Legend of Korra Book 3: There is only darkness.

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Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

The vagina tattooed on my forehead isn't intimidating enough.

What if we tattoo an rear end in a top hat right below it?

Perfect.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2014 14:36

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 06:25

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

SpiderHyphenMan posted:

Props on the new thread title, which I agree with unironically, because Legend of Korra is far too good to be sandwiched between Sam & Cat and Full House.

Sam and Cat is(was) the most popular show on Nickelodeon. Putting Korra next to S&C is like CBS putting anything next to The Big Bang Theory. If Korra couldn't perform next to S&C, its no wonder Nick was so hasty to cancel it.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2014 12:21

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

PriorMarcus posted:

If I had to level a guess at why no one loving watches it on Nick? The female protagonist.

Obviously.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2014 17:07

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

Or maybe, just maybe, that despite having a female protagonist, Korra is still a boy's show being aired on a girl-heavy night.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2014 17:23

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

SpiderHyphenMan posted:

And for some reason the live fanblog I'm following is posting unmarked spoilers about the episode that's airing tonight.

Good thing you're my authoritative source of Korra news or I'd be pretty upset right now.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2014 19:45

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

I'd say the season 1 finale is the series' turning point, but in all honestly, the series doesn't hit its stride until part way through season 2.

edit: talking about Last Airbender

# ¿ Jul 27, 2014 15:12

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

NO LISTEN TO ME posted:

Wasn't S2 greenlit in the middle of S1? and the same with S2 and S3-4? Now that they know they have more seasons to work with, I think the pacing and writing is really hitting its stride.

Nope. Seasons 2-4 were greenlit at the same time. The writers just hosed up last year.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2014 22:04

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

You can't say that without posting the PMs.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2014 17:02

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

Its amazing how much goons love Varrick considering how he's essentially a Howard Roark-esque character living by and preaching an Objectivist philosophy.

# ¿ Jul 29, 2014 21:08

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

TheModernAmerican posted:

but the bigger issue is that Jinora is the savior of the world, which sorta ruins the whole "avatar" business.

Korra did what Korra does best: mindlessly punch things.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2014 21:51

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

You don't have to spoiler Korra losing fights because she does that every episode.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2014 14:08

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

TheModernAmerican posted:

Ah, well at least the fault doesn't lie with the creators of the series.

Yes, why blame the people directly responsible for writing and producing the series when we can focus our anger on an unrelated third party?

# ¿ Jul 31, 2014 15:55

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

Baron Bifford posted:

All three seasons of LoK have had villains whose goals and purpose are never quite clear.

A calculated power grab using philosophic posturing to justify/spur popular movements against the establishment.

# ¿ Aug 1, 2014 17:41

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

Asami's the Gadget of the group. She doesn't do much, but its nice to have her around in a jam.

Irish Joe fucked around with this message at 23:04 on Aug 2, 2014

# ¿ Aug 2, 2014 23:00

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

Bongo Bill posted:

Apart from the leaked episode, does anybody else have the misfortune to remember the live-action movie? Somebody linked me to this post with some new details about how that clusterfuck happened. Surprisingly, the director may not have been to blame!

I forgot Shamalyan was a Pennsylvania guy. Knowing he shot it in Reading almost makes me want to watch it. Almost.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2014 00:41

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

TheModernAmerican posted:

Where are you guys seeing episode ten already?

Where do you think?

# ¿ Aug 8, 2014 02:29

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

Zaheer has ridiculous airbending skills for someone who's only been airbending for a few months. I'm glad Tenzin was beating him, but still, yeesh.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2014 21:14

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

Retro Ghost posted:

What?? They're not going to kill off Tenzin. They panned away because he was being beaten/tortured into submission.

The mentor always dies so the protege can come into his own. Tenzin biting it puts the onus of rebuilding the air nation on Korra (or Zaheer) and sets up a conflict where she must choose between her avatorial duties and her perceived duty to Tenzin/Aang.

# ¿ Aug 16, 2014 01:24

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

thexerox123 posted:

Iroh didn't.

Iroh hosed off for an entire season. He only came back at the last second to tell Zuko 'atta boy.'

# ¿ Aug 16, 2014 01:29

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

Kinda disappointed Kya isn't a better water bender. Katara was straight up OP and Kya.. isn't.

# ¿ Aug 16, 2014 22:48

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

Babygravy posted:

Be thankful it hasn't leaked in shifty quality in black and white, you'd still watch it and be pretty sad about doing it.

If the audio levels weren't so wonky (and there wasn't a ton of poo poo covering the frame), those B&W leaks of Doctor Who with the half-finished effects and lack of ADR would be amazing. I especially love the quiet moments when there's supposed to be some unneeded exposition they haven't dubbed in yet. Its such a delightful throwback to the classic episodes.

# ¿ Aug 18, 2014 14:06

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

# ¿ Aug 22, 2014 23:31

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

TheBalor posted:

Well, going by what we've seen, it's also not something you can do under a lot of stress, or with any outside interference. I suspect maintaining a vacuum requires a ton of concentration, but that's just my speculation.