respectfully, I disagree with the point about korra being able to bend 3 out of the 4 elements being disrespectful to the original series and being unnecessary. from the get-go korra was proud to be the avatar and we see this throughout the entire series, she’s an avatar that learns to be human while aang is a human that learns to be the avatar. yes korra may have been born a waterbender but her personality resembles more as a firebender, it’s very fitting for her character to struggle with airbending the most because she doesn’t have the best connection to the spirits and was impatient as tenzin said. just because aang and korra are polar opposites doesn’t mean that it’s disrespectful to the original series
Aang was bending water like it was his innate element nearly from the get go, in fact he was using water with the avatar state, meaning that he might also had been capable to bend water very early had actually gave it a try, something that he only did later though. its not unreasonable to think the avatar is already gifted the basic control of the elements except the one hes the least compatible with, but not only they have the tradition of following the learning cicle sequence but also they only really give it a try when actually under teaching. reminder that Aang also got fire really easy and exerted really good control over it before accidentaly burning Katara and imposing a mental hurdle on himself.
Also important to note, Aang struggled with earthbending not for being an airbender, but for being an *air nomad*. It's a philosophy difference, not a universal law. I had thought more people would pick up on that. The first Avatar we see not raised in a traditional way has different struggles than the past ones.
personally I think book 1and 2 are pretty slow but 3 and 4 are honestly great and I think the quality of 3 and 4 really shows that korra is still a really great series and it's a favourite of mine. If book 1 and 2 would be better LOK could honestly have had potential to be even better than ATLA. Can't wait for your other rankings, phenomenal video!
Book 1 had a more solid groundwork then book 2, albeit still both had similar problems due to internal production issues with Nickelodeon, from book 1 you can notice much better quality in almost every aspect.
I disagree with a few points in the video like I think the new setting really enhances the story and I love how far the world came in such a short time with all types of bending working together. And I love how Korra is the polar opposite of Aang, an extremely gifted bender using the bending type that should be her opposite the most, but awful spiritually and with air because her personality fits more of an earthbender. I agree with your points about the pro bending and the finale feeling quite rushed and an extra episode probably could've done wonders. Overall I enjoyed the first season a lot and it's followed by a worse season and 2 fantastic seasons so I don't mind too much in the end. Overall great video and I'm looking forward to the rest
i like the fact that korra didnt try to just redo avatar in a more modern setting. aangs series was mostly about him having trouble with the elements with some emotional problems sprinkled in between especialy towards the end, korra was the exact oposite of it, she mastered water, earth and fire by the time she was 6(?) and so her show was always more focused on other issues, korras show was about personal problems, love, hate, fear, the issue's she faced trying to be the avatar AND have a form of personal life, struggling with the spiritual side of being the avatar, the side that aang excelled at etc. i dont think legend of korra is as good as last airbender was but i also dont believe that legend of korra deserves the shit 'fans' throw at it either, it was a realy good sequel and i am glad they didnt just copy and paste the last airbender script onto korra because 'worked the first time so lets do it again' like so many sequels try to do also the villains where more mature compared to aangs villains, all of aangs villains where the kind of villain suited for a kids show, just pure physical power turned onto eleven, all of them being some kind of ridiculously strong bender (i mean you could say that amon falls into that category but i disagree, his strength came from his POLITICAL power, yes he was a strong bender but we pretty quickly saw that korra had no issue dealing with that) aang had one main villain that being the firelord, now yes the firelord DID have a huge army but in almost every episode we see the gang screwing around the ozai's army left right and centre, the army wasnt the scary part of ozai it was his incredible fire bending, the other secondary villains (suko, azula) fell into the same category, azula especially, zuko had abit more to him mainly because he HAD to be somewhat creative because he didnt have the same resources as azula and ozai but even he was part of that category, the same goes for villains such as 'combustion man' etc now compare that to villains like amon - was he a strong bender? yes ofc he was but he was allready crazy scary before that was revealed, he was scary because he turned the citizens on each other, because he had forsight and planning, he knew when to strike and when not to, remember when he came to the statue of avatar aang and completely dominated korra (with back handed tactics but still) and he decided to let her go because it was better to send the scared avatar back out into the city with her insecurities and doubts rather then turning her into a martyr for both sides, do you think ozai wouldve done that? or azula or zuko? no, they wouldnt, the first book also dealt primarily with FEAR, the fear of losing what makes you special, what makes you you
The idea of Amon, a story about a political movement opposing the protagonist, is compelling (just like many other concepts TLoK brings up at some point). The problem is that they were not able to translate it into a compelling story mainly because they abandon the concept halfway through. In the end the bad guy gets air punshed and all the political stuff just vanishes. It turns out this was just a physical conflict behind a political facade. Meanwhile Zuko's and Azula's story have a physical facade that as it fades reveales storys about abuse, family and love.
I am hyped for your take on Korra book 3 because I think it’s up there with Atla book 2 and Atla book 3, the Red Lotus is so cool and we see Ba Sing Se again, it’s just a damn good season!
