You know there's an abrupt improvement in quality when he's back to having time to point out continuity errors, instead of "overanalyzing" the death of the franchise.
Whatever else can be said about this show, the first few episodes of season 3 are probably the quickest and most thorough course correction I've ever seen from a show/franchise that went _that bad._ It's a really impressive turnaround - the show never fully loses some flaws, but most of the worst parts of the last two seasons are efficiently resolved in quick succession.
I used to hate that Zaheer only quoted one air bender, but then there is that quote from Iroh. “If you take wisdom from only one place, it becomes rigid and stale”
@@Talisguy i always liked to believe that Laghima actually was controversal figure in air nomad history and did mean a lot the way Zahir interpreted it - it would give a bit more depth to the otherwise homogene air nomad culture
Korea season two to season three is one of the greatest turnarounds, imo. Choosing to use a plot point that people didn’t like to springboard into a better story instead of ignoring it is really hard to pull off and I respect the writers for doing, it even if it’s not perfect
And then they made him stand there for a solid 5 seconds doing nothing but watching Zaheer dust the other guards. Then the script said it was his turn to do something so he threw some square rocks.
"I hate that Mako as a cop is constantly acting out of line and getting rewarded for it" If Republic City is meant to be like New York, I'm afraid they did a very accurate job
Yeah I was gonna say. If anything they're TOO tame in that the police in Korra most of the time have good intentions, unlike in real life NYC (or anywhere in the States at all, won't speak for other places 'cause I don't live there.)
@@CanidRoseIn Germany the police is pretty okay most of the time. Only in Berlin they tend to be very violent, especially on 1st of May. In France on the other hand…
Biggest downside of hand drawn animation is that long hair is a Bitch and a half to animate, so Zaheer couldn't keep his luxurious, beautiful, flowing lion's main and had to become Lex Luthor.
There is the factor that's either brought up in this season or the next that shaved airbenders have a slight advantage and are more monk-like But having a sick wizard beard would have been rad
@@Potatezone Man, if I was an Airbender I'd make sure my beard always flowed majestically in the wind 24/7. I don't care if I get sneak attacked, I'd look so cool!!!!!!
The best season has finally arrived! Zaheer ha I love Zaheer. He and Iroh are my two favorite characters in the whole Avatar universe. Zaheer is patient, objective, unemotional (except when losing P'Li), intelligent, efficient, dangerous, and nuanced. Everything about him as a character is so thoughtfully executed, including who voiced him, that he was an immediate favorite of mine when I first watched the series
I agree with most of it, and he is a great character, but I strongly disagree that he's objective. He clearly has a firmly held moral viewpoint that all information is warped to fit. He's an idealist, and often quite naive about it - it's an interesting trait for a villain, since it's usually given to heroes.
Zaheer is an idiot, his whole schtick is being Mr. “I love the Airbenders” but threatens to kill all of the New Airbenders including Tenzin’s children as leverage against Korra. I get the guy is obviously twisting Airbender teachings and philosophy he claims to be a student of to suit his own ends, but his murderous behavior should only extend to those he deems to be tyrants or illegitimate forms of authority, not literal toddlers.
About Korra not using energybending to take the guy's bending away, since she literally never uses energybending to take bending in the whole show, but just to restore it, you can always argue that she has no idea how to do it in that direction and now she can't ask Aang how to do it so she's effectively incapable of making him a non-bender for the foreseeable future, so he might as well go to the air temple to figure out what to do
My thoughts exactly, also the only time she ever restored bending is in the avatar state, tapping into Aang's skills, so there's no saying she could use the skill at all now .
It’s actually confirmed in the korra chronicles in the letter she wrote for the next avatar that after her symbolic moment with aang, she realized she could use her avatar state which restored her bending, she states it allows her to take & restore bending. She just never did it probably because it just doesn’t align with her character to do something like that to someone & take something she herself lost at a point.
5:30 In a shocking twist, the spirits go back to doing exactly what they were doing before Wan kicked them all out Korra can't even slow down their conquest and just... lets them do it and the humans just GOTTA DEAL WITH IT!
There's no "conquest." The spirits live in the Spirit Wilds & leave the rest of the city alone. That particular vine is lying across the street because that's where Unavaatu put it. And if you're going to ask about the building, Korra misunderstood the effect purification would have on the vines. They weren't "attacking," they just grew in response to being reinvigorated, & this caused side effects they couldn't predict or care about because they're plants.
@@TheLithp Nice headcanon, too bad Raiko said "there's a tree GROWING right through my office" and the recap said "And AFTER TWO WEEKS, Republic City continues to recover from Korra's epic battle with UnaVaatu. VINES HAVE SPROUTED UP all over, creating pockets of wilds the spirits have come to call home." We have no reason to believe those vines (who are spirits), will only grow to instantly undo any attempt to get them to fuck off and not return to their planet spanning size
@@Broockle How would you feel if you just had to leave your house and everything you owned got destroyed because Kora just decided that the spirit portals had to be open. Yeah, she deserves the low approval, probably lower tbh.
If she can open/close it whenever she likes she then I agree. I honestly can't remember. If it was more of a quick time event then I feel like deserve is a strong word. Even then of course people would be upset over this life altering change
My favorite aspect of Zaheer is his use of airbending in a fierce and lethal way. Opposite of how Aang would use it. Its hard to overlook he has had no training though and studied it from books.
