Fans of Netflix’s adapatation of Avatar: The Last Airbender have defended the series by claiming its not for “critics.”
Netflix‘s adaptation of the popular animated seriesAvatar: The Last Airbenderhas gotten some pushback since its recent release.
Fans of the original work have takenissue with the live-action’s portrayalof certain plot points and character arcs, despitesome actors from the series pushing back on these claims.
However,despite its unpopular reception, some fans of the Netflix show have come to explain that the show is more for the fans than certain “critics.”
Last Airbender fans claim the show was made for the fans
Currently, Netflix’s adaptation of the hit cartoon is sitting at a75% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, despite intense backlash online upon its release.
The audience score could be due to the fact that some of the biggest defenders of the show claim it was made for the OG fans of the series and not its detractors.
“The new ATLA is for the people not the critics,”one Twitter user wrote, withanother echoing the sentimentsaying, “This live-action of Avatar: The Last Airbender is for the new fans who wants to jump in to the series.”
However, this hasn’t stopped the majority of Netflix viewers from expressing their supreme disappointment when it comes to the latest adaptation of this project.
“I am starting to see why the original creators of Avatar the Last Airbender left Netflix,”one fan wroteupon completing the series.
Original series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzkofamously walked away from the Netflixadaptation in what they called the “the hardest professional decision [we] ever had to make”, as Netflix didn’t want to honor the version the duo “envisioned or intended to make.”
Kayla Harrington was a TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in The Boys, The Walking Dead, House of the Dragon, Marvel and Star Wars. She also has bylines at Mashable, BuzzFeed, and The Mary Sue.
