Avatar RPG Cancellation: Iroh’s Voice Actor Blasts ‘Evil’ Paramount Execs!
Bara afsos ka mauqa hai, mere aziz Avatar fans! Hum sab jis AAA Avatar: The Last Airbender RPG ka besabri se intezaar kar rahe thay, us par Paramount ne akhri baar paani pher diya hai. Jee haan, woh RPG ab banega hi nahi, aur is khabar ne puri gaming community ko sadme mein daal diya hai.
Lekin sirf fans hi nahi, Iroh ke iconic voice actor, Greg Baldwin, ne toh is faisle par khule aam Paramount ke executives ki dhajjiyaan uda di hain! Baldwin sahab, jo Aang ki kahani mein Zuko ke aqalmand chacha Iroh ko apni awaaz dete hain (Season 3 se), unhone social media par aag laga di hai. Unka kehna hai ke Paramount ke naye afsar “seedhe seedhe badmash” (straight up evil) hain aur unhein Avatar franchise ki bilkul qadar nahi.
65 saal ke Baldwin ne bilkul bebaak ho kar baat ki hai. Unka kehna hai ke unki “pocketful of f**ks seriously depleted hai,” matlab ab unhein kisi ki parwah nahi. Unhone bataya ke 30 saal tak LA ke mukhtalif studios mein paralegal ke taur par kaam karte hue, unhein studio executives ko qareeb se dekhne ka mauqa mila. Unke mutabiq, yeh log aksar “phislne wale aur bewaqoof” hote hain jinhein kisi bhi creative cheez ke paas nahi aana chahiye. Lekin Paramount ka naya “raj,” unke liye toh “seedha seedha zulm” hai.
Baldwin ne mazeed kaha, “Yeh be-rooh log (soulless bastards) grace, redemption aur fascism ke khilaf jung ke baare mein ek show ko bilkul bhi nahi samajhte. ATLA unke liye ek raaz hai. Woh is franchise ki qadar nahi karte.” Yeh toh seedhi baat hai, aur woh bhi us shakhs ki taraf se jo is kahani ka ek aham hissa hai!
Sirf Baldwin sahab hi nahi, bohat se dusre Avatar fans bhi Paramount ke haal hi ke faislon se naraz hain. Yaad hai jab live-action adaptation ke liye original creators ko side kar diya gaya tha? Ya phir jab nayi Avatar movie ko theatrical release ke bajaye seedha streaming par daalne ka faisla kiya gaya? Fans ki narazgi samjh mein aati hai.
Baldwin ne toh yahan tak keh diya ke unhein apni baat kehne se koi darr nahi kyunki “Nickelodeon ab unhein dobara hire nahi karega anyway.” Unhone bilkul saaf alfaaz mein kaha: “Paramount Ko ATLA Ki Parwah Nahi.” Aur unhone apne posts ka ikhtetaam Iroh ki ek tasveer ke saath kiya jismein Iroh camera ko middle finger dikha rahe hain, caption ke saath, “In conclusion… f**k you, Paramount.”
Halaanke, Avatar ki original series ko khatam hue arsa ho gaya hai, fans ab bhi nayi movie, The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender, aur live-action series ke Season 2 ka intezaar kar rahe hain jo jaldi hi release hone wala hai. Lekin is RPG cancellation ne toh sab ko dil-bardashta kar diya hai. Lagta hai Paramount ko fans ke jazbaat samajhne mein aur waqt lagega.