I would have to strongly disagree with you on LoK being the better of the two. I've watched just 7 episodes of LoK so and I've lost count of the number times I've had to pause the show because the colossal insanity of it all has overloaded my brain. Say what you will about Aang and the gang, at least they understood the gravity of their situation and reacted accordingly. I mean honestly, in spite of LoK's characters being older and supposedly more "mature" they pulled off more blatantly idiotic things in little over half of one season than the whole three seasons of LoA combined.Shock and Awe said:
Let me rattle off a few of the particularly ridiculous situations that I have come across.
-Korra running off half-cocked to the Lady Liberty-esque statue alone to face Amon (despite everyone and their dog telling her that it's a stupid idea) and then, surprise surprise, getting captured, made all the more silly by the fact that she actually sat there for an extended period of time dozing before getting caught because she couldn't be arsed to actually search the place. Moreso this is all rendered a moot scene because Amon lets her go, saying that he'll "deal with her later". So what was the point of all that? It seems like it was to state that Amon is an evil guy who knows how to get rid of bender's powers nd that Korra is scared of him, but I kind of already got that from the whole "revelation" thing he hid earlier on.
- Amon declaring war on the bending world in Episode 6.
........ugh.
This guys unbelievable. He actually bold-facedly told the entire planet that he was going to attack them. Does this twit not know what "numerical advantage" is? I don't care that he's got some fancy tech (which I might add he actually let get into his enemies' hands) his forces are outnumbered a hyperbolillion to one, made all the more skewed by the fact that his enemies can literally twist the very elements of nature to their will. I don't care if the equalists got tai chi moves and snazzy gauntlets, when the fire nation take a couple of their fire-bender brigades and barbecues the city (which considering basic escalation is bound to happen) all that technique and (temporary) technological advantage sums up to one big goose egg in how much it's going to help them in the long run.
Now when you look at the Fire Nation from LoA, you saw a antagonistic force that was actually credible. They were numerous, well trained, technologically superior, and used tactics that ensured that they consistently held the upper hand in most situations. So when Aang and the gang had to face them, they either had to be very clever in dealing with them or tried to avoid them entirely. Now that's something that's genuinely threatening
Amon....... is not a credible threat. He's a friggin' Saturday morning cartoon villain, complete with his dream to take over the world
and ridiculous and overly flamboyant displays and escapes. He could only be more cartoonishly evil if he stroked a white Persian cat and cackled every other sentence. It just boggles my mind that the same guys who made the original Avatar could actually come up with a villain less credibly dangerous than Dr. Evil
-The relationship between Mako and Korra. Every time I see the "romance" pulled out for these two, I get more and more frustrated with Mako's character. Mako is portayed as the cool-headed of the Fire-ferret brothers, and yet he has consistently formed his thoughts and actions with the wrong head of the two he's got. The creme de la creme of this is in Episode 7, after Amon's declaration of "war", where Korra's overhears Mr Sato's plans. Mako is actually stupid and narcissistic enough to think that Korra's accusation of Sato being an Equalist supporter is because she's jealous of his relationship with Sato's daughter.
...what?
That was the scene that made me stand up and leave the room. The show had actually played the "you're jealous" card in the middle of a terrorist's war on the world. At this point Bolin, who need I remind you is supposed to be the simpler and less refined of the two brothers, is actually more of a well rounded and intelligent character in this whole dynamic. Something has gone horrendously wrong with this show if such a thing has occurred.
- Amon declaring war on the bending world in Episode 6.
........ugh.
This guys unbelievable. He actually bold-facedly told the entire planet that he was going to attack them. Does this twit not know what "numerical advantage" is? I don't care that he's got some fancy tech (which I might add he actually let get into his enemies' hands) his forces are outnumbered a hyperbolillion to one, made all the more skewed by the fact that his enemies can literally twist the very elements of nature to their will. I don't care if the equalists got tai chi moves and snazzy gauntlets, when the fire nation take a couple of their fire-bender brigades and barbecues the city (which considering basic escalation is bound to happen) all that technique and (temporary) technological advantage sums up to one big goose egg in how much it's going to help them in the long run.
Now when you look at the Fire Nation from LoA, you saw a antagonistic force that was actually credible. They were numerous, well trained, technologically superior, and used tactics that ensured that they consistently held the upper hand in most situations. So when Aang and the gang had to face them, they either had to be very clever in dealing with them or tried to avoid them entirely. Now that's something that's genuinely threatening
Amon....... is not a credible threat. He's a friggin' Saturday morning cartoon villain, complete with his dream to take over the world
and ridiculous and overly flamboyant displays and escapes. He could only be more cartoonishly evil if he stroked a white Persian cat and cackled every other sentence. It just boggles my mind that the same guys who made the original Avatar could actually come up with a villain less credibly dangerous than Dr. Evil
-The relationship between Mako and Korra. Every time I see the "romance" pulled out for these two, I get more and more frustrated with Mako's character. Mako is portayed as the cool-headed of the Fire-ferret brothers, and yet he has consistently formed his thoughts and actions with the wrong head of the two he's got. The creme de la creme of this is in Episode 7, after Amon's declaration of "war", where Korra's overhears Mr Sato's plans. Mako is actually stupid and narcissistic enough to think that Korra's accusation of Sato being an Equalist supporter is because she's jealous of his relationship with Sato's daughter.
...what?
That was the scene that made me stand up and leave the room. The show had actually played the "you're jealous" card in the middle of a terrorist's war on the world. At this point Bolin, who need I remind you is supposed to be the simpler and less refined of the two brothers, is actually more of a well rounded and intelligent character in this whole dynamic. Something has gone horrendously wrong with this show if such a thing has occurred.
Now I could go on with my other problems that I've seen so far, but I'd rather not as otherwise I'd be here all night and this post would go on for entire pages, which I feel no one wants to go through. Suffice it to say that somehow the original series which centered around a bunch of kids trying to save the world from the big bad evil empire was actually more credible, thought out, and well put together than a look at the place of older traditions in a rapidly changing world that Legend of Korra was based around.
Now hopefully Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko can learn from their mistakes in the first season for the later seasons as despite all the criticism I've put against LoK here I still see a lot of potential in the show. If they put more effort and thought into what they're doing with Legend of Korra can still become a stellar production of it's own. However, as it stands the original series at its worst still beats the vast majority of what LoK has to offer.
