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Flying Lemur style better be impressive and all over the place. Having chi blocking twelve year olds skittering all over while they puncture your pressure points would be a horrible way to be paralyzed. (self appointed peace keepers shouldn't kill willy-nilly)
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Potsticker posted:What does Korra even have to do with Evangelion anyway? Like, I'm legit confused at the connection. They just want to draw Korra in desperation and a skin tight suit. This trailer may have been too anime for my tastes 
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Sep 27, 2014 03:07
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It would seem that third time's the charm with the will of the universe bit. Toph first became relevant in the swamp episode (prophesy dream) and she might have really pulled a Yoda by tapping into the lifeForce of the cosmos. We even get a magic tree fight sequence.
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Sep 27, 2014 03:27
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Nichael posted:Did anyone notice Korra is in a pool of liquid that looks like the mercury poison used on her in the trailer? It's a phobia hallucination sequence.
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Sep 27, 2014 03:35
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She might be a kemalist expy who has a more than pragmatic reason for being secular to the point of purposely pissing on the spirits.
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Sep 27, 2014 07:25
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They turned the spirit wilds into a tourist trap? Let's bang the gong in honor of another wasted opportunity. (Sure this issue will get a episode or two, but it just looks like another plot point being swept under the rug. I'm also annoyed by how RC supports the EK government in exile, especially considering how the last monarch was aggressively revanchist. The world of Avatar is too small for a straight up Taiwan expy. (Which is probably where they're sugar coating the epilogue to.
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Sep 29, 2014 21:42
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Calling Kuvira fascist is a bit too easy; at her world's stage of sociopolitical development she makes more sense as a Bonapartist.
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Sep 30, 2014 00:56
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Rosalind posted:What the heck does this even mean? If we're comparing Kuvira to anyone I would probably guess they're modeling her after Asian fascists/nationalists like Sun Yat-Sen, Chang Kai-Shek, Dai Li, Wang Jingwei, Hideki Tojo, and more generally the Japanese Imperial Rule Assistance Association. That just seems too easy and too inaccurate. For example, Amon may seem like a commie, but honestly he has more in common with the taiping rebellion. The EK may seem to be a blatant China expy, but it could also be a condensed version of the history of France. Sithsaber fucked around with this message at 15:38 on Sep 30, 2014 |
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Sep 30, 2014 15:35
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hiddenriverninja posted:So, the Air Nation is a entity that has political representation AND every citizen is a international vigilante? They're too flashy.
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Sep 30, 2014 19:26
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ETB posted:Parading around in bat-shaped vehicles isn't? It's black tho. The Air Nation is now a army of Super-Robins.
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Sep 30, 2014 19:53
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X_Toad posted:I don't think I would be annoyed as much as I am by the propaganda subplot if it hadn't been linked to a plot that turned out to be a red herring (the civil war). Basically all bplots become red herrings after a certain point. The equalists took over the city but immediately dispersed after 10 guys saw that Am on was a fraud. They then voted in a president who seemed overwhelmed at the beginning of season 3, only to have him survive because of the stabilising influence of chaos over the border and unlimited tourist/refugee bucks. The spirits are reduced to plot inconveniences; the fall of Ba Singh Se is literally floated over while Mako makes ugly faces at looters. (Who would have included hiscousins if Nana wasn't indoctrinated) Even the Civil War was brushed over, and Korra only switched sides because her father got arrested after helping to organize "seditious activity." Unaloque didn't know what he was doing, Jinora got dumped in the mists of b character growth and Asami hung around just to help Korra with her fast travel.
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Oct 1, 2014 00:38
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Harold Cooplowski posted:Book IV already? I feel like the last season just ended, oh wait it did. Korra can go to the spirit world.
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Oct 2, 2014 06:22
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Harold Cooplowski posted:I'm still not ready for tomorrow Just one episode? Wasted opportunity #76.
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Oct 2, 2014 22:47
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hiddenriverninja posted:Yeah but the episode spans three years. maybe. So it's a traveling montage.  This is why Korra needs 20 episodes a season. Ps. Okay 15 would work if handled right.
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Oct 2, 2014 23:27
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Harold Cooplowski posted:Nah. We already saw the opener to it and it was present day Asami and Mako, among others. I'm guessing it's her sad, being healed by Katara, and cutting her hair off at the end with cutaways to other plotlines. I would have preferred that they left things to the airbenders for a few episodes and had Jinora continue to be the only competent character by having her spirit find and go pick up a clearly not ready Korra. Then we get to reenact Bespin.
