Avatar: The Legend of Korra!

[Beezy]

I really like Korra and still watch it weekly, but TLA is easily the better show. Each season was better than the last.

[helios]

Season 3 of Korra rivaled TLA, IMO.

[Himu]

haven't watched korra since season 1.

I'll catch up before the season 4 finale.

[helios]

Season 3 has one of the most disturbing deaths in a kids show. I was surprised they were able to get away with what they did.

[Madrun Badrun]

haven't watched korra since season 1.

I'll catch up before the season 4 finale.

ya I'm in the same place, well I watched like 3 episodes of season 2

[Beezy]

Korra season 2 ended well, but it was the weakest one of all.

[helios]

Season 2 was not good. It only had a couple of good episodes and those were the ones about Wan.

[Stoney Mason]

I went ahead and watched the first season of Korra and the first season of The Last Airbender. They are both enjoyable in their ways and similar in many ways but I preferred the first season of Korra. There was less filler. The episodes flowed into each other better imo. And the overall structure for the first season was just more suspenseful and dramatic.

We'll see if that changes as the shows go on. But I'm going to take a break before I start season two of either so it will be a good while before I finish either of them as related to the second season.  .

[Beezy]

We'll see if that changes as the shows go on.

lol it will

[Himu]

season 1 of tla is definitely a weak link

[Stoney Mason]

Finished second season of The Legend of Korra. I think I will finish up this show before I go back to the last airbender. I know a lot of people here like TLA but the long seasons of it and the tone of it wear on me more than Legend of Korra does.

The second season was entertaining in its way. And if I was 8-14 like I feel the target demo is I think I would have thought it was even better. By comparison though I thought it was weaker than the first season. The first season has essentially the plot of the x-men. And its a tried and true formula that works with a good villain.

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The second season by comparison is simply a season long battle between good and evil with a very boring human villain and a very one note spirit villain

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. Which is not to say there weren't some good plot elements or good themes. Just that I wasn't as hooked from episode to episode the way I was in the first season by comparison.

 

[dkdk]

Season 3 is the best of either show. Youll love it. Especially coming off Season 2

[Oblivion]

So...

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Korra's apparently a carpet muncher.

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Don't that beat all.

[Himu]

Thanks for the spoiler, oblivion

[Beezy]

Stoney, TLA becomes a much better show after s1.

Anywho, s4 of Korra ended and although I wouldn't rate it as low as s2, it somehow felt the most uneventful. Korra's just a weaker show. Still enjoy it more than most cartoons airing today though.

s3>1>>>4>2

[Oblivion]

Thanks for the spoiler, oblivion

Can't tell if serial, but if so, my bad.

[Himu]

I haven't seen the series since s1, not all of us are caught up even, and you just went into the thread to say that?

[Oblivion]

This is the official thread, and I haven't seen anyone post anything with spoiler tags (at least on this page) so I thought it was something that was already mentioned and everyone knew.

[team filler]

korra being a fagbutt isn't that big of a deal. it doesn't happen until the end of the last episode.

[Raban]

yeah my friend just told me about that spoiler the other day, made me infinitely more interested in the show

[Himu]

cool. the whole show is on amazon instant.

pirating is so 2000's.

I laughed out loud as that I typed that

[Himu]

So far, book 2 of Korra is pretty great

less stupid forced romance, more comedy TLA style, more exploration of the rich world created like in TLA as well



Will keep watching but so far it's a noticeable improvement on S1

[Supermanisdead]

season 2 

[Himu]

season 2 owns. knocks the shit out of that relationship crap in season 1. the beginnings of the first avatar, especially are interesting.

maybe people have worse opinions of book 2 because they watched it week to week whereas I just marathon'd it. I think it works well that way.

While what stoney said is true about it being good vs evil and the main villain being one note, I find the way the season manages to tie in past avatars and give the world texture fantastic. One thing I loved about TLA was that it was an adventure. Korra season 1 was NOT an adventure. It mostly took place in Republic City and it made the world that felt so large before in TLA feel decidedly so small. In season 1 of TLA alone, they journey from from the southern water tribe to the northern water tribe. They encounter so much, and yet Korra was only really about her and Amon. One thing I've always enjoyed about Avatar series is the different cultures and history: blood bending, the history of the avatar's, the different cultures of the different tribes, all that good stuff. It was always fun and interesting to see for a kids show. Season 2 of Korra really provides that for that me.

