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[Sirus]

Been watching Legend of Korra past couple days...and the HSQ just keeps getting higher

[Neonivek]

*Groan*

I just saw the Young Justice version of the joker...

While the worst joker was the one from a Batman movie where they tried to immitate the "Dark Knight" Joker and pretty much proven why the live action joker is good in live action and not in the cartoon.

I am not a fan of this one so far. He sort of lacks... Joker.

Then again given that I either had Batman Animated Series Joker, who was the perfected animated Joker, or "The Batman" Joker who became a great joker over time (but started off as... Blanka if he was a clown).

My guess? This Joker is based off of Dark Knight Joker... Why is it that everytime a show tries to make a Joker like that movie they end up bad? (Ok finished the episode... Yeah... a really bad joker)

On the bright side Young Justice actually started getting good with the characters starting to finally fall into their niches and know what they have to do.

[RedWarrior0]

Been watching Legend of Korra past couple days...and the HSQ just keeps getting higher

First series was better, IMO. Also, the advancements made in the time between Last Airbender and Korra makes one wonder: What the hell has that society been doing for the past several hundred reincarnation cycles? If it had remained in pseudo-almost medieval stasis for that long, I'd be more lenient, but seriously.

Spoiler: Last Airbender and Korra spoilers (click to show/hide)

I also dislike three more things about the series. First, suddenly it's not that hard to metalbend or bloodbend. These were two techniques that only came about from intense pressure, where the only feasible way out was through the one or the other. Second, I feel like the whole hierarchy of "Normal earthbender gets beat by metal, metalbender gets beat by purified platinum" is just going to escalate over the series- Suddenly, a metalbender who can even bend THAT is going to show up, until someone stops them, ad infinitum.

Also, suddenly the Order of the White Lotus is just like, a generic open group. The only people in it in the first series are the badass old folks who are masters of their respective skills, and incredibly wise and all that. Now we've got, in that one episode, the White Lotus guys who are basically generic grunts, even though it was implied the Order was secret and all that for a LONG time. Sure, they captured Ba Sing Se openly. But nothing stopped them from just disappearing again.

That was longer than I expected.

[Furtuka]

Not having the industrial revolution.

[Neonivek]

Not having the industrial revolution.

Plus with bending there is even LESS of a need for technological advancement (Making the Fire Nation the most technologically advanced nation even makes sense... As it is the least useful of the four)

Your soil no good? Earth bend it

Need Irrigation? No need, Water bend that!

Heck Livestock is fantastic super livestock and plants are super resiliant and sometimes magical.

[Furtuka]

This weeks Young Justice Episode was good, though not great. Mostly set up things for later

[Neonivek]

This weeks Young Justice Episode was good, though not great. Mostly set up things for later

Young Justice is honestly starting to become "Justice League minus Justice League" which I am not sure if that is amazing or not as good as I would have liked it.

When I watched Teen Titans I know I was sometimes bugged by the lack of Batman sometimes.

But when I watch this it is as close as you can get to Justice League without it actually being Justice League.

Which gives me mixed feelings of love and uncertainty. I'd love another Justice League.

[Sirus]

Been watching Legend of Korra past couple days...and the HSQ just keeps getting higher

First series was better, IMO. Also, the advancements made in the time between Last Airbender and Korra makes one wonder: What the hell has that society been doing for the past several hundred reincarnation cycles? If it had remained in pseudo-almost medieval stasis for that long, I'd be more lenient, but seriously.

Spoiler: Last Airbender and Korra spoilers (click to show/hide)

I also dislike three more things about the series. First, suddenly it's not that hard to metalbend or bloodbend. These were two techniques that only came about from intense pressure, where the only feasible way out was through the one or the other. Second, I feel like the whole hierarchy of "Normal earthbender gets beat by metal, metalbender gets beat by purified platinum" is just going to escalate over the series- Suddenly, a metalbender who can even bend THAT is going to show up, until someone stops them, ad infinitum.

Also, suddenly the Order of the White Lotus is just like, a generic open group. The only people in it in the first series are the badass old folks who are masters of their respective skills, and incredibly wise and all that. Now we've got, in that one episode, the White Lotus guys who are basically generic grunts, even though it was implied the Order was secret and all that for a LONG time. Sure, they captured Ba Sing Se openly. But nothing stopped them from just disappearing again.

That was longer than I expected.

Oh, I liked the first one better as well. It's not like the new one is bad, though.

My impression regarding the technological advancement is that the Fire Nation just kept advancing. They already had the best tech in the first series, and there was no real reason to stop improving. Besides, we in the real-life world were stuck in a similar technological state for hundreds of years - the Avatar world was just stuck there longer.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I'm actually disappointed they treated bloodbending the way they did. Considering how quickly metalbending and lightningbending took off, I was hoping that there'd be groups of bloodbenders who used the power to heal, not torture/kill. I know it's primarily for young audiences, but imagine how helpful bloodbending would be to help keep an amputee or stabbing victim alive until he or she could get more serious care. It's in the middle of an Industrial Revolution, accidents like those are probably more common than they made it seem.
On the other hand, bloodbending was even more terrifying in this series than it was before, so perhaps this was the best way to use it from a storytelling perspective.

Justifying the increase in those difficult forms of bending would require some fan-fictionalizing on my part. From my perspective, it's that just as society and technology continued to evolve, so did forms and styles of bending. Korra made that observation regarding the pro-bending sport, and it seems plausible that after Toph, Zuko, and others laid the groundwork it was simply a matter of teaching the right mindset to willing recruits.