If I had to rank the seasons of both Atla and Lok, I would rank them 7th: Lok season 2 6th: Lok season 1 5th: Atla season 1 4th: Lok season 4 3rd: Atla season 2 2nd: Lok season 3 1st: Atla season 3
Fun fact: the legend of korra was actually suppose to be a mini series (only one season), that’s why the finally was a bit rushed, especially the last 10 minutes...
so to sumarize, i WHOLE HEARTEDLY disagree with the statement of 'korra being able to bend 3/4 elements at almost toddler age is an insult to last airbender and aang specifically' korra excells at things that aang struggled with (bending) but in return she struggles with things that aang mastered virtually from the start(spiritual stuff)
not to mention the reason she was able to do that was because the next avatar 'fixed' the flaw with the avatar running away for 100 years instead of imbracing being the avatar like korra did
Aang's story was about learning to bend, but that doesn't mean he was bad at it. We are told multiple times that his ability is off the charts. The tension comes from the time frame and the fact a nation is actively trying to stop him. Similarly it would have been quite easy to not make Korra's story about bending without making her good at it (or the best bender that ever was): just give her a set of goals and obstacles that have nothing to do with bending e.g. navigating a political situation. Instead Amon is defeated by Korra learning to airbend.
@@f_f_f_8142 i didnt mean it as in aang is bad at bending etc, i just meant between the two primary aspects of being the avatar (bending and spiritual stuff) aang had it alot easier with the spiritual stuff compared to bending, and for korra it was the reverse
The thing is about the finale is that the creators didn’t really have many choices in terms of options for getting Korra’s bending back. This was because the show was just supposed to be a mini-series before it was greenlit as a full show.
Personally, I saw Tarlok’s decision to blow up the boat as him realizing that Amon would never stop, never change or redeem himself. So Tarlok chose to sacrifice himself to stop him for good. Also, I agree with what you said about Bolin watching Korra essentially cheat on him with his own brother having impact until he started crying. I found it funny, sure. But I really agree that they should’ve played it straight and then they could save the comedy side of it for the “drunk on noodles” scene, which I honestly really enjoyed. By the way, I honestly think Korra got off way too easy for that. Everyone in the show jumps on Mako’s back for kissing Korra when he was with Asami. Even in the recap episode in season 4, everyone treats Mako like he’s the only one at fault. And yes, he didn’t stop Korra despite knowing Bolin had just gone on a date with her and, again, he was currently dating Asami. But everyone lets Korra off the hook and never brings up that she initiated the kiss with HER DATE’S BROTHER, who was CURRENTLY TAKEN. You can make the argument that she and Bolin weren’t official or something like that, but she knew Mako was taken. Not to mention, that means she led Bolin on. I know they’re teenagers and all that, but if they were gonna rip into Mako for the rest of the series for it, they should have at least acknowledged that Korra wasn’t innocent either.
I love the insane leap of progress in Korra. People being able to do something as big and productive as bending means progress is a little easier, even if its only 10% of the population. Those rare people could build a city in a day, till a farm in an hour, and defy the elements on a whim. While that doesn't make science much easier to advance, it does remove the the pressures that prevent that sort of thing pretty neatly. And *god* the idea of korra gaining her bending again through a serious arc fills me with sadness for what actually happened. If she had gone around getting beaten up as just a normal, non bending expert, that would've been awesome. Reinforcing the value of closing distance and out lasting largely ranged benders, giving her some respect for the people that live mundane lives, and disconnecting her from the powers that ironically distance her from the spiritual side of the world? Sign me up for grungy fight club avatar with a pinch of guru patik to keep things in the air between fights, that sounds like a good time
I can see where youre coming from but you just as well could argue that progress would be slower. I think for progress to happen there also needs to be a imperarive to pursue that progress. Why would it ever occur to you to develop a motorised train when two earthbenders can just push a train. A great real life example of this is the romans who actually developed some kind of primitive steam engine but never pursued this technology because they had slaves who did most of the work for them.
Also Aang has never been able to bring the spirits of his past life to him without aid. Roku physically didn’t appear for Aang until they were at his Temple. Kyoshi appeared where she killed Shin while Aang was in her clothes. The Lion Turtle made talking to everyone super easy. Then Aang had a necklace owned by Roku that let him talk to Roku. Every other time aside from those was Roku showing up and going “I’m showing you memories.”
What annoys me most about the young Korra bending scene at the start is that there is such an easy remedy to that scene. You could easily implement the fact that due to the progress that was made in last 50-100 years the world has become much more globalized and Korra was therefore exposed to other element bending and realized she had an affinity. Maybe even expose her to a teacher. Not only would it be less awkward but it could also have used as a worldbuilding device showing the effects of the modern world by contrasting Korra to former avatars who usually grew up in their own nation and then travelled the world to learn all elements.
Um.. what's wrong with that? I think it's a great way to show that Korra is actually a bending prodigy and would explain the extreme self confidence that she had in the beginning of the series. I can't believe a simple scene like that can be interpreted against the show itself.
