EPT[TV] The Legend of Korra - Page 145
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procyonlotor
Italy473 Posts
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Velr
Switzerland10876 Posts
Korra going on a journey to recover her powers would just be TLA v2.0.. She even would have only wind to start with... I like the different focus of TLK because TLA has some obvious problems and big logical holes itself (for me) which you just "want" to forget when talking about it (i just watched a good part of S1 yesterday): Bumi, the king of the second(?) strongest Kingdom in the World gives the Avatar the following help: Some supplies! Angh is also not exactly acting "logical", more like a totally schizophrenic madman... In one moment protecting the people is the most important thing ever and next thing you know he goes of riding a fish for fun... The fuck? . . | ||
Firebolt145
Lalalaland34503 Posts
On June 27 2012 19:47 Velr wrote: Korra going on a journey to recover her powers would just be TLA v2.0.. She even would have only wind to start with... I like the different focus of TLK because TLA has some obvious problems and big logical holes itself (for me) which you just "want" to forget when talking about it (i just watched a good part of S1 yesterday): Bumi, the king of the second(?) strongest Kingdom in the World gives the Avatar the following help: Some supplies! Angh is also not exactly acting "logical", more like a totally schizophrenic madman... In one moment protecting the people is the most important thing ever and next thing you know he goes of riding a fish for fun... The fuck? . . It's a kid's cartoon lol. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10876 Posts
Some people here lift TLA on a pedestal it does not belong. Sure it's better than most kids cartoons but they both still are just that. Things get solved "stupid/easy" in them, this is sometimes sad but whoever expects something different is dreaming  . I just think that TLK is actually makes just as much or more "sense" than TLA.... Be it rushed or not, at least there are no "fillers" which you can't really say for TLA. | ||
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Jkerz
19 Posts
On June 27 2012 19:47 Velr wrote: Korra going on a journey to recover her powers would just be TLA v2.0.. She even would have only wind to start with... I like the different focus of TLK because TLA has some obvious problems and big logical holes itself (for me) which you just "want" to forget when talking about it (i just watched a good part of S1 yesterday): Bumi, the king of the second(?) strongest Kingdom in the World gives the Avatar the following help: Some supplies! Angh is also not exactly acting "logical", more like a totally schizophrenic madman... In one moment protecting the people is the most important thing ever and next thing you know he goes of riding a fish for fun... The fuck? First of all Aang is a eleven year old kid, and you expect him to have everything figured out? Were you saving the world at age eleven? Was anybody? He obviously is torn between doing his duty and acting like any kid. Plus he never wanted to be the Avatar. Secondly, what do you want Bumi to do? Abandon his city to travel with the Avatar and help him learn... water bending? Give him a bunch of troops he can't afford to waste in order to... make it so he can't ride Appa? The only thing that made sense for Bumi to do was give Aang as many supplies as Appa could carry. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10366 Posts
On June 27 2012 18:52 Velocirapture wrote: I would also like to point out that the show makes a pretty big deal in the first episode about how out of control bending can do more harm that good in a highly populated and developed cityscape. If you had the bending power to throw huge boulders and incinerate the landscape would you use it while fighting in the middle of Manhattan? Id like to think that even a hothead like Korra would respect certain limits to prevent collateral damage (both life and property). Oh yeah, great point! I totally forgot about the police calling her out on causing so much destruction. | ||
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ClysmiC
United States2192 Posts
Here it is again: http://nicktoons.nick.com/shows/avatar/episode-guide?xid=LOKFB | ||
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SilSol
Sweden2744 Posts
thx btw | ||
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WarpStatus
United States18 Posts
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NET
United States703 Posts
Regardless it was pretty amazing. + Show Spoiler + The scene with Tarlock on the speed boat with his brother was pretty brutal... I think the most epic scene in the series. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10366 Posts
On June 28 2012 09:06 ClysmiC wrote: Just found out that all three seasons of A:TLA are watchable for free on Nick's website. Added a link to the OP. Here it is again: http://nicktoons.nick.com/shows/avatar/episode-guide?xid=LOKFB Wow really? Awesome! | ||
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SolidMoose
United States1240 Posts
On June 27 2012 12:48 Mellowman wrote: The changes in bending is my BIGGEST quarral with the new series. The bending in TLAB was nothing less than beautiful. When I watch TLAB fights, there's an undescribable sense of awe for reasons i probably don't understand. But you can almost feel the people's personalities through the bending. In Korra nearly every scene with bending is just people lobbing a a chunk of water at some dude, or a chunk of rock. Its basically like there's hardly a difference between the elements because people just slap each other with their respective color(red,blue, brown). Damn, just watch the 9 minute battle between Zuko and Azula on youtube, is there a scene in Korra that comes close in comparison of beauty? You have to remember Zuko vs Azula was at the very end of the show. TLK has only had one season | ||
