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io9See the Pencil Tests for Avatar: the Last Airbender‘s Best Fight Scene
You’ve seen it in HD. You’ve seen the fan version. Now see the unfinished version. Which is, honestly, still stunning. Thanks to Nickelodeon’s Twitter, you can now see a sharply edited sequence of the original pencil tests for one of the climactic moments of Avatar: the Last Airbender, the Agni Kai fight between Zuko and … Continued
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io9MoviesThe One Good Scene in: The Last Airbender
M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender is not a good movie. By all standards—but especially when compared to the animated series—it’s a waste of time. But even the worst cinematic experiences will usually have something about them that works. The Last Airbender is not only reviled by nearly everyone, but Netflix’s live-action adaptation is in … Continued
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io9Avatar: The Last Airbender‘s Unaired Pilot Was Surprisingly Dark
Avatar: The Last Airbender is known for exploring complex morals and emotional situations. However, Nickelodeon has released an unaired pilot that shows a few key differences from the animated series we know and love, and they are pretty dark! The network held an Avatar: The Last Airbender live stream session on Sunday (as reported by … Continued
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io9Open Channel: Where Do You Stand in the Avatar Wars?
Is Aang the Avatar for you? Or is Korrathe Avatar and do you, in fact, just have to deal with it? A friend of mine recently published an interesting essay over on Polygon in which he argues that, despite Aang being a wonderful and beloved protagonist, Korra is, in the fiction of the Avatar: the … Continued
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io9Then, Everything Changed When the Gif Party Attacked
There’s always time for another pro-bending gif party! The Legend of Korra has followed Avatar: The Last Airbender onto Netflix. And even though the future of the live-action series is in jeopardy, we can still celebrate Korra and her friends getting the bending time they deserve. With, what else, gifs! Leave your favorite “It’s Friday!” … Continued
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io9MoviesThe Next Ninja Turtles Movie Will Be Heavy on the ‘Teenage’ Part of the Characters
Every time a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie comes out, something has to set it apart. The first movies spun the franchise from animation to live-action. Then things went back to animation. Later, it flipped back to live-action yet again, with the latest reboots using new technology and turtle designs. And now, things are … Continued
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io9The Ren & Stimpy Documentary Trailer Addresses Its Disgraced Creator’s Legacy
Ren & Stimpy is one of the most influential animated shows of the past several decades, but the man who created has been accused of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior toward underage girls. In the first trailer for Happy Happy Joy Joy, we see that the documentary creators aren’t going to gloss over John Kricfalusi’s … Continued
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io9The Legend of Korra Brings Balance to Netflix Next Month
The spirit world, the physical world, and the streaming world: Korra will bring harmony to them all when she lands on Netflix in August, joining Aang before her. Netflix has just announced that, afterrecently acquiring streaming access to Avatar: The Last Airbender, the platform will now play host to its spinoff/continuation series, The Legend of … Continued
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io9Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Will Cowabunga Back to the Big Screen With an Animated Reboot
It worked for Spider-Man, and now maybe it’ll work for the heroes in a half-shell. Paramount and Nickelodeon are teaming up for yet another reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This time around it’s a theatrical, CG-animated film produced by Point Grey Pictures, the Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg-founded company responsible for projects like This Is … Continued
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io9Thank God, Avatar: The Last Airbender Is HD on Netflix Now
Praise be, your cabbages can look better than ever. Everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked Avatar: The Last Airbender came to Netflix last month, giving us the chance to revisit Aang’s quest to save the world from the wroth of Fire Lord Ozai (and when we were finished, get right to carrying on with … Continued
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io9How Jimmy Neutron Killed an Episode of Invader Zim
Much as we all may love and remember about Invader Zim, there’s so, so much more to the series that ultimately ended up on the cutting room floor—because animation, like all creative processes, is a vicious business in which one must sometimes kill their darlings. Just because something doesn’t make it to air doesn’t mean … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsOh Thank God, We’ll Be Able to Hear Korra and Asami Be Queer Real Soon
The Legend of Korra ended with our titular Avatar beginning the next step of her life hand in hand with her new girlfriend, Asami. We’ve gotten to see that story continue even with the show’s end, thanks to both fan works and Dark Horse’s great graphic novel series. But now we’re going to get a … Continued
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io9ViacomCBS Will Turn CBS All Access Into the Foundation of Its New, Unholy Voltron of a Streaming Service
The re-merging of Viacom and CBS last year into the latest entertainment megacorp meant that suddenly the new company had more streaming services under its banner than it knew what to do with. Now, it sort of knows: It’s mushing them all together, with CBS All Access—the home of much of Star Trek’s resurgent televisual … Continued
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io9A Look Inside the Gorgeous Artwork in Avatar: The Last Airbender‘s Stunning New Anniversary Collection
Next year sees the 15th anniversary of the beloved Avatar: The Last Airbender, one of the greatest animated shows of the 21st century, and Nickelodeon is celebrating in style with a new steelbook collection of the entire series. Said series is being wrapped in some truly beautiful new artwork—and io9 has an exclusive look. While … Continued
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io9TrailersKeanu Reeves’ Head Appears in the New SpongeBob Movie (Because We Live in Blessed Times)
SpongeBob’s pet snail has gone missing, and it’ll take a road trip comedy to find him! In the first trailer for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, SpongeBob Squarepants and Patrick head out on a quest to bring little Gary home—with a little help from Keanu Reeves inside a tumbleweed, of course. Paramount has … Continued
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Tech NewsNetflix’s Chosen Fighter to Take on Disney+ Is, Uh, Nickelodeon
I imagine it’s looking pretty grim from where Netflix is standing right now. The streaming giant announced Wednesday—just one day after the launch of Disney’s highly-anticipated new streaming service, a service primarily catering to families and nerds—that it’s partnered with Nickelodeon on a multi-year content deal. Nickelodeon has existed on Netflix before, such as with … Continued
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io9The Nickelodeon Star Trek Show Won’t Talk Down to Its Younger Audience
When it was first announced that a new Star Trek animated series would be heading to Nickelodeon, a certain subsection of Star Trek fans began wringing their hands that this might be the point the franchise “dumbs itself down” to attract those gosh-darned youths. Well, good news: that’s not going to be the case. Speaking … Continued
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io9TrailersThe First Trailer For the Are You Afraid of the Dark? Reboot Has No Right Being This Creepy
When it comes to reboots like this, you kind of expect the things that scared you as a child not to still quite have the same effect as an adult. We’ve grown, matured—understood and acknowledged that the fears of the past are not quite the same as the kind of existential things that scare us … Continued
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io9A Jurassic World Prequel Show Is Coming to Nickelodeon Courtesy of Lego
What happened before Jurassic World suffered the same fate as Jurassic Park? We’ll find out next month in a very surprising (and cute) way. On September 14, Nickelodeon will debut a brand new series called Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar. It’s a 13-episode, CG animated mini-series set before the events of the first … Continued
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io9Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus Is More Than Its Nostalgic Sensory Overload
Netflix’s Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus is the sort of long-awaited revival of a cult classic that makes you appreciate the unique space the original series carved out for itself on Nickelodeon. But the special also makes you reflect on what audiences in 2019 ultimately get out of a series like Invader Zim beyond a … Continued