It's kinda funny, "Korra and Asami being abrupt" when the co-creators admit they planned those two getting together before Book 3 even aired
Though I guess the subtle hints and such throughout both season 3 + 4 came off as friendly, rather than a growing bond; happens sometimes
I completely agree with this review...except maybe the Korra and Asami relationship. And Season 2 really was pretty awful now that I look back at it (getting to that poorly written mess in my blog....still a work in progress).
But I'm just glad that there are people willing to address the series's flaws and still like it to a degree. (I honestly only liked the latter two seasons because of the poor writing and wasted potential in the previous two seasons. Everyone knows I keep blabbing about this but it has to be said)
And yeah, I'd lake The Last Airbender (animated series) over The Legend of Korra any day.
- "And yeah, I'd take The Last Airbender (animated series) over The Legend of Korra any day."
For me, it's the opposite. I much prefer The Legend of Korra over the original, warts 'n all.
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Flawed fun for the family
Hey people, I'm kinda new at this reviewing thing, so I'm hoping people will cut me some slack. Hoping I can bring my own perspective.
The last time I watched this series was during season 1. By the time it wrapped up, I felt it fell short of my expectations and lost interest. Not to say that I thought it was all bad. Amon was menacing and was a threat the franchise has never seen properly before. I also liked the setting. The problem I had was the constant drama and Twilight-like romance stuff that held back Team Avatar. It didn't help that I wasn't fond of the main character either.
This past weekend, I decided to give the series another chance and rush through seasons 2 to 4 and they have varying responses. Season 2 was the worst. It had the problems that season 1 had but also all the characters holding onto the idiot ball (President: Yeah no, how about we just wait for the villain to become a giant and then we fight?) And I know that the way Korra beat Amon was an ass pull but how does Jinora help Korra by turning into a spirit thing? A lot of the finale was just poorly established "vague spirit stuff". Though to be fair, I really like Varrick.
Season 3 is my favorite. No more Team Avatar romance clashes which let the characters grow on me. The Red Lotus, like Amon, are villains that the franchise has never seen before. Except combustion, we've seen that before. I felt that Tenzin had a great moment when facing The Red Lotus and I liked the finale. This would be the season that I would have ended the series on.
Then came season 4 which I felt didn't live up to S3. For the villain, they kinda copypasted Fire Lord Ozai as a woman with half-baked abandonment issues and nerfed Korra so she could stand a chance. Everyone knew the second Korra recovers, Earthbending Hitler was finished. And why does Varrick, a side character(granted, my favorite character), have a more fleshed out romance than Korra? It seems odd that, after Korra saves the day, we get this "BTW, Korra and Asami are together now, bye!" It's just adrupt. As it stands, Korra and Asami being a thing makes as much sense as Korra and Tenzin.
So as a whole, one good season, one bad, and two that needed polishing. Unfortunately, I feel this just isn't as good as the characters and structure of the story that Avatar Aang gave us. And yet, it's still worth a look. Except S2.