[PK Gaming]

Aang was pretty consistently portrayed as being spiritual, or at least not having any trouble in that area. he was shown meditating on multiple occasions and was quick to grasp any spiritual shenanigans going on around him.

Surely this wasn't the case early on. Didn't he need to receive specific training from that monk dude, err guru who hung out by himself in the empty air temple? I thought he was pretty impatient at times, but yeah for sure towards the end of avatar he became extremely spiritual.

[Verelios]

Yeah, Aang was always more of the spiritual type. It could be seen by his visits to the spirit world, and his interactions with the Guru. Who, by the way, commented on Aangs speed in releasing his chakra's

Question though: How could Korra do every type of bending when she was small? Wouldn't she have had a hard time with at least fire bending? Does that mean Aang was just kind of~ and that Korra is more adept at it?

I thought there had to be the selection test? What happened to that?

Edit: ^^ He only needed to recieve training from the guru because he had damaged his Chakra's, and needed help opening them again to induce the Avatar state. He was always naturally spiritual.

[apana]

The earth spirit chooses a human body for each incarnation. That body has genes like any other but the earth spirit can make physical changes to the human body without having to modify the genes. Someone hand me my Avatar nobel prize.

[MattKeil]

Please leave Star Wars Prequels out of this force does not equal bending on any level.

Prequels? Nothing he said is prequel related. The Force has always been an innate thing implied to be related to lineage. It's not a coincidence that the son of Anakin Skywalker (even before it was decided to make him the same character as Darth Vader) was a powerful potential Jedi.

There's no way to believably claim bending in Avatar does not owe something to Star Wars and the Force. It's not the only inspiration, obviously, but these guys are basically elemental Jedi run through a kung fu movie filter.

[Black-Box]

Yeah, Aang was always more of the spiritual type. It could be seen by his visits to the spirit world, and his interactions with the Guru. Who, by the way, commented on Aangs speed in releasing his chakra's Question though: How could Korra do every type of bending when she was small? Wouldn't she have had a hard time with at least fire bending? Does that mean Aang was just kind of~ and that Korra is more adept at it? I thought there had to be the selection test? What happened to that? Edit: ^^ He only needed to recieve training from the guru because he had damaged his Chakra's, and needed help opening them again to induce the Avatar state. He was always naturally spiritual.

I think Korra is having a easier time because she wants it, while Aang didn't want the powers at first, so he was probably resisting a lot because deep down he didn't want it at first

[QuiteWhittle]

The earth spirit chooses a human body for each incarnation. That body has genes like any other but the earth spirit can make physical changes to the human body without having to modify the genes. Someone hand me my Avatar nobel prize.

I was just writing this....there is no special "avatar gene".

And if I'm not mistaken, it's not instantaneous either. The avatar spirit has two weeks to find a host(before its birth).

[Wiseblade]

I think Korra is having a easier time because she wants it, while Aang didn't want the powers at first, so he was probably resisting a lot because deep down he didn't want it at first

Korra has an easy time because she's awesome incarnate.

And the thread title is fixed! Piece by piece, this is starting to come together.

[Professor Beef]

I want more episodes like the one detailing the life of Avatar Roku.

[Arment]

Please leave Star Wars Prequels out of this force does not equal bending on any level.

It does in regard that force powers are hereditary and that there is also a spiritual side to it.

Much like bending.

[Soakedjunk]

I can't frakkin' wait for this. I was in love with the original when it came out. Bring it on!

[Satch]

#teamwiseblade <3

LETS DO THIS KORRA-GAF


*waits 2 weeks*

[Poyunch]

Korra has an easy time because she's awesome incarnate. And the thread title is fixed! Piece by piece, this is starting to come together.

If only Nick wasn't so irresponsible. You could have had more time.

[Black-Box]

If only Nick wasn't so irresponsible. You could have had more time.

not their fault, I believe all press websites have super easy passwords

[Foxy Fox 39]

Soooo good.

I really loved Tenzin's kids. Especially the "Sokkaang" one.

[Miizy F Baby]

In the first series, was it ever stated that only the Avatar could 'spirit bend'. Korra being spiritually weak pretty much writes her away from it, and maybe even makes her a tad susceptible to it? Might be Amon's key

[Poyunch]

The only problem I have is the credits aren't as good as the original's. It's nice but I LOVED the credits in the original Avatar.

not their fault, I believe all press websites have super easy passwords

Yeah. I forgot which E3 it was but the same thing happened with Nintendo. It was even a similar password and username except replaced with "Nintendo".

[Professor Beef]

In the first series, was it ever stated that only the Avatar could 'spirit bend'. Korra being spiritually weak pretty much writes her away from it, and maybe even makes her a tad susceptible to it? Might be Amon's key

The last known being to use energybending was the lionturtle, who passed it on to Aang. So no, you don't need to be an Avatar to use it. Your heart and mind have to be completely pure in order to use energybending and not get killed by it, however.

[Wiseblade]

The only problem I have is the credits aren't as good as the original's. It's nice but I LOVED the credits in the original Avatar. Yeah. I forgot which E3 it was but the same thing happened with Nintendo. It was even a similar password and username except replaced with "Nintendo".

I'd imagine the passwords are deliberately dumb so that members of the press can access the site easily. Although in this case...

[Miizy F Baby]

The last known being to use energybending was the lionturtle, who passed it on to Aang. So no, you don't need to be an Avatar to use it.

Ah, that's right. I completely forgot that it was passed on to him. Interesting.

[EvilMario]

not their fault, I believe all press websites have super easy passwords

They don't have to have these sorts of logins though. Just because everyone else does it, doesn't mean they have to.

