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anagramofbrat) wrote2012-04-04 11:26 pm
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Ho. Ly. shitsnacks.
Apparently the first two eps of Avatar: Legend of Korra are available on iTunes, or at least that was the explanation ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cell23 gave me for how it magical evil internet mind forced its way onto my iPad and thus onto Monstervision.
Y'all. Y'all. Somewhere in some obscure file is a document outlining the limits to how much ass can be kicked inand by a kids' cartoon and another one explaining just by how far Legend of Korra surpassed them.
Seriously, I'm all over here like
Republic City. It looks like early 20th century New York and Shanghai had a freaky steampunk love child. I want to go to there.
Speaking of 1930s Shanghai, there was a part where I was almost positive we were going to see some kind of nod to the Axe Gang dance from Kung Fu Hustle and was a wee bit disappointed it didn't happen. You'll know where.
Hmm, professional bending Quidditchhockeydodgeball with commentary by Not!Howard Cosell? Aaaaight, I can work with that.
OMG Toph's order of metalbender cops! I would totally watch Law & Order: Republic City. And so would you, admit it.
Man, the creators must have really caught some fan flack for not tying up what happened to Zuko's mother in The Last Airbender. I'd gotten volume one of the graphic novel bridging the two series, and there it was mentioned on like page two. Here, we don't get much past the 5 minute mark before someone brings it up.
Aww, Mako tribute? *sniffle*
So far i only have one complaint, which is while i love what I've seen of the characters so far, look the voice talent up on imdb and it's pretty disappontingly homogenous. You would kinda think that since this universe, or at least the terrible live action version of it is why we have the term "racebending" in the first place, nickelodeon MIGHT have made a wee bit of an effort to color up the cast this time around (lets be honest, TLA was pretty White too in terms of voice cast.)
That one sour note aside ZOMG J K SIMMONS. LOVE HIM.
One bonus was thatcell23 enjoyed it as well, which was a nice surprise considering how ehhhhh he is on A:TLA, but it makes sense once he pointed out that Shaolin steampunk was kind of awesome and also that the vaguely 1930s-ish urban setting of A:LOK is very much golden age /birth of the superhero i can kinda see why this series would appeal to him more than the mythic journey to save the world setting of A:TLA.
I almost feel like A:LOK is aiming for an older audience this time around. While the animation style and the slapstick are still intact from the previous series, i feel like the series has matured, and not just because Korra is clearly a few years older than Aang was and is more her own person at the beginning of the show, where Aang and his buddies were still pretty much kids struggling to find themselves oer the course of their journey. There is also a sense of underlying grittiness to the setting which i hope to see more of... And i like the idea that Hooray, the world's been saved, now what? Worlds don't stay saved forever, alas. Which is why i kinda likecell23's idea that this is going to be more of a superhero tale than a "traditional" legend.
ANYWAY. Tl;dr, Legend of Korra is pretty much as awesome as it was promised to be.
cell23 gave me for how it magical evil internet mind forced its way onto my iPad and thus onto Monstervision.Y'all. Y'all. Somewhere in some obscure file is a document outlining the limits to how much ass can be kicked inand by a kids' cartoon and another one explaining just by how far Legend of Korra surpassed them.
Seriously, I'm all over here like
Republic City. It looks like early 20th century New York and Shanghai had a freaky steampunk love child. I want to go to there.
Speaking of 1930s Shanghai, there was a part where I was almost positive we were going to see some kind of nod to the Axe Gang dance from Kung Fu Hustle and was a wee bit disappointed it didn't happen. You'll know where.
Hmm, professional bending Quidditchhockeydodgeball with commentary by Not!Howard Cosell? Aaaaight, I can work with that.
OMG Toph's order of metalbender cops! I would totally watch Law & Order: Republic City. And so would you, admit it.
Man, the creators must have really caught some fan flack for not tying up what happened to Zuko's mother in The Last Airbender. I'd gotten volume one of the graphic novel bridging the two series, and there it was mentioned on like page two. Here, we don't get much past the 5 minute mark before someone brings it up.
Aww, Mako tribute? *sniffle*
So far i only have one complaint, which is while i love what I've seen of the characters so far, look the voice talent up on imdb and it's pretty disappontingly homogenous. You would kinda think that since this universe, or at least the terrible live action version of it is why we have the term "racebending" in the first place, nickelodeon MIGHT have made a wee bit of an effort to color up the cast this time around (lets be honest, TLA was pretty White too in terms of voice cast.)
That one sour note aside ZOMG J K SIMMONS. LOVE HIM.
One bonus was that
cell23 enjoyed it as well, which was a nice surprise considering how ehhhhh he is on A:TLA, but it makes sense once he pointed out that Shaolin steampunk was kind of awesome and also that the vaguely 1930s-ish urban setting of A:LOK is very much golden age /birth of the superhero i can kinda see why this series would appeal to him more than the mythic journey to save the world setting of A:TLA.I almost feel like A:LOK is aiming for an older audience this time around. While the animation style and the slapstick are still intact from the previous series, i feel like the series has matured, and not just because Korra is clearly a few years older than Aang was and is more her own person at the beginning of the show, where Aang and his buddies were still pretty much kids struggling to find themselves oer the course of their journey. There is also a sense of underlying grittiness to the setting which i hope to see more of... And i like the idea that Hooray, the world's been saved, now what? Worlds don't stay saved forever, alas. Which is why i kinda like
cell23's idea that this is going to be more of a superhero tale than a "traditional" legend.ANYWAY. Tl;dr, Legend of Korra is pretty much as awesome as it was promised to be.