EPT[TV] The Legend of Korra - Page 166
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MountainDewJunkie
United States10346 Posts
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
On September 29 2013 11:36 MountainDewJunkie wrote: There's no purpose in complaining about last season now Maybe I wasn't clear. They can make the next two books have a central end villain. They weren't sure if Book 1 was going to have any extensions but they probably have a better idea whether a female protagonist on Korra can attract enough viewers now. Actually some online research clears up that book 2 will be a standalone too :/ | ||
Peeano
Netherlands5407 Posts
That would have made things waaaaaaaay more interesting to me. | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
On September 29 2013 11:55 s.Q.uelched wrote: Anyone else had the feeling Korra's father and his crew wouldn't be on the boat at all? That would have made things waaaaaaaay more interesting to me. "Your dad's on a boat to the north pole. Too bad you'll never see him and now I don't need you anymore" "I've loaded the missile with enough pesticides to irradiate the world's gold supply, plummeting the world into economic depression and war. The world will be changed forever, unless someone were to stop me right now. But that would be impossible or at least highly improbable. There is only way to stop it and that way is for my pulse to stay up and for me to enter the deactivation code, a code only myself and my mistreated and sexy female accomplice know of. Now that I've told you my plan Mr. Bond. I expect you to die! | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
On September 29 2013 12:06 obesechicken13 wrote: "Your dad's on a boat to the north pole. Too bad you'll never see him and now I don't need you anymore" "I've loaded the missile with enough pesticides to irradiate the world's gold supply, plummeting the world into economic depression and war. The world will be changed forever, unless someone were to stop me right now. But that would be impossible or at least highly improbable. There is only way to stop it and that way is for my pulse to stay up and for me to enter the deactivation code, a code only myself and my mistreated and sexy female accomplice know of. Now that I've told you my plan Mr. Bond. I expect you to die! lol wonderful villains really do talk too much  Why can't we have more of those "No Country for Old Men" villains? | ||
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LuckyMacro
United States1482 Posts
On September 29 2013 12:06 obesechicken13 wrote: "Your dad's on a boat to the north pole. Too bad you'll never see him and now I don't need you anymore" "I've loaded the missile with enough pesticides to irradiate the world's gold supply, plummeting the world into economic depression and war. The world will be changed forever, unless someone were to stop me right now. But that would be impossible or at least highly improbable. There is only way to stop it and that way is for my pulse to stay up and for me to enter the deactivation code, a code only myself and my mistreated and sexy female accomplice know of. Now that I've told you my plan Mr. Bond. I expect you to die! I think I liked this a little too much haha. I'm trying to like this season a little more, but as someone else said, it just isn't as "epic." And I guess it might be hard to set up another "omg the world is going to explode" scenerio, but haven't we really just got a bunch of small-time water bending villains now? | ||
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Hyperbola
United States2551 Posts
On September 29 2013 13:15 neoghaleon55 wrote: lol wonderful villains really do talk too much Why can't we have more of those "No Country for Old Men" villains? Because this is a kids cartoon. Avatar would be much better as a bloody, violent series about political strife and civil war. Cut out all the romance, add in actual side effects to being burned, frozen, blasted against a wall and make the characters as crazy and volatile as the Battlestar Galactica cast and you have yourself a 5 star show. But that's just my opinion. | ||
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ProV1
United States980 Posts
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Hryul
Austria2609 Posts
On September 30 2013 01:49 Hyperbola wrote: Because this is a kids cartoon. Avatar would be much better as a bloody, violent series about political strife and civil war. Cut out all the romance, add in actual side effects to being burned, frozen, blasted against a wall and make the characters as crazy and volatile as the Battlestar Galactica cast and you have yourself a 5 star show. But that's just my opinion. I foresee problems with bloodbending . . . or maybe not  I also don't like the new stuff. I haven't seen the latest episode but I was disappointed that all Korra needed to do to open that spirit portal was smash it. Somehow I figured she needed to calm the spirits. . . in a spiritual way. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35172 Posts
