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I have tasted disappointment, my friends… and it reeks of M. Night Shyamalan’s man-undercarriage.
Anyone who’s been hanging around this corner of the interwebs knows the following: A) I am a huge dork, and B) consequently, I am in love with the Avatar: The Last Airbender animated series.
So you can imagine how completely geeked out excited I was when we heard it was going to be made into a movie. Epic battles! Flame throwing! A four-element controlling avatar whose duty it was to defeat the Fire Nation and restore balance to the WORLD!!!!!!!!
And most of all, an unbearably cute flying bison who I was finally going to see ten feet tall. Giant fluffy moo-cow for the win!
So we bought tickets. We bought them in 3-D, because there was no other option…
And then we read the reviews.
The only thing 3-D about the film was the fact that I couldn’t take my glasses off or everything was blurry. Grandma if I do, Harry Potter if I don’t.
Look, I get it. It’s an ingenius way to make it feel like we’re falling into a giant abyss towards a bubbling pool of lava, and hike the prices up 50%. But frankly, if I want to feel like I’m flying over the Grand Canyon or about to be eaten by a Great White, it’s because I’m at the Museum of Natural History trying to convince my family we’re having fun since I can’t take them to our favorite local bar to eat tater tots and yell out the answers to Cash Cab with the other regulars like we normally do on Thursday night.
What?
We found ourselves a block away from the movie theater the night prior to our showing, and very seriously considered attempting to get our tickets refunded after reading Ebert’s and Vanity Fair’s scathing-yet-hilarious reviews, but lazy won out and we decided instead to just bring flasks make the best of it.
Honestly, it wasn’t as bad as we were expecting. But since a couple reviews called it “an abortion of a movie,” that’s really, really not saying much. (Also, the last movie I saw in the theater was SATC2. So, you know… lowest bar EVER.)
They erased all traces of East Asian descent from the characters, and replaced them with child actors so awful they couldn’t convince a dog to come with bacon in their hand. They blatantly changed the pronounciation of the main character’s name. They left out and changed and added things to the storyline that any good dork lover of the animated version knew had no place being there.
But through it all, I sipped on my vodka/HiC and I thought… “At least I’ll get to see a giant Appa, the flying air buffalo!”
(I’m easy to please.)
But. BUT.
When I finally did see Appa’s face… oh, how tragically disappointing. It looked like a hobbit woman and Hagrid had a love child that fell out of an ugly tree and hit every damn branch on the way down.
The adorable Appa I've come to know and love looks like this...
M. Night's abomination looks like this. (Short bus not included.)
These pictures perfectly embody what was done to this adorable little television show, this sweet and heart-wrenching tale where you couldn’t help but cheer for the lovable characters on their interesting and engaging journey.
They took my beloved cartoon… and they gave it a lobotomy.
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I saw it this weekend, too.
My review is very similar to yours, except mine had corn in it and I already flushed it.
I’m not a fan of sci-fi animated movies, but you had me at Cash Cab! Love that show and every time I’m in NYC trying to hail a cab, I annoy my friends by “holding out” for something that resembles the cash cab…haha
I think I will definitely have to pass on that movie. Why is everything trying to be 3D nowadays? Alice in Wonderland I can understand (I love Tim Burton movies) but some of these other ones are really disappointing. Ugh.
That flying bison reminds me of Falcor, the flying dragon/dog from the original ” Neverending Story” (awesome movie btw!)
As for the movie itself, you couldn’t pay me to watch anything made by M. Night (or Uwe Boll) His movies are beyond horrible!
I’m not into the whole Sci-Fi thing, but geez what happened to that cute bisony thing? And I’m so excited to win tomorrow.
And isn’t 3D horrid. Everyone thought it would be like when you see a 3D show at Universal in Orlando, with stuff flying out. Boo 3D. Boo.
It’s ok. They’re going to fire M. Night, bring in a new director and writers, give those poor white children some acting classes, learn how to pronounce Ang, learn the name Momo, redesign Appa, put in more quality fight scenes and stop fucking with a perfectly good franchise.
… at least that’s how CJ and I consoled ourselves after seeing that horrible horrible movie that ruined everything good about one of the best cartoon series.
