Varrick is one of the most fun and well written characters in Avatar in my opinion. His constant shift of the kind of roles he plays from conniving selfish villain to eccentric but still selfish hero never felt forced or out of character. He is very well written and very well voice acted. Just my opinion tho
Varrick is the Zuko of their team. Not saying their similar characters, I just mean they both went from secondary villain/rival to bff/team member/sponsor
Varrick has a weird thing because he is kinda painted as villain in book 2, but he was actually trying to stop Unalaq from taking over both tribes, of course he wasn't doing it the right way, but he is more the "ends justify the means" kind of guy I guess.
Guiler That is something I noticed as well. Verrick was trying to make the north and south evenly matched so that he could profit from both. As a result, the civil war would have been very one-sided favoring the north without his intrusions. This situation basically stopped mattering after the threat of 10,000 years of darkness, but it was still an interesting event while it lasted.
5:40 That line gets me so hard. The man that invented automotives, a revolutionary industrialist, saying, "You, my daughter, are the greatest thing I've ever created". It just works, makes me cry every time.
It's worth noting that we barely even saw Baatar Jr. in the last season compared to all the other kids, he literally just had one scene where he was following his dad around. I'm not sure if he was necessarily living in his dad's shadow, but he was obviously following along with whatever Baatar Sr. was doing while all the other kids had their own thing going on, which might've been what Kuvira used to convince him. There's also the fact that Baatar was the only non-bender kid outside of Opal, and maybe that - combined with Opal suddenly getting Airbending - kind of weighed on his mind too.
Kiprotich Toroitich But it doesnt make sense. The father isnt a bender, and not once has the family ever showed signs of looking down on him for being a non-bender. And hes marrying a metal bender, so by your train of thought wouldn't that make him still feel oppressed. Nothing of what Wolf said makes sense because it is never shown, or hinted at it. Your just pulling things out of mid air
Ethio King amongst the kids, he and opal were the only non benders. It's not far fetched to infer that he felt some type of way when opal became an airbender and suddenly he was the only child without bending. It natural. Also, it's just a fan theory. One that I found plausible
Kiprotich But it was never implied or showed. With sokka at least he vocalized and hinted at his lack of power due to him being a nonbender (he has shown to be valuable asset of Team avatar without bending) but with Bataar Jr. Its never hinted, or said or whatever. Its fine if its a fan theory but it has to make sense. But LOK is known for characters motivations to be shallow, and simplistic covered with imaginary complexities.
Bolin and Varrick are two of the best characters in this show, especially in Book 4. Bolin is just badass and finally gets character development, while Varrick is just...well, Varrick.
Ah man, you know it's getting down and serious when Zhu-Li actually does the thing... I can understand why Su didn't want to step in and be seen as a conqueror, but at the same time there should've been something she could've done instead of leaving the Earth Kingdom to its own thing. I mean, it is her nation and she does have the resources and pull as a Beifong to at least help. Kuvira wanting to share Zaofu's prosperity with the rest of the world reminds me Sozin wanting to share the Fire Nation's prosperity with the rest of the world. Korra was easily manipulated by Kuvira because Kuvira threw her "inaction" for the past 3 years in her face. That's basically a very sore spot for Korra, which is also why after Korra got the remaining poison out, we see her immediately wanting to go to the action. This is also Korra's first time trying to really solve things diplomatically and as we've seen so far, it's not exactly going good. It is a contrast to what she would usually do first though, so she's trying.
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If I were Su I’d agree to help for a limited amount of time but be clear I wasn’t going to remain the leader of ba sing se. I get she didn’t want to do everything but she could have done something.
The CGI never bothered me. It's the same as in ATLA, I think the CGI is actually implemented really well in places in which it makes sense and for me it didn't stick out at all. And the actual 2D animation of Book 4, in every single episode of Book 4, is just stunning anyways.
LoK is one of the better implementations of CGI in a 2d animated series. Not the best, but it blends in well enough. Great compared to most series where it stands out like a sore thumb.
Timo Meh, I’m kinda with Blind Wave on this. The CGI with the new mech suits is one of the few problems I’ve ever had with LoK from a technical/animation perspective, besides most of the first half of B2 (sorry Perriot, but you’re no Mir). The problem is that they move WAY too fast for their size, and they move very abruptly - there’s no flow at all to their movements.
unknown unknown LOL who told you I was little. And secondly, I was just being honest. No need to be butt hurt that I've beat you in every argument we've been in
a nice parallel Kuvira to Bolin: I didn't realize your feelings for Opal overshadowed your loyalty to me. Mai to Azula: You miscalculated, I love Zuko more than I fear you.
I guess the parallel between Hiroshi & Asami set against Kuvira & Su was lost on the Blind Wave crew. Those scenes weren't useless; they were suppose to illustrate two different ways rifts between family members could be resolved.
For Suyin, I feel that this moment is all of her choices coming full swing. When we first meet her she casually suggests that they get rid of the monarchy. Criticizing leaders and advocating political reform is one thing, to suggest ending the entire political system is something completely different. There's an arrogance to that, she can casually say things like that because she's wealthy, lives in a city with platinum walls, and has her own private army. Regular citizens would not be able to openly criticize the Earth Queen. Then she decides not to help when her nation collapses. We know she didn't contribute to restoring order and safety in Ba Sing Se, but we don't know if she sent out relief supplies, took in refugees, or anything. As far as we can tell, she just stayed in her metal bubble. And regarding Kuvira, Suyin raised her and instilled her political ideology in her; Suyin bears some of the responsibility when Kuvira decides to actually act on the Suyin's beliefs. It's like Karl Marx, he wrote Communist Manifesto long before Lenin or Mao but he still bears some of the responsibility because he advocated, like Suyin, a complete change without giving any practical guidance.
I love when they have focused discussions and don't go on annoying tangents and irrelevant arguments. This was a great reaction, can't wait for next week.
You know, Kuvira's ideals are very similar to that of Sozin's. Both wanted to expand their empire in the hopes of bringing peace and, although their hearts were somewhat in the right place just as Amon, Tarlock and the order of the red lotus, the execution made for a very interesting turnout, to say the least.
