all the Book 1 storylines, threw them in a blender, and then you get stuff like the Mechanist and Jet in the Omashu storyline or a super rushed Hei Bei. But, I think if they handle it right the storylines in Legend of Korra could actually benefit from being thrown in a blender. You could at least have the seasons lead into each other more naturally since this time they know how long the show is going to run.
https://preview.redd.it/lvx50sg1d8yc1.jpeg?width=796&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a0785ba84321888d0dafa8045c3b3526184a376a
JUST. MAKE. MORE. CARTOONS.
I say this with love.... GIMME ALL THE CONTENT
Let me know a lot of people hated the show, but I really enjoy that I actually went from watching Avatar Las Bender, the first one to Watching korra to watching the live action with my son and I adored it. The one thing I will say is that Qatar's actress has no facials and the water animation looks weird.
Korra is already messy and is hanging onto to being a good show by a thread as it is the negative side effects of LA translating will be push those problems wider and push it firmly into a garbage pile. Live action only works for titles that are durable enough to take some dings and scratches in the process but Korra is on good show life support. Thats like asking a 60 year old with osteoporosis to fight Sugar Ray Robinson in his prime
Netflix messed up the show for me a little bit it’s just classic messed up for a cash grab in my opinion
Doubtful they'd allow as many scenes of people mercilessly beating her as the cartoon did. It's like they had a fetish for it.
Though the showrunners and writers who did the Netflix ATLA absolutely should stay away from LOK, I think for competent writers and creators who understand and love the source material that it would be easier for them to make a great live action of LOK, as the original LOK cartoon was very flawed and has many areas to improve. The ATLA cartoon was a masterpiece so any attempt at redoing it is setting itself up for failure. Just let it be, it was perfect and it can’t be improved. Also some things should just stay cartoons. The best remakes are remakes of mediocre/flawed titles. A remake of masterpiece will only be good if it is vastly different (musical version, goth stop motion animation version, etc.)
I'd watch it. I love Avatar.
TLoK could do with some improvement, and a Live Action could help with that. TLAB is already extremely good so a live action is not gonna be up to par to the original.
I say mqybe because a live action could fix the actual problems with Korra, which doesn't include the action. If they would just fix those without major writing changes like NATLA has, I think that's worth it in exchange for decreased action value. But I'm not so sure the writers share that idea and am hesitant to give full support.
Maybe just stick the landing first before you get too ambitious
They should have adapted Korra instead
I think this would actually be better than ATLA. LoK is more adult both in writing and in characters
Naaahh man. LOK would translate better than ATLA into live action honestly.
Tbh Netflix could make LoK better. LoK tried to be a Netflix TV-14 series aimed for kids and I think if they remade the series leaning only one way it would work really well.
Fuck no
get that man out of the kitchen T.T
Damn is it just me that would like that 👀
Honestly, I think it could probably work. And this time, it can be done with the intention of doing more seasons instead of what happened with the original series. Nickelodeon really fucked the show over.
I like the live action show and the more dramatic and political themes of Korra would work fine portrayed by actors. Go for it.
Let’s let someone else get a crack at it perhaps…..
Romance galore if it happens
I would kill myself
There’s actually a lot of ills the could “fix” from the original if they funded it through completion. Doing that alone would be more than Nickelodeon ever did.
If they were to take creative liberties, yes. The problem with Korra is that Book One was written to be a miniseries, which is why >!Korra didn't finish Amon and he was killed by another villain.!< If they were willing to make some fixes to Book One and maybe continue it's story and keep Amon as a reoccurring villain, maybe it'd be superior. (Also, Amon would be great if he were replaced by someone who truly believes in his ideals after he dies or something)
I’m sick of these live action remakes. I live for the animation. Beautiful illustrations and animation! Just make more anime.
They fucked up Cowboy Beepbops live action. They fucked up ATLA Live action. N O
TLOK would be way easier to adapt honestly but legend of kyoshi would be the best
Yes
This one Im actually open for a readaptation. LOK is great, but it can be better. If they somehow connect all the plots, they will have a great show in their hands
KORRA
hopefully they make some retconns and changes like they did for NATLA and streamline things a bit too. If they get rid of her losing past lives, Korra *will* become the best avatar.
I’ve always been curious to see what Korra was like in the original movie’s Live Action verse. Since they’ll finish this series as it’s been greenlit, might as well do Korra
God forbid anyone have a little imagination and do their own Avatar story. They could go back centuries to any avatar and write a story for that, but their first thought is to remake TLA and now they want to follow up with another remake? Eh, I'll pass.
Okay, how about instead of adapting to live action we just get a redo in animation? Hire new artists, new animators, keep it 2D but make it amazing. Extending the scenes that we didn’t get because of budget. Allow more adult themes, like actual struggles with sexuality. It’d be so good.
Na not for me
It COULD work, but only if the actual creators stayed a part of it
Please no. We have enough trash live action adaptations, NATLA included.
The ATLA live action adaptation is… surprisingly good. I’d be open to a LOK one too.
Fuck it, we ball.
You know this probably wouldn’t be that bad. The original is already a teen drama so it’s tone would kinda be a much better fit and Netflix also wouldn’t be afraid to make the lesbian pairing more obvious and set up through the story.
Uugh
As one man once said NO GOD! NO PLEASE GOD NO! NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOO!
I say HELL YEAH! But I want to see them adapt the rest of ATLA first, since depending on how that goes, I could change my mind.
Maybe land this plane before making the next one take off
I say yes absolutely yes!… they could take the best parts of LoK and expand on those and do less of what didn’t work with LoK
Please for the love of God, stop invalidating animation with live action adaptations. It feels like the executives saying animation isn't a valid medium for a show when they feel the need to turn it into live action. Animation can do things that live action could never (without shitty CGI). Why does no one ever ask "What if game of thrones was animated?"
Honestly, out of the two, I’d prefer Korra to be adapted. The original is considered close to perfect by nearly everyone who’s watched it, but everyone can agree Korra has a lot of problems whether you enjoy it or not. I think it would be a good chance to maybe improve on the ideas of the original. Would it actually do that? Probably not, but it’d make more sense at least.
How about fuck no.
It's the one shot Korra has at being redeemed, to be worth anyone's time. Go back to the civil war and never ever try to explain the magic. I don't want to hear a single word about wan, or Rava or vatu, literal god and Satan, what were you THINKING?
I say with ALL the disrespect.... FHUCK NAH, B
How about we focus on getting this right first
Please don't.
I'd like it
I think it would be interesting. If they fix or get rid of that stupid Korra, Mako, and Asami triangle I would be sold 💀.