Of course there should be, but considering the way The Legend of Korra was executed and the network it aired on, I'd think some might think not.
What do you think?
Of course there should be, but considering the way The Legend of Korra was executed and the network it aired on, I'd think some might think not.
What do you think?
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Zealous Gamer wrote: Too late? Many IPs get brought back. Look at Samurai Jack.
Oh yes Samurai Jack is better than Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.
There is a Fan made series being made called "Legend of Genji". He is an Avatar born to the Sandbender people. I can't say much about it but, it seems interesting. Takes place after Korra.
Maryam101 wrote:
What do you think?
Too late for that, because Korra is nothing but trash! It's nothing like the masterpiece of ATLA. In the original show, in the episode, "The Cave of Two Lovers," of season 2, the city of Omashu was built by a man and a woman named Oma and Shu. Now before they built Omashu, they learned how to Earthbend from the badger moles, and thus became the first earthbenders. But in lok, there was no Omashu, as only lion turtle cities existed back then, yet there were plenty of earthbenders living around that time. How does that make the two shows relevant to each other? Seriously, the sequel is nothing but garbage; the creators lost their minds when creating it.
Besides, the world of Avatar is only based on Asian and Inuit culture, so why the heck did they decide to add old American culture by adding some jazz? I mean seriously. Oh, and they purposely made the Red Lotus members look like Arabs, which brings up the scent of islamophobia a lot, as well as throws in some irrelevant Middle Eastern culture, not to mention Zaheer and Ghazan are both strong Arabic names (one could argue that they're South Asian, typically from Urdu, but Pakistani names are Arabic names, because the majority of the Pakistani population is muslim and muslims take their names from Arabic. Besides, in the world of Avatar, only a very small percentage of its cultures is derived from South Asian cultures, which definitely does not include names at all). Talk about names, Iknik's middle and last names, Blackstone Varrick do not sound like Asian names at all, because they aren't, as well as Zhu Li's last name, which is Moon. This TV show is truly nothing but garbage, as well as its following comics (A character as well as her bodyguards look completely South Asian, as well as some minor characters, some of which look completely Arabic, which is not something that is a part of the world of Avatar at all. And they butchered the Earth Kingdom in ruins of the empire).
Now, about the sudden and random population of the sky bison as well as maybe lemurs, where the hell did they all come from?! They just suddenly appeared out of nowhere in Korra as if they were never attacked by the Fire Nation. Now, somewhere in this wiki, it does state that Aang found some bison after the war, but seriously! By common sense and logic, if there really were some bison left, then we should have at least seen or heard about them in a few episodes of the original show, especially in "Appa's Lost Days." But we never did, which logically confirms and concludes that the sky bison are now truly extinct after the tragic death of our fuzzy and cute friend Appa. As for lemurs, they had a slight advantage on their side against the Fire Nation's attack due to their pretty small size, so it's slightly, a tiny bit unlikely that they are extinct, because of course, as said above, that if there really were some lemurs left, then we should have seen them in at least a few episodes, especially when Team Avatar went to the Air Temples, though at least they were mentioned a few times. But for some reason, in Korra, they look COMPLETELY different from Momo, and we ONLY saw lemurs that looked like Momo, and never like what we saw in Korra.
Seriously, the world of Korra is so insanely and abnormally different from the world of Aang, which is NOT good at all for a sequel. It should be forgotten as it's such a disgrace and a rip-off for Avatar The Last Airbender, one of the greatest/best TV shows of all time, as well as, of course, for the World of Avatar.
Alright, enough is enough, I love ATLA, but LOK was a great story. The world of the Avatar is not "only based on Asian and Inuit" cultures. The world of the Avatar is its own world. It borrows elements from our reality to help you achieve a suspension of disbelief, so that you can believe that this avatar world could exist. ATLA, ATLOK, the Avatar universe, are not our universe. Your anger over how it misrepresents this world is because of your own inability to recognize it as a distinct world of fiction. Yes it borrows elements of real cultures, multiple cultures, as seen in the outfits and stories of past avatars, but that's as far as it goes. The comparison stops there. It does not owe itself to this reality. It does not need to align with your expectations of how it should be.
