The Last Airbender: A Mini Marathon

Last night me and Val really got into watching the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender. I wasn't to hot on the idea seeing as how I wanted to watch something that would be resolved before we went to bed. I'm so glad that Val talked me into it though. Everything about this show is obsessive worthy. The story is ridiculously complex, the humor is quite funny, the characters..... oh the characters. It sounds silly to have such high praise for a kids TV show but it is truly amazing. In my last semester in college I recommended the show to a hand full of people. They pretty much all gave me a look as if I was crazy. The conversation went something like this...



me: "So the show is about this kid, who's the avatar. No wait.... ok the show is also about all these nations that are fighting and can do stuff called bending. There are four nations and they can all do different bending fire, earth, air, or wind. The avatar can do all of them and has to save the world."

them: "So that's the entire show?"

me: "well..... kinda. (Incoherent ramblings in an attempt to explain the show)"

them: "Riiiiggggghhhhttt. Sooo, it's a kid's show."

me: "Well, yeah but it's not really. Just watch it. Everyone I've ever met has either seen it and loved it or has never seen it."



SO two of the 4 people rented it and watched the entire first season in two days over the next weekend. We all started telling inside jokes such as calling our group that was working on a project "Team Avatar" which is only funny if you've seen the show...... Anyways, check it out if you get the chance. It's well worth it!!!!!

AVATAR!!!!.... The Last Airbender

Ok so many people have heard of Avatar, obviously. It's now the highest grossing film of all time, making well over 2 billion dollars. The previous record holder was James Cameron's last hit, Titanic, which made quite a bit of money as well. Anyways, this isn't what I'm talking about. The Avatar I'm talking about is the hit Nickelodeon TV show about a child "airbender" who must save the world. That's a little bit of a simplistic description but the story is incredibly complex and way too hard to describe. The TV show itself was incredibly popular and for the series finale the show had 5.6 million viewers, which is quite a bit for a cable tv show. Anyways, to get back on track, this show is going to be made into a huge movie with special effects done by Industrial Lights and Magic. These are the people that did just about every huge movie's special effects..... ever. If you look them up you'll see what I mean. Well, seeing as I'm a HUGE Avatar: The Last Airbender fan, this is pretty big news. Here's a link to the previews if you want to check it out.

http://www.thelastairbendermovie.com/