Avatar: The Last Airbender

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Normally I'm not a cartoon watcher, other than the occasional episode of Fairly Oddparents, but I am totally hooked on Avatar.

As if it wasn't cool enough that the story is a neat mix of eastern mysticism and mythology blended with a Tale of Three Friends, it's also got really cool guest voices like Jason Isaacs and Clancy Brown in there.

Anyone else watch this?
 

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Guilty. My son has a stuffed lemur named Momo.

And sometimes I watch it when the kids aren't home. :Ssh:
 

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excellent show - we've got the first season boxed set and am anxiously waiting for the second...

it's a darned good show for kids and adults - and if you check the credits, there's actual martial artists credited for creating the movements.

double bonus points!

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I think it's the best cartoon to be made, as far as I'm concerned...
 

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My kids watch it all the time on TV and YouTube. I haven't logged any time with it, though. I don't want to get hooked.
 

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I agree, this is a good one.
 

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A friend brought over season one, sat me down, made me watch it. Hooked. Shamelessly. I won't say it's the best cartoon I've ever watched, but maybe #3, after Gargoyles and Fullmetal Alchemist. (The quibble I have with it is that sometimes things are resolved a little too simplistically.)

I went to buy season 2 this weekend and it was $89!!!! *coughs* For five disks!

Anyone know a cheaper place to buy it than Best Buy retail?
 

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A friend brought over season one, sat me down, made me watch it. Hooked. Shamelessly. I won't say it's the best cartoon I've ever watched, but maybe #3, after Gargoyles and Fullmetal Alchemist. (The quibble I have with it is that sometimes things are resolved a little too simplistically.)

I went to buy season 2 this weekend and it was $89!!!! *coughs* For five disks!

Anyone know a cheaper place to buy it than Best Buy retail?

I loveeee Fullmetal Alchemist. Favorite show =]
Anyway, I need to buy the first two seasons of Avatar. I've missed so much of it, i'm really behind.
 

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A friend brought over season one, sat me down, made me watch it. Hooked. Shamelessly. I won't say it's the best cartoon I've ever watched, but maybe #3, after Gargoyles and Fullmetal Alchemist. (The quibble I have with it is that sometimes things are resolved a little too simplistically.)

I went to buy season 2 this weekend and it was $89!!!! *coughs* For five disks!

Anyone know a cheaper place to buy it than Best Buy retail?

Best Buy actually had it on sale for $45 - even with the 89 label it was different at the cash... might want to go back and see if the sale is still on - got ours on Saturday!
 

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Jason Isaacs plays Lucius Malfoy in the HP series, and was Captain Hook in the most recent incarnation of Peter Pan. He's on my Short List of celebrities I'm allowed to leave my husband for.

Clancy Brown is a brilliant character actor who appears in damn near everything, including The Shawshank Redemption, the series Earth 2, and the original Highlander movie.

Avatar has some really cool people doing guest voices.
 

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Thanks Sheryl -- it's possible it was on sale, the DVD section was a mess there. It was tucked in with the anime, which probably wasn't where it was supposed to be on the shelf ... Alas, I spent my DVD money this month on other things. I'll probably get it from Netflix.

Anyone know if season 3 eps can be downloaded legally anywhere? I don't have satellite or cable TV. (I've found it cheaper just to pay for the TV episodes that I want off I-tunes or whatever, or wait and get 'em from Netflix.)

-- Leva

Best Buy actually had it on sale for $45 - even with the 89 label it was different at the cash... might want to go back and see if the sale is still on - got ours on Saturday!
 

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I like it, but I'm hooked on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Camp Lazlo also has its merits, as does Foster's Home and My Gym Partner is a Monkey.

All of these are popular choices at my house.