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Amon is confusing me. He is unable to bend, and yet he is powerful enough for bloodbending to have no effect on him. Even the Avatar is powerless against such an attack, unless they enter the Avatar State. Who is this guy?

At 6/13/12 07:10 PM, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote: Amon is confusing me. He is unable to bend, and yet he is powerful enough for bloodbending to have no effect on him. Even the Avatar is powerless against such an attack, unless they enter the Avatar State. Who is this guy?

Did they try bloodbending on him? When? Tell me when!!

At 6/13/12 07:15 PM, Travis wrote: Latest episode. Watch it unless you want to be spoiled because that's the topic of conversation right now.

I've only seen up to episode 8. What one are we on now?

At 6/13/12 07:10 PM, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote: Amon is confusing me. He is unable to bend, and yet he is powerful enough for bloodbending to have no effect on him. Even the Avatar is powerless against such an attack, unless they enter the Avatar State. Who is this guy?

Maybe he's got some kind of full body anti-bending suit around him, kind of like from that one Naruto movie I saw while ago. It will do some weird electro-magnetic shit and use magnets to alter the ocean currents around Manhattan Island.

Or maybe not.

Gentlemen, gentlemen, it's very clear exactly what Amon is doing to people.

You see, the Chakras that control bending are located in the neck and forehead. To energy-bend, Aang moved the energy in the CHEST and forehead, unlike Amon, who directly goes after the Chakra points.

He's just a really talented chi-blocker.

they changed their target audience from all ages to 16 year old girls,the twilight and hunger games market romance

in the original romance was very sparing and wasn't the main focus of entire episodes

they got rid of a atmosphere of adventure replaced immense lush world into a dull city mostly because korra isn't a curious character

in the original romance was very sparing and wasn't the main focus of entire episodes

nitpicks
why is tenzin such a up tight triditional douchenozzle,aang wasn't a triditional character

why is toph the youngest character in the series dead

extrmely rare bending ablities are common

amon not being affected by blood bending is bullshit

At 6/16/12 12:02 PM, captainlolz wrote: they changed their target audience from all ages to 16 year old girls,the twilight and hunger games market romance

What, it's still not the focus and is only acknowledged on down time.

in the original romance was very sparing and wasn't the main focus of entire episodes

Yes it was romance was a focus on several occasions from Aang to Zuko.

they got rid of a atmosphere of adventure replaced immense lush world into a dull city mostly because korra isn't a curious character

No it's because it's a mini series. which pretty much validates why the city is the entire setting, so far.

in the original romance was very sparing and wasn't the main focus of entire episodes

You typed that already.

nitpicks

why is toph the youngest character in the series dead

extrmely rare bending ablities are common

amon not being affected by blood bending is bullshit

Wait and see.
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*SPOILERS*
Latest episode was awesome weird how Iro sounded exactly like Zuko. However Zuko's son being named after his uncle is appropriate.
*END SPOILERS*

Badass of the day goes to Lin Beifong Never forget *Salutes*

Where can I see some episodes instead of paying THREE DOLLARS an episode off of itunes?

At 6/16/12 01:12 PM, X-Gary-Gigax-X wrote: Where can I see some episodes instead of paying THREE DOLLARS an episode off of itunes?

Google is your friend.

At 6/16/12 01:09 PM, II2none wrote:

At 6/16/12 12:02 PM, captainlolz wrote:

i'm comparing it to the original and the city is dull this series has no sense of adventure the first two episodes were entirely romance,episode 5 was romance no episode of the original avatar was entirely roamnce

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*SPOILERS*
Latest episode was awesome weird how Iro sounded exactly like Zuko. However Zuko's son being named after his uncle is appropriate.
*END SPOILERS*

Badass of the day goes to Lin Beifong Never forget *Salutes*

At 6/16/12 01:32 PM, captainlolz wrote:

At 6/16/12 01:09 PM, II2none wrote:

At 6/16/12 12:02 PM, captainlolz wrote:

i'm comparing it to the original and the city is dull this series has no sense of adventure the first two episodes were entirely romance,episode 5 was romance no episode of the original avatar was entirely roamnce

Well what do you expect from a mini series? Besides at least the humor made up for it.

