ShadowCatboy posted:Was... was that evil waterbending chick a double arm amputee? Yup, and later on she's the Van driver 
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DarklyDreaming posted:The general consensus is surprisingly, refreshingly good
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Jun 28, 2014 04:55
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achillesforever6 posted:I was judging by what I was reading on Twitter 
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Jun 28, 2014 04:59
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Saw something on tumblr which seemed to make sense what if the new villans are the reason Korra was couped up in one place for her training?
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Jun 28, 2014 05:01
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So how should we handle the leaked episodes? I'd think it would be best if we put a WARNING before spoiler text so people who have only watched what's kosher won't be punished for our lawlessness. Ps. EPISODE 4 SPOILER: I called it. Jinora astral projected her way to Brown kid because of her crush. The way they handled this is starting to pay off. That being said the carnival of evil will probably go down anticlimactically after it is revealed that they are henchmen cultists. My impossible to implement story idea could have turned things on their head by assigning these guys to guard duty for dark Jinora while leaving open a kill on sight directive when the two sides clashed. This (and aging up brown kid) would have killed the cute so I'll shut up now. My next speculation is that Toph's clan will become the legitimate opposition inside the EK while khmer rouge peasants have to be stopped from massacring the poor defenceless secret police and their backwards loyalists.
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Jun 28, 2014 05:14
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SirKibbles posted:Saw something on tumblr which seemed to make sense what if the new villans are the reason Korra was couped up in one place for her training? LEAKED EPISODES IN ESPAŅOL WARNING : I may be translating wrong but I think episode 4 confirmed that.
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Jun 28, 2014 05:16
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Sithsaber posted:LEAKED EPISODES IN ESPAŅOL WARNING : It does.
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Jun 28, 2014 05:19
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e X posted:It does. This is why we have it better than the gringos. Tenzin said they didn't crack, right? I don't know why Zuko didn't just execute boomgirl if she's such a threat. I hope those kinds of fire benders are chi specialists
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Jun 28, 2014 05:29
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SirKibbles posted:Saw something on tumblr which seemed to make sense what if the new villans are the reason Korra was couped up in one place for her training? Interesting theory, that would make a lot of sense. Something done out of necessity goes a little too far, leading to negative consequences.
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Jun 28, 2014 06:36
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Does anyone else cringe at "go in peace"? The line seems superfluous when bowing already gets the point across.
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Jun 28, 2014 06:47
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Just finished watching the 3 episodes and goddamn its much better than season 2. Like the new bad guys and also how hosed up the Earth Kingdom is, whoever brought up the North Korea parallels was spot on
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Jun 28, 2014 07:08
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Sithsaber posted:Does anyone else cringe at "go in peace"? The line seems superfluous when bowing already gets the point across. It struck me as an incredibly Korra attempt at seeming wise and spiritual.
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Jun 28, 2014 07:20
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I--I like all the characters again.  I'm excited and on board for season 3  On a sidenote: Tenzin is ripped. I absolutely loved that Korra and Asami didn't fight at all over Mako and just laughed about it and bonded. It's refreshing to see. Miss Nomer fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Jun 28, 2014 |
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Jun 28, 2014 07:23
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Couldn't resist. Watched the Spanish episodes. Man this season is starting really strong. Really great character moments also. {leaked spoilers} Really enjoyed the Lin family storyline Actually I think I liked some of the Spanish voice acting more. Haha I wouldn't mind watching the rest of the season in Spanish with English subs. theblackw0lf fucked around with this message at 07:47 on Jun 28, 2014 |
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Jun 28, 2014 07:42
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kefkafloyd posted:So Ba Sing Se is now Pyongyang? I can get behind that.
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Jun 28, 2014 07:44
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I totally skipped season 2 since season 1 just let me down so hard. I don't know if I should try again. God dammit, so much wasted potential. And I recently did a rewatch of the entire original series, and it still lives up to how much I originally loved it.
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Jun 28, 2014 07:52
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Huh. As a childfree person (also without nieces/nephews close by), I'd love to have some opinions to what extent this is even anymore a show for children/teens.
