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[Sirus]

The original series got 61 episodes. I really need to start watching Korra, I feel like I'm missing out

[quinnr]

I saw a video that claimed that the little girl in the candy world (the mimicking one) is actually Ralph's love interest, of all things. That seem potentially wrong to anyone else?

Wasn't that girl like...4? And Ralph is...not 4? -shudder-
Unless it's love-interest as in Despicable Me, where the main character adopts the little girls.

[Sirus]

I don't think anyone uses the term "love interest" in that way. Or maybe they do, I dunno.

[RedKing]

Yes but lets stick within the Arcades. Since violent and Scary games existed in the time period Ralph is from.

It just sounds like the dialog was written by someone who really doesn't play videogames.

"When did videogames get to violent and scary"

Well hmmm let me think... Honestly probably since the NES or if you don't accept that within the SNES (As early as the Atari truthfully)

Also how are you defining "Scary?" Because the original Clocktower which was a 2-bit game was a lot more scary then your weird Metroid/Gears-of-war mix on the best day. What you were playing wasn't scary...

It is just a weird peice of dialog I'd expect a parent to say... Not a videogame character who exists in a world where all videogames exist.

I can only guess it is in there SPECIFICALLY to say what all the non-videogame playing parents are thinking.

I don't mean to turn this into a thing, but you're contradicting yourself. You say "lets stick within the arcades" and then immediately cite NES games for your evidence. I spent a metric shitload of time in the arcades in the 80's. I don't remember anything that was even remotely disturbing or traumatizing. (Okay, maybe the "Game Over" screen from Ninja Gaiden, where you were about to sawed in half by a blade if the timer ran out. But even that was stylized, with the screen just turning red and a little digitized groan to indicate what happened). N.A.R.C. was an exception and it was notable precisely because it was such an aberration of violence in the arcade (and that was in 1988).

The light gun shooters like Operation Wolf were violent but it was a very conventional, non-gory form of violence. Many of your enemies were vehicles rather than individual people, and even when it was actual soldiers, a killing hit just made them crumple into a heap or disappear into an explosion cloud, not burst into gibs. Contrast that with a "modern" arcade shooter like House of the Dead or Area 51.

I'm not saying that the movie SHOULD be preachy about videogame violence (and i'll be pissed if that's a central theme), but I think it's a valid line of dialogue, especially coming from a character who's only known his 8-bit world where nobody actually dies on-screen.

[Zangi]

So apparently Legend of Korra is now planned to be 52 episodes total. I liked the first 12 episodes just fine, though I have to wonder where they'll find the plot for another 40.

Its hard to imagine what Avatar-worthy conflicts will come up... but I suppose there is still a big world...  and things have been brewing for at least... 15-20 years?


@Disney Movie: Games today may seem more violent and scary...  cause more things can happen on screen at the same time, at least in reference to that space marine game he was in... it is also much faster paced. 
Put it in perspective of a video game character coming from a much more easy pace game with not a lot of random stuff happening on screen.

[Hawkfrost]

So apparently Legend of Korra is now planned to be 52 episodes total. I liked the first 12 episodes just fine, though I have to wonder where they'll find the plot for another 40.

Awesome.
I wonder what they will come up with. Off the top of my head;

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Maybe Asami will become the next villain? She certainly has a reason to hate Korra and Mako.

[Pnx]

So apparently Legend of Korra is now planned to be 52 episodes total. I liked the first 12 episodes just fine, though I have to wonder where they'll find the plot for another 40.

Awesome.
I wonder what they will come up with. Off the top of my head;

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Maybe Asami will become the next villain? She certainly has a reason to hate Korra and Mako.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Maybe? But don't write the two major villains of the first season off yet, they probably won't feature as central antagonists, but I still expect at least one of them to make a comeback, villains have survived worse things than a boat exploding before.

[Neonivek]

I don't mean to turn this into a thing, but you're contradicting yourself

Yeah I don't know what happened there.

Though lets hope he doesn't look across the arcade to the "House of the Dead" or the "Mortal Kombat" games.

I mean... he may be a arcade game character but he lives in the videogame world and can explore it regularly.

[Sirus]

I dunno if he can. I mean, from the trailers it's apparent in real-life time that Ralph left his game, and other characters seem slightly shocked that he would do such a thing. There may be a sort of nexus area where franchises can meet (the train station looking place), but perhaps visiting other games doesn't happen very often.

All speculation of course.

[RedWarrior0]

Re: Korra
YES! HUZZAH! Etc.

Hoping they don't have a zillion filler episodes, but the filler in Series The First was pretty good at having a point, usually characterization-wise.

And I'm hoping for a return of at least a semi-major first series character other than the few we have now. Like, in a major role (good or bad)

[MrWiggles]

Gravity Falls is a great series. Its like a comedy focus Eerie Indian.
Has anyone caught any episodes?

[kaijyuu]

I've heard about it. Gonna try it out soon.


Big reason I want to see it is Rob Renzetti is working on it. He made My Life as a Teenage Robot (quite good show) and MLP:FiM (need I say more?).


EDIT: Why everyone should check it out in one image:

[MrWiggles]

It also has the creator of Marvelous Misadventure of Flapjack too.

[penguinofhonor]

This reminded me of a superior pig gif.

[Neonivek]

I have a question for you all:

Have you ever rooted for the villains simply because the main hero(s) is such a mary sue?

I am thinking back to Jem where honestly I was sort of on the Misfits side most of the time. They actually had to use every trick, skill, and talent they had just to match her and Jem basically do anything and succeed. It would be easy to spin the show in such a way that the Misfits are just a struggling band against an inhumanly perfect band.

But in that case I think it was intentional. I like the fact that you really could be on both the heros and villains side (to the point where the Misfits almost feel like the second group of protagonists... anti-heros sure, but still)