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MAKO has finally found his purpose: being the audience's annoyance surrogate. So Kuvira's gonna launch a coup. That shouldn't be a bad thing but status quo is writer will of god. A few of the voices were too familiar. Stop hiring Zhao. It looks like they're going to shift the wackiness onto the third class of avatar degrassi. On one hand it's obvious that Kuvira is consolidating power rather than uniting the EK. On the other hand the governor probably wanted to keep his state independent and for that he's not a saint.( He's not even a smart saint.) Dick moves have to be made when you're nation building. Kuzco has become a wealthy version of Bolin. poo poo. The Air Nation idea looks like it's failing. Maybe that's because people have adapted to your tricks and figured out the blaring weakness of your monkey suit. Bring back the staff and use it to block swords! Did Tenzin finally allow his wife to stop making babies? Underground earthbending circuit redeems pro bending but 6 months still isn't that long a period of travelling. Wasted opportunity #79: I should be rooting for the air nomads but again I'm really sympathetic toward the villains. Nuance only works when the side you're rooting for has its own pros that we can see. Instead of having the only two air masters hanging out at fancy parties all episode, you could have had one of them walk out of a busy communication hub and then sit down to eat. At least I'm looking forward to episodes that focus on Korra. I don't think there was a hard coup in tsau fu. It looks like Kuvira just won a vote of confidence.
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Rincewind posted:I really don't think that reading the Equalists as Communists makes much sense, since like their entire deal is breaking up the solidarity of the lower classes by (with the help of a literal capitalist captain of industry!) channeling the resentment of nonbenders against benders as a scapegoat. Amon is Taiping, Unaloque is radical anabaptist Geneva and Kuvira is either Kemal or Napoleon.
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Oct 3, 2014 15:36
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Big Anime Fan Here posted:The flying squirrel suits are loving stupid. I just don't get why they can't why they can't keep pop out staff on their backs. If you can store snacks you can store a sail. gently caress it, just give every airbender a durable umbrella.
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Oct 3, 2014 17:44
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hangedman1984 posted:Its pretty obvious this is EXACTLY what is happening Which is unfortunate. You can be a warlord and someone who drafts people rather than executing them.
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Oct 3, 2014 19:28
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Sitting around in a special metal city while war orphans go hungry isn't that inspiring.
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Oct 3, 2014 20:46
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Rosalind posted:What are the odds that in the end it's a children's show so villains have to be unsubtle and villainous? This isn't loving Breaking Bad here. This is something my 8 year old cousin watches. That's why I jokingly abhor this show's message. I had 11 year old cousins who saw the equalists and just labelled them all "jealous". 3 years later and they labelled the ferguson protestors as a mob of jealous people. Back when I was a kid my superhero cartoons taught me to mistrust the powers that be.
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Oct 3, 2014 21:23
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:4/5ths of the government in Book 1 were portrayed as corrupt bigots ruled by fear and jingoistic rhetoric. That was a wasted opportunity. 70% of RC's problems were fixed by Raiko being elected and when it looked like the other 30% (along with duck off spirit vines) would do Raiko in it turned out that grumpy spirits just gave the political establishment millions of tourist bucks. (Along with looted treasuries the show will never talk about) So did Toph throw away all her Bei Phong prestige or did her daughters just dump all of their influence into rehabilitating criminals in one country and arresting them in another?
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Oct 3, 2014 21:39
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:The show's making it clear that Raiko's apparent approval of Prince Wu is him playing politics, and that it's lovely of him to do so. They seemed less like assholes and more like fearful little bitches. Kids might have identified with their wide eyed acquiescence though.
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Oct 3, 2014 21:48
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Maybe he was just there to visibly nerf the airbender's supposed advantage in combat and logistical situations. That would suck though. It would also suck if the old cast continues to act as cockteases who sit around making plans that immediately fall apart.
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Oct 3, 2014 21:54
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Sato posted:^^^^^^^^ Zuko went to the worst place he couldfight and jobbed pretty hard. At least the fight scene looked cool.
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Oct 3, 2014 22:17
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TheModernAmerican posted:I mean it's not inaccurate. Being white is kinda like having law bending powers The worst part about this is that they only have money bending powers. I wasn't able to make them understand that the equalists were only a threat because of money bending. Ps. I hope cabbage corp becomes a fifth column for Kuvira. There needs to be one last cosmic joke that crushes the cabbages.
