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Who's that waterbending dude with the backpack in the foggy swamp? Betting it's a new team avatar member
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This show got a lot darker.
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Oct 4, 2014 04:06
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VanSandman posted:Haha, even Kuvira skips the Great Divide. 
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Oct 4, 2014 21:30
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Rosalind posted:Jesus Christ I have no idea what any of you are talking about but it's super gross and kinda creepy.
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Oct 7, 2014 16:09
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Dude, that episode was the loving best in all of AtLA. If this is half as good I'll be more than satisfied.
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Oct 8, 2014 04:33
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That episode wasn't my favorite, but I am absolutely stunned at how brutal Korra's damage was. I was not expecting the whole "paraplegic for a year" thing.
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Oct 10, 2014 16:11
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That was my thought as well. They're playing the star wars angle hard, just like they did with that guru in s2 of avatar.
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Oct 10, 2014 16:37
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Prediction: Toph's gonna lead Korra to a cave where she finds this: edit: Or this I guess, same thing really 
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Oct 10, 2014 20:39
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Apparently the backstory is that the United Republic is made up of the former Fire Nation colonies.
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Oct 15, 2014 19:00
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That episode loving ruled, toph is awesome, spirit nukes, holy poo poo
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Oct 17, 2014 18:12
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Agreed. Zaofu is hosed.
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Oct 17, 2014 18:50
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Kuvira has the advantage over Unalaq of not explicitly wanting to turn herself into Energybeam Hitlerzilla.
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Oct 20, 2014 14:29
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I think it's not a superhero complex when you're literally a superhero
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Oct 20, 2014 16:55
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Bongo Bill posted:Korra's status as "the first metalbending Avatar" better come up in the finale, or so help me, I'm done with this series. I think you'll be done with the series either way.
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Oct 21, 2014 01:09
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Bolin was never average. He was a sports star from his first appearance.
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Oct 21, 2014 14:01
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Spirit nukes unleash an eldritch monster of untold power and destruction, and ONLY THE AVATAR, with the power of all four elements, can stop it and restore balance to the world
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Oct 22, 2014 20:57
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gently caress this episode. Holy poo poo this is terrible. I hope the Earth Empire murders all three of these god drat rugrats. This is literally the worst episode of any Avatar-related anything ever, not counting the movie.
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Oct 24, 2014 15:08
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Also, totally loving called the Dagobah thing. Not that it wasn't telegraphed to hell.
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Oct 24, 2014 15:15
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Does anyone actually like Meelo, Ikki, Jinora, or Kai? Anyone? At least Kai's balls dropped, but his VA is still terrible.
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Oct 24, 2014 15:17
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I couldn't even watch through the kid sections, I found myself fast forwarding. If I had been writing this, here's what would have happened: -Korra does Dagobah training with Toph/Yoda -Korra learns allllll about balance and poo poo, cool stories from Toph's avatar days -Korra and Toph grow closer and Toph softens up towards Korra -Optional: maybe Kora finds a cool swampbender dude or something I dunno and learns some bending tricks from him, like how to make a vine golem like in AtLA -Korra eventually does THE CAVE where she fights DARK KORRA and overcomes her FEARS -Connects with the tree and sees Kuvira's armies marching on Zaofu (aka BESPIN) -In a dramatic scene, she removes the metal from her own body and SETS OFF TO SAVE THE DAY Slight variation from star wars: Toph doesn't discourage Korra from going This is what I expected to happen, and while I am of course OK with it not playing out like this, the whole kid-search-and-rescue routine was just painful to watch.
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Oct 24, 2014 15:23
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DrSunshine posted:Wellp, now that Korra's all fixed and balanced, it's time for her to return, beat up Kuvira, install Wu as God-Emperor, and bring on 10,000 years of prosperity! He sacrifices his humanity by combining with a sandworm spirit from the desert, and with his prescient powers guides fashion trends for all of mankind
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Oct 24, 2014 15:29
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Jackard, just skip this episode. Major plot points: Earth Empire is going to attack Zaofu (lol like that was ever in doubt) and Korra gets collected by the kids to return to Tenzin but still has the metal and poo poo in her. Now save yourself 20 minutes of pain.
