If it weren’t for 2000s nostalgia being in right now, ATLA would be seen as just kind of above average.
I guess I agree with you, although I’ve only seen the first 3 episodes, so I don’t know if I’ve seen enough of the show to make that judgement. People always say it “gets good” after the first season, but I feel like if a show doesn’t hook me by the third episode than it will probably never hook me. That’s a major weakness of Filoni’s writing in my opinion: his shows always “get good” in season 2 or 3, but before the audience gets to the good parts they have to suffer through an entire season of stupid BS.