5:30, I honestly can’t blame Korra for not seeing the giant vine. I once stared at a traffic light without realizing it had turned green, and I’m also a beginning driver.
How is that even comparible..? A green light is normal it's easy to be blind to it. Especially when staring at it for a while. A giant vine in the road isn't supposed to be there and the brain's better at noticing that
My understanding of zaheer's air bending skills are that he is mostly just boosting his martial arts. Adding some air perpultion to jump higher and throw harder, later he will just add range to his normal strikes. Basically he is less a bender and more of an enhanced martial artist.
12:22 I used to think Zaheer’s eye brow slit was a choice but I’m just noticing he still has it in prison meaning it’s actually a scar. My head canon is that Korra’s dad gave it to him the first time they tried to kidnap her.
4:27 that’s probably the single best off-screen character transition in the entire show, when you pointed it out I laughed hysterically for several minutes
10:55 this makes me question if she can still energy bend. I thought she only did it while in the avatar state because she was borrowing Aang’s knowledge/power. Guess I’ll have to find out if she ever energy bends again after season 2.
she (spoilers) energybends in the finale of season 4, bending a ray of pure spirit energy. Her energybending that much spirit energy causes a new spirit portal to open in Republic City.
@@ranchonbread4905 Gonna need to look back at that, I don't think they explicitly state that she's energy bending there. Could just be avatar shenanigans if they don't state it to be energy bending.
@@ranchonbread4905 The way it was introduced back in ATLA implies energy bending is done on sentient creatures using their internal lifeforce or whatever. "The energy within ourselves." Avatar doesn't really personify the literal land underneath everyone and it's never really hinted at that it is actually the ability to bend energy within inanimate matter. The topic is left vague enough all the way to the end of Korra though, I can see myself waving it off as energy bending the first time I watched it.
with my only memory of season 3 of being the first, and only time i watched it, i do recall this being my favorite season of the 4. it really felt like the writers took to heart all the critiques and complaints levied their way, and wanted to show what Korra could be at its peak. this episodes being one of my favorite because it allows everything to slow down and breathe, i genuinely was concerned for the man on the bridge, which is more than i could say about any RC character from season 1&2.
Well, it probably wouldn't be Aang's staff from ATLA. Doubt Aang's staff for a 12-year-old would fit a fully-grown woman. The staff Zaheer steals is of the same design, but orange, so they probably just made more of them. Seems more practical than the traditional glider with dedicated hand and footholds.
also didn't aang lose that staff in the goo chamber in the sun warrior ep? I could be forgetting but I don't remember him using it after that...or nah? he had it in the southern raiders, didn't he? I feel like I'm losing it @_@
I love the rewrite Hello Future me did about how keeping alive airbender traditions and rituals slowly allowed the Air Acolytes bend air once again. Even though they're not original inhabitants, they take care of its heritage and make it their legacy
Granted, Zaheer is good with airbending right outta the gate (literally) for two reasons: 1- He probably practiced some of his moves so he'd have an edge when executing his escape 2- it's not that he is good with airbending, as much as it is him using that bending as an extension of his abilities. His kicks and jumps are enhanced by airbending, rather than him bending the air around him or his opponents
there is also a popular theory/assumption that since each member of the red lotus was meant to teach korra an element Zaheer learned Airbending techniques to pass onto korra, he could never actually Execute the bending part, but he would have the knowledge of the physical motions and mindset you need for airbending
There's also the lack of familiarity. Before S3 there were about just 5-6 airbenders in total, and most of them are just Tenzin's family and the single exception is Korra. Nobody knows how to deal with airbenders the closest defensive tactic I can think with earthbender is encase yourself and hope the airbender gets tired or bored. Assuming the air bending is only visible for the sake of the audience but is somewhat invisible to the characters inside the show, they'd have a hard time countering that.
@@Theoriginalmistwalker I highly highly doubt Zaheer learned any significant airbending before escaping, since he did not have any practice. And he got schooled by Tenzin that's for sure
@@MatheusLB2009 well even if he knew the moves he obviously had 0 practice cause one thing is having the theorical knowledge on how to do bending and another is putting it to practice
The title of this episode makes it seem like the team knew this season was a major improvement over their previous work on Korra. It feels like a breath of fresh air genuinely. If Korra had this consistency of writing from the start, it probably would have developed into a much better show by the end
imagine willingly separating yourself from the mainland so that you could live secluded on an island, only to get a bridge named after you. id be pissed
Holy shit, an episode where the outlook is good, I thought I’d never see the day. It’s also fun having never watched Kora except like, the first few episodes, so I’m literally watching the entire show through these videos and lowkey it’s really fun because it keeps me from overloading and binging it all at once, and spaces it out to whatever the yt episode spacing is, it’s nice, I enjoy these and I almost always click on them the moment I see them unless I’m actively doing something else
My Headcannon is that everyone who became an airbender was of Airbender descent. It's basically a continuation of the Ty Lee being descended from an Air Bender, but we know from the comics that Air Benders did escape the initial attack and were baited by using Air Nomad Relics. Basically not all the Air Acolytes (those who can't bend, like Pema and others who appear in this show) were rounded up, as Bending seems genetic.
