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Avatarverse Engineering with Adam Savage

Avatar: Braving the Elements

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The Science of Avatar

A lot of Avatar fans tell me like don't science Avatar but then we get an episode like the Northern Air Temple. Well I mean if they want to start talking about the smell of rotten eggs and natural gas we are going to science that thank you very much. There's still within that lots of beats of emotionality that I'm always surprised bylike when Ang is rolling his back over the stone in his battle with his old friend the earthbender yeah the slow motion and Ang's fear at that moment it just feels so narratively robust. So many episodes are like rub Goldberg machines in terms of how the final thing ends up happening. You feel the time and care of Peter Jackson were there

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