Legend of Korra; Book two trailer

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 07-23-2013, 09:39 AM

FINALY!

Been a while since we heard anything about this, but it looks like it was worth the wait. Trailer shows of some pretty cool things. Korra appears to have gotten the hang of airbending, spirit attacks up the wazoo, a few new characters (including one who I hear is the very first Avatar), and looks like we'll be getting a deeper look at the history of the Avatar line, and some of the lesser shown mystiscism of the verse.

Still have to wait until september for the series to start, but may as well start the hype now. So, who's excited?

Gregness · 07-23-2013, 09:56 AM

Huh, not that book one looked bad but it seems like the animation budget got a boost.

Tev · 07-23-2013, 12:16 PM

As well it should have. This show is worth it over and over again.

I'm psyched about this coming out so soon. I've been in Avatar limbo chasing "Coming next year" promises for what feels like forever!

shiney · 07-23-2013, 12:35 PM

Let's hope it's an actual season with well paced developments and not twenty+ episodes hastily crammed into ten. The pace of book one was horrendous and everything felt completely shoehorned in, I never had a chance to really connect with any of the characters and overall I was left feeling wholly disappointed.

POS Industries · 07-23-2013, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by shiney

Let's hope it's an actual season with well paced developments and not twenty+ episodes hastily crammed into ten. The pace of book one was horrendous and everything felt completely shoehorned in, I never had a chance to really connect with any of the characters and overall I was left feeling wholly disappointed.

It's a full season with a lot of guys from the ATLA writing staff hired back on instead of a half season written by the show's creators alone, so it's safe to say that season 2 is probably going to be a huge improvement in terms of writing.

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 07-23-2013, 01:45 PM

Well, sort of. It's 14 episodes, 2 more than the first book, so with both book 1 and 2 it'll bring it up to 26 episodes, ie a full season.

Then we have books 3 and 4, which is the real season 2. Basically each season divided into 2 books each.

POS Industries · 07-23-2013, 03:09 PM

Oh.

Well.

At least they have a real writing staff this time.

Lumenskir · 07-23-2013, 03:42 PM

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It's a full season with a lot of guys from the ATLA writing staff hired back on instead of a half season written by the show's creators alone, so it's safe to say that season 2 is probably going to be a huge improvement in terms of writing.

I'm in such a "fool me twice"-mode that it's almost heartening to see such persistent faith.

Gregness · 07-23-2013, 05:04 PM

I'm not worried about the series proper being good since after the 60+ episodes of Aang's story and the first part of this one they've proven that they can write compelling characters and interesting stories.

What they haven't proven is that they can end those stories with something other than an asspull.

POS Industries · 07-23-2013, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Lumenskir

I'm in such a "fool me twice"-mode that it's almost heartening to see such persistent faith.

It helps to be able to have a sense of middle ground between rancid dog shit and TEN BILLION ORGASMS.

LoK didn't lived up to how much it was overhyped and it had some flaws in the later episodes, namely in pacing, plot focus, and the ending. But it was still a pretty good show, the major issues that resulted in last season's flaws have been addressed and improved upon, and the probability of it being better than last season--which, once again, was pretty good--is strong.

It's just always weird to me to see people on the internet get all up in arms that a show couldn't live up to their fantastical expectations.

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shiney Derrrrrrrrrrrrrp. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The land of fartz and buttz Posts: 8,266	Let's hope it's an actual season with well paced developments and not twenty+ episodes hastily crammed into ten. The pace of book one was horrendous and everything felt completely shoehorned in, I never had a chance to really connect with any of the characters and overall I was left feeling wholly disappointed. __________________ boop

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POS Industries Argus Agony Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gotta go fishing! Posts: 10,483	Oh. Well. At least they have a real writing staff this time. __________________ Either you're dead or my watch has stopped.

07-23-2013, 05:04 PM	#9
Gregness Never give up. Never give in. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,034	I'm not worried about the series proper being good since after the 60+ episodes of Aang's story and the first part of this one they've proven that they can write compelling characters and interesting stories. What they haven't proven is that they can end those stories with something other than an asspull. __________________ A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - Robert Heinlein