Avatar: The Last Airbender
So apparently, flippet has some "issues" about season 3, not to mention we haven't talked about season 1 or 2 yet! So this is a space for us to do so. Anyone on my f-list who knows and liked this show... or wants to know and like this show... should feel free to join us. (Yes, seri_scribble that means you!)
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The animation I can mostly deal with....but it seems 'cheaper' somehow...they've got the huge eyes far too often (and not just with surprise), and it just doesn't seem to have the depth it had before.
And the writing for the Beach ep? Ugh. I understand that Zuko is having issues, and the issues make a kind of sense, but the way he went about things seemed awfully out of character for him. Plus, the whole 'let's everyone spill our feelings' bit didn't seem in the true-Avatar vein either. It's like it's gone from being equally geared to adults and kids, to being geared strictly for the 8-to-12-year-old set. Blech.
But maybe that's just me.
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Yes, the show too a dip in the beginning of Season 3... probably because they dragged out the Zuko redemption storyline too long. I mean it was a wonderfully shocking cliffhanger... but it didn't feel right. But that's just my opinion. I have been told I'm unreasonably fond of Zuko.
The good news is that the show picks back up around the Day of Black Sun and the following episode The Firebending Masters is one of my favorites!
By the way, should I be replying to you or should I follow Keytus rules of posting?
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(Sorry, I stepped away for a bit.)
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The stuff with Roku and ....Zuko's great grandfather felt very superficial, too, compared to the lovely depth of the previous two seasons. And Sokka has seemed 'off' as well. About the only one that doesn't seem too off is Toph, surprisingly enough, probably because we don't get a ton of her to begin with. (She kills me, though. *So* funny.)
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Toph, quite literally, rocks! No pun intended!!! :-) I think they all had periods in early season three when they were off... but things got back on track post-DBS. It's a shame the episodes in the begining of the season were so draggy because there was so much to unpack by the end. Though, the whole thing about bloodbending? How wickedly awesome and creepy was that?!
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So I marathoned my way through the last 2 seasons in like... 10 days so it's kinda a blur.... but I remember the beech one being super lame compared to other episodes for sure.
And I'm gonna second the motion that it picks up towards the end. IT TOTALLY DOES. Fire bending masters was pretty damn cool.
And I'm sure it makes me a horrible person but way way WAY at the begining I was like "If she can bend water she can bend blood!!!" so I was super happy that happened.
I'm feeling kinda stupid right now and probably not making a whole lot of sense... so I'm going sleep.
P.S: QUAGGY YOU NEED TO CATCH UP ON DEXTER cause like, the first episode of season 3 leaked and you are SOOOOO behind. K thankx. :-P
PPS: I don't have an Appa icon?
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Yes, you do!! But maybe it's stored on LJ. You've been using it on MSN a lot. Speaking of which, we really need to set up another "play date"!
ETA: Okay, okay about Dexter. But we're not turning this into a Dexter thread. You can open your own on your own LJ!
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I'm sure it makes me a horrible person but way way WAY at the begining I was like "If she can bend water she can bend blood!!!" so I was super happy that happened.
You're not the only one! This show has a mature fanbase (meaning people who are older that the nine year old boy demographic) so it's stands to reason
I think the mature fanbase is also the reason that Katara/Zuko became such a big pairing. People could see the potential there a lot easier than they could see with a 12 year old boy. I'm sure there was a lot of fans of the good girl/bad boy pairing, but I think a lot of fans... especially towards the end, responded to the fact that they had similar natures and could potentially bring out the best in each other. (No matter what the writers wanted us to infer from "The Southern Raiders").
Man, Flip! Where are you exactly in Season 3. I want to geek out about the later episodes, but Seri and I won't until you catch up!
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