# I think Avatar:The Last Airbender... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-avatar-the-last-airbender/395768 "2007-03-13T17:26:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-avatar-the-last-airbender/395768/1 "2007-03-13T17:26:10Z")
Is the best american animated tv show in a long time. The plot, characters, character developement and the action makes this series an enjoyable experiance. I can not wait for season 3. Seems suprising that Nickelodeon would let the subject of death, murder or genocide in their animated series. I still can not believe that this is a Nickelodoen cartoon. Usually thier cartoons are real stupid like spongebob or rocko’s modern life. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-avatar-the-last-airbender/395768/2 "2007-03-13T17:40:18Z")
The nomads in “The Cave of the Two Lovers” crack me up, and Sokka hopped up on goofballs (or magic mushrooms or something, I don’t recall exactly) wondering if the giant mushroom cloud would be his friend. “What?! I’m saying I’d rather kiss you than die! That’s a compliment!” ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-avatar-the-last-airbender/395768/3 "2007-03-13T17:42:36Z")
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist] The nomads in “The Cave of the Two Lovers” crack me up, and Sokka hopped up on goofballs (or magic mushrooms or something, I don’t recall exactly) wondering if the giant mushroom cloud would be his friend. “What?! I’m saying I’d rather kiss you than die! That’s a compliment!” [/QUOTE] lol ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-avatar-the-last-airbender/395768/4 "2007-03-13T18:34:36Z")
[QUOTE=BluePitbull] I still can not believe that this is a Nickelodoen cartoon. Usually thier cartoons are real stupid like spongebob or rocko’s modern life. [/QUOTE] I agree completely about Avatar. It’s a kick-ass show. Every character feels believable, and the action is spot-on. I must disagree, however, with your assessment of Rocko’s modern life. That show had a subtle humor about it that led to the occassional hilarious moment. It also had a surreal tone which I liked, such as the Sausage King episode. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-avatar-the-last-airbender/395768/5 "2007-03-13T19:00:06Z")
I think there’s a LOT of underappreciated animation going on. Oban Star Racers is a REALLY well told story and \ Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go \ has some goodness (and a finale that _had_ to have been written under the influence of drugs. Get Ed’s good, and I can understand PowerRangers, if only from an Economic Theory standpoint. I’m forced to watch this as I have two four year old boys. You can’t help but have some of it seep in. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-avatar-the-last-airbender/395768/6 "2007-03-13T19:13:22Z")
[QUOTE=BluePitbull] I still can not believe that this is a Nickelodoen cartoon. Usually thier cartoons are real stupid like spongebob or rocko’s modern life. [/QUOTE] I’d have to disagree with this statement. _SpongeBob Squarepants_, _Rocko’s Modern Life_, and also _The Fairly Oddparents_ remind me of old Looney Tunes in their pacing and humor style. There are very few cartoons on television nowadays which have equal amounts slapstick and witty dialogue. [QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] I can understand PowerRangers, if only from an Economic Theory standpoint. [/QUOTE] Although _Power Rangers_ may be cartoony, it is not a cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-avatar-the-last-airbender/395768/7 "2007-03-13T19:35:04Z")
Sorry, I was intending the Power Rangers as being youth entertainment, rather than animation. My bad for not spelling that out. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-avatar-the-last-airbender/395768/8 "2007-03-13T22:55:57Z")
I am evil. 🆒 A major spoiler :o Sokka discovers he’s also a water bender ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-avatar-the-last-airbender/395768/9 "2007-03-13T23:25:27Z")
I was introduced to Avatar after having my nephew stay with us over a weekend and I was instantly hooked. I found a site that had both full seasons so that I could watch them in order (Nick doesn’t seem to play the reruns in strict order). ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-avatar-the-last-airbender/395768/10 "2007-03-14T01:03:27Z")
I think it significant that Avatar owes a lot to anime in its art style, atmosphere, and pacing. So it seems that Nick has good original examples of both American and Japanese-style animation series. Good for them. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-avatar-the-last-airbender/395768/11 "2007-03-14T01:11:36Z")
[QUOTE=ouryL] I am evil. 🆒 A major spoiler :o Sokka discovers he’s also a water bender [/QUOTE] This probably isn’t asked much in CS, but…cite? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-avatar-the-last-airbender/395768/12 "2007-03-14T01:52:56Z")
[QUOTE=RetroVertigo] I was introduced to Avatar after having my nephew stay with us over a weekend and I was instantly hooked. I found a site that had both full seasons so that I could watch them in order (Nick doesn’t seem to play the reruns in strict order). [/QUOTE] Could you PM me this site please, pretty please with a cherry on top?