Yes because if he hadn't ran from home Aang would surely have vanquished evil with no control over the avatar state and only airbending. If he had stayed he would have been the youngest dead avatar in history.
Yes because if he hadn't ran from home Aang would surely have vanquished evil with no control over the avatar state and only airbending. If he had stayed he would have been the youngest dead avatar in history.
No he could have fled to the earth and water tribes and learned bending before the countries collapsed. If he fought alongside them they might have never gotten to the ruined states that they were in.Originally Posted by Archangel
So the last 4 episodes of Book 2 have been released in one day; made my day.
I definitely have some mixed feelings on how the book ended. I think the main thing that put me off was the whole giant energy spirit fighting at Republic City; that was just over the top and confusing as to how it was possible. Shooting energy beams at each other? Really? I felt like I was watching Ultraman or something. Also, what did Jinora do? That wasn't really explained.
All that being said though, the last 4 episodes were still quite epic. I did like many of the smaller scale fights though, Mako and Bolin working together especially, as well as the waterbending fight between the 2 brothers. Even the avatar duel was not too shabby, though I found it hard to believe that Korra's ability to bend 4 elements put her on equal/slightly lesser ground with Unalaq's sole waterbending ability.
Bumi was great comic relief, per usual. Really wish BeiFong had been featured more prominently; too bad she didn't join them in that last battle. Seems like she's been pushed off to the side this season, which is quite unfortunate. The direction they're taking the series is definitely interesting. Lots of possibilities and potential on where they could go for the next 2 books; let's hope they don't mess it up.
"You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyways."
A whole lot of ass pulling and tween relationship drama, fuck this show.
A teenager with body armour, an AK-47, and a trove of grenades can't necessary beat an experienced army man with just a pistol.
Avatar mode should give her all the knowledge of the past avatars. If your saying is correct then Aang should've never beaten the fire lord since he was known to be the best fire bender.
Good stuff.
This season started out really rocky, but picked up with the Avatar Wan stuff and then ended really strong.
The status quo is certainly changed, and I'm curious what exactly they plan to do for the next two seasons now that they've defeated the spiritual embodiement of evil.
I'm curious as to whether the Dark Avatar is going to be reincarnated the way the Avatar is.
And, I'm still waiting for Sound, Light and Thoughtbending to be introduced.
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Fire Lord didn't have a spirit backing him up though.
I don't know where you all got to see the last 4 eps but I've only seen up to the 3rd to last on TV and all I can say after watching it is Holy Shit, Fuck Mako. Of the many, many problems I have with this show the way the writers treat Mako has finally taken the crown of unglory from Korra and hers stupid shenanigans. With the end of the 3rd to last episode Mako was presented in an semi-messianic light just for not sucking completely at his job like everyone else in Repubic City has been this season. What really should have happened is everyone else should have felt shame for being so stupid and dismissive but Mako didn't need to be made out to look like some super sleuth.
But the last straw was what happened when Korra came back, now we have the bullshit writers giving her selective amnesia just so they can have bullshit Mako can do the same thing he did at the end of season one and screw over Asami for the sake of Korra because yay teenage relationship drama.
At least this time they had Bolin spell out how douchey Mako was being (big impact coming from the character they've been building up as the dumbest in the show) and he almost came clean, but then got scared and ran away from the truth yet again. Now I do think it's a fair worry that Korra might roast him for telling her (which I must admit is probably a legitimate fear), but to me that's just the writers forcing the situation to continue enabling Korra's horrible personality. I feel like this whole dramatic relationship tension crap takes a lot away from the show because it tarnishes the good qualities of characters for seemingly no reason other than to make sure every other character has some big personality flaw, possibly to ensure that no one can legitimately call Korra out for her bullshit with clean hands.
Yeah I think Korra is probably the worst and dumbest avatar in history.
Yeah, Korra is definitely the worst avatar ever.
