# Avatar: The Last Airbender **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-the-last-airbender/456777 "2008-07-17T01:27:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-the-last-airbender/456777/101 "2010-04-08T16:52:57Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > True, but a lot of people will still hear that it’s based on “Avatar” and think it’s an offshoot of the Cameron film. Maybe, but I’m not so sure. Remember the second Lord of the Rings movie, _The Two Towers_? There was more than a little hand-wringing post-9/11 that the public would find the name of that movie an awful, distasteful reminder of the terrorist attacks. By summer 2002, and certainly when the movie premiered that December, all of those concerns were forgotten and nobody was confused or offended. Cameron’s _Avatar_ was huge, but I think the capacity for public amnesia in pop culture is huger. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-the-last-airbender/456777/102 "2010-04-09T00:35:10Z")
The series ended with a question: Where is Zuko’s mother? ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-the-last-airbender/456777/103 "2010-04-09T13:39:33Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > The series ended with a question: > > Where is Zuko’s mother? I wondered if they left that hanging as a “hook” to some sort of sequel. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-the-last-airbender/456777/104 "2010-04-10T03:43:04Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > I wondered if they left that hanging as a “hook” to some sort of sequel. Yep, so does everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-the-last-airbender/456777/105 "2010-04-11T19:29:59Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Yep, so does everyone. Is there any actual information out there? I don’t really follow the issue, but I’m curious. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-the-last-airbender/456777/106 "2010-04-11T22:13:42Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > Is there any actual information out there? I don’t really follow the issue, but I’m curious. I’ve seen no concrete comments from the creators or anyone else. I had a vague memory of them being ask in an interview this very question (the one from **ouryL’s spoiler** ), and the answer was just hints about maybe we might maybe someday find out - or not. I’ve tried to google up the interview with no luck. Leaving the question dangling for possibly years (or perhaps forever) is kind of a lousy thing to do to the show’s audience IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-the-last-airbender/456777/107 "2026-04-14T05:11:14Z")
Don’t you hate it when you try to send someone an email and you accidentally send them an entire movie? > On Saturday night, a Twitter user claimed they were accidentally sent the entire animated film via email. > **[Somehow Paramount's 'Avatar' Movie Has Leaked, Too](https://gizmodo.com/somehow-paramounts-avatar-movie-has-leaked-too-2000745458)** > > Twitter's penchant for leaks now includes Paramount's 'Avatar: Aang, The Last Airbender,' which isn't out until October. I probably can’t say that the whole movie is out there, and it isn’t an unfinished cut. I probably also can’t say that it is pretty good, but leans more on heavy action than on deep plot and worldbuilding. I can’t say that it has high production value. Or that some cabages were harmed in the making of this film. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-the-last-airbender/456777.md?page=5)