tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post7438380889268874089..comments2024-03-21T19:03:19.133-04:00Comments on Where there had been darkness...: Avatar: Lily's RobotechJugularjoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03768939120752611597noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-19112865397753253662015-01-07T20:07:40.079-05:002015-01-07T20:07:40.079-05:00Love Zuko! Love Iroh too! Love that scene of forgi...Love Zuko! Love Iroh too! Love that scene of forgiveness!!! I'm dying rite now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-5160868075376096412012-08-04T19:33:20.549-04:002012-08-04T19:33:20.549-04:00Fair point on not including Tales from Ba Sing Se....Fair point on not including Tales from Ba Sing Se. Oddly enough, I had been thinking about the Haiku battle the other day, but I couldn't remember what series I had seen it on.<br /><br />I watched the entire series 1 run of The Legend of Korra today. The episodes are so short when you cut out commercials that it only took me perhaps 3 1/2 hours to get through them. I gotta agree with you on just about all of the points you made. I had read the Republic City would be a bit steam punky, and I think it worked better that I had imagined it was going to. I also liked the 1920s New Orleans style music sprinkled into a couple of episodes.<br /><br />I do think the writers dragged out the pro bending stuff a bit, but they manage to tie it to the the larger story effectively, so this didn't really bother me.<br /><br />I also thought they packed a bit too much into the last 3 or 4 minutes of the finale, but then again I'm not sure that extending that would have been any more effective.<br /><br />I have a bit of a hard time reconciling David Faustino as the voice of Mako with the fact that he played Bud Bundy, but he does a capable job.<br /><br />I'm also looking forward to series 2.GGMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033500188317909488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-61067274225115523742012-08-04T15:09:39.279-04:002012-08-04T15:09:39.279-04:00Yeah. We watched the whole thing. It's really ...Yeah. We watched the whole thing. It's really pretty great. I like the feel of Republic City. Kind of 1920's Shanghai. That's not something I've ever seen done elsewhere. <br /><br />I caught an episode where the writers said they didn't want to have any filler episodes; they just wanted a single focused narrative. I'm of two minds on that. I like the wacky, time-wasting nonsense, and it would be impossible to condense Korra much further than it already is. On the other, it's even more tightly plotted than Avatar, and it feels really epic in its scope. Also, J.K. Simmons does voicework for it and he rocks.<br /><br />Looking forward to the followup series.Jugularjoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768939120752611597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-75849154509763242572012-08-04T15:05:15.546-04:002012-08-04T15:05:15.546-04:00I liked that one a lot too. I enjoyed Sokka's ...I liked that one a lot too. I enjoyed Sokka's haiku battle too. It would probably be on a list of my fifteen "best" episodes, but the purpose of the list was to distill the complex narrative into something that could be watched over a day (or at least a weekend), and as good as the episode is, I think it relies a little too much on knowledge of stuff that's been established elsewhere to be accessible to a new viewer.Jugularjoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768939120752611597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-6092295326128354152012-08-04T15:01:13.484-04:002012-08-04T15:01:13.484-04:00Bah! For a university professor, you spend an awfu...Bah! For a university professor, you spend an awful lot of time watching children's cartoons!Jugularjoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768939120752611597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-62484899878619288722012-08-04T13:13:39.013-04:002012-08-04T13:13:39.013-04:00Oh, and have you caught The Legend of Korra?Oh, and have you caught The Legend of Korra?GGMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033500188317909488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-72466497275011896402012-08-04T13:12:14.886-04:002012-08-04T13:12:14.886-04:00Heh heh. Really good post. I liked your choices fo...Heh heh. Really good post. I liked your choices for favorite episodes. Tales from Ba Sing Se would make my list, because of the scene were Iroh sings "soldier boy" and how the music repeats throughout Iroh's journey around the city. I felt like this one of the most moving scenes in the series.GGMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033500188317909488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-12832295154629029382012-08-04T13:08:53.780-04:002012-08-04T13:08:53.780-04:00Sokka and Katara are from the South pole, dood.Sokka and Katara are from the South pole, dood.GGMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033500188317909488noreply@blogger.com