At 6/16/12 01:43 PM, II2none wrote:

At 6/16/12 01:32 PM, captainlolz wrote:

At 6/16/12 01:09 PM, II2none wrote:

At 6/16/12 12:02 PM, captainlolz wrote:

Well what do you expect from a mini series? Besides at least the humor made up for it.

star wars clone wars (2003) was a mini series all of the episodes were 3 minutes long

every episode of korra is a full fledged 20 minute episode,korra is a not a mini series

At 6/16/12 01:59 PM, captainlolz wrote:

At 6/16/12 01:43 PM, II2none wrote:

At 6/16/12 01:32 PM, captainlolz wrote:

At 6/16/12 01:09 PM, II2none wrote:

At 6/16/12 12:02 PM, captainlolz wrote:

Well what do you expect from a mini series? Besides at least the humor made up for it.

star wars clone wars (2003) was a mini series all of the episodes were 3 minutes long

every episode of korra is a full fledged 20 minute episode,korra is a not a mini series

Yes it is, it only has two seasons, 26 episodes total. For the record SW clone wars extended it to 15 minutes in season 2.

I can believe Lin sacrificed herself. It was heartbreaking.

Also hey guys, I've been following the series since it started, didn't know we had a thread for it.

About to peep my first Legend of Korra episode. Tried earlier but the site I'm using wouldn't load. Just before I left my friend's house today he said that it was pretty good and Travis said it was pretty good so it must be pretty good!!

This show is bad, this series is bad, the creators are bad. They are milking more money out of a series that was horrible in the first place.

Korra's a bitch she just destroyed that air thing.

At 6/16/12 04:44 PM, Travis wrote:

At 6/16/12 04:11 PM, Suprememessage wrote: This show is bad, this series is bad, the creators are bad. They are milking more money out of a series that was horrible in the first place.

Cool contribution to the topic sir.

Can you let those that are interested in it, discuss it in peace now?

Also, EJR the animation is pretty fucking good to and I know it's something you will be able to appreciate.

Sure but I'd like to discuss it in more detail. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I'm not interested, I'm staying tuned to see where it goes but I just don't like it.

The way the plot is going does not fit into it's animation style. I mean, it's pretty much nothing like the Airbender one in it's style of story.

At 6/16/12 03:46 PM, Travis wrote:

At 6/16/12 01:32 PM, captainlolz wrote:

At 6/16/12 01:09 PM, II2none wrote:

At 6/16/12 12:02 PM, captainlolz wrote:

The city is dull?

Lol, you have gotta be trolling.

someone has a differant opinion than me they must be trolling

the city is all gray,rectangular archietecture it's a generic city

so you admit it's twlight 16 year old girl crowd target audince

I watch the show just because of Korra. She's delicious...

And Mako's a douche.

The animation and the art is excellent. However, I think the plot tries to cram too much in a comparatively shorter series than its predecessor and the plot doesn't seem to flow naturally.

Too much emphasis is placed on pro-bending. Originally, it served a purpose, because Korra was able to learn airbending techniques while placed under pressure and put in a stressful situation. However, it continued to pop up over and over in subsequent episodes, taking a considerable amount of time away from the anti-bending revolution, which is supposedly the focus of the plot. The season, or rather, book, is called "air", but we see very little of Korra actually airbending or attempting to airbend. The season ends in a few more episodes, and we have still yet to see Korra mastering airbending at all.

Some of the plot came off as contrived as well. The episode with Sato and the revolutionaries could have been much more interesting. It could have shown that even moral and generally good people could be a part of the revolution, which would make it much more difficult to strike down as Korra is attempting to do. Or, it could have shown that it is very difficult to differentiate from friend or foe in scenarios just as this, just as other revolutions throughout history have emphasized. However, in the end, Sato came off as a stereotypical "I AM EVIL REVOLUTIONARY. JOIN ME AND TOGETHER WE WILL RULE THE GALAXY" type, and the episode seemed to be a forced attempt at making the audience sympathize with Sato's daughter.

Tarrlok could have been an interesting villain, using the breadth of the law to accomplish his own goals and ambitions, but in the end he came across as kind of weak. He randomly attacks Korra...why? There is nothing to gain and everything to lose if he attacks the Avatar. He is practically the main authority of Republic City, and virtually has the entire council under his belt. At least, it seems that he does because they always seem to agree with every policy he puts out. Why would he attack, let alone capture the Avatar of all people? That's like trying to attack and capture the president, did he honestly think he could detain her forever? And then his bending gets taken away right after we see it. And then Tenzin magically jumps to conclusions and assumes Tarrlok captured Korra, simply because he lied. I thought Tenzin was supposed to be the patient and rational airbending master, not someone who would impulsively take action? And then Amon demands Korra to be captured, even though he could have captured her much earlier after the "duel" they had. Why he decided to capture her then instead of before, I have no idea.

I don't really know what to think of Amon. He seems more interesting, at least more interesting than Ozai, who was pretty much a stereotypical supervillain that we don't see until near the end of the series. Instead, we see him pop in multiple times and have several confrontations with the Avatar, which is good for building up how much of a threat he is. He also doesn't depend on being absurdly powerful, much like Ozai did, and instead relies on his charisma and influence in order to strike out against benders, which I find much more interesting. Still, we haven't seen much of him in action, so I don't really know what to think of him.