The episode that introduced my all-time favorite Avatar villain as well as my all-time favorite Avatar character. It makes suffering through book 2 worth it especially when you get book 3 and 4
I like the airbending appearing thing in the sense that they're probably descendants of air nomads who lost their culture and therefore their bending (there was kind of a genocide happening for a bit). So I don't see it as people randomly getting airbending, but of airbending that was lying dormant getting reactivated again. Also the fact that not many people got airbending as well makes it seem less random and more like it was inherited
That theory makes the most sense to me, because we know for a fact that many airbenders survived for years after the attack--including everyone from the Southern Air Temple except Gyatso. So there's no possible way they didn't leave descendants hidden all over the world.
@@maskofthedragon Yes, I did notice that only one person in a given family was chosen to receive airbending. Probably some spirit magic mumbo jumbo. Doesn't mean they're not descended from the original Air Nomads, though. It could be that only one family member received it so that if that person was killed for being an airbender, they'd be the only one. The rest of their family would survive. I'm willing to bet that with the exception of orphans and Bumi (who is a direct son of a pureblooded Air Nomad and already has a surviving airbending brother with surviving airbending offspring), none of the new airbenders are firstborns.
@@maskofthedragon we literally see a pair of twins where one is an earthbender and one's not a bender at all, in the fortune-telling episode of ATLA, bending isn't really genetic. The *type* of bending you get is inherited, but whether you get the ability to bend at all seems largely random.
I actually agree with everything you said here, except the characters just hanging out part. I feel like no show, including airbender, is actually able to make those interactions feel natural, it just feels so vibe breakingly cartoonish or alien to how humans actually interact. The best show I've seen character interaction-wise, is the bear, and it's not even close
I think the point is that after watching scenes like the one with Korra and Asami, even if the dialogue is kinda corny, I finally understand why they’d want to hang out together and why they’re still friends. In Airbender, I think because we had more episodes to develop the relationships, Aang, Katara, Sokka and Toph feel like a real family, who aren’t just hanging out because they need to to end the war, but because they enjoy each others company and are genuinely friends. Before Season 3 of Korra, Korra, Asami, Bolin and Mako feel like coworkers, or cousins. They feel like they do stuff together out of obligation rather than actually caring for one another.
I do like that Bumi being able to use his air bending after having something thrown at him at the dinner table is a call back to the other Bumi throwing that chicken leg to out Aang.
I love how you try not to be bias in any one way or another. You say your opinion, present your reason and it helps me see it your way. Hilariously watching the show with you makes it so much better. You’re good company and funny
the amount of joy you produce in my life by the sheer listing of the people at the end of your video and their lore, almost overrides the joy i feel of watching the actual content you produce. You are amazing. Keep up the awesome flow you are in :)
I don’t have a single dollar to give, but I wanted to say thank you for all the content. I’ve been struggling with several physical health issues lately, and your content seems to be the only thing that can keep my mind off it.
The difference in quality between season 2 and season 3 is as subtle as getting hit in the face with a brick. Like, you genuinely feel whiplash by it. Just makes season 2 all the more baffling
This episode makes it feel like season 2 was a bad fanfic that was given to professional writers who were then told to make a sequel. Honestly, this whole season feels like the best it could possible be given all the stupid shit it was forced to not retcon.
i was on tumblr when korra was coming out, people called unavaatu that before the show did, im pretty sure the show runners picked it up from online, which is something that happens more and more nowadays lol
This brings me back, man. When LoK came out, I watched season 1 as each episode aired, then it took me over a year to get through season 2 because I just didn't care. Then I watched all of season 3 in a day or two. The improvement from 2 to 3 was SO dramatic.
"I hate the depiction of Mako as a police officer in this show. He constantly does things that are way out of line, and gets rewarded for it." Umm... buddy... I don't know how to break this to you...
He's mentioned back in the original series that he doesn't really care if something's 'realistic' but if it makes for good writing and a good story. It makes a frustrating story.
The show very weirdly praises Korra for people winning the air bending cosmic lottery, while not being to point to what she did to cause it It can't be Harmonic Convergence itself, that is a natural event Can't be opening the portals, since bending doesn't come from spirits and there were no lottery winners during the weeks the first portal was open Can't be anything Unalaq or Vaatu did, since they would receive the praise Can't be Jinora descending from the heavens to save the day, since Jinora would be receiving the praise
9:19 I dont mind how korra handeld it too much, but I do think there could have been some interesting potential with her not having as much of a direct connection to any avatar spirit. With Aang, he had established rapport with Roku by the time he could just casually vall up past lives. But since Korra didn't really commune with them I think it could be interesting seeing her early attempts at it be getting advice from like half a dozen spirits, all with conflicting viewpoints. With the eventual resolution being that they all lived in different times and they all have differentpersonalities and theres no objectively correct answer to agree on, so Korra ends up making the final decision herself either way
an idea instead of severing the connection for Korra could have been in the end of season 2 she asks different avatars for advice, nd soem say to close them some say to let them open, but Aang told her to not rely on the past lives and instead focus on becoming her own avatar. the one the world will need. the past ones were needed in a past time, but she is needed in the present, a different time, other avatars never whitnessed to fully understand. simmilar to Aang calling for the other avatar to get any advice for another way to defeat ozai instead of offing him.
This opening episode makes it feel like Harmonic Convergence (with the relevant edits to the timeline) should have been season one, and the rest of the series should have come after it.
