Sooooo your ignoring how irrational and poorly she tends to handle situations?
I have no personal problems with women i just see things for how they really are. Teenage males are shit heads to by the way.
Go on reading into things I didn’t say tho you’re doing a bang up job.
Two episodes in and people are already going crazy over character direction.
LMAO! At least give it 'til the Halfway point of the season!
Mako having a relationship with Korra is the weak point of the show. Whether it’s the previous season, or the first 2 recently-aired episodes. He’s not a bad character imo, but they should’ve taken a Katara-like approach to him. Give them time, build up their characters individually, and have them reveal their feelings toward one another in the 3rd season.
It does seem like the writers are trying to iron-out the relationship issues though. Mako is a bit more calm and rational, and it seems Korra’s argument with him was just a reflection of her frustrations with her father and Tenzin. I’m sure she’s not mean around Mako at every turn,maybe we as the audience just need to see the ebb-and-flow of their everyday interactions to be comfortable with them as a couple.
I think it’s still an issue of giving the show time to find it’s footing. We know the circumstances of the first season’s hastiness, and I’d rather see the show/writers confront these past issues head-on. I’d hate to see them do something half-assed like break them up within first few episodes of Book 2. If they couldn’t show Korra and Mako come together in a genuine way, then they deserve the opportunity to deal with their relationship in a much more natural light (good or bad).
But I do agree they need to spread these relationship problems out. But so far the writers haven’t let the personal issues of anyone get in the way of any main conflict, and they’ll continue to have my respect for that alone.
You mean typical of how someone who doesn’t not have a lot of social experience would have?
A few months in Republic City didn’t fix that nor should it.
While ppl are bitching over Mako and Korra, I wanna comment on ppl saying Unalaq is the main villain.
Where is this coming from? All the first 2 episodes tell me is he’s trying to have control over both the northern and southern water tribe.
Nothing about it made it seem like he was the main antagonist. It could just be the start of something maybe, but so far it just seems like a problem for the southern water tribe.
Dang, so much vitriol for just a season premier. I did find it odd that Korra’s personality seemed to do a reset for no good reason. In real life people don’t totally change in a matter of 6 months, of course, but for a work of fictions it just doesn’t flow for the viewer. I do find it interesting that they set it up such that Korra going with Unalaq made sense. Whole ships were being attacked in Southern waters and both Tenzin, and Tonraq were keeping that from her. They didn’t even seem like they had a plan to deal with the problem.
Then they seemingly had to go the obvious route of making him a big Uncle McEvilface that appears to want to straight up occupy the Southern Tribe (I wouldn’t be surprised if he was responsible for the spirits attacking). I hope Unalaq a more complex character then that.
Welcome to the Internet! Where shit is over-analyzed til its no longer fun! And in SRK we only need but a scrap of info to make all judgements. Look at the other areas for example!
kora so far has nothing on ang. i mean the series as a whole, the designs, the characters, the story etc were all MUCH better in the previous series. only thing this one does right is the animation, but that never was bad to begin with.
p.s. the first one actually had likeable characters. the second series lacks any likeable character imo.
If anything Korra is showing a bit of change by the fact that she does stop and ask herself (or Mako in this instance) if she’s doing the right thing. The Korra of season 1 would never have done that. Season 1 was basically a deconstruction of shonen lead character tropes, this season has Korra dealing with that and figuring out how to act in a world where the world still expects her to to act those tropes out. Her going with her uncle reflects that in that he clearly knows how to deal with the problems that they’re currently facing. Yet at the same time, she’s painfully aware that she can’t just Goku her way through things, hence you see her start to question her own actions. The invading northern tribe only adds to this as Korra is now questioning whether he initial decision to go with her uncle was the right one - a question I expect everyone (characters and viewers) will be asking throughout the entire season.
As for Unalaq, him as the big bad is too easy, I can’t help but feel that there’s more to this and that we shouldn’t judge or make a decision with what limited information we actually have. Actually, this whole thing probably plays into the theme of the season about choice - do we call him the big bad now, or do we wait to figure out if there’s more to it than it seems.
