Talk:Amon/@comment-4521003-20120216231217/@comment-76.24.189.176-20120219040511

That was one of the best movies and acting jobs I have ever seen. But he was almost always talking, laughing, or some vocalization. Naturally, Amon needs to be psychological. But I think the heaviest hitters in the psychological villain role need to have the kind of lines that do effect you mentally. Given his role, the only way I think they could pull off having him not speak much is if he uses written messages as a substitute. Like maybe on a building wall like graffiti, or leaving notes or something. That would allow him to not speak in public like when fighting Korra or whatever. But he'd still probably have to speak on occasion when alone with the Equalists or it wouldn't sell right on how he became to be the leader of anything. Amon just being in that leader role simply complicates things from a presentation perspective. The viewer wonders how he is there, what kind of a leader he is, etc. I'm all for leaving certain things unanswered because in some situations that can be even more effective. But they have to answer some things or they lose us. This is because, from the viewer's perspective, it'll seem like it doesn't fit without enough to relate to or something to show us the role makes sense.

Actually if you ask me, keeping Amon quiet makes him too similar to the blue spirit role. Of course he doesn't have to speak all the time. If done right, even one line can make all the difference. I guess that comparison was too simplistic. But I just think about two masked characters that show up and attack things to achieve their goals without saying anything. Of course, the situation of knowing Zuko's alter ego to not knowing who the leader of a terrorist organization would be quite different whether the both of them spoke or not. But I see a lot of similarities if they don't speak, and not just because of the mask. I don't know, I'd have to see how it was done if they did it that way.