@@randyjr.arsenio5624 for you see, avatar needs teachers, not just for the bending, but also to know more about the culture and respect their techniques. sure korra can have 3 bendings, let's give her all the power she can use, but she didn't earn them
My favorite episode of Book 1 (and Korra overall) was Out of the Past, probably due largely in part to the experience I had with it. I think since it was my first episode overall of the series (I didn't even know there was a new Avatar show ongoing at the time either), so it was just one insane moment after another from the episode, on top of finding out there was this new Avatar show 😂 Also, I was kinda disappointed with the murder/suicide with Noatak and Tarrlok, since other Korra villains like Zaheer and Kuvira have gotten more after their arcs, I would have liked to have seen more with the brothers. Noatak just was really cool, and I would have liked to see more of his abilities on display. (Tho at the the time the show aired, I guess they wanted to wrap it up with them since they didn't know there would be more seasons.)
Nice video can you please do some more on legend of Korra oh by the way you forgot to reveal one thing the music The music is what brings most of the emotion into the scene
This show would have been better if it wasn’t for decisions made by Nickelodeon. A lot of plot points were forced by executives, and it was originally only a miniseries. Then, after the finale was made, they were told to make a second season, and to have it end with Korra getting her bending back. If this show was given the same treatment as its predecessor, meaning 20 episodes a season, it’d have been so much better
I like to see your opinion for book 3 and 4, but i know the pain you gonna through from book 2, so here 1 subscribe hope will boost up your spirit for your next video
I hated the romance in Korra, and I like romance as well. It felt so, out of place and forced, just like a lot of the humour actually. They went for a more mature story and themes, but then forced all the bad things about a cheap fanfic into it with the romance, humour and later in the show also how they treated spirits and colossal mechs. It was all such a weird mismatch. Some things I did like about it were airbending coming back, and the fact that it couldn't be forced into being what it once was. I liked the villains, they felt both threatening and interesting, apart from waterbending man in book 2. I generally liked the technological revolution, excluding of course the mountain tall mech, that thing was so stupid. I liked the way pro bending fights were handeled: you need established rules in a game were too much freedom would make firebending actually dangerous, and earthbending could cause real property damage as well, and you'd also need the benders to bend the arena back into shape. There's also rules in real world sports and martial arts for the same reason btw, even in mma you can't bite or bring hidden weapons, you need rules, and simplifying the offensive moves used makes sense. Also fight choreography and use of bending in fights was fantastic, my favourites were Tonraq with his powerful and close up style of waterbending, the lavabending from both people who did it, oh, and Tenzin kicking ass as an adult airbending master against the red lotus.
Oh and I forgot, platinum being unbendable is silly. I have a good understanding of chemistry, and one metal being unbendable while all others are for earthbenders makes no sense. Either make it so that a bendable metal needs to be say, a non pure elemental (in the chemical way) metal, so steel because it has carbon, and most other forms of iron used in the world because they would be a bit impure by choice, bronze because it's an alloy, etc. Then have pure elements be unbendable, because they no longer resemble some form of earth or ore. Not just platinum because it's too pure, fuck of, aluminium and iron can also be in their pure elemental form.
Hey. I'll be making a series of comments clarifying somethings as I watch. Point 1) Korra being a proficient bender in 3 out of 4 elements at such a young age serves to set her in contrast to Aang. Aang was the youngest(?) Air Nomad to ever achieve the title of airbending Master. Doing so was an indirect way of showing and not telling us that he had a deep connection to his inner spiritual sense as that's a must to master his element. On the other hand, Korra being able to bend even an element that she should definitely have trouble with at a ridiculously young age shows that she excels at the bending side of things and sets up the hurdle that she will continue to stumble over repeatedly throughout the show, which I think works pretty well considering how centered the show is on the relationships between humans and spirits. The fact that she bends fire before air just serves to emphasize all of this even more. Also also actually actually, the brashness of her attitude in that intro is also carried throughout the show. She'd much rather punch her problems into submission than use her noodle to problem solve TL;DR Aang and Korra are opposites and her intro is a yummy layered croissant of examples of just that
Point 2) There was a hundred year war that stopped the world from progressing (Air nomads eradicated, Water tribe being hunted to extinction, Earth Kingdom slowly being seiged and subjugated) so for the first time in 100 years the planet gets a taste of peace, nations come together to share their knowledge and abilities, some badass little mf just invented metal bending, 'Basically Thomas Edison' is innovating his little ass off, and lightning bending was found to be a method for powering 'Basically Thomas Edisons' inventions. This sounds like a world ripe for an upgrade to their standards of living. Perhaps a bit fast I'll give you that the same way people took to lightning bending way too fast but oh well I'll just have to cry about it and assume it happened in a similar manner to metal bending. Not here one day, popular the next.
Side note while I'm here, I'm not a Korra apologist. This show is dog water compared to the brilliant spring of Atla, but that's all the more reason to praise it for what it gets right. It serves to make its failings all the more disappointing.
Point 3) Bro it's a bending tournament, not an Agnikai. Incinerating your fellow players is not very cash money if you catch my drift. Martial Artists in our world could probably wreck their competitors and I've no doubt the exploding heart palm technique actually exists, but it's just not that type of fight, ya know?
