A Slight Defense of The Legend of Korra

[@pimentx3253]

I think bringing up it's predecessor as point of criticism is kinda reductive if the argument it's "it's not just as good", well of course it's not, but that is not the point being made, at least not to me. The way I see it, it's that bryke and their team struggled to make basic storytelling choices when it came to LoK, to the point that even came across as completely amateurish sometimes. I commend their choice of making something different, and I would argue the best things about LoK are when they take risks, but oh boy they fumbled the execution of those plotllines so hard. The love triangle of the first season is atrocious and the ending completely undermines the impact of Korra losing her bending. Aang IMMEDIATALY shows up and resolves conflict, that way Korra doesn't learn anything ,and they just reset her character arc season 2.It's just in season 3(which by the way is the best season by a longshot) they finally did something her character. Until season 3, LoK didn't feel like a overarching narrative with a cohesive narrative, and everything else suffered because of it. And you can tell they REALLY tried so hard to connect the dots in book 3, by revealing that unalaq was part of the red lotus. I also agree that season 4 was super underwhelming, and they really tried to make Mako and Bolin interesting, but honestly by that point was already to late. The best thing about season 4 was the aftermath of Zaheer's actions, which lead to the rise of Kuvira, and Korra having to face her demons.This what the show has been mising, actual consequences for the world and characters. The scene between her and Zaheer in book 4 is one the best scenes in the show, it's brillant. So yeah with all that said I think Korra is a good show, and when people point out things that are great about like the villans, the themes, the complexity of the world. This show is full of genius ideas that more often than not end up working against the story they are telling. Overall I still like this show, but I have no desire to keep rewatching it. Season 1 is probably my favorite as a standalone story, and season 3 is the best one as a overarching story. And even if somebody wants to argue that bryke didn'T know if they were going to get a next season, and they did the best they could with the hand they were given(god knows dealing with nick it's a nightmare) guess what, ATLA wasn't greenlit for 3 books either. Hell they didn't even know if book 1 was gonna be the last one, but they had a vision, and took a gamble and it payed off.

[@chillreview636]

Beautifully said. Congrats on being the pinned comment 🫡

[@pimentx3253]

@@chillreview636 Thanks for taking the time to read and reply. And thanks for the video!

[@yuukeii]

I know the reason why Korra's development seemed so slow in Season 2. Season 2 was written as it's last season until they were abruptly told after finishing the product that TLOK would be put on for 2 other seasons and notice how those last 2 seasons were the best because Korra actually got to develop. All I'd want is Unalaq to have more depth and not ruin the spirits because learning Spiritbending served NOTHING for Korra except for getting stronger, she could've learned how to be compassionate earlier on in Season 2 but I'm glad they picked it back up and lessons FROM season 2 were mentioned again. All the side characters are great but the Krew just remained so static with subtle changes and when relationships did change it was mostly just because Korra became a better person. And about ATLA not being greenlit for 3 books. The 3 main writers had already established what they wanted to do with the show before it was even aired and plus Nickolodeons distrubution was steady. Unlike Korra where literally one of the Korean animators said "Sexism hindered the production of Korra." and firing random staff members. ATLA definetly got more care than LOK ever did and Nickolodeon HATES both series.

[@deandredukes95]

Nickelodeon really hampered the show’s growth and didn’t have much faith like they did with ATLA and cut their budget in half

[@chillreview636]

Yeah. I could really feel the change in the amount of push the show got from the network after Book 2. Crazy to think one of the best seasons came about right after that lol

[@7timez4mycity]

“Korra getting Joe Swansoned” was the laugh I needed today 😂

[@KGFIQ]

man I love your video breakdowns. I've watched all your Boondocks videos cause NOBODY on KZbin has dived into the docks as much as you imo expect maybe the Shady Doorags guy, but it's the way your videos have this chillax vibe to them that makes your creative perspective stand out. Please tell me what is the music you use at the very end of your videos? That is honestly my favorite part of your work is getting to the end & hearing that tune, it's like the end of an episode where the characters always end in the living room lol it just works so good. Keep up the dope work man!

