[QUOTE=Ithon;36678511]is it just me or was the explanation of the power to persuade people through bloodbending but never explained how exactly. yakone, used blood bending to manage a mob, tarlok had power over congress and when explained he was a blood bender didn't tenzin see it as a reason why everyone else agreed with him, and amon was a blood bender as well. did amon and tarlok bloodbend people's hand during a vote, "wait, I thought I was the only one who had an unexpected urge to raise their hand?"[/QUOTE]
bloodbending magic
i was more upset that amon's power to remove bending was never explained, they just played it off with bloodbending
[QUOTE=SystemGS;36678622]bloodbending magic
i was more upset that amon's power to remove bending was never explained, they just played it off with bloodbending[/QUOTE]
Hopefully they'll look more into it in season 2.
I hope I’m not the only one sitting here looking at all the Legend of Korra bitching and thinking “It was 12 episodes with no clear green light for season 2 until halfway in. What do you people want?”
People complain about characters and development but season 1 of TLA was [I]twice as long[/I] as this first season of LoK. The entire series of TLA was over 60 episodes. That's a lot of time for a lot of things. 12 episodes isn't 60 and there is, obviously, a far more limited time span to do stuff. Yeah, I wish there was more to it all too but...come on. Throw it a bone when trying to compare a show that spanned three years.
It's bloodbending motherfucker I don't gotta explain shit.
[editline]9th July 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Banned?;36679460]I hope I’m not the only one sitting here looking at all the Legend of Korra bitching and thinking “It was 12 episodes with no clear green light for season 2 until halfway in. What do you people want?”
People complain about characters and development but season 1 of TLA was [I]twice as long[/I] as this first season of LoK. The entire series of TLA was over 60 episodes. That's a lot of time for a lot of things. 12 episodes isn't 60 and there is, obviously, a far more limited time span to do stuff. Yeah, I wish there was more to it all too but...come on. Throw it a bone when trying to compare a show that spanned three years.[/QUOTE]
It's more that they backed the story into a corner, bailed out with deus ex machinas errywher and completely cut the possibility of an overarching storyline between the seasons. All the bad guys are gone, there was nothing about the outside world mentioned, there doesn't seem to be any disaster and Korra can now bend all 4 elements removing the possibility of training being a part of the story.
Basically we're all worried that they've basically painted themselves into a corner and have nowhere to run with the series at all.
Also there was WAY too much romantic crap.
[QUOTE=SystemGS;36678622]bloodbending magic
i was more upset that amon's power to remove bending was never explained, they just played it off with bloodbending[/QUOTE]
I figured it didn't need any further explanation, he sought to replicate the energy bending and came across chi blocking and through learning about one's chi he found the chakra points, then he would have figured out how to use his blood bending to surgically pinpoint where to target those chakra points. With the goal in mind, he would have probably practiced on people before getting his technique down and with the scarcity of air benders, he wouldn't have known how to block an air bender, ergo when he had the air benders on stage tenzin for this reason in the story was never touched or amon would have figured this out. So when amon used his trick on korra, he didn't remove her air bending because he didn't know how.
And he wouldn't have been guided on such a path without knowing Aang's history, with a lighting strike, the meeting of the yoga master, (naratok could have picked up the points where yankone was touched through his dad's stories), and gaining back his powers.
one should be looking at who's recording history to learn these tricks then the methods which have been established.
[QUOTE=Ithon;36679630]I figured it didn't need any further explanation, he sought to replicate the energy bending and came across chi blocking and through learning about one's chi he found the chakra points, then he would have figured out how to use his blood bending to surgically pinpoint where to target those chakra points. With the goal in mind, he would have probably practiced on people before getting his technique down and with the scarcity of air benders, he wouldn't have known how to block an air bender, ergo when he had the air benders on stage tenzin for this reason in the story was never touched or amon would have figured this out. So when amon used his trick on korra, he didn't remove her air bending because he didn't know how.
