Avatar Aang

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or some reasons I love Avatar: The Last Airbender When the original promo for Avatar the Last Airbender (ATLA) first came out I was intrigued. It seemed to have a fairly simple premise with a lot of possibility. So when the pilot episode for it aired on February 21, 2005, I was primed and waiting to watch it. By the time we finished that first episode of ATLA I knew something magical was happening. I just didn’t know how magical it was going to be ultimately until the series was finished. my first 9 reasons for the magic (spoiler free) #10 The bending AKA theRead More →

Aang and Po

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Yes, I will admit it, I absolutely adore both the Avatar: The Last Airbender TV series and the Kung Fu Panda movie trilogy. Possibly even more than Scooby Doo. I mean I devour most things Scooby Doo but I also know they have their faults. These two animated “series”, however, are almost perfection personified. Both have to do with martial arts. Each has a level of depth and character development for a children’s series that is incredible to behold. Depth not always found in so-called adult fare, either. The people who put these two series together didn’t just throw some fun at kids. They tellRead More →

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Oh get your minds out of the gutter. 😀 Yeah, so anyway, I had an interesting if short chat with my son yesterday just as I was getting ready to watch a TiVo recording of The Legend of the Red Dragon, a 1994 Jet Li martial arts movie. Mark quipped that he didn’t think I liked martial arts/kung fu movies. My response was to wonder why he would think that when he knew good and well one of my top favorite movies is The Forbidden Kingdom, an extremely fun story about the legend of the Monkey King featuring both Jackie Chan and Jet Li in mentoringRead More →