someone's probably posted it by now but http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillbarr/2014/12/19/the-legend-of-korra-delivers-the-best-series-finale-of-2014/quote:In addition, it’s truly nice to see a show that ends by saying the most important thing to hold on to in life isn’t true love, but rather true friendship. lol
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i'mg oing to rewatch the whole show and see if season 1 was as bad as i remember
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Dec 21, 2014 09:41
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The first Avatar series was sweet, because it was like the show Kung Fu, but this one was bad, because it wasn't like the show Kung Fu almost at all
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Dec 21, 2014 09:44
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I can draw you a graph of how good a show is compared to how much it is like the show Kung Fu, and it's a perfect y=x graph
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Dec 21, 2014 09:46
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quite the fucker posted:someone's probably posted it by now but http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillbarr/2014/12/19/the-legend-of-korra-delivers-the-best-series-finale-of-2014/ quite the fucker posted:i'mg oing to rewatch the whole show and see if season 1 was as bad as i remember
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The Sharmat posted:I can't understand anyone wanting a return to that standard when Korra's vilains were so much better. Well, except maybe Unalaq. I just much preferred the slow burn of character development afforded to the likes of Azula and Zuko. Zaheer and Kuvira were much, much better on that score, but even they got only a fraction of the backstory and character development time. Still, the fragmented multiplicity of villains was fun in its own way, and they got to be more ideologically nuanced than I WANT TO RULE THE WORLD!!! so I'm still pretty satisfied.
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Dec 21, 2014 09:49
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The Sharmat posted:My experience is apparently unusual, but for me ATLA suffered from a rewatch and LoK benefited from one. Season one of AtLA is really hard to sit through in a few areas. Obviously they were still finding their stride, but I skip a good chunk of material every time. Seasons 2 & 3 are still just as good as they always were, though.
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quite the fucker posted:i'mg oing to rewatch the whole show and see if season 1 was as bad as i remember No don't.
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Dec 21, 2014 09:53
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Combed Thunderclap posted:I just much preferred the slow burn of character development afforded to the likes of Azula and Zuko. Zaheer and Kuvira were much, much better on that score, but even they got only a fraction of the backstory and character development time. Azula didn't get any real character development except for a couple of lines in "The Beach" and a really sudden breakdown in the finale. That's not a slow burn at all. Sydin posted:Season one of AtLA is really hard to sit through in a few areas. Obviously they were still finding their stride, but I skip a good chunk of material every time. Seasons 2 & 3 are still just as good as they always were, though.
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Dec 21, 2014 09:59
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Season 1 of Korra still has the best animation style and quality out of any show around, barring some episodes of ATLA maybe. It's sad to say because it's simple to chalk it up to budget problems now, but most of the very first episode of Korra exceeded its own series finale in terms of animation style, fluidity, and expressiveness. Truly, honestly, unironically...never forget. And the music was peerless right from the start. The Amon/Equalist theme is still my favorite theme out of both series.
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Dec 21, 2014 10:28
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Didn't the first season have the largest budget combined with the least episodes? I mean that poo poo was Disney feature length theatrical release quality or above.
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Dec 21, 2014 10:33
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i'm still really pissed about the perfunctory dialog and lovely voice direction that have been there from day 1. everything else about the show is so good
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Dec 21, 2014 10:34
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Yeah the dialogue has pretty much always been adequate at best. Don't see the problem with the voice direction though. The voice actors do a pretty good job of selling mostly mediocre dialogue and I doubt that's despite the voice direction.
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Dec 21, 2014 10:54
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people were talking about the end theme earlier and I gotta say I actually like sitting through the credits for Korra, whereas I could never stand the end credits for TLA. Actually I didn't mind that theme for most of Book 1 but by the time they got to the Northern Water Tribe I was kinda done with that theme, especially for the latter part of Earth and definitely for Fire. Korra's end theme, on the other hand, was always really soothing and was always either something to reassure you at the end of  episodes and a way to make you go  at the end of pretty much every other episode. I only really noticed it this season since I actually decided to listen till the end more than I had in previous times. Considering the themes explored through this season it was always good to listen to the end credits because sometimes it would make me think "it's ok, there will always be next week, just listen to the music" or like with the finale I would be like "awwwwwww this is the best way to end the series, credit line and all"It would be grand if the series OST would get a release, but we all think that about TLA as well and, yeah 
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The Sharmat posted:Yeah the dialogue has pretty much always been adequate at best. Don't see the problem with the voice direction though. The voice actors do a pretty good job of selling mostly mediocre dialogue and I doubt that's despite the voice direction.
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Oh this is the same chick that did the voice direction for Batman TAS? No wonder. A shame even she couldn't save Starcraft 2's campaign. But there's only so much you can do with that kind of dialogue.
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Just remember though that this is still most romantic cartoon ending if not show ending: http://youtu.be/6fUJ6LehQ3I And dammit now I want an Imagawa directed OVA. Long as it fully ends unlike Giant Robo. ( I almost want to put that video in my okc profile because my success rate can't get any worse. The right people would get it I guess.) I now need to watch Avatar as I have 3 of the 4 seasons since the price has dropped to sane levels. Luckily I don't really have amv skills to waste time making an Avenue Q song one where Boleyn is singing how it's ok for Korra to be gay though she isn't but if she is it would be ok. http://youtu.be/3B4zSKi3K88 (To be fair the first video would probably work too. Mako gets to be Allenby! :v ) So I guess I can start watching Avatar now, eh? Captain Rufus fucked around with this message at 12:12 on Dec 21, 2014 |
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Genocyber posted:Uh the game was very good??? And not just for a budget game, but for a game period. It's a poor Platinum game but that's not a mark against it. Timett posted:I kept wanting to see Mako bend the lava that Bolin made.
