Does Avatar: The Last Airbender get better?

[MrTMNT2012]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Did the Earth Queen die? Or is this another "Jet" situation where a character actually died but they do it in an ambiguous way so Nick doesn't get angry e-mails from soccer moms?

She was suffocated to death. What the hell is ambiguous about that?

[PAAATE]

Originally Posted by MrTMNT2012

She was suffocated to death. What the hell is ambiguous about that?

CyberCubed only understands death when blood is spilled.

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by MrTMNT2012

She was suffocated to death. What the hell is ambiguous about that?

seriously, Seriously Cyber you must not have been paying attention, bc the announce the queens death after they kill her.

[plastroncafe]

He was looking for boobs and sexual content.

[CyberCubed]

It is odd how there's actually less fanservice in this show than Avatar when the cast is older now. By this point in Avatar there had been a number of beach scenes with Katara, Suki, Azula and Ty Lee in bikini's or revealing fire nation outfits showing midriff's and no arm straps.

I'm at the end of Book 3 and there have been NO beach scenes! The only time we see characters in swimsuits is Mako/Bolin. I know we saw Asami very briefly in a swimsuit in Season 1 but the scene was too short.

I'm honestly shocked that Korra and Asami haven't been shown in a two-piece bikini yet at any point of the series. Hopefully there's some kind of "Ember Island" episode coming up soon where all the girls are in their swimwear. You'd think the writers would feel better about showing adults in swimsuits than the 14-15 year old Avatar cast.

[plastroncafe]

I see no reason why any show, including this one, should pander to your needs.

[BabyTurtles]

aside from the whole swimsuit thing.....I actually wouldn't have minded a downtime beach episode....I think LOK needs more filler to be honest.

[plastroncafe]

It could certainly use some Show as opposed to Tell when it comes to the Krew and why they're all friends, that's for certain.

Korra presents some awesome Big Ideas and fantastic world building, but the pacing of the first two books struggles.

[CyberCubed]

There was filler, but they wasted it on nonsense nobody cared about:

- Pro-bending was awful and should have been dropped after the second episode

- Bolin's movie career took up too much time. Seeing it for one episode would have been fine but constantly showing us his movie and wasting time with it was bad. It also made Bolin into a lazy no-help bum in the middle of the second season

- The whole political nonsense with the Mayor of republic city and the water tribes and the judges was boring as all hell.

- The dumb love triangle between Mako/Korra/Asami was pointless and should have never happened.


There should have been more filler with Tenzin's family, and perhaps a flashback episode showing Aang's kids when they were younger. I'm sure Aang's daughter was quite a looker when she was younger, but she's so old now I can't get into her character.

[snake]

How can you not see that the Earth Queen died? SHE GOT THE AIR SUCKED OUT OF HER LUNGS.

[Allio]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I'm sure Aang's daughter was quite a looker when she was younger, but she's so old now I can't get into her character.

f you buddy, Kya is still a looker

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Allio

f you buddy, Kya is still a looker

Isn't she like 50 or something? I am kinda confused why she looks so much older than Tenzin and Boomy. Her hair is all grey and she has wrinkles. She aged much worse than the other two.

[Leofan26]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

It is odd how there's actually less fanservice in this show than Avatar when the cast is older now. By this point in Avatar there had been a number of beach scenes with Katara, Suki, Azula and Ty Lee in bikini's or revealing fire nation outfits showing midriff's and no arm straps.

I'm at the end of Book 3 and there have been NO beach scenes! The only time we see characters in swimsuits is Mako/Bolin. I know we saw Asami very briefly in a swimsuit in Season 1 but the scene was too short.

I'm honestly shocked that Korra and Asami haven't been shown in a two-piece bikini yet at any point of the series. Hopefully there's some kind of "Ember Island" episode coming up soon where all the girls are in their swimwear. You'd think the writers would feel better about showing adults in swimsuits than the 14-15 year old Avatar cast.

Now see, I don't get you man. You say you don't like fan service and think it's sick and wrong yet you seem disappointed when the show doesn't have any, WTF crazy thinking goes in that head of yours, I don't get it

I do agree, the series needed more filler, I know fans often complained about filler episodes in the previous series but it would helped us see how close these guy's grew closer.

Starting a Krew based on a love triangle wasn't a good idea in my opinion, so they should have had more moments they could have just had fun and relax. What can you do with a 13 episode ordered series though? That doesn't help, why does this show only have 13 episodes any ways? I understood season one as this was supposed to be a one time gift type thing for fans but after that they really should have added more

Now we are on the last season and the characters are finally getting like able again, Mako was full of hate till season three

[Megchan]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

You know its odd they don't make a big deal out of Zuko in this show. Its like, "Hey, here's Lord Zuko!" likes its no big deal. Its not like he was one of the major characters and antagonists of the original series or anything. He's so low-key in this show. Its like...here he is. Do we ever find out what happened to the Fire Nation or if he had any kids?

The situation with the Fire Nation is addressed in the comic, "The Promise".

And of course Zuko had kids, how else would you explain his grandson from Season 1? Zuko himself even mentions his daughter is the new Fire Lord. Are you even listening to the dialogue or do you just have it on mute and watch the pretty pictures?!

[CyberCubed]

Oh, so is that why that general in the Navy had the same voice as Zuko? That voice didn't fit the character at all, he looked too old.

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Oh, so is that why that general in the Navy had the same voice as Zuko? That voice didn't fit the character at all, he looked too old.

Don't be a moron. He only sounds like Zuko cause he's his grandson. Duh!

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by Megchan

Are you even listening to the dialogue or do you just have it on mute and watch the pretty pictures?!

I wonder this myself, bc he has missed some obvious stuff, but then again he is plowing through the series in record time.

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Oh, so is that why that general in the Navy had the same voice as Zuko? That voice didn't fit the character at all, he looked too old.

Yes, his name is general Iroh. He is the grandson of Zuko and obviously named after Zuko's uncle Iroh from the first series.

[CyberCubed]

The weird thing about this show is there are different stories and villains every season. Avatar was just all one big story of Aang trying to defeat the Fire Lord. There was essentially only one major villain and his children (Zuko and then Azula).

In Korra there is a different main villain and story every season. Korra feels more like X-men or a superhero show, while Avatar felt more like Pokemon or an adventure anime.

[BabyTurtles]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I'm sure Aang's daughter was quite a looker when she was younger, but she's so old now I can't get into her character.

so you can't get into Kya's character because she's too old?

how do you get into Tenzin's character then???

girls aren't just there to be eye candy dude.

[Megchan]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The weird thing about this show is there are different stories and villains every season. Avatar was just all one big story of Aang trying to defeat the Fire Lord. There was essentially only one major villain and his children (Zuko and then Azula).

In Korra there is a different main villain and story every season. Korra feels more like X-men or a superhero show, while Avatar felt more like Pokemon or an adventure anime.

Because times have changed. In Avatar, the Fire Nation was waging war with the other nations. In Korra, it's more or less peaceful. There are a few conflicts within each nation but nothing really full scale like the Fire Nation war.

Think of it this way, the Fire Nation War was like World War II. While in book 2 of Korra it was more of a civil war between the two Water tribes i.e. North vs. South. It's a rehash of our own history basically.