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maybe you could make a new series called, "fixing avatar" you could point out some inconsistencies and point out ways to fix them.
Spin off ideas. Avatar, Merch on ebay review vid or two, Video games review/play through if popular review vid.
Do Attack on Titan
You know there's an abrupt improvement in quality when he's back to having time to point out continuity errors, instead of "overanalyzing" the death of the franchise.
He is also able to talk about the bare minimum expected of a show, like characters talking to each other
Whatever else can be said about this show, the first few episodes of season 3 are probably the quickest and most thorough course correction I've ever seen from a show/franchise that went _that bad._
It's a really impressive turnaround - the show never fully loses some flaws, but most of the worst parts of the last two seasons are efficiently resolved in quick succession.
It's kind of funny in a sad way that the police in this world are as gun happy and violence based as in the real world.
he should make a new series called "pointing out continuity errors in Avatar"
And he’s… like actually giving it compliments and saying it’s way better lol
I used to hate that Zaheer only quoted one air bender, but then there is that quote from Iroh. “If you take wisdom from only one place, it becomes rigid and stale”
It’s part of what makes him a villain, so it’s cool
He also clearly twists it to fit his own morals, like he decided what Laghima meant before actually studying him. Even more rigid.
He's just a fanboy
Such a good point.
@@Talisguy i always liked to believe that Laghima actually was controversal figure in air nomad history and did mean a lot the way Zahir interpreted it - it would give a bit more depth to the otherwise homogene air nomad culture
3:21 you didnt mention that Meelo throwing the dish at Bumi to get him to airbend mirrors Bumi throwing the food at Aang to reveal his airbending
Hadn't thought of that, great spot!
Man I really wish he sees this one,I kinda like it,great memory
Sheesh that’s a good one
There’s as much throwing food to reveal air bending episodes as there are blood bending episodes lmao
@@YaBoyWilliam131 Oh, look, I found two nickels 😂
Zaheer’s long hair and beard are still my favorite design of his
It’s very reminiscent of iroh’s look start of season 3, which is a nice twist on how different zaheer is from him
True. I think they really nerfed his look when we shaved
The fact he got it back in only three years after totally shaving it kinda makes me jealous ngl
@@amc6169 But tingly scalp tho. Tenzin would be proud.
@@drillbitz2816 I say its somewhat similar they were a cross national org.
Korea season two to season three is one of the greatest turnarounds, imo. Choosing to use a plot point that people didn’t like to springboard into a better story instead of ignoring it is really hard to pull off and I respect the writers for doing, it even if it’s not perfect
Yeah, second season is like north and third like south ^^
4th wasn't as good as 3 imho, but still a lot more memorable than 1 or 2. Also I just love Kuvira 😅
@@carternorton2682 what turnaround?
@@ベン-b9q You're being a little mean on season 3 there.
@SillyBeans-m1l I liked the airbenders and Zaofu but the villains were so disappointing
The Krew also received no development
12:42 Notice how everyone is knocked off their feet, except for the earth bender.
NotZhan fuckin STANDS
Ooooh that was nice
Good eye
And then they made him stand there for a solid 5 seconds doing nothing but watching Zaheer dust the other guards. Then the script said it was his turn to do something so he threw some square rocks.
nice catch
This might be the first episode of Korra where OA has praised the episode almost as much as an ATLA episode
Won't be the last 😁
This might be a hot take but s3 Korra is my fav of all the Atla/Lok seasons
@@becausestuff1421 not a hot take at all! s3 of korra is so good and its a lot of things but zaheer is such an amazing villain!
YESSS WE'RE FINALLY ZAHEER!
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Lowkey a similar concept to Proctor Servantis but like a million times better.
@@idle_speculationServantis if he didn't retcon half a series and was an anarchist
you’ve been waiting to say that haven’t you
Oh hey Ink Tank. You were setting that one up for months, weren't you?
One thing to note about this chapter is how much more beautiful and vibrant the color palette of the show is now.
Well the studios changed in season 1,2, and 3. They had a hard time making the show and enough people just don’t know how hard
"I hate that Mako as a cop is constantly acting out of line and getting rewarded for it" If Republic City is meant to be like New York, I'm afraid they did a very accurate job
Yeah I was gonna say. If anything they're TOO tame in that the police in Korra most of the time have good intentions, unlike in real life NYC (or anywhere in the States at all, won't speak for other places 'cause I don't live there.)
@@CanidRoseIn Germany the police is pretty okay most of the time. Only in Berlin they tend to be very violent, especially on 1st of May.
In France on the other hand…
I think that's how you sum up ANY job in one sentence.
Yeah, taking a non-violent situation and making it violent basically is police protocol
my thoughts watching that part and similar parts was like "I mean it's realistic"
"So fuckin true Tenzen" got me really really good LMAO.
Same, I accidentally woke up my baby and then went back and watched it again 😂😂
Biggest downside of hand drawn animation is that long hair is a Bitch and a half to animate, so Zaheer couldn't keep his luxurious, beautiful, flowing lion's main and had to become Lex Luthor.
There is the factor that's either brought up in this season or the next that shaved airbenders have a slight advantage and are more monk-like
But having a sick wizard beard would have been rad
@@Potatezone Man, if I was an Airbender I'd make sure my beard always flowed majestically in the wind 24/7. I don't care if I get sneak attacked, I'd look so cool!!!!!!
how do you explain asami?