I've always thought Kuvira was an interesting Antagonist. She isn't really evil, per say, though a few of her methods are extreme, however we see time after time where she is reasonable with the people who she interacts with. In this episode, we see her giving chance after chance for Zaofu to join them peacefully, without conflict or lives taken, so that the technology and skills that Zaofu posses could be used to better the Earth Empire and its people. And as we learn, Kuvira didn't even want to be the one in charge initially, she was willing to follow Su through it all if Su had taken action, no matter the outcome possibly, she only took up the cause because Su would not. And when you think about it, put yourself in her shoes. After all the hard work she had put into stabilizing the Earth Kingdom, and bringing peace and prosperity to it, would YOU have handed it over to Wu, the Prince, who seemed like he would have ran the country into the ground again? Its possible she could have acted as an advisor, but even then, he would still be able to ignore her if he wanted to. I don't know, just how I saw it, maybe I am way off, but I never saw her as a villain villain, like all evil and stuff.
@@moneylover318 I agree. Although, Kuvira is still very similar to Azula in that she possesses many of Azula's characteristics: Kuvira is a cunning, ruthless, intimidating, headstrong, domineering, young military mastermind and ruler who is one of if not the most skilled person in the world in her respective form of bending. All these traits she shares with Azula, and like Azula, Kuvira desires absolute power in order to force her vision of what she believes to be right onto the entire world.
@@moneylover318 Like I said, Kuvira has a similar mentality to Azula to the extent that they both desire absolute power in order to force their respective visions of what they believe to be right onto the entire world. They believe that power and manipulation is the key to everything, and are both willing to do just about anything to get what they want, including torture and genocide if it comes to it. Their methods may be extreme, but they both have their own ideas of what is right and how the world should be run, and everything they do is to bring that vision into reality.
Yes, and till now she has brought more positive change than negative change. She helped in saving Korra from the Red Lotus at Zaofu, helped Korra in defeating Zaheer, saved Korra's dad, brought peace and order to the Earth Kingdom, modernized the Earth Kingdom, etc.
I have to disagree with you eric and calvin...i don't think korra was easily manipulated by kuvira i just think she was trying to hear both sides from both points of view...i know in the past she has always been headstrong and brash but with all that has happened to her..it has in fact humbled her...so approach to dealing with this new situation is to listen and offer up a solution/perhaps a resolution between suyin and kuvira...korra's perspective has changed and so has her mindset..i do not think it is manipulation but perhaps she is still tentative to how she should deal with this issue
nakeisha brown exact they think she should talk suhs side cause they are friends by not listening and I hate Calvin and I hate to say this he's the main reason they get these dumbass ideas cause of him and it sticks in their heads
AL reacts why do you hate Calvin? Because He says an honest opinion. And its hinted later that Korra is easily manipulated because she is afraid, since she hasnt been in a real fight since Zaheer and is worried shes not battle ready. Its shown later when shes completely crushed by Kuvira. You LOK fans need to take a chill pill.
AL reacts you have a potty mouth and a temper tantrum. You need to chill because your just another crazy LOK fanboy who likes a sad stupid show because your a sad stupid person. Thats just a fact. Korra sucks and you suck. Get over it
Y'know, I've always thought Suyin was in the wrong in regards to her decision with not stepping up to restore order to the Earth Kingdom. Many many people were likely starving and dying and there was likely immense chaos as mass looting, banditry and the like arose. Various people would likely also have risen up and become warlords, laying claim to swathes of land as their own, ala after the fall of the Dong Zhuo in China and all the warlords fighting one another to claim land and power as the Han Dynasty and the Emperor had taken a massive hit to their credibility. Kuvira definitely brought order and some level of peace back to the realm, despite the problems being brought up with how she's been doing things.
Yeah she really didn't have a good reason to refuse, it just seems like she doesn't trust herself to not become a dictator in the process, which is odd. She could always have put the Kingdom back together and then handed off power - the way Kuvira didn't - without imposing her leadership on the rest of the country. It kind of makes sense though, if you consider her childhood. It doesn't seem like she's ever been particularly good with authority, and even though she's the leader of Zaofu, she runs it more like a family or a neighborhood than as a proper country.
this was a joke comment, noting that Sato now has a striking resemblance to the king of animation, Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli fame, but Sato never tried to kill Asami, infact he asked her to join him
Mart Mcphly Dont you remember in in season 1 during the robot fight between Asami and her father, she denied his ideology and he said that she is his enemy and he tried to kill her but failed. How can someone like me who doesnt like LOK know more than LOK fans. Thats just sad
Haven't you notice that Kuvira and Zaheer ideologically are exact opposites? Seriously they should have given the Kyoshi medal of freedom to Zaheer. The main idea of the series (some in tla, more so in korra), when directly applied to our world/human history, is that human emotion, mostly fueled by something called confirmation bias, tends to swing from one extreme to the other with momentum to spare, rarely stopping in between, and human societal/ ideological shifts have always been affected by the emotion of the people, such environment often prevents us from absorbing the best parts from opposing ideas and combining them together, for example like the economic efficiency of a capitalist dictatorship without the censorship and the social divisiveness sometimes caused by a pure democracy (no such thing but you get the idea), you know, just the best parts meshed together, evetually achieving say it with me now -"balance"
I like Kuvira. She’s like Sozin, if Sozin actually made sense. "Yeah, sure, the Fire Nation is going through great times, and the world is in harmony... I have an idea: let’s become imperialistic conquerors for pretty much no reason at all! I know Avatar Roku pretty well; maybe he’ll give me a hand!" What gives? When we met Sozin in his youth, by all accounts, he seemed like a pretty cool, balanced dude. On a side note, I always thought his reasoning for wiping out an entire race (just to kill one specific person) was kinda dumb. I guess the point of the story was to show how Roku’s friendship with Sozin prevented him from seeing what his friend had become, but we’re never really given a solid logical/emotional reason for Sozin doing what he did. On the other hand, with Kuvira, we are given a very legitimate reason. Shit, I think I’d probably do the same thing.
