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Legend of Korra Book 3: Change |OT| SCHEDULEBENDING
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the one really bad nc video i recall was during a look at nicktoons and he clearly only watched the first episode of hey arnold for the review and judged the entire show off it.
But....but they hear it. With their own ears. How does that happen?
And only noticing Azula's fire is blue at the very end, wtf.
Anyway, even when he's doing his serious reviews, I don't feel he tackles it with the right amount of depth or explanation. Occasionally he makes an insightful comment, but not often enough to keep me watching. I guess I just don't think he's a good reviewer because whenever he views a work, he primarily searches for things he can use for humor more often than not, which is understandable, since that's the way he trained his brain to think for the last several years. I'm guessing thats why he genuinely likes the Twilight movies, since they're so funny to him. Again, why I like the JesuOtaku and Todd, they analyze subjects as art first, then make the jokes along the way, which end up being much funnier to me anyway as they have a deeper understanding of the material.
I do genuinely wonder whether he actually thought he could end the Nostalgia critic, or was it just a publicity stunt for how he'd alter his terms.
Edit: Now we don't even talk about TLA when we have no episodes. Now we jsut talk about anything that comes to mind. Lawl.
Mr. Bamboo
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I think Nostalgia critic is alright, a lot of recent episodes he did try to tell you something. The lorax being one of them where he actually analyzed the move and picked it apart some what.
I usually don't listen to his Avatar V logs
Also, writing a book is hard, and what is the average word count for them anyway, bah I'll finish it sooner or later and edit it.
I usually don't listen to his Avatar V logs
Also, writing a book is hard, and what is the average word count for them anyway, bah I'll finish it sooner or later and edit it.
TacticalFox88
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His Last Airbender review is BY FAR the best review video or written on that POS
It's not even close
It's not even close
Infinite Justice
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hmmm
haven't watched critic for a while now.
i did return after the whole demo reel/critic's return snafu but i dropped it again due to other stuff. Sad to hear the TLA stuff he did reviews had those issues.
haven't watched critic for a while now.
i did return after the whole demo reel/critic's return snafu but i dropped it again due to other stuff. Sad to hear the TLA stuff he did reviews had those issues.
Admiral Woofington
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Personally I stopped watching Nostalgia Critic once it seemed like his fame/popularity got over his head and he became even more of a character that he already was. Like I understand that's a persona, but at one point all of his reactions and exagerated screaming at shit became too frequent, almost looking like he was aiming to please the lowest common denominator. Not to mention that the movies he made with his team were absolute crap. Like horrible horrible crap films. I just watched Sharknado 2 and I wouldn't watch one of his films again.
As to Korra just watched the latest episode. The creepy Nuc Tuc fans were absolutely hilarious. Asami whooped Bolin's ass at avatar checkers, and we finally got the scene from the gif of Mako with the wall running! But of course the fight took a whole of 5 seconds as Bolin and Mako promptly got their asses kicked. Like always. What's even the point of having them fight.
As to Korra just watched the latest episode. The creepy Nuc Tuc fans were absolutely hilarious. Asami whooped Bolin's ass at avatar checkers, and we finally got the scene from the gif of Mako with the wall running! But of course the fight took a whole of 5 seconds as Bolin and Mako promptly got their asses kicked. Like always. What's even the point of having them fight.
I'm checking out nostalgia's review **holy shit the back and forth with the tank/single stone scene haha
This is a hilarious recap of M.Night's career including Cringebender
The self assassination of M. Night Shyamalan Parts 1-4
http://youtu.be/NmbPdWZEFr8
http://youtu.be/vDI4HSGeF20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDhcizYmqT0
http://youtu.be/RS2uuqH2vjQ
After Earth Parts 1-3 (SURH)
http://youtu.be/LZB3GLIRx-c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M5BJE0fNJg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb6nX0PlIuw
If this happens I'm coming for you Anihawk.
m_shortpants
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I know a guy IRL named Zaheer. Every time I speak with him now I think of Korra which I find hilarious.
Same spelling and everything.
Same spelling and everything.
Infinite Justice
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huh that's the best part of critic' reviews tbh where he starts to sound like Weird Al's younger brother and the reactions.
Admiral Woofington
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It was amusing at first when it was toned down. But to be honest I've now moved on to RedLetterMedia for my critical and funny analysis/reviews of films. It's like Nostalgia Critic, only with more professionalism added to it (aka less nerdy guy in his basement type of feeling).
