EPT[TV] The Legend of Korra - Page 208
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GtC
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LegalLord
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On August 23 2014 09:07 LegalLord wrote: Given that the Avatar has existed for all of 10,000 years, it's actually quite amazing that no one managed to kill the Avatar State Avatar, not even once. Well look at how powerful it is, even with the poison and being chained with platinum she was able to break out and fight. I hope next season it shows her going full out kick ass mode. That is the only thing that disappointed me about this season is not enough korra kicking ass. | ||
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NPF
Canada1635 Posts
On August 23 2014 09:06 Skilledblob wrote: in last airbender there were several scenes with female airbenders that had long hair and only the front part of the arrow was shaved Yes but you need to do the full arrow on the back and after they will grow hair and just show the tip I imagine. It's a full body tattoo. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On August 23 2014 09:22 LegalLord wrote: That's exactly why it's so incredible. Yeah, but even with three super talented benders, once Korra went full Avatar state, two of them got rocked almost instantly. The third only did well because he could fly and stay away from her long enough for the poison to do its thing. If he had gone for a straight up fight, he would have gotten rekted. I can't see how anyone could mustering enough force to stop the avatar and once they learned to use the Avatar state and get the Avatar to show up to fight that force head on. Also, Korra isn't permanently crippled. They clearly state it has been two weeks. Expect to see a lot of strength train next season and a final triumphant return. | ||
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Spicy_Curry
United States10573 Posts
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Motlu
Australia884 Posts
On August 23 2014 10:25 Spicy_Curry wrote: Lavabending seems impractical for a protagonist because it destroys everything. I dont really think we will see too much of it in head to head engagements. It'll probably be one of those things that comes out for the truly desperate situations. + Show Spoiler + Wow, this ending was amazing, although I'm not sure about the whole air bending nation becoming nomadic superheroes (ok, maybe an exaggeration). Love how much darker this series has become, although I hope they don't go overboard with it next season. It is after all a kids show, and at some point it does become a bit ridiculous. I don't know how I can wait for Book 4 now T_T | ||
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On August 23 2014 10:56 OhDearGod wrote: It'll probably be one of those things that comes out for the truly desperate situations. + Show Spoiler + Wow, this ending was amazing, although I'm not sure about the whole air bending nation becoming nomadic superheroes (ok, maybe an exaggeration). Love how much darker this series has become, although I hope they don't go overboard with it next season. It is after all a kids show, and at some point it does become a bit ridiculous. I don't know how I can wait for Book 4 now T_T I don't think it's possible for most (if any of them) can end up flying. You have to have pretty much no attachments and once that is gone you can fly. So I wouldn't worry about it, I would find it really dumb if it did somehow end up that most airbenders can fly. | ||
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Sermokala
United States14105 Posts
I loved the shit out of season 3. I wasn't sold at all on the concept of spirits being in the world again and I thought it would make the show really bad but it made it really good. Villians got their credibility from their powers and from what the heros said about them. They were strong by being new and really cool. Ending really hit me and now we're going deep into the fourth quarter with an avatar that can't walk and a weak bench. | ||
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GettingIt
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Digitalis
United States1043 Posts
Great set up for the fourth season, super excited to see what they pull out :o | ||
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aRyuujin
United States5049 Posts
but the ending more than made up for it. Best season ending LoK has had by far | ||
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
I suppose what's missing is the "knowledge of all of the avatar's past lives," even though it is still a very powerful form. | ||
Valiver
Caldeum1977 Posts
On August 23 2014 15:06 LegalLord wrote: I noticed that while Aang's avatar state has the echoes of past avatars, Korra's avatar state sounds like it's just her. I suppose what's missing is the "knowledge of all of the avatar's past lives," even though it is still a very powerful form. Yeah when Aang spoke he spoke with all his past avatars like you said and Korra is the first in the new line so it's just her. I did like how they made Korra in the avatar state just more powerful, and not really gaining skill. When Aang went into it while fighting Ozai he started wrecking him with all kinds of cool things from the knowledge he got, while Korra was having to brute force most things. | ||
Liquid`Zephyr
United States996 Posts
was a little let down with the last episode but thought the rest of the season was really great. excited for book 4 ^_^ | ||
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Hyperbola
United States2552 Posts
On August 23 2014 15:36 Valiver wrote: Yeah when Aang spoke he spoke with all his past avatars like you said and Korra is the first in the new line so it's just her. I did like how they made Korra in the avatar state just more powerful, and not really gaining skill. When Aang went into it while fighting Ozai he started wrecking him with all kinds of cool things from the knowledge he got, while Korra was having to brute force most things. You know, the second season of korra retconned a lot of things. The avatar state used to be simply a borrowing of skill and knowledge from past avatars that made anyone into a mega master bender. Now it's pretty much spirit power. Also, there were entire episodes dedicated to how each nation learned to bend either from the moon, dragons, moles or bison. Season 2 basically said nope, the turtles gave everyone their powers of elements. Also there's that whole thing about thousands of random people becoming air benders out of nowhere (although that was a season 3 thing.) And I also remember reading that lava bending is only possible by avatars because it requires both fire and earth affinity but apparently that's retconned too. And since when can you bend water without any arms? Wasn't that a major plot point in the original series? You know what, fuck it, I don't care anymore. | ||
