yup. they should've just pitched it as one single story line that continues over the 4 books. Oh well, im still looking forward to this.
yup. they should've just pitched it as one single story line that continues over the 4 books. Oh well, im still looking forward to this.
Uhh I think you misread Y, it has been renewed for 40 more eps/3 more books.
Season 2 trailer. I'm probably repeating myself here, but i don't really see where they can go with this now. She's mastered the elements and arguably the avatar state in the first book, what more is there? If she's basically already all powerful then what meaningful challenges can be presented to her from here on out?
I thought they made it fairly plain where Korra's greatest weaknesses lie. While she is very powerful even without the Avatar state in the physical realm, she is ruled by her emotions far too easily. Aang's worst moments of control are Korra's everyday status. Except at the magical dues ex machina ending of last season.
We're used to seeing Aang enter the spiritual realm in a placid state, deal with what he finds there, and return. He spent years training as a monk before he was frozen in the ice. In many ways, he was often quite familiar and comfortable with the spiritual realm. He could be there in moments with little need to prepare for meditation.
Korra, in stark contrast, spent her years in the North avoiding any kind of spiritual training. She has no concept of self control, is swayed by her emotions non-stop, and struggles with even the most minor spiritual efforts. Even Tenzin's children operate more easily that Korra does in spiritual matter, as the shots with Jinora show.
Think about the episode with Koh the Face Stealer. Aang really didn't have any trouble with it at all. Korra would have lost immediately.
This is actually one of the smartest things they could be doing with seasons that weren't originally planned to exist. She may have mastered all elements, she may be able to beat anyone in bending combat, but she's pathetically weak when it comes to stuff like this.
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Well the avatar is supposed to bring balance, so far its been humanity the ones disturbing it so maybe we'll get to see the other side up to no good in the following books.
I'm keeping my expectations really low though, last season's ending was just too awful.
I liked all the really big creatures. and Tenzin shocked face is gold.
not big on bringing back the two brothers & Asami. but I guess that's what we get..
They at least have to bring Asami back. Her part of the story and involvement in their little love triangle was left completely unresolved. It ended up being more of a "Oops, guess you like her better, oh well..." half-assed thing instead.
Korra still should have gotten together with the other brother.
Nu-hum, she totally should have gotten together with Zuko 2.0.Originally Posted by Ryllharu
Honor > *
...retarded?
Anyone watched the premiere? Think I will do so tonight.
It was pretty good, but I don't like this "haxx0r spirit blobs running around" shit...
Looks like the North have come for the "cleansing"...
loved it, of course.
I think it's a bit odd that an outcast from the north can become a southern chief so fast. and it's even weirder that he knew all about spirits getting mad for trashing with their holy spots, and still refused to listen to his brother.. did he learn nothing from the incident 20 years ago?
speaking of which:
I'm not buying this. seems too rush.
suddenly there's an evil spirit attacking! and now's the only chance to do the avatar ceremony. and quickly, we must rush to that place, and then to another~!
if I've ever seen a guy trying to monopolize the avatar, then this guy (her uncle? name?) is the guy.
my first guess: that guy is trying to become the new avatar (along with his creepy twins). they got water, spirit, and now each of them is going to attach to an element bender and learn how to bend a new element. we already saw the creepy girl shadowing Bolyn.
when they reached the air temple, the monks were expecting to see that Aangs' other children were also air benders. they're not, but who's to say that the can't learn it as well? shouldn't it be in their blood?
I'm even going on a stretch here, and point out that people from the city council no longer wear themed outfits. unless they're foreigners, you can't tell who's a firebender and who's an earthbender, boundaries are getting mixed.
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Currently Watching: probably a show directed at 9 years old girls, lets be honest.
You know the important distinction between Batman and me? Batman is fictional. In real life, there isn't always an alternative.
Loved the score the most. They're really outdoing themselves on the music in this series.
That's something I've always kind of liked about Korra's series. It's less of heroic epic, and more about Korra as the Avatar being used and manipulated. The isolation imposed on her by the White Lotuses has been hurting her a great deal, and it continues to do so. Now we're getting hints that her father is part of the reason, and possibly lied about Aang being the one to suggest the method his successor was to be trained.
