Golden Goat posted:

The second season also ended with Korra turning into a blue Gatorade giant which was awful for the fact they pulled that resolution out of their rear end.

Hakkesshu posted:

I just started watching Avatar, first time I've seen it. It's decent so far, but a lot of the humour is just so goofy and cringeworthy. The whole episode with the old crazy earthbender king was so goddamn corny. I know it's a kids show, and I do think it's been mostly alright so far (wonderfully animated, of course), but it's not quite living up to its reputation. Does it take a while for the show to find its groove?

Serella posted:

Ahahaha, Ba Sing Sei is still a hellhole and the Dai Li are still being wielded like a club by its ruler.

But hey, at least we can look forward to the inevitable moment when the Earth Queen gets ground into the dirt.

pentyne posted:

After the wet fart that was the season 1 finale, and the equally bad season 2 finale, most people have decided to just wait for the season to finish and binge it to minimize the inevitable disappointment.

Aces High posted:

speaking of Katara, where is she any ways? Bumi made a comment about how she would be proud to know there's another Airbender in the family but we haven't seen hide, nor hair from her since the end of Season 1. We didn't see her during the civil war, which you'd think would be important to her seeing as she also has ties to both the North and South tribes now.

I understand that they want to distance themselves from the Gaang but it would appear Zuko's going to be a big player in this season and I wouldn't be surprised if we hear more about Toph's brood since we're supposed to be meeting Lin's sister. It's not a huge deal but it would be kind of nice to know what she's been up to since she was a non-factor for her country's civil war

Rincewind posted:

Aang would have died right when Korra was born 17 years ago.

dj_clawson posted:

People genuinely used to worship the Emperor, who ruled with the Mandate of Heaven. Modern Asian regimes have copied that because they're not dummies. Mao created a cult of popularity around himself leading up to the Cultural Revolution so that he could use public sentiment to eliminate his enemies, which at that point was everybody. Since the regime he's founded has never fallen (just altered over time) and his real history has never been shown in China, people still think of him as a god who could do no wrong and make a pilgrimage to his mausoleum.

Brightman posted:

There's probably mass produced books on bending techniques, rather than handwritten scrolls that are hard to come by. A bender could just buy Earth Bending for Dummies instead of tracking down a master to teach them. There's probably even be classes for it and poo poo. Better dissemination of information allows for advancement and such.

seravid posted:

The only part people really liked in Book 2 was the two-parter, so we're gonna love Book 3!

DrSunshine posted:

She set off for the Grand Line in search of Gol D. Roger's treasure and became the Pirate King!

theblackw0lf posted:

Episode titles for all episodes have been released

http://kidstvinfo.com/eplists/nick/the-legend-of-korra.txt

201 Jun-27-2014 A Breath of Fresh Air
202 Jun-27-2014 Rebirth
203 Jun-27-2014 The Earth Queen
204 Jul-11-2014 In Harm's Way
205 Jul-11-2014 The Metal Clan
206 Jul-18-2014 Old Wounds
207 Jul-18-2014 Original Airbenders
208 Jul-25-2014 The Terror Within
209 Jul-25-2014 The Stakeout
210 Aug-1-2014 Long Live the Queen
211 Aug-1-2014 The Ultimatum
212 Aug-8-2014 Enter the Void
213 Aug-8-2014 Venom of the Red Lotus

AshB posted:

I don't know, I don't necessarily like that none of the adults on this show are particularly mature. I get wanting the characters to be flawed enough that they have some challenge to overcome, but all the main adult characters feel pretty childish in a somewhat weird way when you compare them to any minor character or even villain.

iSheep posted:

They sneak in some car insurance commercials though. Adults love car insurance!

TheModernAmerican posted:

Alright, I just finished up season one, and it ended on an obnoxious sour note. So I guess I'm stuck.

TheModernAmerican posted:

Also I've never really criticized an animated work for the quality of its animation. I've noticed the quality is lower, that's for sure, but do visuals impact the plotline in any way? No. (this is coming from someone who watched the original run of 12oz Mouse when they were 11, so I don't think I'm typical)

meristem posted:

It could still be a case of 'don't go against the established order unless you are the Avatar/the main character, you peasant'.

ImpAtom posted:

You can argue that is what he was talking about though. There were small cities on the back of the turtles but no overarching force that controlled huge territories of land and even in Wan's city it seemed more like those with power controlled things instead of elected officials or monarchs.

Zaheer doesn't seem to want Captain A Anarchy. He's basically seems to be arguing from a libertarian 'get the gubment out of our bending' perspective.

Baron Bifford posted:

Fill in the blanks as much as you like. I wish the writers for once would elaborate what their villains believe in and what they are aiming for, instead of giving us vague lines like "for equality" and "the balance".

Baron Bifford posted:

LoK is a kids show, and kids need no justification to tag along on adventures with their friends because they don't understand the meanings of the words "respinsibilities" and "legal liability".

