Talk about nitpicking. Literally the only thing that isn't an exaggeration is Korra's low approval ratings and banishment, and even then only Raiko did that, when she seemingly regained the approval of the citizenry after saving the suicidal airbender.
Does everything need foreshadowing? And did you miss the part where they speculate that Harmonic Convergence gave them airbending?
Plus as far as their recruitment; they're blinded by the hope and relief that they're rebuilding an entire nation - so it slips their minds and comes out poorly, implying there's no choice to the recruits. It happens sometimes
Wow. First comments. Well I did say this was subjective so this is to be expected. Still nice to get comments though.
omegafire17:
No, I didn't miss the part when they speculate that Harmonic Convergence gave them airbending. I just feel that it would have been better if they just showed some small scene at the ending showing someone doing airbending or something.
And I do realize that they are blinded by hope and relief, but I just feel that they should have addressed it more. Not just have them randomly ask if they are willing to join the air nomads six (or was it five or four?) episodes later without showing how they understand that not everyone is willing to drop everything and become an airbender.
And to Superchristiana.....hmmm....looking back they did seem to approve of her after saving the suicidal airbender. It still doesn't make sense that they would stop approving of her before when she saved Republic City....TWICE. Still, I would have been more accepting of it if we saw their side of the argument or why Raiko thinks that way.
The episode focusing on Lin Beifong was nice though.
The first thing post-war Britain did, was to kick Winston Churchill out of the government.
And I mean first thing. He got kicked out on the 26th July 1945. Japan hadn't even officially surrendered yet. It wasn't even a close run thing, of the 387 seats his party had during the war, they lost 190 of them.
The point I'm making is, Churchill was credited with basically 'saving the world' and they didn't even give him time for his seat to get cold, and that was without Churchill covering the entirety of Britain in vines. You're only as good as the last thing you've done and the truth is, yes it's entirely realistic for the approval rating of someone to drop overnight, no matter how much they've done previously. Even more so when it's just an approval rating and not an election, those are prone to wild swings and people giving answers that they wouldn't follow through on come election time.
Also Tenzin gets his character development of 'maybe we can't force people to be airbenders' basically in the next episode. I still think he's got some more learning to do about what it will mean to be an airbender in the new world, but given just how much he's worshipped Air Nomad culture I think we can give him two episodes of fairly irrational excitement.
Huh, you did make a valid point there...but I still feel the conflict should have been handled better though and that still doesn't excuse the other things I mentioned about the two episodes....back to Tenzin I'm not saying he DIDN'T get development, I just think that the show should have shown his feelings that gradually made him understand why it's wrong to force people to be airbenders. The episodes with the Earth King were mostly focused on Korra wanting to free the airbenders, and it's not really shown how the characters (besides Korra) feel about this. Actually, let me elaborate, it's not shown how they feel about the current situation at hand (enslavement of airbenders) and how it relates to what they are doing (forced recruitment of airbenders) and how they should develop from that (givning them free will).
Maybe if they hadn't dropped the Republic city plot to go travelling it would have helped make it feel better. I've enjoyed every season of Korra and I think they've had a lot of really incredible episodes, even with this particular season, but season 3 hasn't really come together yet for me. It feels like they keep starting plots and then leaving them and the earth kingdom's episode in particular is an offender for that.
They've still got plenty of time to show us how it all fits together, so I'm not going to judge them for it yet but I do think it can probably account for some of the weaknesses so far
Personally, I think that Avatar: The Last Airbender is a better show (character development is there, morally complex, characters feel alive, the plot is great, the storytelling is great, the pacing is fine, filler episodes are (I admit) kinda boring but it makes us care about them more when bad things happen to them) but I will admit that the Legend of Korra isn't terrible. I just feel that it has a lot of wasted potential. I'm just......disappointed if that's how you want to describe it...
And the incredible episodes, I don't disagree on that (Tenzin's character arc in season 2, Amon in Season 1, Lin Beifong in season 3, Avatar Wan, etc.) they can make some really great episodes. Which makes me more frustrated when it falls flat.