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Jun 28, 2014 08:05
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The show is good again! All the not-shitposters can come out now and post about how much they love Book 3 of the Legend of Korra! Please, before this thread is cemented in a death spiral of loathing and cynicism and we're never allowed to post about Avatar again! Highlights (some spoilers): *Say goodbye to Republic City! President Douchebag kicks the Avatar out anyways, even after she saved it twice over the last two seasons *A mysterious new group of super-benders who the crack team of Firelord Zuko, Korra's dad, and Korra's creepy cousins are trying to keep from springing *Airbenders are popping up around the world! This has lead to exploring the idea that airbenders who are grown-rear end adults or still have families might not want to drop everything to recreate a culture that was dead for a hundred years, and then has spent the past seventy being kept alive by one family and a fanclub *The Dantean socioeconomic hell that is Ba Sing Se is back, replete with the evil Dai Li and Queen Margaret Thatcher/Kim Jong Un *The story of Bolin and Mako is made even more tragic by the fact that their dad made the exodus to Republic City, knowing he could never return to Ba Sing Se, just so he could raise a family with a better future than any they could have lived in the slums of the Lower Ring--and his orphaned children ended up living that life anyways
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Jun 28, 2014 08:43
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The new villains rock, simply from their character design. Let's hope they don't blunder it when it comes to characterization and motivation, like they did with Amon.
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Jun 28, 2014 08:52
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IS it ok to like the show again? Because I think I like the show again.
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Jun 28, 2014 09:52
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First Bass posted:*A mysterious new group of super-benders who the crack team of Firelord Zuko, Korra's dad, and Korra's creepy cousins are trying to keep from springing
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Jun 28, 2014 10:23
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Watched the first six episodes, thought they were great and maintained the momentum the show has had since the Wan episodes. Huge Leaked Episode Spoiler So, since Toph is said to be still alive, do you think we'll see her again someday?
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Jun 28, 2014 11:23
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I love that the Dai Li is still around, basically the exact same organization as they were in ATLA despite having defected and served Azula during that show.
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Jun 28, 2014 11:36
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Charlz Guybon posted:
Maybe, but she won't see us
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Jun 28, 2014 11:44
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I'm very pleased with this opening. The characters are all on point, recognizable and strong without tedious angst or weird obsessions. Korra in particular is motivated not by an identity crisis but by a proactive goal, which is refreshing; unlike Book 2's opening, the growth from the previous book seems to have stuck. The apparent antagonists are a physical rather than a psychological or political threat, and unique martial artists rather than mooks or spirits, which shows good promise for the quality of the fight scenes we're in for. And most importantly, the characters are mobile instead of being stuck in Republic City - so it can show different environments and different character dynamics, draw on the lore of the setting, and be less constrained in how things proceed (i.e. every episode won't open with people discussing the fallout of the previous episode in city hall). Book 3 already is off to a different start than Book 2, which was in many ways a rehash that felt like it was Frankensteined together from rejected first drafts of Book 1's events. And it appears to have shed the qualities that prevented book 1 from reaching the heights of The Last Airbender - it's shaping up to be an adventure again, instead of the thriller the last two books were. Will it actually deliver on exploring the world it's depicting? Well, once burned, twice shy. But between the strong family themes and the echoes of the best parts of The Last Airbender, I'm already certain I'll be getting something out of watching it.
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First Bass posted:The show is good again! All the not-shitposters can come out now and post about how much they love Book 3 of the Legend of Korra! Please, before this thread is cemented in a death spiral of loathing and cynicism and we're never allowed to post about Avatar again! There's not really any point in it. A few weeks from now everyone will be talking about how lovely it is. v  v I mean look at the first few pages of this thread. Most of the remaining posters are people who hate the show and just want to post about how much they hate it, so why not let them?meristem posted:Huh. As a childfree person (also without nieces/nephews close by), I'd love to have some opinions to what extent this is even anymore a show for children/teens. It's perfectly fine for kids. A lot of people underestimate how much kids can take but there are a ton of kid's shows which get pretty dark or scary or even have lasting consequences. If you mean how popular it is, I don't know, but my little sister really likes it and so do her friends. ImpAtom fucked around with this message at 12:32 on Jun 28, 2014 |
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Jun 28, 2014 12:26
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I like liking things better than I like not liking them, so, I will try to help this thread remain (become) positive.
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Jun 28, 2014 12:32
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So why are there new Airbenders? I get it had something to do with last season's finale but I don't really get it
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Jun 28, 2014 12:37
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Bongo Bill posted:I like liking things better than I like not liking them, so, I will try to help this thread remain (become) positive. How many shippers polluted the last thread?
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ThatPazuzu posted:So why are there new Airbenders? I get it had something to do with last season's finale but I don't really get it Harmonic convergence/ nature abhors a vacuum
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Jun 28, 2014 12:39
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The failed Airbender recruiting drive was hilarious.
