Legend of Korra trailer

[The Wandering God]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEWb7xPGHiQ

Looks like they are already past the industrial revolution.

And headed straight into Awesometown.

[Magus]

Reminds me of Fullmetal Alchemist's steampunkishness.

I like it. The fact that is a continuation of Avatar is just icing on the cake.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Got a lot of FMA vibes from this.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

So very much loving this SO MUCH!!! X3


I cannot wait for Fall 2011 to come!! That animation is just INSANE!!! X3

[The Wandering God]

Here's a summation of the panel:
http://www.ugo.com/tv/comic-con-2011-avatar-the-legend-of-korra-coverage-and-panel
The head of Nickelodeon Animation, Roland Poindexter, if that really is his name, welcomed Comic-Con with a somewhat awkward "Goooooooood afternoon!" The way-past-capacity crowd gave a reserved shout back, perhaps due to the (maybe) underestimated line outside. But once he mentioned the phrase "Avatar: The Last Airbender" the place went nuts

The eager fans were here to learn anything, anything about the forthcoming Avatar: The Legend of Korra series.

Before show creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko came to the stage, a woman dressed as Korra stepped out to thunderous applause. She is very much a woman of color, thank you very much M. Night Shyamalan.

All that bitterness evaporated once they said they were about to debut the trailer.

The Trailer

"Don't worry, we'll show it again at the end - we know there'll be a lot of screaming and stuff and you might miss something," Bryan added.

Here's what flashed by:
* Snow falling on a village.
* An island in the mist.
* A flying Sky Bison
* Junk ships sailing past a statue . . . is it a statue of Aang?
* Then a woman mounting a beat of some sort. It is a woman, not a girl - she is Korra. And she's a badass.
* Other shots included cityscapes across a modern-looking bridge, a large Taj Mahal-ish looking structure, flying bison in the sky, Korra bending water in front of Asian script (from the title sequence?) and a fight scene where Korra takes out two dudes in a 360 degree shot.
* Oh - and that beast Korra was mounting? It was a Polar Bear-Dog.

There was no dialogue in the trailer - just music from the Track Team that absolutely echoes the music from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Without dialogue, I couldn't tell if any of the humor that existed in the first series will be in this one. Unlike The Last Airbender, there are no "kids" in the footage that we saw, and so much of the humor of the first series came from that.

The producers said it was important that "the next Avatar" 70 years later must be totally different from Aang.

Next up was a display of art, showing the development of the characters.

Korra and Crew

After some gag images of the show creators in Momo hats, we met Korra.

"She's gotta be tough, she's from the Water Tribe. We wanted to make her look like a snow boarder. She's rugged, unlike typical female superheroes."

The audience stayed in rapt silence as the pics were shown. As they got more developed there was straight up gasping.

We saw a shot of her with her arms crossed - she definitely has an attitude and "womanly features."

Then we met her friends from a place called the United Republic, a city founded by Aang and Zuko meant to be a multicultural metropolis where people from all the Tribes live together. (A 1920s jazz age Shanghai with industrial revolution-era colors.)

Mako is a handsome Asian man with some crazy sci-fi hair. (Some of the original designs were so nuts the producers had to say "come on, this isn't Twilight.") His clothes have a tendency to swoop behind him. He is described as a somewhat brooding, Zuko-ish dude. His brother Bolen, on the other hand, is a little goofier. He almost looks like he could fit into the world of Archie Comics.

The Animals

Then the audience started to mass squeal when we saw Korra's main pet, a POLAR BEAR-DOG! It is regal and big, but playful like a dog. And even goes up on its hind legs to beg for food. Her name (it is a girl) is Naga.

First look at Korra with her polar bear dog, from Avatarthelastairbenderonline.com


Also a wormy-looking Red Panda/Black-Footed Ferrett called a Fire Ferret.

There will also be Sky Bison and Flying Lemurs in the show (but not too many Flying Lemurs in the first shows.)

While Korra is the reincarnation of Aang, Aang and Katara did have offspring. Kenzen, an Airbender, is key to Korra's development, as Air is the last element for Korra to master.

Kenzen is married to Pemma, a blonde woman, and they have three kids: Genora is a bookworm-y daughter, Ikki is a motor mouth daughter and Milo is a goofy boy who kinda looks like Aang. (I may have the spelling wrong on these, but just go with it.)

