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[jaxy15]

Well the current season is finished, so it's a good time to catch up.

I watched 9 episodes 2 days before the tenth one.

[penguinofhonor]

Yeah, I watched 5 episodes the day before the finale and the remaining 5 episodes the day of it.

But hey, if you want a more relaxed schedule than that then it's a great time for it!

[Remalle]

Alright, watching Korra starting... tomorrow!  Hopefully I'll be able to keep myself from spoiling myself, AGAIN.

[penguinofhonor]

Korra dies in episode 1. The entire series is actually about them finding the next avatar.

/spoiler

[kaijyuu]

And the next Avatar they do find? He's a robot! Isn't that wacky?

[jaxy15]

And the next Avatar they do find? He's a robot! Isn't that wacky?

It explodes after it tries to waterbend, and there's ANOTHER Avatar. The new Avatar is a 400 foot tall purple platypus bear with pink horns and silver wings.

[Putnam]

It undulates rhythmically. Beware its webs!

[Microcline]

Spoiler: On Korra (click to show/hide)

I'd say that the finale was perfect right up until the last few minutes.  The fight scenes were great, they managed to defeat the villain without an avatar state deus ex machina, and the boat scene was probably the most brilliant scene in the Avatar series.  If they had ended it there it'd be perfect.  The problem with restoring everyone's bending is that in addition to being unexplained it devalued any tension or notion of sacrifice in the series.  Korra still had airbending and she could learn and Important Lesson^TM about how being the avatar is about being a bridge to the spirit world and bringing balance to the elements instead of having the strongest kung-fu wizardry.  We could see the police force adapts to losing most of their metalbenders, where I'm sure Republic City having a massive surplus of explicitly non-lethal weapons would come into play (Lin has been Spiderman and Wolverine, so there's no reason she couldn't be Batman next).

Also, I think the intent was to show that the equalists were fueled by legitimate complaints about the power structure of Republic City and the council gave them good reasons to be afraid of benders, but that human nature, rather than bending, was the source of the problems.  Without the influence of Amon and Sato I suspect in the second season we're going to see some remnants of the equalists campaigning for reform.

[IronyOwl]

And the next Avatar they do find? He's a robot! Isn't that wacky?

It explodes after it tries to waterbend, and there's ANOTHER Avatar. The new Avatar is a 400 foot tall purple platypus bear with pink horns and silver wings.

Needless to say he then becomes the God-King of the world. It's not exactly pleasant, but everyone's new overlord is a 400 ft purple platypus bear with pink horns and silver wings, so it's still a really happy ending.

[kaijyuu]

So I learned what "dedicated to Mako" meant in this episode. Well that makes the most heartwrenching scene in the entire series even worse... better... whatever. 

Didn't even notice the new voice actor for season 3, so kudos to the new guy who voiced Iroh, I guess.

[Remalle]

So I learned what "dedicated to Mako" meant in this episode. Well that makes the most heartwrenching scene in the entire series even worse... better... whatever. 

Strangely enough I was thinking about that exact same scene earlier this morning.  'Tis indeed a massive tearjerker in and out of universe.

Didn't even notice the new voice actor for season 3, so kudos to the new guy who voiced Iroh, I guess.

Yeah, the new guy was really good too.  But it's probably not a coincidence that Iroh only got like half-a-dozen lines in the entire third season, though.

[kaijyuu]

So I got back to Gargoyles and finished that Very Special Episode I mentioned before. I'm a total pansy and didn't finish it before.


Holy shit do I regret that decision. 8 episodes in and it is by far, the best. Very, very good portrayal of someone making a huge mistake and getting very, very upset about it. Almost feel sorry for the arms dealer bad guys, heh.

On to more! It's not the most awesome cartoon ever, but definitely Good. Let's see if it graduates to Great or maybe Awesome.

[Neonivek]

Yes it was actually a very well done special episode in that it was actually good (special episodes actually being good? what is this the 90s?)

Captain Planet also has special episodes and they are so bad they loop into awsome.

[Remalle]

Was unable to watch Korra so continued with Samurai Jack.  FREE

[Zangi]

Was unable to watch Korra so continued with Samurai Jack.  FREE

What?  There are places you can watch Korra, for free.