Avatar: The Last Airbender is everything that’s disappointing about Netflix’s live-action cartoon shows

TV Show ReviewsNetflix’s live-action Avatar has its heart in the right place, but its pacing and uneven performances leave a lot to be desired.

By Charles Pulliam-Moore, a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years.

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With its focus on thoughtful character development and exploration of difficult subject matter like genocide, Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender series set a new high bar for children’s TV. But despite its tonal maturity, Avatar was still very much a cartoon trying to delight you by playing to the strengths of the

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