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Apparently we're all ninjas, because you can't see us
Reading up on the first reviews on some roughs of Avatar the Last Airbender movie, and aside from the not too great reviews of the acting, this stood out to me:
The action scenes work pretty well, but only one really stood out for me at this time, which takes place in an ancient airbender temple and had some nice set pieces. Plus it was fun to watch Noah Ringer’s double (a woman with a shaved head) performing the fight scenes – they hadn’t gotten around to doing a face replacement yet.
I do remember when they first started talking about casting, they were talking about how much training they were giving the actors, and how impressive their movement had gotten.
But I'm sure it's all because it's SO IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ASIAN ACTORS WHO DO MARTIAL ARTS:
(skip to 6:30 for the beatdown)
Seriously, when I'm stupid rich, I'm going to make a movie about hockey filled with anyone but white people, because it's so fucking hard to find white actors. (Huh, a Thai hockey movie with Tony Jaa would be kinda awesome. Though skate blades and Muay Thai kicks would make it really, really bloody...)
(ETA: Also, they screened it at Arizona? Really?)
The action scenes work pretty well, but only one really stood out for me at this time, which takes place in an ancient airbender temple and had some nice set pieces. Plus it was fun to watch Noah Ringer’s double (a woman with a shaved head) performing the fight scenes – they hadn’t gotten around to doing a face replacement yet.
I do remember when they first started talking about casting, they were talking about how much training they were giving the actors, and how impressive their movement had gotten.
But I'm sure it's all because it's SO IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ASIAN ACTORS WHO DO MARTIAL ARTS:
(skip to 6:30 for the beatdown)
Seriously, when I'm stupid rich, I'm going to make a movie about hockey filled with anyone but white people, because it's so fucking hard to find white actors. (Huh, a Thai hockey movie with Tony Jaa would be kinda awesome. Though skate blades and Muay Thai kicks would make it really, really bloody...)
(ETA: Also, they screened it at Arizona? Really?)
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Enough of the artists saw that manga was doing great stuff with layouts, etc. but no one took the time to actually learn the craft- that's why the modern US superhero comic is full of posing, really close close-ups, and speed lines (Jim Lee, I'm looking at you).
The more recent wave of artists have a better grasp of it all, but that's because they cut their teeth elsewhere- whether we're talking independant comics or online galleries- so we get stuff like Runaways, Mary Jane, etc. with better art.
What the US comics -haven't- figured out, is that a continuous storyline, by the same author, is consistently stronger than jump-ship story arcs by multiple writers. That's why mediocre stuff (Bleach) can still whomp US comics regularly.