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Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024)
Completely missed the mark
When I heard they were remaking Avatar, I was carefully optimistic. But watching this remake miss the point of episodes past again and again was painful. It randomly swaps around episodes from later seasons with no real reasoning, and it doesn't benefit to bring these in at all.
The new things they added like seeing the Airbender attack and the emphasis on gyatso also fail to bring anything new or exciting to the table. The acting and script are wooden, with no real emotions brought in.
The things I will praise are the designs. Bending looks better than the other live-action attempt, and the environments and actors look good.
This is being written before seasons 2-3, so maybe it will get better, but I don't plan to watch those due how mediocre this first season is.
Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix (2023)
Cyberpunk Edgerunners for Gamers
I didn't know anything about this show going in except that Ubisoft characters were in it, and i came out feeling like Ubisoft watched Edgerunners, said "sure we could do that" and put this together. It doesn't tie the various game characters together, and other that a "dimension X", i just assumed the characters are only there so they didn't have to flesh out everyone. I felt like i was filling in the gaps on characters like Sam Fisher and Marcus. I still think the idea is neat, but it makes no attempt to explain why all these people are here. They just are. Which i wasn't able to do when every episode had a moment of pointing and saying, "WOW IT'S GUY FROM VIDEO GAME!" It also just has 'hybrid' and 'alien' persons, but again it makes no attempt to explain their presense other then "Eden made them" without really showing anything. Honestly, a lot of this show is mentioning something without explaining why it's there. I don't need a detailed explanation of why everything in your world, but something would be nice.
The actual animation is nice. Nothing groundbreaking, but I liked the colors and the setting was interesting. The sections of pixel art were a cool distinction from the rest of the show. There's also a bit near the end with the voice actors being filmed and "pixeled" (im sure theres a real term but im not sure what its called) with the 2D animation. I liked the mixed styles and it kept me interested to see if they would have any other curveballs.
The only standout to me was the Rayman subplot, which was a cool idea for a dystopia world, but this is only a small part of the series. The idea of this person starting at the top of the corpation and falling down into the rebels is cool, and i wish this was the main plot with the extra stuff written once rayman fell from grace. The voice actor for Rayman does a great job.
TL:DR not terrible, but watch Edgerunners if you want a great cyberpunk story.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
A fun movie for kids, and still good for adults
This is basically what I expected from a Illumination Mario movie. It has a fast pace, moving you from place to place without hanging too long on somethings. I really thought the voice cast would be weird, but i ended up enjoying the performances, even if it felt miscast. Jack Black absolutely kills it, and is by far the best performance. The plot itself is very simple, but I didn't expect anything crazy going in. I wish they lingered more character moments, like Peach and Mario's talks to really build the relationship. Also the licensed music is hit or miss, especially when the original soundtrack for this is so good.