Raenir Salazar posted:

I would also find it interesting if there was a 'Dark Avatar' who embodied not exactly the opposite of what the Avatar embodies but was something like the other side of the same coin. That existed as an active force to better define the Avatar's role other than being the world's referee. Who also could bend all four elements. There are 'evil' virtues, Ambition, Determination, Resourcefulness, and a certain sort of Valour. Some works of fiction argue that Good cannot exist without Evil and they are defined by each other as much as they are different; so maybe there's good story telling potential there that doesn't devolve to "Evil bad" like with Unalaq.

ImpAtom posted:

Balance doesn't only mean "there are equal amounts." It is also possible for something to be unbalanced by having corrupted elements. That is in fact the way Star Wars uses it.

Sydin posted:

I think it's less that he'll be able to suddenly do it the critical moment, and more that something will convince him that he can do it. The focus so far has mostly been on the fact that Bolin seems convinced that he doesn't have the potential, which is what is ultimately holding him back.

I am 100% behind tossing him lava bending, though.

Babygravy posted:

Oh well it's ended now, will be interesting in seeing if they form a new monarchy or maybe do the republic city route with a president.

TheModernAmerican posted:

Again, the biggest problem of Season 1 is that I sympathized with the Equalists. Could you imagine being some farmer that moved to the city for a job but can't get one because you aren't a bender?

Spergatory posted:

It's a weird situation. We're shown with Wan and company that you don't really need all that much skill to sling fire around (probably why everyone's parents got killed by firebenders; much like a gun, it's lethal even in the hands of the unskilled). And airbenders can apparently kick up some pretty powerful winds with very little training (with cases like Daw even doing it accidentally and needing training in order to stop). But Katara struggled with waterbending before she found the scrolls and got tutored by Pakku. And I don't think we've ever seen an untrained earthbender. So it's kind of unclear how important the actual 'art' of bending is compared to just being born with the power.

cmykjester posted:

So when does the episode go up? I honestly have no clue.

Kingtheninja posted:

And where is it available to watch? Just nick's site?

TheKingofSprings posted:

No way Tenzin's dead, with how liberally they were spouting the words "die" and "kill" this episode, even ignoring the fact that he's the last bargaining chip they have to get Korra.

Good episode, Bumi remains a loving joke though. I get that it's a kids show and he can't do anything lethal, but isn't he a close quarters fighter and an airbender besides? It was hilarious how he stuck around with his siblings to fight as if he was going to have meaningful impact.

ImpAtom posted:

Kiran posted:

I think that Sokka is funnier than Bolin, but I think it's because ATLA was a lighter series as a whole. When this series gets going you don't really want comic relief.

AshB posted:

That would've kept the avatar cycle going, which is the opposite of their whacked out plan for "true" balance.

Darth Nat posted:

The Red Lotus are pretty bad at plans, as evidenced by how almost every one of their plans throughout this season fails.

Genocyber posted:

I don't like things that are different

Hauldren Collider posted:

That was probably one of the biggest problems with Season 2. The Fire Lord may have been a mustache-twirling comic book villain with absolutely no depth or complexity, but at least his motivations were clear. Vaatu wants to destroy the world so he can....destroy the world. OK? Can we have a reason that isn't circular? Maybe he has some grudge? The world threw out all of his childhood photo albums? I dunno.

SpiderHyphenMan posted:

Legend of Korra isn't really designed for that sort of epic story against a foe with vast and expanding political power. It's always been about villains with a personal interest in the Avatar, because, I and I need to stress this point, Legend of Korra and Avatar The Last Airbender are fundamentally different shows.
This is where comparisons to the Star Wars prequel trilogy fall flat, because while those films were trying to "recapture the magic" of the Original Trilogy, as evidenced by how it desperately mined iconic imagery in order to attempt to connect the two trilogies, Korra embraces its fundamental differences from its predecessor. That's just what Mike and Bryan want to do. For better or worse.

Android Blues posted:

I think you'd have to be kind of bonkers to call S1 of Korra "just terrible", but a lot of people have very strong opinions on it so it's possible I'm outvoted. I think at very worst it was an extremely strong and ambitious season with a couple of hiccups sticking the landing.

Baron Bifford posted:

I wonder just what life in the Earth Kingdom was like that the people would revolt the moment their queen died and that wall was knocked down. Usually the death of a monarch does not cause this; the heir to the throne takes over life goes on. As with the Equalist movement, there's a lot of important backstory that the show leaves unexplained.

NowonSA posted:

It would actually be pretty sweet if after two comets of Firebenders trying to take over or flat out burn the world, the comet arrives and all firebenders do is jetpack around and shoot fire patterns into the sky and such.

Since I'm curious, can anyone refresh my memory on if earth and airbenders were ever assigned a time period or set of conditions that drastically increase (or decrease)their bending abilities, similar to how sozin's comet boosts firebenders and a full moon boosts waterbenders?