There are plenty of empires that have done the same like Sozin ex: Roman Empire, Macedonean Empire, Ottoman Empire. This isnt new and not far off. I think people underestimate Sozin as a villain which is a shame
What do you mean? Sozin was clearly greedy and overly prideful about the Fire Nation and believed they deserved to own everything. He got a real big ego while Roku was gone and he hid his evil intentions behind "I'm sharing the nation's prosperity with the rest of the world" when he was sharing by force. And he wiped out the Air Nomads in the hope of killing the Avatar bc he feared their power (having experienced it firsthand) and didn't want them interfering with his conquest anytime soon. Like how Frieza wiped out the Saiyans. Yeah, it was total overkill (no pun intended), but it made sense. Kuvira just wants to reunite the Earth Kingdom, so honestly idk why she's the antagonist :T
Ethio King When most of those empires started out, it was to get revenge on another land. Alexander the Great wanted revenge on the Persians, and it was only once that was accomplished did he realize he could keep going if he wanted to (and he was a rather compassionate conqueror anyway). The Romans destroyed Carthage because they were archenemies, then as they started expanding, they kept finding new enemies and beating them too. In both of those cases, they had discernible motives initially, not just conquering the whole world because "I’m sure it’ll like being conquered."
Daniel Cohen But after they defeated that one small enemy they continued to expand because they believed to be the best and are worthy of conquering the world, like many empires. Fire nation wiped the air nomads because of fear of the avatar taking them down and once they defeated the nomads, they continued to conqueror the world. Pretty much the same as real life empires
Tia Blue But that just makes him another mustache-twirling villain. We are given no reason as to why he started having all of these maniacal thoughts. It basically just came out of nowhere. The only clue I can remember is that when Roku was announced as the next Avatar, everyone bowed all the way to the floor, but Sozin only bent on one knee and bowed his head reluctantly. Could that mean that he saw the Avatar as merely his friend, and not as a revered world peacekeeping figure? Beats me. Also, the Air Nomads were a numerically small, peaceful race with no formal military who did nothing wrong. He could have just sent an assassin.
Naming units of energy after people is not unheard of. The watt is named after the Scottish inventor James Watt. The joule is named after the English physicist James Prescott Joule.
Killian What are you talking about? Do you just go around trolling comments, and having nothing valuable to say. You must be one sad pathetic human being
HA! JHU-LI DID THE THING! XD And Varrick carried this episode for me, I love him! And Korra actually NOT wanting to fight, just a wonderful change of pace for her. Ah, things are unfolding, so we'll see how it goes! (:
On Kuvira thinking Bolin could help, I think she also figured Bolin's position as being close to Su (due to dating her daughter and presumably like...knowing Su very well over the years) would sway them. Like, "this guy loves your daughter and could be your son-in-law someday. You may not trust me, but don't you trust Bolin?" that in addition to how he truly believed in the Empire and is a genuine guy is probably what she was counting on. And since she has the army there, she definitely had a counter-plan. I think it may have been moreso to keep Bolin on her side ("you will show them we can be peaceful") and because the story will go "we came, we tried to make peace, we tried to make Su see the light, and she refused". No matter what, Kuvira wins since Su's refusal could make her seem unreasonable to those who are sympathetic to Kuvira. Especially with the bright, sunshine-y face of Bolin as her spokesperson.
Killian Compared to the rest of the Earth Kingdom, Zaofu is kind of like Wakanda in terms of technology. Before Kuvira many places of Earth Kingdom lacked running water and electricity. It was as Kuvira said a beacon of "modern progress".
I seriously need to know: Was anyone else really irritated by Oppal this season? She just irked me by expecting Bolin to just roll over and take her side and just disregard what he believed wholeheartedly was good work for the past few years. Su pissed me off on a whole other level though.
agreed. I loved her for season 3 but when this season hit, I was like "EW, you're hotness went from high to 0" lol. And I hate how apologetic Boalin got later. Like, I'm not even happy they got back together. Ye, he should've investigated more but he DID investigate but his boss lied to him, and at this point, he had no reason to think she lied since he saw her "fix" Earth Kingdom. That's like if your girlfriend told you your Mom is one way (a way of your mom you've never seen) and you ask your mom about it and she says it never happened, and you never known your mom to lie. Like, I would never tell my GF she should leave her dad. I would inform her but it's my word against his. If he did stuff in FRONT of her and she doesn't care, TOTALLY different.
would anyone want to point out to the gang that the Earth Bender soilders in the Earth Army design were inspired by the Star Wars Strome trooper. I find it nice that at least the non benders in this army are in the Exo Suit.
Those anime’s are newer they where doing 3D animation in like 4 years ago and in the original avatar like 7 years ago of course modern animations do it better it’s progressional
The movie "Enemy at the Gates" itself is something worth watching. Its also a good representation of the fate of Europe. Beware it isn't for every audience... You'll see what i mean if u check it out.
I know kuvira isn't as developed as the others but is anyone else afraid we are gonna have an Azula moment we're they are completely unable to sympathize to with her and understand how similar and how she complements Korra and her development.
wyrmqueen definitely I'm not talking about pure liking but rather they won't understand the depth of the character in the way they didn't understand Azula
Varrick shows that he cares for juliee subtly. You know He thinks about her a lot by naming his battleship after her or making a whole unit of measure of her. He doesn’t seem to care about any one else much besides her.
Wtf!! I thought you finished this series, I been watching for the last three weeks. I started with the last air bender. I’m pissed I didn’t realize u hadn’t finished the series lol
*_"And who's going to stop me? Your security force was more than happy to join my cause. They're some of the best fighters in the world, and they are tired of being treated like exotic birds in your cage."_*
People have rightly compared Kuvira’s rise to power to the rise of Fascism in times of power vacuums and economic upheaval. But as a corollary, I think a piece that people are missing and that the creators perhaps left underdeveloped is the parallels between Su Lin and neoliberalism. Her insistence on freedom, determining your own destiny, creating a society of the gifted and deserving while taking a laisez faire attitude to world affairs. Su Lin is essentially a more sympathetic Ayn Rand. In this light her avoidance to take control of the earth kingdom makes complete sense given her libertarian tendencies, and better explains the animosity and extremism of Kuvira, a poor orphan who never had the opportunities the beifong family did. Fascism is horrible, but usually arises as a backlash to the failings neoliberalism.
