Avatar: The Last Airbender: Think they'll make anything else for the Avatar universe?

thatother1dude
[1]Sep 22, 2006
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I mean when they make a whole cool world like this then you have endless possibilities for other stories (especially if the show only does the sixty episode frame) and I hope they're not all fanfics.
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Fronzel
[2]Sep 22, 2006
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I wouldn't mind another series set in the same world after they finish this one up....but it would have to be significantly different, otherwise there'd be no point...they're better off trying something entirely new, in my opinion.
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Javier_89
[3]Sep 23, 2006
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That sounds a lot like what they did for Star Wars.?? The original trilogy was great, and then they made a million things to fill the world of it.?? Completely forgeting about everything else that made the original films so good, a load of Star Wars junk (including the new trilogy) was produced, and everything Star Wars sold like hot cakes, and Lucas made billions.

The point is, the world of Avatar isn't the only thing that makes the show entertaining, but if the world of Avatar is bringing in the big bucks, they will make more Avatar.?? While this might not all be bad, I doubt that any new Avatar series would preserve a lot of what we like about the Avatar we have now.
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UGamer08

[4]Sep 23, 2006

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Javier_89 wrote:

That sounds a lot like what they did for Star Wars.?? The original trilogy was great, and then they made a million things to fill the world of it.?? Completely forgeting about everything else that made the original films so good, a load of Star Wars junk (including the new trilogy) was produced, and everything Star Wars sold like hot cakes, and Lucas made billions.

The point is, the world of Avatar isn't the only thing that makes the show entertaining, but if the world of Avatar is bringing in the big bucks, they will make more Avatar.?? While this might not all be bad, I doubt that any new Avatar series would preserve a lot of what we like about the Avatar we have now.

Wow you just. Word for word man.

So... turns out the force was just a bunch of germs?

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Bountyhunterc28

[5]Sep 23, 2006

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UGamer08 wrote:

Javier_89 wrote:

That sounds a lot like what they did for Star Wars. The original trilogy was great, and then they made a million things to fill the world of it. Completely forgeting about everything else that made the original films so good, a load of Star Wars junk (including the new trilogy) was produced, and everything Star Wars sold like hot cakes, and Lucas made billions.

The point is, the world of Avatar isn't the only thing that makes the show entertaining, but if the world of Avatar is bringing in the big bucks, they will make more Avatar. While this might not all be bad, I doubt that any new Avatar series would preserve a lot of what we like about the Avatar we have now.

Wow you just. Word for word man.

So... turns out the force was just a bunch of germs?

I wouldn't say that, after the first three movies where giving numbers it made sense to make a back story, to tell the full story of Star Wars not just ahlf of it.

Back to Avatar, I don't think Nick uses the 60 episode thing, because look how long spongebob has been on, but avatar is popular, so I think Nick will continue it as long as it does good.

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BiSheng
[6]Sep 23, 2006
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I see the series going on in three ways:

1. Avatar the Theatrical Movie: The sixty episodes leading up to the final confrontation, and a two and a half hour movie as the finale.

2. Avatar the prequel: "Hey the Star Wars prequels made lots of money!" (Barf)

3. Avatar: All Grown Up: "Give the people what they want!" (Double Barf)

Other than the first one, none of these have to come out right away, and the last two probably wouldn't have the same creative team. Look at Star Wars: 16 years between films, but a lot of novels and comics between them. I'm not saying it will be 16 years before we see more Avatar, I'm just saying we'll probably see some books and comics before we see a new series.
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Kurama2390

[7]Sep 23, 2006

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Bountyhunterc28 wrote:

UGamer08 wrote:

Javier_89 wrote:

Wow you just. Word for word man.

So... turns out the force was just a bunch of germs?

I think that it will only run about 80 episodes because there are 4 books water, earth, fire, and air.

