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I really really wish they would some how tied in what happened with the previous water avatar, remember how Ko stole his wife's face. I cant remember what the water avatar did exactly to piss ko off tho, also all the talk of the spirits being peaceful well are they all peaceful?
Whats Ko then? hes seems to have this natural evil/trickish thing going on. Maybe Some naturally evil spirit made a deal with Korras uncle, afterall some humans can enter the spirit world, like Iroh mentioned he got into the spirit world.
Also i never knew they were barbarians, where do they live normally? why attack, why retreat to the Forrest and not back home.
Also u know how all the avatars statues are in this circle shape, and spiral down from the top to the bottom, where aangs statue is it looks like the final one its right in the centre bottom.
Those two kids of the uncle are creeeepppy lol they seem waaay too calm.
Im super interested in the first avatar tho, also i definitely hope theres more exploring like to the earth kingdom and the firenation.
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On September 14 2013 17:32 Shock710 wrote:
I really really wish they would some how tied in what happened with the previous water avatar, remember how Ko stole his wife's face. I cant remember what that water avatar did exactly to piss ko off tho, also all the talk of the spirits being peaceful well are they all peaceful?
Whats Ko then? hes seems to have this natural evil/trickish thing going on. Maybe Some naturally evil spirit made a deal with Korras uncle, afterall some humans can enter the spirit world, like Iroh mentioned he got into the spirit world.
Also i never knew they were barbarians, where do they live normally? why attack, why retreat to the Forrest and not back home.
Also u know how all the avatars statues are in this circle shape, and spiral down from the top to the bottom, where aangs statue is it looks like the final one its right in the centre bottom.
Those two kids of the uncle are creeeepppy lol they seem waaay too calm.
Im super interested in the first avatar tho, also i definitely hope theres more exploring like to the earth kingdom and the firenation.
I imagine after the fire nation dissolved there would be roaming bands of barbarians.
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The question this season is if it's going to blow as much as the previous season.
zzz, Korra Season 1 was so garbage that I don't want to watch Korra Season 2 for fear of more let down. How is the first episode gaiz?
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On September 14 2013 16:45 Dragonmaster26 wrote:Too much overshadowing. Unless the writers have a planed plot twist I think I can l aready see where this season is going: + Show Spoiler +
Korra's unlce is the antagonist and his goal seems to be domination of the spirit world and gaining power in general.
He hired the barbarians to attack the Northern Tribe because he knew Korra's dad would overreact and anger the spirits. It's funny he can somehow calm the spirits down. IMO he has some sort of brainwashing power of the spirits. The way I see it the spirits are naturally peaceful creatures but can get angry if they get brainwashed. So basically Korra's uncle set it all up so he could have his brother exiled and become the chief.
After that he became chief and mastered his spirit brainwashing ability or whatever. When he heard his brother had the next avatar he planned to have her brainwashed as well. Except there was one problem. His brainwashing ability relied on spiritual connections and Korra has a pretty weak spiritual connection. Thus he hatched his plan to train her and bolster her spiritual connection enough that it'll be on the level that Korra will be brianwashable.
That's pretty much what you see in this episode. At the start the spirits are only attacking ships and Korra's uncle arrives to speak about them with Korra at the festival. Then a spirit attacks Korra which convinces her she needs to be trained by her uncle. Then her father comes along and continuously argues with Korra's uncle so Korra's uncle decides to stage another spirit attack to make himself look good and his brother bad so Korra would send him away.
All this training looks like one big set up. I bet all these spirit attacks are being staged by Korra's uncle. Every spirit attacks benefits him in some way.
I bet the season is going to involve Korra's uncle conquering the world with a spirit or army or something along those lines. By the end by Korra being rescued by Tenzin and co. They then have her communicate with the first avatar or whoever and there she learns this deus ex machinima trick of how to free the spirits from brainwashing, Then Korra will turn all those spirits against her uncle and accept her father was right all along and then they'll live happily ever after.
I just hopes there's more to it because I've seen this kind of plot several times.
This is where I see the show heading as well. However, I do hope that it doesn't turn out to be this way, since we are just 2 episodes in and this would have been way too predicable.
