A lot of people have been complaining and commenting about the cast of The Last Airbender as "white" and "not Asian." As a fan who have been following the cartoons and the development of the movie, I would like to clear things out.
Everything about the cartoons was "Asian-inspired" only and strictly speaking, not really Asian since everything's fictional.
And for the record, in the movie..
* The Southern Water Tribe will consist of primarily Inuit;
* The Northern Water Tribe will consist of primarily Caucasians (and if you're familiar with the series, Sokka & Katara have a lineage there);
* The Fire Nation will consist primarily of Indian and Mediterranean;
* The Earth Kingdom will consist primarily of Asians with future potential Africans;
* The Air Nomads will consist of a blended mixture of all races.
And besides, as what we can see in the trailers so far, the movie's being very faithful to the series in terms of storyline and sets. Some people are just so nitpicky. I choose faithful storyline over looks of the characters any day.
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