Anyway Nickelodeon is not the kind of network to do a spinoff.?? All Grown Up was the only spinoff they ever did off of a show (Jimmy Neutron does not count) and that was off of a show that won incredible international fame. Bottomline, unless it's as popular as Rugrats it probably won't get a spinoff.

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Javier_89
[8]Sep 23, 2006
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They very well may make more Avatar after this 60 (I don't think 80) episode series.?? If they do, it will inevitably be very profitable, but will likely not have all the same appeal as the Avatar we have now.

The show is more than the world that it is set in, and the world is essentially all that another Avatar could share in common from the original.
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Plazewithknives
[9]Sep 23, 2006
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I don't think they would otherwise Avatar would be corrupted and commercialized
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UGamer08

[10]Sep 23, 2006

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Bountyhunterc28 wrote:

UGamer08 wrote:

Javier_89 wrote:

Wow you just. Word for word man.

So... turns out the force was just a bunch of germs?

I wouldn't say that, after the first three movies where giving numbers it made sense to make a back story, to tell the full story of Star Wars not just ahlf of it. Back to Avatar, I don't think Nick uses the 60 episode thing, because look how long spongebob has been on, but avatar is popular, so I think Nick will continue it as long as it does good.

I'm pretty confident most of us eventually figured out why he numberd the first??three 4, 5, 6??that way??at some point (well it took me awhile but that's just me), I'm??just saying the overall feeling is that he could've done better telling the prequel thingie. Ah well at least it looked nice.??Anyway whatever happens happens. I mean??realistically, given how well??the show's??doing, its really all up to them. We're just here to sit in the back and shoot spitballs. ....Ok I just felt like quoting Jon Stewart.

Edited on 09/23/2006 12:44pm

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Javier_89

[11]Sep 24, 2006

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UGamer08 wrote:

Bountyhunterc28 wrote:

UGamer08 wrote:

Javier_89 wrote:

Wow you just. Word for word man.

So... turns out the force was just a bunch of germs?

I wouldn't say that, after the first three movies where giving numbers it made sense to make a back story, to tell the full story of Star Wars not just ahlf of it. Back to Avatar, I don't think Nick uses the 60 episode thing, because look how long spongebob has been on, but avatar is popular, so I think Nick will continue it as long as it does good.

I'm pretty confident most of us eventually figured out why he numberd the first three 4, 5, 6 that way at some point (well it took me awhile but that's just me), I'm just saying the overall feeling is that he could've done better telling the prequel thingie. Ah well at least it looked nice. Anyway whatever happens happens. I mean realistically, given how well the show's doing, its really all up to them. We're just here to sit in the back and shoot spitballs. ....Ok I just felt like quoting Jon Stewart.

The prequels were certainly not intended when Lucas originally concieved star wars.

He wrote the script for one movie called "Star Wars." He realized that this was too long for one movie, and produced a film using about the first third of the script. This was released as "Star Wars." Not "A New Hope." Not "Episode IV." Just Star Wars. He didn't count on finishing even the originally trilogy because of how little support he was recieving. When the film hit it big, he subsequently finished production of his entire original script, releasing "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back," and "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi." Both devoid of episode numbers.

To line his pockets with a few more billions, Geoge went back decades later and slapped the old films up with episode numbers, and released new films so far removed from the original Star Wars.

The Star Wars sequels (not prequels) were as good as their predecessor because they were literally a part of the original. They were of the same script. The sequels flopped (not at the box office, but in the eyes of fans) because they weren't the same Star Wars, they were merely set in the Star Wars Universe.

The Avatar we have now is a complete story. I'm not saying that a new Avatar would neccessarily be bad, but it couldn't share the premise of the classic hero myth that makes Avatar: The Last Airbender so appealing.

This just reminded me of something else that I'll start a thread for.

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mister001
[12]Sep 24, 2006
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I couldn't agree more with you Javier_89
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Ordinarykomiks
[13]Sep 24, 2006
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mister001 wrote:

I couldn't agree more with you Javier_89

same here... you hit the core.
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