The Baddies

Who are the baddies? They are masked men of "The Revolution." The main guy has henchmen of anti-benders called Chi-Blockers. They obviously don't dig harmony, they don't dig bending and they want to take Korra down.

Also: the Metalbender Cops. They are the legacy of Toph. They have a samurai look, but have metal cables coiled up on their back. They are led by Toph's Daughter (!) and she is another sexy badass. She is, essentially, the sheriff of Republic City.

Republic City and Jazz

In Republic City, there are Pro Bending leagues, and we saw some amazing concept art of the arena. Very colorful, with lots of Asian influence.

We then watched a martial arts reel from Sifu Kisu and MMA work from Mac Danzig and Jeremy Umphries, to remind us all that Avatar has its basis in some real world stuff and that I am out of shape. Also some "tricking," which is basically Parkour without a building from Jake Huang and Steve Terada.

The Track Team described the music as 1920s New Orleans jazz but if it were invented in China. I don't know what the hell that would sound like, but it sounds incredible.

The show looks nuts, and if the humor is there (I'm guessing from Kenzen's family), I am more than sold. I love the idea of a utopian Republic City and the post-racial Chinese Jazz sounds fascinating. The show can't come soon enough, but, alas, there is still no premiere date.

"But it's coming. It's like being on an airplane runway - there's nothing wrong with the plane, just waiting for our spot."

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Oh fuck it's already equal to the first series in terms of greatness! X3

Man I've never been this hyped about anything since that news about Gundam AGE! :D

This shows got a "FMA" and "Tales Of" feel to it and I am enjoying every minute of it!!!

[Aerozord]

am I the only one that would be laughing with joy if the metal bender leader's daddy is Sokka?

[Kyanbu The Legend]

am I the only one that would be laughing with joy if the metal bender leader's daddy is Sokka?

No, no you are not. Though I can't even see Sokka and Suki breaking up. The thought of Toph and Sakka having a kid, is kind of funny.

[The Wandering God]

Korra is Sokka's granddaughter

[Premmy]

I am... SO Happy right now.

I am actually genuinely surprised about the state of Republic city. I honestly just expected lots of Ba-sing Se going on, but, like everyone else I'm getting Strong Full metal Alchemist vibes from this show, and I love the ever-loving crap out of FMA.

[Nique]

I was kind of shocked at the industrial look of the show ... it was like being away from home for a long time and suddenly there are skyscrapers in my neighborhood?!

But I am really happy. This is really amazing looking and it looks like it will more than make up for the movie.

[Premmy]

What movie?

[Nique]

Exactly.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

What movie?

I want this to be the same response from everyone's mouth when asked about that movie.

[Locke cole]

"The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra"?

Look, trailer. You were freaking amazing and all, but I don't think I need to tell you why that makes no sense.

[Lumenskir]

"The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra"?
Yeah, agreed. I get the whole franchiseness of the decision, but cmon.

Also, mentions of Chi-Blockers has me hoping that Ty Lee has some involvement in the baddies group.

[Aerozord]

Korra is Sokka's granddaughterwhere did you hear this? So Korra is technically getting airbending training from her cousin? Well third cousin.

"The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra"?

Cause thanks to a certain movie they can never use Avatar again

Also, mentions of Chi-Blockers has me hoping that Ty Lee has some involvement in the baddies group.

Might be abit more interesting. Remember what she said at the end of the series, she was teaching it to the Kioshi Warriors.

Also seems like they aren't being as black and white as before. Sure I wasn't the only one watching the series and wondering why non-benders didn't feel abit under appreciated. If bending was genetic you'd probably have a ruling class of them. Still as we saw normal people cant really fight a master bender and until the time of this series they were reliant on benders for alot of things. Now they dont need benders to move vehicles or open gates, now benders are more like walking weapons.

[rpgdemon]

I've got to say, not at all a fan of the city look.

It ended up looking incredibly generic and standard-Anime-backdrop, instead of Avatar-like.

[PCD]

Sure I wasn't the only one watching the series and wondering why non-benders didn't feel abit under appreciated. If bending was genetic you'd probably have a ruling class of them.

