And again there's a focus on keeping the main character's identity mysterious while Avatar just dropped it right into the opening.Īside from that the only notable advertisements of the show has been the character introduction posters of Skout and Toth. Also the clear comedic tone of the whole encounter and by extension the Nomad's magic does not exactly fit in with Avatar either, bending was always presented very seriously and had a clear spiritual and martial theme while the Nomad's magic is presented more as a neat magic trick not meant to be taken too seriously. And again we see a return of the mascot rocks which again resemble Studio Ghibli critters more than anything, or mascot critters from a Disney movie. And the focus is not on Toth or the Nomad but instead on Skout who bears no to any character from the Avatar universe. Again no references to the 100 years thing or to the nomad being hunted. Its just a desert wasteland and western music that further emphasizes and establishes the Wild West setting, along with a mysterious main character walking towards the camera with the sun to his back, a clear allusion to (and parody of) the Western cliche of beginning with a lone wandering main character appearing out of the sunrise at the start of the story and then disappearing into the sunset at the end. No mention is made of the 100 years thing, or that the Nomad is hunted or anything else Avatar related. We get our second promotional video and again absolutely no traces of Avatar: The Last Airbender. There's no focus on the "gone for 100 years" aspect and the Magic that the Nomad possesses could not be any more different from Bending if it tried. None of this is even remotely reminiscent of Avatar. It features a mysterious faceless protagonist creating a small army of cutesy Studio Ghibli looking rock minions that have Comic Relief written all over them which then proceed to put up a title that screams Western, followed by a riff of traditional western music.
Here's the first real advertisment for Nomad of Nowhere. And the whole bounty hunting deal with one man against the world is much more reminiscent of Samurai Jack than Avatar: The Last Airbender, where Aang was only wanted in 1/4th of the world while the rest at least nominally supported him. Again a emphasis is put on the mystery of the character while Avatar focused on the destiny. The setting is also specifically restricted to a wild west style wasteland while Avatar the Last Airbender was a story that focused on the entire world rather over focusing on a specific part of it.įirst official poster art bears no resemblance Avatar and instead clearly and heavily evokes Westerns with outlaw protagonist. There's also no mention of him having been gone for 100 years in this announcement either, the emphasis is on the fact that he's worth a lot of money because he's magic. The Fire Nation hunts the Avatar because the Avatar is a threat to their rule and is destined to bring balance to the world while the Nomad is hunted by everyone because he's worth a lot of cash. The Avatar is a also a singular existence because there can only be one, while the Nomad is just the last magical being left.
The position of the Avatar itself was never mysterious, heck its laid out in clear terms with no room for uncertainty at the start of every episode.
#NOMAD OF NOWHERE SERIES#
EtcĬlick to shrink.The series is announced and what we're given bears barely even the slightest resemblance to Avatar.
Tolkien borrowed heavily Germanic and Finnish mythology and Game of Thrones is basically just "The War of Roses: Generic Fantasy Edition".
#NOMAD OF NOWHERE MOVIE#
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is one of the most successful movie franchises in the world and its basically based on taking old stories that have been told and retold countless times for decades and just altering some stuff to make it fit the movie format, not exactly the pinnacle of originality. Or you know, we could just accept that every tale takes inspiration from the works that came before it and has done so since time immemorial and instead judge shows by their own merit instead of demanding that every show should bear no resemblance to any other show that came before it.ĭisney as a company has become a absolute titan making all of the money by basically just taking works that other people made and re-branding them into new works (and also rewriting copyright law to stop anyone else from doing as they did). Avatar: The Last Airbender is about the only guy with the special powers needed to defeat the dark lord, and this guy vanished when the dark lord rose to power and only appeared again a hundred years later when the dark lord's empire is the dominant force in the world? And now the protagonist needs to deal with being a fish out of water as well as being hunted by the dark lord and his minions? Real original guys.
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