[@chillreview636]

Hey thanks for watching. Happy to hear you're rocking with the videos. The song I use at the end of my videos is a piano rendition of "pure imagination" by Hideaki Hori.

[@jacobmiller8878]

I almost yelled out loud several times like “THANK YOU” and “EXACTLY” about your takes on korra and Im only 2 mins in. Korra is way too shat upon

[@chillreview636]

Yup! Definitely an over hated character

[@marche800]

The highs that Korra does achieve and the growth it has as a series does actually give me faith that the avatar team can make a better follow up when and if they decide to

[@chillreview636]

Yeah if they let original creators and writers make it I definitely think they can make another masterpiece

[@WasThisMail]

I went into LOK with incredibly low expectations due to what i’ve heard from it, so I surprised by how good of a sequel it was. It felt like a very natural progression of the world we were introduced to in ATLA.

[@Nestiner09]

I think you missed the mark on Tenzin, the point of his strengths were never fighting or anything he thought it was, but it was advising Korra and helping her grow. It's his own journey, to learn that he isn't like his father in combat or spiritual senses.

[@chillreview636]

Good points. And I did say in the video that I didn't think he was a bad character. I just think the writers could have made him a little more competent in battle. He also struggles to keep Korra in line throughout the series (not saying it's an easy job because Korra is very headstrong) but that just adds to his overall incompetence even at the things he supposed to be good at.

[@vickyvale711]

I didn’t finish the first season because I just got bored with the potential love triangle they were setting up, I hate love triangles. That being said, even I thought that Korra received too much hate. People literally were upset that she didn’t act like Aang. This made zero sense to me because Korra is a separate person. Aang was whole MONK, Ofcourse he is going to be chill when he was raised to be enlightened. Plus even Aang has his immature moments. Korra was a teenager that grew up isolated from the real world, raised by a bunch of old masters. She wasn’t growing up around other people her age, so it doesn’t surprise me how immature she was in the first season. She’s put on a pedestal by these older people in a way that Aang wasn’t. Her coming to republic city and realizing that everyone doesn’t really need her, was life changing. Plus she was thrown into a world where bending has evolved with technology, leading to more powerful villains.

[@chillreview636]

All great points

[@bobomb3362]

this video has been out for 5 minutes, is 22 minutes long, but the title says kind of defending korra, so you can bet there are already some haters reapeating the same shit as always. at this point i have to believe that some people do this as a full time job, they scour the internet in search of someone talking well about one of the greatest animated series in modern history and they copy and paste the same boring comments just because the prequel was better. you guys are insane, no one says you have to like korra but you can just ignore it. exclude it from your headcanon if you want but don't hamper the enjoynment for everyone else

[@chillreview636]

@@bobomb3362 I've only ever had discourse about this show with irl friends and always avoided the discourse surrounding it on the internet because I heard it was crazy toxic. I partly made this video because I wanted to see people's reactions. I'm hoping for the best, but I guess that's blind faith lol

[@bobomb3362]

@@chillreview636 i hope your audience is as chill as your reviews. btw keep this up man, the quality in your scripts has improved a lot

[@chrisjacobsen7265]

Atla was so good that Korra had damn near impossible standards to live up to, which reminds me of Korra as a character herself. This imo is the most overhated show of our lifetime

[@chillreview636]

It's Definitely up there for most over hated

[@cyerk]

ppl hate it so much bc it wasn’t what ATLA was

[@Nestiner09]

Legend of Korra deserves more than just a slight defense, the show is actually good and finds it's footing really well after the first season, and I actually like the first season a lot

[@EmeraldSoda51]

