The Legend of Korra

[Navvan]

i accidentally my pants when you said, that the episodes are now available!!!

off to accidentally my pants some more!!!


EDIT: i watched it... the first episode nearly brought tears to my eyes, and the second one was awesome too. i wish i don't have to play this agonizing waiting game for the next episode...


EDIT2: god the music was awesome! i really like how the team took something awesome, and made it more awesome

Ya it just dawned onto me today that we got like almost 4 weeks till another episode is up, and it made me super depressed.

Also does anyone know what the policy is on linking videos on here? I want to put a good link to the two videos to save everyone some search trouble but I don't want to incur mod wrath.

So long as it isn't piracy and follows the policy posted below(copy pasted from their code of conduct) it should be fine. http://www.korranation.com/ should be completely fine.

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[NightHawk21]

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I was thinking links mostly from http://www.watchcartoononline.com/anime-list and maybe other sources since I don't think Korranation:
1) will be posting them regularly
2) If they do post it looks like they take them down pretty quick (I can't see them)
3) I can't verify since I didn't see the videos there, but I thought they were only available to US residents (which I'm not, so might be the reason I can't see the videos)

 

[soren7550]

Well, I enjoyed the first two so far. Didn't watch much of the original series, but I may stick around for this.

 

[default]

My god, those episodes were amazing! The fighting is fantastic and so flowy! This is a must watch for me!

 

[castlewise]

I really liked both episodes, and I have high standards. The seem to be more in the style and complexity of the last season of the original series, rather than the relative simplicity of the first season, which I dont mind.

I just wonder what they will call the second season of Korra. They already used water, earth, fire and air.

 

[CJMacM]

I thought it was pretty great, and I love how it's set in the Avatar world equivalent to the 1920's. It looked good, I liked the characters, and it had some good humour. Not to mention that the Equalists plot looks like it'll be great.

I do wonder where the new flying bison came from since Ang's grandson called it by a name that wasn't Appa (I'm really bad with names okay) and Appa was the only flying bison left.

I was wondering the same thing so I chalked it up to them being able to reproduce a-sexually or perhaps Appa was pregnant the whole time?

Also did anyone notice that the fire bending was less fluent than in the original series. The moves tended to be a lot less structured.

I think it was said that the different bending styles have evolved, like some of the probenders used some sort of boxing-influenced bending.

 

[NightHawk21]

I'm thinking about creating a list on the main page with decent links to every episode (reason I asked for the link above and any rules I might be breaking), and continuously update it with good links to videos that are of a decent quality (mostly for those of those that aren't from the US and can't watch on any of the official Hub, Hulu, etc channels, and to avoid threads being created every time a new episode is released). Thoughts?

 

[wintercoat]

I can't hear you! Lalalalalalalalala!!!! *opens eyes and peeks* NO! LALALALALALALALALALALALALA!!!!!

 

[iLazy]

Eh, I'll check it out later. Maybe wait for the TV premiere. I like The Last Airbender, so I'll give this a chance

 

[Soulfoodman]

I thought it was pretty damn good. The new characters felt new in all the right ways, and I can't wait to see them all grow, as well as find out more about what happened between the series'. Judging by the first two episodes alone, it seemed to retain the humor well. I can't wait for more of everything.

 

[Syzygy23]

I really liked both episodes, and I have high standards. The seem to be more in the style and complexity of the last season of the original series, rather than the relative simplicity of the first season, which I dont mind.

I just wonder what they will call the second season of Korra. They already used water, earth, fire and air.

metal?

energy?


Energy is where all the others come from apparently and it was only glimpsed in the original series.

As for metal bending, i think due to its heavy use in the era it could be argued its more important than earth in that setting.

Thats just random suggestions though.

Nah, they explained in the first series that metal IS earth, just more difficult to bend. Metal bending is the same thing as earth bending.

 

[aba1]

I thought it was pretty great, and I love how it's set in the Avatar world equivalent to the 1920's. It looked good, I liked the characters, and it had some good humour. Not to mention that the Equalists plot looks like it'll be great.

I do wonder where the new flying bison came from since Ang's grandson called it by a name that wasn't Appa (I'm really bad with names okay) and Appa was the only flying bison left.

I was wondering the same thing so I chalked it up to them being able to reproduce a-sexually or perhaps Appa was pregnant the whole time?

Also did anyone notice that the fire bending was less fluent than in the original series. The moves tended to be a lot less structured.

I think it was said that the different bending styles have evolved, like some of the probenders used some sort of boxing-influenced bending.

I get that but for fire and earth bending it really does not make to much sense since it was specifically specified in the original series that fire benders get there power from there stance and breathing which is why fire benders always fought to break each others balance while earth benders get there power from being stubborn and stiff like a rock which is why they often stomped and had heavy footed stances. It just doesn't make sense for those two types of benders to fight while doing areal's and jumping around they wouldn't be able to use most of there power.

 

[Navvan]

I thought it was pretty great, and I love how it's set in the Avatar world equivalent to the 1920's. It looked good, I liked the characters, and it had some good humour. Not to mention that the Equalists plot looks like it'll be great.

I do wonder where the new flying bison came from since Ang's grandson called it by a name that wasn't Appa (I'm really bad with names okay) and Appa was the only flying bison left.

I was wondering the same thing so I chalked it up to them being able to reproduce a-sexually or perhaps Appa was pregnant the whole time?

Also did anyone notice that the fire bending was less fluent than in the original series. The moves tended to be a lot less structured.