I'm also disappointed that Korra chose to rebind herself to Rava, and not tie the two of them together again, undoing Wan's major mistake. The only possible outcome now is that there will be a Vaatu Avatar born. To do otherwise would further ruin any remaining continuity this series has.
I didn't really mind the "ultraman shit," because Vaatu has been shooting beams this whole time. It was Korra's soul shouting out her frustrations about how much of a fuckup she is.
Ultimately, my major complaint about this season is just the way bending was treated. In TLA, it was always drawn with great care. The movements all fit with the outcome of the attack in terms of style. Even in Season 1, Bolin and Mako use a distinctive boxing style to their bending, and it was drawn with care. In this season, it has generally been thrust-flame/earth/water, generic punch-flame/earth/water, wave arms-stronger flame/earth/water. There was no gravity or build up to the really fantastic displays or attacks.
You never really feel captivated by any given attack, the way that you knew Azula's attacks were going to be nasty before she even finished moving, or that Aang was going to blast someone off their feet. Or even that Mako was going to just dodge the attack and then deliver a decisive counter-attack. I think the only time we did get that was Bolin defending the president. Both Bolin and his opponents did it.
Thankfully, they not only redeemed that in the final episode, they fixed the bullshit issue with the season 1 ending where they were paired. Korra and Mako finally broke up for good, recognizing that it just doesn't work. Unfortunately, this still means that Asami is being treated like a rebound, but hey, no more bullshit happy endings. They almost ruined it with Bolin and Eska, but they let that one go too. With any luck, we'll get back to the way the first season should have worked with Bolin (but I'd guess he's over her too), so it'll be the way that it must be, with Korra being miserably alone.
finally got around to watch the final episodes.
Didn't I call it? I called it. Now that modern times are upon us, everybody wants to be the avatar. everyone wants 15 minutes of fame. no respect for tradition.
Felt that the spirit world was pretty much a mess. at ATLA:LOA, spirit world was always a 'metaphor' it was spiritual as spiritual should mean. but if spirit world is just a different world, then it shouldn't change it's properties based on who comes to visit. Iroh was a complete curveball as well.
Tenzin almost got his stick removed, but not quite. Bumi got a moment of awsome, but it doesn't count because it was slapstick. Kaya was just 'there', without doing anything important to resolve her personal shit.
Angel Jinora... oh, who cares?
Desna and Eska, again with trying to make them mai 2.0, only without anyone to play them off, Bollin doesn't count because at no moment did I believe he has real feelings towards her.
Bollin was the joke, just as expected, and his mover career hardly lead to any real growth, so that's another waste. he had the cool fight in the mover premiere, but it lacked an emotional punch, due to him fighting no one important without any consequences. Mako, again, as expected, was treated like a damn super~hero, blasting the defenses from the plain against hundreds of water benders, and generally being "better than anyone else!!!" in every damn scene of his. and how did those two assholes become detectives anyway? they aren't even benders, so that can't be an excuse.
Korra should have sealed Vato inside herself as well, but at least she opted to change the status quo.
There's a new season. already a 3rd episode of it.
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love how people aren't lining up to change their lives, it's pretty obvious that air bending civilization can't resurface just because some new dudes can blow wind around. it merges into the theme of worlds becoming one. just like how Bolin and Mako are a family even if they bend differently - someone who was born in earth civilization won't become a monk just because he suddenly fits the qualifications.
I hate the kid.
The earth kingdom story seems more interesting so far than the escaped convicts, I suspect that the earth queen might be an air-bender herself.
the prison breaks... welll, maybe if there were some explanations about them, who they were, what are their crimes, and so on. I think Yakone's dad as the mob boss was enough milking of that story, but it can still work out.
plots so far:
1. cosmic level: spirit world taking over Republic city.
2. nation level: earth nation setting out to start a war.
3. personal level: the new bending quarto and their messahic streak (which I think will take over plot 1 while our heroes are clearing out plot2).
In truth, those air benders should have received at least some training, if only to control their powers. I think Tenzin should have offered them some basic training at Air Temple Island when they can make the appropriate arrangements.
