EPT[TV] The Legend of Korra - Page 66
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Tabbris
Bangladesh2839 Posts
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Crazyeyes
Canada1342 Posts
I want them to be awesome without being retardedly overpowered. I want hte fights to be cool. I want them to do things that I find cool or clever. I mean, am I the only one who would just spend hours on end thinking of creative things to do with my powers? So far I've come to the conclusion that earth is the most OP. Fight begins: lower the ground beneath them so that they're in like a hole. Then move the walls in and crush them. GG! Not that I want anything liek tha thappening in the show... that' snot fun.  But as to the questions asked previously... Ripping the blood out of someone would probably take tremendous power and the full moon. Thats probably avatar state type shit. Same with freezing their blood. I imagine the air in lungs thing is a bit easier, but the Air Nomads don't really like violence. The bullets thing is interesting. I hadn't thought of that. Anyways, the fighting in episode 5 was awesome. I'm not really complaining at all. I would just prefer if the bending was a bit more awesome, more... extravagant? Flashy? But we have many episodes to go so it may still happen. I'm mostly dissapointed with the earth benders lack of doing anything other than throwing clay disks. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10366 Posts
i'm fine with both levels of power in TLA and LOK (if there is an intentional change), but don't really like the inconsistency Anyways there's always "they could have" but as we know people aren't perfect. When adrenaline is pumping you might just not think right. Or maybe you were overconfident. Or if you were tenzin, how would you know it could shoot those electric strap thingies? etc. So to me, it's not too bothering. | ||
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Mordiford
4448 Posts
On May 22 2012 10:53 ticklishmusic wrote: Everytime Tenzin almost has a badass moment and I'm like "wow Tenzin, what a badass, you truly are Aang's son!" he gets his ass handed to him in the next ten seconds. He looks a bit silly when he airbends too because he's so lanky. Well, that was a good episode. It did seem really short though.  I feel all of the main characters have been consistently getting their ass handed to them in every episode. I have mixed feelings about the levels of strength portrayed in the show. | ||
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growl
United States203 Posts
On May 21 2012 18:18 DJSub wrote: I think Asami is Amon. Also I think Hiroshi doesn't know Amon's true identity. This is very possible. It seems like if you make that assumption, a lot of stuff fits, like Amon's mom being killed by a fire bender (I guess everyone's was in this show though), Asami crashing into Mako, and being really good at martial arts. Only the voice is a problem. | ||
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PandaMonk
United States300 Posts
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acker
United States2958 Posts
On May 22 2012 09:38 Xenocide_Knight wrote: I mean there's no future in theorycrafting what you could do with bending. Why doesn't Tenzin just airbend the air out of people's lungs? Or waterbenders pull the water out of people leaving behind dry husks? Or freeze the water in the blood making people explode? Why would metal benders use cables when they could just shoot bullets out of their hands? My theory on this matter is that combat bending has dulled from a century of nonuse. If you remember the original Avatar, the characters in that show did almost all that stuff. Bumi didn't bother chucking rocks at tanks, he just catapulted them into the air from below. Katara could bloodbend people on a full moon. The Dai Li could fragment their gauntlets into stone bullets. But in the current Avatar, the closest the city gets to war is sport bending. Which looks pretty, but is pretty inefficient at actually fighting people. It's like comparing Olympic taekwondo to, I don't know, Muay Thai or Krav Maga. The police probably haven't dealt with a significant threat in decades...I doubt any of them have ever fought a Firebender tank, much less a platinum-coated mecha. And, of course, a large part of the ineffectiveness has to do with the novelty of their opponents/their opponent's equipment. Characters in LoK tend to perform much better the second time they've seen something. I have the feeling that, after Korra has a chat with Spirit Aang, the Equalists are going to have a much harder time of it than they are now. | ||
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DJSub
Indonesia261 Posts
On May 22 2012 12:51 growl wrote: This is very possible. It seems like if you make that assumption, a lot of stuff fits, like Amon's mom being killed by a fire bender (I guess everyone's was in this show though), Asami crashing into Mako, and being really good at martial arts. Only the voice is a problem. Exactly, I think it's very possible. On Amon's motives, I personally think she/he has an agenda to get close and manipulate Korra to be perceived as a bad person causing destruction before taking her bending away. That is why so far Amon has only publicly taken bending away from bad benders (gang members and cheating pros). Also why Amon didnt take Korra's bending the first time. He/she wants to be the hero that defends normal people from crazy bad benders. Just some of my thoughts. | ||
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Flaiker
Germany235 Posts
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Xenocide_Knight
Korea (South)2625 Posts
On May 22 2012 13:13 acker wrote: My theory on this matter is that combat bending has dulled from a century of nonuse. If you remember the original Avatar, the characters in that show did almost all that stuff. Bumi didn't bother chucking rocks at tanks, he just catapulted them into the air from below. Katara could bloodbend people on a full moon. The Dai Li could fragment their gauntlets into stone bullets. But in the current Avatar, the closest the city gets to war is sport bending. Which looks pretty, but is pretty inefficient at actually fighting people. It's like comparing Olympic taekwondo to, I don't know, Muay Thai or Krav Maga. The police probably haven't dealt with a significant threat in decades...I doubt any of them have ever fought a Firebender tank, much less a platinum-coated mecha. Hmm, I hadn't thought of that but that's actually really reasonable. In TLA, it was the near the end of war that spanned generations. Makes sense that they would be brawlers. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10366 Posts
