WHY DO YOU HATE ME, LIFE????
I'm loving it. However... I had to watch it with 3 teen-age boys, who kept pointing out all the inconsistencies between the rules of bending now vs. the old show. For example, in the pro-bending matches, the fighters "run out of juice." Back in the battles against the firebenders under Zuko, nobody every ran out of anything! So... what gives?
Lots of comments on the OMG wonderful show.
- the polar bear dog is a unique twist. I guess every Avatar has an animal companion, though they never suggested such with the original series.
- I like how they're linking the previous series with related characters. (police chief Lynn Bafong.) Though sometimes, I wonder about the intervening years. Did they keep Bafong for the power of the name or did Toph not marry?
- What relation does Amon have to Zuko or Osai? Could this somehow relate to what Aang did to the Phoenix King?
- Pro Bending Matches seems interesting. Would love to know why and how they came about.
- Are the only air benders those on the island of Republic city?
So much awesomeness to this show. So many questions to be answered...
I'm sure this has something to do with personal energy waning and it effecting their bending, rather than the bending itself.
I haven't been getting a "benders can do no wrong" angle. So far, I've been thinking that they've been subtly setting up the idea that the Equalists are actually right. I mean, Korra roughs up a guy whose just practicing his freedom of speech using her powers!
And, it even makes sense for a more hotheaded character like Korra to have her REAL challenge to be...growing up and realizing that just because you CAN solve things with bending (I.E, force), it does not mean you SHOULD.
My favorite rejoinder to Stalin's quote: "Violence is the solution to all problems, but it is rarely the best."
Let's be fair. We only know a handful of Avatars (i.e., the two incarnations of the Avatar who have been the protagonists of the two series, and then Aang's four predecessors).- the polar bear dog is a unique twist. I guess every Avatar has an animal companion, though they never suggested such with the original series.
Finally, a good explanation for why a villain doesn't just kill the hero when they've got the prime opportunity.
I feel like they're going to set up Korra with the firebender in the group just to appease the Zutara fans.
Me: Okay, what's his lame excuse for not killing her when he has the... oh. Fine, then. That's a good reason. Carry on.
Done tastefully, I have no problem with it. But I was a Zutarian, so...
Seriously, though, if you include romance in your show, I think it should be done just as well as the other elements. Give it due attention without turning it into a romantic plot tumor, or making it seem like an add on. That's my problem with Young Justice.