Also to note: I realized why I like Aubrey Plaza, she’s Kristen Stewart done right. Just the right amount of dead-pan delivery but with actual emotion added in.
The storyline for Legend of Korra is really good but the characters of the series have been hit and miss for me. Season 2’s production values are insane with ridiculous animation quality. The music is just superb and I’m liking the Chinese instrumental influences in season 2’s soundtrack.
In regards to the current argument, people have to understand that Avatar’s core target audience is probably within the 7-18 age group. The character Korra is written in a way where she is relatable for young adolescent girls. Given the context of the situation, Korra is realistically portrayed, in my opinion, but that also doesn’t mean everyone has to enjoy every moment of her character. Personally, I’m not liking Korra’s personality in the season opener but I understand this is for future development of the character. Showing her frustration and internal struggles is giving her character depth and it’s good that she still seeks the advice of her friends. Mako has also been a good voice of reason for Korra. At the end of episode 2, Korra realizes her attitude has been an issue and she was transparent to Mako about her struggles.
It’s been established since season 1 that Korra is a very outgoing girl, who has little knowledge of the outside world, and has an issue with authority. She’s also been thrust with a responsibility that naturally has huge, almost unreasonable, expectations associated with it. That kind of responsibility is overwhelming for any person at a young age to be able to cope with the pressure. People who defend Aang as a better character are quick to forget that he ran away from the pressure and had plenty childish moments himself. Whether he’s a better character than Korra is too early to say until the series of Korra is completely finished and you can retrospectively compare the two characters. It also seems a bit unfair to compare the two because a lot of Aang’s past actions dictates the world of Korra.
I think it would be far too early to establish Unalak as the main villain of season 2 though he’s definitely showing the qualities. Have to wait and see on this one.
I see him more as a misguided spiritualist than a villain but as you said we will have to wait and see. That aside I’m happy to see Bolin finally getting some love, be it an innocent hug from Asami or being dominated by Eska.
The Bolin subplots from both episodes was hilarious.
Definitely want to see more of that as the season goes on.
Not so much of it that he’s a distraction, but more comic relief couldn’t hurt.
Kora just needs to learn dick bending and get over her teenage heart throb of justin cop beiber.
As I mentioned, on top of being a teenager, she’s also a shounen hero in a world where those don’t really work anymore yet the world still expects her to be one. No wonder she’s acting the way she does.
On the other hand Aang was the opposite - someone who was far from your typical shounen hero who had to become one because that’s what the world needed at the time.
To be fair on some points I just want to reiterate that korra is still a very well told,beautiful animated show that is leagues above any other western animated show on right now.
I decided to re-watch the priemere to see if maybe I was being too harsh on the writing this time around and unfortunately upon a second viewing I sti stand by my word. The biggest problems is that in addition to korra, the general direction of the series is still somewhat lost and unsure of itself. The charm and relatability is also lacking because the characters given the most attention are the ones we don’t care about.
Also on a side note…korra and tenzins wife are both man stealers and I just find that so disturbing for a show that’s geared girls this time around. What’s even more disturbing is that most of the female fan base isn’t bothered by this and can even see it as romantic…I’m seriously lost as to why so many girls are fine with this particular characterization.
I think it’s still too early to say that the direction of Korra is unsure of itself, it’s just not apparent to the viewer, at the moment. The Last Airbender was a very straight forward story line but focused more on the adventure and the characters. The main conflict, antagonist, and story was laid out to viewers/readers from the start of the series. The opening itself sums it up for you actually.
The Legend of Korra, however, is not that clear cut and the overall spectrum of the series hasn’t been laid out to us at all. So yeah, it seems like there’s no direction right now but tough to say when we get farther on.
It’s unusual the story wouldn’t be as refined and explained given that the series initially started off as a mini series from what I hear.
I don’t mind if a series doesn’t lay things all out instantly but I was hoping the 2nd season would have changed this.
One thing to note. A:TLA was written by a few different writers, each getting select episodes by the end of the series 13 different writers had written an episode.
For The Legend of Korra, the ENTIRETY of Season 1 was done by Mike and Bryan, no one else. Season 2? Neither of them did, two different writers (also from TLA) were brought in.
That might have an impact on things as well.