I watched the movie Friday with my husband and brother-in-law .. Luckily, we were able to see it in 2D. (I will NOT see a 3D movie unless it’s the only option.) I really liked it, but I’ve never seen the animated series. My husband and Brother-in-law are fans of the series, and they liked the movie. They explained that things were different, but they liked it anyway. I’m just highly disappointed that we’ll have to wait until 2012 for The Last Airbender 2 (and until 2014 for the third movie).
The non-cartoon version looks like a pug with some horns glued on its head.
Also-I LOVE Cash Cab…and Jeopardy. But people prefer when you don’t yell out the answers at the gym. They give you the side eye.
Ooooh, I have Different accounts that I’m FB friends with you on! SCORE!
@Jules,
LOVE YOUR FACE.
@LiLu, SMOOCHES and butt slaps back at ya!
I was intrigued by this movie, but I now plan to avoid it. Apparently this is the summer of really, really sucky blockbusters.
Awe. Whatta bummer
I was pretty excited for that one. 3D is SO overrated. Not even necessary.
I am continually disappointed in movies that are made of something I love. It always ruins it. RUINS. IT.
LOL. Def won’t be seeing that movie…and ya the bar was set low (SATC2 just was not good ;( )
Hope you had a great 4th!
I’ve heard less than stellar things about this movie; it’s not my cup of tea usually anyway but if it had been good (or at least gotten decent reviews) I likely would have checked it out. I think I’ll save my next 3D adventure for Toy Story 3 (because yes, I’m a Disney Dork).
Also: THREE DAYS!
@Nora,
Toy Story 3 was ah. maze. INGGGGGGGGGGGGG
I wouldn’t even mind seeing it again while you’re here…
3 Days!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im sorry you dont like the new abba. whatever that is, i do think #2 is way cute.
this is why i dont like things before they are movies. you just get pissed off cus they usually suck!
My husband wanted to see it last night. I had no desire at all. I don’t like animation films anyway. I looked it up on Rotten Tomatoes and told him it had an 8% Fresh Rating. I think that a John Travolta movie usually scores at least 9%/
i never even heard of this cartoon series before the movie came out, but i agree about the 3D. I saw toy story 3 (and loooved it, even if it was hard to tell that I was loving it from the shoulder-heaving sobs) and EVERY preview before the movie was about an animated film offered in 3D. Not Interested.
I hate 3D. Those stupid glasses clash with the ones I need to see anyway…
I haven’t seen the original anime as I try to keep the bf limited to only Bleach, Naruto, and whatever else he is watching. I was hoping to see the movie, but for some reason I doubt I will be willing to pay $10 for it.
Um, I think I had a cat once that looked like M. Night’s Appa. It rode the short bus too!
I just facebooked your shiz! Tomorrow, weeeeee!!! Let the celebrations begin!
My expectations were tempered as soon as I saw who was directing it.
Also 3-D is such a fad.
can we all stop pretending two things?
1. 3D is a valid way to see anything. (saw avatar that way. nearly lost my lunch a couple times and left with a migraine.)
2. m. night shyamalan can make good movies. (still haven’t forgiven him for unbreakable. never will, either.)
Oh man! I was really looking forward to it- now I think I’ll wait for Netflix.
So yeah, I have absolutely no knowledge on flame throwing or anything else mentioned in this post (my bf would love me just a little bit more if I did though), but I KNOW the feeling of being let down by a movie. I hate being disappointed when I spend $12.50 (!!!) on a ticket, so I always set the bar low and usually come out a happy girl
I’m waiting for the Eclipse buzz to die down so I can (hopefully) enjoy it!
I have no idea what’s up with M. Night Shamalama (as I call him). It’s like…he does The Sixth Sense. And it’s awesome. Then, having got his one good movie out, he proceeds to set a scale of sucking thereafter, with the mild exception of “Signs”. It’s like he has the black thumb of film making. WTF?
AND good luck for tomorrow lady! MTV needs some REAL insanity to put The Situation in his place.