On May 22 2012 13:43 Flaiker wrote: Wow, I just found out about this prequel for my favorite series and though it couldn't possibly do justice to the first one but as I watch the episodes it gets better and better, the humor and storytelling as well as the characters are still awesome. Job well done creators of this series! it's a sequel  | ||
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Flaiker
Germany235 Posts
Damn, I always mix these up... | ||
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MH.Ithyn
United States24 Posts
Also, Lin is awesome | ||
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Acetone
United States200 Posts
On May 21 2012 20:14 Crazyeyes wrote: + Show Spoiler + They had suspicions that there was the factory below... so why take an entire blimp and a bunch of police force dudes check it out? They admit that it was risky. That info coud have been complete BS. So... you take Lin and just fucking earthbend tunnel and search for the factory that way. If it doesnt exist, fine. Cool. No loss. If it does, you come back with backup. And don't tell me it's impossible... Bolin did it like 6 minutes later. I thought the same thing. Just do some freaking digging and you save yourself from potential public embarrassment and forced resignation. I've been rewatching TLA for the last couple days (almost done with Book 1), and Bumi did some quick tunneling at the end of his duel with Aang (episode 5, The King of Omashu). I would expect Toph's daughter to be at least as good as Bumi. On May 22 2012 13:13 acker wrote: + Show Spoiler + My theory on this matter is that combat bending has dulled from a century of nonuse. If you remember the original Avatar, the characters in that show did almost all that stuff. Bumi didn't bother chucking rocks at tanks, he just catapulted them into the air from below. Katara could bloodbend people on a full moon. The Dai Li could fragment their gauntlets into stone bullets. But in the current Avatar, the closest the city gets to war is sport bending. Which looks pretty, but is pretty inefficient at actually fighting people. It's like comparing Olympic taekwondo to, I don't know, Muay Thai or Krav Maga. The police probably haven't dealt with a significant threat in decades...I doubt any of them have ever fought a Firebender tank, much less a platinum-coated mecha. And, of course, a large part of the ineffectiveness has to do with the novelty of their opponents/their opponent's equipment. Characters in LoK tend to perform much better the second time they've seen something. I have the feeling that, after Korra has a chat with Spirit Aang, the Equalists are going to have a much harder time of it than they are now. This is both a very good point and a simple way to explain the seemingly lower level of combat bending in LOK compared to TLA. I wasn't entirely convinced of this difference before starting to rewatch TLA a couple days ago, but having made my way through most of Book 1, I must agree that there is a significant difference. However, lack of a conflict necessitating combat training is, I think, a completely reasonable explanation (whether or not that is what the writers think is another story, though). That being said, I have enjoyed pretty much all the fights in LOK so far, but I still hope we see some cooler bending techniques used in future episodes. | ||
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Xinder
United States2269 Posts
EDIT: Just finished up the episode. I did not see that one coming. I'm sad this is only gonna be 2 seasons. | ||
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valheru
Australia966 Posts
On May 22 2012 14:57 Acetone wrote: I thought the same thing. Just do some freaking digging and you save yourself from potential public embarrassment and forced resignation. I've been rewatching TLA for the last couple days (almost done with Book 1), and Bumi did some quick tunneling at the end of his duel with Aang (episode 5, The King of Omashu). I would expect Toph's daughter to be at least as good as Bumi. This is both a very good point and a simple way to explain the seemingly lower level of combat bending in LOK compared to TLA. I wasn't entirely convinced of this difference before starting to rewatch TLA a couple days ago, but having made my way through most of Book 1, I must agree that there is a significant difference. However, lack of a conflict necessitating combat training is, I think, a completely reasonable explanation (whether or not that is what the writers think is another story, though). That being said, I have enjoyed pretty much all the fights in LOK so far, but I still hope we see some cooler bending techniques used in future episodes. Bumi was arguably equal to toph in earthbending she could bend fucking METAL he could bend solely with his FACE. Bumi is a pretty fucking strong bender. | ||
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Chained
United States137 Posts
1. I think a reason is how short the series is. They dont have the luxury to be able to create giant fight scenes for every episodes. Each time they fight, its for a reason. I mean remember the first time Korra fights the chi blockers? Loses within 3 minutes. Next fight, easy win against multiple. I mean people ask "why not do this" probably because they dont have time. Their point was to make the mechs a problem to them. They could of made it where lin tried lifting them up, but was too heavy. Then shot rocks but they just broke on them. But they dont have the time to create the fights where they learn what does and doesnt work. One thing Korra does is not wastes anytime. They arent going to have the fighters try their whole arsenal and show all the failures because they need to shorten the fights. And each scene in Korra has never really been a waste, they almost always has atleast a line that was somewhat important. 2. And for a reason within the show, I think someone else hit on it. Its just a new world. Even learning from their parents, they probably never really fought all that much. Something like that. I didnt like when they showed it to be 30 minutes was REALLY hoping for that hour. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10366 Posts
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Skilledblob
Germany3392 Posts
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TheAmazombie
United States3714 Posts
On May 22 2012 15:17 valheru wrote: Bumi was arguably equal to toph in earthbending she could bend fucking METAL he could bend solely with his FACE. Bumi is a pretty fucking strong bender. This is true. Bumi and Toph were considered about the same with earth bending, at least according to some of the comics. In fact, there was a small bit that was based around Bumi vs. Toph in a bending fight. I could see Bumi learning metal-bending later in life though, since he was able to use his face. =) | ||
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