Huh?mako is zuko with less characterization, his zuko without the sarcasm,anger and honor issue jokes and without a great character like Iroha to play off of.
His "what if" zuko had a different life and never got agni kai-ed.
There's really isn't much that separates him so far, even if he does go batman Zuko already did that with the Blue spirt.
Didn't like this episode. The relationships ended up going in a big circle, the most obvious case of pandering I've seen in the franchise since the Zutara stuff in Book 3: Fire. However, the next episode will probably deliver.
My prediction based off of trailers and commercials:
Amon attacks the finals match from the ceiling and maybe even takes away the nameless douche's bending. Korra shoots fire up at him to no avail, gets bailed out by Lin, who is still the best character in the show.
"Nameless douche" = Tahno
:lol
good lawd that episode was painful to watch.
complete overload on probending and shipping.
bolin was the only redeeming thing about it.
i get why korra goes for mako (tropes and whatnot) but theyre awwwful together.
Awful together? You sound like a shipper. :O
Honestly, don't really like the probending much.
One of the best things about earthbending was how they fight by shifting the earth around them. Led to a lot of creative fights, especially with Toph. Yet in probending, all earthbenders do is throw those discs around.
Same goes for waterbending. Shifting water to ice and steam made for some cool fights, but apparently that's banned in probending.
I hope we see a lot more of Bolin and the others fighting outside the ring, because probending is pretty limited and boring so far.
I really feel that the whole Mako liking Korra thing is very forced. Korra liked him from the onset because of his looks and because he's really good at firebending (something someone like her would really appreciate). However, Mako was uninterested in Korra from the beginning, then grew more respect for her when she helped him take care of his brother. I just don't see where he began to feel attracted to her romantically. Especially given how he reacts to Asami. It's just came out of the blue this episode.
Honestly, don't really like the probending much.
One of the best things about earthbending was how they fight by shifting the earth around them. Led to a lot of creative fights, especially with Toph. Yet in probending, all earthbenders do is throw those discs around.
Same goes for waterbending. Shifting water to ice and steam made for some cool fights, but apparently that's banned in probending.
I hope we see a lot more of Bolin and the others fighting outside the ring, because probending is pretty limited and boring so far.
At first I was excited for this probending for my fix of cool bending action but turned out meh it lacks any of the creative seen in the out in the open last airbender fights and the last match with korra was load of rubbish they should of lost that match.
I hope amon wrecks this shitty tournament and saves us from it,the tourny in the last airbender was a lot better and had interesting characters/opponents like the boulder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6c1hyFGY3Y
mako is zuko with less characterization, his zuko without the sarcasm,anger and honor issue jokes and without a great character like Iroha to play off of.
His "what if" zuko had a different life and never got agni kai-ed.
There's really isn't much that separates him so far, even if he does go batman Zuko already did that with the Blue spirt.
You do realize we are only 5 episodes in right? Jesus christ.
How big are the file sizes of the 1080p iTunes episodes? Anyone know?
Awful together? You sound like a shipper. :O
I really feel that the whole Mako liking Korra thing is very forced. Korra liked him from the onset because of his looks and because he's really good at firebending (something someone like her would really appreciate). However, Mako was uninterested in Korra from the beginning, then grew more respect for her when she helped him take care of his brother. I just don't see where he began to feel attracted to her romantically. Especially given how he reacts to Asami. It's just came out of the blue this episode.
cant help it. the ships seem a lot more up front in this series so i think it's very important that the ships work for the quality of the show.
Because she is the Avatar, basically.
I really feel that the whole Mako liking Korra thing is very forced. Korra liked him from the onset because of his looks and because he's really good at firebending (something someone like her would really appreciate). However, Mako was uninterested in Korra from the beginning, then grew more respect for her when she helped him take care of his brother. I just don't see where he began to feel attracted to her romantically. Especially given how he reacts to Asami. It's just came out of the blue this episode.
I was disappointed, if understanding. But I did like it, just nowhere near as much as the four before it. Although it did take me a while to warm to it. Once you accept it for what it is, and go along with the shipping for a bit, you realise it's still got the same great acting, production values, some okay fight scenes and some of the funniest moments in the show so far. I mean, it was genuinely ATLA funny, which it hadn't necessarily peaked at beforehand.Seriously, am I the only one who enjoyed the episode? I guess not paying attention to all this weird shipping Crap, allowed me to not go in so cynical about it.
I liked the episode, and the awkward situations were delivered very well.
I liked it a lot too. Some crazy shit has been going down in this thread over the last few weeks so I kind of avoid it now.Seriously, am I the only one who enjoyed the episode? I guess not paying attention to all this weird shipping Crap, allowed me to not go in so cynical about it.
YES YES YES YES YES!!!!
finally an answer.