I really don't like those two. They don't offer much to the story. First season they were love triangle (then quadrangle) fodder which sucked and dragged out a romantic subplot that wrecked pacing and characterization. Mako's a moody dullard which could work, but he's playing off of Bolin's humor which clashes with the show--Bolin's an idiot so a lot of what should be jokes are just hindrances to the people around him. Mako comes off less like his older brother and more like his babysitter, which isn't the best character type to have on the action-oriented show. Time spent with them felt like time wasted when we could have been world building and focusing on the Equalists.
Second season Mako got in some more pointless relationship drama and acted like a moron in his investigations. Bolin acted like a moron too (arranged marriage idiocy, letting Verrick use him), but lost what little lovable buffoonery he had in the process by letting his stardom go to his head and splitting from the group. Everyone eventually got back together, but I can't remember how or why.
Third season so far: Mako's done little and has been recognized in universe as being a clueless jackass by Asami and Korra (necessary if they want to do anything useful with the character, but I'm not seeing much progress here yet). Bolin continues to cause small problems for those around him (trusting the pickpocket he just met, getting him and his brother trapped in the lower ring away from their group [they found their family that way, but holy contrivance Batman], keeping a low profile in a critical tailing mission by wearing bright yellow ponchos.)
All in all, sure, they fight alongside Korra to save the day, but they aren't especially adept fighters and both have shown lapses in their loyalty to Korra at one point or another, and both for stupidly short sighted petty reasons. As far as traveling companions (for Avatar missions) go, she can do better than these two. As far as characters go, they're not much more than token earth and fire benders/The Funny Guy and The Straight Man. The brother dynamic gets some good play every so often, but their interactions with other people lack depth because they aren't that deep of characters.
Infinite Justice
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hmmm
tbf fair it might have changed to what you have said since i haven't watched it for a while but i loved the ones i watched (bat credit card, and most recent was the earthbending in that TLA movie although that was more subdued iirc).
might check out your RedLetterMedia suggestion as well
They replaced the nerdy guy with navel gazing and a general feeling of douchebaginess.
Dreadnought
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What the fuck is going on at Nick? This is beyond embarrassing now...
Yeah, I can't believe they haven't put it on iTunes. Surely they're giving up a lot of money by not having it available for sale on there.
Septimus Prime
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I wonder why Mako doesn't use lightning in fights. Seems it'd be pretty effective against water benders.
Admiral Woofington
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Phoenician_Viking
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I did not like how Korra and Zaheer got random power ups. I did like the motives of the red lotus. And i really like the fact that Mako and Bolin got their asses kicked by superior benders. Why Mako does not use lightning anymore? It does not make sense?
Just random question, can Naga bend? All the 3 other masters animals can bend their elements yet i have not seen Naga bend water.
Just random question, can Naga bend? All the 3 other masters animals can bend their elements yet i have not seen Naga bend water.
Doesn't appear so yet from what we've seen but she is pretty fast and strong and can track really well
So not like she's lacking anything from not having any bending abilities
I dont think water has a master animal. The benders learned water bending from the moon or something.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
She does not need it but it bugs me.
Yeah, the push and pull of the moon. But it still bugs me that she does not.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Energy bending under air bending, and sea weed bending(the swamp guy made a huge beast out of roots and sea weeds) under water bending.
DP sorry.
Water benders have healing and that weird spirit thing.
badcrumble
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Add barefoot vibration-perception under the Earth Bending category.
Add energy redirection (especially lightning-based) under the Fire Bending category.
Add vine bending and healing under the Water Bending category.
I think that's about it, though.
Zod the Bear
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Jinora said that the spirit affinity/out of body experiences were a subset of airbending in the episode she had to look for Kai, right?
badcrumble
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Kinda funny that a few episodes later they had an earthbender also being able to visit the spirit world, heh.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Air bender, not earth bender.
Seems to me you dont have to be a bender at all. Zaheer looked like hes been visiting the spirit world for awhile now(before he got airbending)
EatinOlives
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Well I feel the writers kinda blew their load by instantly having Z-team fight Desna, Eska, Tonraq and motherfucking Firelord Zuko, and having them get their ass beat. If a team like that couldn't last longer than a minute, Mako and Bolin fighting two of them is pretty pointless in terms of entertaining matchups. Though to be fair, they did say they were only trying to distract them.
Admiral Woofington
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It still has gotten to the point that I don't care for them as benders. I understand they're not master benders. But going from ATLA where everytime Katara or Toph got into a fight you were all "AW SHIT SON TIME TO SEE SOME KICKASS BATTLES" to the Krew where Korra carries everybody. Ugh.
