The Airbender Movie Mess Update

I wanted to follow up on the casting controversy over the "Last Airbender" movie which I discussed about a year ago here. The full theatrical trailer has been released online, and another round of debate and discussion is picking up momentum, inching ever-so-slowly into the eye of the mainstream public. I've been watching and participating in a lot of these debates, and there are a couple of things I've observed that I believe are worth pointing out:


( This gets a little long. )