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On September 14 2013 14:09 kdgns wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2013 13:25 Gahlo wrote:On September 14 2013 12:22 Millitron wrote:On September 14 2013 12:11 ConGee wrote:
Anyone else slightly disappointed with how the opening went? I dunno, it just feels a little underwhelming considering the long wait. Nah, I like how things are getting serious immediately. A little surprised the Equalist movement is gone though. Amon was just a figurehead, the societal problems that caused it are still around. Anyways, anyone else really like the motion picture thing? I thought it was a cool wink to real life history in that the first motion picture in real life was a horse galloping. You mean the problems that got blown out of proportion? I feel that equalist movement will be subtly hinted at throughout the series, you can see it in the treatment of Tenzin's siblings who are treated as inferior due to lack of airbending. Its up to the writers to see which direction they want to go with that. I feel that equalists has so much potential, its like...reverse x-men, an animated story seemingly for kids but filled with metaphors for civil rights movements. Except this time the people with the superpowers are the ones doing the oppressing. Also, does anyone know who that crazy water tribe business guy is suppose to be a parody of? I feel like I'm getting hints of PT Barnum but...cant be sure.
No it doesn't appear that the Equalist will be that important based on responses by the show creators who said they're still around probably still holding secret meetings, but will not be featured much. Even without what the creators said it seems you are misreading the responses from the Air Acolytes. The Air Acolytes are people who are fascinated with air bending culture and work as servants to preserve the culture having been taught by Aang and originally having literally been Aang's fan club originally. So naturally they would be disappointed that Aang's other children are not air benders.
The first two episodes felt kind of disappointing since they were setups for the next few episodes. The spirits are angry, but the explanation given for why they're angry doesn't seem to be the entire reason. The cliff hanger should be interesting a civil war or complete take over seem likely.
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shes such a brat these two episodes, even to mako wtf.
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On September 14 2013 17:36 kdgns wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2013 17:32 Shock710 wrote:
I really really wish they would some how tied in what happened with the previous water avatar, remember how Ko stole his wife's face. I cant remember what that water avatar did exactly to piss ko off tho, also all the talk of the spirits being peaceful well are they all peaceful?
Whats Ko then? hes seems to have this natural evil/trickish thing going on. Maybe Some naturally evil spirit made a deal with Korras uncle, afterall some humans can enter the spirit world, like Iroh mentioned he got into the spirit world.
Also i never knew they were barbarians, where do they live normally? why attack, why retreat to the Forrest and not back home.
Also u know how all the avatars statues are in this circle shape, and spiral down from the top to the bottom, where aangs statue is it looks like the final one its right in the centre bottom.
Those two kids of the uncle are creeeepppy lol they seem waaay too calm.
Im super interested in the first avatar tho, also i definitely hope theres more exploring like to the earth kingdom and the firenation. I imagine after the fire nation dissolved there would be roaming bands of barbarians.
I would just like to say that the Fire Nation never "dissolved."
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Is the new season out yet?
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I like the writing for the overarching story. I enjoy their careful consideration and non-repetitious nature of the writing for the story for this series of avatar being able to expand a universe without having to copy too much the source material in events.
But the screenwriting and character implementation with strong use of tropes and near formulaic character development that is telegraphed so hard anybody can pick up on where things go is well the same as the previous avatar which is meh~. I guess you can't expect too much out of same writers.
Problem with legend of korra vs avatar is the support cast of characters aren't as initially likable and their relatability is poorly done, they don't quite speak to you. It's probably due to the choice of the underlying theme for the characters of team avatar which isn't something soft like"lack of childhood wanting of childhood" but rather just "I don't know what i'm doing" which just confounds the audience as it makes the show more of a drama by characters instead of by events then it should be.
I get korra is suppose to come off as more adult hell they off-screen kill characters now, a continuation to the end of the last season and start of this season. But they don't properly write inner conflict that is needed for the characters they created it just comes out shallow which was fine for avatar but not for legend of korra. And then last sin is that korra is the only character that hasn't grown as a character so far.
On September 14 2013 17:36 kdgns wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2013 17:32 Shock710 wrote:
I really really wish they would some how tied in what happened with the previous water avatar, remember how Ko stole his wife's face. I cant remember what that water avatar did exactly to piss ko off tho, also all the talk of the spirits being peaceful well are they all peaceful?
Whats Ko then? hes seems to have this natural evil/trickish thing going on. Maybe Some naturally evil spirit made a deal with Korras uncle, afterall some humans can enter the spirit world, like Iroh mentioned he got into the spirit world.
Also i never knew they were barbarians, where do they live normally? why attack, why retreat to the Forrest and not back home.
