Does Avatar: The Last Airbender get better?

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I am watching Avatar for the first time, and posting my thoughts as I go. You guys have all finished and likely rewatched the show a few times, but to me I am taking it all in.


I also don't understand how Uncle could have grown a six pack in jail. He is starving and should be frail and malnourished. Even if he is doing excercizes I don't see how he can build himself up so much while barely eating as the guard throws his food on the floor.

This is true this is your first time watching it and your blowing through the series so it should be expected to miss a few things. I have only seen this series through ounce, but I watched a majority of the episodes twice.

But as far as Iroh, the female guard is sneaking him extra food if I remember right. Also side note, when your body is deprived of food it will eat the Fat Cells in the body and lower the metabolism so you will not need as much nutrients to maintain or build your body.

But yeah bottom line is the female guard is sneaking him extra food.

Edit 3200th post!!!!!

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Katara was also written very annoying in that episode. When did Katara become so motherly and bossy? She wasn't written like that earlier in the series, she used to be much more understanding and sisterly.

Also does anyone else prefer Aang with hair to his bald look? What put me off from watching the show for years was Aang's bald head. I just couldn't get into the cue-ball look, if Aang had hair in the beginning like he did now I might have followed the show back in 2005-2007 when it originally aired. I know Aang's design is based off a Tibet monk from real life, but I don't think having a bald-headed kid as the lead in a show was a good idea.

Really? And I thought my putting off the 2k12 show for two years because I had to still get used of the idea of a teen April was superficial...

[BabyTurtles]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Continuing on, I watched the next two episodes. Another Katara/Toph bickering episode? Didn't these two settle their differences 20 episodes ago? I also can't believe they showed Katara taking a bath in the water under the bridge when her brother and Toph were talking. And she was obviously nude in that scene.

Where were you when Iroh was naked at the hot spring? I don't remember you complaining about that.

and Katara and Toph didn't solve their problem...did any of them say "sorry" or "we should learn to accept each other" during The Chase episode??

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by BabyTurtles

Where were you when Iroh was naked at the hot spring? I don't remember you complaining about that.

That's male nudity, which in shows is meant to be funny. Male nudity = funny, female nudity = sexual.

That's why they can get away with making penis jokes or Sokka/Iroh covering their lower regions whereas you still can't show a girl in a cartoon simply standing there covering her breasts with her hands. In anime you see this all the time, but you will never see this in an American cartoon.

and Katara and Toph didn't solve their problem...did any of them say "sorry" or "we should learn to accept each other" during The Chase episode??

They were getting along just fine and even holding hands in the previous episode. Felt like the writers had to do the obvious, "girls have to get bitchy and hate each other once in a while" cliche every show that has two female characters goes through.

[Jester]

OMG...it's Cybercubed!

[BabyTurtles]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

That's male nudity, which in shows is meant to be funny. Male nudity = funny, female nudity = sexual.

That's why they can get away with making penis jokes or Sokka/Iroh covering their lower regions whereas you still can't show a girl in a cartoon simply standing there covering her breasts with her hands. In anime you see this all the time, but you will never see this in an American cartoon.


They were getting along just fine and even holding hands in the previous episode. Felt like the writers had to do the obvious, "girls have to get bitchy and hate each other once in a while" cliche every show that has two female characters goes through.

I was going to comment on this.....but I realized I was acting like this



So I'm gonna do myself a favor and stop.

[MrTMNT2012]

Originally Posted by Jester

OMG...it's Cybercubed!

I agree with that list.

Can't wait for the top 11 best episodes list though! Doug's Vlogs on Avatar/Korra are pretty thought-provoking stuff. It's just a guy going through a Nickelodeon show for the first time but he GETS it unlike CyberCubed.

Maybe it does take multiple watchings to fully understand these sophisticated shows like Avatar, Breaking Bad, Cowboy Bebop etc.

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by Jester

OMG...it's Cybercubed!

I agree with most of the list as well.
I am actually shocked boiling Rock is on that list and I actually don't mind it was two episodes its refreshing to see heroes fail every now and again , bc they are not perfect.

[Leofan26]

UGH, I can't figure your mind out at all.

Forget plot and character development with this guy, go look for the fan service instead. I think you secretly like this stuff and is trying to act all embarrassed and hate it so you won't sound all gross around the fandom when you are any ways.

What's with the double standards regarding fan service?

[CyberCubed]

Watched the next 4 episodes:

- Dream episode was rather funny especially with the two animals speaking english. It makes you realize how different this show would be if they could talk the whole time. Also was Aang's dreams of the fire lord based on anime characters? He looked like Goku in the first dream and then Naruto in the second.