I understand this particular group of people are like as OP as they come, but jesus Mako and Bolin couldn't even battle the wonder twins and win. So again, they better leave regular henchmen for them.
blitzwolf215
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Anyone can visit the spirit world, the astral projection thing is what Jinora said was an advance airbending technique.
Admiral Woofington
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I think I FTFY. Somebody mentioned energy redirection, but that falls under lightning bending as it has only been used for lightning bending so far. The whole foot vibration thing is just a part of earth bending as well, something masters have more affinity to.
And once again we see that Air Bending is as powerful as it is in general, under the right master, because there are no specializations that have been studied as of yet. Maybe Meelo or Zaheer will find a specialization who knows. I could see Meelo in the future sucking the air out of lungs of enemies and making them pass out/die like an air bending terminator.
badcrumble
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The truthteller dude Aiwei is an earthbender.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I thought you were talking about Zaheer.
these were shown at the SDCC panel but never got posted in here
spoilers
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Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I just re-watched ATLA, and my god it did not age at all. It still great. I re-watched mainly because i forgotten a lot of things about it, and i thought that i might be looking at ATLA with tainted glasses, and i thought i put it on a pedestal. I thought i was not giving Korra a fair look, since i forgot a lot about ATLA. I am happy being wrong on all accounts.
Almost everything between the two series has been discussed, but i think i have not seen anyone discuss the wild life (not spirits, just animals) difference between the two shows. ATLA´s variety of wild life destroys Korra. It´s amazing how many animals we see in ATLA, and some of them were useful like the platapus (small squids) that helped Sokka and the gang from escaping the city by pretending to have the plague.
Oh yeah, this is silly, i see the great divide episode of the two clans fighting over a misunderstanding as a parallel about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Yeah i know, but both of them think they are the children of Abraham. Both of them fighting over a misunderstanding (religion). Yeah it seems like a very silly parallel, but i could not help but seeing the similarities between the great divide episode and Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Korra´s fillers never gave me this kind of parallel.
Anyway re-watching Avatar was really great to remember how amazing the show and character were.
Almost everything between the two series has been discussed, but i think i have not seen anyone discuss the wild life (not spirits, just animals) difference between the two shows. ATLA´s variety of wild life destroys Korra. It´s amazing how many animals we see in ATLA, and some of them were useful like the platapus (small squids) that helped Sokka and the gang from escaping the city by pretending to have the plague.
Oh yeah, this is silly, i see the great divide episode of the two clans fighting over a misunderstanding as a parallel about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Yeah i know, but both of them think they are the children of Abraham. Both of them fighting over a misunderstanding (religion). Yeah it seems like a very silly parallel, but i could not help but seeing the similarities between the great divide episode and Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Korra´s fillers never gave me this kind of parallel.
Anyway re-watching Avatar was really great to remember how amazing the show and character were.
True. And also true.
Cloud Strife
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Celestial Body Bending
Galaxy Bending
Galaxy Bending
ATLA is just great. I've re-watched it to, and it really does hold up. I would say, only Season 1 kind of has issues (and whether that bothers you, is dependent on the person watching the show). Personally, I'm okay with the show starting off as really silly/kiddyish. Because I feel it works in the overall narrative (of Aang being a little kid, and having to eventually abandon his youth). Plus, the episodes are still fun. Also, Season 1 picks up substantially in the half way mark.
Book 3 for me, is the one that really improved during my re-watch. A lot of fans criticize it. But I think it has some of the best overall episodes in the series.
Anyone can walk into the portals and go into the spirit world now that they are open. And technically, anyone could project their spirits out of their body and enter it. But the portals being open doesn't make it easier. And it's still supposed to be something very rare.
Shouta
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Story reason: Probably takes him a few seconds to generate it and most fights have shit getting chucked at him the entire time so he can't gather the energy to do it.
Plotting reasons: The writers want to have Mako and Bolin evolve in their fighting so they can beat those benders and Lightning bending is his trump card. He'll beat one with lightning in the last few episodes, probably the waterbender.
Laving bending is earth?
I guess that's fair, Fire bending has lazers and Lighting, and energy transference. The entire essence of Heat. I wonder if you can reverse engineer that shit so you can use fire bending to freeze people to death. Think about that, think about a fire bender taking all the heat out of your damn body. Oh my god!
I guess that's fair, Fire bending has lazers and Lighting, and energy transference. The entire essence of Heat. I wonder if you can reverse engineer that shit so you can use fire bending to freeze people to death. Think about that, think about a fire bender taking all the heat out of your damn body. Oh my god!
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