更多 than anything, this puts to 问题 whether all the noise that this racist vs. not racist 辩论 has that big a following, 或者 is it one of those cases where a few outspoken 粉丝 overreact and get 更多 people riled up in the process. Adding their voice to the cause, however, both the animatic editor and the cultural consultant of the original Avatar: The Last Airbender series have both expressed disappointment with the casting decisions, perhaps revealing that there is something 更多 to this outcry than just plain 粉丝 overreaction.
After all, 阿凡达 creators Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko have categorically stated that, "We knew that Nickelodeon was looking for a kind of show, so we kind of took that directive and set about creating our own mythology. And we wanted to base it in Asian rather than European background."
Just to get 你 up to speed, Avatar: The Last Airbender was an Emmy-winning animated series that aired on Nickelodeon for three seasons, with Sixth Sense director M. Night Shyamalan was tasked to direct its live-action film adaptation.
For all intents and purposes, Avatar: The Last Airbender was predominantly influenced 由 several Asian cultures, so casting a bunch of Caucasian actors to play most of the characters understandably raised a furor with fans. Noah Ringer was cast as Aang, Dev Patel of Slumdog Millionaire fame as Zuko, The Twilight Saga: New Moon's Jackson Rathbone as Sokka, and Nicola Peltz as Katara.
The first The Last Airbender trailer had everyone's panties up in a bunch (either in a good way 或者 bad way), so understandably, people are hoping for the 下一个 one to air, as promised, this December. Unfortunately, producer Frank Marshall said, it will be a little delayed.
