The Last Airbender is a 2010 fantasy/action film directed by M. Night Shyamalan that butchers the Avatar: The Last Airbender universe beyond all reason.
It is the most joyless and emotionless movie ever made and has a cast comprised entirely of exposition fairies. Also, calling it an "action" movie might be a stretch, too, since everything is told to you.
It is the movie that broke James.
Plot[]
A half-assed Wikipedia summary of Season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender, with blocks of wood expositioning literally everything.
Notable Characters[]
- Aang
- Katara
- Sokka
- Prince Zuko
- Iroh
- Commander Zhao
- Fire Lord Ozai
- Princess Yue
- The Dragon Spirit
- Firebenders
The Episode[]
- The hosts covered this movie as the result of the poll on the Earth-2.net forums where all but two people voted for it to be covered. James thought up an idea for a "Blast from the Past" for the big 20th episode where the hosts would cover a movie they wrote about about years earlier but never covered on the show. The main reason for most of those votes was so Damien could get a measure of revenge on James for making him suffer through Chun-Li. Damien, however, was not happy either, as this meant he still had to watch the movie.
Scores[]
James: Castration
Damien: Dictionary
Highlights[]
- James loses his mind on at least four separate occasions
- The phallic hairdo
- "He needed to go into a trance three times to find out it would be a good idea to throw water at the fire people?!"
References[]
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- George W Bush
- Dana Carvey
- Alone in the Dark
- Troll 2
- Saw VI
- Nutcracker in 3D
- Nickelodian
- Star Wars
- Captain Planet
- RVD
- Kristen Stewart
- Twilight
- Will Sanderson
- Dragon Ball Z
- Double Dragon
- Tony Jaa
- The Legend of Chun-Li
- Showgirls
- The Matrix
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- The Daily Show
- Die Hard With A Vengeance
- Darkstalkers
- X-Men
- Alice in Wonderland
- Rapunzel
- Risk
- Little Nemo
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- The Wicker Man
- James Bond
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Dynasty Warriors
- Dead or Alive
- Bill Lumbergh
- Steven Segal
- Lord of the Rings
- Captain America
- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
- Aquaman
- The Incredible Hulk
- Surf Ninjas
- Three Ninjas
- The Lion King
- The Little Mermaid
- Aladin
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Fantastic Four
- Pawn Stars
- Sarah McLaughlin
- GI Joe
- Metal Gear
- Tokyo Gore Police
- Knights of the Round
- Leviathan
- Uwe Boll
- The Sixth Sense
- Unbreakable
- The Village
- The Happening
- Lady in the Water
- Signs
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Rope
- David Lynch
- The Straight Story
- Batman and Robin
- Rifftrax
- Starship Troopers
- Transformers Prime
- Nightwish
- Nickleback
- Tara Reid
- Jigsaw
- The Crow: Wicked Prayer
- Josie and the Pussycats
- Urban Legend
- Paris Hilton
- Chris Kline
- Manos: The Hands of Fate
- Lacuna Coil
- Extra Lives
- Dropped D
- Birdemic
- The Room
The Written Review[]
- To date, it is James' last written Tirades article
- It won "Best Written Review" in the 2010 Earth-2.net Mainpage Awards
Tiradesverse tropes[]
- Protagonists? - All of the heroes
- No One Will Like Your Character - Aang is a 12-year-old martial artist who beats up everyone deemed "evil"
- Clusterfuck Syndrome - Cramming the entire first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender into 90 minutes
- Unnecessary voiceover - The entire movie
- Walking Pile of Sad - Aang and Katara
- Plot convenience
- The bad guys are shown in different scenes across different parts of the world despite only travelling by warship
- The earthbenders are "imprisoned" while being surrounded by the very element that they bend, leading to their easy escape
- Finer Cronies and Goons, Inc. - The firebenders
- Exposition fairy - THE ENTIRE CAST
- RPG Town
- EXTREME CLOSE-UP - All over the place
- Gesticulation Masturbation
- Power(less) of Faith
- Notice My Directing!!!
- Sequel That Will Never Happen
Ending Song[]
Lil' Kim - In The Air Tonight
Before and After[]
Previous Episode - Episode 19 - Alone in the Dark
Next Episode - Special Episode 1 - Heroes of Wrestling PPV