Fans think Netflix has already ruined its live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series

The countdown is on until the release of the Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series, but fans are concerned it will 'suck'.

Avatar the Last Airbender became a fan favorite upon its initial 2005 release on Nickelodeon, so much so it was made into a movie in 2010.

The original series boasts a very impressive 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, but the same can't be said for the film adaptation which has a rather disheartening five percent - making it one of the worst rated movies on the film review site.

While fans evidently don't have a lot of time for a film adaptation of the well-loved show, Netflix is trying its hand at doing a live-action series.

The streamer recently dropped the full trailer the new series, which is set for release on February 22.

Some people have high hopes for the new programme, but others have expressed their doubts in light of there being a huge character change.

Ian Ousley is starring as Sokka in the Netflix series and recently shared that his character won't be as sexist as he was before.

He said some elements of the original show were 'iffy'.

"I feel like we also took out the element of how sexist [Sokka] was," Ousley told Entertainment Weekly.

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"I feel like there were a lot of moments in the original show that were iffy."

While many would applaud the decision to include less sexism, some die-hard fans aren't happy and insisted that Sokka's sexism was an 'important' part of the character.

One person fumed on X: "I could write a 2 hour long video essay on why Sokka's sexism was important to his character arc, growing and accepting the powerful women in his life was a major plot point for him.

"From the beginning of meeting the Kiyoshi and to watching his sister become a master bender."

Another wrote: "It’s literally apart of his character arc that Sokka learns how stupid his sexist views were and begs the Kyoshi Warriors to teach him. This show is gonna suck."

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"This is so unnecessary and very disappointing to hear," said a third.

"If it was good enough and okay for children to understand in a Nickelodeon animated show then why the hell would it be bad to just translate the source material in live action?"

Someone else pointed out: "Sokka’s sexism is literally how they found Aang. Katara got mad because of Sokka’s sexist remark and broke the ice glacier that freed Aang.

"How are they gonna play around that?"

Other fans empathized with original writers Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino's decision to leave the project.

The duo announced in 2020 that they were no longer working with Netflix on the series after being involved for two years due to 'creative differences'.