13:52 this is exactly why I did not like Varrick this season. They created a tech savvy and intelligent main character yet everything that Asami could have been doing was given to him. Varrick was fun but the time they can allocate to each character is limited and I don't care about Varrick, Julie, Prince Wu, or anyone other then the main cast, who should be getting the most development. Varrick should have been left in the first season.
The CGI is meant to have the technology stand out, not to just enhance some things. In this world, technology is still strange to them. It's used for a story telling purpose.
I hate when they do this they are refusing to see kuviras character there's a fucking reason why she's called the great Uniter for a reason and how they didn't talk about how su just left the earth kingdom to just fend for itself while she had the tech this is about to be a clear azula situation again and I hate it
Final Account I dont think they have a problem with female villains. Its shown in many of there other reactions tv shows with female villains, that they enjoy them and sometimes even root for them. Kuvira is not a very flushed out or interesting character in my opinion. Probably due to the show not giving her enough screen time due to it being a mini series
Ethio King Yeah well I've never seen it in any of their reactions. They often call them bitches and just wanna see them lose. Not saying they're sexist or anything. I just don't think they relate to female characters in the way they do to the male ones. These are the same guys that preferred Zhao to Azula...
Final Account exactly and they are sexist they tend to not get female characters like the males while some of the stuff the women do is not even categorized in a thing a female does and like u said who tf think Zhao is better than azula while she has more interesting things going on with her character that somehow these 4 guys missed for some reason
Varrick is one of the most fun and well written characters in Avatar in my opinion. His constant shift of the kind of roles he plays from conniving selfish villain to eccentric but still selfish hero never felt forced or out of character. He is very well written and very well voice acted. Just my opinion tho
Yes
Varrick is the Zuko of their team. Not saying their similar characters, I just mean they both went from secondary villain/rival to bff/team member/sponsor
@@PxndaCakes I'm still watching ATLA and LoK but with people reacting to it
@@Person-ct5ss hello
They tried to make Wu the second Varrick but miserably failed lol
Varrick has a weird thing because he is kinda painted as villain in book 2, but he was actually trying to stop Unalaq from taking over both tribes, of course he wasn't doing it the right way, but he is more the "ends justify the means" kind of guy I guess.
Guiler That is something I noticed as well. Verrick was trying to make the north and south evenly matched so that he could profit from both. As a result, the civil war would have been very one-sided favoring the north without his intrusions. This situation basically stopped mattering after the threat of 10,000 years of darkness, but it was still an interesting event while it lasted.
5:40 That line gets me so hard. The man that invented automotives, a revolutionary industrialist, saying, "You, my daughter, are the greatest thing I've ever created". It just works, makes me cry every time.
It gets you hard????
It's worth noting that we barely even saw Baatar Jr. in the last season compared to all the other kids, he literally just had one scene where he was following his dad around. I'm not sure if he was necessarily living in his dad's shadow, but he was obviously following along with whatever Baatar Sr. was doing while all the other kids had their own thing going on, which might've been what Kuvira used to convince him. There's also the fact that Baatar was the only non-bender kid outside of Opal, and maybe that - combined with Opal suddenly getting Airbending - kind of weighed on his mind too.
I think your assuming things that were never even mentioned. This theory seems a bit far fetched.
Wolf6120 good analysis. Never thought of the bending thing
Kiprotich Toroitich But it doesnt make sense. The father isnt a bender, and not once has the family ever showed signs of looking down on him for being a non-bender. And hes marrying a metal bender, so by your train of thought wouldn't that make him still feel oppressed. Nothing of what Wolf said makes sense because it is never shown, or hinted at it. Your just pulling things out of mid air
Ethio King amongst the kids, he and opal were the only non benders. It's not far fetched to infer that he felt some type of way when opal became an airbender and suddenly he was the only child without bending. It natural. Also, it's just a fan theory. One that I found plausible
Kiprotich But it was never implied or showed. With sokka at least he vocalized and hinted at his lack of power due to him being a nonbender (he has shown to be valuable asset of Team avatar without bending) but with Bataar Jr. Its never hinted, or said or whatever. Its fine if its a fan theory but it has to make sense. But LOK is known for characters motivations to be shallow, and simplistic covered with imaginary complexities.
Bolin and Varrick are two of the best characters in this show, especially in Book 4. Bolin is just badass and finally gets character development, while Varrick is just...well, Varrick.
Ah man, you know it's getting down and serious when Zhu-Li actually does the thing...
I can understand why Su didn't want to step in and be seen as a conqueror, but at the same time there should've been something she could've done instead of leaving the Earth Kingdom to its own thing. I mean, it is her nation and she does have the resources and pull as a Beifong to at least help.
Kuvira wanting to share Zaofu's prosperity with the rest of the world reminds me Sozin wanting to share the Fire Nation's prosperity with the rest of the world.
Korra was easily manipulated by Kuvira because Kuvira threw her "inaction" for the past 3 years in her face. That's basically a very sore spot for Korra, which is also why after Korra got the remaining poison out, we see her immediately wanting to go to the action. This is also Korra's first time trying to really solve things diplomatically and as we've seen so far, it's not exactly going good. It is a contrast to what she would usually do first though, so she's trying.
Lalisa T How are people commenting a week ago when the video was uploaded hours ago?
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Su only cares about her own province, she'd make a great Texan!
If I were Su I’d agree to help for a limited amount of time but be clear I wasn’t going to remain the leader of ba sing se. I get she didn’t want to do everything but she could have done something.
You mean Kuvira's overtly fascist ideology reminds you of Sozin's overtly fascist ideology?
Eh, Kuvira is exactly what the Earth kingdom needed, at least at first. She is this world's Napoleon, and like him she overstepped her bounds.
That's actually a really good comparison.
New term for the future, "the Kuveria Complex" lol
That hold your breath joke really tickled Shane lmao
John I don’t get it!!!! LOL someone please explain
Diana Valencia you do realize this comment was posted 2 years ago
@@Niz15 yes, im late to the korra game
Diana Anastasia Varrick was saying Zhu li should stop breathing to conserve oxygen for him lol
@@vanfilice3980 I actually didn't get the joke thanks for explaining hahaha
The CGI never bothered me. It's the same as in ATLA, I think the CGI is actually implemented really well in places in which it makes sense and for me it didn't stick out at all. And the actual 2D animation of Book 4, in every single episode of Book 4, is just stunning anyways.
