I finally got around to checking out the teaser trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender. Yeah, I know it was posted like Monday or something, which is about three decades ago in internet time – but frankly I’m pretty neutral on the whole thing. So it was mere curiosity that drew me to it. Plus I wanted to see just how awful the film looks.

Honestly? It doesn’t look too bad. I know, I’m supposed to be toeing the line for Asian-Americans who want more of our peeps in the film. I’ve gone on record as to why I refuse to jump on that bandwagon, and won’t reiterate my feelings here (okay, I’ll sum it up: get over it). In truth, I’m actually vaguely sorta kinda maybe looking forward to this. Granted, there’s almost zero actual footage here – just some fancy martial arts magic stuff and a money shot with lots of baddies shooting fireballs – but damn…looks kinda fun.

And while I’m defending the film, here’s a cute Pakistani girl who’s mad at Shayamalan.

You go girl! I’m certain that Shyamalan watches each and every one of these rants, and will take your complaints under advisement.