@Hisaishi:

Could've fooled me. That's the only thing I ever hear anyone complain about as far as his almost-role. Disliking a casting decision due to an actor's skill is one thing, but everyone complaining about it just brings up how he would look wrong racially and forget to mention anything else.

@Nehszriah:

I'm only glad that Jesse McCartney is out because the guy just can't act! Race is not the issue.

@Hisaishi:

Yet again, the pictures are removed from the site but I still have them. Ta da (for the second time).

@Ace:

Ah.

I think they're trying to make the fire nation with darker skin, though
Zuko and the firelord are pretty tan :/

@Hisaishi:

I really do hope people stop razzing on McCartney. For one, Zuko was fair-skinned to begin with. Having this other guy is like a step in the reverse direction, if we go by what the fans have decreed as far as ethnicity. Also, one would be amazed at what a good makeup artist can do.

Now if you excuse me, I'm going to go lol in the corner while the rest of these rather silly purist fans make total fools of themselves. Just be happy this is happening.

So yeah, seeing the pics are removed, I can only update on the location of the set. The current set is located in a quarry where they are filming the Fire Nation sequnces in Telford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (a.k.a. twelve minutes away from me) but they filmed also in Greenland for the Water Nation and Reading, Pennsylvania. BTW, check the pics out on Wikipedia seeing that they are removed. What I find scarier is that Zuko could have been played by 'le gasp' Jesse McCartney!

@Ace:

GranPakku ftw :D

*shot*

@Nehszriah:

Oh gosh now you have me curious about Live Action!Bumi. XD

Although I don't watch "Avatar: The Last Airbender", I find that fans of the show should wait until they actually see the entire plot of the film based on this show to make a fair critisism judegment on whether they find it to be awesome or not awesome.

This just sucks ass, man!

@DragonRider11:

Movie adaptations don't always have to use all the exact details of whaterver stories they're intended to be adapted from. Plus, in the event a filmmaker receives permission to adapt stories created by those working at another studio, it's important to make changes in order to include room for his/her creative ideas and use his/her creative story planning strategies as well. Look at "Dragonball: Evolution" (2009) for example. It was necessary to make certain changes since its director James Wong isn't the author of the Japanese comic book series it was based on, and it allowed viewers distinct two versions by different people from each other. Therefore, there's no need for a right or wrong answer rule for doing a film adaptation of another work. The important thing is whether an adaptation succeeds in attracting and satisfying a lot of moviegoers or not.

As for the upcoming film "The Last Airbender", it's Paramount Pictures(creator of "Avatar: The Last Airbender") doing this piece of work, and look at it as one studio wanting to have two distinctive "Avatar: The Last Airbender" continuities, kind of like Japan's Sunrise, Inc. creating more than one "Gundam" continuity, or even like the "Transformers" franchise being split up into several continuities.

Needs moar Gran-Gran.

Awww damn... they removed it ._.
I wanted to see the main cast! I saw the trailer again when I went to see Transformers 2 yesterday; it was awesome D:

@themakita:

Zuko's actor is Asian. Just not the kind of Asian Zuko is supposed to be.

Holy hell, though. Jackson Rathbone as Sokka? What the hell, M. Night. If he sparkles, heads will roll.

Thanks for saving the pic Wafuru, I didn't get to see it either. Well here is what I think:

Aang is fine, probably the one that looks the closest to the cartoon, he just needs to smile more...he looks way too serious to be the cheerful and relaxed Aang. The tattoo is woah...not bad.

Katara...hmm, well I'm not sure what to think of her...only the skin color is different but aside that, I agree with the hair-loopies thing, maybe she needed to have longer hair to be able to tie those XD. No biggie though.

Zuko seems to be in the older side than the rest, but what bugs me is that he doesn't have the red burn mark in his eye, they need to add that! it's crucial to the story, and without that, he doesn't look NOTHING like him.

And Sokka...no comment ^^;

I just need to see the movie, maybe it'll be better than we think. We need to keep in mind that these are cartoon characters made from a person's imagination, so there's NO WAY a real person would look EXACTLY as the cartoon/anime one.

~Lys

ROTFL. It's a MOVIE, you actually excpect them to get it right? Movies have been getting adaptions wrong since they thought up adaptions! Whether its books, games, or tv shows, you name it, movies have gotten it wrong EVERY TIME. Even lord of the rings (my fav movies) failed when compared to the books. If its a good movie, smile and try not to be to harsh, if the movie smells, sigh pitifully and wait for the next one.

Wow...i guess Aang is gonna b the only asian starring in this movie D:,'

I will only say this: cosplayers have looked better than these guys do.

Zuko needs a good head-shaving. Or a younger actor....

I really wished they would have the actors look more like the characters D;

am i odd if i never realized how young aang was supposed to be? that aside, they really coulda done better...o.o

where are her hair loopies
yeah they need to do something about that serious katara and sokka issue.

also aang looks sick, hope that kid is feeling all right.

I'm more curious to see if Paramount'll pay theO a visit in the next few days or not.

Aang and Zuko? Eh, I'll live.

Sokka and Katara? Oh hell no. Sokka is the meat and sarcasm guy. No one with a title like that has any business being a prettyboy. And Katara's actor is a terrible mashup of too young and looks absolutely nothing like Katara. Come to think of it, Sokka has the exact same problem. Shoot fire them both immediately.

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I won't pretend to have that much forethought... Only that I wanted to compare and contrast the movie and animated versions up on my world. More like I got really lucky.

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To you and everybody else out there looking for the pics: TA DA! I somehow had the great forethought to snag 'em up while I had the chance. Enjoy!