r/Avatarthelastairbende

Title. My first exposure to The Legend of Aang: The last Airbender was when the whole movie got leaked on twt. I didn't even know the movie existed until that point. What really bothers me is that it felt like 0 marketing went through the project.

I have heard that artists have been working for years, yet when I hear about it, it's not even from the marketing itself. I'm not asking for a whole blown trailer since those usually come out 1-3 months before the movie has its theatrical release, but at least make it well known that the movie will be releasing. Show an image, the backdrop, Aang, anything. It will spread like wildfire on the internet considering how starved ATLA community is.

I could care less from the little snippets I've heard, whether the OG cast isn't VA or the pacing/story sucks - whatever. Just leave a little crumb trail that this project will happen within 2026. With that little crumb trail, fans will be excited to see this in theaters.

Will the sales suffer if the whole movie gets leaked prematurely? Absolutely, there is no other way around it. However, Paramount really dug a hole for themselves by leaving the fanbase in the dark here. At the very least, fans would wait for a theatrical release because they have been fed information to satiate part of their curiosity. I guarantee u more people will pirate the movie because they'd rather see a theatrical release than buy a streaming subscription

I apologize if this post isn't 100% on topic, but I believe it is very important. I think we need to organize a strike of all Paramount+ services to send a message about The Legend of Aang. It's obvious that out of touch CEO's won't listen to anything other than money, so let's make sure they listen.

I haven't seen the movie yet, and man it's been hard to resist temptation, but I really want this movie to succeed and be released in theaters. Any help or support would be appreciated

[This question is initially for those who haven't seen the movie so Please, NO SPOILERS🙂]

Avatar The Last Airbender has to me, just like to all of you, been an important part of my life, just like with Ben 10 Classics. The soundtrack is spectacular, the characters are fantastic, the story is scary, and Iroh, if it wasn't for him & Mako I wouldn't try to look at life with optimism and try to live with wisdom in my heart..

And when Legends of Korra released, flawed as it may be, it took something that was amazing and upgraded it into the technological world that, I personally loved more than I disliked. Especially the music, they nailed it with the soundtrack there, and bending felt like a new flame beating as brightly as the last one. And I've always wondered what happened in the "in-between" of the both shows, and Hopes that the movie sheds some light on what came to be a full idea to build "Republic City"..

But now that the movie that was supposed to come out in October this year, has been leaked or released this early, as I've managed to stay away from spoilers of it in all ways but the movie picture, I'm wondering if watching the leaked version now early on, or after rewatching the show first again then watching the movie, would be respectless to the franchise or not?

Edit: I'm just trying to think what or how Uncle Iroh & Mako would think about situation

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