I think he's being sarcastic as the blog post was clarifying what the "proper" couple names were.I don't understand...
Seriously, am I the only one who enjoyed the episode? I guess not paying attention to all this weird shipping Crap, allowed me to not go in so cynical about it.
I liked the episode, and the awkward situations were delivered very well.
Man I hope at some point they do another version of the Ember Island Players where they see a play about Team Avatar ending the hundred year war and it's even more misinformed after 70 years.Regarding the true shipping names, I don't know how big the budget for each LoK episode is (I think I read about $1m per episode, right?), but the fact that they spent all a whole episode's budget just to troll their fanbase is pretty amazing.
ANy place to watch the first 4 episodes online.
Man I hope at some point they do another version of the Ember Island Players where they see a play about Team Avatar ending the hundred year war and it's even more misinformed after 70 years.
They could use the pronunciations from the live action movie lol
oh by the way wiseblade, i think it'd be good to put the episode links into the OP somewhere as they come out
I loved the pro bending centric episode. Maybe we'll get to see more traditional bending once the series is moved outside of the city?
I've never watched the live action movie, so I really don't know much of the criticisms other than it's universally shit, the Fire Nation are all Indian (just so M. Night could get his cameo, I bet), and despite being Water Tribe, Katara and Sokka are not the same race as the rest of their people.Man I hope at some point they do another version of the Ember Island Players where they see a play about Team Avatar ending the hundred year war and it's even more misinformed after 70 years.
They could use the pronunciations from the live action movie lol
Anywhere I can hear the shitty pronunciations?
I did a quick search but couldn't find anything. Pretty much M Night uses traditional pronounciations for the names, so "Aang" becomes "Ah-ng", "Sock-ah" becomes "So-kah", "Eye-roh" becomes "Ee-roh". Really bad stuff, especially when your target audience is primarily kids, who would find these sorts of changes the most aggravating.Season 2, then, if that. I think it's already been confirmed that at least season 1 takes place in Republic City. Whether that carries on to Book 2 I don't know.
I've never watched the live action movie, so I really don't know much of the criticisms other than it's universally shit, the Fire Nation are all Indian (just so M. Night could get his cameo, I bet), and despite being Water Tribe, Katara and Sokka are not the same race as the rest of their people.
Anywhere I can hear the shitty pronunciations?
Will I be able to watch Avatar or is it too kid focused or too "moe"/"kawaii" for me to handle?
Give it a go, I would highly recommend it (coming from someone who also loves Batman TAS). It's got it all, heart, comedy, great action.I've never watched any of the Avatar shows or movies, including the apparently god awful live action one. I know nothing at all about it.
I'm interested in watching the cartoon as it seems to be getting high praise. My cartoon tolerance at this point is Batman TAS (the older one before all the anime inspired one's after it). Anything lower on the target age audience and I would probably cringe. My anime tolerance is pretty low right now. I can't stand the "moe" & "kawaii" aspect of most anime any more. Even my favorite anime of all time which my username is partly based on is hardly tolerable to me in the beginning anymore (but it becomes so awesome once it starts discarding that later on).
Will I be able to watch Avatar or is it too kid focused or too "moe"/"kawaii" for me to handle?
*EDIT - I can also handle cartoon shows like Tail Spin, Darkwing Duck and Duck Tales but that's due to amazing nostalgia as those shows were so awesome in my childhood.
I've never watched any of the Avatar shows or movies, including the apparently god awful live action one. I know nothing at all about it.
I'm interested in watching the cartoon as it seems to be getting high praise. My cartoon tolerance at this point is Batman TAS (the older one before all the anime inspired one's after it). Anything lower on the target age audience and I would probably cringe. My anime tolerance is pretty low right now. I can't stand the "moe" & "kawaii" aspect of most anime any more. Even my favorite anime of all time which my username is partly based on is hardly tolerable to me in the beginning anymore (but it becomes so awesome once it starts discarding that later on).
Will I be able to watch Avatar or is it too kid focused or too "moe"/"kawaii" for me to handle?
*EDIT - I can also handle cartoon shows like Tail Spin, Darkwing Duck and Duck Tales but that's due to amazing nostalgia as those shows were so awesome in my childhood.
They could use the pronunciations from the live action movie lol
... what?! No! Well, now I have an excuse to go rewatch it!You caught the mention in The Spirit of Competition right? Cuz that was f'in hilarious.
Dude, give it some time! The first season of Last Airbender was a slow burn to begin with too. "Look, it's the great divide, the biggest canyon in the Earth Kingdom!" "Ugh, let's keep flying." That said, it's going to be hard to top "Don't you know who we are? We're Chan and Ran Jon."Caught The Drill on Nicktoons this afternoon. Yeah, there's no way this show will ever come close.