shira
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Coincidence? I think not.
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Legend of Korra |OT| - Saturday Mornings Just Got Better
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Coincidence? I think not.
Hmm. Oh well. Even if Amazon didn't IP block, I'd have a hard time paying for anything on there, on account of not having a US credit card.
Apple doesn't ip block you just have to set up an account in the USA with a USA payment method. You can use US iTunes gift cards to pay. Search online for how to buy from abroad.
Fixed, I'm sure. There's no way some filthy High Risk Traders didn't rip the first two episodes back when they were on Korranation.com.
It's leagues better. Although it's not really a fair comparison, since Korra's debut has 61 episodes of rich fiction backing up while TLA went in fresh.
I haven't even seen the episode and I think it's a safe bet to say "yes".
Infinite Justice
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Yep.
IIRC Best Buy has a thing where overseas people can buy stuff from their website using a special address so i think itunes cards could work.
The thing is though if it works it can take Best Buy a while to email the code.
Net_Wrecker
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Counting today's TV premiere, I've seen the 1st ep 4 TIMES already, and the 2nd ep twice.
NEED. MOAR.
NEED. MOAR.
Dominican Power
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So strange seeing Katara being old.
Steve Blum actually voices everybody in Legend of Korra.
They did a really good job of making her look the same.
Then who does Nolan North voice?
Nolan North playing Steve Blum
Makes perfect sense!
Yes. One of the monks on Air Temple Island is named Steve Bluum and is voices by Nolan North. Also an Equalist named Nolani is voiced by Jennifer Hale.
TacticalFox88
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WTF is this shit?
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
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:lol Wow...
Is this the worst poster of the internet? I vote yes.
K, finished watching the first episode. Seems decent enough, though personally felt the pacing seemed a little off. Also seems Steven Blum brought along a few of his anime dubbing buddies with him.
Also, judging by the reactions here, I'm assuming enough time has passed by that Season 3 is now loved by all?
Also, judging by the reactions here, I'm assuming enough time has passed by that Season 3 is now loved by all?
flintstryker
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season 3 being hated is news to me.
QueenOfThorns
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Actually, comparing the iTunes video download to Amazon's, iTunes has much better video quality. So I guess I'll get the season pass thing from them. Amazon's are all pixelated in comparison.
It might be just me, but. I'll just link the images since they'll be huge.
Amazon: http://i.minus.com/iQt6pcUahikSL.jpeg
iTunes: http://i.minus.com/iuPjMvOTbtqU2.jpg
It might be just me, but. I'll just link the images since they'll be huge.
Amazon: http://i.minus.com/iQt6pcUahikSL.jpeg
iTunes: http://i.minus.com/iuPjMvOTbtqU2.jpg
I meant in a general way! Not in a "grr i'm gonna download torrents fuck the man grr" way.
Recently did a rewatch of season 3 and liked it much better than when i saw it the first time. Watching it all at once helped a lot. There are a few bad episodes in there, but well, that was the case with every season. And the 4 episode finale is all sorts of awesome.
Still not as good as season 2, but i think season 3 is better than season 1
Out of curiosity, did you watch Season 3 on DVD first, or as it was airing? I think that Season 3's diversions seem less like random filler when you aren't waiting weeks (and then months) between episodes.
No, this is the impression I have as well.
QueenOfThorns
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I thought season 3 was great, but I wasn't around when it was originally airing. Can definitely see how some of the episodes could have been seen as filler at the time.
Infinite Justice
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Yea i feel the same way.
The fact that this show as only going to be 12 episodes long shows.
I think thats just for the first season. They are giving it a second season.
Originally it was just going to be 1 season, is what I'm saying. And the quick pacing alludes to that.
That's definitely my opinion. Season 1 was a bit too slow and preachy during the first half.
Yeah, I watched it as it was airing.
The way that I remember it, there was a shitload of hype for season 3, but once it started airing, there was a lot of disappointment being voiced. Hell, I was following the Avatar thread back during that time and everyone here was tearing it to shreds.
I do think that it should be noted this was for the first half of season 3. The second half I remember people viewing as more positive, and unless I'm mistaken, people were quite happy with the finale.
ThatObviousUser
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Only have seen the first ep so far (Amazon watcher, here), my thoughts:
An amazing first episode, probably the best production values I've ever seen in an American* animated television show, easily matching the best anime and surpassing most everything else except feature films. As for the show itself, I was iffy on Korra going in but in this episode my doubts have turned 160 degrees around. Not a full 180, but definitely getting there. The only knock, so far, is it seems to be in The Last Airbender's shadow, constantly referencing it and not really letting it stand on its own. I know why they did this and I know it won't be an issue later on (I hope, at least), but I felt it was worth mentioning.
An amazing first episode, probably the best production values I've ever seen in an American* animated television show, easily matching the best anime and surpassing most everything else except feature films. As for the show itself, I was iffy on Korra going in but in this episode my doubts have turned 160 degrees around. Not a full 180, but definitely getting there. The only knock, so far, is it seems to be in The Last Airbender's shadow, constantly referencing it and not really letting it stand on its own. I know why they did this and I know it won't be an issue later on (I hope, at least), but I felt it was worth mentioning.
CornBurrito
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I feel referencing TLA was kind of unavoidable given the nature of the Avatar cycle.
I think the animation and production values absolutely craps on pretty much any anime out there right now. I really cant think of any anime that even come close
I haven't kept up as much with top-notch animation anime in recent years, but as far as television productions go, I agree.
ThatObviousUser
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Certainly I agree, I just had this niggling doubt in my mind I had seen something on par with it recently... but I can't remember what. Well I guess that makes Korra king (queen?)
I felt if they wanted to, this could have been set 150 or 200 years in the future. Heck it's a little hard to buy all the tech advancement as it is. Then they could actually reference Avatar once in a while for the fans without actually having characters from that show walking around reminding us of it constantly.
Im fine with it, and I doubt they will reference it much beyond the first episode. The only times i think we will see it again is when Korra will go into magical la la land and meet Aang (like he met Roku)
As for the tech advancement, I bought it. The fire nation was pretty technologically advanced in TLA thanks to firebending that metal, but now with actual metal benders? totally see fire and especially metal benders skyrocketing the tech advancement of the world
Ignis Fatuus
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I remember reading somewhere that Avatar gets like $1 million budgeted per episode, which is considerably more than any anime series would be allocated. High quality OVAs or more likely anime films would be on par with the quality we're talking about.
CornBurrito
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Then I guess reality is unrealistic. Just look at technological progression in real life.
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