Avatar: The Legend of Korra

Originally posted by ares834
I agree with every thing but the reveal and the end. I feel it would be a lot better if they

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left Korra cut off from her powers and the next season could be about her reclaiming them.

That might have worked. But I'd have prefer something else.

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Instead of it just ending with the Avatar's showing up to stop the whining, I would like for Korra to get her crying down. Be all sad about what she's going to do now...And then she realizes that she's still the Avatar. She still has a duty to protect the world, no matter what the cost may be to herself. Who cares if she lost all of her bending, she's still going to do what's she always done: Her best to help people. And if she can, she'll find out a way to get her bending back. And then, Aang can show up, gives back her bending. She goes Avatar State and then BOOM, credits.

At this point it honestly feels like the Avatar has special Whining powers.

Originally posted by ares834
I'm not suggesting that she should relearn them but rather run around looking for the ancient secrets of energy bending so she can reclaim them.

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During the long development of Korra Mike and Bryan literally said on multiple occasions that the show would tackle more mature and sophisticated issues than TLA. They then proceeded to introduce said themes, but then completely failed to follow through with resolving them.

The most astonishing part in all this is that they were on track midway through the season. They had succeeded in making the show great. When Tarlok went all Hitler it became very clear that many of Amon's grievances were absolutely right, introducing a whole new sense of moral ambiguity. At that point the show could have gone in a variety of excellent directions. But then it was all thrown away in the last second. Why? They had it in their hands, and fumbled at the goal line.

What was good:

The fleet getting decimated even if it seriously strains credility that Hiroshi invented cars, planes, mechs, electricity and bombs/gunpowder.

Iroh, Bumi and Hobo guy.

The Airbenders in danger.

The Asami and Hiroshi stuff.

Naga.

Aang's reveal.

What was bad:

Mako.

Amon is Yakone's OTHER SON!!!! (dun dun duuuuun!).

Lieutenant blasting off again.

Hiroshi being the smartest person ever and inventing everything.

Lin's sacrifice being completely ****ing meaningless.

Mako.

Mako being a cheating douchebag.

Crappy Tarrlok flashback.

Limited Bolin time.

****ing facepaint, seriously?

Korra somehow keeping airbending and learning how to use it despite having no personal growth that should allow for it.

Korra not growing as a character at all throughout the entire series.

Equalists were sidelined in their own revolution.

Deus Aang Machina.

Mako and Korra hooking up.

What's next: mmm

Um..... wacky time-wasting nonsense?

Hopefully the Equalists are actually addressed as having a point and Korra does have to do her job and promote balance in the world.

While watching the series, I have to say I enjoyed it. With the series over, I can't say it was as great as I thought it could have been.

My main two criticisms where the treatment of their villains and the romance.

Amon was shaping up to be one of my favorite villains of any medium. If his family really had been destroyed by a fire bender and he had trained/willed himself to the person he would become I would have liked him more. If he had learned some secret chi-blocking technique through a spiritual connection or a corrupted connection to the Avatar due to what a bender did to his family it would have been better than to reveal

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that he was a misguided blood bender with daddy issues

The Mako-Korra thing was too rushed. And devoting an entire episode to it when they could have used those 23 minutes for something more was, in my opinion, a mistake. I understand that they thought they only had 13 episodes, but it doesn't change the fact that it messed with the pacing of the story.

Originally posted by ares834
I agree with every thing but the reveal and the end. I feel it would be a lot better if they

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left Korra cut off from her powers and the next season could be about her reclaiming them.

Originally posted by TheAuraAngel
That might have worked. But I'd have prefer something else.

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Instead of it just ending with the Avatar's showing up to stop the whining, I would like for Korra to get her crying down. Be all sad about what she's going to do now...And then she realizes that she's still the Avatar. She still has a duty to protect the world, no matter what the cost may be to herself. Who cares if she lost all of her bending, she's still going to do what's she always done: Her best to help people. And if she can, she'll find out a way to get her bending back. And then, Aang can show up, gives back her bending. She goes Avatar State and then BOOM, credits.

At this point it honestly feels like the Avatar has special Whining powers.

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I also have to agree that the story would have seemed more worthwhile if Korra had lost her three main elements and next season was about her finding a way to reclaim them. A lot of character growth potential there. Especially if by doing that they could throw in Lin who also would have wanted her powers back.

Or like you suggested, make her realize she is still the Avatar and then gain back the powers - and go to credits.

But Amon and Tarrlok were still good....like, until this episode. They were both smart and pretty intimidating...

In the end, Korra's first season was far superior to Aangs. They just didn't stick the landing.

Hopefully the next season will have something more grand scale.

