the avatar is aang, aang is the avatar

when i heard about the movie avatar, i thought this is about aang, the cartoon series that our family watches in nickelodeon. was surprised that it was another avatar.

i've watched the other avatar and i like the nickelodeon's avatar more. really. good news is aang's movie is now coming to theaters this july! woohoo!!! we'll watch it. i hope aquim will be allowed to watch it. it's not titled avatar though, movie rights rules, i supposed. it is titled "the last air bender".

aang, from wikipedia

if you're not familiar with aang, the avatar, the last air bender (official nick website) , let me give you some background. there were 4 nations in the planet: air, water, earth and fire. in each nation, there are gifted members called benders. benders are people who have the gift to control the element of their nation.

aang is a monk that belongs to the air nomads. he is an air bender. i wasn't sure how it has been decided or how it has happened but aang happens to be the avatar. an avatar is the only human being that is able to master the 4 elements and is said to bring balance between the 4 nations.

aang was 12 years old but was preserved inside an iceberg for 100 years (making him 112 years old, technically). thus when he "woke up", the world is now being ruled by the fire lord (and fire nation) and that all air benders are now vanished. hence the subtitle, the last air bender.

the story has 3 seasons or 3 books, water, earth and fire. i've watched books 1 & 2, but i'm not sure if it is complete though hehehe deebeedee kasi and we seldom catch it on nick. but it's fun. i've seen the last air bender's movie trailer and i have a feeling that it is serious movie, a bit different from the nick version that is light and comical.

here's the movie version of aang (from wikipedia, still).

the official website of the movie http://www.thelastairbendermovie.com/.

for the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W1dhqc-JBs (don't know how to post youtube videos here).

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