Talk:Cabbage Corp/@comment-69.251.60.186-20120424210328/@comment-69.251.60.186-20120425045619

Alright, you kids don't understand. I understand Avatar has always had its humorous moments. Sure, there were times when they went a little too over-the-top (especially for the type of show that it was at its heart: A dramatic and epic fantasy quest), but it worked for the most part. I understand that Bryke didn't want a completely serious show, which is cool, but the way they insert the humor into the show at times is just flat out stupid and takes me out of the moment (but clearly stupid humor makes everyone else happy). EIP is just way too far. To get an understanding of my view, look at episode 103 (The Southern Air Temple). I remember when I watched that episode when Avatar first came out, I was dumbfounded to see such a mature show on Nickelodeon...but its not just that, look at the general tone of the episode. Its a very serious tone. Yet, three seasons later, we're having episodes like EIP and NaD that have this completely inane and idiotic tone going on. So all suddenly we go from seeing a serious rivalry between Prince Zuko and Adrimal Zhao to Aang having childish dreams and them visiting the most inane and world-breaking play ever? See, the problem with Avatar is that it jumps around way too much with its tone. It tries to be serious and deep, then at other moments, it is completely childish and stupid (and as the series progressed, Mike and Bryan allowed the show to get too stupid and childish). And like I mentioned above, the play is WORLD-BREAKING. In their effort to stick a stupid parody in their show, they make it so we can't even take their world seriously anymore (yet all the fans are so obsessed with fanservice, they can't even see this). For example, Avatar is meant to be a world influenced by eastern ideals and culture, yet in the EIP play, when they're doing the scene about The Waterbending Scroll, the background painting features the pirate ship having a sterotypical Jolly Roger pirate flag even though the FN is meant to be Asian influence and would have no concept of the Jolly Roger pirate flag. Also play!Mai has a frowny face on her costume even though that is also unfitting for the Asian envirnoment. I'm sorry but you people are so caught up in the stupid humor that you can't see this episode for the stupidity that it is. If I want an Avatar parody I'll watch the chibi shorts or the abridged series, but an over-the-top parody has no place in the actual show. You fans talk about how EIP is to give us breathing room...but we already had enough stupid goofy moments in Book 3. I want good storytelling, not a stupid parody. Maybe you're love for the show is clouding your judgment...hmmm?

Ugh, wall of text. Well, I had to get this off my chest. Every time I talk about how stupid EIP is, everyone always throws the "It's the calm before the storm" argument at me. No its not, its a stupid childish episode that has no place in the series (like most of the eppies in Book 3). Avatar can't be a serious and dramatic show at one moment (Southern Air Temple) and then completely stupid at the next (The Ember Island Players), its just jarring. Also the character development was rather minor and was the only way to make the episode somewhat useful. That time could of been better spent showing the Gaang preparing their grand attack against Ozai, but then again, Book 3 was poorly done in general since Mike and Bryan spent too much time with goofy filler.