And your random and rather small point about the bison is actually explained in Korra if you watched all of it. Bison were raised and kept by firebenders in secret, which Korra finds out when she washes ashore on one of the fire nations island temple. Not only that, but bison were never confirmed to be extinct, just that they vanished because there were no more airbenders in the temples. As the dragons lived on in secret, it can be assumed so did the sky bison, especially since the white lotus top members such as Iroh played a part in keeping the dragon species alive. The legend of omashu is also just a legend, and the creators explained how while the lion turtles granted humans bending, animals such as the bison, dragons, and moles were already bending, meaning they are still the original benders, and there is no confliction in plot. The bending animals have always served as guides to help the humans bend, but they were never said to have gifted bending to them.
Your disgruntlement with the story told in the legend of Korra comes from your disappointment with your own expectations. Korra's story is not Aangs story, no two Avatars have the same story, or live in the same world, as the world and universe is always changing. Korra in many ways had a better and more beautiful way of telling the Avatar story.
Aangs biggest struggle in his story, aside from mastering the elements, was finding a way to not kill the firelord. He had maybe 15 minutes of total screen time dealing with the loss of his people. We are talking the great emotional trauma that comes with feeling like you are responsible for the genocide of your own people. And he barely struggles with that. He's a kid. He should have had long lasting emotional trauma through many episodes. He didn't even go through all five stages of grief. Korras story actually shows the depth of emotions that were lacking in the characters of ATLA (aside from zuko). Her struggle with PTSD, suicidal ideation, and hopelessness was more fleshed out and compelling than anything we saw from ATLA and aang.
Not to mention that Korra actually did the lore major justice, as before lok the lore was severely lacking. Multiple episodes went into explaining the background of the Avatar, and why there is a reincarnation cycle in the first place. Something atla never touched on and left fans speculating about.
I'm not saying atla wasn't great, it was, and it definitely had better comedy to it. But Korras story wasn't a comedy, it was a tragedy, and it was beautifully explored. Your entire dislike for the series comes from your own personal expectations not being met. You expected an Aang 2.0 story, which is why you are mad her world is different. I'm glad they gave Korra her own story. I'm glad it wasn't Aang 2.0. That story had been told already. Aang even said the world was changing at the end of ATLA, and the canon comic explored the rest of it changing, which Korra perfectly continues from the drop-off of the comics.
I'm tired of seeing people bash on the lok when the artwork, the soundtrack, the storytelling, the emotional depth of the characters, the sheer number of characters that were given stories, all makes ATLA look weak in comparison.
For goodness sakes, Katara mentioned her mother practically every five seconds and then had only one episode dedicated to resolving her whole life trauma at the end of the series. Almost no growth along the way. Aang barely grieved and showed no noticeable signs of his grief affecting his abilities even though he felt responsible for the genocide of his people. That's the type of shit that should have haunted that child. And the story of Korra did well in showing how those types of emotions actually would have affected someone, and exposed ATLA for not fleshing it out more.
You hail atla as the greatest because it is what you grew up with and what was most nostalgic and familiar to you. Korras story was never trying to be Aangs story. The show itself did an excellent job of telling that story, and if it existed alone, without atla as a precursor, it would have been given much more credit for how great it did in storytelling.
ATLA unfortunately blinded fans into thinking that they were going to be getting an Aang 2.0, and that anything that deviated from it was somehow trash. This is in large part because it left many stories and personal character developments rushed and with no true feeling of resolution. You obviously don't know how the Avatar cycle works if you think you're just going to get a rehash of aangs story. Korras story had better graphics, better fight scenes, better soundtrack, waaay better fleshing out of lore, better character developments with true emotional depth, trauma that didn't magically go away in one episode through one epiphany (cause even when Korra thought she beat her PTSD, it came back again and again). Like I'm sorry but katara saying "Aang we're your family now" shouldn't have magically made him get over the loss of his entire culture, people, and world as he knew it. ATLA had an awesome ending in terms of fight scenes and artwork, but it left just about all the side characters with rushed endings, many of which were never fully completed. Deus ex machina was the final conflict resolution. Are you really trying to say that it's better?? Seems like low standards for storytelling.