Point 4) Yes. Korra being an asshole to Tenzen's (Tienzen?) equipment was not very cash money of her. The show definitely stumbles here in showing her frustration towards her training, but it does serve a purpose even in it does so poorly. As I said in point one Korra likes to punch her problems. While she probably did get frustrated trying to master the other elements she could still punch her way to mastery. Airbending is inherently anti-punch-your-problems and this could've been demonstrated better from the get go. What we will be seeing throughout the show though is point one, again, and again, and again. This is just the start of Korra AIRring her distaste for sitting and breathing and thinking in any way, form, or fashion.
Point 5) The lightning bending is fine I guess. It checks out at the very least. Firebenders are all about that chi and lightning generation to all about separating it, letting it come back together, and guiding it. Azula had to do a whole song and dance for it, but it was also super fucking deadly so I guess we can think of it like a build up type of situation. You wouldn't need a lot of dance moves if you're just trying to generate power on a production line next to your fellow coworkers who you wouldnt want to accidentally cross streams with (or worse) or give your enemies a bad zap. A quick chi slice and there you go. Kinda like static electricity is a pretty harmless and quick build up of charged particles but a cloud? *slaps the roof of a cloud* You can fit so many particles in that bad boy. It also takes more time and is considerably more deadly. I just think it got adopted way too fast.
One thing we have to remember is that korra isn't aang and that THIS IS NOT THE LAST AIRBENDER,IT IS A SEPERATE SHOW. Also kind of ironic that I intuduced my mom to this world by watching legend of Korra,then watching the oringinal series.
Overall, ATLA is still better, easily an S Tier show, but The Legend of Korra is still amazing and does not deserve the hate that a lot of people had for it. Some moments in Korra, especially Book 3, are up there with some of the best moments of the franchise and are overall better than Book 1 of ATLA especially. Korra is a solid A tier show for me overall. I can't wait for the new animated movies with the adult Gaang and Zuko's movie as well in 2025. Hopefully the Netflix live action adaptation will be good, but only time will tell
1:35 I have many issues with Korra, but this is a type of complaint that I disagree with. The childhood scene is bad, but her bending fire is not an issue, as Avatars have issues with elements that are the opposite with their personality, not nation of origin.
So you played both the lavender town theme and slowed down flashing lights so they’re on screen longer. I like the video, but be cautious because that shit can cause seizures. I know Lavender Town syndrome was fake, but the beats still do cause a bit of nausea for people.
Amon was seriously the best thing about Korra to me aside from the updated animation. He was the best villain imo but he and the animatiom alone can't save this series from being a mess. Book 2 was AWFUL. 3 and 4 are just okay.
i mean korra just stands in stark contrast to aang aang excelled at spiritual stuff, he mastered it from a young age, where he struggled with was the actuall bending side of the avatar korra excelled at bending but being a somewhat sheltered teenager she was plagued with pride, selfdoubt and other negative emotions, severely hampering her spiritual side which leads to very different shows, in legend of aang the big bad evil is allways 'oh no, hes such a powerfull bender, what are we gonna do?' zuko, azula, combustion man, ozai, they all fall in that category, however legend of korras villains are all different, sure most of them, or rather all of them are strong benders but their bending is a SECONDARY characteristic ammon: scary dude that turns citezens against each other, oh also hes a good bender unavaatu: scary dude that gets almost avatar like powers, oh also hes a good bender zaheer: a scary anarchist that has a nack spirituality, oh also hes a good bender kuvira: a scary military dictator with equally scary technology, oh also shes a good bender when you had to describe unavaatu with less then 5 words you wouldnt say 'hes a pretty scary waterbender' you would say 'crazy evil dark avatar dude' on the other side i can summarize all of aangs (major) villains with "good firebending"
@@FateViews Looking into it further will lead you into one of the coolest chinese periods, filled with mafias and political turmoil that tie in nicely with the end of monarchy in the world of Avatar. There's an amazing RUclipsr called Xiran Jay Zhao that explains a little bit better how this period of history influences Korra and I think it could heavily influence how you see the aesthetics of the show in general.
respectfully, I disagree with the point about korra being able to bend 3 out of the 4 elements being disrespectful to the original series and being unnecessary. from the get-go korra was proud to be the avatar and we see this throughout the entire series, she’s an avatar that learns to be human while aang is a human that learns to be the avatar. yes korra may have been born a waterbender but her personality resembles more as a firebender, it’s very fitting for her character to struggle with airbending the most because she doesn’t have the best connection to the spirits and was impatient as tenzin said. just because aang and korra are polar opposites doesn’t mean that it’s disrespectful to the original series
Aang was bending water like it was his innate element nearly from the get go, in fact he was using water with the avatar state, meaning that he might also had been capable to bend water very early had actually gave it a try, something that he only did later though.
its not unreasonable to think the avatar is already gifted the basic control of the elements except the one hes the least compatible with, but not only they have the tradition of following the learning cicle sequence but also they only really give it a try when actually under teaching. reminder that Aang also got fire really easy and exerted really good control over it before accidentaly burning Katara and imposing a mental hurdle on himself.
