That actually didnt make sense to me. There was noone around while she was struggling, if she had used waterbending she probably would have created the distraction before the guard arrived. It seemed quite stupid to me.Originally Posted by Ryllharu
That actually didnt make sense to me. There was noone around while she was struggling, if she had used waterbending she probably would have created the distraction before the guard arrived. It seemed quite stupid to me.
being a big fan of the first series, I keep looking for the descendants of the old main characters.
I have a suspicion that this Amon is related in some way to fire lord ozai and is seeking revenge on the avatar personally. after all, fire lord ozai is one of only two people in the world to have experienced the technique to remove a persons bending.
it seems that Korra would be at a distinct disadvantage to the chi blockers if she doesn't master air bending. she seems to be so slow compared to Aangs fluid movements and dodging, she's a sitting duck really.
also anyone else think the water bender Avatars got the short straw with their animal companions? I mean the fire avatars get a dragon, and the air gets a flying bison. as interesting as a polar bear dog may be, its kinda inadequate if it can't fly.
Amon's technique is probably not the same thing Aang did to Firelord Ozai. For one, it doesn't have any of the same special effects, and it was said that without perfect balance, the power of another person's bending would annihilate the user, which it almost did it Aang. Yet Amon can dish out his sealing moves several times in a row with no apparently effort.
Also, when the turtle demonstrated the bending sealing power to Aang, and when he did it to Ozai, he touched the forehead and chest. When Amon did it, he only touched the forehead, so it's almost certainly not the same thing. If I had to guess, I'd say Amon is chi blocking people in a "permanent" way. I like someone's theory that what he is doing is disrupting the Crown chakra so it's impossible to achieve the inner balance necessary to bend at all.
Yeah my money is on Amon permanently "blocking" Korra's bending at the end of the season, and her spending the next one removing those blocks.
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Isn't there a single group or dude releasing these in 720p? I'd like to make an archive until the BDs are ripped.
There is this dude on Demonoid who released up to ep 3 in 720p. His username is Daman4Life.
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I'm slightly disappointed to see that metal bending and lightning bending appear to be so prevalent in this series. If I recall correctly, Iroh said that lightning bending was rare even among the talented, and Toph was the only metal bender ever.
At least bloodbending hasn't become popular...yet.
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I'm actually really into the great talents passing down into common use. Think about Avatar: TLA. The cast were heroes of myth and legend in their own lives. The show built up the mythology of the Avatar and his compatriots so it seemed natural that they were the only ones in the world who possessed such powers. They were the world's saviors fighting against the greatest living evil on Earth, so of course they had legendary abilities that no one else could replicate.
Now we arrive at the present. The Avatar is more like a superhero than Buddha or Jesus, even to herself. The world is no longer oppressed by insane dictators and the evil villain is actually a revolutionary for the proletariat. The press corps badgers and hectors Korra, which is unthinkable of even the weaker modern politicians or leaders, having her come off as more of a celebrity. Modern technology and governance leave little room for an all-powerful avenger to muscle nations around. The Avatar is adrift in a world that is out of balance in a way that no longer makes sense. As a symbol of the deconstruction of the mythology of the Avatar world, normal people being lightningbenders or metalbenders (or, more pointedly, metalbending now being a tool of the oppressor and lightningbending now being something the oppressors can steal from you) makes perfect sense.
Y's really thinking about this...good stuff. I do like the fact that far more than great battles of power, turnabouts, and saving entire villages (or neighborhoods in this case), LoK has largely been about Korra fumbling through public relations and political intrigue. Being isolated at the poles with the White Lotus Society has left her completely unable to maneuver through the difficulties and dangers the more modern life. She's spent a lot of the series thus far being manipulated by the movers and shakers of the city. She made the smart move of shooting down that council guy when he came to visit, only to get ambushed into joining later at the party.
It is interesting that Korra has already made most of the progress in terms of developing her powers, and it doesn't help her solving the issues Republic City has one bit. If anything, each showy display makes things worse.
On a lighter note, the introduction of a 1930s style pinup/bombshell character, wavy hair, one hand on the hip pose and all. Woohoo! Who happens to be the heiress of the richest man in the city, a Chinese Henry Ford. In nearly every way the opposite of Korra. Is it a side plot, or is Asami more than she seems? Still, Mako's behavior makes me hope that Korra's romantic interest shifts to Bolin. Mako's too much of a player, or too greedy to find an easy way out of the life he's been dealt.
watched the episode, great one.
Chinese henryFord or manipulative waterbending councilman, who's your bet for amon's true identity now?
Again this represents another savvy turn away from the established elements from A:TLA. The White Lotus Society used to be the intellectuals and pacifist rebels who cannily manipulated events in A:TLA in order to bring peace to the world. Now they are the established order in the world, and while they have trained Korra pretty well in fighting techniques they left her woefully unprepared for the real world.
The love triangle (quadrangle?) elements are pretty well done. Notice that when Tenzin's daughter asks Korra if Mako is the Firebender she can't stop thinking about, she doesn't answer, and Mako fell pretty hard for Sato's daughter. Ryllharu expressed some dismay at growing romance elements from the pilot but I think the writers have enough credit in my book to do whatever they want.
Neither one is voiced by Steven Blum and Sato weighs way too much. I think we, the audience, will probably find out early on some pretty obvious signs of who Amon is, but the characters won't know. It would be totally absurd for him to be someone we already met.
I think its rather interesting that metal bending and fire bending are more prevalent. Both techniques are what I would term "inventions" or discoveries in bending - the result of research and training if you will. knowledge of these techniques was not widely available during A:TLA's time. the fact that they are in common use shows that the world has progressed since A:TLA not just in traditional science, as evidenced by the automobile industry, but also in bending. I would love to see if the creators have thought up any new branches of bending - particularly in the Air bending department as that was the only school that did not have a 'specialty' like lighting and metal bending in A:TLA.
Don't forget waterbending had bloodbending.
Just a thought, air bending is closely related to energy bending(air being the breath of life).
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It was kind of weird to see adult Aang looking so serious. I am looking forward to those flashbacks.
I can understand how some techniques became more common place, it's the effect of living between many types of people.
it's like how learning a different language becomes much easier when you're around people who speak that language constantly. Lightning was rare because no firebender was willing to get to know the waterbending culture, and I suspect that metal bending involves some firebending elements.
IMO, the series isn't about the growth of Korra, it's about the growth of the modern city. we are currently seeing how tradition can't keep up with the modern life anymore. the nobles (councilmen) can't control the new forces in society: the new modern guilds - the corporations of different young benders in crime or in sports. and the industry tycoons aren't under the control of any bending fraction (as they were committed to the firenation empire - mercantilism). the equalist rebellion is a natural feeling by the unrepresented masses. AMON, of course, is something else.
I still suspect that he's trying to remove all the benders but him, and then reveal himself as the 'new avatar', and maybe claim himself as the new phenoix-king. we haven't seen Korra being a spirit avatar, so I think it's going to be a battle of who's the true avatar.
Of course, I'm looking forward to see Tenzin going all out and whooping ass. sure, he might not be as strong as Aang (which is probably causing him some issues), but he is the son of the avatar and of a skilled water-bender. I think he's the strongest bender in town for now (maybe more than Amon).
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