Legend of Korra
Tomorrow, thanks to the work of fans in gathering up 100k likes and shares, The Legend of Korra is premiering its first two episodes online tomorrow, three weeks ahead of its official TV debut.
It has been several years since Avatar: The Last Airbender finished telling its story, and now we're getting a sequel story for Aang's successor, Korra. I don't need to mince words when I say I am over the top of the world with excitement and anticipation. Brian and I snuck a quick look at the leaked first episode already--just the first ten minutes, most of which we'd already seen in official sneak peek videos. It opens with a formula similar to the first series, with shots of various benders in silhouette, bending their respective elements while a voice narrates.
But the animation has been kicked up several notches. The detail in the bending, even in shadow, is exquisite. And now that I've seen the first series, I recognize all the silhouettes, with a pang akin to seeing an old friend again after a long absence. I know these characters. And I am about to re-enter their world: a world fundamentally recognizable, but changed.
There is something incredibly wonderful about being able to immerse myself again in a story world that I've known and loved--to reconnect with it, to see what has happened to the characters whose journey I followed, whose growth I watched, whose triumphs I cheered for. I look at the statue of a grown-up Aang standing proud in the harbor of Republic City, and I think about the twitchy boy wrestling with his own nightmares at the end of Avatar season 3. Somewhere along the way, in spite of--or because of--all his trials, the mouse became a lion.
There is great beauty in that.
It has been several years since Avatar: The Last Airbender finished telling its story, and now we're getting a sequel story for Aang's successor, Korra. I don't need to mince words when I say I am over the top of the world with excitement and anticipation. Brian and I snuck a quick look at the leaked first episode already--just the first ten minutes, most of which we'd already seen in official sneak peek videos. It opens with a formula similar to the first series, with shots of various benders in silhouette, bending their respective elements while a voice narrates.
But the animation has been kicked up several notches. The detail in the bending, even in shadow, is exquisite. And now that I've seen the first series, I recognize all the silhouettes, with a pang akin to seeing an old friend again after a long absence. I know these characters. And I am about to re-enter their world: a world fundamentally recognizable, but changed.
There is something incredibly wonderful about being able to immerse myself again in a story world that I've known and loved--to reconnect with it, to see what has happened to the characters whose journey I followed, whose growth I watched, whose triumphs I cheered for. I look at the statue of a grown-up Aang standing proud in the harbor of Republic City, and I think about the twitchy boy wrestling with his own nightmares at the end of Avatar season 3. Somewhere along the way, in spite of--or because of--all his trials, the mouse became a lion.
There is great beauty in that.