@@TheMTSilver She's doesn't fight a lot. So they don't have to animate her hair constantly. Unlike Zaheer, who is a main villain.
Finally the good season has arrived
Fake good season. - Guru Ligma
The only good season ACTUALLY 🤓
@SillyBeans-m1l I would say it started off good then went downhill. I like the idea more than execution
You mean the better season.
The One Season in the show that was genuinely great from Beginning to end.
The best season has finally arrived! Zaheer ha I love Zaheer. He and Iroh are my two favorite characters in the whole Avatar universe. Zaheer is patient, objective, unemotional (except when losing P'Li), intelligent, efficient, dangerous, and nuanced. Everything about him as a character is so thoughtfully executed, including who voiced him, that he was an immediate favorite of mine when I first watched the series
I agree with most of it, and he is a great character, but I strongly disagree that he's objective. He clearly has a firmly held moral viewpoint that all information is warped to fit. He's an idealist, and often quite naive about it - it's an interesting trait for a villain, since it's usually given to heroes.
Zaheer is an idiot, his whole schtick is being Mr. “I love the Airbenders” but threatens to kill all of the New Airbenders including Tenzin’s children as leverage against Korra. I get the guy is obviously twisting Airbender teachings and philosophy he claims to be a student of to suit his own ends, but his murderous behavior should only extend to those he deems to be tyrants or illegitimate forms of authority, not literal toddlers.
His character, great, but his ideology to me is like Thanos, when you think about it for more than 2 minutes you realize how dumb it is
About Korra not using energybending to take the guy's bending away, since she literally never uses energybending to take bending in the whole show, but just to restore it, you can always argue that she has no idea how to do it in that direction and now she can't ask Aang how to do it so she's effectively incapable of making him a non-bender for the foreseeable future, so he might as well go to the air temple to figure out what to do
My thoughts exactly, also the only time she ever restored bending is in the avatar state, tapping into Aang's skills, so there's no saying she could use the skill at all now .
Also from what I understand taking bending is very risky
You say that as if there is any learning curve to bending in Korra
It’s actually confirmed in the korra chronicles in the letter she wrote for the next avatar that after her symbolic moment with aang, she realized she could use her avatar state which restored her bending, she states it allows her to take & restore bending.
She just never did it probably because it just doesn’t align with her character to do something like that to someone & take something she herself lost at a point.
@@sirmenace8161 that, and also when Aang did it to Ozai, he almost f*cking died so I would refrain from using it
5:30
In a shocking twist, the spirits go back to doing exactly what they were doing before Wan kicked them all out
Korra can't even slow down their conquest and just... lets them do it and the humans just GOTTA DEAL WITH IT!
It's a good thing Korra can't contact her past lives anymore because Wan would have been pissed
There's no "conquest." The spirits live in the Spirit Wilds & leave the rest of the city alone. That particular vine is lying across the street because that's where Unavaatu put it. And if you're going to ask about the building, Korra misunderstood the effect purification would have on the vines. They weren't "attacking," they just grew in response to being reinvigorated, & this caused side effects they couldn't predict or care about because they're plants.
@@TheLithp
Nice headcanon, too bad Raiko said "there's a tree GROWING right through my office" and the recap said "And AFTER TWO WEEKS, Republic City continues to recover from Korra's epic battle with UnaVaatu. VINES HAVE SPROUTED UP all over, creating pockets of wilds the spirits have come to call home."
We have no reason to believe those vines (who are spirits), will only grow to instantly undo any attempt to get them to fuck off and not return to their planet spanning size
She is the avatar! And you just have to DEAL WITH IT!
We made it to season 3, hooray! When you started doing Korra I remember thinking "hopefully he can slog through season 2 without getting discouraged"
I nearly didn't. Thank God season 3 is such a quick and massive improvement, or I wouldn't have made it through.
Literally same. I've been like, "at least make it through season 2."
He's definitely seen the whole show before. It's not like his first time reacting to it so of course he can make it through
Honestly season 2 had its highlights, I would glady watch it again even if it wasn't very good
12:39 Aang also uses that to pick up two fans from the ground when Zuko invaded Kyoshi island
wow, good catch
Mako being a bad aggressive cop and getting rewarded for it in New York Ci... I mean Republic City is arguably the most real thing in this show
Kora kind of deserves her 8% approval rating considering she just decided to open the spirit portals without asking anyone else.
Wrong. She asked Tenzin
@@CrimpyPlate Ok fine, she deserved it for only asking 1 person then.
It's understandable fur sure. Not sure it's deserving tho.
@@Broockle How would you feel if you just had to leave your house and everything you owned got destroyed because Kora just decided that the spirit portals had to be open. Yeah, she deserves the low approval, probably lower tbh.
If she can open/close it whenever she likes she then I agree. I honestly can't remember. If it was more of a quick time event then I feel like deserve is a strong word. Even then of course people would be upset over this life altering change
Imagine being born in 1792. I cant imagine living without overanalyzing avatar
My favorite aspect of Zaheer is his use of airbending in a fierce and lethal way. Opposite of how Aang would use it. Its hard to overlook he has had no training though and studied it from books.
You make Tuesday my favorite day of the week!