I think a lot of people are actively hurting the enjoyment they get because of the warped Avatar perspective. Korra is leagues above most similar shows. It's got strong, likeable complex characters, it knows how to weigh it's jokes perfectly and how to use those jokes to build understanding and relationships between people. It's threats are complex and fairly nuanced, it looks gorgeous. I could stare at that slightly steampunk aesthetic for hours. It's got a vibrant setting, full of interesting ideas and politics and Republic City in particular is a really interesting place.
Most other shows would kill to have Asami and Korra, never mind Tenzin, Varric, Eska, Mako, Lin, Meelo, Bolin, Jinora
If this were any other program except the sequel to Avatar it would be the best thing since sliced bread.
I don't understand this review at all. Are you seriously mad at the show because things keep happening too quickly? For example, your comment about Kai being revelaed as a thief mere minutes after his introduction. That's like...getting mad at A:TLA for introducing Zuko in the same episode as Aang and making it clear that he's the antagonist of Season 1.
Leagues above most similar shows............well in animation and scenery I certainly don't disagree. And it's storytelling is better than most Shonen anime (seriosuly, compare this show to the current state of Bleach and Naruto). But is it above shows like Justice League Unlimited, Batman Beyond, Hell, the entire DCAU (I listed superhero shows but I'm sure they count as action shows) have more complex characters than The Legend of Korra.
And the comment about the threats being complex, well they can be but I'll just take you back to the DCAU which has way more complex threats than the entire Avatar franchise (Let's be honest here, The Fire Lord is just somebody who wants to take over the earth with a comet. But it's the complex heroes (Yes, Zuko counts and Azula is also complex but she isn't a hero at all) that make us care about those threats)
And like I said about the interesting ideas and politics. They really try....but they just fall flat. For example, we could have delved into some Grayand Gray Morality between the benders and the nonbenders because the nonbenders really do have a reason to rebel since some benders are abusing their powers but this is instantly dropped when it is shown that Amon is a bender himself (Granted, Tarlokk did say that he truly believed that bending was the source of all evil in the world, but then why didn't he use his real backstory instead of that one with the firebender? I'm pretty sure nobody could really do anything about benders without his help which truly begs the question).
And I still feel that some of the characters you listed are underdeveloped. For example, give me one example where Bolin evolved beyond comic relief. And no, showing his underdeveloped relationships (I mean the girls he dated) do not count. And if you list his angst over his mother's death and the triple thread triad, then I hope you have some examples in season 1 and 2 to back it up. I am aware that season 3 shows when he meets with his grandmother shows his relationship with his family but it is barely mentioned at all and we barely see how he feels (though he does the obvious reaction to it) throughout the previous 2 seasons.
Just to make it clear I'm not trying to start a flame war, I'm just curious to hear your opinions. And it's also nice to see a SANE fan. (Not that most of these people who commented aren't sane, it's just that I've seen too many crazy fans outside of this website)
higherbrainpattern:
No it's not the same as introducing Zuko in the same episode as Aang. This is because he was introduced somewhere close to the beginning of the episode. Kai's introduction was like five minutes. Plus, that episode in A:TLA was a two-parter which gave them more time to develop his motivations.
Because Kai was introduced in five minutes, we are not given time to see why he is a liar. We are not given time to see what his past was like. In fact, tell me one thing you know about him besides the fact that he's a lying thief, knows airbending, and has a crush on Jinora apparently (even though they only talked for like a minute). And I'm not saying that love at first sight isn't possible, but I find it better to develop them into liking each other while still having a crush on each other (I know I probably shouldn't keep doing the comparison but.....Aang and Katara is a good example). Heck, maybe they shouldn't even like each other to begin with (Sokka and Suki).
Finally! Someone who isn't kidding themselves with this new season! Hello there, glad to see someone analyzing the new season a little more in depth. I'd say you've made some pretty accurate points about season 3 and would be interested to hear what you have to say about the other episodes that have come out so far. What I have to say from here on is just tacking on to what you've said.
