I don't even like ATLA that much but all 3 seasons shit on the best of what Korra had to offer. Korra was a massive waste with bad writing.
What?!?!?
Season 2 had almost double the budget of season 1 primarily because season 1 was so successful for Nick.
Exactly how I feel.All of TLA > All of Korra. Just thinking about how excited I was over something that turned out to be a huge disappointment is so crazy.
Basically says it all ATLA has the whole story planned our. Korea had jack shot planned out and existed because it could based on the success of the predecessor.they only had the first 13 episodes ordered upfront iirc
It's why episode 12, the storm, goes deep into Aang and Zuko's backstory and why the blue spirit has them both engage each other, it was supposed to be a sort of resolution between the two characters. The success of show let them continue the story they had planned out. There's a three month delay between episode 13 and 14.
Korra Season 3 is arguably better than Book 1 of ATLA. If you only had to go through season 1 of Korra, I'd say go for it. But you also have to get through season 2. Ugh.
Man, it was crazy. I made the Korra Book one OT and got so excited when the first few episodes turned out good. Even by the end of Book 1 I was still interested, even if my expectations had been put in check. But then Book 2 happened. Honestly, that season was so bad it tainted the show going forward. Even when Book 3 was a relative return to form, it was built on a rotten foundation. The show didn't have enough time to really explore the ideas it put out either, making the whole thing feel shallow by the end.Exactly how I feel.
Will we ever get Avatar The Las Airbender on Bluray?
Just gonna repeat some of my earlier thoughts.
Legend of Korra blew up the entire franchise's mythos. Hard core. Hard to survive that.
The part where Avatar Wan dispels basically all of the the mystique around the Avatar, bending and it's place in the world. It's on par with Midichlorians as lore-ruining.What part of the mythos did Korra blow up? Do you mean like how Korra ended the Avatar line?
Gotta say, I agree with this. Having Rava, alien spirit of light be the functional core of the avatar spirit...instead of the avatar being the quintessential representative of the world's spirit or part of the world's natural order was bunk.The part where Avatar Wan dispels basically all of the the mystique around the Avatar, bending and it's place in the world. It's on par with Midichlorians as lore-ruining.
Something that doesn't get brought up is that a lot of the writers from ATLA did not come back to this. I feel they played a bigger role than some thought.
Edit: Actually was wrong on that. It seems that two of the main writers other than the creators were there from season 2 onwards. Wonder what went wrong, then.
Gotta say, I agree with this. Having Rava, alien spirit of light be the functional core of the avatar spirit...instead of the avatar being the quintessential representative of the world's spirit or part of the world's natural order was bunk.
The spirit world was also kind of handled poorly. In TLA, spirits were neither good or bad, they're forces moved by their own compulsions and the world's circumstances. Defining them by giving them human traits is weak and having them come to an understanding with humans is weird.
That's four of the original nineteen writers. And notably, the head writer of TLA Aaron Ehasz had nothing to do with LoK at all.
LoK S2 needs to be lowerLast Airbender forever.
Ultimately Korra is an interesting disappointment by comparison, with the high point being season 3.
My ranking of the seasons:
TLA Season 2 >
TLA Season 3 >
LoK Season 3 >
LoK Season 1 >
TLA Season 1 >
LoK Season 4 >
LoK Season 2
ATLA by a mile, but both had great highs and annoying lows.
ATLA's biggest annoyance for me is how Aang gets the Avatar state back. Just get bumped by a rock and you're good to wreck house! That was a major cop out and frustrates me to no end.
Gotta say, I agree with this. Having Rava, alien spirit of light be the functional core of the avatar spirit...instead of the avatar being the quintessential representative of the world's spirit or part of the world's natural order was bunk.
The spirit world was also kind of handled poorly. In TLA, spirits were neither good or bad, they're forces moved by their own compulsions and the world's circumstances. Defining them by giving them human traits is weak and having them come to an understanding with humans is weird.
That's four of the original nineteen writers. And notably, the head writer of TLA Aaron Ehasz had nothing to do with LoK at all.