If left to their own, I bet a ruling class would have happened. Thankfully, there's been an Avatar around all the time, keeping that whole peace and harmony thing on the go. As is Korra's job this time around, of course. (I guess the hundred-odd years of Aang buggering off wasn't enough for that sort of bigotry to emerge yet.)

[Lumenskir]

I've got to say, not at all a fan of the city look.

It ended up looking incredibly generic and standard-Anime-backdrop, instead of Avatar-like.
Isn't that kind of the point? Well, except for the 'standard' part (because I have no idea what standard Anime entails). It's a city built by people unconnected with the other Nations (that is the case still, right), so it makes sense that it's not emblematic of what we've seen before.

I was more thrown off by what the city folk are wearing, namely the suits and modern-ish hats, while Korra still looks like she came out of the original series.
Sure I wasn't the only one watching the series and wondering why non-benders didn't feel abit under appreciated. If bending was genetic you'd probably have a ruling class of them.
I dunno, going down this path of thinking is what led to the stupid spizace sword and Sokka being forced to forget how awesome he was.

[greed]

If bending was genetic you'd probably have a ruling class of them.

Wasn't there one? Ba Sing Se was ruled by the Dai Li, all Earthbenders using a puppet nonbending king as a figurehead. King Bumi? Badass bender. The Fire Nation nobles were almost all benders, with the royals being the family with the strongest bending genes, and the Firelord being barely second to the Avatar. And the air nomads were all benders.

The water tribes were the only ones that didn't seem to have benders in positions of institutional power. And even they seemed to defer pretty heavily to them.

[Locke cole]

Not to mention the fact that the Fire Nation's war basically had the aim of a ruling class of firebenders over the whole world.

[Aerozord]

I was more thrown off by what the city folk are wearing, namely the suits and modern-ish hats, while Korra still looks like she came out of the original series.


Could be more about where she is from. She is from Southern Water Tribe if I recall, which last time we checked had a few dozen people living in igloos. As Sokka said "its not exactly a cultural hub". Probably still rather isolated, so wouldn't seem odd thats how she looks
Wasn't there one? Ba Sing Se was ruled by the Dai Li, all Earthbenders using a puppet nonbending king as a figurehead. King Bumi? Badass bender. The Fire Nation nobles were almost all benders, with the royals being the family with the strongest bending genes, and the Firelord being barely second to the Avatar. And the air nomads were all benders.

The water tribes were the only ones that didn't seem to have benders in positions of institutional power. And even they seemed to defer pretty heavily to them.

there is no such thing as a "bending gene". Remember there was even a pair of twins, one could bend the other couldn't. The creators said they did this specifically to avoid having bender ruling families. Sokka's master is another example, son of two fire bending masters, the fact he couldn't fire bend is what pushed him to master the sword.

[Nique]

The creators said they did this specifically to avoid having bender ruling families.

Can you link/confirm this? Because this is one of the few things that threw me off a little when I watched the show - the fact that benders don't simply take over the world and enslave or ebb out non-benders. As they would likely do. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU0HRopgBXY&feature=related)

As to the 'modernized' look of the show - I imagine advancement of industry and culture would be easier with access to fire benders and they were already using machines and steam/coal engines during the first show. Also, as my wife pointed out, look what 100 years did for Asia. Granted this is only 70 years and there is no western influence (that we know of) but at his point I'm watching a show with polar-bear dogs and flying bison so my disbelief has already been thoroughly suspended.

[Premmy]

If left to their own, I bet a ruling class would have happened. Thankfully, there's been an Avatar around all the time, keeping that whole peace and harmony thing on the go. As is Korra's job this time around, of course. (I guess the hundred-odd years of Aang buggering off wasn't enough for that sort of bigotry to emerge yet.)

I think another thing stopping benders is their connection to nature and the practical limitations of bending.
Wanna stop the Water Tribe? kill a fucking fish
Wanna stop the fire nation? Wait till an eclipse and run over their asses
Wanna stop the earth kingdom? Wage a sea battle
Wanna stop the Air no- -SOZEN MANIA'S RUNNING WILD!
Also, as my wife pointed out, look what 100 years did for Asia. Granted this is only 70 years and there is no western influence (that we know of) but at his point I'm watching a show with polar-bear dogs and flying bison so my disbelief has already been thoroughly suspended.
A western influence isn't necessarily needed for advancement. For the clothes? maybe, but there also seems to be moments where people are wearing lots of different things. It could very well be"Just that weird City-Slicker style" in this universe and everywhere else they wear the older clothes(why wouldn't they?)