I'd have to say that the dialogue of this season is pretty rigid and inorganic so far. Many of the "inspirational" moments of the entire show haven't been that moving. For instance, when Tenzin is giving Korra a pep talk in the tree of time it feels more like they're having a conversation over coffee. I'd say the same seems to occur with Korra and the Airbender on Kyoshi bridge as well as when they're formulating a plan to rescue Kai (waste of effort) and the other Airbenders from the Earth Queen's clutches.
I agree that having Tenzin become a Jehovah's witness was a pretty poor decision writing wise. If they had set up a more rational discourse between Tenzin and the Earth-Kingdom farmer, then it could've been chocked off to desperation, but instead it seems like a 40 year old man is completely ignorant of any and all negotiating/advertising skills and has stooped to the level of 3rd graders going door-to-door selling candy bars.
On Bolin failing to evolve...I'd say that applies to most of this show's comedic relief so far, including Varrick, who I'm not enthusiastic about seeing again. He seems like one of my bi-polar relatives who calls me up at 2 in the morning asking if I want to go on a bike ride, only we never get to see the flip side. He's pretty much a gimmick, a cardboard cut out saying, "hey, look at all the crazy stuff I'm doing", insted of a character with some depth in addition to comedy like Sokka in TLA. Bolin and Bumi both follow this mould pretty closely with only a slightly more expanded closet of human emotions.
On the character development of Kai...honestly you lost me, for upon the mention of his name my eyes filled to the brim with crimson rage and I was overcome with the irresistible desire to gore and trample him like a bull...I'm serious. The mantra, TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC ALERT, kept flashing in my mind every moment I watched him on screen, and the writers just rub salt in the wound by hitching him up to Jinora before the next episode starts. Where you saw potential for character development, I saw opportunities to rub him out. It would have been so easy to see him have an accident in Airbender boot camp...or to have him gored to death by that angry Sky bison...the glorious carnage!
The Earth Queen was a disappointment. she's just a run-of-the-mill bitch queen when she could have been an unpredictable ticking time bomb like the Red Queen of Alice in Wonderland or have had the poisoned honey personality of Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter, or both.
The new villains are...meh. Zaheer's dialogue in the beginning was interesting, but the delivery was kind of monotone. His "ushering forth a new era" motivation was pretty cliché, even within the series considering this has been every villain's motivation so far. This didn't seem to be the case with the fire-bending villain P'Li (combustion woman) though, and I got really excited thinking she was voiced by Grey De Lisle...but oh my disappointment when they handed her incredible talents to the boring water bending amputee.
Metal Clan. I really liked the visuals for the metal city, along with the artwork and animation of the series overall. However, eye candy cannot make up for poor writing and dialogue when you're trying to tell a good story. Lin's family...death gaze on first sight. I'd be doing the avatar universe a huge favor by taking out the inventor (excuse me, perpetrator) of modern art. Opal-pretty much existed to get hitched to Bolin and cry when Lin went on a warpath. Got a little Soap Opera-y with the other one. While I liked the idea of using acupuncture as a plot device, the sisters pretty much ended up squabbling like teenagers (not to mention the back story being a little cliché and running another of TLA's characters through the mud simultaneously) and quickly making up afterwards...typical.
Tenzin turning into R.Lee Ermie...you have to be joking. Seriously, he didn't really give them much of a logical reason to join the northern Air Temple in the first place besides a rather unconvincing speech (why would you go with this complete stranger instead of going back to familiar surroundings after having sustained trauma from such an ordeal. Even if it was out of gratitude for rescuing them, I wouldn't say thank you by completely changing my lifestyle) and now he's whipping out the combat boots on what's supposed to be a pacifistic society! I thought this was actually going to have something important to do with the sky bison besides that forced poaching subplot. I did think it was clever that they used the head shaving ritual in a utilitarian manner (sensory perception of the surrounding air), but that doesn't redeem this episode. Oh yeah...AND THEY COULD'VE SNUFFED KAI!