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Sithsaber posted:How many shippers polluted the last thread? None at all. The anti-shippers were a bigger problem; people complaining about anything that seemed like it could be used for romantic tension. Even that was pretty much just a sideshow, though.
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ImpAtom posted:It's perfectly fine for kids. A lot of people underestimate how much kids can take but there are a ton of kid's shows which get pretty dark or scary or even have lasting consequences.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:I totally skipped season 2 since season 1 just let me down so hard. I don't know if I should try again. God dammit, so much wasted potential. And I recently did a rewatch of the entire original series, and it still lives up to how much I originally loved it. You should probably just power through Season 2. The back half of it is pretty good.
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achillesforever6 posted:Just finished watching the 3 episodes and goddamn its much better than season 2. Like the new bad guys and also how hosed up the Earth Kingdom is, whoever brought up the North Korea parallels was spot on Well it's also that Ba Sing Se is based strongly off of the late Chinese Qing dynasty, one of two dynasties in which a foreign host (the Manchurians) seized control of the Empire from the native Han population. Because of this, several brutal reforms were put into place to quell rebellion, the most notable of which was the Queue Order, which forced all men in the empire to adopt the Manchurian-style Queue, where the hair is shaved at the front of the head, and worn as a long braid in the back:  The penalty of not doing so was death. It was a sign that the Han were forced to submit themselves to the Manchurian rulers. The latter days of the Empire was overseen by several despotic or incompetent rulers, such as the young boy-emperor Puyi (who also appeared to be the basis for the previous Earth King, from the original ATLA series):    Or the Dowager Empress Cixi, who is popularly regarded as a despot. She may also have been the inspiration for the Earth Queen:   The full history of any dynasty is complex of course, but some of the common threads that runs through the Qing are oppression, stagnation, and resistance to change. So this may also have been a big influence in how Mike & Bryan conceived Ba Sing Se. Though yeah North Korea is also a very apt comparison. EDIT: Also I know you guys probably hate him but holy crap Kai is such an adorable little scamp. Might also be because Kai is part of my Chinese name.
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ShadowCatboy posted:EDIT: Also I know you guys probably hate him but holy crap Kai is such an adorable little scamp. Might also be because Kai is part of my Chinese name.
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Episodios en espaņol: quinta edicion Super spoilers: 1. Mixed family tension is fun 2. I may have mistranslated, but I think Toph cheated and got caught pregnant by her husband. 3. I called it again. Metal clan desires revolution, and oh hey, they've got the bourgeois industrialist par excellance Varick helping them with his expertise and magnets.(which hypothetically should automate the train systems) 4. Another romantic subplot that was well executed 5. Bolin learned to be himself. 6. More epic Benderhood (the brotherhood of evil benders) smackdowns. This week: the shotgun staff. 7. Toph is alive? EPISODE 6 MEGASPOILERS! 1. BACKSTORY! 2. Everybody gets to be a low level metalbender 3.Police corruption! (I didn't understand if Toph resigned directly after that or if she got forced out on a later date. 4. The metal clan is about to be Piccaloed and I'm pretty sure Varick is going to sell the krew out. Sithsaber fucked around with this message at 14:52 on Jun 28, 2014 |
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That was...Pretty solid? I have never thought the show outright sucked like some people, just very deeply flawed. But these tree first episodes are genuinely good-good.
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ShadowCatboy posted:EDIT: Also I know you guys probably hate him but holy crap Kai is such an adorable little scamp. Might also be because Kai is part of my Chinese name. naaaah he's going to be fun to watch. Gotta say that so far I am impressed with how quickly they turned Bolin's character around. He still has bits of the "I'm a celebrity now" that he picked up throughout Season 2 but thankfully he lost the arrogance it brought him, guess that's what happens when your boss tries to assassinate the president. It's also nice to see him just being his normal goofball self and not trying to impress anyone or try to hit on every girl he sees. Not that I didn't enjoy him acting that way in Season 1 but there he seemed only interested in Korra and once that didn't work out he just became the animal guy, which was fine and seems to have returned here Gonna echo the sentiments of Korra and Asami's new relationship, it's nice to see the two girls reconcile over Mako and just grow up. That and their tormenting of him is pretty entertaining as well. Although there is one thing I'm kind of confused about, didn't Asami lose most of Future Industries last season? Or does she now own that and Varrick's company due to him being arrested? It's not a huge nitpick but I just couldn't remember if that had been resolved at the end of last season or if they're just ignoring it and moving along.
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