[Aerozord]

Can you link/confirm this? Because this is one of the few things that threw me off a little when I watched the show - the fact that benders don't simply take over the world and enslave or ebb out non-benders. As they would likely do. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU0HRopgBXY&feature=related)

doubt it, this is towards the end of the shows original run. It was one of the interviews they did.

Though if you want proof that its not genetic, as I said there are two twins and only one is an Earth bender.

I think another thing stopping benders is their connection to nature and the practical limitations of bending.
Wanna stop the Water Tribe? kill a fucking fish
Wanna stop the fire nation? Wait till an eclipse and run over their asses
Wanna stop the earth kingdom? Wage a sea battle
Wanna stop the Air no- -SOZEN MANIA'S RUNNING WILD!


Premmy, two of those solutions involve very rare celestial events, and one of them would involve ending the world

[Lumenskir]

Can you link/confirm this? Because this is one of the few things that threw me off a little when I watched the show - the fact that benders don't simply take over the world and enslave or ebb out non-benders. As they would likely do.
Well, unlike that instance, benders are outnumbered by non-benders. Well, I guess the Air Nomads are all benders, but they're also peaceniks and unlikely to enslave.

I mean, sure being able to manipulate the world through magic is impressive, but it's just another skill really, not a grant of unbeatability. A team of Yu Yan archers + Ty Lee could take out roughly 90+% of the benders we've seen, and the other 10% have to sleep at some point.

[Premmy]

Though if you want proof that its not genetic, as I said there are two twins and only one is an Earth bender.
Sokka and Katarra.
Premmy, two of those solutions involve very rare celestial events, and one of them would involve ending the world
http://images.wikia.com/avatar/images/8/8f/Punch.png

[Lumenskir]

Sokka and Katarra.
While they're related, the identical twins prove it's not solely genetic, since they both have the same genes but only one of them can bend. If all we had was Sokka and Katarra you could try for a recessive gene argument (or something), but identical twins are pretty much clones.

[Nique]

A western influence isn't necessarily needed for advancement. For the clothes? maybe, but there also seems to be moments where people are wearing lots of different things. It could very well be"Just that weird City-Slicker style" in this universe and everywhere else they wear the older clothes(why wouldn't they?) ,

Right, the western influence thing was mostly just about the style of things, not the actual level of advancement. Basically, everything I saw in the trailer made sense to me.

[Azisien]

I came.

[Aerozord]

though what does allow you to bend is kind of odd. There are people that simply cant do it, nor does geography have influence.. It has to do with your own individual spirituality and life-style. The reason you have the four nations isn't because of where they are located or who they are related to, they have certain type of bending because their culture and life-style reflect the type of spiritual affinity.

For example, objectively swamp benders and water tribe have very simular ways of living.

[Premmy]

Well Birth location and season seem to have an effect as well.

[Aerozord]

what makes you think season has anything to do with it?

[Premmy]

I recall reading somewhere that more of X benders are born in their associated season Fire for Summer, Earth for spring, winter for Water, Autumn for air(might have air and earth crossed, and Considering what we're told about the nomads it prolly doesn't matter anyway)

[The Wandering God]

where did you hear this? So Korra is technically getting airbending training from her cousin? Well third cousin.
Nothing official, but look at that face, and you tell me.

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4900/korranfirenation.jpg
Also, just how similiar Sokka and Korra are spelled implies a connection of some sort.

Edit: Also here's the Comic Con panel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwmCEr264sA&

[Intern Nin]

Premieres in exactly one month. (http://korranation.tumblr.com/post/19303984552/what-youve-all-been-waiting-for) Get fired up, punks.

zS4KhONWaYg

[Azisien]

I came again.

Also I like how Appa was going to be a polar bear-dog and then they changed it to fluffy flying bison. And now Korra has a polar bear-dog. The creators clearly knew it needed to be milked eventually.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

My body is prepared.

I watched the first series some months back for the first time after hearing it was good but never having had chance to check it out. This series looks just as awesome.