Also important to note, Aang struggled with earthbending not for being an airbender, but for being an *air nomad*.
It's a philosophy difference, not a universal law. I had thought more people would pick up on that.
The first Avatar we see not raised in a traditional way has different struggles than the past ones.
personally I think book 1and 2 are pretty slow but 3 and 4 are honestly great and I think the quality of 3 and 4 really shows that korra is still a really great series and it's a favourite of mine. If book 1 and 2 would be better LOK could honestly have had potential to be even better than ATLA. Can't wait for your other rankings, phenomenal video!
Book 3 is when the writers were actually able to make the show rather than rushing it. Nickelodeon really fucked this otherwise amazing series
Book 1 had a more solid groundwork then book 2, albeit still both had similar problems due to internal production issues with Nickelodeon, from book 1 you can notice much better quality in almost every aspect.
I loved this show, behind ATLA, but this video really hits the nail on the head for me. Spot on man
Also jesus the pokemon music killed me lol
@@OveranalyzingStarWars yo what the fuck
I disagree with a few points in the video like I think the new setting really enhances the story and I love how far the world came in such a short time with all types of bending working together. And I love how Korra is the polar opposite of Aang, an extremely gifted bender using the bending type that should be her opposite the most, but awful spiritually and with air because her personality fits more of an earthbender. I agree with your points about the pro bending and the finale feeling quite rushed and an extra episode probably could've done wonders. Overall I enjoyed the first season a lot and it's followed by a worse season and 2 fantastic seasons so I don't mind too much in the end.
Overall great video and I'm looking forward to the rest
i like the fact that korra didnt try to just redo avatar in a more modern setting. aangs series was mostly about him having trouble with the elements with some emotional problems sprinkled in between especialy towards the end, korra was the exact oposite of it, she mastered water, earth and fire by the time she was 6(?) and so her show was always more focused on other issues, korras show was about personal problems, love, hate, fear, the issue's she faced trying to be the avatar AND have a form of personal life, struggling with the spiritual side of being the avatar, the side that aang excelled at etc. i dont think legend of korra is as good as last airbender was but i also dont believe that legend of korra deserves the shit 'fans' throw at it either, it was a realy good sequel and i am glad they didnt just copy and paste the last airbender script onto korra because 'worked the first time so lets do it again' like so many sequels try to do
also the villains where more mature compared to aangs villains, all of aangs villains where the kind of villain suited for a kids show, just pure physical power turned onto eleven, all of them being some kind of ridiculously strong bender (i mean you could say that amon falls into that category but i disagree, his strength came from his POLITICAL power, yes he was a strong bender but we pretty quickly saw that korra had no issue dealing with that) aang had one main villain that being the firelord, now yes the firelord DID have a huge army but in almost every episode we see the gang screwing around the ozai's army left right and centre, the army wasnt the scary part of ozai it was his incredible fire bending, the other secondary villains (suko, azula) fell into the same category, azula especially, zuko had abit more to him mainly because he HAD to be somewhat creative because he didnt have the same resources as azula and ozai but even he was part of that category, the same goes for villains such as 'combustion man' etc now compare that to villains like amon - was he a strong bender? yes ofc he was but he was allready crazy scary before that was revealed, he was scary because he turned the citizens on each other, because he had forsight and planning, he knew when to strike and when not to, remember when he came to the statue of avatar aang and completely dominated korra (with back handed tactics but still) and he decided to let her go because it was better to send the scared avatar back out into the city with her insecurities and doubts rather then turning her into a martyr for both sides, do you think ozai wouldve done that? or azula or zuko? no, they wouldnt, the first book also dealt primarily with FEAR, the fear of losing what makes you special, what makes you you
The idea of Amon, a story about a political movement opposing the protagonist, is compelling (just like many other concepts TLoK brings up at some point). The problem is that they were not able to translate it into a compelling story mainly because they abandon the concept halfway through. In the end the bad guy gets air punshed and all the political stuff just vanishes. It turns out this was just a physical conflict behind a political facade. Meanwhile Zuko's and Azula's story have a physical facade that as it fades reveales storys about abuse, family and love.
I am hyped for your take on Korra book 3 because I think it’s up there with Atla book 2 and Atla book 3, the Red Lotus is so cool and we see Ba Sing Se again, it’s just a damn good season!
If I had to rank the seasons of both Atla and Lok, I would rank them
7th: Lok season 2
6th: Lok season 1
5th: Atla season 1
4th: Lok season 4
3rd: Atla season 2
2nd: Lok season 3
1st: Atla season 3
Fun fact: the legend of korra was actually suppose to be a mini series (only one season), that’s why the finally was a bit rushed, especially the last 10 minutes...