As for the White Lotus, I think their primary purpose was to defend and train the Avatar. After the events of the first series, they probably decided to take a more proactive stance and come out of the shadows a little. They were still fairly skilled for being grunts, but all the old masters are probably long gone.

I think mine was longer

[RedWarrior0]

Been watching Legend of Korra past couple days...and the HSQ just keeps getting higher

First series was better, IMO. Also, the advancements made in the time between Last Airbender and Korra makes one wonder: What the hell has that society been doing for the past several hundred reincarnation cycles? If it had remained in pseudo-almost medieval stasis for that long, I'd be more lenient, but seriously.

Spoiler: Last Airbender and Korra spoilers (click to show/hide)

I also dislike three more things about the series. First, suddenly it's not that hard to metalbend or bloodbend. These were two techniques that only came about from intense pressure, where the only feasible way out was through the one or the other. Second, I feel like the whole hierarchy of "Normal earthbender gets beat by metal, metalbender gets beat by purified platinum" is just going to escalate over the series- Suddenly, a metalbender who can even bend THAT is going to show up, until someone stops them, ad infinitum.

Also, suddenly the Order of the White Lotus is just like, a generic open group. The only people in it in the first series are the badass old folks who are masters of their respective skills, and incredibly wise and all that. Now we've got, in that one episode, the White Lotus guys who are basically generic grunts, even though it was implied the Order was secret and all that for a LONG time. Sure, they captured Ba Sing Se openly. But nothing stopped them from just disappearing again.

That was longer than I expected.

Oh, I liked the first one better as well. It's not like the new one is bad, though.

My impression regarding the technological advancement is that the Fire Nation just kept advancing. They already had the best tech in the first series, and there was no real reason to stop improving. Besides, we in the real-life world were stuck in a similar technological state for hundreds of years - the Avatar world was just stuck there longer.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I'm actually disappointed they treated bloodbending the way they did. Considering how quickly metalbending and lightningbending took off, I was hoping that there'd be groups of bloodbenders who used the power to heal, not torture/kill. I know it's primarily for young audiences, but imagine how helpful bloodbending would be to help keep an amputee or stabbing victim alive until he or she could get more serious care. It's in the middle of an Industrial Revolution, accidents like those are probably more common than they made it seem.
On the other hand, bloodbending was even more terrifying in this series than it was before, so perhaps this was the best way to use it from a storytelling perspective.

Justifying the increase in those difficult forms of bending would require some fan-fictionalizing on my part. From my perspective, it's that just as society and technology continued to evolve, so did forms and styles of bending. Korra made that observation regarding the pro-bending sport, and it seems plausible that after Toph, Zuko, and others laid the groundwork it was simply a matter of teaching the right mindset to willing recruits.

As for the White Lotus, I think their primary purpose was to defend and train the Avatar. After the events of the first series, they probably decided to take a more proactive stance and come out of the shadows a little. They were still fairly skilled for being grunts, but all the old masters are probably long gone.

I think mine was longer

First: from Last Airbender, Book 1, Episode 3: a heckton of Avatars.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Also, I wonder what is planned for thirty years after the time of Korra, for the return of Sozin's Comet.

[Sirus]

Okay, they've been stuck a LOT longer. Still, once technology starts to advance it has a habit of doing so at a very rapid rate.

Re: Sozin's Comet, I'd like to see a sort of resurgence of nationalism, Fire Nation in particular. Descendants of the various nations would be demanding compensation for the various atrocities they committed, firebenders would long for the days in which they held nearly uncontested dominion over the world. And if Republic City looks a lot like early-twentieth century New York City...imagine what a pre/early World War II Avatar world would be like?

[Neonivek]

If there was one Western Cartoon that taught me not to judge a new show so quickly it would probably be

The Batman

When I first saw this show I didn't hate it, it was certainly entertaining, but I disliked how it took Batman and removed all context except super exciting action sequences (It basically suffered from what Spetacular Spiderman did near the end of its run).

However as the series went on the writing improved and while it was still action packed they did focus on the characters, plot, and just the mysteries Batman would have to solve.

If I had to pick my two favorite villains from "The Batman" I would have to go with Hugo Strange and Dracula. Hugo for his inner psychology themed capers and Dracula for just being a flat out great villain in both his style, presence, and strength without being rediculously strong (For reference sake... My two favorite villains from Batman the Animated series would be The Joker and Dr. Freeze.

The series that had the exact opposite of this would be Spetacular Spiderman which started out strong but ended up devolving into constant group battles (Spiderman Versus ALL the villains was a very common theme near the end). It isn't surprising to me that it was cancelled. Mind you I wasn't glad to see it gone, I honestly believe that if it was renewed that it would have went back to its routes.

[kaijyuu]

http://www.justanimedubbed.tv/gravity-falls-season-1-episode-12/

Halloween Special! And frankly, I can't complement it enough.

PS: Soos is friggin' badass.


Also the way Stan actually scared the kids is probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

[Neonivek]

I always assumed his name was Zues.

I am just glad no one is complaining that episode had too many "references kids wouldn't know"

Given it was HEAVILY laden with them.

[Neonivek]

Here is something

What DND allignment is the Iceking?

My best guess is Chaotic Neutral.

[Putnam]

I know that Finn's canonical (I.E stated within the show) alignment is Lawful Good and that Jake's is probably neutral-chaotic good, and that Flame Princess and Flame King both are evil, and that Hudson Aberdeer is Chaotic Evil.