[Marelo]

They'll release the pilot early if they get 100k new likes on Facebook. (http://www.korranation.com/)

Go forth! Go forth and LIKE.

[Arcanum]

That site is regionlocked to the US apparently. The link just brings me back to their facebook page.

[Marelo]

Oh, well, huh.

But hey, looks like today's the day.

[Intern Nin]

Nope, some jerk went and hacked the site. They're gonna change the meter back to normal in just a little while.

[Marelo]

Yeah someone pointed that out to me on Facebook.

What a bafflingly lame, pointless thing to do.

[Token]

Pilot was leaked. Shit's rad.
The soundtrack is utterly amazing. Has sort of a jazzy, 1920's feel, but it's still distinctly Avatar, and I absolutely love it. The animation's great too, but we've all seen that. The characters are nice too. I took a shine to Korra even faster than I did to Aang. (Nowhere near as fast as I did to Toph, but come on. Toph.)Speaking of, her daughter is pretty funny, and had one of the best scenes. The show's not afraid to get deep and political, which isn't that surprising, since it's Avatar and all. I'm absolutely thrilled to see the next episode.

Also there was a MASSIVE cock-tease from Katara about Zuko's mom.

EDIT: also here's a link I guess? Ain't sure if I'm allowed to post this, but whatevvs. (http://vimeo.com/38705962)

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Ok yeah, that was pretty excellent. Can't wait for more.

[IHateMakingNames]

I regret watching it in shitty quality but I couldn't not watch it.

Best part was chubby kid Korra. Everything else was the second best part.

[Arcanum]

The only thing I can do is point you to my avatar and say that's how happy I am after having watched that.

[kyrtuck]

Wah, the video got deleted just as I was planning to share with some friends who are apeshit crazy over the series.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

I'm sure it'll be up on tv links or somewhere eventually.

EDIT; In fact, better than that, it's now on youtube here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRMB0yqSANA)

[Drownball-Champ]

Anyone else get the feeling we're going to hear of Katara's passing early in the series from her final scene in the first episode?

On a slightly different note, I still need to finish Book 3 of Last Airbender.

[rpgdemon]

Predictions: Aang's son's wife is going to join the anti-bender revolution, based on what she said about wanting a "normal" non-bender, "Like me!"

The jazzy "running away" music was absolutely awesome.

[Ryong]

...Aw everyone from the original cast but Katara's dead... BUT THEN METAL BENDERS! CARS! THE MAFIA! I never thought I'd see any of them on Avatar.

I am now awaiting for Aang to show up and give Korra the best/worst advices.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

...Aw everyone from the original cast but Katara's dead... BUT THEN METAL BENDERS! CARS! THE MAFIA! I never thought I'd see any of them on Avatar.

I am now awaiting for Aang to show up and give Korra the best/worst advices.

We don't necessarily know that. We only really have confirmation that Sokka is dead so far, and Aang, obviously.

[phil_]

Predictions: Aang's son's wife is going to join the anti-bender revolution, based on what she said about wanting a "normal" non-bender, "Like me!"She's a little pregnant for that, don't you think? And a little married to a bending master? And a little poor people join revolutions not councilmen or their wives?

[Intern Nin]

Koranation meter has been filled and the full two episode premiere will be online saturday. Just thought I'd let you all know.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

My body is prepared for that too.

Which is why I'm re-watching the entire first series again, although the site I was watching it on suddenly decided it was going to stop streaming properly the moment Toph got to have her first fight scene, which is also one of my favourite moments of the entire show.

25 Episodes streamed, not a problem. Favourite character in favourite scene, instant fuck up.

I blame Tophs awesomeness.

[rpgdemon]

If you have a netflix account, it's all there for streaming.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

You have to pay for netflix. I'm not nearly wealthy enough to pay subscription fees for anything, espeically when there are other ways to stream videos.

And speaking of streaming, has anyone found a decent site to see this on yet? Looks my last youtube link has broken now too.

[Premmy]

You have to pay for netflix. I'm not nearly wealthy enough to pay subscription fees for anything, espeically when there are other ways to stream videos.

And speaking of streaming, has anyone found a decent site to see this on yet? Looks my last youtube link has broken now too.

It's going to be up legitimately tomorrow so why bother.