LoK is one of the better implementations of CGI in a 2d animated series. Not the best, but it blends in well enough. Great compared to most series where it stands out like a sore thumb.
cpMetis Exactly.
Timo Meh, I’m kinda with Blind Wave on this. The CGI with the new mech suits is one of the few problems I’ve ever had with LoK from a technical/animation perspective, besides most of the first half of B2 (sorry Perriot, but you’re no Mir). The problem is that they move WAY too fast for their size, and they move very abruptly - there’s no flow at all to their movements.
I've never been a big fan of the CGI elements in neither ATLA or Korra. I do like how well implemented the... SPOILER... Colossus is though
Love Zhu Li, shes so much fun and always "do the thing"
Did you notice that the spirit vine beam is the same as Vaatu's energy bending attack?
No. Shit.
Isaac Plumbo Got em!
Im sad because this series is almost over
Im happy because this series is almost over
Ethio King
Same
Ethio King same😂😂😂 no shade, I like Lok but for me it peaked at season 3 and now I'm just waiting for them to react to the ending
+Ehtio King You are a sad little person
unknown unknown LOL who told you I was little. And secondly, I was just being honest. No need to be butt hurt that I've beat you in every argument we've been in
a nice parallel
Kuvira to Bolin: I didn't realize your feelings for Opal overshadowed your loyalty to me.
Mai to Azula: You miscalculated, I love Zuko more than I fear you.
This reaction reminded me how much I love Varrick and Zhu-Li.
I guess the parallel between Hiroshi & Asami set against Kuvira & Su was lost on the Blind Wave crew. Those scenes weren't useless; they were suppose to illustrate two different ways rifts between family members could be resolved.
For Suyin, I feel that this moment is all of her choices coming full swing.
When we first meet her she casually suggests that they get rid of the monarchy. Criticizing leaders and advocating political reform is one thing, to suggest ending the entire political system is something completely different. There's an arrogance to that, she can casually say things like that because she's wealthy, lives in a city with platinum walls, and has her own private army. Regular citizens would not be able to openly criticize the Earth Queen.
Then she decides not to help when her nation collapses. We know she didn't contribute to restoring order and safety in Ba Sing Se, but we don't know if she sent out relief supplies, took in refugees, or anything. As far as we can tell, she just stayed in her metal bubble.
And regarding Kuvira, Suyin raised her and instilled her political ideology in her; Suyin bears some of the responsibility when Kuvira decides to actually act on the Suyin's beliefs. It's like Karl Marx, he wrote Communist Manifesto long before Lenin or Mao but he still bears some of the responsibility because he advocated, like Suyin, a complete change without giving any practical guidance.
Doug Sides what finalized my disdain for her was the end when punishment was doled out. Despotism at its finest.
Doug Sides brilliant argument...i agree with you 100%
Exactly she cares about people but she was pretty much sheltering herself from the world
I love when they have focused discussions and don't go on annoying tangents and irrelevant arguments. This was a great reaction, can't wait for next week.
Do the Thing!
No, not the thing.
You know, Kuvira's ideals are very similar to that of Sozin's. Both wanted to expand their empire in the hopes of bringing peace and, although their hearts were somewhat in the right place just as Amon, Tarlock and the order of the red lotus, the execution made for a very interesting turnout, to say the least.
I really dig the CGI, even when it's spotty. The different aesthetic enhances the separateness of technology.
I hated it but I guess we're different
Ethio King Yeah, it's like we have different aesthetic sensibilities or something.
Ya That is weird that I like good solid animation, where you....don't
Ethio King Huh, that's weird. For a second I thought you weren't going to needlessly condescend and denigrate my opinion. Must've been my imagination.
Bruh chill out
I've always thought Kuvira was an interesting Antagonist. She isn't really evil, per say, though a few of her methods are extreme, however we see time after time where she is reasonable with the people who she interacts with. In this episode, we see her giving chance after chance for Zaofu to join them peacefully, without conflict or lives taken, so that the technology and skills that Zaofu posses could be used to better the Earth Empire and its people. And as we learn, Kuvira didn't even want to be the one in charge initially, she was willing to follow Su through it all if Su had taken action, no matter the outcome possibly, she only took up the cause because Su would not. And when you think about it, put yourself in her shoes. After all the hard work she had put into stabilizing the Earth Kingdom, and bringing peace and prosperity to it, would YOU have handed it over to Wu, the Prince, who seemed like he would have ran the country into the ground again? Its possible she could have acted as an advisor, but even then, he would still be able to ignore her if he wanted to. I don't know, just how I saw it, maybe I am way off, but I never saw her as a villain villain, like all evil and stuff.
She's not like Azula more like iroh when he WAS evil. In this situation though she just corrupted by power
@@moneylover318 I agree. Although, Kuvira is still very similar to Azula in that she possesses many of Azula's characteristics: Kuvira is a cunning, ruthless, intimidating, headstrong, domineering, young military mastermind and ruler who is one of if not the most skilled person in the world in her respective form of bending. All these traits she shares with Azula, and like Azula, Kuvira desires absolute power in order to force her vision of what she believes to be right onto the entire world.
@@TheGreater-ScopeVillain Except I hear people try to say kuvira has a mental liek azula
@@moneylover318 Like I said, Kuvira has a similar mentality to Azula to the extent that they both desire absolute power in order to force their respective visions of what they believe to be right onto the entire world. They believe that power and manipulation is the key to everything, and are both willing to do just about anything to get what they want, including torture and genocide if it comes to it. Their methods may be extreme, but they both have their own ideas of what is right and how the world should be run, and everything they do is to bring that vision into reality.
Yes, and till now she has brought more positive change than negative change. She helped in saving Korra from the Red Lotus at Zaofu, helped Korra in defeating Zaheer, saved Korra's dad, brought peace and order to the Earth Kingdom, modernized the Earth Kingdom, etc.