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KrazyTrumpet
United States2520 Posts
On August 23 2014 06:08 Plansix wrote: They did a nice job at the end of the season giving Korra a challenge to overcome for the next season. They are doing a really good job of giving an all powerful character like the Avatar things to overcome. But next season I do want to see some straight up Avatar ass kicking. Also, the "armor trick" was one of the most well shot things I have seen in the series. They cut away at the exact right moment and your brain fills in the rest. It was one of the more shocking moments that made me say "Get rekted". THAT WAS SO #&@^ING CLUTCH I LOVED IT! Seriously, the fights in the last two episodes were just...so very good. I actually, literally cheered at that part. On August 23 2014 08:12 Hyperbola wrote: So Jinora looks a looooot like Aang. I hope Kai is into androgyny. And I'm glad Korra's a cripple now. Maybe not walking will help soothe her temper/ego. Eh? I'm pretty sure she's not a cripple, I just think that poison and the ensuing battle took a LOT out of her. At least, I didn't really get that vibe that she was a cripple. I do imagine a big part of next season is going to focus on her recovery physically, mentally, AND spiritually however. On August 23 2014 09:22 blade55555 wrote: Well look at how powerful it is, even with the poison and being chained with platinum she was able to break out and fight. I hope next season it shows her going full out kick ass mode. That is the only thing that disappointed me about this season is not enough korra kicking ass. It was really nice to see Tenzin go total man mode for a while, even if he did end up getting rekt in the end. He's never really gotten to cut loose like that. I expect more of him and Jinora cutting loose next season while filling in for the Avatar, though. On August 23 2014 12:50 Sermokala wrote: Ending really hit me and now we're going deep into the fourth quarter with an avatar that can't walk and a weak bench. This...made me laugh more than it should have | ||
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Baggage
Hong Kong593 Posts
On August 23 2014 15:54 Liquid`Zephyr wrote: maybe i'm going insane but isn't platinum....a metal? was a little let down with the last episode but thought the rest of the season was really great. excited for book 4 ^_^ The idea behind "metal bending" is that earth benders move the specks of earth within the metal. Platinum in the show is considered as much purer and better refined than conventional metals, hence there's no earth in the plantinum "metal bending" to occur. | ||
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MattBarry
United States4006 Posts
On August 23 2014 15:57 Hyperbola wrote: You know, the second season of korra retconned a lot of things. The avatar state used to be simply a borrowing of skill and knowledge from past avatars that made anyone into a mega master bender. Now it's pretty much spirit power. Also, there were entire episodes dedicated to how each nation learned to bend either from the moon, dragons, moles or bison. Season 2 basically said nope, the turtles gave everyone their powers of elements. Also there's that whole thing about thousands of random people becoming air benders out of nowhere (although that was a season 3 thing.) And I also remember reading that lava bending is only possible by avatars because it requires both fire and earth affinity but apparently that's retconned too. And since when can you bend water without any arms? Wasn't that a major plot point in the original series? You know what, fuck it, I don't care anymore. I bet possessing fire bending makes lava bending a fuckton easier but I don't see why if you can heat water into steam as a water bender, you can't heat rock into lava as an earthbender. I'm glad Mako FINALLY remembered he can lightning bend for the first time all season. | ||
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Spaylz
Japan1743 Posts
On August 23 2014 15:57 Hyperbola wrote: You know, the second season of korra retconned a lot of things. The avatar state used to be simply a borrowing of skill and knowledge from past avatars that made anyone into a mega master bender. Now it's pretty much spirit power. Also, there were entire episodes dedicated to how each nation learned to bend either from the moon, dragons, moles or bison. Season 2 basically said nope, the turtles gave everyone their powers of elements. Also there's that whole thing about thousands of random people becoming air benders out of nowhere (although that was a season 3 thing.) And I also remember reading that lava bending is only possible by avatars because it requires both fire and earth affinity but apparently that's retconned too. And since when can you bend water without any arms? Wasn't that a major plot point in the original series? You know what, fuck it, I don't care anymore. It's true that they kind of retconned a few things, though it's not unsalvageable. For one, I don't think the explanation that the Avatar is Raava + a human excludes the other concept of all the past lives helping that human in the Avatar State. The Avatar has to have the ability to reincarnate itself to begin with, so I think it makes sense. The lion turtle it is harder to explain. Personally, it's the one thing about the Origins episodes I didn't like so much. It's okay, but is could have been better. Though it should be noted that the lion turtles don't give actual bending, they merely gave humans the power over one element. Meaning they can manipulate that element, but until Wan, it seemed to be nowhere near bending. It seems to be that they're hanging their explanation on the fact that they got their power over the elements from the lion turtles, but they learned how to perfect it from the animals cited in TLA. Meaning, they learned to actually "bend" the elements and do more than just crude manipulations by watching the moon, the dragons, the badger moles, etc. Lavabending is also a bit difficult to explain. Historically, only Avatars have used it. Though I suppose it's not too far-fetched to imagine that regular benders are improving over the years. Lightning bending is now quite common, and so is metalbending. All of these forms are becoming more and more of an occurrence, so there could be that. It does bug me a little bit, since when you're bending molten earth you're essentially firebending. It makes little sense that a firebender couldn't lavabend once the earth is actually molten. Finally, yes, I believe that in TLA, using your arms to waterbend (or bend at all) was pretty important. There are precedents though, the first Combustion Man, and most specifically Yakone (who is LoK, I'll concede). Yakone could use borderline OP bending by just making faces. Anywho... I do think they've retconned a bit, but it's not too bad. Many, many stories nowadays end up being retconned, sadly. | ||
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