Season 1 felt too tunnel visioned. It had a lot of filler, emphasis on romance, and the low episode count didn't help matters, making for LOK to feel like a show that was far less developed and weaker overall than TLA. Season 2, despite the still low episode count, takes its time, and builds upon things in a more natural, fun, and adventurous way. Even if it hasn't hit the cool messages of season 1.

Also, the budget has really gone up in season 2. Avatar series has always had amazing animation, but that one episode where Mako fights those triad dudes on that boat chase is spectacular. There's like a 30 second unedited scene that's just one long fight sequence. Animation in peak form.

[Oblivion]

While I've only seen the parts with Wan and the final few episodes of season 2, I totally agree with you on season 1. You especially hit the nail on the head in regards to things just feeling smaller in Korra comopared to TLA. Compare the siege at the Northern Water Tribe to the lame ass shit that happened between Korra and Amon. No contest.

I can't comment on season 2 as a whole, but the finale I thought was waaaaay better than anything we saw in season 1.

[Himu]

Legend of Korra season 1 never felt like a sequel to The Last Airbender to me despite taking place in the same setting 100 years later. Where's the cool Asia inspired mysticism and spirituality? Where's the adventure? Where's the characterization? Where's the character plot lines beyond WHO WANTS TO DATE WHO? The show was far more concerned with the bender plot that the characters felt paper thin compared to even season 1 of TLA. This is marked even more obvious given that TLA's seasons were twice as long with much more content.

Season 2 may have a weaker villain but this is easily recrified due to its larger scope and vision. It finally actually feels like the sequel to the Last Airbender. The only way I finally just sat down and managed to enjoy season 1 was through dropping any pretense of it being a true sequel to the Airbender. It's enjoyable, on that level, but season 2 expands upon everything that the original started.

[Supermanisdead]

Well, yeah, I did watch season 2 weekly over a year ago, when it was airing, so maybe I should re-watch to see how it held up.

Season 1 did have the annoying romance drama, but I felt like season 2 as a whole was weak with characterizations. Lin Beifong suddenly turned into a moron, Esna and Deska were incredibly annoying and Korra herself sort of turned into a parody of her old character. While before she had a believable teenage anger thing, in season 2 she just went overboard. There were no consequences to her stupidity and she just brute forced her way into conclusions that worked out for her.

They also introduced Tenzin's siblings which I was so excited for, but they ultimately disappointed. Bumi was overly goofy and Kya was just sort of directionless. It all culminated in that godawful scene where instead of searching for you-know-who, they spend the night bickering over who daddy loved the most. These are grown ass adults. Get it together.

For me, season 2 is just the pits. But if you enjoyed the animation and choreography, I think you'll enjoy season 3. Best villain in the series and some amazing new fight scenes and techniques.

[Himu]

Finished book 2 and i thought it was excellent all around. It was just about a perfect season for me, didn't dislike any episode.

I liked the drama between the siblings. It showed a side of tenzin we haven't seen before, and helped encapsulate his growth as a character in the season finale. he even says himself that he lacked spiritual maturation himself. I think the character development in season 2 hit all the right notes for me. The only disappointment was the role of Asami, who mainly played "spurned love interest" again. Thankfully, there were only like three romance scenes in the entire season.

I also loved eska  and her brother. They owned, imo.

[Himu]

Season 3 and 4 are available on amazon but not amazon instant.

Looks like I have to pirate season 3.





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season 3

[Supermanisdead]

Get into Zaheer daddy 

Season 3 is just

[helios]

Get into Zaheer daddy 

Season 3 is just

Zaheer proves airbenders are OP

[Himu]

To reiterate: season 3



This is fantastic!

[Beezy]

Bought the Korra game for $10.04 on the Xbox One last night because I still need my Avatar fix. The combat system is great of course since its by Platinum Games. That's all I need. Everything else is what you'd expect from a low budget licensed game.

There is this annoying ass Temple Run style game though where you ride Naga through the city. I'm up to the 5th chapter and I've had to do it twice so far. Platinum needs to stop putting shitty/average mini sections in their games.

[helios]

How far are you in Season 3?

[Stoney Mason]

Stoney, TLA becomes a much better show after s1.

