Where is it going to go from here!? Anyone else but me excited for the next Avatar? And I don’t mean James Cameron’s ugly and pointless blue people, I mean the master of all four elements. According to Nickelodeon, I mean it is their show BTW, Avatar: The Legend of Korra will be coming out Saturday April 14th.
Korra is the next reincarnation of the Avatar, 70 years after the original series and the ending of the Hundred Years War. There is peace brought on by Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko. Korra is from the Southern Water Tribe and according to the creators of the show Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konieztko, she’s loosely based off of Avatar Kyoshi who was a favorite of the original series. Korra is already master of Water, Fire, and Earthbending, and has yet to learn Airbending. In the show she’ll end up learning Airbending from Aang and Katara’s son Tenzin, the youngest of Aang and Katara’s three kids and the only one that ended up being an Airbender. But don’t freak out though, Tenzin has three kids himself who are all Airbenders with a fourth child on the way. As the young “headstrong and rebellious girl” sets out to fulfill one of her duties as the Avatar conflict begins to brew in Republic City: A “metropolis inhabited by benders and non-benders of all nations and founded by Aang and Zuko after the One Hundred year war (Wikipedia). A group called the “Equalist” are starting a revolution between the benders and non-benders. As the story develops the creators kept the story focused all in one city to avoid repeating Aang’s adventures. We’ll see some ties to the original series as the comedy and action continues with the next installment of the Avatar; possibly even a little more with characters such as Chief Lin Beifong who is “Toph’s daughter and head of the Republic City Police who use Metalbenindg to subdue their criminals.” Let’s not also forget that sometimes the Avatar can communicate with their past lives to get some insight on how to solve their problems so expect to see an older, but not much older Aang in spirit. Then there is also the fact that KATARA IS STILL ALIVE EVERYONE……AND…
She’s Korra’s Waterbending master.
I would have more to give you on the show, but thanks to the poor planning, when they decided to release the first two episodes of the first season this weekend they only kept it up this weekend so by the time I tried to look yesterday they were down already. Let’s not forget by poor planning I mean they released the preview on the same damn weekend as The Hunger Games. Who does that without thinking!?
But I’m sitting here with my wife trying to get her caught up on The Last Airbender before the next segment arrives in three weeks so she doesn’t ask me questions when The Legend of Korra makes references, and I kept help but wait to see how big this new Avatar will be, and once they end Korra’s story, where will they go from there. Personally, I would like to see a story that explains how the Avatar got started in the first place, why there was a need for one. How the first Avatar realized their destiny. How the reincarnation cycle was established. Anyone else agree? Either way, set your Calendars to April 14th everyone! And remember, According to Michael III, Avatar Korra is going to make one big splash! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)
—Michael III
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But what I can give you is a couple of looks at the new series! Here you go!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmsT63BgFPw
http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/legend-of-korra-trailer-a-new-hope-rises.html
http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/legend-of-korra-101-the-next-avatar-clip.html
This last one is my favorite; she’s such a little prodigy! That’s cool she taught herself though…which begs a new question how strong will she really be? But this is the clip that gave me the title so check them all out or just the last one if you like.
—Michael III
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