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Its over . Im genuinely a bit sad that its over. But things havr to end at some point. At least it didnt peter out and sputter like Nick probably intended it to. But that ending tho. I dunno what to think. On one hand they are very close but.....eh. Im more than willing to accept it as a romantic relationship by now. Theyre pretty much perfect for each other, not due to some nebulous wanting to ship or 'emotional interaction == they in tru luv guyz #korrasami' but they complement each others personalities so well, and their actions more than support that. As opposed to some other ships, I like that it can become an actual healthy relationship.
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Given what happened I kind of wish Asami was more of a character in earlier seasons. Maybe when they do Rebuild of Korra.
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The Sharmat posted:Given what happened I kind of wish Asami was more of a character in earlier seasons. Maybe when they do Rebuild of Korra. Eh Asami was always a pretty good character. She was the only character who acted like a real person when she had the most bullshit thrown her way in the first season. "My boyfriend is cheating on me with my friend the Avatar, my dad is working with the Equalists to take out the avatar. But I'm still going to do the right thing in both breaking up with Mako and not betraying a friend of mine." Season 2 Asami was kinda meh though, but there was a terrible gas leak that season. Dexo fucked around with this message at 13:27 on Dec 21, 2014 |
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She wasn't a bad character, and I liked her most of the time she was on screen, but she feels less developed than Bolin and Mako which is weird given the role she ended up having by the end of the series. I guess this is just preference though. I could have done with less Bolin development, but I recognize that's just totally subjective and because I don't like him very much.
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The Sharmat posted:She wasn't a bad character, and I liked her most of the time she was on screen, but she feels less developed than Bolin and Mako which is weird given the role she ended up having by the end of the series. Because she had less flaws that needed fixing. She was by far the most rational character in the series, Her only mistakes were working with Varrick, and getting back with Mako while Korea was dealing with Water Tribe stuff.
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Dexo posted:Because she had less flaws that needed fixing. She was by far the most rational character in the series, Her only mistakes were working with Varrick, and getting back with Mako while Korea was dealing with Water Tribe stuff. Good point, I suppose. Honestly Mako was such a shithead in Book 2 that if I were a paranoid man, I'd suspect they had him do that just to poison his relationship with Asami so Korra and Asami would be free. But more likely it was just by accident.
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Kazy posted:We'll never know whether or not Su's dad was Sokka If anyone is a secret Sokka baby, it's Varrick.
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(Either Suki died young, or Sokka cheated on her and the reason he's not around was because Suki killed him 
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Dec 21, 2014 14:14
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Sokka dated the moon, Varrick married a woman named Moon, really makes you think...
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X_Toad posted:
Fire bending has always been kinda dumb to me on the show. I have not actually seen The Last Airbender film but from what I understand they actually require a fire source to bend from in that film and that seems better to me. Maybe I'm just being dumb but can't we consider Lava "firey earth" and Mako should be able to bend at least the firey bits. Or by show logic he should be able to use the heat from the lava to make his bending stronger or something.
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Although trying to connect logic to Magic kung-fu is kinda useless on it's own I think the rules as we know them from TLA/LOK would mean Mako would be able to extract the heat from the lava or maybe even amplify it but he can't do anything to the material itself.
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Ambivalent posted:Sokka dated the moon, Varrick married a woman named Moon, really makes you think... Are you saying Sokka hosed the moon?
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Honestly Varrick being Sokka's kid is the most plausible Sokka's Kid story I've ever heard.
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Varrick doesn't look old enough to be Sokka's kid.
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Mraagvpeine posted:Varrick doesn't look old enough to be Sokka's kid. Secret kid, from his later, purely bachelor days.
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Writh posted:To everyone saying, "Korra and Assami never showed any interest in women up until now, it is out of nowhere blah blah blah." Guess what, sometimes you gotta go on a hell of a journey to find out who you are. My grandfather was gay and didn't embrace that part of himself until after having three kids with my grandmother. Our journey shapes us yes but does not define who we are when we reach the end. Hell, Korra's internal struggle about being poisoned, and overcoming that is a very good example of this. All the haters need to read this post again. This is exactly right; In season 3 it could have gone either way, but all through season 4 it was getting more and more obvious. If the international market wasn't a concern they probably would have been just as blatant as the hetero romances were all along.
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I don't think being uncomfortable with homosexuality has anything to do with assuming two women can be friends without secretly wanting to scissor.
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Irish Joe posted:I don't think being uncomfortable with homosexuality has anything to do with assuming two women can be friends without secretly wanting to scissor. I give my friends longing looking into their eyes while clasping hands all the time, just being a bro, yo.
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Turtle Sandbox posted:I give my friends longing looking into their eyes while clasping hands all the time, just being a bro, yo. Are you a woman? edit: oh, and by woman I mean someone who was born and grew up as a person of the female sex, and remains so today. Irish Joe fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Dec 21, 2014 |
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I'm a bisexual woman and I can't say that I do.  Just binged through the entire season and I think it was well done. Season three was more cohesive but I'm happy with how this turned out. Whoever said ATLA was about a person becoming the avatar whereas Korra was about the avatar becoming a person was spot on. Maybe ten years in the future we'll get our sand ending earth avatar. 
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