Based on this weekends episodes and those that have already been leaked, I have a feeling this is going to be a much better season than the previous two. Animation looks so much better. Fight sequences seem to have much better choreography. The distraction of relationship issues seem to be at a bare minimum. And on top of all that, we get to have an airbending villain. Should be good times.
I'm still hoping for them to just kill off Korra and make a new character with a less douchy personality. For once it would be nice for a protagonist to be smart and calculating instead of acting like Peter Griffin doing roadhouse impressions.
Also, serious question: is Tenzen slightly autistic? Telling people to leave behind their families and become a monk just because they can bend air now? Is he honestly retarded?
That kid is honestly a scumbag too. If i was Korra (double crossed twice now by the chump), I would just take away his bending ability for the good of mankind.
Looks like Communist China Sing Sei still has the Dai-NSA-Li working to ensure "proper" media coverage, maintained "order" and mutually assured poverty among the lower class.
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In all truth, Korra feels like shes grown somewhat this season. Kudos especially for helping that one guy out that wanted to jump. She's still a bit hot headed, but I think Tenzins training is finally getting through to her.
FYI, the first three episodes are on again today (I believe at 7 est again), and then starting next week we will be getting two episodes per week. It is speculated this is to last through the rest of the season.
Source.
As nice as it is to get double the fix of Korra each week, I feel like the season will go by too fast and we will be suck waiting forever again for the next season.
edit: Korra is apparently at 8 pm for the rest of the season.
Last edited by vejita613; Fri, 07-11-2014 at 06:19 PM.
episode four.
I still hate that little piece of shit Kai, it's like how I don't like Mako, but worse, because he's a shit head brat.
I didn't like the air vs air fight with the dai-lee, their methods seem a bit too focused on the pincer hands, and the air moves are boring as shit (not to mention, way too OverPowered).
Mako and Bolin against Dai Lee was pretty cool, though, small space constraints are great for earth battles.
I still think that earth queen is an airbender herself, her sneezing screams 'one day i'll sneeze a gust of wind!', it seems like a build up towards a revelation. I'm more interested to see how the Republic City- Earth nation conflict plays out. Republic city doesn't have a true leader (tenzin is shit in that department), so they're bound to make some horrible mistakes.
renegade Benders.. well, the kidnapping was curveball, but it doesn't change much so far, controlling the avatar always means controlling the world, so i'm not very interested in the 'why'. I'm sure they are going to be the main villains of this season, but I'm still not sure how.
Republic City has the president. Granted, he's pretty terrible, but not as bad as the Earth Queen. Tenzin no longer as anything to do with the leadership of the city, but he was clearly the best of the council when it existed. I doubt the Earth Kingdom will be able to do much against the Alliance forces, but I am interested to see if the Queen will make good on her threat.
Kya vs Zaheer fight was the highlight of last weeks episodes for me. A very rare treat to see such fluid styles go up against each other in combat. One other thing that did catch my attention about Zaheers crew (apparently called the "Red Lotus") was the fact that Sokka was alive during the time when Korra was discovered to be the Avatar. If that's the case, and he was apart of the group that captured them, what if one of the Red Lotus killed him in the process? Would add to the dramatics I think.
Episode 6: The fight between Lin and Suyin was decent, but Lin wasn't in any shape to battle. I would've preferred to see them fight when both are at full strength. I guess that won't be happening any time soon though. Did anyone else find it strange how Korra picked up metal bending so easily. I get that she's the Avatar and I get she was using meteorites, but to do it on the first try?
Episode 7: Not going to lie, I was kind of bored this episode. More Tenzin throwing around the iron fist a bit too much. Although, this time we have Bumi to thank for that. I find it hard to believe that Aang was like that while training Tenzin.
Also, I still don't care much for Kai.
I still hate Kai.
I guess it's kind of a personality thing.
I might write more about the rest of the episodes later, but mostly, I want to ask:
Does anyone else think Opal might be Lin and Tenzin's daughter?
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