I'm sure it does and I don't like to prejudge this kind of things but I just have a feeling the Korra one will appeal to me more and my personal tastes. I'm pretty meat and potatoes on these things. I just like good villains and good story and good adventure. I don't think I watch this material for instance for the same reasons that Himuro does, not that either approach is wrong. I also just kinda feel like 20 episodes is a lot of time (too much?) to spin material versus the 14 or so of Korra seasons.

[Stoney Mason]

Lin Beifong suddenly turned into a moron, Esna and Deska were incredibly annoying and Korra herself sort of turned into a parody of her old character. While before she had a believable teenage anger thing, in season 2 she just went overboard. There were no consequences to her stupidity and she just brute forced her way into conclusions that worked out for her.

A lot of characters suddenly got real stupid in season 2.

[Beezy]

Stoney, TLA becomes a much better show after s1.

I'm sure it does and I don't like to prejudge this kind of things but I just have a feeling the Korra one will appeal to me more and my personal tastes. I'm pretty meat and potatoes on these things. I just like good villains and good story and good adventure. I don't think I watch this material for instance for the same reasons that Himuro does, not that either approach is wrong. I also just kinda feel like 20 episodes is a lot of time (too much?) to spin material versus the 14 or so of Korra seasons.

I get that. But TLA does the "good story and good adventure" part so much better than Korra imo. Especially adventure. Just try to get back into it some day.

[dkdk]

TLA nails the adventure stuff. I was more into what Korra was serving up though.

late S3 spoilers

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like there's literally nothing in TLA as swagged out as when Zaheer hopped off the cliff w/ Korra and started flying. had distinguished black fellows  (edit: this autocorrection ) like in the show and in real life like 

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[Beezy]

If all of Korra could've been as focused as s3 and had fights that were on par, I'd put it higher than TLA. Zaheer was an amazing villain and his whole squad was beastly.

[Himu]

Season 3 is amazing. This is what animation is about. Taking a medium and making fucking beauty in motion. FUCK. The animation and choreography in some of the fights has me pausing and actually doing in real life. Season 3 have brought forth my animation nerd out. Watching those fight scenes makes me go,"this is what I need to do with my life, make badass cartoons" every time. GOD.

In terms of focus I'd say it's the best Avatar season ever, the problem is that while it has focus, it lacks development. We know about Zaheer, but jack shit about his comrades. They're pretty much just combustion bender, water bender, earth bender. You barely even know their names and they barley have any character or motivations beyond being badass in fights.

The low season episode count hurts this season a lot. It just leaves me wanting more of Zaheer. It feels like it needed 13 more episodes in the bag to be a perfect season of animatoin godliness.

But begggars can't be choosers and

[Beezy]

They're pretty much just amazon combustion bender, armless queen water bender, lava bender.

fixed

Greatest bending squad ever.

[Himu]

Season 4 is pretty great.

Except for Meelo, he sucks

[Anti-Monitor]

Season 4 would've greatly improved if Kuvira had been more entertaining.

[Himu]

season 4 is definitely the worst season

[Stoney Mason]

Only 2 years later and finished Legend of Korra. I'm fast! 


I enjoyed season 3 and 4 of the show. They were better than season 2 which was the weakest for me. Both major bad villains of those two seasons were enjoyable for me. They do a good job of beating up Korra in Season 4 to make her have a character arc which is nice.

Because the show is aimed at a younger audience and needs to simply things, I think it slightly pulls the rug underneath its villains a lot of the times which is unfortunate. The show wants to be shades of grey and for stretches it will be but then by the end it always ends up black and white so you can enjoy the villain getting his just deserts. Not really a fan of that. That is generally my largest complaint about the show. Fully embracing the show for adults would give it more depth but whatever. That's pretty much my slight complaint with the majority of animation based shows.

Also I wish

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they more embraced the lesbian angle if they were going to do it. Not even a kiss really.

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Overall fun show. I thought they did a very good of creating arcs that were compelling to watch and made you want to keep watching to see where things went.

Now to swap back to the last air bender and finish that in another two years!

(kidding. Will probably only be about a month as I'm motivated at the moment.)

[Madrun Badrun]

Voltron is good.  season 3 came out today. 

[Beezy]

Voltron is good.  season 3 came out today.

Oh wow, I had no idea. Time for a short binge.

[Stoney Mason]

He gives the show a bit too much credit imo but whatever.

[team filler]

too much fagbutt stuff