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X_Toad posted:Well, a solution for the Spirit Wilds problem has been found, Republic City is participating in massive infrastructure upgrades all over the Earth Kingdom, the rightful heir to the Earth Kingdom is sheltered in his city (and I doubt that Raiko is the only one wanting to use Wu as a possible authority figure to counter Kuvira), etc. He's got to have done something right in the last three years. 1. The solution to the spirit problem was pulled out of the writing team's rear end and is utter bullshit. 2. I would have preferred the industrialists abandoning RC and leaving it to the spirits and the mob. 3. Supporting the house of Orleans is not that great of a plan even if it does sap away the advances made in the warlord interregnum. Raiko had so much problems he ordered the avatar to leave after she turned into a mecha spirit. Turning that poo poo because "leave it alone" is the show's chosen solution is dumb. Ps. I just remembered missed opportunity #96. #96: doing nothing with possession/ spirit leprosy Sithsaber fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Oct 3, 2014 |
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Oct 3, 2014 22:41
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RottenK posted:You can't seriosuly be that dumb. The show is dumb. A plot point of season 2 was that Unaloq was unhinged and literally didn't know what he was doing.
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Oct 3, 2014 22:43
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icantfindaname posted:Batman TAS was not really a kids show, and also in my opinion does lay on the grimdark pretty thick, much like a lot of DC stuff and comic stuff from that era Batman isn't grimdark outside of the movies. (Unless you think a child watching his parents die is unnecessarily grimdark) The one fault with batman is that in hindsight it looked like it wrapped up a few story arcs that restarted when the show got its redesign. This was for the best; you can never have enough Harley Quinn.
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Oct 3, 2014 22:48
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But should she be THE antagonist? The red lotus has to be good for something. Ps. Wait, Korra might turn to Zaheer for assistance. 
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Sydin posted:I doubt he'll be an actual villain again, but unless they're keeping him under constant sedation they can't stop Zaheer from meditating. So my guess is that Korra will probably meet him in the spirit world at some point and he'll give her advice on how to deal with Kuvira. While total war would bring renewed tyranny, it would also lead to societal chaos that could birth new technologies and ideologies. My guess is that Zaheer would view all governments equally and assume they'd make a Orwellian deal once a few million people die in "border skirmishes". This is better than simply dumping the red lotus although they could have probably handled the group better by having a few cells working in opposition to Zaheer if he went assassin's creed and offed a secretly collaborating dai li official. Or they'll say that the militant wing died in the caves, leaving only aimless moles like Unaloq and noise jewelry guy. E
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Rosalind posted:Wouldn't this be a form of energybending and therefore something that only the Avatar could do? Everything's energy when you think about it. If you can block chi you can probably activate particles of it that move through the environment.
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Rincewind posted:I don't know, I feel like the show would be a lot better if it explored moral grey areas, like "What if fascism was right?" Napoleon was better than the ancien regime.
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AmiYumi posted:Christ, this thread. Once again I am very, very glad none of you are anywhere near this show's writing room. I was glad that you weren't in this thread. The writers are good but are committing George Lucas and Ken Levine level mistakes.
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achillesforever6 posted:What's with it with big eyebrows and authoritative types? I think it draws attention to the always evil scowl of deep reflection or possibly the consuming terribleness of a driving purpose. Ps. Require screenshot to test your supposition.
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Okay?
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MrAristocrates posted:OH MY GOD STOP You're right, we should focus on WuSami.
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MrAristocrates posted:i hate you You shouldn't have come to a anime thread if you didn't want to read aboutanime.
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Serella posted:Ngl, since last season I've been wondering if one of Toph's kids was Sokka's. They could have had both but still should have relied on the staff for offensive and defensive capabilities. (Shotgun staff was real badass) Wingsuit alone only makes sense if there's a shortage of bisons.
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MrAristocrates posted:Just post it, you can't possibly make it any worse. Missed Opportunity #102: Bumi was seriously mishandled. He could have retained his rank and headed a joint UR-WL escort service. Doing that would have given us real family tension (Bumi wouldn't be invited), a hint at what its like when the military does favors while going off the book and it could have given Asami a excuse to have purpose outside of bankrolling every single fieldtrip and playing Korra's PR assistant.
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