I really loved the toddler korra scene, it shows that she is talented and wants to be the avatar unlike aang
so to sumarize, i WHOLE HEARTEDLY disagree with the statement of 'korra being able to bend 3/4 elements at almost toddler age is an insult to last airbender and aang specifically' korra excells at things that aang struggled with (bending) but in return she struggles with things that aang mastered virtually from the start(spiritual stuff)
not to mention the reason she was able to do that was because the next avatar 'fixed' the flaw with the avatar running away for 100 years instead of imbracing being the avatar like korra did
Aang's story was about learning to bend, but that doesn't mean he was bad at it. We are told multiple times that his ability is off the charts. The tension comes from the time frame and the fact a nation is actively trying to stop him.
Similarly it would have been quite easy to not make Korra's story about bending without making her good at it (or the best bender that ever was): just give her a set of goals and obstacles that have nothing to do with bending e.g. navigating a political situation. Instead Amon is defeated by Korra learning to airbend.
@@f_f_f_8142 i didnt mean it as in aang is bad at bending etc, i just meant between the two primary aspects of being the avatar (bending and spiritual stuff) aang had it alot easier with the spiritual stuff compared to bending, and for korra it was the reverse
Great video, I look forward to hearing your thoughts on book 2.
The thing is about the finale is that the creators didn’t really have many choices in terms of options for getting Korra’s bending back. This was because the show was just supposed to be a mini-series before it was greenlit as a full show.
Love the videos. Keep up the great work.
Personally, I saw Tarlok’s decision to blow up the boat as him realizing that Amon would never stop, never change or redeem himself. So Tarlok chose to sacrifice himself to stop him for good.
Also, I agree with what you said about Bolin watching Korra essentially cheat on him with his own brother having impact until he started crying. I found it funny, sure. But I really agree that they should’ve played it straight and then they could save the comedy side of it for the “drunk on noodles” scene, which I honestly really enjoyed.
By the way, I honestly think Korra got off way too easy for that. Everyone in the show jumps on Mako’s back for kissing Korra when he was with Asami. Even in the recap episode in season 4, everyone treats Mako like he’s the only one at fault. And yes, he didn’t stop Korra despite knowing Bolin had just gone on a date with her and, again, he was currently dating Asami. But everyone lets Korra off the hook and never brings up that she initiated the kiss with HER DATE’S BROTHER, who was CURRENTLY TAKEN. You can make the argument that she and Bolin weren’t official or something like that, but she knew Mako was taken. Not to mention, that means she led Bolin on. I know they’re teenagers and all that, but if they were gonna rip into Mako for the rest of the series for it, they should have at least acknowledged that Korra wasn’t innocent either.
I love the insane leap of progress in Korra. People being able to do something as big and productive as bending means progress is a little easier, even if its only 10% of the population. Those rare people could build a city in a day, till a farm in an hour, and defy the elements on a whim. While that doesn't make science much easier to advance, it does remove the the pressures that prevent that sort of thing pretty neatly.
And *god* the idea of korra gaining her bending again through a serious arc fills me with sadness for what actually happened. If she had gone around getting beaten up as just a normal, non bending expert, that would've been awesome. Reinforcing the value of closing distance and out lasting largely ranged benders, giving her some respect for the people that live mundane lives, and disconnecting her from the powers that ironically distance her from the spiritual side of the world? Sign me up for grungy fight club avatar with a pinch of guru patik to keep things in the air between fights, that sounds like a good time
I can see where youre coming from but you just as well could argue that progress would be slower. I think for progress to happen there also needs to be a imperarive to pursue that progress. Why would it ever occur to you to develop a motorised train when two earthbenders can just push a train. A great real life example of this is the romans who actually developed some kind of primitive steam engine but never pursued this technology because they had slaves who did most of the work for them.
Also Aang has never been able to bring the spirits of his past life to him without aid. Roku physically didn’t appear for Aang until they were at his Temple. Kyoshi appeared where she killed Shin while Aang was in her clothes. The Lion Turtle made talking to everyone super easy. Then Aang had a necklace owned by Roku that let him talk to Roku. Every other time aside from those was Roku showing up and going “I’m showing you memories.”
What annoys me most about the young Korra bending scene at the start is that there is such an easy remedy to that scene. You could easily implement the fact that due to the progress that was made in last 50-100 years the world has become much more globalized and Korra was therefore exposed to other element bending and realized she had an affinity. Maybe even expose her to a teacher. Not only would it be less awkward but it could also have used as a worldbuilding device showing the effects of the modern world by contrasting Korra to former avatars who usually grew up in their own nation and then travelled the world to learn all elements.
she could learnt 3 elements after her training, but no, she got it all as a kid
Um.. what's wrong with that? I think it's a great way to show that Korra is actually a bending prodigy and would explain the extreme self confidence that she had in the beginning of the series. I can't believe a simple scene like that can be interpreted against the show itself.
@@randyjr.arsenio5624 for you see, avatar needs teachers, not just for the bending, but also to know more about the culture and respect their techniques. sure korra can have 3 bendings, let's give her all the power she can use, but she didn't earn them
@@BarioIDLAnd the show agrees with you. She struggles with her spiritual and cultural connections, and we see it come back to bite her a lot.
Great video! You should do the rest of korra 😊
My favorite episode of Book 1 (and Korra overall) was Out of the Past, probably due largely in part to the experience I had with it.
