This show is bad. Not just bad for its pedigree, but just bad in general. I doubt anyone would have given it a second thought if its creators weren't attached to Avatar. The most immediate flaw is that the animation looks unfinished. The frame rate is sluggish and absolutely nothing flows together well. Poor animation, even animation this bad, would be forgivable if the story was good, but it utterly fails to be interesting.
At first the conflict seems quite nuanced, with both sides seemingly having a point, but that quickly vanishes as character's are sorted into good and bad sides.
The voice acting is passable, but the dialogue the actors are forced to use is completely salvageable.
Of the main characters only Rayla has an arc that's any way captivating and that's marred by her being needlessly bitchy and unwilling to share information (highlight needlessly). It's also ludicrous she was even involved in the plot to begin with given her experience and job requirements.
The pacing is good in the first three episodes, but then comes to a dead stop as the characters achieve basically nothing for the rest of the series.
Lastly, the comedy is absolutely atrocious, and the show knows it, but lampshading bad comedy doesn't make it good.
I tried and failed to find any redeeming qualities
This show is bad. Not just bad for its pedigree, but just bad in general. I doubt anyone would have given it a second thought if its creators weren't attached to Avatar. The most immediate flaw is that the animation looks unfinished. The frame rate is sluggish and absolutely nothing flows together well. Poor animation, even animation this bad, would be forgivable if the story was good, but it utterly fails to be interesting.
At first the conflict seems quite nuanced, with both sides seemingly having a point, but that quickly vanishes as character's are sorted into good and bad sides.
The voice acting is passable, but the dialogue the actors are forced to use is completely salvageable.
Of the main characters only Rayla has an arc that's any way captivating and that's marred by her being needlessly bitchy and unwilling to share information (highlight needlessly). It's also ludicrous she was even involved in the plot to begin with given her experience and job requirements.
The pacing is good in the first three episodes, but then comes to a dead stop as the characters achieve basically nothing for the rest of the series.
Lastly, the comedy is absolutely atrocious, and the show knows it, but lampshading bad comedy doesn't make it good.