- The 2-part fire invasion episode was good, although rather odd they had such a small army. Why didn't they have even more people? What happened to Jet, did he die? Strange he wasn't there. So the Fire Lord really is just a one-dimensional villain who doesn't care for his son, rather disappointing. Azula seems to take after her father it seems. Why were the other two girls absent?

Its a shame this is a kids show, I would have liked to see some deaths of the random troops or Fire Nation army along the way. Seems like nobody actually died.

- Zuko joining the group in the next episode was expected but done well. Also Combuksen man is a one-dimensional villain DONE RIGHT. Sometimes the strong silent badass type is the best. The guy should have his own action figure, felt like someone out of Street Fighter or something. So did he kill himself? I'm guessing that's the last we ever see of him.

Anyone think Zuko with hair resembles a pretty boy shonen character now? Especially with his happy voice and eyebrows at the end. Nice to see Katara threaten to kill him though, nothing says a kids show like teen violence and homicide.

[Peanut]

Oh, great. Nostalgia Critic. Now this thread really is worthy of the dumpster outside a back alley abortion clinic.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Oh, great. Nostalgia Critic. Now this thread really is worthy of the dumpster outside a back alley abortion clinic.

What? So he made a list, as the "critic" about things he dislikes about Avatar, nothing wrong with that.

Doug himself though is an actual fan of this show. Not sure about Korra.

Personally I find him funny, but my favorite thing (non movie) thing was his Animaniacs tribute and all the interviews he did from those who wrote for the show and Tom Reuger, and voice actors from it. He even got Skippy's voice actor! How awesome is that! He even talked about Richard Stone! Sad he passed away. I couldn't imagine Animaniacs without him.

Oh something else...if it hadn't have been for the critic, I wouldn't have finally registered to this board and returned to the fandom.

[snake]

How can Avatar have 11 bad episodes?

[CyberCubed]

I found a lot of the filler in Season 1 rather difficult to sit through. That's why I almost gave up on the show in the beginning, but I'm glad I stuck with it. Also the first two episodes were very slow. Probably the weakest opener to a cartoon too, I almost dozed off while they were on.

It seems like in Season 1 the writers were discovering the world but not exactly sure what they wanted to do with the show yet.

[pharaohyami5000]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

Oh something else...if it hadn't have been for the critic, I wouldn't have finally registered to this board and returned to the fandom.

He's also a turtles fan as well. We gotta get him to watch the 2k3 series as his next vlog.

3 days to go until that happens. Out with the "questionable" (not really the worst), waiting for the best.

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

What happened to Jet, did he die?

Yes, Jet dies in season 2 when trying to escape the tunnels.

Originally Posted by snake

How can Avatar have 11 bad episodes?

Its funny thats what I thought and watched the videos and he actually addresses it. He clarifies that ATLA is his favorite show and that it has no bad episodes, clarifies that these episodes were simply not on the same level as the rest of the episodes.

[CyberCubed]

Why is this show never clear on deaths? I had no idea Jet died, it just looked like he was knocked out. And then Combusken man blows himself up but they don't even show him falling off the cliff? Likewise we also never saw any casualties in the war, nobody actually died on the attack on the Fire Nation from either side on screen.

The only on screen "death" was the Princess Yue who isn't even technically dead since she became a moon spirit or something.

Its odd that they couldn't get away with blatantly showing death on this show, despite everything else. I wanted to see people dead on the ground and I want confirmation the villains are dead when they're done with.

Even the 4kids TMNT series blatantly showed death of characters from time to time.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by snake

How can Avatar have 11 bad episodes?

Maybe they aren't bad, but eps he didn't particularly care for.

[CyberCubed]

I'm rather surprised they had Aang kiss Katara twice on-screen already, once in his dream and another time before he went to confront the Fire Lord. In his dream he said, "You're my forever girl" or something like that with his lips moving.

I don't know what is up with Aang's hormones, the kid is only supposed to be 12 years old for god sakes.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I'm rather surprised they had Aang kiss Katara twice on-screen already, once in his dream and another time before he went to confront the Fire Lord. In his dream he said, "You're my forever girl" or something like that with his lips moving.

I don't know what is up with Aang's hormones, the kid is only supposed to be 12 years old for god sakes.

God forbid a 12-year-old have an attraction to the opposite sex. Maybe in your world it's strange, but in the real world it's normal and common for most.

I personally wasn't interested in guys at 12, but found some cute like Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jason Weaver, Tevin Campbell, Joey Lawrence, etc.