I think since it was my first episode overall of the series (I didn't even know there was a new Avatar show ongoing at the time either), so it was just one insane moment after another from the episode, on top of finding out there was this new Avatar show 😂
Also, I was kinda disappointed with the murder/suicide with Noatak and Tarrlok, since other Korra villains like Zaheer and Kuvira have gotten more after their arcs, I would have liked to have seen more with the brothers. Noatak just was really cool, and I would have liked to see more of his abilities on display. (Tho at the the time the show aired, I guess they wanted to wrap it up with them since they didn't know there would be more seasons.)
Nice video can you please do some more on legend of Korra oh by the way you forgot to reveal one thing the music The music is what brings most of the emotion into the scene
Really enjoy your content! I look forward to the rest of your videos from the Avatar-verse
i am never going to apologize for using the name "amon us" when among us was popular, i laughed everytime i played
This show would have been better if it wasn’t for decisions made by Nickelodeon. A lot of plot points were forced by executives, and it was originally only a miniseries. Then, after the finale was made, they were told to make a second season, and to have it end with Korra getting her bending back.
If this show was given the same treatment as its predecessor, meaning 20 episodes a season, it’d have been so much better
I love the Korra love triangle because I love drama,especally romance related.
great video!
in my opinion lok is perfectly fine
I like to see your opinion for book 3 and 4, but i know the pain you gonna through from book 2, so here 1 subscribe hope will boost up your spirit for your next video
I hated the romance in Korra, and I like romance as well. It felt so, out of place and forced, just like a lot of the humour actually.
They went for a more mature story and themes, but then forced all the bad things about a cheap fanfic into it with the romance, humour and later in the show also how they treated spirits and colossal mechs. It was all such a weird mismatch.
Some things I did like about it were airbending coming back, and the fact that it couldn't be forced into being what it once was. I liked the villains, they felt both threatening and interesting, apart from waterbending man in book 2. I generally liked the technological revolution, excluding of course the mountain tall mech, that thing was so stupid. I liked the way pro bending fights were handeled: you need established rules in a game were too much freedom would make firebending actually dangerous, and earthbending could cause real property damage as well, and you'd also need the benders to bend the arena back into shape. There's also rules in real world sports and martial arts for the same reason btw, even in mma you can't bite or bring hidden weapons, you need rules, and simplifying the offensive moves used makes sense.
Also fight choreography and use of bending in fights was fantastic, my favourites were Tonraq with his powerful and close up style of waterbending, the lavabending from both people who did it, oh, and Tenzin kicking ass as an adult airbending master against the red lotus.
Oh and I forgot, platinum being unbendable is silly. I have a good understanding of chemistry, and one metal being unbendable while all others are for earthbenders makes no sense. Either make it so that a bendable metal needs to be say, a non pure elemental (in the chemical way) metal, so steel because it has carbon, and most other forms of iron used in the world because they would be a bit impure by choice, bronze because it's an alloy, etc. Then have pure elements be unbendable, because they no longer resemble some form of earth or ore.
Not just platinum because it's too pure, fuck of, aluminium and iron can also be in their pure elemental form.
Hey. I'll be making a series of comments clarifying somethings as I watch.
Point 1) Korra being a proficient bender in 3 out of 4 elements at such a young age serves to set her in contrast to Aang. Aang was the youngest(?) Air Nomad to ever achieve the title of airbending Master. Doing so was an indirect way of showing and not telling us that he had a deep connection to his inner spiritual sense as that's a must to master his element. On the other hand, Korra being able to bend even an element that she should definitely have trouble with at a ridiculously young age shows that she excels at the bending side of things and sets up the hurdle that she will continue to stumble over repeatedly throughout the show, which I think works pretty well considering how centered the show is on the relationships between humans and spirits. The fact that she bends fire before air just serves to emphasize all of this even more. Also also actually actually, the brashness of her attitude in that intro is also carried throughout the show. She'd much rather punch her problems into submission than use her noodle to problem solve
TL;DR Aang and Korra are opposites and her intro is a yummy layered croissant of examples of just that
Point 2) There was a hundred year war that stopped the world from progressing (Air nomads eradicated, Water tribe being hunted to extinction, Earth Kingdom slowly being seiged and subjugated) so for the first time in 100 years the planet gets a taste of peace, nations come together to share their knowledge and abilities, some badass little mf just invented metal bending, 'Basically Thomas Edison' is innovating his little ass off, and lightning bending was found to be a method for powering 'Basically Thomas Edisons' inventions. This sounds like a world ripe for an upgrade to their standards of living. Perhaps a bit fast I'll give you that the same way people took to lightning bending way too fast but oh well I'll just have to cry about it and assume it happened in a similar manner to metal bending. Not here one day, popular the next.
Side note while I'm here, I'm not a Korra apologist. This show is dog water compared to the brilliant spring of Atla, but that's all the more reason to praise it for what it gets right. It serves to make its failings all the more disappointing.
Point 3) Bro it's a bending tournament, not an Agnikai. Incinerating your fellow players is not very cash money if you catch my drift. Martial Artists in our world could probably wreck their competitors and I've no doubt the exploding heart palm technique actually exists, but it's just not that type of fight, ya know?
