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ChibiKangaroo
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That is a good theory but they certainly didn't confirm anything. First of all, there were many others who could already stop bending i.e. the "chi blockers," but that was "temporary." What Aman was doing was "permanent." I don't see what was so different about his blood bending vs. the chi blockers techniques which would cause his blood bending to make it "permanent." (Also, the fact that he was touching their head rather than just causing their bodies parts to dance around with blood bending when he took their bending away made it seem different than chi blocking.) Also, remember during the show they weren't saying he was "blocking" bending. They kept saying he was "taking people's bending away." That is the same thing Aang said in reference to what he did to Sozen at the end of the first show. The third thing is that spoiler[Korra clearly seemed to be using "spirit bending" to "give people their bending back." It seems more likely that she was countering the effect of a similar power, rather than using spirit bending to counter blood bending.] |
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DuskyPredator
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Okay, truth is that we don't quite find out exactly how, but do you remember how there used to be no difference between the bending, all benign used to just be energy, it was only later that it split off into the different groups. spoiler[The blood bending technique, without the need of direct help from the moon spirit] may actually have made him already close to being an energy bender as it reaches back into the original bending. And had quite a few years to actually practice his technique into developing it into the form, something only he had the ability to do.
Whether he developed it himself, or received it from some outside help is not revealed, and sometimes you might not find out how, concepts might be difficult, or they want a reveal for S2. |
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So I just finished watching this and I'm kinda blown away. I admit shamefacedly that for years I avoided Avatar: The Last Airbender, despite hearing good things about it because I assumed it was a Westernized attempt at anime that I wouldn't dig. If the Legend of Korra is any indication, I am very, very wrong about not digging it. I definitely intend to pick up all three Avatar Books and all of Legend when it comes out.
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Gina Szanboti
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Well, Avatar is more kid oriented, but takes its time with character development, to good effect. If you liked Korra, you should definitely like Avatar. Also, it's one of those shows that's just chock full of things you'll notice on a second viewing that you missed the first time around.
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Yupa
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I'm currently at episode 8 and I think it's very good, but I don't think it's as good as The Last Airbender (the series). Though I do like Korra more than Aang.
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Good news for us Korra fans ... from Crunchyroll:
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Tris8
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Huzzah!!! This is most excellent news. My only complaint about Legend of Korra was that it felt rushed, so having 26 more eps on the way instead of 13 is great to hear. Not to mention anything more they're willing to do in the Avatar franchise makes me very happy
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It's even better than that ... those 26 eppies are IN ADDITION to the 12 or so eppies of Season 1, Book 2. So we are looking at a guaranteed 38 or so episodes all told.
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kyokun703
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Still a little concerned about the second half of season 1 since that was mostly done before this was announced. I really hope they fix the pacing and romance problems from the first half of the season.
What I really would love would be to jump back 20-30 years and watch a younger Tenzin, Lin, Pema, and an older Aang Gang. Ah well. |
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SereneChaos
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Great! Now Bolin can have more lines, Pabu can do more circus tricks, and we can find out more about Bumi! Among other things of course. This is one of those shows where every character has something that makes them interesting and fun to watch, so I'm happy as long as we get to spend time with and learn more about any of the characters.
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Tenbyakugon
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Sourced at Entertainment Weekly: Nickelodeon orders second season of 'The Legend of Korra' -- EXCLUSIVE
For whatever reason, tl;dr: -In addition to the rest of the twenty-six episodes originally produced which are set to air in 2013, there has been ANOTHER set of twenty-six episodes ordered to production! -This order puts the series on par with its predecessor of sixty-one episodes, with the pre-production total number becoming fifty-two! |
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Surrender Artist
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That's boss. I have a lot of qualms about The Legend of Korra, especially its finale, that I've been thinking about writing out, but it has a lot going for it, enough that I want to see what the creators can do with new opportunities and what they've learned. (More Linn Beifon, please) This is good news and I hope that it encourages some other network to take a chance on replicating The Legend of Korra's success.
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Haterater
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So happy to hear this. I really hope they are able to expand more on the characters and locations. Just mainly let things breathe, that was my main complaint for the first season. I expect maybe Book 3 and up will have it more since Book 2 is already in motion for the same structure as Book 1 from what I heard.
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vashna
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spoiler[That was my complaint as well. The romance sequence at the very tail end of the last episode especially felt rushed to me. Though I knew that Bolin and Korra were probably going to have some sort of moment like that, and the writers even stated that Korra was going to feature what they called cheesy teen romance, it shouldn't have felt so forced from my point of view.]
I'm not sure if I've said this yet, but I'd like to see even further developments along the Avatar timeline in the future. I envision a science fiction future series where each of the four nations have mecha units, considering the fact that they've already done that with some of the Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom military hardware. Anyone else up for Mobile Suit Avatar? By the way, I do apologize if I am repeating myself ever. It's not intentional. |
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