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[strike]

How did it feel rushed?!?? Man, I'm surprised that anyone doesn't think that. I assumed it wasn't just me but I guess it might be.

They got rid of Zahir like nothing! What happened to his ideas of anarchy? They were never discredited only ignored. I thought he was a convincing character. What happened to him? They also killed off the rest of the Red Lotus. They all had unique characters that could stand further development later.

-Strike

[Russ]

I think you'll find the answers to a couple of those in season four. Personally, I found season three's ending to be the strongest of the series, and that seems to be the general consensus. Season three in general was pretty spectacular, and probably my favorite, though four was also great (few instances of executive meddling aside).

[The Satellite]

Got rid of him like nothing? I mean, if you consider a pretty epic Avatar state battle against him nothing...

 

What happened to his ideas of anarchy? If you watch season four, you'll see that there were some aftereffects, they weren't ignored.

 

I partially agree that the other members could have had a little more character development, but otherwise I don't see any real issue with the finale. Honestly it was the best of Korra, and it was especially great because it didn't have a deus ex machina. Ya know, like the first two seasons did. And the fourth... debatable.

[strike]

I also felt that spirits are not properly integrated into season three. They're just in the background mostly...

Yeah, I mean I loved the season it just felt rushed and a little anticlimactic.

-Strike

[Jared]

I really wanna understand what's wrong with season 2. To me, it felt like something is always looming over you. Think Majora's Mask, with the Moon slowly falling down on you. That's what I felt with the Harmonic Convergence, always going to happen whether they like it or not.

[Russ]

The problem a lot of people had with season 2 is Unalaq. Compared to a lot of other villains in the series, with complex backstories and a commanding presence, Unalaq was just kinda "Hey, I'm evil, and I want to do an evil thing." Korra's regression at the beginning of the season was annoying, and until Beginnings happened, we really didn't know what the main threat was and what the season was building up to. All that said, I still like it, but I can see why it irked some people.

[LinktheMaster]

I really wanna understand what's wrong with season 2. To me, it felt like something is always looming over you. Think Majora's Mask, with the Moon slowly falling down on you. That's what I felt with the Harmonic Convergence, always going to happen whether they like it or not.

Well, I feel a lot of the problems came from watching the series as it was coming out.  I know my roommates complained a lot as it was coming out because they'd have to wait a week (sometimes longer because of Nick being dumb) only for an episode to ignore the plot a lot and have some romance drama for a good portion of it.  I binge watched season 2, and I also didn't have a problem with it, and I'll admit I was perplexed too, but I can see why some episodes wouldn't be satisfying if you had to wait for them.

 

Plus, like Russ said, Unalaq was really predictable as a villain and wasn't nearly as interesting as a lot of the other villains.

 

Also the whole thing with giant spirit Korra was just absurd and silly, but it seems like most of the Korra finales had dumb stuff like that.

 

That being said, season 2 had the Beginnings episodes, which were probably my two favorite episodes in all of Korra.

[The Satellite]

Also the whole thing with giant spirit Korra was just absurd and silly, but it seems like most of the Korra finales had dumb stuff like that.

Oi, only the first two finales had dumb stuff, I thought the third and fourth ones were quite solid and lacking in much of anything that was completely off the wall. Well, a certain aspect of four's finale possibly, but even then I can see how it would work. I'm still scratching my head about Aang ex machina and Jolly Blue Korra.

 

Book four's "certain aspect

The converting the laser beam into a spirit portal. Energybending the laser makes a lot of sense, though converting it into a spirit portal I can see as being a bit odd.

[LinktheMaster]

Oi, only the first two finales had dumb stuff, I thought the third and fourth ones were quite solid and lacking in much of anything that was completely off the wall. Well, a certain aspect of four's finale possibly, but even then I can see how it would work. I'm still scratching my head about Aang ex machina and Jolly Blue Korra.

I know a 10 story tall mech that would like to disagree with you.

[The Satellite]

Spoiler

I dunno, as strange as it was, it was at least foreshadowed when the domes of Zaofu were removed. So at least it was clever in that way.

[Fabbrizio]

Looking back, I feel like the seasons were out of order. If season 2's arc had been used for the final season (though sill with a lot of improvement on Unalaq), and seasons 3 and 4 had been shifted back, the series would have felt like it was properly building to something.

 

Though I enjoyed each individual season, none of them left me excited for the next one. They didn't form a proper arc as a whole series.

Edited by Fabbrizio, 22 February 2015 - 03:27 PM.

[Russ]

I dunno, I didn't really feel that way. Book 1 didn't leave me excited for anything, granted, because it was supposed to be a standalone. But past that, I thought 2 and 3 did a great job of setting up. Book 2 ended with the spirit portals open and the two worlds integrating. I was excited to see how that would go, what consequences there would be, etc. And book 3 delivered. Then book 3 ended with an utterly broken Korra, which made me excited to see how she'd learn to cope with what happened to her and overcome her PTSD. And book 4 delivered on that. There may not have been a big buildup in the traditional sense, in terms of an overarching villain and the mystery of how they'll defeat him, but there was plenty of buildup on a character level. It was interesting watching all the main characters grow over the course of the show, Korra especially. And it was fun trying to figure out how they'd all end up in the end.

[Fabbrizio]

I guess I just saw opening the spirit portal as an end goal more than anything. That they would firmly establish its importance and all the implications first, and THEN open it. It certainly holds an overwhelming amount of magnitude as an event in the Avatar chronology. So I was really left wondering why it happened only halfway through the series. Like, where do you go from there? Seasons 3 and 4 were very political, which is good for mid-series content but not very satisfying to lead out with, in my opinion.

[strike]

I finished the series.

The show along with Avatar has been a big part of my life growing up. I feel sad for it to end.

Is this definitely the end forever? : (

-Strik

[Russ]

Yes and no. Mike and Bryan are done working on the show and are moving on to other things. However, The Last Airbender comic series is still going, and they've hinted that, after the next story arc (Smoke and Shadows, dealing with an attempted revolution to put Ozai back on the throne and the relationship between Zuko and Mai), they might either do a timeskip to show the adult Gaang, or they might transition into making Korra comics.

As for as Mike and Bryan go, from I understand one of them (or possibly both, I'd need to dig up the source again) is working on a new series, which supposedly is going to be similar to Avatar in the sense that it builds up an entire fictional world the same way Avatar did. It's still early in development though, so that's basically all we know of it so far.