Netflix's Avatar Can Show Both Sides Of Bending (That The Movie Didn't)
Netflix’s reboot of Avatar: The Last Airbender can show the full picture of element bending that The Last Airbender movie failed to. The upcoming Avatar reboot series, first announced in 2018, will be the second time Nickelodeon’s popular anime-inspired series has been adapted to live-action. The first, 2010’s The Last Airbender, is one that isn’t looked back on fondly by many Avatar viewers, to put it gently.
The ability to “bend” the elements of water, earth, fire, and air is at the center of Avatar and its follow-up series, The Legend of Korra, and one that The Last Airbender completely failed to capture in its action scenes. However, element bending is only one half of the equation, with Avatar also showing different applications of the elements. This is the internal side of bending that Netflix’s Avatar can dive into, with numerous specific examples seen on the animated show.
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One of the most well-known additional aspects of bending was in the application of Waterbending for healing. This was a skill that Katara, as a very adept Waterbender, would take on, with The Legend of Korra showing her decades later as a respected healer in her advanced years. Aang’s origins as a monk of the Southern Air Temple also show the deeper, spirutual levels of Airbending.
With Airbenders known to be passive and peaceful, meditation is a key aspect of Aang’s training as an Air Nomad and young monk, and another area where the Netflix take on Avatar can explore the depth of the elements. Additionally, fire was an element misunderstood by even many in the Fire Nation, with Aang and Zuko coming to learn that balance, rather than rage, was the true essence of
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