Natla Critical - Tumblr Posts

Going to say this now even though I barely post here::::: Adaptations are never meant to be a 1:1 recreation of the original source material. The goal is never to recreate the exact same experience in a different format, the whole point of remaking something in a different format is to make something new.

I don’t understand why people are out here acting like the new Netflix ATLA walked onscreen, shot the original with a 44 and declared itself the new ATLA. I’m not saying you can’t criticise anything about it or any other adaptation, I just think a lot of people need to remember that an adaptation that gives you the same experience and explores the exact same themes and doesn’t elaborate on or look at things in different angles would be utterly pointless.

People aren't complaining it's not a one to one adaptation, they're frustrated that it's a badly written mess.

You either run in completely different circles than tumblr (in which case why are you complaining about it here, nobody you're refering to will read it and consider changing their mind) or didn't even read what those complaining are saying.

I hope this doesn't come off too rude but I'm getting sick of everyone accusing people with genuine concerns and criticisms (who more often than not desperately try to find positives in natla) of just hating

I have seen a lot of fundamental misunderstandings of what an adaptation is on tumblr which is why I posted it here and people complaining it wasn’t exactly the same is the reason why I felt a need to try clarify that, (even to like the 3 people who would end up seeing it) was so more criticisms of the show would criticise it as it is and not as if it’s trying to be exactly the same as the original

It is entirely possible that you and I have just been seeing different things, tumblr is a big platform with a lot of people and you don’t need to defend yourself against something that doesn’t apply to you