that promo image posted a while back made it look awesome. like a no holds barred bending brawl with crazy spectacles and transforming arenas. all we got are discs, jabs and whips with predictable match outcomes
I guess they tried it that way first but it probably was to expensive/too hard to follow/to hard to make the fights fair that way. I'm really looking forward to a making of or a Korra Artbook where they go in more detail about creating the series, the first Artbook was awesome in that regard.
So Bryan and Mike said Mako is Zuko without the angst.
We now know Bolin is Sokka without any game.
Do you have a link for that. I'd say he resembles Zuko, but he is also very diferent in a lot of regards.
And Bolin is even more different than Sokka.
The only thing I dislike about probending is we're only getting to see The Fireferrets and the jobbers they go against. Doesn't seem like a true tourney since we're only getting a few of these matches.
I loved this episode. Bolin's character is hilarious to me. The timing in the dilaogue is great. He always makes me chuckle.
They probably had to balance it. I personally love pro-bending, but a lot of people find it boring for some reason. If they devoted more time to it, there would basically be no end to it. Plus they only had 12 episodes for everything initially and probably had to weed out the unnecessary stuff.
Also, pro-bending seems to be a big plot device to strenghthen the character relationships which each other, which is pretty awesome.
Seriously though, what did happen to Mako's patented "cool under fire" stuff?
He hasn't displayed that composure since that very 1st game.
I'd say he displayed it in the first match yesterday, they all were awesome before everything else happened.
episode 5
hmm...great episode thanks to the bolin and the kids,bolin got over it pretty quick, now can we get back to what made avatar great?
Don't get me wrong korra is great but it's not even on the level of the last airbender looks like they traded in a lot the charm,plot,adventure,funny to please the shipping war fans.
the last air bender managed to have the romance while having a plot, progressing through it at the same time while here the plot is swept under the rug in favor of internet fan pleasing drama.Also doesn't help that the cast is significantly weaker then the last air bender.
bolin and the kids are carrying this show on there backs right now.
still anyways I had a lot fun with this episode but am having more fun watching that ugly amazing show avengers earths mightiest heroes.
I wouldn't go as far as saying they traded anything for the shipping wars. Yes, TLA managed to have the romance as a side plot. But you know what? The fandom went insane about every little detail that way. This time around they put it out in the open for one episode and cleared up everyones feelings towards each other for now. Yes, the shippers will still do their thing but it's a lot better this way then it was in TLA imo.
I also think they didn't sweep the plot under the rug in favor of pleasing the fans, they used it as a device to please the fans as well as advance the story and build the main casts relations with each other. The more I think about it, I realize it was really, really well done.
As for the cast being weaker. Yes the seasons are a lot shorter, but it's still only been 5 episodes.