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Thorakh
Netherlands1788 Posts
Other than the obvious I had two other problems with this episode. Amon's exit was... weird? And what's up with the United Nations? Ten warships, a handful of benders and that's it? The might of all the nations combined? Overall, the season was enjoyable. Ten more episodes with some filler would've given some breathing room though, the breakneck pace didn't do the show any good and is, I suspect, guilty for the ending we got. | ||
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Kyrillion
Russian Federation748 Posts
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Alryk
United States2718 Posts
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Millitron
United States2611 Posts
You guys who keep asking for more episodes realize we're getting a second season right? And Mike and Bryan have said they have material ready to do a third one, if they get the go-ahead from Nickelodeon. I suspect that next season, Amon's lieutenant will be the main "villain". He still believes in the Equalist ideology, he still likely has thousands of followers, and he's more pissed off than ever. I bet that next season will resolve the core societal issue underlying the whole revolution. That's one thing I have to give them credit for. This season did great at dealing with serious issues, which didn't really happen too much in TLA. On June 24 2012 08:49 Thorakh wrote: Other than the obvious I had two other problems with this episode. Amon's exit was... weird? And what's up with the United Nations? Ten warships, a handful of benders and that's it? The might of all the nations combined? Remember Bumi was leading another fleet. I suspect they just sent everything they had as fast as possible, without stopping to group up. What showed up with Iroh was just his fleet, or maybe even just a fraction of it. | ||
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hooahah
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Alryk
United States2718 Posts
Aang had to find his elemental teachers, and when he did, they had no idea how to teach him. Sure, they were excellent benders, but none of them have taught the Avatar (or anyone) how to bend. If anything, the concept of teaching the avatar could have been even more daunting. Korra on the other hand was discovered around the age of 5 or so in an extremely different society/time. She was trained (from five years old!) to become the next avatar, because Aang probably would have wanted to ensure that the avatar was vulnerable (via being weak/not ready) for the least amount of time. So Korra has the next 9-12 years (pegging her around 14-17) to master three elements. How does this seem so illogical? While I don't get how Amon's bending unlocks airbending, it does make sense that she would understand it. She had already mastered different techniques of airbending, so once she could, she knows the principles of it. To Korra restoring bending: yes, it might seem like an "undo" button, but think about it. The avatar is there to keep the peace and balance. It's unnatural for a bloodbender to have the right to take away all of the bending of anyone they choose. Therefore, it would make sense for Korra to fix it, as her job is to balance things. Also: Why would a random powerful bloodbender be capable of taking bending away, and yet the AVATAR could not bring it back? From an abilities standpoint, it doesn't make much sense if that were true. Tarlok and Amon being related was really interesting. It definitely helped the story I think, but seemed to come out of nowhere (I think that was intentional). As far as Mako and Korra, meh. I'll write that off to the series being a children's series and the only truly corny thing. It was an obvious plot detail that was going to happen, and is pretty much exactly what happened to Aang and Katara. (Can't date/be together during danger, as soon as everything is OK, they kiss). I think Korra should have shown/talked to Asami, it was obvious she was at least trying to respect her until the end. Mako definitely should have had some better closure with her, but at least they tried. Overall, I liked the series, and I don't think there were many issues with it that can't be explained by A) The constraints of a child series (and very few of us are probably 10-14) and B) Shortness of the episodes. Keep in mind it was intentionally short because it was supposed to be a mini-series. They could easily make it longer next time. | ||
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Deadlyhazard
United States1177 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + The end of Season 2 of the original Avatar | ||
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Millitron
United States2611 Posts
On June 24 2012 09:14 Deadlyhazard wrote: I gotta say, the series felt super rushed. What went on in these 12 episodes shouldve spanned about 26. Also, the ending seemed a bit generic. It's a everyone-feels-happy (except Asami probably) sort of thing where the bad guys die and the good guys get their powers back. Not a fan of super happy endings. Wish it was more bittersweet...like (Avatar 1 spoilers) + Show Spoiler + The end of Season 2 of the original Avatar But the bad guys won. The Equalists are the good guys. The underlying cultural strife is all still there, except now the Equalists have a leader without a problematic past, the Lieutenant with the stun batons. It isn't really a happy ending, its more of a "Nothing's-really-changed" ending. | ||
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CrimsonLotus
Colombia1123 Posts