And he wouldn't have been guided on such a path without knowing Aang's history, with a lighting strike, the meeting of the yoga master, (naratok could have picked up the points where yankone was touched through his dad's stories), and gaining back his powers.
one should be looking at who's recording history to learn these tricks then the methods which have been established.[/QUOTE]
mmm yeah, that's the explanation i figured would have been told at some point in the story, because chi blocking seems like a natural thing
but for aang, the chakra lock only blocked him from entering the avatar state, so maybe amon just figured out a way to chi block permanently
but aang energybent korra to restore her powers, i would have imagined there'd be a non-spiritual solution that allows one to restore bending such as meditation, that would've been a perfect branch into the next season and it would have allowed korra to gain a greater understanding of her spiritual self
[editline]8th July 2012[/editline]
also in order to energybend doesn't your mind have to be ~pure~ and powerful enough to handle it, or you become consumed
korra is only physically strong, her mind - and by extension her spirit - is pretty weak
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36678030]Weaker? If anything, I'd say it was stronger.[/QUOTE]
I found the bending to be a bit lack lustre in Legend of Korra. Compare it to The Last Airbender where people made suits of armour out of earth, used frozen water to slide around the battlefield and made giant firewhips spanning the length of a field. I didn't really see much stuff like that in Korra really I mean the best bit was Iroh man. The creativity of the bending in this was nothing like the last Airbender to me.
[QUOTE=Emz;36679969]I found the bending to be a bit lack lustre in Legend of Korra. Compare it to The Last Airbender where people made suits of armour out of earth, used frozen water to slide around the battlefield and made giant firewhips spanning the length of a field. I didn't really see much stuff like that in Korra really I mean the best bit was Iroh man. The creativity of the bending in this was nothing like the last Airbender to me.[/QUOTE]
Less creative, perhaps. But in LoK, they're doing all sorts of "crazy" bending - lightning was once a very difficult technique, now it's performed by common laborers. Metalbending was once *impossible*, but now it's a common sight. Bloodbending also goes a bit crazier, even more than it did in the first series.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36680044]Less creative, perhaps. But in LoK, they're doing all sorts of "crazy" bending - lightning was once a very difficult technique, now it's performed by common laborers. Metalbending was once *impossible*, but now it's a common sight. Bloodbending also goes a bit crazier, even more than it did in the first series.[/QUOTE]
But that's going to into sub types, he's talking more about how you may use the bending to fight.
Now it's just "somebody is firebending better throw up a quick earth shield"
Instead of the old "somebody is using firebending on me better make a fucking suit of armor from rocks and then fight like this"
[QUOTE=Zarjk;36680163]But that's going to into sub types, he's talking more about how you may use the bending to fight.
Now it's just "somebody is firebending better throw up a quick earth shield"
Instead of the old "somebody is using firebending on me better make a fucking suit of armor from rocks and then fight like this"[/QUOTE]
How often did that actually happen? I think it was only once or twice. Most of the time it *was* just "somebody is firebending better throw up a quick earth shield", even in the original series.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36680186]How often did that actually happen? I think it was only once or twice. Most of the time it *was* just "somebody is firebending better throw up a quick earth shield", even in the original series.[/QUOTE]
Aang in crystal armor.
[img]http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090325211633/avatar/images/5/50/Aang%27s_crystal_armor.png[/img]
The earth armour was used a few times with rocks, crystals and metal. Sure there was plenty of generic boulder throwing and shield raising but there was some really cool and unique parts thrown into the mix. I also loved the episode where Toph bends some stone steps so they instead became a ramp. Although I found Korras animation and action more interesting it felt like somehow they removed some of the ingenuity to bending that was present in the Last Airbender. Perhaps access to better technology was part of the reason but I enjoyed the creative bending and it was a shame to see it toned down.
edit: beaten to the punch with the crystal armour but still.
I think another thing that irked me was it was a lot darker and edgier than the original series, and everything seemed far more powerful/dangerous.
Yet nobody even once was injured beyond "oh I sprained my wrist"
Not saying people have to die, it's a kids show after all but there were SO many times where it seemed like someone could have/should have been killed.
[QUOTE=Empty_Shadow;36681288]I think another thing that irked me was it was a lot darker and edgier than the original series, and everything seemed far more powerful/dangerous.
Yet nobody even once was injured beyond "oh I sprained my wrist"
Not saying people have to die, it's a kids show after all but there were SO many times where it seemed like someone could have/should have been killed.[/QUOTE]
Blame Nickelodeon - they don't even let you *say* "kill", much less actually hurt someone.
I really wish there were a channel that just did shows like Avatar - animated, something kids could watch, but with the intelligent world-building and depth that makes it watchable by adults. Also the fight scenes.
Think about that. Avatar really is sort of unique among modern American cartoons in being so detail-oriented and mature. I think we would all benefit from having more shows like it.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36681734]Blame Nickelodeon - they don't even let you *say* "kill", much less actually hurt someone.
I really wish there were a channel that just did shows like Avatar - animated, something kids could watch, but with the intelligent world-building and depth that makes it watchable by adults. Also the fight scenes.
Think about that. Avatar really is sort of unique among modern American cartoons in being so detail-oriented and mature. I think we would all benefit from having more shows like it.[/QUOTE]
Cartoon Network ironically has shows where people die almost every episode.