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Oct 24, 2014 15:33
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DrSunshine posted:Alternatively, watch it and experience 20 minutes of bij. Oh my god. I had that board game. Horrifying.
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Oct 24, 2014 15:51
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TheModernAmerican posted:She almost stole Mussolini's gimmick of stealing power from a monarch. She even makes the trains run on time.
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Oct 24, 2014 18:17
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I watched through 3 seasons of little kids when I watched AtLA. I didn't really like Aang's voice actor but it didn't bother me that much because most of the time he wasn't insufferable and obnoxious. I can't stand the kids in this show because they're annoying, not because they act like kids.
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Oct 24, 2014 21:12
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Crabtree posted:So are they more likely to rush to make Bolin see the light during the Zaofu campaign or are they going to actually wait until he has some real blood on his hands until he realizes how much more destructive metal fascism is compared to an impotent mixture of Third Republic ruled by Nah, Zaofu's going down. What'll happen is Bolin will have a reunion with either Opal or Korra and see the error of his ways, etc.
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Oct 25, 2014 19:19
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Seems like that was what was previously the case, c.f. Omashu having its own king. By the way, we haven't heard about Omashu at all in the entire Korra series...
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Oct 25, 2014 20:04
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RottenK posted:That's only slightly better than unironically liking Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. Harsh comparison, but true.
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Oct 27, 2014 18:47
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To be fair Dark Korra was cool and I wanna see another fight with her.
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Oct 29, 2014 14:11
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Is Korra allergic to good decisions?
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Oct 31, 2014 16:10
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You just know she's gonna deliberately ruin Suyin's raiding party by warning Kuvira.
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Oct 31, 2014 16:31
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Bottom line: the show is not the loving West Wing or Battlestar Galactica and it was never supposed to be, get over yourselves and just enjoy it for what it is. Or don't, I'm not the fun police.
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Nov 2, 2014 21:28
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HoneyBoy posted:I hear ya Agree with 1 and 2 but bald women is weird sorry
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Nov 3, 2014 00:34
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Or you could just go watch AtLA again.
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Nov 3, 2014 18:37
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Sato posted:The creators have always cherrypicked aspects from different cultures: Republic City was a combination of Chicago and Shanghai, and Hiroshi Sato was based on Henry Ford. I've always seen Republic City as being more like a combination of New York and...New York. It really doesn't strike me as even slightly Asian. The thugs even have Brooklyn accents. Let's face it, the United Republic is basically America. EDIT: And it's an accurate portrayal too--it's pretty clear that the United Republic is way more awesome and a vastly better place to live than any of the other nations.  
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Nov 4, 2014 23:50
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Pretty sure there's a fair amount of Art Deco going on in the architecture too, and remember that the whole first season was basically Roaring Twenties, a decidedly American cultural phenomenon. And also remember that Pagoda type things don't really show up on Asian skyscrapers.
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Nov 5, 2014 01:07
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Alternatively, it's based on 1920s/1930s New York, which was many times the size of Shanghai at the time and also heavily Art Deco influenced. Geography's the other thing, it just looks like New York harbor. The Aang statue is obviously influenced by the Statue of Liberty as Rosalind says.
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Nov 5, 2014 01:42
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In the first episode they talk about people being "fresh off the boat". Did 1920s Shanghai have booming immigration?
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Nov 5, 2014 01:44
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Sato posted:Yeah, but how else are they going to show they're Asian-inspired unless the skyscrapers actually break out into Asian languages in the show? EDIT: Avatar Korra park also looks quite a bit like Central Park IMO. It's all basically there. Although maybe that's because all parks basically look the same. Hauldren Collider fucked around with this message at 01:52 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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Nov 5, 2014 01:50
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Not an architecture student but from what I can tell there's not much difference in skyscrapers from country to country. I don't blame them for wanting to have fun with the designs.
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thexerox123 posted:Why is this still being argued about Because it's interesting.
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