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[Russ]

So. Jinora is joining the team. The Knowledge Spirit from the Library is back. We have everybody going to the spirit world. And we just saw the first Avatar. And this is just the trailer.

 

I. Am. So. Freaking. Psyched. Right. Now.

 

So, the waterbender in the trailer... is it just me, or does he look a lot like Tarrlok? Some kind of relative, perhaps?

[The Satellite]

So hey, here's the first three minutes of Book Two's first episode if anyone's interested:

 

http://www.nick.com/....html?xid=LOKFB

 

Seems that hopefully we're in for a treat.

[Aevin]

There were some stumbling points last season, but this looks like it's heading in a good direction. Cautiously optimistic ...

 

Sort of off-topic, but has anyone else been watching Doug Walker's (aka Nostalgia Critic's) Last Airbender Vlogs?  I've been watching the show for the third time along with his videos, and it's thoroughly entertaining.

Edited by Aevin, 20 July 2013 - 04:19 PM.

[The Satellite]

Yep, I've been watching those, and I want to strangle them every time they pronounce the names wrong. Also I wish Doug would stop bringing in his brother, it was entertaining the first time, now the vlogs just drag on way too damn long for my liking.

 

But yeah, hopefully Korra is a stronger product overall this season than last season. Last season had pacing issues, starting with "No one cares about friggin' pro-bending."

[Aevin]

I think the romantic subplots were rushed last season and left me feeling like Mako and Korra were awful for what they did to Asami. I think the original series is a tough act to follow, but I've got high hopes for the coming season.

 

I like seeing Rob in the Vlogs because he seems to have my reactions whenever Doug nitpicks something. But yeah, they're getting a little long. I'm puzzled how they can watch whole seasons of the show and still not hear how the names are pronounced. Oh well.

[Russ]

I didn't think the romance subplot was too rushed, honestly. It had basically an entire episode devoted to it. I thought the only issue was that Mako was kind of a jerk. Well, was definitely was a jerk. He had feelings for both of them, alright, but he was just plain mean to Asami. I didn't think Korra was in the wrong though; the blame was squarely on Mako for essentially cheating on Asami, then trying to shift the blame elsewhere when she confronted him about it.

 

As for the vlogs, yeah, I've been watching them. Gotta agree with TS; Rob's kinda been drawing them out too long. But oh well.

[JetBox]

Honestly, I don't care about the love plot to much. But your right, Mako was a huge jerk. 

[Aevin]

I guess "rushed" isn't really the best way to describe it. I felt like it was extremely simplified and brought to the forefront too much. The fact there was an episode about it was part of the problem. Compare to the original, where there's a romantic connection between Aang and Katara from the first episode that is always in the background and developed over the course of three seasons without ever being too much.  The story structure in Korra was a little odd, too. I've never been a "paint by the numbers" kind of guy when it comes to telling stories, but the story structure was just ... puzzling at times. But I did really enjoy the first season. I rant ... because I care.  I don't want to feel like I'm jumping in and complaining and stifling everyone's enthusiasm. I'm definitely excited for what's to come.

[The Satellite]

So the premiere's come and gone at last, and it was a good one.

 

Book Two Premiere Spoilers

So the spiritual factor returns, and I couldn't be happier. It was the one thing Book One was missing, and feels right at home. It's a whole new plot without feeling too similar to the original series, though also it could be too soon to tell for that. It was good that they moved away from Republic City to the South, and even one of the Air Temples. It's also good to see more of Korra's and Tenzin's families. This conflict between Korra's father and the chief of the Northern Water Tribe, Korra's uncle, could lead places as well. There was some great backstory moments, and the main trio feels far stronger character-wise than they did in Book One. Hope that trend continues. Also, with this whole spirit purification thing going on, I'm starting to think waterbending is just becoming massively overpowered. I mean, what special techniques does airbending and earthbending have that equate to this? Firebending has lightning generation, which kinda matches up I guess, but still. It's an interesting device though and not one that came out of nowhere; waterbending always had "healing" properties after all.

 

Either way, it was a great start and I'm looking forward to seeing where it's going.

 

Could have done without the whole "No Dad, you're leaving" cliche. It's kind of a bland plot point and almost seems like they're forcing this "rift" between Korra and her father a bit too much. The whole "rift" almost seems out of the blue too, before we never had any real reason to think there was any tension between them, and all of the sudden she's home and she's fighting with her father. I feel like she's really not being fair to him, and I don't know whether that's meant to be a character flaw or just forceful writing. Ah well, one complaint among many glorious things in this premiere. Well, two complaints: It would have been nice if they'd at least touched on how the city recovered post-Amon, instead of just giving Amon one mention in the entire episode, but ah well.

 

Basically, good plot, beautiful animation, and the potential to go in excellent story directions. This is a far better premiere than Book One's.

[Jared]

I missed the first 20 minutes. But it was great. Can't wait until next week's episode!!

[Tree]

Is there anywhere I can watch it online? We got rid of cable ; ^ ;

[The Satellite]

Should be fairly simple to find on Google. I think that sort of thing has questionable legal standing so it's probably best no one link anything here.

[Jared]

http://www.nick.com/...ll-episode.html

 

(Is this the full thing? I'm not sure.)

[Russ]

If they follow tradition, it'll be on Nick.com around Monday or so. That's what they did last season. Anyways... that was pretty awesome. The first half could have been written a bit better (It felt too much "As you know, *exposition"), but it was good overall.

 

Spoiler

I'm liking the parallels between Korra's dad and uncle. Both seemed determined to do the right thing, but in the wrong way. Also, when did Korra and Mako switch personalities. Suddenly Mako isn't a jerk, and Korra kinda is. Huh. Korra's cousins scare me... although the bit with Bolin hugging Korra at the end was awesome.

 

It seems weird in a bit, this season was marketed as the enemies being the spirits, and yet it almost seems like it's going to be a political thriller suddenly. Which I'm totally okay with.

 

I feel really sorry for Kya and Bumi. The Air Acolytes didn't even know Aang had more than one kid. On a related note... so much sadness all of a sudden with Katara showed up and mentioned spending time with siblings. Gosh dangit show, stop doing this to me.

 

All in all, I'm liking where this is going.

[Moonbread]

Spoiler

Okay, to start off... Wow that first 10 minutes was really sporadic and could've used a slow down.  Other than that, I'm upset that the Equalist movement basically doesn't exist anymore because it's a pretty interesting plot, and just because Amon had ulterior motives and was a dickbag and all doesn't mean that his words didn't have merit.  Hopefully they'll return to that but it's doubtful.  Basically, the entire plot there was pointless except for introducing us to the characters.  Speaking of characters, they also introduced way too many in one episode, and I cannot remember for the life of me any of their names.

 

I do think the whole deal with the differences between the North and South Water Tribes is really interesting, as well as the details with the spirits and all.  I'm not feeling so well right now so my words might suck and I'm not as articulate as usual.  Overall, episodes were mostly good, that's all.