I have to disagree with you eric and calvin...i don't think korra was easily manipulated by kuvira i just think she was trying to hear both sides from both points of view...i know in the past she has always been headstrong and brash but with all that has happened to her..it has in fact humbled her...so approach to dealing with this new situation is to listen and offer up a solution/perhaps a resolution between suyin and kuvira...korra's perspective has changed and so has her mindset..i do not think it is manipulation but perhaps she is still tentative to how she should deal with this issue
nakeisha brown exact they think she should talk suhs side cause they are friends by not listening and I hate Calvin and I hate to say this he's the main reason they get these dumbass ideas cause of him and it sticks in their heads
AL reacts why do you hate Calvin? Because He says an honest opinion. And its hinted later that Korra is easily manipulated because she is afraid, since she hasnt been in a real fight since Zaheer and is worried shes not battle ready. Its shown later when shes completely crushed by Kuvira. You LOK fans need to take a chill pill.
Ethio King she didn't manipulate Korra dumb fuck if u think there was manipulation in their conversation ur a dumbass
AL reacts you have a potty mouth and a temper tantrum. You need to chill because your just another crazy LOK fanboy who likes a sad stupid show because your a sad stupid person. Thats just a fact. Korra sucks and you suck. Get over it
Ethio King I see you In every comment section BASHING every comment like wtf I hope you aren’t this angry 11 Months later
Bolin’s lavabending move was the greatest thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life!
Y'know, I've always thought Suyin was in the wrong in regards to her decision with not stepping up to restore order to the Earth Kingdom.
Many many people were likely starving and dying and there was likely immense chaos as mass looting, banditry and the like arose. Various people would likely also have risen up and become warlords, laying claim to swathes of land as their own, ala after the fall of the Dong Zhuo in China and all the warlords fighting one another to claim land and power as the Han Dynasty and the Emperor had taken a massive hit to their credibility.
Kuvira definitely brought order and some level of peace back to the realm, despite the problems being brought up with how she's been doing things.
Same
I completely agree
Yeah she really didn't have a good reason to refuse, it just seems like she doesn't trust herself to not become a dictator in the process, which is odd. She could always have put the Kingdom back together and then handed off power - the way Kuvira didn't - without imposing her leadership on the rest of the country. It kind of makes sense though, if you consider her childhood. It doesn't seem like she's ever been particularly good with authority, and even though she's the leader of Zaofu, she runs it more like a family or a neighborhood than as a proper country.
Yup pretty much. She's kinda like Thranduil from Hobbit.
Suyin isn't a great person. She loves her family, but she's way too used to always getting her way.
The CGI looks really good. If you guys could handle the Last air bender CGI then this is wayyyyy better than that.
I love ATLA but the CGI was shit there and its even worse in LOK
yea ps3 had better graphics than ps4
Guards! *DO THE THING*
DareStep No! Not the thing!
Bolin is so strong in this season
Zhu Li is best girl
absolutely LOVE the bolin-varrick team up
If you thought that was a lot of CGI now... just wait.
i thought Asami was pretty hard on Hayao Miyazaki in this episode
mart mcphly Lol
I dont like Asami or her dad but her reaction was kind of understandable. Her own father tried to kill her. Thats kind of hard to forgive
this was a joke comment, noting that Sato now has a striking resemblance to the king of animation, Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli fame, but Sato never tried to kill Asami, infact he asked her to join him
Mart Mcphly Dont you remember in in season 1 during the robot fight between Asami and her father, she denied his ideology and he said that she is his enemy and he tried to kill her but failed. How can someone like me who doesnt like LOK know more than LOK fans. Thats just sad
Being a fan doesn't mean you have to know literally everything.
Haven't you notice that Kuvira and Zaheer ideologically are exact opposites? Seriously they should have given the Kyoshi medal of freedom to Zaheer. The main idea of the series (some in tla, more so in korra), when directly applied to our world/human history, is that human emotion, mostly fueled by something called confirmation bias, tends to swing from one extreme to the other with momentum to spare, rarely stopping in between, and human societal/ ideological shifts have always been affected by the emotion of the people, such environment often prevents us from absorbing the best parts from opposing ideas and combining them together, for example like the economic efficiency of a capitalist dictatorship without the censorship and the social divisiveness sometimes caused by a pure democracy (no such thing but you get the idea), you know, just the best parts meshed together, evetually achieving say it with me now -"balance"
Fun fuct: Zhu Li is voiced by Stephanie Sheh who voiced Hinata Hyuga in Naruto.
Oh shit it's Hayao Miyazaki!
I like Kuvira. She’s like Sozin, if Sozin actually made sense. "Yeah, sure, the Fire Nation is going through great times, and the world is in harmony... I have an idea: let’s become imperialistic conquerors for pretty much no reason at all! I know Avatar Roku pretty well; maybe he’ll give me a hand!" What gives? When we met Sozin in his youth, by all accounts, he seemed like a pretty cool, balanced dude. On a side note, I always thought his reasoning for wiping out an entire race (just to kill one specific person) was kinda dumb. I guess the point of the story was to show how Roku’s friendship with Sozin prevented him from seeing what his friend had become, but we’re never really given a solid logical/emotional reason for Sozin doing what he did. On the other hand, with Kuvira, we are given a very legitimate reason. Shit, I think I’d probably do the same thing.
There are plenty of empires that have done the same like Sozin ex: Roman Empire, Macedonean Empire, Ottoman Empire. This isnt new and not far off. I think people underestimate Sozin as a villain which is a shame
What do you mean? Sozin was clearly greedy and overly prideful about the Fire Nation and believed they deserved to own everything. He got a real big ego while Roku was gone and he hid his evil intentions behind "I'm sharing the nation's prosperity with the rest of the world" when he was sharing by force. And he wiped out the Air Nomads in the hope of killing the Avatar bc he feared their power (having experienced it firsthand) and didn't want them interfering with his conquest anytime soon. Like how Frieza wiped out the Saiyans. Yeah, it was total overkill (no pun intended), but it made sense. Kuvira just wants to reunite the Earth Kingdom, so honestly idk why she's the antagonist :T
Ethio King When most of those empires started out, it was to get revenge on another land. Alexander the Great wanted revenge on the Persians, and it was only once that was accomplished did he realize he could keep going if he wanted to (and he was a rather compassionate conqueror anyway). The Romans destroyed Carthage because they were archenemies, then as they started expanding, they kept finding new enemies and beating them too. In both of those cases, they had discernible motives initially, not just conquering the whole world because "I’m sure it’ll like being conquered."