Found you through your Boondocks videos and just got this in my recommended, perfect timing as I recently finished TLOK. I had always heard some split opinions in passing but I never knew the extent of how despised the series was by a lot of people. Your thoughts are relatively similar to mine. Book 2 is ass. I don’t really understand why people seem to hate Korra as a character so much. I like the way she was introduced as being brash and fiercely confident, and then to see her pride and sense of self slowly broken down over the course of the series. Her growth came from the way that she was humbled by her experiences, and it made her more grounded as a person. A reasonably accurate portrayal of trauma and depression as well. Team Korra is something I wish got more development, not even comparing them to the Gaang. I think this stems from the issue that where ATLA feels like more of a character focused series, TLOK feels more like a narrative/idea focused series, and it feels like I didn’t get to know the Krew as well as I did the Gaang. Mako and Asami especially needed more time to be fleshed out imo, I feel like I got to know more about Bolin than the former two, as we watched him go from someone who was somewhat meek and dorky to someone who was able to hold his own and became more independent, while still being a bit of a goofball. I love Lin and Tenzin however, easily my two favorite characters in TLOK (makes sense as Toph was my favorite character in ATLA). Lin’s history with her family and seeing their shaky dynamics were very interesting, and how their family influenced the world on a massive scale, not to mention the classic Beifong sass and bitterness being inherited. As for Tenzin, I do like the way he comes to accept that he’s supposed to be Tenzin and not be another Aang (that scene in the bog was the best part of book 2 other than Avatar Wan imo), and I generally like that archetype of a stressed out/bitter adult figure Lol One of the areas where I think Korra actually surpassed ATLA is with the villains, save for Unalaq. Amon/Noatak, Zaheer, and Kuvira were all more interesting and complex to me than Ozai, as their motivations and philosophies feel more fleshed out, and seeing how their backgrounds influenced them. I love Ozai, but idk, I like a little more nuance sometimes. Azula stands head-to-head with the three mentioned in terms of writing however. In spite of any criticisms I do have with TLOK, I agree that it’s very overhated and gets too much shit, it could’ve been so much worse, even if it wasn’t as good as it could have been. I still enjoyed my time with it a lot, even if Book 2 exists, as Books 3 and 4 made it very worth my while. I’ll definitely read the graphic novels at some point, I hear they give more depth to Korrasami, which would make me really happy. Much love. Your content doesn’t get as much attention as it deserves, you’re quickly becoming a new favorite of mine.

[@chillreview636]

Hey! Appreciate the comment and the love. I never heard the Gaang and Krew terms before, so I'm definitely going to start using them now 😂 And yeah I agree on a lot of the things you said. The show definitely doesn't deserve the hate it gets and the villains are paobmy favorite aspect of the show too

[@christopherballero866]

Unfortunately it's pretty much impossible to compete with ATLA and LoK basically had to compete with it. LoK initially only got 1 season then a second and finally a 3rd and 4th. There's almost no way to do long term story telling when the work is only approved for 1 season at a time. An idea I had was a cross-over with: original Star Wars, BTAS, & Avatar as all 3 are great plus all heavily involved Mark Hamill. I do feel that the seasonal villains of LoK did hurt plus with a lot of characters there really wasn't much time to expand on them. While ATLA had this to a degree but Azula & Zuko were in a way the primary villains/antagonist

[@jaredlang5951]

Another dope Avatar vid!! Can't wait till you go in depth about the Cabbage Guy and how the GAang made him fall into an alcoholic depression on a daily basis, or on the social structure complexities of a hog monkey troop lol. But seriously though keep up the good work!!

[@chillreview636]

4 hour Cabbage man iceberg video incoming 😂

[@michealwilliams8293]

I heard it kept getting renewed for more seasons at random. It was supposedly supposed to, “end” after book 1. Same thing with book 2. The creators had to think of something quick for that season. So that’s prolly why the writing was off

[@chillreview636]

Interesting. I've been seeing a few comments mention some behind the scenes issues with teh network. That's would explain a lot

[@michealwilliams8293]

@@chillreview636 yeah it’s a shame really cuz I like the series

[@slayerbrother5779]

I Agree with Almost everything you Say Especially about Mako i feel Like S1 Mako Despite how Terrible the Love Tringle was it was Probably his Strongest Version he felt impactful Compare to the Serious Cop Character he was after the first Season.