Overall, the season hasn't ended yet, but so far the writing come off as rushed and unnatural. I think this is because the staff had far fewer episodes to build things up than their previous series. Other than that, however, the animation and art is solid.

At 6/16/12 07:55 PM, Travis wrote:

At 6/16/12 04:56 PM, Suprememessage wrote: Sure but I'd like to discuss it in more detail. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I'm not interested, I'm staying tuned to see where it goes but I just don't like it.

The way the plot is going does not fit into it's animation style. I mean, it's pretty much nothing like the Airbender one in it's style of story.

Exactly. It's not the Airbender one. The first series was "playful" and had a childlike aspect to it. These characters are older and it has a more serious tone to it.

You have to remember, this Avatar has mastered 3 elements already. There isn't nearly as much to learn.

The story is progressing a bit fast, but you have to remember in the first few episodes Amon said that they were going to "accelerate" their plans.

I understand the pacing is a bit fast, but it works for me because it keeps the action, character development, and story in balance with eachother fairly well... at least in my eyes.

Exactly. Also the pace is moving quick because most people who are watching this most likely watched the first series.
They do not need to explain what they explained through an entire show not to long ago.
The show is great in my opinion.

what im not liking about this show:

1) the new drawing style

2) that the technology jumped like a gazillion years

3) powers (bending) were considerably reduced to the point that even the avatar can be taken down by a random henchman

At 6/21/12 04:37 PM, kakalxlax wrote: what im not liking about this show:

1) the new drawing style

2) that the technology jumped like a gazillion years

3) powers (bending) were considerably reduced to the point that even the avatar can be taken down by a random henchman

I think the drawing style is pretty consistent with the second and third seasons of The Last Airbender. The first season was little more cartoony and non-anime, and now they're pretty much going full-on anime. And with regards to the powers, Korra hasn't even learned the Avatar State yet, so let's not quite say she's shown all her power. Also all the villians are basically firebenders with their electric weapons.

As for the technology, I would actually say this is one of favorite differences between the two shows. Not because I like steampunk more or something, but I feel like it gives the story an interesting moral twist influenced by changes or the potential of cultural change in the real world. Amon as the villain is pretty awesome because basically he is the villain for the same reason that Aang was the hero. The changed circumstances of the story make you question: Was Aang really a hero?

What I'm getting at, is...

Amon is Zombie Aang

At 6/21/12 04:37 PM, kakalxlax wrote: what im not liking about this show:

1) the new drawing style

2) that the technology jumped like a gazillion years

Well yeah they had to give a sense of time some how.

3) powers (bending) were considerably reduced to the point that even the avatar can be taken down by a random henchman

Amons men aren't random henchmen if Amon is skilled enough to take on benders why wouldn't his men be? It only makes sense. Besides the fights would be one sided and lack any suspense.

just compare any tloa earthbender with tlok, and even if fore some reason every firebender can throw thunderbolts, each time they bend fire its like they were throwing a wimpy spit of fire

as for the technology, its compleatly unbeliabable that in, let say 70 years, advanced as it did, even less in a society that has bending to help itself and therefor require less technology. so, at that advancing rate the next avatar would be Shepard`s grandson

At 6/21/12 05:44 PM, kakalxlax wrote: just compare any tloa earthbender with tlok, and even if fore some reason every firebender can throw thunderbolts, each time they bend fire its like they were throwing a wimpy spit of fire

Well i guess thats what happens when you bend for sport and not for survival. As for the size of firebender flames, I don't care enough to notice. The actions pretty sweet as it is.

as for the technology, its compleatly unbeliabable that in, let say 70 years, advanced as it did, even less in a society that has bending to help itself and therefor require less technology. so, at that advancing rate the next avatar would be Shepard`s grandson

No because of the advanced tech based on early 1900's, bending is no longer necessary and is used for selfish reasons. thus the conflict between benders and non benders explained in the pilot episode.

At 6/21/12 05:58 PM, II2none wrote:

At 6/21/12 05:44 PM, kakalxlax wrote:

as for the technology, its compleatly unbeliabable that in, let say 70 years, advanced as it did, even less in a society that has bending to help itself and therefor require less technology. so, at that advancing rate the next avatar would be Shepard`s grandson

No because of the advanced tech based on early 1900's

i know, in the first season they were not even medieval and the few "cutting edge" things they have were bengind powered
in fact i think they didnt even had glasses

bending is no longer necessary and is used for selfish reasons.

did you see how their power plants worked?
before they could build an entire city with earth/waterbending, they only reason for bending to seem "no longer necessary" is because it got nerfed