I AM SO PUMPED YOU GUYS SO VERY FUCKING PUMPED

[Gregness]

So, wait, are they streaming this on a website or is it going to be on TV?

[Premmy]

Streaming

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Ah, ok then. I thought it was just on tv, on a channel which I, yano, don't have. But if it's going up online then that's ok.

[Gregness]

What's the site?

[Intern Nin]

It's live! GO WATCH IT NOW!

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Say what now? And what site.

[Intern Nin]

http://www.korranation.com/

[Arcanum]

Blarrrrrrrrrrrrrr still region locked.

[Premmy]

OH GOD YOU GUYS I AM SPERGING OUT RIGHT NOW
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvpdfoNbdU1qm7yro.gif
So AWESOME!

I Just.. wonder. Does the pro-bendng stuff hint at the show moving away from the classical Martial arts styles?Seriously MMA bending would be kind of bleh to me

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Could go either way. Only time will tell.

I'm going to wait till it's premier date instead of watching the leak and waiting a month or 2 to see Episode 2.

[Gregness]

Well, it was nice seeing episode one in something other than garbage quality. In fact, I even noticed that Lynn Bei Fong had some scars on her face which I thought was a nice touch (hopefully with a story to match). Also, the pro bending announcer has basically the perfect voice given the 20's aesthetic they're going for.

Really, the only thing I was a little disappointed by was not having Aang's spirit make an appearance.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

He'll probably make an appareance in episode 3 or 4.

[rpgdemon]

They've gotta distribute this stuff slowly. They can't just put in all the important cool stuff that people want to see right off the bat.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

So Aang got the biggest Avatar statue, right?

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Pretty much yeah. He's the Statue of Liberty of the Avatar world.

[Arcanum]

So I just noticed that in the opening sequence the benders are previous Avatars but that's not the important part. The important part is that Aang has a beard.

fakedit- And just to clarify, that's a good thing

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

I finally managed to find ep 2 somewhere that wasn't region locked (seriously, that's gona get old fast). This episode was even better than the first, the humour level was right up.

I was expecting to see something more of the Big Bad, but I guess it's still early days yet.

Also I love how they call foul on her earth and water bending at the same time in the match, then immediately and forever restrict her to water bending, somebody just clearly pulled that rule out of their arse there. I am surprised she got her arse kicked so badly though, even if they're using different styles to her, surely raw avatar power should have seen her through?

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Also I love how they call foul on her earth and water bending at the same time in the match, then immediately and forever restrict her to water bending, somebody just clearly pulled that rule out of their arse there. I am surprised she got her arse kicked so badly though, even if they're using different styles to her, surely raw avatar power should have seen her through?

Far as I remember the teams are meant to be divided into one of each. Earth, fire, water. Korra was playing as the water bender.

[Premmy]

So I just noticed that in the opening sequence the benders are previous Avatars but that's not the important part. The important part is that Aang has a beard.

fakedit- And just to clarify, that's a good thing

It's most likely just Tienzin.
they call foul on her earth and water bending at the same time in the match, then immediately and forever restrict her to water bending, somebody just clearly pulled that rule out of their arse there.
Seems clear the teams are specifically geared to earth, water and fire and she was the water.
edit: Doh, Ninja'd

I am surprised she got her arse kicked so badly though, even if they're using different styles to her, surely raw avatar power should have seen her through
I think the problem was more her
1: Restricting her bending to just one element. Even from an early start she clearly favors mixing them all smoothly into her own style.
2: Having to play within the restrictions and rules of the game, I.e. not throwing people over the side, staying within the lines, e.t.c.
3:The natural Rock-Paper-Scissors aspects of the elements meant she had a harder time working around the attacks

[Gregness]

It's most likely just Tenzin.



Nah, watch the intro again. The elemental demonstrations are done by the four most recent avatars. Kyoshi does earthbending, Roku fire, Aang (the adult version presumably) wind and Korra for water.