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Aruno
New Zealand748 Posts
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Firebolt145
Lalalaland34503 Posts
On June 29 2012 09:55 Aruno wrote: I cried in the scene with the two brothers Which two brothers? There are two pairs of brothers (3 if you count Tenzin's children) | ||
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Praetorial
United States4241 Posts
On June 29 2012 10:27 Firebolt145 wrote: Which two brothers? There are two pairs of brothers (3 if you count Tenzin's children) Nitpicker. | ||
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Lunchador
United States776 Posts
The awakening of Avatar Korra blew me away! What a spectacle!Just remember that there is a second season coming, and there are tons of unanswered questions left over from what we've got so far. And as such, it's unfair to judge the series as a whole yet. I see some people complaining the fights aren't as epic as Aang vs Ozai, and I'm like "WTF, people? Seriously? Seriously?!?" The sudden reveal of Amon as a bloodbender and as a bender changes everything about his movement. What was his true motive for taking away everyone's bending? Did he himself want to be the only bender in the world so that one day he could rule it with an iron fist? After all, if he succeeded he would be the last bender in the world. So what would drive Amon to bring about a bending holocaust in the first place? Hope season 2 will somehow shed light into that now that Amon is *presumed* dead. Even though Amon is finished, the Equalists still have fair ground: that benders are a threat to the populace. Don't count the Equalist conflict over. There's still much to be explained. ... I want season 2 already! What will I do until then? | ||
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Millitron
United States2611 Posts
On June 29 2012 14:11 Lunchador wrote: Loved the entire first season of LoK! The awakening of Avatar Korra blew me away! What a spectacle!Just remember that there is a second season coming, and there are tons of unanswered questions left over from what we've got so far. And as such, it's unfair to judge the series as a whole yet. I see some people complaining the fights aren't as epic as Aang vs Ozai, and I'm like "WTF, people? Seriously? Seriously?!?" The sudden reveal of Amon as a bloodbender and as a bender changes everything about his movement. What was his true motive for taking away everyone's bending? Did he himself want to be the only bender in the world so that one day he could rule it with an iron fist? After all, if he succeeded he would be the last bender in the world. So what would drive Amon to bring about a bending holocaust in the first place? Hope season 2 will somehow shed light into that now that Amon is *presumed* dead. Even though Amon is finished, the Equalists still have fair ground: that benders are a threat to the populace. Don't count the Equalist conflict over. There's still much to be explained. ... I want season 2 already! What will I do until then? I don't think Amon wanted to rule with an iron fist as the only bender, mostly because that's a pretty obviously terrible plan. He was raising an army trained specifically to fight benders. He'd be toast if his cover was ever blown. Sure bloodbending is powerful, but its not Beat-a-whole-army-by-myself powerful. I suspect he really believed that bending was the root of all evil, primarily from his horrific blood-bending lessons. | ||
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Acetone
United States200 Posts
On June 29 2012 14:37 Millitron wrote: I don't think Amon wanted to rule with an iron fist as the only bender, mostly because that's a pretty obviously terrible plan. He was raising an army trained specifically to fight benders. He'd be toast if his cover was ever blown. Sure bloodbending is powerful, but its not Beat-a-whole-army-by-myself powerful. I suspect he really believed that bending was the root of all evil, primarily from his horrific blood-bending lessons. I agree, as did Tarrlok. Yakone was a pretty bad apple, and given his great power, a terrific example of how oppressive bending can be. Maybe not all of season 2, but I think at least the first few episodes of it will involve Team Avatar, Tenzin, Lin and Co. convincing the Equalists that most benders aren't power-hungry douchers and that outlawing bending would be like if the USA were to repeal the right to bear arms: nobody would actually be any safer (shock glove, anyone?). And hopefully, the result of their efforts will be a similarly democratic government to the one that existed before the Equalist attack, only with equal bender and non-bender representation. | ||
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TheAmazombie
United States3714 Posts
On June 29 2012 09:55 Aruno wrote: I cried in the scene with the two brothers It was an extremely well-done scene. My wife and I were both thoroughly impressed. | ||
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Xenocide_Knight
Korea (South)2625 Posts