[QUOTE=RG4;36682133]Cartoon Network ironically has shows where people die almost every episode.[/QUOTE]
Some of them MAIN characters die regularly and horrifically (watch like season 1 of regular show and actually think hard about some of the ways people are killed, it's pretty scary.)
[QUOTE=Emz;36680561]The earth armour was used a few times with rocks, crystals and metal. Sure there was plenty of generic boulder throwing and shield raising but there was some really cool and unique parts thrown into the mix. I also loved the episode where Toph bends some stone steps so they instead became a ramp. Although I found Korras animation and action more interesting it felt like somehow they removed some of the ingenuity to bending that was present in the Last Airbender. Perhaps access to better technology was part of the reason but I enjoyed the creative bending and it was a shame to see it toned down.
edit: beaten to the punch with the crystal armour but still.[/QUOTE]
I think in general LoK's fighting is sort of mirroring the evolution of fighting in the real world. A lot of old styles you see are more fluid compared to the straight forward punches, knees, and kicks you see now (which makes sense considering that Bryan is apparently a big MMA fan)
[editline]8th July 2012[/editline]
Maybe if Season 2 goes to other parts of the world we'll still see some of the old ways practiced.
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furby is next avatar now confirmed, new the last airbender series planned accordingly
Hm. I'm looking on the channel guide for the creators commentry stuff that starts tomorrow but I can't find it yet.
I can see a reskinning of a furby to look like a sky bison or momo
Found em, there on nicktoons not nick, which is stupid because not many people have nicktoons and it's not in HD.
I'll see if I can pull stuff off my DVR.
I like Aang's Avatar State more because his Tattoo glows.
he also has giant eyes
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36681734]Blame Nickelodeon - they don't even let you *say* "kill", much less actually hurt someone.
I really wish there were a channel that just did shows like Avatar - animated, something kids could watch, but with the intelligent world-building and depth that makes it watchable by adults. Also the fight scenes.
Think about that. Avatar really is sort of unique among modern American cartoons in being so detail-oriented and mature. I think we would all benefit from having more shows like it.[/QUOTE]
They said kill a ton in the last season of ATLA. It was a much darker (and better) season compared to the other two. Sokka also broke his leg at the very end. I suppose they avoided serious injuries because it would put them out of the fighting and be generally useless.
I'm mostly confused as to why S3E4 'Sokka's master' looked like it would make Sokka a functional team member, but by the end, he barely helped at all with the sword.
Because comic relief can NEVER DEVELOP AS A CHARACTER OR BE OF ANY USE TO THE STORYLINE.
IT IS STRICTLY THERE TO MAKE THE 6 YEAR OLDS LAUGH WITH SLAPSTICK HUMOR.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36680186]How often did that actually happen? I think it was only once or twice. Most of the time it *was* just "somebody is firebending better throw up a quick earth shield", even in the original series.[/QUOTE]
Aang had his crystal armor, toph had metal armor in the series finale, aang [I]may[/I] have put on some rock armor during his fight with the firelord, and it happened a few more times with normal rocks.
I just watched the entire series a week ago, so I'm pretty fresh
[QUOTE=ManningQB18;36684163]They said kill a ton in the last season of ATLA. It was a much darker (and better) season compared to the other two. Sokka also broke his leg at the very end. I suppose they avoided serious injuries because it would put them out of the fighting and be generally useless.
I'm mostly confused as to why S3E4 'Sokka's master' looked like it would make Sokka a functional team member, but by the end, he barely helped at all with the sword.[/QUOTE]
sokka was a functional team member, he brought down a fucking fleet of airships with toph and suki
that's pretty functional
[editline]8th July 2012[/editline]
he also took out combustion man with his boomerang
[QUOTE=Empty_Shadow;36672878]Tbh amon was just nuts and there's nothing stopping non benders from becoming rich and powerful. There's not much to discuss, they CERTAINLY aren't treated like second class citizens (except when tarrlok was a fucking retard and tried to enforce that curfew shit)[/QUOTE]
The police don't exactly seem to be keen on letting non-benders learn Chi blocking.
You know, their only reasonable way to defend against Benders.
Benders are the police, by the way. Gangsters too, which the police seem to have a hilariously difficult time managing until Amon came along, who was apparently able to round up the big leaders of some crime syndicates with little trouble.
Who are you going to put in the police, a guy who can catch criminals at long range and traverse the city without a vehicle or a guy who can punch people.
The crime lords were crime lords, shit happens and we're told that republic city is having a lot of troubles since aang kicked the bucket.
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