It seemed that Jinora was getting the first hints to whatever Korra's uncle is really planning. The statue she found had a clear depiction of spiritual mumbo-jumbo around it, but it was also interesting to note that it was defaced. Was this perhaps a rogue avatar, one who felt the need to dominate spirits rather than communicate with them? The philosophy is that avatars are both responsible for maintaining balance, but they're also individuals. Some are more subdued, some are more warlike.
Jinora should probably be Korra's real spiritual teacher. Korra likes her, they're more similar in age, and Korra respects her and doesn't but heads with her like she does constantly with Tenzin.
Doesn't work that way. Bending is a hereditary trait. It's why the Fire Nation rounded up all the water benders of the militarily-weak Southern Water Tribe and imprisoned or killed them all. Katara was the last bender still in the tribe because it was a recessive trait in her father (her grandfather being a waterbending master). Katara's mother lied to protect her, saying she was the last one, dying in the process.
Tenzin is the airbender like their father, Kya the waterbender like their mother, and Bumi has no bending abilities at all (but is probably quite the tactician). In a way, he almost takes after Sokka.
No they can only have one. That's why the avatar is so OP. They're the only ones who can know more than one.
If the series wanted to take a real good turn, they should make different villains for the first 3 books and then for the last book, have Aang not really be dead and running all of this behind the scenes (like anakin skywalker). Star wars bending nyoguhh
It started well enough, but then again so did the first season. They won't trick me again, i don't just want an interesting premise i want a satisfying conclusion as well.
Hopefully the northern chief will either turn out not to be a villain after all or at least be an interesting one, his daughter Mai 2.0 already grabbed my attention though. Hoping the twins and Tenzin's brother and sister ( gilf? ) will be prominently featured.
The world is still the best aspect of this show for me but if the premier is an indication of what's to come it looks like the most prominently featured characters will the most bland, uninspiring and irritating ones.
Korra couldn't be more of a petulant whiny brat if she tried, and while the show looks like it's going to try to explain away why she is that way it doesn't change the fact that I am not interested in seeing her behave the way she does. Aang's behavior in the first part of Book one of A:TLA was immature and offputting but by the later parts of of season one he had mostly learned to grow up and take the world at least somewhat seriously. Korra doesn't feel the slightest bit wiser or more mature from her experiences in season one and, while unsurprising, really let me down.
I'm going to remain hopeful that we'll see interesting stories surrounding Tenzin and his family and Asami and Bolin's adventures in free enterprise. The Northen Fuehrer's daughter (let's just ignore the totally superfluous trap brother) seemed like she could be entertaining playing off Bolin at least until the inevitable reveal that the siblings are actually daddy's little soulless hatchet men and they pick up the antagonist ball.
Also, for my money Mai did deadpan silent type way better than those two knuckleheads.
Edit: Another possible source of goodness looks to be the interplay between Tenzin, Kya, and Bumi. Kya is probably the hot older woman to replace Lin Baefong, and Bumi looks he could take on an Uncle Iroh like role with a combination of lulzy antics and seroius battle commander experiance informed wisdom.
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And Aang was way younger than Korra, he was entitled to more than a few tantrums but for the most part he was the ideal avatar always striving to do better and was accepting of any help he could get.Korra couldn't be more of a petulant whiny brat if she tried, and while the show looks like it's going to try to explain away why she is that way it doesn't change the fact that I am not interested in seeing her behave the way she does. Aang's behavior in the first part of Book one of A:TLA was immature and offputting but by the later parts of of season one he had mostly learned to grow up and take the world at least somewhat seriously.
What really gets to me is Korra's underserved sense of accomplishment, she manages to air bend and the next week already thinks she's mastered the art and no longer has anything to learn from the only remaining airbending master in the world. Up until the last episode Aang was still training with Toph, Katara and Zuko to improve himself and his bending.
Plus the chauvinist in my tends to yell out "BITCH" every time she acts out, i'd probably be more understanding if it was Aang.
Avatars are informed of their avatarness when they grow a bit up. usually 16, aang was 12 and korra was about 7 when people told her "well, I guess you're about to be the boss of the world". it makes quite a dent on ones' personality.
It's aangs' fault, in a way. his definning years as an avatar were times in which no one believed in him, and he had next to no support. so he made sure that the next avatar would get a personal cheering squad. Korra best times were when people (the public in general, not her friends) didn't believe in her or when she was treated as an equal (pro-bending boxing).
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