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Leofan26 05-25-2014 01:15 PM

Legend of Korra: Howdo you feel about the show so far
 
For me it has it's ups and downs, love triangle every season so far doesn't help make things better :(

I'm sad about Nick's treatment of it too, the new seasons air dated muck man!
Do any of you guy's remember last season that schedule was all messed up :x

sdp 05-25-2014 01:58 PM

I've yet to watch it but the general consensus in the parts I frequent is S1 started off well but was rushed and finished making the next seasons feel disjointed.

I loved the idea of a girl Avatar and one who already knew how to waterbend but I don't like the of seeing an evolved "steam-punk" elements or how the world was "progressing". This is a fantasy world, we don't expect Middle-Earth to have steampunk elements on it just because it's logical that they would in 1000 years. And we had seen previous Avatars live in pretty much the same level of "technology" thousands of years before and hundreds of Avatars before, what made these decades after TLA make them have a technology leap. I always wanted a fourth season of TLA that dealt with the spirit world and the aftermath of the war since this was a show I didn't think they'd do the whole "the bad guy is beat everything is ok now". I'll check Legend of Korra when it finishes and I Hope I like it.

Redeemer 05-25-2014 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sdp (Post 1270113)
I've yet to watch it but the general consensus in the parts I frequent is S1 started off well but was rushed and finished making the next seasons feel disjointed.

I loved the idea of a girl Avatar and one who already knew how to waterbend but I don't like the of seeing an evolved "steam-punk" elements or how the world was "progressing". This is a fantasy world, we don't expect Middle-Earth to have steampunk elements on it just because it's logical that they would in 1000 years. And we had seen previous Avatars live in pretty much the same level of "technology" thousands of years before and hundreds of Avatars before, what made these decades after TLA make them have a technology leap. I always wanted a fourth season of TLA that dealt with the spirit world and the aftermath of the war since this was a show I didn't think they'd do the whole "the bad guy is beat everything is ok now". I'll check Legend of Korra when it finishes and I Hope I like it.

I actually think the Legend of Korra season 1 is the best season of any avatar. Season 2 was good, but the ending fell flat to me. I just didn't dig it.
I would have loved to see a season 4, but unfortunately they just couldn't do it or didn't want to.
Also Legend of Korra appears to be set in the industrial revolution which is why there is such a leap in technology. I actually like it, gives us a fresh new world and story to be told.

electric_sheep 05-25-2014 06:09 PM

Animation is amazing i may as go as to far to say it's breathtaking and is easily some of the best TV animation, ever.
Charachters on the othe hand, ugh...
Korra is annoying, egotistical, kinda dumb, and just plain unlikable from the first second we see her and she doesen't change at all through the series.
Love triangle is another thing that brings it down, it just sucks.
First season had an awesome Villain but they did little with and he went down like a bitch, second season Villain just sucked....

Redeemer 05-26-2014 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by electric_sheep (Post 1270229)
Animation is amazing i may as go as to far to say it's breathtaking and is easily some of the best TV animation, ever.
Charachters on the othe hand, ugh...
Korra is annoying, egotistical, kinda dumb, and just plain unlikable from the first second we see her and she doesen't change at all through the series.
Love triangle is another thing that brings it down, it just sucks.
First season had an awesome Villain but they did little with and he went down like a bitch, second season Villain just sucked....

Everything you hate I actually like :lol:
except for the love triangle, but that a necessary evil for joke and puns. :lol:

Raven 05-26-2014 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by electric_sheep (Post 1270229)
Animation is amazing i may as go as to far to say it's breathtaking and is easily some of the best TV animation, ever.
Charachters on the othe hand, ugh...
Korra is annoying, egotistical, kinda dumb, and just plain unlikable from the first second we see her and she doesen't change at all through the series.
Love triangle is another thing that brings it down, it just sucks.
First season had an awesome Villain but they did little with and he went down like a bitch, second season Villain just sucked....

These are my sentiments exactly. Theres not much to like about Korra, and her character development seems to consist of her getting pissed off over everything she encounters.

Season 1 started out great but quickly started to feel more like filler, and Season 2 started with some really great threads that fell flat. Plus the ending has almost turned me off to this series completely.

I'm personally a bigger fan of Aang, due to how he handled situations and the journey he took. He was more light hearted and fun, Korra just comes off as a drama queen.

And just as everyone else has stated, the love triangles keep this show from being great. Makes it feel like a kids soup opera.

Leofan26 05-26-2014 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Redeemer (Post 1270595)
Everything you hate I actually like :lol:
except for the love triangle, but that a necessary evil for joke and puns. :lol:

Yah, the love triangle makes it hard to like any one really, makes Mako look like a selfish jerk cheater. In book one it made Korra look like a fool and not caring due to the fact that she was trying to steal Mako from Asami. Than in book two it made Asami look pathetic.

You'd think the writers would have learned from mistakes from book one, it got a lot if hate and made there favorite Golden boy Mako look bad, every one was hating on him man :ohwell:

I just hope book three is the end of that awful awful love triangle 8)

Icebot 05-26-2014 03:09 PM

The Legend of Korra is one of my favorite shows
Spoiler:
but I'm disappointed with how Korra lost her connections with the previous avatars. I hope she reconnects in season 3.


I still enjoy any story about the avatar so I still think I will enjoy the future seasons.