[@dadlife0623]

Been waiting on this one! You definitely articulated the not-so-good elements of the show in a way that made me remember what I disliked about it. Character development was a HUGE part of what makes the OG Avatar series so memorable.

[@chillreview636]

Yeah. 9 times out of 10 it's Good characters that make good stories. ATLA had a whole roster of great characters. LOK only had like... 3 lol. Thanks for watching

[@dadlife0623]

@@chillreview636 yessir, keep up the great content 👍🏼

[@akiba2x0]

Pre watch: I said I'd be here for this video cant wait to see what you cooked up! After watch: honestly, you pretty much covered all the reasons why I enjoyed S3. After S2 of the show I had no more expectations for something as good as S3 but when it hit me that we were gonna FEAST! I was 100% with the ride. The whole S3 encompasses what I like about anime in general cool moments that carry weight and emotion while still being so badass my kid self would try to recreate it IRL. The show pretty much ended there for me :D, I forget S4 exists honestly only when I remember Talph appears in the show. And about the side characters I don't think anyone besides Tenzen would be bought if they were on some battle pass which gives you all one needs to know about korras side characters. And as always thx for the 20min vid had a great time as usual cant wait for the next one seriously, I need like 3 more videos this months What Up?

[@chillreview636]

Lmaooo 3 vids is gonna be tough, but I'll see what I can do. Also, great to hear other people share opinions about Book 3 being so good. And I'm gonna take Lin over Tenzin in any DLC, but it's definitely between them lol

[@FTSFBS]

valid vid

[@YusukeKnight]

It was a great show

[@chillreview636]

Yup. I always knew you had great taste

[@YusukeKnight]

@@chillreview636 thanks

[@albertthepeacock8020]

Korra🤝Rey Making manchildren online upset

[@chillreview636]

Lol it's so crazy how Episode 8 and LOK make people so angry.

[@albertthepeacock8020]

@@chillreview636 and for the dumbest of reasons too lmfao they missed the message of the show and movies

[@Lymonaid]

I thought season 2 was extremely lacking, but I understand part of that was the uncertainty they had with if they would get a 3rd season or not. Despite that I still loved the episodes with Avatar Wan and thought they were some of the best in both ATLA and TLOK.

[@chillreview636]

Definitely agree. Those Avatar Wan flashbacks episodes are what got me back into the series

[@terencemcfadden7466]

One problem I have with Korra is we never see the modern day fire nation like we do everywhere else.

[@chillreview636]

Yeah the fire nation didn't get much shine at all unfortunately. I think that's a casualty of the lower episode counts per season

[@aduantas8609]

I think you kinda hit the nail on the head with why people don't like the show. The characters are uninteresting. In Atla you could have a whole episode only featuring side characters (Zuko Alone, The Beach) and it could be some of the best content in the whole show. That couldn't happen with Korra because they just didn't have interesting characters to work with.

[@andygproductions]

Just want to clarify that Zaheer is really a non-anarchists idea of what an anarchist is, and doesn't really represent anything of what anarchists believe aside from there being no state governments or hierarchies. The whole "natural order is chaos" is just like 13 year old edge lord shit. That's actually a major flaw of LOK, it really has no understanding of the ideologies it pulls from to craft its villains, but has no problem in defiantly stating those worldviews are wrong. But Zaheer is still fucking dope regardless. And him being Henry Rollins is just fucking awesome. That alone feels like an intentional nod to "this is what a 13 year old who just bought their first black flag album thinks" and less of a "Zaheer is Emma Goldman" kind of thing. Anarchy literally just translates to "without rulers" or "without kings". The whole "chaos" thing is a red scare hold over from the time period of propaganda of the deed, which is what Zaheer is mostly pulling from, and even when that was en vogue, anarchists didn't agree that that was what anarchists should be doing, and pretty much all of us agree now that its not the ideal method. Anarchists are closer to Huey (obviously he's not an anarchist, but he probably would be friends with them) than they are to Zaheer. In fact the ideology that Huey's character is pulling from has its own offshoot version of Anarchism.