Also u know how all the avatars statues are in this circle shape, and spiral down from the top to the bottom, where aangs statue is it looks like the final one its right in the centre bottom.
Those two kids of the uncle are creeeepppy lol they seem waaay too calm.
Im super interested in the first avatar tho, also i definitely hope theres more exploring like to the earth kingdom and the firenation. I imagine after the fire nation dissolved there would be roaming bands of barbarians.
Firenation clearly can't dissolve as they established that aang and firelord zuko were a thing and friends.
Still like the show just wish they wouldn't make it so teen angsty if i wanted that i'd watch freaks and geeks at least i'd get a good laugh out of that.
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There were a lot of opportunities for tentacle porn in these two episodes.
+ Show Spoiler +I'd probably watch it if it was good.
I like Korra's "rebel spirit"
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Hey anyone not notice that this show is slated for 4 seasons total. I guess i don't follow shit that tightly.
http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/27078349740/im-sure-this-meme-is-dead-by-now-but-it-still
The Legend of Korra has been picked up for an additional 26 episodes, which will be split into Books 3 & 4! Mike and I had been hoping to announce this big news to the crowd at the Korra SDCC panel tomorrow morning, but the network put out a press release yesterday. And as we suspected, people are pretty confused, understandably so. Hopefully people are also excited.
I’m sure I’ll be trying to clear this up in posts for a long time to come, but I’ll lay it all out right now:
–Book 1 = 12 episodes
–Book 2 = 14 episodes
–Book 3 = 13 episodes
–Book 4 = 13 episodes
–TOTAL = 52 episodes
Why are the four books split up into those numbers of episodes, you might ask?
Initially, Nickelodeon picked up Korra as a 12-episode miniseries. Their idea was to do 12-episode arcs that were more standalone than the original Avatar series. Mike and I were cool with this idea, as we had originally wanted the seasons to be 12 episodes long instead of 20, and creatively we liked the idea of doing tighter story arcs.
The original plan was that if Nickelodeon wanted more episodes, they would order them 12 episodes at a time. But while we were in production on Book 1, Nickelodeon decided to change their season lengths from 20 episodes (like Avatar had) to the more standardized international length of 26 episodes. They liked how Book 1 was coming out and decided to round out the order to fit their new 26-episode mold, and we got a 14-episode pick-up, which became Book 2.
Then, the network wanted even more Korra, so they picked up another order of 26 episodes. Mike and I wanted to stick with the shorter “books,” so creatively we are splitting the second order of 26 into Books 3 & 4, 13 episodes each.
What makes this even more confusing is that the network considers each block of 26 episodes a “season,” which is another reason we try to stick to calling these Korra arcs “books.” So for the network’s purposes, Books 1 & 2 are Season 1, and Books 3 & 4 are Season 2.
When will Books 2, 3, and 4 come out?
Someday!
What will happen after Book 4?
Mike and I plan to wrap up the Korra storyline at that point with the close of Book 4. Then I plan to crawl into a dark cave and go into hibernation. And hopefully see my wife more often.
I hope that clears it up. SEE YOU IN SAN DIEGO! If you can’t make the panel and Nick booth signing tomorrow, we’ll be signing at the Dark Horse booth on Saturday, I *think* at 2:30 (but I’m not sure). If you are going to SDCC, please be safe! You probably already heard, but tragically a convention attendee died in an accident on Tuesday morning. Take care.
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On September 15 2013 01:05 Diizzy wrote:
shes such a brat these two episodes, even to mako wtf.
Something really bad is going to happen
She's meant to be making a connection to the spirits but all she's doing is severing connections in her life
She's going to try and use "korra spiritmending" as tenzin would put it and it won't go well
Don't trust this water tribe leader at all
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On September 15 2013 08:09 Reval wrote:Show nested quote +On September 15 2013 01:05 Diizzy wrote:
shes such a brat these two episodes, even to mako wtf. Something really bad is going to happen She's meant to be making a connection to the spirits but all she's doing is severing connections in her life She's going to try and use "korra spiritmending" as tenzin would put it and it won't go well Don't trust this water tribe leader at all
Isn't it plainly obvious that Korra's uncle is the bad guy?
+ Show Spoiler +He practically invades at the end of the second episode.
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On September 14 2013 23:44 Zergneedsfood wrote:
The question this season is if it's going to blow as much as the previous season.
zzz, Korra Season 1 was so garbage that I don't want to watch Korra Season 2 for fear of more let down. How is the first episode gaiz?