Daniel Cohen But after they defeated that one small enemy they continued to expand because they believed to be the best and are worthy of conquering the world, like many empires. Fire nation wiped the air nomads because of fear of the avatar taking them down and once they defeated the nomads, they continued to conqueror the world. Pretty much the same as real life empires
Tia Blue But that just makes him another mustache-twirling villain. We are given no reason as to why he started having all of these maniacal thoughts. It basically just came out of nowhere. The only clue I can remember is that when Roku was announced as the next Avatar, everyone bowed all the way to the floor, but Sozin only bent on one knee and bowed his head reluctantly. Could that mean that he saw the Avatar as merely his friend, and not as a revered world peacekeeping figure? Beats me. Also, the Air Nomads were a numerically small, peaceful race with no formal military who did nothing wrong. He could have just sent an assassin.
Verrick is like Hondo from Star Wars Rebels. He's a shady good guy who looks out for himself first but will and can do the right thing.
Naming units of energy after people is not unheard of. The watt is named after the Scottish inventor James Watt. The joule is named after the English physicist James Prescott Joule.
the fact that people need to be told this is a bit crazy lol.
Newton, Fahrenheit, Celcius, I think Tesla is one, Hertz.
Shane doesn't like the CGI? This'll probably be his least favorite season then because it's not going away anytime soon.
Final Account it is cause there's only a few more episodes
I think the CGI for the you-know-what that appears in episode 11 of B4 has better CGI. Mainly because it doesn’t move so goddamn fast.
Titaniumtomato a few more episodes? They're not even halfway through the season.
To be fair, season 4 is generally the most likely season to be anybody's least favorite, regardless of their tastes.
@@dontmisunderstand6041 season 2?
Zaofu = Wakanda
Kuvira = Kilmonger
Only difference is Wakanda and Kilmonger are much more interesting
Ethio King wakanda, sure. But kilmonger?? I gotta say kuvira has him beat
Much Good really? I loved Kilmonger. He's just such a great villain and character. I feel nothing for Kuvira
Killian What are you talking about? Do you just go around trolling comments, and having nothing valuable to say. You must be one sad pathetic human being
"Ejecto seato cuz!"
HA! JHU-LI DID THE THING! XD And Varrick carried this episode for me, I love him! And Korra actually NOT wanting to fight, just a wonderful change of pace for her. Ah, things are unfolding, so we'll see how it goes! (:
You see feels like a no win scenario for her when she doesn't act aggressive it ends badly and when she acts aggressive it ends badly
“Eject-o Seat-o Cuhz” 😂😂😂 Aaron I respect you even more because of that !!
On Kuvira thinking Bolin could help, I think she also figured Bolin's position as being close to Su (due to dating her daughter and presumably like...knowing Su very well over the years) would sway them. Like, "this guy loves your daughter and could be your son-in-law someday. You may not trust me, but don't you trust Bolin?" that in addition to how he truly believed in the Empire and is a genuine guy is probably what she was counting on. And since she has the army there, she definitely had a counter-plan. I think it may have been moreso to keep Bolin on her side ("you will show them we can be peaceful") and because the story will go "we came, we tried to make peace, we tried to make Su see the light, and she refused". No matter what, Kuvira wins since Su's refusal could make her seem unreasonable to those who are sympathetic to Kuvira. Especially with the bright, sunshine-y face of Bolin as her spokesperson.
"Zhu Li, do my thing."
I don't want it to end.We had a good run.😞
Just realized Zhaofu is kinda like Wakanda in terms of technological advancement and its attitudes to the outside world.
ChuckRazor No you didn't dumbass. They have no technological advancement you moron outside the magnet train that VARRICK MADE
Killian
Compared to the rest of the Earth Kingdom, Zaofu is kind of like Wakanda in terms of technology. Before Kuvira many places of Earth Kingdom lacked running water and electricity. It was as Kuvira said a beacon of "modern progress".
Calvin: I hate evil people
Me: That is a healthy mindset, Calvin 👍
"Ejecto seato cuz"- Tyrese Gibson, '2 Fast 2 Furious'. Great reference Eric lmaoo 👍🏾
You remember Varik? He was betrayed so badly, he Julied himself
Alexander Mercer "whatever happened to that guy?" "Oh didn't you hear? He Varrik'ed himself when some girl Zhu Li'ed him!
I seriously need to know: Was anyone else really irritated by Oppal this season? She just irked me by expecting Bolin to just roll over and take her side and just disregard what he believed wholeheartedly was good work for the past few years. Su pissed me off on a whole other level though.
agreed. I loved her for season 3 but when this season hit, I was like "EW, you're hotness went from high to 0" lol. And I hate how apologetic Boalin got later. Like, I'm not even happy they got back together. Ye, he should've investigated more but he DID investigate but his boss lied to him, and at this point, he had no reason to think she lied since he saw her "fix" Earth Kingdom.
That's like if your girlfriend told you your Mom is one way (a way of your mom you've never seen) and you ask your mom about it and she says it never happened, and you never known your mom to lie. Like, I would never tell my GF she should leave her dad. I would inform her but it's my word against his. If he did stuff in FRONT of her and she doesn't care, TOTALLY different.
I'm 4 years too late but I dont hate Opal. She's quite understandable this season.
Playing devil's advocate here! If Kuvira wasn't in charge then the Earth Kingdom would be chaotic like Libya!
True.
@@TheGreater-ScopeVillain exactily
At 10:01 you can see a cold heartless killing machine, using some kind of battle armor.
5:41 Red vs Blue: Director, season 10 finale
would anyone want to point out to the gang that the Earth Bender soilders in the Earth Army design were inspired by the Star Wars Strome trooper. I find it nice that at least the non benders in this army are in the Exo Suit.