[@chillreview636]

Interesting. I obviously don't know much about the anarchist ideology outside of the basics that were talked about in LOK, but I'd be down to research it further. And despite his philosophy being 13 year edge lordish, I still think it worked as a good enough motivation for him to do the things he did to Korra, and I don't think Zahir's character was meant to be a condemnation of anarchy as a whole, just the radicalization of it. And funny enough, I've actually met Henry Rollins before, but that's a story for another time lol

[@andygproductions]

@@chillreview636 oh I agree I think Zaheer is a great villain and his motivation makes total sense, and his flavor of anarchism thematically fits for that turn of the century era that LOK is going for, albeit super simplified. The things he does are totally in line with some anarchist movements of the era that Korra is playing with, propaganda of the deed was a thing some people advocated and his going after the earth queen is 100% propaganda of the deed, but in real life the goal wasn’t to cause mass chaos but to inspire mass revolution. It didn’t work and more or less replaced by syndicalism style anarchism. But the movement isn’t monolithic and lots of things were tried at lots of places in lots of points in history. Zaheer is the kind of character that should make people interested in learning about anarchism, either historically or currently, but not exactly the character you should treat as informative. The KZbin channel Kay and skittles has a pretty good video dissecting the ideologies that LOK plays with in each of the seasons and talks about what’s accurate and what isn’t

[@IAmPhoenixXxXx]

The side characters sucked. Lin and Tenzin are my all time favs. Also, Bolin learning to lavabend was corny. He wasn’t an amazing bender or “one” with his bending. It felt so off and meant nothing to me. The whole team Avatar isn’t “one” with their bending. Everyone treats their bending like a pistol. Nothing more. Nothing less. Pew Pew Pew. Just awful. No wonder we feel underwhelmed with Korra’s team. Aang’s team was connected in every aspect of their element. So it made sense that they’d discover sub-elements. But Bolin, I’m just not buying it. He’s such a bland bender and generic af. Korra’s team gave me absolutely……. NOTHING ✨ The effects were great tho.

[@chillreview636]

That's a good point. I also didn't really care when Bolin became a Lava Bender because it didn't feel earned. Toph creating Metal bending felt like way more believable because we were shown how amazing of a Bender she was the entire season before that. And I mentioned it briefly in the video, but why tf does Mako not Lightning bend all the time??? It's one of the strongest forms of bending and he acts like it just doesn't exist.... but yeah, top tier effects

[@username2168]

when you enjoy a show and the characters in it, it's really easy to hate the following serie of that show especially when your favorites characters aren't mcs in it anymore. Even without watching the show i don't think i will ever watch korra for the same reasons i will probably never watch or read boruto too, and i think that's the case of many people, and also why following series like dragon ball z or naruto shippuden are not as hated

[@chillreview636]

Good points

[@lexipooh2631]

It was a great show. Yet I think my problem with it that it never felt like it completed important storylines and moved on to fast. It really felt like it was pandering to an audience of little boys or Japanese fans with the mech suits and kaiju fights.

[@chillreview636]

Interesting. It definitely has flaws but I think the good outweighed the bad. I think the small episode count per season definitely added to the "rushed" feel the show has

[@christionpulliam9870]

I think my problem with korra is honestly I thought wan and the airbender were more interesting then her plots like I love korra but the story of wan was the best part of the show to me the art , world building was amazing should have been a movie tbh

[@chillreview636]

An Avatar Wan Movie would be pretty dope. I'm definitely interested to see where they take the "true" Avatar series next

[@tyreseed5681]

I don’t hate her because of avatar aang, it’s BECAUSE SHES ALWAYS GETTING HER ASS BEAT WHILE IN THE AVATAR STATE! Aang had the “Pheonix King” pissing on himself and kuvira was just whooping feet

[@chillreview636]

Hahahaha idk man it sounds like you're still comparing her to Aang. You're right though, Korra gets whooped way more than Aang ever did. I don't think you have to like her, but it feels like the writers were trying to show us a different type of hero/avatar and avatar who doesn't always get shit right and has learn the hard way. That character type may nit he fir everyone, but I think they did a good job at least with Korra as a character