Whew!...sorry for going on a psychotic rant there, but it's just been bugging me how this new season is getting nothing but praise everywhere I turn when there are such obvious flaws. Even Doug Walker (the nostalgia critic of YouTube) seems to be turning a blind eye to these things so far. All of this is not to say that these episodes aren't okay, and certainly better than season 2, but at this point, I'm not optimistic. I'd say that overall, this show has been enjoyable. I'm not ranting on it just for scorned nostalgia, and I'm certainly no expert in writing, but this I know: there's something wrong with a show when you have to force yourself to watch it when you would watch it's predecessor without hesitation. I also don't want to become a party-pooper for what could resurrect the Avatar franchise, It's just good to see someone turning a more critical eye to the show. :)
@Ryochi. You make a persuasive argument. Thinking about it the DCAU (and Spectacular Spiderman) sets a very high bar, but after some consideration I do think Korra reaches that bar and even beats it in parts. Young Justice for instance had excellent plotting and mostly excellent characters, but it did have that one flaw of being a little too aware that it was trying to be 'cool' for a young demographic. Korra's plotting is a smidgeon worse, it's characters are on the same level and it's comedy, art direction and design is much better, but it also doesn't have that flaw. It's cool when it wants to be cool and when it wants to do something different it does something different. It flows naturally in a way Young Justice couldn't quite manage.
And the highs of the DCAU are matched by the highs of Korra. I'd say Epilogue of Justice League Unlimited is the very highest point of the whole DCAU, but the episode with Avatar Wan isn't much behind it in depth and emotion.
I think Amon being a bender still works as a whole because he only got to his position by exploiting a very real injustice. It's very rare that the leaders of a revolution are nice people and Amon had shown that he was very willing to overstep the bounds of what was right and wrong. It makes the non-benders more sympathetic because they are trying to find fairness and protect themselves in a world where other people are vastly more powerful than they are, and they're not even the ones who took that step to cross the line. It's like a Russia situation where the lower classes get to realise they're leaders are actually upper-middle class intellectuals with little real connection to them before the bloods running through the streets.
Maybe they are making the situation turn out nicer than it should by ultimately having a villain that both sides could rally against, but we still got to see some of the loss and the pain through Asami and her father. And in season 2 Asami and Varric are showing us how Republic City can move forward without it ever really being consciously highlighted. By concentrating on innovating with their businesses they're slowly building a world around them where benders are only cogs in a larger machine.
I figured my Bolin inclusion might be controversial, but I chose him because just a couple of days before I'd read your review I wrote this elsewhere
Even someone like Bolin or Tenzin who seemed like they'd be only kind of passable became fantastic as time went on, with a huge amount of charm
It was a subtle thing, just towards the end of season two I realised I really respected Bolin and I liked the things he did, which was a shock to me. We can probably both agree he was pretty obnoxious at the start right? He seemed like someone who I'd get tired of very fast. And he's never stopped being the comic relief. But I think that's what impressed me most about him, without stopping him from the being the comic and bumbling person he's always been they'd still transformed him into something with value. Bolin has a lot of charm and happiness to him, he doesn't see the world through complicated eyes but that can make his caring nature seem all the more compassionate. It was nice to see him step up and take out those 3 water-benders but it's also nice seeing him hug Mako or be nice to Eska. And in season three (sorry!), it was actually surprisingly cool how much something simple like him fighting alongside Mako in the Earth kingdom was.
Plus over the course of season one and two he became legitimately funny, which is always a plus =D
Whew!...sorry for going on a psychotic rant there, but it's just been bugging me how this new season is getting nothing but praise everywhere I turn when there are such obvious flaws.
Because you're basically doing nothing but to nitpick, and exceedingly forcefully at that. Let's see some examples, shall we?
I'd have to say that the dialogue of this season is pretty rigid and inorganic so far. Many of the "inspirational" moments of the entire show haven't been that moving. For instance, when Tenzin is giving Korra a pep talk in the tree of time it feels more like they're having a conversation over coffee. I'd say the same seems to occur with Korra and the Airbender on Kyoshi bridge as well as when they're formulating a plan to rescue Kai (waste of effort) and the other Airbenders from the Earth Queen's clutches.