On June 27 2012 18:52 Velocirapture wrote: I would also like to point out that the show makes a pretty big deal in the first episode about how out of control bending can do more harm that good in a highly populated and developed cityscape. If you had the bending power to throw huge boulders and incinerate the landscape would you use it while fighting in the middle of Manhattan? Id like to think that even a hothead like Korra would respect certain limits to prevent collateral damage (both life and property). I thought that was going to be an important conflict though. Disappoint T.T Like when Lin decides to go outside the law, I figured she would use Toph-like godmode bending and topple entire skyscrapers in order to kill a couple chi-blockers (it actually sorta fits the personality I would imagine from Toph's daughter. Maybe have an episode about Lin's rough upbringing at the hands of one of the most strict and feared mothers of all time who was also chief of police). Tenzin would confront her and tell her that she's out of control and the innocent lives she's sacrificing only helps to further Amon's goal. Lin struggles with her conscience but as the season develops and more and more of her officers are losing their bending, she decides that the only way to fight a madman like amon is to become equally ruthless (like alfred says in the dark knight). Maybe Jinora was exploring Republic city and got caught by Amon and lost her bending. Tenzin being Mr. spiritual-super moral is devastated but still will not stoop to Lin levels of collateral damage. Lin is disgusted and that could be her breaking point to truly go over the edge. At which point the council (basically Tarlok who sees the chance to forever take control of the police and council) would rule that Lin is now a criminal on the same scale of Amon. Korra would obviously be caught in this crossfire of Lin vs Tenzin vs Amon vs Tarlok, not to mention the love drama that is tearing apart the friendship of Mako-Bolin-Asami-herself. Bolin and Mako have a huge falling out and fight but as they lose restraint, they accidentaly kill Asami. Bolin being the seemingly more empathetic "nice" character is devastated that he contributed to not only the death of asami, but other innocent bystanders. He surrenders himself willingly to Amon and it is later revealed that Bolin is one of Amon's new Lieutenants(I figure a pro-bender would be at least better than your average joe at hand-to-hand combat). That obviously leads to an epic/dramatic/sad Mako-Bolin fight and Tenzin-Lin fight (since they used to be lovers it'd be even more emotionally charged. Maybe one episode dedicated to their past story, preferably real tragic. Lin would probably also mention how if Tenzin just grew a backbone, he probably could have stopped Amon before Jinora lost her bending). It also removes the cheesy love square with Asami dead and Mako/Bolin both feeling so guilty about her death. Mako especially feels awful since as we found out, he always preferred Korra to Asami anyway. Perfect setup for final epic Korra/Amon fight where after a 10 minute battle across the city, Amon manages to subdue Korra and is about to take her bending. As he tries to take her bending, Korra finally goes avatar state and does generally epic things. Korra being Korra, there is a final scene where she decides to spare Amon but then Amon goads her and taunts her until she kills him in a fit or anger. With his dying breath, as Korra comes out of the avatar state, he tells her to look around: Republic city is a ruined, desolate landscape with hundreds, maybe thousands dead. That also makes it so you don't have to unmask Amon. Just leave it V for Vendetta style where Amon is the faceless manifestation of the unjust rule by benders. Could maybe have a scene during the Korra/Amon fight where benders manage to save themselves amidst the burning city while non-benders pretty much all die, stuck in collapsing buildings/bridges/etc. Final scene could be Korra sobbing among the ashes of Republic city (aang's statue should be the only undamaged tall structure since it was on an island.) and General Iroh's fleet approaching through the smoke on the horizon. Then season 2 would be setup great. What will Iroh's stance be? Zukos? Zuko's daughter's? Zuko would probably side with Amon and be horrified by the deaths of so many innocents. Zuko's daughter would take the other side and declare the supremacy of benders over non-benders. Her name should probably be Azula. Iroh would then obviously be caught in the conflict between his own family. He would then become TLA's Zuko-style conflicted character. Ironic considering his namesake. As for the other characters, it could go anyway really. Tenzin probably kills Lin in a tearful finishing blow (which his wife considers revolting and causes a separation in the family of last airbenders. Not to mention Jinora losing her bending and Lin being the one "avenging" her. Tenzin's wife probably unfairly blames Tenzin for Jinora. "Maybe if you were more like Lin, this wouldn't have happened") Tenzin himself is shocked by his act of killing Lin. It was so out of character: only brought on by his past with Lin and the anguish/guilt of Jinora losing her bending. He becomes numb and unresponsive to an increasingly desperate Korra. Mako probably spares Bolin leaving the potential of Bolin+Amon's Lieutenant teaming up after the death of Amon. (Mako beating Bolin also symbolically underscores the bender>non bender theme) Korra wrestles with the overwhelming guilt but she still has to confront major obstacles: how did Amon take people's bending? Was he really connected to the spirits? It is no longer such a ridiculous notion that the spirits would be outrages by the atrocities committed by benders in season 1. How will she master airbending with Tenzin in such a terrible state? How can she help his marriage falling apart? Lin clearly was out of control but who was truly the bad guy here? Mako is a shadow of his former self: brooding and distant. Iroh has enough of his own problems dealing with Zuko/Azula2.0 and the now incredibly angry non-bending survivors of Republic city. (Could probably insert a Mengsk/Sons of Korhal character here: Intelligent, manipulative, and determined to rally a rebellion to overthrow the current government of benders. Probably will recruit/work with Bolin and Lieutenant man). Korra would be truly alone and in a terrible place, thus setting the stage for her exploration of the spiritual side of bending. Probably get help from Spirit Aang and maybe Katara. etc, etc, etc. | ||
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