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Based on a shot I've seen of Korra and Bolin laughing over mugs together, they're going to be adorable friends.  And for those of you whining that you don't want romance, the show features attractive 16-year-olds, what the gently caress do you expect.
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Fried Chicken posted:You know, for what all Aang did, the Lincoln style beard is really appropriate. Assembled a team of conflicting personalities, ended a war, freed people from oppression, set nations on a new path, died young. He just needs a stovepipe hat to cover that doofy looking arrow.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 05:14 |
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Fried Chicken posted:You know, for what all Aang did, the Lincoln style beard is really appropriate. Assembled a team of conflicting personalities, ended a war, freed people from oppression, set nations on a new path, died young.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 05:16 |
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Jorenko posted:Total badass.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 05:16 |
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Tall as gently caress, too. Edit: Is it just me, or did Katara not get any taller at all?
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 05:18 |
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Girls typically hit their growth spurt in their early teens and wasn't she like 14 or 15 in the finale? It's reasonable that she didn't get that much taller and then old lady hunch happened.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 05:47 |
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As you get older, you can shrink. It's likely she grew taller with puberty and just shrunk back down as she became an old lady.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 05:48 |
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CapnAndy posted:They're Aang and Toph's children, there's pretty much a 100% chance they spent a lot of their childhoods with each other. There's obviously a history there, just not necessarily a romantic one. Also their personalities seem to be exaggerated versions of their parents' and Aang and Toph didn't always get along swimmingly.
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indigi posted:Also their personalities seem to be exaggerated versions of their parents' and Aang and Toph didn't always get along swimmingly. You shut your dumb whore mouth 
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 08:00 |
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I think he's referring to early on when Toph would only "carry her own weight" and Aang had to chew her out because Appa carried her all over the place just like everyone else. Or when Toph thought that destroying Aang's antique belongings was a great way to teach him how to Earthbend. They were the best of friends by season 3 but Sokka was right when he said they had a rocky relationship.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 08:12 |
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indigi posted:Also their personalities seem to be exaggerated versions of their parents' and Aang and Toph didn't always get along swimmingly. Toph didn't get along with anyone to start with. She buried Sokka up to his neck and threw rocks at his head. Worked as a training technique, though.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 10:03 |
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Jorenko posted:That reminds me! I wanted to analyze that beard. And now we have a nice, HD file, straight from Nick! Here you go; it's probably not getting much clearer than this until Korra gets a visit from his creepy old ghost. From the iTunes 1080p version:   It's a pretty good beard.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 11:24 |
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flamedrake posted:From the iTunes 1080p version: I have to admit that he looks pretty bad rear end. I wonder what he's like in the spirit world. 
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 12:17 |
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That beard is really amazing. Aang is rockin' that thing like a champ cause goddamn. SpiderHyphenMan posted:I'd like to see a scene of Korra burning a huge pile of fan mail, saying that it's all just letters asking her to be more like Aang. Now I'll be sad when this doesn't happen. "If it isn't creepy or demanding I marry Fire Lord Zuko, it's telling me to act more like Avatar Aang!"
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 13:27 |
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Adult Aang looks awesome and air benders are the best benders.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 13:48 |
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Wait... so if an airbender can blast off their own feet when they sneeze... does this apply to any bodily function involving an expulsion of air?
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 14:15 |
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VanSandman posted:Wait... so if an airbender can blast off their own feet when they sneeze... does this apply to any bodily function involving an expulsion of air? How else did you think Gyatso killed all those Fire Nation troops? "Silent... but deadly"
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 14:26 |
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VanSandman posted:Wait... so if an airbender can blast off their own feet when they sneeze... does this apply to any bodily function involving an expulsion of air?