I think it was said that the different bending styles have evolved, like some of the probenders used some sort of boxing-influenced bending.

I get that but for fire and earth bending it really does not make to much sense since it was specifically specified in the original series that fire benders get there power from there stance and breathing which is why fire benders always fought to break each others balance while earth benders get there power from being stubborn and stiff like a rock which is why they often stomped and had heavy footed stances. It just doesn't make sense for those two types of benders to fight while doing areal's and jumping around they wouldn't be able to use most of there power.

I'm not exactly sure what you're talking about, the pro-bending forms or the regular forms? There is definitely a contrast between the two, but I thought the regular forms (like the opening when she is in the fire-bending test, or fighting the gangsters) were in line with that of the old series. Maybe point out some examples of what was off about them (specific scenes)?

As for the pro-bending forms think of it in a similar fashion between pro-fighting and actual fighting. You're generally not going to use the same style/technique as they require different things. An earth bender only has clay discs to work with for example, so all he needs to do is raise/throw them as oppose to the sculpting/raising large masses as done in regular combat. A fire-bender isn't suppose to char his opponent, but instead just knock them back.

 

[aba1]

I thought it was pretty great, and I love how it's set in the Avatar world equivalent to the 1920's. It looked good, I liked the characters, and it had some good humour. Not to mention that the Equalists plot looks like it'll be great.

I do wonder where the new flying bison came from since Ang's grandson called it by a name that wasn't Appa (I'm really bad with names okay) and Appa was the only flying bison left.

I was wondering the same thing so I chalked it up to them being able to reproduce a-sexually or perhaps Appa was pregnant the whole time?

Also did anyone notice that the fire bending was less fluent than in the original series. The moves tended to be a lot less structured.

I think it was said that the different bending styles have evolved, like some of the probenders used some sort of boxing-influenced bending.

I get that but for fire and earth bending it really does not make to much sense since it was specifically specified in the original series that fire benders get there power from there stance and breathing which is why fire benders always fought to break each others balance while earth benders get there power from being stubborn and stiff like a rock which is why they often stomped and had heavy footed stances. It just doesn't make sense for those two types of benders to fight while doing areal's and jumping around they wouldn't be able to use most of there power.

I'm not exactly sure what you're talking about, the pro-bending forms or the regular forms? There is definitely a contrast between the two, but I thought the regular forms (like the opening when she is in the fire-bending test, or fighting the gangsters) were in line with that of the old series. Maybe point out some examples of what was off about them (specific scenes)?

As for the pro-bending forms think of it in a similar fashion between pro-fighting and actual fighting. You're generally not going to use the same style/technique as they require different things. An earth bender only has clay discs to work with for example, so all he needs to do is raise/throw them as oppose to the sculpting/raising large masses as done in regular combat. A fire-bender isn't suppose to char his opponent, but instead just knock them back.

Those are some great points, they are only using limited bending so nobody gets injured. Even outside that however when Kora was in agni-kai with her fire bending teachers she was just shooting fire without using any real form like in the original show.

Don't get me wrong I love this show but the little things like this bother me

 

[TheIronRuler]

wasnt really all that big on the orgainal show but but I want to know is as Aan g was the last person of the air bending tribe does that mean that now his son is the only one now and that bending comes from genetics or have more popped up sences the first series?

It looks like Aang had around 3 kids, but Tenzin is the only one we've seen so far, and he's the only airbending master out there, which doesn't make him the only airbender just the only master. Tenzin has 3 kids and they can all airbend, plus there's an air temple sanctuary which I would assume has airbenders on it as well. And yes I think it has to do with genetics but I'm not entirely sure how.

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One of his siblings is named Boomey... I can't wait !

 

[TheIronRuler]

Im surprised nobody has mentioned the excellent music in it so far, they really have shifted the musical tone to reflect the setting and it feels like its own distinct show in this regard.

Loving the rest too.

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Yep. It changed the mood completely. It's like 20s-30s American music, jazz and the like. I really like it.

 

[Tratchet]

I thought it was amazing. I'm a big fan of the original series, and just from the first two episodes I've got high hopes for this one. The one thing that I'm both nervous and excited about is how different it is from the original series. It seems like they're going in a completely different direction with almost everything.
Favorite surprise of the new episodes: The presence of Jazz music.

 

[NightHawk21]

I've decided to add the links into the original post and will hopefully remember to update it every time a new episode is released.

 

[dystopiaINC]

I was actually quite sceptical, wasn't sure if this was going to be some stupid cash in, or just try too hard to be as good as the first series. But they're going in a different direction (the writers have said they'll mostly remain in the city, so it doesn't feel the same as Aang's adventure) and I quite liked the characters. It's going to be nice hearing what happened to the old gang. I'm not going to list everything I liked from the pilot, because it was most of it. Suffice to say I was more than happy with how it's shaping up.

Spoiler

In relation to that I wonder if they'll show aang as an old man (similar to his son but older) or if they'll keep him child like (like in the original series or in the statue in the city). I'm kinda hoping for the later

Spoiler

That's a good question. The Avatars Aang called on were all adult, but not at the age which they died (assuming most Avatars don't die young. We know Roku at least lived to an old age). Maybe they appear as they were at their peak? Or it could be that they appear as they were when they mastered all four elements, since most of them would have been in their early twenties then... Guess we'll find out sooner or later.
Hopefully we see Koh again too.

Spoiler

lol I'm, pretty sure spirit Aang will be aged up to a good degree. however you could make an argument that he "was already over 100" durring the main story... lol but i hope he's older. would be nice.