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Hey all, this is Jake. Long time, no post. Life appears to have finally caught up with me and I've been pretty busy. College, work, friends and moving can really make a person busy, especially when their laptop is busted again. Anywho, the purpose of this post is to try to iron out some things for the future. Obviously, Avatar the TV show is over. Done. The movies are coming out in the not-too-distant future (if 2010 is not-too-distant, I guess). But who knows what else will be happening with Avatar. As it currently stands I'm still paying for the site and will continue to do so for a little while. And while browsing ASN for the first time in weeks today, I found there was apparently a few survey out for fans to put their input into what they'd like to see in the future in Avatar. Personally, I'd like to effing have Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Zuko, Appa, Momo, Mai, and Ty Lee back for an amazing post-war 4th season. The possibilities are endless. The creators saying "their story has ended" or "we don't want it to get stale" is just hogwash. They want the big bucks the movies will bring in, without the hassel of the TV show. Yes, a TV show is a lot of work, especially one on the scale of Avatar. But with the large and very capable staff they had on Avatar - continuing the show without their involvement would have been easy. Aaron Ehasz and the writers would crank out the stories, Giancarlo Volpe and the directors would make sure the episodes and transitions were as good as they could be, the animators would continue their amazing work. So I guess this all leads up to this - does anyone else want a 4th season? Is anyone else craving that smooth animation and amazing stories crafted by the Avatar staff? I'm going to put a poll up shortly asking that question - and if there's enough interest, I'd like to go after creating a massive drive to bring the show back for a 4th season and possibly beyond. Of course I can't do this alone - so I would like to know if there are other people desiring the same thing. To me, this would be the only justifiable way Avatar would come back to TV. I've heard talk of a new series with new characters and such. Oh please. The sequel is NEVER good as the original. The writers put their blood into the characters they created again, and would be hard pressed to do it again. New characters would seem like rip-offs. What character could have the backstory of Zuko? How could anyone possibly come close to the extreme situation 12-year-old Aang was put in? How can you expect to recreate a character like Toph, a blind person who is the greatest bender in her race because of her disability? YOU CAN'T! I may be over-cynical here but I just don't see the creators being able to do this. And this has nothing to do with how good the creators are - many of the best series creators could not recreate the magicalness of their original creations. It's a tall order and I don't know how it could be done right without ruining the franchise. However, I don't see this happening. So if by some chance you are still reading this, it comes down to this - I want to start a huge online effort for a 4th season of this great show. A lot of help will be needed, however. I'm not sure how many people are still active in the fandom or care that much about the show anymore, but if the interest is there I think we should go for it. As for the continuation of the site, we will see. I'd like to finish some earlier plans I made and complete the guides and such. I hope to find some time this fall and during winter break to do this. If you are interested in helping complete the site, email webmaster@dongbufeng,net to ask what you can do to help. Thanks! Added by Dylan Amen Jake, amen. Plus the economic benefits for the creators would be huge. If they started production now, a 4th season would come out early 2010. A new season boosted by publicity from a huge movie, we'd easily see the best ratings yet. |