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 15:22 |
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:Goodnight everybody! Oh, like you can't see Meelo pulling this off as his ultimate attack.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 16:35 |
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DISRESPECT YOUR SURROUNDINGS, with bodily functions.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 16:59 |
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I haven't read through the whole thread, but did anyone else get the feeling that the pro-bending guys (or maybe just the Fire Ferrets?) style of bending is inspired by the theories of Bruce Lee/Jeet Kune Do? That is, when Bolin was in the gym with Korra and she showed her earthbending off, his criticism was that it was too old-fashioned and slow. Then she mimicked the very basic boxing form (or "no-stance" from Jeet Kune Do) he showed her. It read very much like Bruce's writings and the show creators have shown themselves to be very familiar with kung fu, so I wouldn't be surprised if that was their inspiration for it.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 17:27 |
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There's been a lot of talk about how the lines between different forms are starting to blur and run together, so that's not too unlikely.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 17:31 |
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Yeah I read back through parts of the thread and saw someone mention MMA as well (which is definitely a descendent of JKD ideals), and I'm hoping they didn't jump ahead in the timeline of kung fu development, but I could also understand if they're trying to appeal to contemporary knowledge of martial arts that kids would have.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 17:43 |
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FordCQC posted:Yeah I read back through parts of the thread and saw someone mention MMA as well (which is definitely a descendent of JKD ideals), and I'm hoping they didn't jump ahead in the timeline of kung fu development, but I could also understand if they're trying to appeal to contemporary knowledge of martial arts that kids would have. I think they are based on boxing, maybe a little MMA.
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FordCQC posted:Yeah I read back through parts of the thread and saw someone mention MMA as well (which is definitely a descendent of JKD ideals), and I'm hoping they didn't jump ahead in the timeline of kung fu development, but I could also understand if they're trying to appeal to contemporary knowledge of martial arts that kids would have. The creators are also self-professed big fans of MMA. One of the people they brought in for video reference was Mac Danzig.
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^^^ Yep. The pro bending area is even an octagon. Here's a really cool and detailed interview with Sifu Kisu about how they developed the different fighting styles. http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine...hp?article=1038
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 18:34 |
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Fried Chicken posted:You know, for what all Aang did, the Lincoln style beard is really appropriate. Assembled a team of conflicting personalities, ended a war, freed people from oppression, set nations on a new path, died young. Maybe even... assassinated? 
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That probably would have been mentioned if that was the case. Suppose it would be an interesting way to explain why Korra was kept in a compound for so long by the White Lotus.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 19:56 |
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Another clip from korranation: http://korranation.tumblr.com/post/...he-city-looking Few neat things: -Bolin may be tied up with Triple-Threat Triads. -Triple-Threat Triads kidnapped by Equalists? Maybe this is a lead-up to the big rally where Amon shows off his de-bendering power and Korra and Mako have to bust a few heads to rescue Bolin before something bad happens. I hope it is. -More shots of Equalist motorcycles seen in the trailers and some smoke grenade things. -Papu the fire ferret.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 20:37 |
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It was kind of foolish of Korra to take on those bender gangsters. Lucky for her they were just three fools. If they had been part of a larger organized crime network she could have gotten in serious trouble.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 20:53 |
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This show is gonna be so loving good.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 20:55 |
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Baron Bifford posted:It was kind of foolish of Korra to take on those bender gangsters. Lucky for her they were just three fools. If they had been part of a larger organized crime network she could have gotten in serious trouble. thebardyspoon posted:That probably would have been mentioned if that was the case. Suppose it would be an interesting way to explain why Korra was kept in a compound for so long by the White Lotus.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 20:56 |
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Finally got around to watching the first two episodes. Probending is the ultimate nerd wank fodder and I loving love it. I'm gonna have to go pick out a good cap to turn into an forums avatar already. Did I mention how this show's great?!
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 20:58 |
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I love Korra's attitude. Mako: "We'd better be careful." Korra: *kicks down the door*
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 21:04 |
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ConfusedUs posted:I love Korra's attitude. This is why Korra is the best character.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 21:06 |
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I cannot talk about "benders" with my friends on the London bus without them sniggering.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 21:37 |
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:Who's to say they aren't?
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 21:43 |
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I cna't help but feel that the choice of a female protagonist goes parts and parcel with the 20's setting, or vice versa. The 20's after all was the Flapper decade, the first inkling of modern feminism and all. Just something I like thinking about, given how self assertive Korra is, especially with Tenzin.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 21:54 |
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ConfusedUs posted:I love Korra's attitude. That's exactly what I noticed too. She apparently does not give a drat, which is awesome.
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| # ? Apr 17, 2012 22:03 |
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Sergeant Hobo posted:That's exactly what I noticed too. She apparently does not give a drat, which is awesome. Until she gets her rear end kicked.
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