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The First 80 Seconds of the New Airbender Series Legend of Korra

For the unaware, Avatar: The Last Airbender is a legitimately great show. And when it was announced that a new series called Avatar: The Legend of Korra would be a direct sequel to the original, there was (quite understandably) a lot of excitement. Though for fans, anything to get the sour taste of the live action adaptation out of their mouths would have been welcome. Now, the first 80 seconds of the first episode have been leaked online.

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The 15 Greatest Chosen Ones

In honor of the release of M. Night Shyamalan‘s Avatar: The Last Airbender, we have complied a list of the fifteen greatest chosen, prophesied, destined, or otherwise singled out heroes in science fiction and fantasy, whether they come from books, movies, television, or video games.  After all, Aang isn’t the only person to have a terrible path set before them by fate, and he won’t be the last.  Warning: we’re talking about ultimate destinies here.  Here there be spoilers.

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New Airbender Trailer: Katara Waterbends; Aang Speaks

A new Last Airbender trailer has surfaced on the Web featuring a few new scenes, including a battle between Zuko and Katara, an awesome shot of Aang‘s staff swooshing open, and *gasp* Aang speaking at the very end.

Watch it here, then read our thoughts:

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What is it about Movies Called Avatar and Race?

M. Night Shyamalan‘s forthcoming adaptation of Nickelodeon’s animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender won’t be released until July 2010, but criticism over the whitewashing of the series’ Asian characters has already given birth to a thriving year-old community of dissenters at Racebending.com and preemptive discussions on whether the casting is racist.

While other movie critics were having eyegasms over Airbender’s Superbowl Ad and latest trailer, both Topless Robot and Salon.com turned to address the racial anxiety Shyamalan has stirred up by casting mostly white actors as the series’ clearly Asian and Inuit lead characters.

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