Man the new episodes were, well a change for sure. Though not entirely unexpected for part of it. I'd love to see where they go with it, hoping it won't all bog down on that dude though. Is it next week already?
Legend of Korra Book 2 Premiere
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SE1 was about the rise of the Soviets.
A Marxism based revolution, with the hopes of 'equalizing' the world from those born with power.
The villain, in fact being one of those 'born with power' and a violent nut (like Stalin)..
SE2 is going to be about the Crusaders.
A group of holy knights, using the sword to restore the the true spirits to their 'savage' brethren.
The villain, will in fact be ???
SE1 was about the rise of the Soviets.
A Marxism based revolution, with the hopes of 'equalizing' the world from those born with power.
The villain, in fact being one of those 'born with power' and a violent nut (like Stalin)..
SE2 is going to be about the Crusaders.
A group of holy knights, using the sword to restore the the true spirits to their 'savage' brethren.
The villain, will in fact be ???
Well, I really like different setting and the way the plot is going. However, for me, Avatar is all about characters and in that regard first two episodes were... meh. I mean, best three characters of season 1, Bolin, Lin and Asami were given little to zero light and the fact Unalaq was going to be a new villain was too obvious. And there's also no way he can be as good as Amon was. Sigh. The fact that Amon is gone is really depressing, he was such an amazing villain.
Also, they relationship between Mako and Korra is still fucking painful.
Also, they relationship between Mako and Korra is still fucking painful.
Honestly, the greater plot with the spirits and Unalaq bemoaning the more hedonistic modern attitudes in what we know to be a profoundly spiritual world was something I was really hoping they would do in the first season, especially given how they specifically made a point of revealing Korra's inability to connect to the spiritual side of being the Avatar in the very first episode. That said, the last moments of the premier were exactly what I dreaded they'd do with this. I'd really been hoping they wouldn't use a 'politics' subplot like that (though admittedly the teaser trailer seems to imply that it won't be a major focus for the season).
I was really disappointed that Korra seemed to have learned nothing from the first season outside of voluntary use of faux-airbending[footnote]I'm really tempted to go off the rails and go so far as to say she isn't airbending [when not in the Avatar State], she's just using heat waves like Combustion Man. Odds of this being true are negligible, but it makes me less annoyed at her 'airbending' all the same[/footnote] and the Avatar State (And do NOT get me started on that >_>), they were really trying too hard with Mako and Korra (seriously, I don't think even Sokka and Suki were that lovey dovey), and Bolin...poor Bolin...
I mean really. I get that he's being used for comic relief here, but I think they need to establish him as a competent character before they turn him into a cosmic chew toy again.
I was really disappointed that Korra seemed to have learned nothing from the first season outside of voluntary use of faux-airbending[footnote]I'm really tempted to go off the rails and go so far as to say she isn't airbending [when not in the Avatar State], she's just using heat waves like Combustion Man. Odds of this being true are negligible, but it makes me less annoyed at her 'airbending' all the same[/footnote] and the Avatar State (And do NOT get me started on that >_>), they were really trying too hard with Mako and Korra (seriously, I don't think even Sokka and Suki were that lovey dovey), and Bolin...poor Bolin...
I mean really. I get that he's being used for comic relief here, but I think they need to establish him as a competent character before they turn him into a cosmic chew toy again.
Seconded. The romance thing has been botched from day one in Korra. In all honesty this is probably the only time in my life that I've actually started hoping a fictional couple breaks up. That's not because I want to pair them with other characters, mind you. Just because the chemistry and writing for them just seems so lacking.manic_depressive13 said:
I think my main problem with TLoK is that none of the characters seem to have any dynamism except Asami and the new villain ('Unaloq', was it?).
When Korra shut her trap long enough to not be bitching at anyone who cares about her, she's just being told to do things. There's none of the development or growth we saw in Aang (or any of the characters of the original, really). Everything just seems to be handed to her, without any work on her part.
When Korra shut her trap long enough to not be bitching at anyone who cares about her, she's just being told to do things. There's none of the development or growth we saw in Aang (or any of the characters of the original, really). Everything just seems to be handed to her, without any work on her part.