Same
Same furrball
Fucking finally. Gotta wait through the trash to eat a 4 course meal
And then season 4 is the legt overs
5:30, I honestly can’t blame Korra for not seeing the giant vine. I once stared at a traffic light without realizing it had turned green, and I’m also a beginning driver.
Fair point
Weve all been there but...a giant vine blocking the whole street...come on
How is that even comparible..? A green light is normal it's easy to be blind to it. Especially when staring at it for a while. A giant vine in the road isn't supposed to be there and the brain's better at noticing that
@@naturesfinest2408Eh, you’re probably right.
Season 3 is peak Korra. I'm so glad we're here
My understanding of zaheer's air bending skills are that he is mostly just boosting his martial arts. Adding some air perpultion to jump higher and throw harder, later he will just add range to his normal strikes. Basically he is less a bender and more of an enhanced martial artist.
3:57 "He constantly does things that are way out of line and is rewarded for it." Ah so a realistic portrayal of USA cops then.
I was DYING to see this comment posted somewhere here LMFAO
12:22 I used to think Zaheer’s eye brow slit was a choice but I’m just noticing he still has it in prison meaning it’s actually a scar. My head canon is that Korra’s dad gave it to him the first time they tried to kidnap her.
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that’s probably the single best off-screen character transition in the entire show, when you pointed it out I laughed hysterically for several minutes
4:14 Another reference to his age… I still can’t tell if he’s actually 55 or if this is just a new running gag.
i feel like OA is probably in his early 30s or late 20s from Vibes, but i honestly don't know. it's confusing me because it caught me so off-guard 😭
No his voice doesn't fit
He's referenced watching the original as a kid in the Blind Bandit episode about how Fire Nation Man confused him, so yeah this is just a joke.
@@NotaWalrus1 Nice catch! Been a while since I watched the original Overanalyzing series.
"What the *bleep*" absolutely SENT me for some reason
Love your videos, you're hilarious and you have my approval if that helps your numbers lol
most appropriate named episode of Korra.
10:55 this makes me question if she can still energy bend. I thought she only did it while in the avatar state because she was borrowing Aang’s knowledge/power.
Guess I’ll have to find out if she ever energy bends again after season 2.
she (spoilers) energybends in the finale of season 4, bending a ray of pure spirit energy. Her energybending that much spirit energy causes a new spirit portal to open in Republic City.
@@ranchonbread4905 Gonna need to look back at that, I don't think they explicitly state that she's energy bending there.
Could just be avatar shenanigans if they don't state it to be energy bending.
@@pplzdude true. If i remember, they dont state that it is, but she does enter the avatar state as she does it, so I always figured that was it.
@@ranchonbread4905 The way it was introduced back in ATLA implies energy bending is done on sentient creatures using their internal lifeforce or whatever. "The energy within ourselves." Avatar doesn't really personify the literal land underneath everyone and it's never really hinted at that it is actually the ability to bend energy within inanimate matter. The topic is left vague enough all the way to the end of Korra though, I can see myself waving it off as energy bending the first time I watched it.
@@kylegonewild fair. At this point its just "avatar stuff, that doesnt count"
Asami did so little in the last season that I honestly forgot about her until she showed up.
And here we get to see how the best season of Korra can withstand the wrath of OA.
with my only memory of season 3 of being the first, and only time i watched it, i do recall this being my favorite season of the 4. it really felt like the writers took to heart all the critiques and complaints levied their way, and wanted to show what Korra could be at its peak. this episodes being one of my favorite because it allows everything to slow down and breathe, i genuinely was concerned for the man on the bridge, which is more than i could say about any RC character from season 1&2.
And Korra's peak is still barely better than ATLA's nadir.
*"HaVe YoU eVeR rEaD tHe PoEtRy Of ThE gReAt AiRbEnDiNg GuRu, LaGhImA?"*
Guru Ligma
Ligma?
@@Segadrome Ligma balls
You walked into that one.
@@senorbolainas2991 De nada
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Say goodbye to "Unalaq Spirit Fighting™", it leaves creating even more questions of how the Hell it works
Lmao
Well, it probably wouldn't be Aang's staff from ATLA. Doubt Aang's staff for a 12-year-old would fit a fully-grown woman. The staff Zaheer steals is of the same design, but orange, so they probably just made more of them. Seems more practical than the traditional glider with dedicated hand and footholds.
also didn't aang lose that staff in the goo chamber in the sun warrior ep? I could be forgetting but I don't remember him using it after that...or nah? he had it in the southern raiders, didn't he? I feel like I'm losing it @_@
Makio is realistic cop depiction lol
I love Zaheer as a villian so much! He just feels colder and more realistic than anything else Korra's given us
I love the rewrite Hello Future me did about how keeping alive airbender traditions and rituals slowly allowed the Air Acolytes bend air once again. Even though they're not original inhabitants, they take care of its heritage and make it their legacy
Granted, Zaheer is good with airbending right outta the gate (literally) for two reasons:
1- He probably practiced some of his moves so he'd have an edge when executing his escape
2- it's not that he is good with airbending, as much as it is him using that bending as an extension of his abilities. His kicks and jumps are enhanced by airbending, rather than him bending the air around him or his opponents
there is also a popular theory/assumption that since each member of the red lotus was meant to teach korra an element Zaheer learned Airbending techniques to pass onto korra, he could never actually Execute the bending part, but he would have the knowledge of the physical motions and mindset you need for airbending
There's also the lack of familiarity.