All hail the Great Uniter!
Those anime’s are newer they where doing 3D animation in like 4 years ago and in the original avatar like 7 years ago of course modern animations do it better it’s progressional
Varrick reminds me of Howard Stark
I love yours reactions guys!! I can't wait to see your others reaction guys
The movie "Enemy at the Gates" itself is something worth watching. Its also a good representation of the fate of Europe. Beware it isn't for every audience... You'll see what i mean if u check it out.
With korra ending soon i hope we can end all the avatar related content with a reaction to the last airbender movie
Lol why
Are you mad, child?!
Ewwww what would you expose the crew to that piece of trash?
🤢🤮
Wasted Soul I am honored to accept his invitation
Varrick and Volt also start with the same letter.
Physical Wounds Heal Over Time. Emotional Wounds that's Entirely different.
You gona appreciate the artist of the family .
Friday feels like an eternity to get to
Do the thing!!!!!
I know kuvira isn't as developed as the others but is anyone else afraid we are gonna have an Azula moment we're they are completely unable to sympathize to with her and understand how similar and how she complements Korra and her development.
I don't think so because they seem to like Kuvira more than they ever liked Azula.
wyrmqueen definitely I'm not talking about pure liking but rather they won't understand the depth of the character in the way they didn't understand Azula
Dark Saiyan Knight considering her final talk with Korra, i'm gonna be VERY dissapointed if they don't have any sympathy towards her at all.
Sondre Bol Exactly, I'm nervously excited for it, for all of the finale
Dark Saiyan Knight They seem to do that with pretty much any female character. Makes sense since they can't really relate to em at all.
Can't wait to see the next episode's reaction
Bolin not only needs to give a lil apology to Mako, but a nice lil apology, (and by lil I mean very very big apology) to Opal
SHE DID THE THING!
Varrick shows that he cares for juliee subtly. You know He thinks about her a lot by naming his battleship after her or making a whole unit of measure of her. He doesn’t seem to care about any one else much besides her.
Tracy Phan just so you know how to spell her name in the future if you don’t know by now, it’s “Zhu-Li”
Su Beifong really should have agreed to help The Earth Kingdom.
I finally caught up with you!
PS: Thanks to you, I will never be able to separate Avatar from Back Street Boys. Thank you (?)
“There’s money in the banana stand!”
Wtf!! I thought you finished this series, I been watching for the last three weeks. I started with the last air bender. I’m pissed I didn’t realize u hadn’t finished the series lol
Eric, Shane, newest member of ZZ Top and Aaron.
"Ejecto seato, cuz" hahaha did...did he just?
Kuvira you wont get away with this!
*_"And who's going to stop me? Your security force was more than happy to join my cause. They're some of the best fighters in the world, and they are tired of being treated like exotic birds in your cage."_*
they all saw it coming a mile away
IS there a reason Calvin looks like a Viking
Did you say Zelda Williams sounds like Carrie Fisher?
Asami's dad reminds me of Miyazaki (appearance wise) :)
People have rightly compared Kuvira’s rise to power to the rise of Fascism in times of power vacuums and economic upheaval. But as a corollary, I think a piece that people are missing and that the creators perhaps left underdeveloped is the parallels between Su Lin and neoliberalism. Her insistence on freedom, determining your own destiny, creating a society of the gifted and deserving while taking a laisez faire attitude to world affairs. Su Lin is essentially a more sympathetic Ayn Rand. In this light her avoidance to take control of the earth kingdom makes complete sense given her libertarian tendencies, and better explains the animosity and extremism of Kuvira, a poor orphan who never had the opportunities the beifong family did. Fascism is horrible, but usually arises as a backlash to the failings neoliberalism.
I still feel Lake Kuvira really was trying to help she just got corrupted
Since when did the creators decide to introduce Studio Ghibli animator Hiryro Miyazaki?
13:52 this is exactly why I did not like Varrick this season. They created a tech savvy and intelligent main character yet everything that Asami could have been doing was given to him. Varrick was fun but the time they can allocate to each character is limited and I don't care about Varrick, Julie, Prince Wu, or anyone other then the main cast, who should be getting the most development. Varrick should have been left in the first season.
The CGI is meant to have the technology stand out, not to just enhance some things. In this world, technology is still strange to them. It's used for a story telling purpose.
You guys should watch Grimgar Fantasy and Ash
They should've made the movie of the origins of avatar or the epilogue instead of the live action one.
You will definitely see more of toph
Its almost the end. 😭
I don’t get the hold your breath joke! Lol someone please explain
Nvm I got it
you guys after this book their will be no more avatar :(( oh well *goes to watch the boy in the iceberg again*
read the Korra trilogy of comics
Kuvira has done nothing wrong.
adamisajoker exactly
adamisajoker She's enslaving people.
@@arthurwoah She's *_re-educating_* them. XD
The beards are strong
Damn Varrick go get hm tiger
You should react to Penny Dreadful after Korra. 🤗
Do the thing
Where is mako ?
Hopefully they do Attack on Titan next!
Black Sails episode 5 please
I hate when they do this they are refusing to see kuviras character there's a fucking reason why she's called the great Uniter for a reason and how they didn't talk about how su just left the earth kingdom to just fend for itself while she had the tech this is about to be a clear azula situation again and I hate it
AL reacts Yeah they just keep mocking her. They don't particularly enjoy seeing female villains that are taken seriously.
Final Account exactly
Final Account I dont think they have a problem with female villains. Its shown in many of there other reactions tv shows with female villains, that they enjoy them and sometimes even root for them. Kuvira is not a very flushed out or interesting character in my opinion. Probably due to the show not giving her enough screen time due to it being a mini series
Ethio King Yeah well I've never seen it in any of their reactions. They often call them bitches and just wanna see them lose. Not saying they're sexist or anything. I just don't think they relate to female characters in the way they do to the male ones. These are the same guys that preferred Zhao to Azula...
Final Account exactly and they are sexist they tend to not get female characters like the males while some of the stuff the women do is not even categorized in a thing a female does and like u said who tf think Zhao is better than azula while she has more interesting things going on with her character that somehow these 4 guys missed for some reason