On June 24 2012 09:28 Millitron wrote: But the bad guys won. The Equalists are the good guys. The underlying cultural strife is all still there, except now the Equalists have a leader without a problematic past, the Lieutenant with the stun batons. It isn't really a happy ending, its more of a "Nothing's-really-changed" ending. I tought it was strongly hinted that Amon kinda... killed him. They clearlily can't show somebody being killed by blood bending, but he knew his secret. There's no reason for Amon to have let him live. But it's still a kid's show, so who knows. | ||
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Frolossus
United States4779 Posts
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TheTomato
United States40 Posts
On June 24 2012 09:11 Alryk wrote: While I don't get how Amon's bending unlocks airbending, it does make sense that she would understand it. She had already mastered different techniques of airbending, so once she could, she knows the principles of it. I think its more when Korra could only bend 3 elements when Amon took away her bending, so those three were severed. It was after that she was able to connect to her Airbending, maybe because of the void left form loosing three elements. The key part to remember is that Korra was saved because she couldn't Airbend up until that point. If she had been able to, it would have been severed too. | ||
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biology]major
United States2253 Posts
shoulda really left tarlok and amon alive (maybe they are) but killing them off was stupid imo Edit : + Show Spoiler + they really do a terrible job of explaining the transition from innocent good tarlok to manipulative bad tarlok | ||
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leveller
Sweden1840 Posts
Didn't like it but will still eagerly await season 2. Just having recently seen the last airbender again this show has been moving away from what made the first show so good. Edit; To the "mystery" of how she could airbend, it was to me one of the best parts of the episodes. Obviously in that kind of situation (similar to when aang unlocked earthbending when sakka was stuck in the hole lol) it is more likely she would be able to make use of it, and aman only took the ones she knew at the time. | ||
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hooahah
3752 Posts
he became the firelord and had an awesome time being awesome General Iroh was just shameless fanservice which really wasn't needed. Same Va, "I'll just do what my grandfather would have done" oh come on at least his Human Torch impersonation was good | ||
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Frolossus
United States4779 Posts
On June 24 2012 10:07 hooahah wrote: what do you mean what happened to zuko he became the firelord and had an awesome time being awesome General Iroh was just shameless fanservice which really wasn't needed. Same Va, "I'll just do what my grandfather would have done" oh come on at least his Human Torch impersonation was good everything zuko did as firelord is being filled in by the graphic novel series "the promise" | ||
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schimmetje
Netherlands1104 Posts
It did feel a little rushed, but the whole series so far has been a bit like that. They could have gone more indepth on some things perhaps, but we don't know how much of that came from Nick. As for Aang's fixing everything, well he himself learned the whole energy bending thing after 10 minutes of screen time on a portable island so.. When's this new season then? + Show Spoiler + Also does naming someone Bumi just make them like that or what? | ||
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CuteZergling
641 Posts
I've seen comments elsewhere where people thought it was cheap that Aang showed up and fixed everything, but honestly, Roku did the same for Aang several times in the first show. The Avatar is allowed to draw upon their past lives for help, and Aang is the perfect person to fix this situation considering his experience with energy-bending. Maybe the timing was a bit last-minute, but I was still pleased. | ||
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dnld12
United States324 Posts
On June 24 2012 08:26 Galaxy613 wrote: Oh yes, exploring the restoration of Republic City, getting to know more about Bumi, Iroh, and how Asumi and Bolin undoubtably get together is a pointless season... They probably aren't writing this by the seat of their pants and have a good story for next season too. It definitely it's like TLA but there still are hills to climb for Korra. It would be pointless because A: there is no foreshadowing of new events. The 'main' Bad guy has been resolved. There is no introduction of new conflict. Therefore any characters, exploring them, is pointless since You already completed EVERY TRIAL. For example: Bending powers, Korra solved it. Korra losing powers, solved. Romance issues, solved (horribly -_-) Family issues, Solved. Main bad guy: Dead. So.... Yeah, it would be pointless. The reason why Avatar L.T.A.B. worked so well is because each season built on one another. This is the water, where he learns water. Than the water sets up earth. And than Earth sets up fire. And than you Gain a continuous season in which, at the end of every season, you have something new to look forward into the new season. That makes every season 'worth' something and continuous. I feer that Korra is creating a Vacuum series. IN which every season is its own thing, which takes away from the 'experience.' since now: NOTHING MATTERS. | ||
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Alryk
United States2718 Posts
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PandaMonk
United States300 Posts
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