Netkeeper 05-26-2014 03:15 PM

I loved ATLA and while I didn't get around to completing book 1 of Korra, I enjoyed what I saw [despite Mako being a god awful character]. I haven't gotten to watching the last few episodes of book 1 nor any farther than that, so would someone be able to tell me how well it goes after that? All I really hear is "it got worse" but I'm not sure what the reasoning for that general opinion really is as I'm not given any details. I don't care about spoilers, but do tag them out of politeness to others.

DarkLightDragon 05-26-2014 03:32 PM

Season 1 was rather uneventful for me. I had some hope for Season 2 fixing most of Season's 1 flaws and what I got were more or less the same things.

-Not following up on any development on the characters or giving new development to characters who needed it. Mako was still unlikeable, Korra was downright unbearable in the first half, and they never did a great job explaining how important Jinora was after her little moment with the strange statue.
-A villain that starts out with an interesting premise and motivation only for it to sizzle out and be revealed as nothing more than being a power-hungry type of bad guy.
-More love-triangle bulls*it.

I think it goes without saying that the episodes that focused on the first Avatar turned out to be better than anything that was going on in the main story.

NoName999 05-26-2014 03:59 PM

Korra suffers the age old problem of either her trying to punch her way through a solution or when that fails, cries about it, says she learned something only to basically forget by the next episode. But it doesn't matter, as usually luck is ALWAYS on Korra's side.

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Originally Posted by Netkeeper (Post 1270693)
I loved ATLA and while I didn't get around to completing book 1 of Korra, I enjoyed what I saw [despite Mako being a god awful character]. I haven't gotten to watching the last few episodes of book 1 nor any farther than that, so would someone be able to tell me how well it goes after that? All I really hear is "it got worse" but I'm not sure what the reasoning for that general opinion really is as I'm not given any details. I don't care about spoilers, but do tag them out of politeness to others.

Hoo boy, here it goes.

I'm assuming you got pass at least episode 9 of season 1.

Spoiler:
Korra is resting after Tarrlok kidnapping as Mako watches over her. And Asami getting upset at Mako giving Korra so much attention. When called out about it, Mako blames his brother :tgrumble: After Korra tells Tenzin and Lin that Tarrlok is Yakone's son, the Equalists attack the city and kidnap every council member minus Tenzin. The Equalists invade Air Temple Island but were driven off by Aang's grandchildren. When the Airbenders decided to escape, the Equalists follows them so Lin sacrifices herself to save Tenzin and his family. (Of course, it's all in ****ing vain later) Oh and some time during the episode Tenzin's wife give bith

In episode 11, Republic City's navy, led by Zuko's grandson and useless fanservice General Iroh is attacked by the Equalists. Team Avatar is in hiding and Mako continues to be an infidel. The team and Iroh formulate a plan of attacking the Equalist's airbase. But Korra thinks "I haven't made enough poor decisions yet" and wants to fight Amon alone because her gut tells her to. Iroh tells Korra that's a dumb idea so Mako says he'll go along with her (at this moment, you can hear the shattering of Asami's heart) Mako breaks up with Asami (and STILL doesn't claim responsibility) Korra and Mako sneak onto Air Temple Island where they find Tarrlok. He reveals that he's Amon's brother and that Amon is a waterbender/bloodbender. After a plotdump, Korra's "brilliant" mind forms a plan: Simply tell the Equalist sympathizers that Amon is a waterbender. It's not like they'll believe him over her (spoiler alert they do *gasp*)

Episode 12: Asami and Bolin fight Hiroshi who pretty much went cuckoo and tries to kill his daughter. He loses the fight. No one comforts Asami. Lesser Iroh steals screentime. Korra tries her plan. It doesn't work who would have thought. Amon reveals that he captured Tenzin's family. Korra rescues them and she and Mako tries to escape. But Amon uses his bloodbending and take Korra's bending away. Mako, who was also in Korra's bloodbending grip, somehow manages to lightning bend. And despite just facing the ****ing Avatar, Amon says that Mako a talented bender. It was at this point, the world revolves around Mako. Korra, seeing Mako in danger, airbend somehow because... love or something idk. (though it didn't explain why she didn't airbend where Tenzin, her surrogate father was in trouble) Korra airbends Amon out of a window and Amon falls in the ocean, Amon reflexively waterbend to avoid drowning and his supporters see. He runs away and frees Tarrlok. Later Tarrlok took his own and Amon's life. Katara can't restore Korra's bending. And Korra can't see the fact that she had strong support group unlike Mako and Bolin (whose parents are dead) or Asami (whose parent wanted her dead) She runs away and cries and here is where it all went to ****. Aang appears and give Korra back her bending all because she was ****ing depressed about it. She learns nothing about bender oppression. Nothing about using something other than force. Nothing. Korra and Mako tell each other they love the other. And Korra gives Lin back her bending

Now Book 2. Dear God Book 2. It was a ****ing chore to watch. It was such a mess, I can't even properly explain why it was yet. I'll try to later.

Redeemer 05-26-2014 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Netkeeper (Post 1270693)
I loved ATLA and while I didn't get around to completing book 1 of Korra, I enjoyed what I saw [despite Mako being a god awful character]. I haven't gotten to watching the last few episodes of book 1 nor any farther than that, so would someone be able to tell me how well it goes after that? All I really hear is "it got worse" but I'm not sure what the reasoning for that general opinion really is as I'm not given any details. I don't care about spoilers, but do tag them out of politeness to others.

Despite all the negativity and hate I actually have been really impressed, but the only part of the season that fell short for me is the season 2 finale.
Season 1 is amazing, season 2 was good, but not amazing.
People complain about the lack of character development, but korra has had significant character development, but the surrounding characters not as much, except Tenzin and his siblings who gained significant development in season 2.


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