Not so great so far
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On September 15 2013 15:07 Millitron wrote:Show nested quote +On September 15 2013 08:09 Reval wrote:On September 15 2013 01:05 Diizzy wrote:
shes such a brat these two episodes, even to mako wtf. Something really bad is going to happen She's meant to be making a connection to the spirits but all she's doing is severing connections in her life She's going to try and use "korra spiritmending" as tenzin would put it and it won't go well Don't trust this water tribe leader at all Isn't it plainly obvious that Korra's uncle is the bad guy? + Show Spoiler +He practically invades at the end of the second episode.
I hope, overall, he isn't. The "means well but misguided" is SO last season.
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Does anyone else think Korra's uncle set up Korra's father. Like he somehow paid off the bandits to invade then retreat to the spirit forest. Seems coincidental that in the same action, he becomes the hero and gets his brother banished so he becomes king.
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On September 15 2013 15:37 Gahlo wrote:Show nested quote +On September 15 2013 15:07 Millitron wrote:On September 15 2013 08:09 Reval wrote:On September 15 2013 01:05 Diizzy wrote:
shes such a brat these two episodes, even to mako wtf. Something really bad is going to happen She's meant to be making a connection to the spirits but all she's doing is severing connections in her life She's going to try and use "korra spiritmending" as tenzin would put it and it won't go well Don't trust this water tribe leader at all Isn't it plainly obvious that Korra's uncle is the bad guy? + Show Spoiler +He practically invades at the end of the second episode. I hope, overall, he isn't. The "means well but misguided" is SO last season.
Please it’s so clearly telegraphed that he is not, down to the semi-ominous music cues.
All those spirit attacks we see that are conveniently timed for Unalaq to pull off his Spirit be gone trick, which apparently he's the only one that knows. Whether in flashback, where the side-effect is him gaining crown-prince status and Korra's dad being bashed, or in the present, where they serve to pressure Korra into doing what he says without too many questions.
Hell the first episode ends with Unalaq saying, "I have great plans for you, Korra"; that parrells the first episode of the legend of korra which ended on Amon talking about his plans for Korra. When was the last time anyone talking about their great plans ever end up with them you know planning to help sick children. Naw it's always domination of the world or business etc.
There is also him going on about the righteous path, truly united and ...and soon, the whole world being belted out of Unalaq's mouth. With the episode ended on sorta fire nation looking ships and troops marching on the southern tribe as the last scene. This is world domination shit, Unalaq = Ozai he's just been transplanted from the last air bender saga.
On September 15 2013 16:07 monk wrote:
Does anyone else think Korra's uncle set up Korra's father. Like he somehow paid off the bandits to invade then retreat to the spirit forest. Seems coincidental that in the same action, he becomes the hero and gets his brother banished so he becomes king. My problem is that he coincidentally was the only person in the northern water tribe that could fix the problem? And he does this all in what seems to be a day or two max ofc after enough damage has been done. Then he shows up just in time to save korra and them when they get attacked by a spirit, something that hasn't happened in the southern tribe yet, just ships have been attacked so far not he city. I mean this is as much of a mystery as Genoa was for the newsroom, we all know what it is we just don't quite know the details yet.
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I both like and dislike the similarities they put into the story. For instance Korra's father: + Show Spoiler +Was banished from the Northern Water Tribe just like how Zuko was from the Fire Nation in ATLA.
Perhaps Korra's Uncle, Unalaq, is going to be like Azula
Hopefully they develop their characters differently but I do like the hints they made toward the previous series. Also, + Show Spoiler +Spirit portal?! Is that really a thing? I'd suspect Korra would just have to learn how to go to the spirit world and make friends with the southern water tribe spirits or something like that.
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This season so far has been garbage 
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On September 15 2013 16:23 EdGeRaxoan wrote:I both like and dislike the similarities they put into the story. For instance Korra's father: + Show Spoiler +Was banished from the Northern Water Tribe just like how Zuko was from the Fire Nation in ATLA.
Perhaps Korra's Uncle, Unalaq, is going to be like Azula Hopefully they develop their characters differently but I do like the hints they made toward the previous series. Also, + Show Spoiler +Spirit portal?! Is that really a thing? I'd suspect Korra would just have to learn how to go to the spirit world and make friends with the southern water tribe spirits or something like that.
Yeah spirit portals is a thing that was established in The Last Airbender on several occasions. An area in which at the right time a link to the spirit world can be achieved easily.
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