Before S3 there were about just 5-6 airbenders in total, and most of them are just Tenzin's family and the single exception is Korra.
Nobody knows how to deal with airbenders the closest defensive tactic I can think with earthbender is encase yourself and hope the airbender gets tired or bored.
Assuming the air bending is only visible for the sake of the audience but is somewhat invisible to the characters inside the show, they'd have a hard time countering that.
@@Theoriginalmistwalker I highly highly doubt Zaheer learned any significant airbending before escaping, since he did not have any practice. And he got schooled by Tenzin that's for sure
@@MatheusLB2009 well even if he knew the moves he obviously had 0 practice cause one thing is having the theorical knowledge on how to do bending and another is putting it to practice
@@MatheusLB2009 he had a few weeks to practice while Korra was off stopping Hundun
The title of this episode makes it seem like the team knew this season was a major improvement over their previous work on Korra. It feels like a breath of fresh air genuinely. If Korra had this consistency of writing from the start, it probably would have developed into a much better show by the end
Lol it’s so funny how Kyoshi got a bridge
imagine willingly separating yourself from the mainland so that you could live secluded on an island, only to get a bridge named after you. id be pissed
Holy shit, an episode where the outlook is good, I thought I’d never see the day. It’s also fun having never watched Kora except like, the first few episodes, so I’m literally watching the entire show through these videos and lowkey it’s really fun because it keeps me from overloading and binging it all at once, and spaces it out to whatever the yt episode spacing is, it’s nice, I enjoy these and I almost always click on them the moment I see them unless I’m actively doing something else
My Headcannon is that everyone who became an airbender was of Airbender descent. It's basically a continuation of the Ty Lee being descended from an Air Bender, but we know from the comics that Air Benders did escape the initial attack and were baited by using Air Nomad Relics. Basically not all the Air Acolytes (those who can't bend, like Pema and others who appear in this show) were rounded up, as Bending seems genetic.
The episode that introduced my all-time favorite Avatar villain as well as my all-time favorite Avatar character. It makes suffering through book 2 worth it especially when you get book 3 and 4
I like the airbending appearing thing in the sense that they're probably descendants of air nomads who lost their culture and therefore their bending
(there was kind of a genocide happening for a bit). So I don't see it as people randomly getting airbending, but of airbending that was lying dormant getting reactivated again. Also the fact that not many people got airbending as well makes it seem less random and more like it was inherited
The first guy they visit is a father of 3 and the only airbender in that family
@@maskofthedragon it won't necessarily pass on to everyone or even be reactivated in everyone
That theory makes the most sense to me, because we know for a fact that many airbenders survived for years after the attack--including everyone from the Southern Air Temple except Gyatso. So there's no possible way they didn't leave descendants hidden all over the world.
@@maskofthedragon Yes, I did notice that only one person in a given family was chosen to receive airbending. Probably some spirit magic mumbo jumbo. Doesn't mean they're not descended from the original Air Nomads, though. It could be that only one family member received it so that if that person was killed for being an airbender, they'd be the only one. The rest of their family would survive. I'm willing to bet that with the exception of orphans and Bumi (who is a direct son of a pureblooded Air Nomad and already has a surviving airbending brother with surviving airbending offspring), none of the new airbenders are firstborns.
@@maskofthedragon we literally see a pair of twins where one is an earthbender and one's not a bender at all, in the fortune-telling episode of ATLA, bending isn't really genetic. The *type* of bending you get is inherited, but whether you get the ability to bend at all seems largely random.
It's only just occurred to me how absolutely hilarious it is that they named a bridge after Kyoshi
I actually agree with everything you said here, except the characters just hanging out part. I feel like no show, including airbender, is actually able to make those interactions feel natural, it just feels so vibe breakingly cartoonish or alien to how humans actually interact. The best show I've seen character interaction-wise, is the bear, and it's not even close
I think the point is that after watching scenes like the one with Korra and Asami, even if the dialogue is kinda corny, I finally understand why they’d want to hang out together and why they’re still friends. In Airbender, I think because we had more episodes to develop the relationships, Aang, Katara, Sokka and Toph feel like a real family, who aren’t just hanging out because they need to to end the war, but because they enjoy each others company and are genuinely friends.
Before Season 3 of Korra, Korra, Asami, Bolin and Mako feel like coworkers, or cousins. They feel like they do stuff together out of obligation rather than actually caring for one another.
I do like that Bumi being able to use his air bending after having something thrown at him at the dinner table is a call back to the other Bumi throwing that chicken leg to out Aang.
I love how you try not to be bias in any one way or another. You say your opinion, present your reason and it helps me see it your way. Hilariously watching the show with you makes it so much better. You’re good company and funny
I'm so hyped. This is my favorite season of Korra by far.
the amount of joy you produce in my life by the sheer listing of the people at the end of your video and their lore, almost overrides the joy i feel of watching the actual content you produce.
You are amazing. Keep up the awesome flow you are in :)
The title of this episode definitely lived up to its name
10:29 That callback to one of your first Overanalyzings is hilarious.
I've waited years for this moment 😂❤
I'm so excited!