Seriously? You think some of the best acted moments in the Avatar series are "rigid and inorganic" and "like having a conversation over coffee"? Things like Narm are already pushing the limit on "troper autism", but this is basically you not having emotional responses to normal speech.
I agree that having Tenzin become a Jehovah's witness was a pretty poor decision writing wise. If they had set up a more rational discourse between Tenzin and the Earth-Kingdom farmer, then it could've been chocked off to desperation, but instead it seems like a 40 year old man is completely ignorant of any and all negotiating/advertising skills and has stooped to the level of 3rd graders going door-to-door selling candy bars.
A) No, it's perfectly in character for Tenzin, and B) seriously, you want Soap Opera levels of forced emotion? Is that what you consider engaging?
It would have been so easy to see him have an accident in Airbender boot camp...or to have him gored to death by that angry Sky bison...the glorious carnage!
And you're a psycho to boot.
It's comments like these that give TV Tropes it's bad rep, and honestly it's hard to be civil with the kind of attitude you're displaying.
I think it might be a good time to look at some pictures of [url=
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:( My image got eaten. (It was going to be this one http://www.deviantart.com/art/Pabu-301025211)
And now it's included the bracket as part of the hyperlink :( I think I need to stop talking now and rethink my life choices before I fail any more
@Superchristiana
Sorry, I did kinda go on a tirade there. :(. I wasn't being serious with those psycho comments, and I guess I was a bit overly inclined to nitpick after my personal disappointment in seeing the graduation from TLA to Lo K. Thanks for calling me on it though and again I'm sorry for flying off the handle there. :(
Ok now to reply to the shorter comments.
Superchristina:
NOBODY wants soap opera levels of forced emotion. Just no. NEVER AGAIN! (referring to Sword Art Online here.)
And honestly, I kinda agree with him. The talk Korra and Tenzin had in the tree of life was yes meaningful but the dialouge itself doesn't bother me, what bothers me is what follows. I think you know what I am talking about....
The moment Korra turned into that giant blue spirit thingy (with no foreshadowing I might add and no explanation as well), that meaningfulness of that conversation was ripped to shreds.
First off, it ruined the whole point of the conversation which is (if I recall, correct me if I'm wrong) to tell Korra that she needs to depend on herself and not hold her status as the Avatar as a crutch.
Second, Tenzin had his character development arc (best thing in Season 2 i might add) and I was hoping he would pass on those teachings to Korra...but the Deus ex Machina beat him to it.
And about the other conversations they had....yes it was meaningful. But am I the only one who thinks that it feels.....rushed somehow? I dunno. Maybe it's just me. Other than that I don't really have any problems with these conversations.
Plus he was obviously joking on the psycho part. But then again, this is the Internet so we may never know.
And TV Tropes has a bad rep? I would rather be in this site's community than say Youtube or Fanfiction.net (I met the worst people there). And don't even make me begin on how bad 4chan is compared to this site.
I'm a newcomer here tbh and I feel that TV Tropes has the best rep out of all of these sites.
But thanks for being concerned about their rep though =)
Now for the longer comments...
Kai could have had potential for Character Development. Maybe he could have learned in the prison for airbenders that he had a responsibility to use his power for good and protect people with it after the experience. But instead he learns about how Jinora has a crush on him. Wasted Potential IMO. And I also feel that they should have extended Kai's introductory scene to an entire episode, then we could see his backstory, why he is the way he is, etc.
I completely agree about the Earth Queen. She has no redeeming qualities whatsoever and just cares about protecting herself. Compare her to Azula. Azula had FAR more redeeming qualities than her (she was likeable, actually sympathetic (even more so in the comics))......and I really should stop comparing this series to TLA.
Wow. I just realized how each villain had the same motivations for "ushering a new age" but they go about it in different ways. Amon is easily the best out of all of them though.
I completely agree that Opal is just there to be something for Bolin to go after and is just there to cry over Lin's rage. We don't really see how she feels about this and we don't know anything about her other than that she's Lin's sister's daughter. At least Asami was more fleshed out than her......I think.....