I hate M. Night Whatever. I’m sorry, but I do. And I’ll tell you why: I bust my ass to write good scripts and this man CONTINUOUSLY ignores the fact that he SUCKS and to writes his own dialogue instead of hiring someone who could use the money and is actually talented (not necessarily ME, just anyone. A monkey really, could do better…).
M Night, YOU SUCK AT WRITING.
Now get someone to help you before your career implodes. Because it will.
:::rant over:::
Bummer. I’ve heard this from everyone that has seen it. I was going to take Rafael but now I see it’s a better idea to just buy him the box set of the TV show.
Correction: Appa looks like a Hagrid/Pug/Gremlin hybrid. My brother was disappointed with this movie too since he’s an avid fan of the cartoon.
I confess to loving the movie.
BUT, I am very tolerant of change.
BUT the pronouncing of Aang’s name was just horrible, I agree.
Yip, yip!
Wasn’t Jackson Rathbone in it? Saving grace?…
I think that little flying buffalo is cute in a Falcor kinda way
Only MTV would have a contest about Twitter and have you vote on Facebook.
What a bunch of asshats. So this is really a “who has more facebook friends” contest?
SUCK IT MTV.
(except Real World and The Challenges, keep those coming)
aaand check: another movie i can avoid at the theater this summer. the list is getting long.
Tomorrow! Woo hoo! It’s finally here!
I just busted out laughing so hard that Matt noticed. Movies ruin everything.
I still love M.Night though, I think he’s due for a come back!
Ooooooh dear. I heard that it wasn’t great but for you, as a fan of the original…. yeesh. I’m so sorry. Maybe you could set some copies of Lady in The Water on fire to try and even things out a little?
I’ll be there tomorrow hooker!!!
bwaaahahaahahah- my nephews have a big Abba toy and that is NOT what it looks like.
M. Night. Shamalamadingdong made it look like a Lhasa Apso that should be named Gizmo.
I used to love M. Night’s movies. I still love The Sixth Sense and Signs. Hell, I even tolerated The Village. But then I saw Lady in the Water and wanted to drown in that pool. But still, I held on to hope that he’d redeem himself and sat through two fucking hours of people committing suicide. Yeah…no. M. Night, you are DEAD to me. DEAD!
Aww, he’s still kinda cute… I guess I might have a different opinion if I had an idea what the story was actually about…
good luck to you!
i will vote!
I was SO upset when I saw Appa in the previews and realized how incredibly not-cute he is. How did they do that?! He’s the most adorable squishy flying bison ever, and they completely removed all of that somehow. I also heard he doesn’t have the arrow on his head in the movie–WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?! Ugh. I’m very glad I didn’t see the film, as I’d probably have thrown several things at the screen.
I heard some pretty terrible things.
1) No Momo
2) No Kyoshi Warriors
3) THEY DON’T EVEN CALL HIM AANG (how is that possible?)
But fuckit, I’ll definitely watch it on HBO in a few months.
I absolutely love this show. I was already skeptical of the movie based on M. Night. Every since Unbreakable, I’ve found his movies to just be a big zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz fest. Thanks for the review, I think I’ll be skipping and netflix-ing avatar on DVD instead.
THANK YOU. If these were books, I’d just tell myself that I’d been pronouncing the names wrong in my head all this time. But it was a TV show! It’s AAAAANG, not ONG! And Sock-ah! Not Soke-ah! What the HELL. Don’t even get me started on Appa’s face and the fact that they never said Momo’s name and the stupid Katara voiceovers. And where was Toph?! UGH. I am SO disappointed.
Signed,
A fellow Airbender fangirl (29 years old, baby)
OMG!!! I was so looooking forward to the Avatar: Last Airbender the movie with so much disappointment…since I never liked M Night Shyamalan’s movies
that was very disappointing to me. And I KNEW he wouldve made it worse!!! Cause like you I loved the animated series!!! Dang movie!! I wish they wouldve let someone else done it…*sigh*
but i am still gonna watch it!!!
Lilu good luck for the MTV TJ thingy!!
Dude, for a lil’ while there I thought I was the only one that felt that way. I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE Avatar and I was WAY too stoked in the end. M. Night Shema-ding-dong sucks donkey butt.