I was so hype for this and I am so excited you’re covering this season! Tbh this might be what gets me to buy your patreon
Oh I’m so glad we’re here
I don’t have a single dollar to give, but I wanted to say thank you for all the content. I’ve been struggling with several physical health issues lately, and your content seems to be the only thing that can keep my mind off it.
Very excited to see you work through this season
I’m stoked for this season, it’s by far the best in korra imo
And then we never had to think of Season 2 again. And there was much rejoicing.
The title of this episode basically summarizes the whole season
I did like the first two seasons, BUT THIS... This is where the show actually peaks, and I absolutely love it
Overanalyzing Avatar is 50?!?!?
If you watched last week's video on Fullmetal Alchemist he says he's 55
He was joking bro, he’s not even 30
Pushing 30 feels like 50 in internet years.
@@Talisguydid he actually say that? Where
I don't know if he said that, I just know I'm in my early thirties and constantly feel like I'm at least 60.
I know I’m late for the Amon thing but think about how suki had waterproof makeup while Amon didn’t
5:21 Foreshadowing
The Rock gif had me rolling 😂
The difference in quality between season 2 and season 3 is as subtle as getting hit in the face with a brick. Like, you genuinely feel whiplash by it. Just makes season 2 all the more baffling
i love this show. please keep going with this series, and don't stop making it.
Man I've waited almost 1 year for this episode to drop
I am so glad we are back and with good episodes ahead
FINALLY!! THIS SEASON IS WHERE THE SHOW IS WORTH WATCHING 😭
7:20 This is why Spiderman is such a beloved superhero. He doesn't just fight villains, he also helps individual people in small but meaningful ways.
10:45 The thicker bit is still there, it's just hard no noticed because Korra has he hand on the division between thicknesses.
You are actually right lol it is thicker but it's color is off. How did they get the right thickness but forget to change its color?
This episode makes it feel like season 2 was a bad fanfic that was given to professional writers who were then told to make a sequel. Honestly, this whole season feels like the best it could possible be given all the stupid shit it was forced to not retcon.
There wasn't stupid shit all make sense
i was on tumblr when korra was coming out, people called unavaatu that before the show did, im pretty sure the show runners picked it up from online, which is something that happens more and more nowadays lol
The thing you thought was meat is just a form of firm tofu if I recall, usually stir fried with small vegetables
Very glad to see you're not groaning at every scene anymore, I'm glad we can see you enjoy the show again :3
/gen
A breath of fresh air is the perfect way to describe not having to watch season 2 of korra anymore
Thanks for reminding me Tusk is a thing, was really glad to remember that that movie exists.
3:45 no no that sounds exactly like the police.
Y'know what got me to subscribe way back in the day? The fucking subscribe iguana.
This brings me back, man. When LoK came out, I watched season 1 as each episode aired, then it took me over a year to get through season 2 because I just didn't care. Then I watched all of season 3 in a day or two. The improvement from 2 to 3 was SO dramatic.
"I hate the depiction of Mako as a police officer in this show. He constantly does things that are way out of line, and gets rewarded for it."
Umm... buddy... I don't know how to break this to you...
Oof, reality.
Maybe he should have added "and how they want us to be sympathetic to him"
He's mentioned back in the original series that he doesn't really care if something's 'realistic' but if it makes for good writing and a good story. It makes a frustrating story.
this is one of the best episodes so far keep it up
The show very weirdly praises Korra for people winning the air bending cosmic lottery, while not being to point to what she did to cause it
It can't be Harmonic Convergence itself, that is a natural event
Can't be opening the portals, since bending doesn't come from spirits and there were no lottery winners during the weeks the first portal was open
Can't be anything Unalaq or Vaatu did, since they would receive the praise
Can't be Jinora descending from the heavens to save the day, since Jinora would be receiving the praise
i always love when this dude is happy about the episode. it makes me happy :)
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I dont mind how korra handeld it too much, but I do think there could have been some interesting potential with her not having as much of a direct connection to any avatar spirit. With Aang, he had established rapport with Roku by the time he could just casually vall up past lives. But since Korra didn't really commune with them I think it could be interesting seeing her early attempts at it be getting advice from like half a dozen spirits, all with conflicting viewpoints. With the eventual resolution being that they all lived in different times and they all have differentpersonalities and theres no objectively correct answer to agree on, so Korra ends up making the final decision herself either way
Oh… fuck YEAHHHHHH!!!!! Man was quick with it, I didn’t know when to expect season 3
I wish Airbending was brought back by finding a group that fled to the Spirit Wilds during Sozin’s genocide.
The best season hands down. Very excited for this one
Hot take: Zaheer & Bumi being the only new airbenders would make the show infinitely better
That wouldn’t make much sense
I've been waiting for your commentary of this season for the last two.
an idea instead of severing the connection for Korra could have been in the end of season 2 she asks different avatars for advice, nd soem say to close them some say to let them open, but Aang told her to not rely on the past lives and instead focus on becoming her own avatar. the one the world will need. the past ones were needed in a past time, but she is needed in the present, a different time, other avatars never whitnessed to fully understand.
simmilar to Aang calling for the other avatar to get any advice for another way to defeat ozai instead of offing him.
Hell yeah, been waiting for you to cover s3. It's definitely the closest Korra gets to ATLA levels so congrats! Have fun.
This opening episode makes it feel like Harmonic Convergence (with the relevant edits to the timeline) should have been season one, and the rest of the series should have come after it.