Thank god I'm not the only one who realizes these flaws. And yes, I am equally surprised that The Nostalgia Critic doesn't notice these flaws as well when he bashed The Last Airbender movie to dust.
I never finished Spectacular Spiderman but...I can say what I can about the DCAU.
Let's compare the Cadmus Arc to the first arc in the Legend of Korra.
They both feature morally complex sides of the argument, both feature great arguments, and neither side is more wrong or right than the other.
But here's the difference, even with the whole Braniac turning out to be Lex Luthor thing the conflict still stands, it was still as meaningful and it had a wonderful conclusion.
Maybe TLOK was trying to make it turn out nicer but a cop out is still a cop out (...I think). The benders vs nonbenders conflict is never fully resolved unlike the Cadmus Arc in DCAU which in my opinion was one of the most morally complex arcs I have ever seen in children's television and also one of the most Child Unfriendly shows I have ever seen in CN (seriously, I couldn't watch both Justice League shows as a kid because first of all, it aired pretty late. Second, compared to Teen Titans, this show had some of the most complex characterization I had ever seen in an action show and it had me confused at times. Third, it always had a serious tone which turned me off since there were other shows I was used to with more comedic elements than this show. If you don't get this then Waterofthe2000s on youtube explains it better.)
So I kinda understand why the LOK would have it's first season finale turn out how it did but it has such a balance between serious and comedic moments (Do I even need to say which show does it better?) this is kinda inexcusable. But then again this really would need a lot of thinking to make this conflict turn out well.
But despite the flaws, I still feel that TLOK was a great follow up to TLA simply because of the conflict they introduced. I just wished that they addressed it more and resolved it better.
And I do agree that Bolin's jokes kinda improved in the second season (despite the second season being much weaker than the first and third simply because of Deus Ex Mahinas, the dumb love triangles (Seriously, am I the only one who doesn't like how these are handled in this series?), and so on.) and that is one way to look at his characterization....I just wish that they would actually SHOW it instead of leaving fans to figure it out (it's not always a good thing). But I still think the Bolin and Eska relationship is really underdeveloped for me to really care about their relationship at all.
- Sorry I meant Watcherofthe2000s can explain it for you if you don't get what I was saying.
Okay, I'm back to apologize again for the forcefulness with which I nitpicked these episodes (and I was just joking on those psycho parts, but looking back, it wasn't really that funny, I understand ).
I'll only say that the one thing that seemed to me to significantly detract from this series so far was the rationale of the air benders for joining Tenzin. It just occurred to me now that he could have spearheaded his recruitment campaign with the slogan that joining the Air Nation Reformation project would allow new air benders to learn to control their abilities and thus become less of a danger to themselves and their loved ones. This would make sense considering that the first new air bender we saw was horrified by his new found powers and treated like an aberration by his peers (basically taking a queue from Professor X). This motive might have been the implied reasoning for those air benders who were rescued from the Earth Queen's recruitment drive to join Tenzin's campaign, but if it was, it might have helped to bring it up. Or if he made that point to the people he was recruiting door-to-door style, and then shot down his chances with his descriptions of Air Nomad lifestyles, it could have been an even more hilarious situation (I guess, but I also suppose I don't know the meaning of hilarity).
That's all I'll say from this point. I didn't criticize this show because I thought I was an expert in writing or acting; I'm not of either category. I only do so because I love the universe that these creators have built. Paraphrasing what James A. Baldwin once said, "I love Avatar more than any other show in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize it perpetually." But I can see now that extremism in the defense of the quality of something is indeed a crime, so I apologize for insulting any fans of the show and especially to any of the show's creators if they happened upon it. I also apologize to Ryochi Mayeabara for including such a vehement rant in the comments section of his review.
That's ok. I thought that you brought some pretty good points. And I don't mind rants as long as the points that you mentioned make sense (which they do).
So apology accepted (even though it really wasn't necessary) and I'm glad that you have the decency to apologize (even though it's not that big of a deal) unlike some people in the Internet.