Point 4) Yes. Korra being an asshole to Tenzen's (Tienzen?) equipment was not very cash money of her. The show definitely stumbles here in showing her frustration towards her training, but it does serve a purpose even in it does so poorly. As I said in point one Korra likes to punch her problems. While she probably did get frustrated trying to master the other elements she could still punch her way to mastery. Airbending is inherently anti-punch-your-problems and this could've been demonstrated better from the get go. What we will be seeing throughout the show though is point one, again, and again, and again. This is just the start of Korra AIRring her distaste for sitting and breathing and thinking in any way, form, or fashion.
Point 5) The lightning bending is fine I guess. It checks out at the very least. Firebenders are all about that chi and lightning generation to all about separating it, letting it come back together, and guiding it. Azula had to do a whole song and dance for it, but it was also super fucking deadly so I guess we can think of it like a build up type of situation. You wouldn't need a lot of dance moves if you're just trying to generate power on a production line next to your fellow coworkers who you wouldnt want to accidentally cross streams with (or worse) or give your enemies a bad zap. A quick chi slice and there you go. Kinda like static electricity is a pretty harmless and quick build up of charged particles but a cloud? *slaps the roof of a cloud* You can fit so many particles in that bad boy. It also takes more time and is considerably more deadly. I just think it got adopted way too fast.
One thing we have to remember is that korra isn't aang and that THIS IS NOT THE LAST AIRBENDER,IT IS A SEPERATE SHOW. Also kind of ironic that I intuduced my mom to this world by watching legend of Korra,then watching the oringinal series.
Overall, ATLA is still better, easily an S Tier show, but The Legend of Korra is still amazing and does not deserve the hate that a lot of people had for it. Some moments in Korra, especially Book 3, are up there with some of the best moments of the franchise and are overall better than Book 1 of ATLA especially. Korra is a solid A tier show for me overall. I can't wait for the new animated movies with the adult Gaang and Zuko's movie as well in 2025. Hopefully the Netflix live action adaptation will be good, but only time will tell
10:46 The avatar and her robins
1:35 I have many issues with Korra, but this is a type of complaint that I disagree with. The childhood scene is bad, but her bending fire is not an issue, as Avatars have issues with elements that are the opposite with their personality, not nation of origin.
"lmao im the avatar"
So you played both the lavender town theme and slowed down flashing lights so they’re on screen longer. I like the video, but be cautious because that shit can cause seizures. I know Lavender Town syndrome was fake, but the beats still do cause a bit of nausea for people.
Amon was seriously the best thing about Korra to me aside from the updated animation. He was the best villain imo but he and the animatiom alone can't save this series from being a mess. Book 2 was AWFUL. 3 and 4 are just okay.
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everytime i start korra i just cant get past the kid korra scene. something about it just pisses me off immensely
this is my energy exactly
i mean korra just stands in stark contrast to aang
aang excelled at spiritual stuff, he mastered it from a young age, where he struggled with was the actuall bending side of the avatar
korra excelled at bending but being a somewhat sheltered teenager she was plagued with pride, selfdoubt and other negative emotions, severely hampering her spiritual side
which leads to very different shows, in legend of aang the big bad evil is allways 'oh no, hes such a powerfull bender, what are we gonna do?' zuko, azula, combustion man, ozai, they all fall in that category, however legend of korras villains are all different, sure most of them, or rather all of them are strong benders but their bending is a SECONDARY characteristic
ammon: scary dude that turns citezens against each other, oh also hes a good bender
unavaatu: scary dude that gets almost avatar like powers, oh also hes a good bender
zaheer: a scary anarchist that has a nack spirituality, oh also hes a good bender
kuvira: a scary military dictator with equally scary technology, oh also shes a good bender
when you had to describe unavaatu with less then 5 words you wouldnt say 'hes a pretty scary waterbender' you would say 'crazy evil dark avatar dude' on the other side i can summarize all of aangs (major) villains with "good firebending"
"1920's New York"
I don't wanna dislike the whole video based on just that BUT
1920's Shanghai =! 1920's New York :/
sorry i associated the huge statue of aang with the statue of liberty, didnt really look into it any further
@@FateViews Looking into it further will lead you into one of the coolest chinese periods, filled with mafias and political turmoil that tie in nicely with the end of monarchy in the world of Avatar. There's an amazing RUclipsr called Xiran Jay Zhao that explains a little bit better how this period of history influences Korra and I think it could heavily influence how you see the aesthetics of the show in general.
@@nianli7837 Doesn't the giant aang statue make it feel more like New York tho?
Tbh right off the bat you can tell your a based aang fan
do book 2 pls
korra good i will not argue
I am not going to argue with you. I just hope that at some point in your life you will consume more interesting media for your own sake.
@@Zwijger monkey fart
@@ItsGawky Well the fact that that is your response accentuates my point. You must be quite young.
Korra stronger than Aang
your so biased to korra
Do your researchers first little bro
Legend of Korra sucks, you should try ranking plot twists in Another instead.