I disagree. Has been ages since I saw it(I think the last time I watched it in full was when it was premiering) but it felt tighter. And the Spiritual Side of things was much more prevalent and so it felt kinda nice to see Aang and that fishy take revenge on the bad guys. Zhao was lame but he was meant to be. It didn't feel as complete but was promising a lot for the future.

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This and Iroh going all Irohn Man (?) were the best parts of the episode.

Personally if I had been writing it, I would have set up whats pretty much the only source of villains available now: The Spirits.

Either Amon fvcked everything up by gaining spirit powers and thats the explanation for his powers, or have him take Korra's bending, severing the spiritual link to the world and setting up a world without the Avatar to take care of it. Korra has to track down energy bending, put out fires all over the world, subdue the Equalists that are still around (I wouldn't kill Amon) and fend off a spirit invasion.

Seriously, who can we have as a villain? Another Bloodbender? Another Firebender? Another Equalist? It has to be the spirits imo.

Originally posted by TheAuraAngel
I disagree. Has been ages since I saw it(I think the last time I watched it in full was when it was premiering) but it felt tighter. And the Spiritual Side of things was much more prevalent and so it felt kinda nice to see Aang and that fishy take revenge on the bad guys. Zhao was lame but he was meant to be. It didn't feel as complete but was promising a lot for the future.

I usually just skip the first season when I rewatch Avatar. It's too kiddy for me. Its just not as good as the other seasons.

Originally posted by ares834
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This and Iroh going all Irohn Man (?) were the best parts of the episode.

Poor Tenzin. He lives such a stressed out life. Makes you wanna hug him.

Originally posted by Nephthys
Personally if I had been writing it, I would have set up whats pretty much the only source of villains available now: The Spirits.

Either Amon fvcked everything up by gaining spirit powers and thats the explanation for his powers, or have him take Korra's bending, severing the spiritual link to the world and setting up a world without the Avatar to take care of it. Korra has to track down energy bending, put out fires all over the world, subdue the Equalists that are still around (I wouldn't kill Amon) and fend off a spirit invasion.

Seriously, who can we have as a villain? Another Bloodbender? Another Firebender? Another Equalist? It has to be the spirits imo.

I usually just skip the first season when I rewatch Avatar. It's too kiddy for me. Its just not as good as the other seasons.

Another Bloodbender would be awful. Firebender's been done. The Equalist story is really kinda done.

Personally, I'd like to see what a normal bender who unlocks his chakra would be like. It would be like...Bankai for Benders or something. That would be cool.

Exactly, all those things have been done already, and theres been evil Earthbenders in the form of the Dai Li and Long Feng, as well as metalbending being fully explored too.

Unless Azula pops out of nowhere, I don't see where they can go from here.

sooooo, i go to watch the episode on my dvr only to discover that the signal decided to go apeshit during the broadcast which made the entire episode un-watchable. To make things worse, there are no scheduled reruns today, or for the next week. Luckily there's the internet, but now i have to wait 40+ minutes for the download to complete...

Just go to watchseries.eu and stream it.

"He is a stoic and a focused athlete determined to win the prize money and protect his little brother at any cost. On the other hand, Fandom!Mako is an emotional crybaby tormented by his own good looks, obsessed with his beloved scarf, plagued by his raging Tsundere crush on Korra, and permanently tortured by the very thought of his worst enemy, Hasook."

Fandom!Mako sounds like a much more entertaining character.

Wonder if we're ever going to find out exactly how Aang died in his 60's while one of his past lives moved islands and lived for two friggin centuries. Oh and what does Pema have that Lin doesn't? Seriously one could only consider how bad that must've been for Tenzin and I like Pema.

Maybe Mako would be more interesting if he wasn't such an unlikeble douche. Had a bunch of potential but that all went to shit. At least we have Bolin and I feel sorry for Asami.

So.....I still don't know what Katara does exactly.

Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka
Wonder if we're ever going to find out exactly how Aang died in his 60's while one of his past lives moved islands and lived for two friggin centuries.

His time in the iceberg counted towards his overall lifespan.

That's lames. But more importantly how the **** did Toph kick it?

She probably tracked down Yakone and facefvcked him to death right in front of Tarrlok, which is why he goes power-mad for no reason.

Then she fell into the sea, got frozen in an iceberg and the next season will be set 30 years in the future when she thaws out and shits on Amon's corpse before bending up to the moon and ruling over everything as the Great Melon Moon Lord Toph. All shall love her and despair.

Or maybe she's alive and ruling the Earth Kingdom atop her mountain of skulls.

Was it stated Aang aged while in the iceberg? Because when he got out he was still physically and mentally 12 years old.