[Premmy]

You're probably right. ANYWAY!
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1doq6fK3h1qljqdfo1_r1_500.gif

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

I think the problem was more her
1: Restricting her bending to just one element. Even from an early start she clearly favors mixing them all smoothly into her own style.
2: Having to play within the restrictions and rules of the game, I.e. not throwing people over the side, staying within the lines, e.t.c.
3:The natural Rock-Paper-Scissors aspects of the elements meant she had a harder time working around the attacks

Yeah, I guess that all makes sense. I was just surprised she didn't just like, pull a huge ass wall of water up through the middle grating and flood the entire opposing team off the far side. Seemed like an obvious (and easy) way of instantly winning to me. Though that would make the whole sport pointless I guess, since you could just do that every time, so I suppose it must be an illegal move or something.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Yeah, I guess that all makes sense. I was just surprised she didn't just like, pull a huge ass wall of water up through the middle grating and flood the entire opposing team off the far side. Seemed like an obvious (and easy) way of instantly winning to me. Though that would make the whole sport pointless I guess, since you could just do that every time, so I suppose it must be an illegal move or something.

Well they have a limited amount of ammo for Water and Earth. Might not be enough for one big wave within each section of the lines.

[Donomni]

I wish it was April already, because HOLY SHIT I WANT MOOOOOORE.

Korra has the best introduction of any little kid EVER. DEAL_WITH_IT.jpg, etc.

Also, Tenzin's son is friggin' adorable. All medi-oh wait he's sleeping. "Worst teacher ever!"

[Marelo]

I think it's pretty much universally concurred that Korra's childhood introduction was magically badass.

Also, holy fuck, that music! All of the music. Amazing. I hope they actually release a soundtrack for this one as well as ATLA.

[Gregness]

The thing that made me laugh the hardest in Ep. 2 was Tenzin's duaghter at dinner:

"You have to promise me your teenage years won't be like this."

"I refuse to make any such promise."

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Well they have a limited amount of ammo for Water and Earth. Might not be enough for one big wave within each section of the lines.

Yeah, watching it again I think you're right. At one point the announcer even states they had no more in the tank, so it would seem each section has limited water, at least between rounds. I just assumed the water level was constantly resuplied, like the earth disks (not sure if they're limited too).


The thing that made me laugh the hardest in Ep. 2 was Tenzin's duaghter at dinner:

"You have to promise me your teenage years won't be like this."

"I refuse to make any such promise."

Yeah, that was definately the best line so far, though a close second is the dialogue with Mako and Bolin when they realise who Korra is.

Also, it seems we have a new meme (http://memegenerator.net/Deal-With-It-Korra/images/popular).

Deal with it.

[Premmy]

This is the only good one
http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/15741820.jpg

[Donomni]

Yeah, watching it again I think you're right. At one point the announcer even states they had no more in the tank, so it would seem each section has limited water, at least between rounds. I just assumed the water level was constantly resuplied, like the earth disks (not sure if they're limited too)

Eh, I'm pretty sure he meant they're tired.

[rpgdemon]

Eh, I'm pretty sure he meant they're tired.

Yeah, that's what I thought as well.

[Aerozord]

Anyone else notice, and love, that pro-bending style is based on Boxing?

Also agreeing that the music is great, its got a very swing/jazz feel to it (for a second I thought I was watching Baccano again) but done with instruments from the series. It actually feels like the music evolved and developed new genres.

[phil_]

I was looking up pro bending to say that it's based on MMA, not boxing, but it's based on MMA and boxing, so that's out. Anyway, what I found is that water benders are totally limited in their water, in that they can just use the water in those grates that delineate the zones. Source. (http://korranation.tumblr.com/tagged/probending)

The announcer totally meant they were tired, though.

[Arcanum]

Bending up a massive wave would probably leave you exposed too. Better to use quick yet powerful precision strikes.

Also I can't wait for more pro bending. If they made a spinoff series that was only pro bending matches, I would watch every second of it.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Going with the boxing thing I guess it's like asking why you don't just knock somebody out with one punch rather than fighting them. As Korra demonstrated with the side swipe, it might work if you have the element of surprise. But the bigger the wave you make the more you're broadcasting your intent. Just like a larger windup for a stronger punch.

[Aerozord]

plus the reason he wasn't expecting it was probably because it was an illegal maneuver. Why would they waste time training to defend against attacks no one uses. But who knows water bending has always been nerfed since any serious fight would end with encasing you in ice and walking away as you suffocate or cutting you in half since we have seen you can waterbend through solid steel. though guess you can say something similar about any bending