[@plusultra524]

Ayy man we got yuyu hakusho and hxh if u like dat lighting u can get that lightening in the bottle twice fr

[@chillreview636]

I love HxH. As for Yuyu Hakusho......😬😬

[@plusultra524]

@@chillreview636 nah yuyu hakusho especially for it’s time was peak and the main cast of yyh low key got better chemistry then the hxh cast but I agree wit u his second series surpassed his first but thats how it suppose to be tho

[@chillreview636]

@@plusultra524 that's always the hope, but I feel like a lot of writers go downhill after their 1st big break.

[@plusultra524]

@@chillreview636 id agree it’s just most of the time as a fan of a series u would think the writer of a series u love with added years of experience writing a hit the first time they would do even better the seccond time around with the new skill they gained while working on the first one type shit

[@jaymason8352]

Damn you almost had me there when you said you had one complaint about the show then continued to complaint on half the show...

[@chillreview636]

Correction, I said I had TWO major complaints. Book 2 being kind of trash and killing the hype for the show was one complaint, and the supporting cast of characters being underwhelming was the other. Then I gushed about how much I love Book 3 and Korra the Character

[@iamtheworm1327]

She's not a marry sue and has 2 great villians and more avatar lore, and get to see old avatar gang....WINNING. AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER IS 10/10>> AVATAR KORRA 7.5/10

[@chillreview636]

I...... agree!!

[@katejoseph6547]

I’m not just saying this cause he’s Aang’s son but Tenzin, after Korra, is in my opinion one of the best characters in this show so I was shocked when you said you didn’t like him. But yeah the rest of them suck. Especially Bolin. His jokes are giving budget Sokka.

[@chillreview636]

It's not that I don't like Tenzin, ai do think he's a solid character. I just don't think they did anything new or interesting with him after book 1. He kind of just repeats the same arc of failure every season. I also think he loses too many fights, but thats not as important as his repeated character arc issue. But Tenzin is definitely one of the better LOK original characters. Definitely better than Bolin

[@katejoseph6547]

@@chillreview636 Most of them lose often if we’re being honest. But you do have a fair point

[@fanikideche3675]

@@chillreview636nah Tenzin was the only person to school Zaheer. Bro obviously got overpowered when his siblings lost their individual fights

[@camaradiop3731]

The action was better than "Avatar: The Last Airbender", but it disregarded the established lore, not to mention the veiled sexual confusion at the very end of the series. Forget (with the other "f" word in mind) "Korra".

[@chillreview636]

What established Lore did it disregard? Also it didn't seem like much confusion lol. That ending felt pretty clear that Korra and Asami were gay as hell

[@camaradiop3731]

@@chillreview636 The link to previous avatars and the way the benders use their abilities; I unequivocally designate so-called gayness as sexual confusion (& just because I don't agree with it doesn't mean I am a hate monger).

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

No! Bad! the only good thing about Korra is the last couple episodes of the first season and the fact that Korra is stacked. Oh, and Varrick, Varrick was fuckin' hilarious.

[@chillreview636]

Lol Varrick was cool at first, but imo he wore out his welcome FAST. But I respect your very horny opinion

[@VaIenfield]

They did their characters writing so dirty unlike atla's..

[@msarilyn7677]

Why only a slight defense ? The Legend of Korra did not deserve the hate at all!

[@chillreview636]

It's a slight defense because I do spend a good amount of time in the video critiquing some of the aspects of the show that fell flat for me. But the show definitely doesn't deserve the amount of hate it gets

[@reggiecarter6082]

Lin got her ass beat way more than Tenzin lol

[@chillreview636]

Hahahahha everybody got their ass beat in this show, but Lin somehow made getting your ass whooped cool

[@aboutmybacon]

I will stay on this hill by myself when i say... Korra is GOATED and idgaf who feels different

[@chillreview636]

Stand in your truth!!!