On September 30 2013 04:23 Hryul wrote: I foresee problems with bloodbending . . . or maybe not I also don't like the new stuff. I haven't seen the latest episode but I was disappointed that all Korra needed to do to open that spirit portal was smash it. Somehow I figured she needed to calm the spirits. . . in a spiritual way. She didn't smash it. All she did was give it a tap of the avatar joo joo and it did the work itself. We're not done with the spirits yet, Don't believe that for a second. | ||
Firebolt145
Lalalaland34503 Posts
That said, still a funny episode that I enjoyed. | ||
]343[
United States10328 Posts
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Gahlo
United States35172 Posts
On September 30 2013 06:03 ]343[ wrote: one thing I don't get: Korra can apparently (?) control the Avatar state (the one-shot eye flash instead of continuous), but that shouldn't be possible if she's so spiritually lacking... It's an issue of cleared chakra more than spirituality. There's a popular theory that the firs season had a subtheme of her clearing them. | ||
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GwSC
United States1997 Posts
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BlackMagister
United States5834 Posts
On September 30 2013 01:49 Hyperbola wrote: Because this is a kids cartoon. Avatar would be much better as a bloody, violent series about political strife and civil war. Cut out all the romance, add in actual side effects to being burned, frozen, blasted against a wall and make the characters as crazy and volatile as the Battlestar Galactica cast and you have yourself a 5 star show. But that's just my opinion. If TLA or Korra had realistic injuries than the fights would be a lot different and possibly less enjoyable. Because it's a children's show benders can go blow for blow with each other without much consequences, but if there were realistic injuries then everything would need to be dodged or blocked otherwise they might die. It's like how other children's cartoons can have people punch each other constantly and throw people off moving trains. What would be the point of chi blocking when you can just stab someone or why throw daggers that pin someone down when you can throw the dagger into their chest. Of course death is still present in both series, but to a very limited degree when considering bending would be a lethal weapon in our world. | ||
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Hryul
Austria2609 Posts
On September 30 2013 05:28 Gahlo wrote: She didn't smash it. All she did was give it a tap of the avatar joo joo and it did the work itself. We're not done with the spirits yet, Don't believe that for a second. I didn't imply that the spirit storyline is over. But I really didn't get that it was "avatar state magic" rather than pure smashing. It just had absolutely no buildup going into it. I mean she didn't show any positive interaction with the spirits but suddenly her avatar state "fixes it". Even w/o help from *evil-from-the-second-he-entered-the-room* who can bend spirits. | ||
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UniversalSnip
9871 Posts
She knows she's capable of crushing them, she straight up told unalaq she could take out his army if it came down to it. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35172 Posts
On September 30 2013 07:47 Hryul wrote: I didn't imply that the spirit storyline is over. But I really didn't get that it was "avatar state magic" rather than pure smashing. It just had absolutely no buildup going into it. I mean she didn't show any positive interaction with the spirits but suddenly her avatar state "fixes it". Even w/o help from *evil-from-the-second-he-entered-the-room* who can bend spirits. She only needed him to learn how to individually purify spirits. The avatar is the bridge between the physical and spiritual worlds. The fact that a key can open a door doesn't seem odd to me. | ||
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Spaylz
Japan1743 Posts
On September 30 2013 08:20 UniversalSnip wrote: I'm pretty sure the reason korra gently pushed those boats aside is that she didn't want to kill everyone on board... She knows she's capable of crushing them, she straight up told unalaq she could take out his army if it came down to it. I thought about that, but then what is the point of entering the Avatar state to do so? It seems like something any waterbender could do. I mean, not five minutes later you have Eska sliding on the water and riding a huge wave. She's no Avatar. If she didn't enter the Avatar state to summon that little ball, that explanation would make sense. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35172 Posts
On September 30 2013 09:00 Spaylz wrote: I thought about that, but then what is the point of entering the Avatar state to do so? It seems like something any waterbender could do. I mean, not five minutes later you have Eska sliding on the water and riding a huge wave. She's no Avatar. If she didn't enter the Avatar state to summon that little ball, that explanation would make sense. That "little ball" was roughly the size of a battleship. | ||
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