So who has been watching the special they're running on Nickelodeon? You know the one about Korra? Don't worry if you haven't, I'm not watching it either and that's because the Avatar series finally let me down.
Don't get all upset, hear me out first. If you're a true fan then you know from the season finale of “Book one: Water,” all the way to "Sozin's Comet; Parts 1-4;" which was nominated and one a few Emmys (Wikiepedia.com), then you know that Avatar has continually shocked us with each season and how “Skeletons in the Closet” and “Endgame” didn’t really compete. Let me break it down for you by finales:
1. "Siege of the North; Parts 1&2":
· Iroh shows a good side to him.
· Aang combines with the Ocean spirit to do some serious damage.
· Katara got an upgrade and got degraded in that fight with Zuko.
· Sokka fell in love and got his heart broken.
· Moon spirit died and came back thanks to Princess Yue.
· And above all we get to see our first glimpse of psychotic, mommy issues, Firebending prodigy Azula.
2. "The Guru" and "Crossroads of Destiny" (I'll sum this one up in two sentences:)
· Aang tries to take control of the Avatar state which gets us to view the emotional turmoil of his character more and who doesn't love the Big AS?
· Azula KILLS Aang and Katara brings him back with the spirit oasis water (thank God she didn't use it on Zuko) but the Avatar state is now lost forever...
3. Or is it? "Sozin's Comet;" Part 1: "The Phoenix King," Part 2: "The Old Masters," Part 3: "Into the Inferno," and Part 4: "Avatar Aang" (This one will be longer folks):
· Azula becomes a whack out fire lord.
· The series takes its first step to becoming darker with the Fire Lord's plan for the arrival of Sozin's Comet.
· Aang gets to talk to two previous Avatars we've never seen before and meets a lion turtle.
· The Agni Kai—gosh that scene is so beautiful and if you have a sibling you love dearly try imagining you and them finally fighting basically to the death...I don't know about you but I couldn't imagine taking my little sister down like that, even if by that point she was completely insane.
· The fight with Ozai in which he accidently reactivated the Avatar State—and in case you didn't notice ,basically allowed us to have a Legend of Korra in the first place.
Aang tries to show mercy and still does but opens up the possibility of Energybending—again another Legend of Korra birth mother.
· Zuko is Fire Lord and Aang is a fully realized Avatar and the 100 years of peace are about to begin.
· And the kiss that will eventually lead to creating Tenzin.
All fantastic endings, but the Finale to “Air” left me wanting a lot more and not in the I can't wait for season two fashion. I can't wait, but the finale was weak in my opinion.
When it came down to it, it was obvious Korra would somehow learn to replace the bending taken away. If it can be taken away it can be given back. The fight with Amon had a lot to be desired, it was just too quick. Also it was a little cheesy with the whole oh now she can Airbend, or the "I love you's" between her and Mako. The only cool or exciting part was the fact that Aang was somehow able to give Korra her bending back even though he's dead, and that Amon was Tarrlok’s brother which totally replaces my earlier comment in a post back in the day that says that episode with Tarrlok and Yakone was pointless, until we got deeper into the storyline. Oh! And let's face it, the real exciting part of the whole finale was when Tarrlok killed him and his brother trying to rid the world of the evil their father had created. That was the only thing that had me feel like I didn't waste my hour.
Avatar has had higher standards when it came to their finales and I don't blame the people who work on the show, I blame nickelodeon. They gave them a rinky-dink time slot and not very much time to make the season all come together. I know this show is totally different from The Last Airbender, but Nick put restraints on them and so everything is rushed. Now they have two extra episodes for next season so we'll see how that goes. But it's still rushed. I'm not saying it’s not a good show, it's a great show but the finale disappointed me. Well what do you think? Let me know in the comments below. And if you can check out the specials starting at 9:00pm on Nick and see what's going on behind the scenes. Anyway until next time, According to Michael III, The Legend of Korra first season was good, but we've seen better.
—Michael III
P.S…
SEASON ONE IS NOT OVER!
That’s right folks. I was doing a little more research after I typed this up and now Legend of Korra has been expanded to two seasons of 52 episodes total. The first season is set to have the last 14 which we originally supposed to be season 2 join together with season one making season one 26 episodes long with two books (Wikipedia.com). Season two will break down the same way with two books and 26 more episodes. Trust me when I say this, a season three will be ordered, and you can bet your ass on that one. But to me it’s still too rushed. In The Last Airbender each season was one book entirely so rushing the books still seems like it’s a little hectic. But look at it this way; we will now have three more books with a FULLY REALIZED Avatar. No more training except probably in the spiritual sense for Korra, but she’s fully realized now, all elements and Avatar state and all. So we’ll actually get to see an Avatar traveling the world doing their Avatar duties so that should be cool. I wonder who the next villain will be now that Amon is dead. Let’s face it, there is no way Amon lived through that explosion and if he did that will be stretching it a little too much for Avatar. Even though he was surrounded by water he had no idea what Tarrlok was about to do, and when Zuko blew up, he was a Firebender so that made sense he was able to survive.
While I still feel like they’re rushing the show, hopefully now given more episodes, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko will be able to focus on getting the story across and won’t feel so rushed. Also another question; for those of you that remembered last time when I asked what would the last book be called, well think about it now. With three extra books on our way and “Air” has been used, what will the last three books be called? Start debating with other fans and get ready for a long wait. They just finished writing the last 14 in June and are storyboarding and getting the animation rolling; Book 2 is set to air next year…I know, really long time to keep watching the same twelve episodes over and over again. But we’ll see. I feel that this show is really about to start rolling thanks to Nick making a somewhat smarter call. And as long as they keep making money they will probably order a season 3, so keep spreading the word. GAH! I’m all excited now! Anyway, until next time, According to Michael III, research is aweeeesooooooommme!
—Michael III
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