[@Tacom4ster]

I just don't like the villains, they are usually badly framed, also as an anarchist, I just don't like the third season too, that was a spoof of what Anarchy is, ANARHCY IS NOT CHAOS BUT COLLECTIVE ORGANAZATION OF THE PEOPLE

[@chillreview636]

That's fair. I've never done extensive research on the anarchist philosophy and it's origins. How did the true definition get bastardized over the years?

[@Tacom4ster]

@@chillreview636 Well Conservatives in the late 1800s made anarchists a dirty word and co opt the word "Libertarianism" I suggest reading Conquest of Bread, of just watch Breadtube essays like Contrapoints, or Cornbreadtube like FD Signifer

[@chillreview636]

@@Tacom4ster interesting. I definitely never knew that. Thanks for giving me a place to start my research.

[@Burpees73]

In my opinion the last big bad wasn't as good as the other three besides that it's just as good.

[@chillreview636]

Yeah Kuvira was kinda meh in comparison to other Villains of the show

[@DOOM00799]

I like book 3 of Korra more than book 1 of atla

[@chillreview636]

Based take

[@Ace1stClass77]

ATLA:K is not that bad if you stop thinking of Korra as the main character

[@chillreview636]

Interesting. Who should be the MC then?

[@Ace1stClass77]

@@chillreview636 TLDR: I don't think there is a MC, but really characters act as a window into the fever dream awkwardness of a post-war avatar world. In full: I think its better understood as a team saga. Your video was accurate in pointing out that all the characters are incomplete, but maybe we've looked at character arcs always having a conclusion as typical, and we expect it as the standard state of storytelling. In reality we join people's lives, move through with them, and then fall out of contact. We never get to see their arcs and their often inconsistent and contradictory. If you see the characters as a side-story/future-arc wherein the point of the characters is to be a foil of which to reveal more about the universe's lore, then their inconsistencies are not as jarring. These are characters plopped into their circumstance, they arent deeply spiritual nomads or self-doubting waterbenders with traumatic pasts, or an anti-hero who struggles with accepting the terms of their duty. Nothing philosophical really drives these characters. And that's the key point, these chracters are not "driven" in the same sense that the characters in ATLA were. They are very much modern people in the modern avatar world, and that world has changed drastically since the age of myth (Aang's time). Kind of like when we read stories of Al Capone or the Italian Mafia, such driven prolific figures.. then you have the CEO of google (way more wealthy but 0 earth-shattering accomplishments or convictions). ATLA is the heroes journey from a time of legends, ATLA:K is what would happen if you dropped a group of Millennials & Gen-Z's in the world of avatar.

[@chillreview636]

@@Ace1stClass77 hmmm very interesting perspective. Not sure I agree with all of your opinions about the characters, but it's definitely a refreshing take on the story overall.

[@ivanbluecool]

Sorry but I'll be skipping this review. Korra is just not it on a lot of fronts. Show felt like they needed to keep going anime power levels since season one started at a high level with the tec Especially how og cast members get treated like how aang couldn't figure out how a blood bender worked when his wife was one and ask if they felt similar to homons dad. Sokkas entire life too.

[@chillreview636]

No worries. Everything ain't for everybody. I appreciate you still commenting on the video. I know a lot of people didn't really enjoy the show, but I think it has a lot of redeeming qualities and some of the best moments of either series. And regarding your blood bending point, Katara only ever learned the basics of it, Amon and his father took the power to level no one had ever seen before, so it makes sense to me that Aang wouldn't recognize it immediately

[@davidbonar5190]

the only thing i really didn't like about the series was eliminating all the former avatar's spirits, suggesting a final end to avatars in the future... i wonder if they noticed the incompatibility of high-tech especially electronics and bending, especially electricity bending. the power to wreak havoc with energy grid, internet, radio etc with just small amounts of current at the right place and no real protection... anyways, if it was meant as final FINAL, to the avatar universe, there is still room for prequel series - if well made :)

[@chillreview636]

A Kyoshi series or another Avatar before Roku could definitely be interesting to see.