Careful , these pictures could deflate the Cordell Hull of an conglomerate - social class Fire Nation battleship … because they ’re so discriminating .
On Tuesday, Netflix dropped five new photos of Fire Nation characters from its upcoming live-action “reimagining” of Nickelodeon’sAvatar: The Last Airbender. In four of the photos, fans finally get a first look atDaniel Dae Kimas Fire Lord Ozai, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as General Iroh, Ken Leung as Commander Zhao, and Elizabeth Yu as Princess Azula.
There’s also a new shot ofDallas Liuas Prince Zuko, who fans saw a first look of back in June — when Netflixreleasedfour photos of the main cast. Here’s that first photo of Zuko:
In case you need a quick refresher, here are the original three photos of Aang, Katara, and Sokka. First, there’sGordon Cormieras Twinkle Toes — er, Aang…
…Ian Ousley as Sokka (peep the boomerang on his hip)…
…and Kiawentiio as Katara.
With the founding members of the Gaang out of the way, here are the newly released photos of the Fire Nation — starting with Dallas Liu as Zuko:
For comparison, here’s the live-action and animated 16-year-old hot-man side-by-side:
Next, here’s Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Iroh:
…and here he is next to the animated version of everyone’s favorite uncle:
Here’s everyone’s favorite uncle’s younger brother — Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai…
…and here’s a comparison of him and the animated self-proclaimed Phoenix King:
Here’s Ken Leung as Commander Zhao:
Check him out next to the animated Moonslayer:
And last but never least, here’s the Crown Princess of the Fire Nation herself, Elizabeth Yu as Princess Azula:
Here she is next to the animated version of the 14-year-old prodigy:
When announcing the debut of the Fire Nation characters, Netflix made sure to drop the photos onTikTokand X, formerly known as Twitter. Needless to say, fans have thoughts about the flameo photos.
THE FIRE NATION HAS ARRIVED 🔥 Meet Fire Lord Ozai , General Iroh , Princess Azula and Commander Zhao in Avatar : The Last Airbender , coming in 2024.pic.twitter.com/qx3QDhocGz
While some point out that original series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko departed from the Netflix live-action series due to creative differences and a few take issue with Zuko and Azula, the majority of responses have been overwhelmingly positive:
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They in reality calculate great . particularly Ozai and Iroh omg , ripped direct out of the animation .
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@bitterasiandudeLOOKS PERFECT AS UNCLE IROH ! ! !
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i would glady paw over the four nations to this man.pic.twitter.com/gw6aYuv9CM
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Holy shit , this is like Matthew Lillard as Shaggy level of unadulterated translation from cartoon to live - natural process .
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“ Nice Zuko costume but your scratch is on the wrong side
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you’re able to really tell how much prison term and effort that was put into the costume and production design 🥹
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Maybe ozai had some good points idk
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The Father Lord
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Zukos scrape should be giving imo . Aside from that everything looks LIT
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Oh yeah . This bouta be a banger . Paul as Iroh is a with child W. 🔥 👏 🏾
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Fire Lord Ozai is attend fierce , I be intimate the pick of actor
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Just from this picture I already know@bitterasiandudewill instantly slim me to tears#AvatarTheLastAirbenderpic.twitter.com/1xAJ510YMA
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look ITS THE DAD FROM KIMS CONVENIENCE PLEASE HES PERFECT FOR THIS ROLE 😭 😭 😭 IM LITERALLY GOING TO TUNE IN JUST FOR HIM 😭 😭 😭 pic.twitter.com / aPAGtYn1GT
