REVIEW: ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ means even more to us now
On May 15 Aang rode his air scooter back into our hearts. All three seasons — or books — of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” dropped on Netflix and sent us back in time to the mid-2000s. I — Kevin — binged the show with my co-authors Tristan and Phillip. “Avatar” was just a cool show when we were kids. The animation was exhilarating. Appa and Momo were wonderful even though Appa’s gigantic, human teeth were horrifying. But revisiting the show as an adult reveals the show's complexity: the show poses massive questions about free will, destiny and fate and touches on the horrors of war and imperialism. “Avatar: The Last Airbender” meant a lot to us then, but it means even more 15 years later.