People like atla more because it was funnier, light-hearted, and generally inspirational and positive - much like avatar Aang. But that wasn't the story for avatar Korra. Hers was one of tragedy in a world, where as Toph put it, didn't need her. Riddled with emotional trauma from the situations she had to overcome. It reached levels of realness that atla never could. I've watched ATLA 4 times in entirety and read the comic series that followed it completely through. But LOK definitely smokes it in many ways, and that's coming from a die-hard fan. ATLA is almost annoying to rewatch after watching LOK, as it makes you realize all the times where in ATLA, the character development just wasn't fleshed out. It favored intense battles over emotional depth, which is perfectly fine if you're a kid and want to see action. But the writers knew that lok was going to be for an audience more mature. Where characters actually die, getting the air bended out of them on screen as they suffocate, where characters deal with PTSD and thoughts of suicide. Themes not meant for kid shows, because Korra was meant for young adults, teens who might have been through their own trauma, and needed a hero to relate to. Not one who magically can fix their trauma in a single episode. Recheck your expectations, and give Lok another try with maybe a more open mind, and you will see that it is a great expansion of the Avatar universe that raised the bar high for character development, artwork, soundtrack, deeper motifs, etc. Anyways, rant over, stop hating on Korra cause it wasn't what you wanted.
nah they should have continued TLOK TV shows instead of comics
What about Azulon's era, it could show the siege of ba sing se, a lot more of Iroh and Lu Ten better development for sozin and azulon maybe they could also make ozai less evil?
what about a miniseries called Appas adventures.
I have an idea, but it's based on "switching sides":
THE NEOKUVIRAN AND THE AVATAR
Unlike Aang and Korra, the Avatar is not the protagonist, Yashamaru Kurogane, but rather his childhood friend Laoren (the last son of Bolin), who is the main antagonist of the series (but is shown as a deuteragonist in a way similar to Zuko). I'm basing myself on Sozin and Roku, who were friends but turned against each other.
The protagonist combines Metalbending with a meteor steel katana similar to Sokka's sword and can also pilot a mecha-tank. Yashamaru does not have a Team Avatar, but only a Waterbending wife, Elyse, and a wolf, Skoll.
Laoren is corrupted because he has brought to an extremism his idea of balance, wanting to create a world without any tradition or cultural difference in order to end the rampant racism in the Earth Kingdom. Yashamaru on the other hand still refuses racism but sees tradition and cultural differences as something that constitutes the "true value of a human".
Book 1: Friendship
Book 2: Disharmony
Book 3: Vengeance
Book 4: Punishment
Yashamaru is a Metalbender who is a member of the Neokuvirans (an army inspired by the ideals of Kuvira and wants to reform the Earth Empire). The democracy in Earth Kingdom has become corrupt, clandestine immigration, social inequalities and crime run rampant. The Earth Kingdom is caught in a power struggle between the Earth Democratic Army, the Vengeful Spirits (a racist group of Spirits who see human industrialization as a profanation to their sacred land) and the Neokuvirans. The series starts with 25-year-old Yashamaru fighting Laoren and being hit with an earth spear in the chest and almost killed. He spends an entire 15-episode Book in a coma, reminiscing about their former friendship, and how they had folded the plot of the Triad crime lord Tokichiro (which led to Laoren learning how to bend other elements except Earth and at the same time to Yashamaru mastering Metalbending) and ends with Yashamaru and Laoren parting their ways forever. The "Disharmony" book is about Yashamaru fighting general Wusei of the Democratic Army, while Laoren is busy keeping the Vengeful at bay. The Vengeance book is about the Vengeful Spirits attacking the Earth Kingdom and the two former friends having to team up once again (but still not being able to make peace). Book 4 is the Neokuvirans ultimately launching their full-scale attack on the parts of the Earth Kingdom still controlled by the Democratic army and ends with Yashamaru and Laoren fighting each other for the last time. Yashamaru holds his own against a Laoren in Avatar state, and keeps fighting without surrendering, thinking his former friend is lost forever, until he inadvertedly kills him, ending the Avatar cycle once and for all. The ending shows Yashamaru condemned by Raava to be punished eternally, until Vaatu allows him to become his Avatar and escape the punishment, starting a new cycle.
Tie-in novels and comics show Yashamaru, now as the Dark Avatar, returning to the world. He decides to start a journey of self-redemption to atone for the sin he had committed and to be worthy of the title of a true Avatar.
Another possibilty for the ending is that Laoren exits from Avatar State after being defeated to give Yashamaru the chance to kill him without ending the Avatar cycle. Yashamaru kills him and buries his body near his house, always remembering him.
Would it be cool?