"I completely agree that Opal is just there to be something for Bolin to go after and is just there to cry over Lin's rage. We don't really see how she feels about this and we don't know anything about her other than that she's Lin's sister's daughter. At least Asami was more fleshed out than her......I think..... "
But.. we do and she was?
We know how she felt about it. SHE was the one who broke their fight and told them they are sisters.
Personality wise, she was in those two episodes established as awkward, shy, excited about the world since she never left the Metal City (which is what made her atracted to Bolin) and about being an airbender but not wanting to dissapoint her mom. How much development would you want for a minor character in two episodes?
Strejda:
Barely explored in my opinion and barely mentioned as far as I can recall.
She did break up their fight but lets be honest here people, what keeps Korra, Asami, or anyone else who knew about this to do the exact same thing?
"Personality wise, she was in those two episodes established as awkward, shy, excited about the world since she never left the Metal City (which is what made her attracted to Bolin)
- What exactly does that have to do with being attracted to Bolin? She could have been attracted to anyone but the producers decided to start making Bolin a ladies man again.
"and about being an airbender but not wanting to disappoint her mom. How much development would you want for a minor character in two episodes?"
- Barely explored like I said above but she is a minor character so you have a point. Maybe if they didn't rush it so much (Don't tell me they weren't, they were clearly rushing) they could have developed it a bit more.
Ryochi Mayeabara:
Korra clearly asks if she should stop them and Bolin says "You never had any siblings. Fighting is all part of the healing process."
You sure you didn't fast-forward this episode? When Bolin talks about all the things that happened to him in his life it clearly makes an impression on her.
Sorry, but still no, they weren't. The romance was rushed (still better than the Makorra if you ask me) everything else? I call that not wasting time.
Strejda:
Ummm...Bolin? I'm pretty sure that if someone started throwing rocks at another innocent bystander, I would probably do something....eh its another universe.
I mostly interpreted that as giving Bolin someone to chase but eh, more insight into a minor character I guess.
Ack! Makorra. Completely dropping this argument due to the mentioning of that name.
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The Legend of Korra episodes 1 and 2 season 3 review
Episode 1: I guess showing a small scene about how Korra is dealing with the new changes is ok. And closing the annoying three-way love triangle is great plus the animation and scenery are great. Now for the bad parts, there is zero Foreshadowing and barely any explanation for why the citizens apparently got airbending. Plus, Korra and Asami finding out that they both kissed Mako behind their backs is handled very poorly in my opinion. Plus, why the hell has Bolin never evolved beyond being comic relief after 2 seasons?
Plus, due to Fridge Logic, Korra apparently got an 8% approval rating and the leader of Republic City doesn't approve of her even though she I dunno SAVED REPUBLIC CITY!!!! I wouldn't be bothered too much about this if I had seen their side of the argument or reasons for being that way but their point is basically "Oh she is disrupting peace with the citizens even though she is clearly saving a bunch of people....KICK HER OUT!!!!"
The bad guy is ok so far.
Overall: If you want to see wasted potential then go watch this episode.
Episode 2: Korra and Tenzin need to understand that people aren't willing to throw away their lives just to become an airbender in the nomads. It was fine at first cause Character Development will fix that right? WRONG! This is not even addressed instead it is mostly played for laughs as they come up with a plan to "convince them to become the equivalent of monks"
This new kid, Kai has great potential for Character Development (I'm keeping my hopes up) but his introductory scene is paced way too fast (it was like five minutes after he shows up and it's already revealed that he is a liar and the real thief. REALLY? THIS IS A THIRTY MINUTE SERIES!!!!) but I don't like how Jinora is shown to have a crush on him. Love on first sight is possible...i guess, but for the love of god....
IT IS NOT GOOD ON WRITTEN FORMAT!!!!
So anyways, the bad guy was breaking out his evil friends.....don't have too much gripes with this....yet..
Overall: If you want to see potential for Character Development and seeing it being wasted at the same time then watch this episode. Tenzin's joke about "getting tattoos on your back" was funny though.
All subjective obviously.