Of course, with the ease of login, maybe they did it on purpose.

[Foxy Fox 39]

I'd imagine the passwords are deliberately dumb so that members of the press can access the site easily. Although in this case...

There was something like this for IGN awhile back and it was just as easy.

[HeroMK]

Can someone link me to the episode please.

[Foxy Fox 39]

Can someone link me to the episode please.

Legend of Korra

[Seda]

Korra has an easy time because she's awesome incarnate. And the thread title is fixed! Piece by piece, this is starting to come together.

It should say "The Legend of Korra"

Legend of Korra stills sounds wrong to me.

[ReiGun]

Oh man. First ep is out?! Oh man.

[HeroMK]

Legend of Korra

Thanks alot :)

[Homestuck]

Watched the first episode, after much internal conflict. It was amazing. All the callbacks and the music and the animation were all great. I laughed and teared up a few times too, especially when the music when Korra took Naga out for a walk started playing, and Katara talked about how all her friends were dead, and the Toph statue.

I eagerly await the next episode.

[Alexander]

I wonder if we'll get any closure with the rest of the previous cast. A:tLA is one of the few series where I like the antagonist(s) and side characters enough to wonder what happened to the lot of them. Hope it delves a bit beyond stuff like the "Zuko's mom" comment.

[Foxy Fox 39]

Was that aang in the starting? When tenzin says, "earth, fire, air"

Was air aang? Cause he had a chin strap!

[xxracerxx]

Was that aang in the starting? When tenzin says, "earth, fire, air" Was air aang? Cause he had a chin strap!

Yes, I believe it was him.

[GCX]

The only problem I have is the credits aren't as good as the original's. It's nice but I LOVED the credits in the original Avatar.

I really like the peaceful mood of the credits.

[shadyspace]

I STILL have problems with the level of technological development that has taken place over only 100 years. I have to actively work my suspension of disbelief on that one.

[GCX]

I STILL have problems with the level of technological development that has taken place over only 100 years. I have to actively work my suspension of disbelief on that one.

Eh, it's perfectly realistic. Just compare a year like 1880 to 1980 and boom, suddenly there's cars and skyscrapers and TVs and rocket ships and stuff.

[Poyunch]

I STILL have problems with the level of technological development that has taken place over only 100 years. I have to actively work my suspension of disbelief on that one.

Going from 1890 to 1990 in automobiles and you'll see it's not that weird. Plus everyone's working together now. It's pretty easy to do amazing stuff when you can basically use and manipulate the planet's resources so easily.

[apana]

I STILL have problems with the level of technological development that has taken place over only 100 years. I have to actively work my suspension of disbelief on that one.

It's 70 years and the only major thing that they did is make tall buildings (earthbending helped) and cars otherwise the fire nation and others were already pretty advanced. Again, just look at this past century or a little further back for examples. What changed from 1870-1940?

[Miizy F Baby]

I STILL have problems with the level of technological development that has taken place over only 100 years. I have to actively work my suspension of disbelief on that one.

It's only been 70 iirc, and from what I'm gathering, that's what the big dichotomy is. A bending focused state vs one that's better for all; holding the common society's advancement back to make sure it never advances from reach etc..etc.. it fits.

[shadyspace]

Eh, it's perfectly realistic. Just compare a year like 1870 to 1970 and boom, suddenly there's cars and skyscrapers and TVs and rocket ships and stuff.

But that was a continuous development. 1970 was 1970 because 1870 was 1870. I don't see the progression here. This is like if we went from mid-Qing Dynasty to the People's Republic in 70 years.

[Jexemad]

You have no idea how deep hearing those words cut me. Just thinking about my favourite character not existing anymore... T_T

Exactly. I was really hoping for a cameo at least :(

[apana]

But that was a continuous development. 1970 was 1970 because 1870 was 1870. I don't see the progression here. This is like if we went from mid-Qing Dynasty to the People's Republic in 70 years.

Qing dynasty must have been pretty badass. It's clear that in the Avatar world which was very tribal, focused on bending, and in the middle of a war that technology was not sweeping the world eventhough it was being steadily developed. When peace time came you had an explosion of development and innovation.

[AAK]

Did they ever hint at a Blu Ray release for the original series?

[Crocodile]

HOLY SHIT, I was just strolling through Off-Topic and stumbled upon this gem of a news bite. Saw the first episode and it was every bit as awesome as I expected. However, between this and DC Nation, I'm kind of annoyed that Saturday mornings are becoming relevant again. I haven't gotten up before noon on a Saturday in like a decade if I didn't have work to do, an errand to run or some sort of special event. I'd rather not change that habit if I can avoid it :(

Also LOL at that epic troll near the beginning. You know the one.

[Nelo Ice]

So watched the first episode and well it freaking delivered!

Also spoilers.
We need an episode dedicated to toddler Korra and that troll was GOLD :LOL.

[thetrin]

I STILL have problems with the level of technological development that has taken place over only 100 years. I have to actively work my suspension of disbelief on that one.

Can you imagine the exponential scientific advances humankind would go through if we had magic?

[CoolS]

Great to see Wise got his OT back. Good job!

[B3ASTMODE]

Dat Music :o

[CoolS]

Dat Music :o

Yeah when Korra took Naga out for a stroll and the music slowly started to rise up, I came a little.

[The Dutch Slayer]

Just finished watching the first episode:



And it wasn't even in HD

[Edag Plata]

Can anyone help me find this first episode?

[The Dutch Slayer]

Can anyone help me find this first episode?

took me 3 min of using google to find it so just be a little creative and use it. you'll find it.

[CoolS]

And it wasn't even in HD

Oh, this will be aired in HD?? Haven't even thought of that yet. :)