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Legend of Korra Book 4: Balance |OT| A Feast of Crows

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Joeytj said:
Hope Episode 6 comes on at midnight or just after midnight on Amazon, not like last time, which took about 45 minutes.

A couple more hours until the "Battle of Zaofu"
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yeah last time I preferred waking up early. I'll do the same again though. if it's not up by 2:30 central i'll head to bed.
 
Hamlet said:
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I was scanning over the page quickly and when I saw this I almost had a heart attack.
 
Now up on Amazon and iTunes, but it's still not available if you have the season pass - _ -

It's only giving me the option of buying it again on HD and SD, what!?
 
Korra on BD is actually a lot cheaper than the digital downloads, I don't get Nick's pricing. Probably just paying premium for early access.
 
The pay-off for this slow burning season better be amazing,
because this was another disappointing episode for the heroes.

The episode had
great lines, great pacing, Varrick was awesome, and Kuvira too, but I'm tired of Korra still being week and being pushed around. That duel between Korra and Kuvira was frustrating, to say the least. When she finally entered the Avatar State, I was glad, but then Nega-Korra returned. I suspected she wasn't gone completely, and the metal pieces arch was still only part of her recovery, but it came at an inconvenient moment for the season. IT needs to pick up NOW.

Also, as suspected, Suying was duped of course. Korra, however as much low her diplomatic skills are, was right in that Su screwed Zaofu herself.

Look, I get it. Korra was being pushed around both physically and verbally by both Kuvira and Opal, representing just how lost Korra is still is, both as a person and the Avatar. But these last three or four episodes have basically shown a static Korra, that only slightly recuperates. And I know that's what the writers want, to stretch Korra's recovery as much as possible in order for it to "look real", but the problem is (besides the lack of bending fights) that very little is being sowed within Korra to justify four episodes of her being pushed around or just in a constant state of "blah."

The entire Swamp arch
is in danger of being meaningless and just an excuse to throw in Toph if Korra's final recovery happens outside of it. Everything could come together great at the end, but the more they stretch this out, the less that becomes possible, but I kind-of see where this is going.

On the other hand, the humor in this episode, despite my rant, was the best of Book 4 so far.
Between Verrick and Baatar Jr.'s dynamic, Meelo's paintings and even a great cameo by Huan, they nailed a lot of the old ATLA humor. Verrick is so far one of the highlights of Book 4.
 
Yeah still going a bit slow, and we are close to the halfway point of book. I hope it doesn't ends up rushing so much in the later half. The episode was still enjoyable outside of that through.
 
Finally something interesting happens. I hated last episode so I'm pretty happy this one was good. This is the first time since the first episode that I feel like I need to watch the next one now. Timmy H comin' though once again.

The fight went about as well as I expected. I was pretty surprised that Korra still had her PTSD moment. I think I like that this happened rather than her just straight out losing. The fight animation was great as usual. Varrick was great, not much to say there.

I really hope the next episode rides this momentum.
 
Just a question...
Is it safe to assume that nega korra is vattu growing through korra? I vaguely remember something like this in season 2...
 
Joeytj said:
The pay-off for this slow burning season better be amazing,
because this was another disappointing episode for the heroes.

The episode had
great lines, great pacing, Varrick was awesome, and Kuvira too, but I'm tired of Korra still being week and being pushed around. That duel between Korra and Kuvira was frustrating, to say the least. When she finally entered the Avatar State, I was glad, but then Nega-Korra returned. I suspected she wasn't gone completely, and the metal pieces arch was still only part of her recovery, but it came at an inconvenient moment for the season. IT needs to pick up NOW.

Also, as suspected, Suying was duped of course. Korra, however as much low her diplomatic skills are, was right in that Su screwed Zaofu herself.

Look, I get it. Korra was being pushed around both physically and verbally by both Kuvira and Opal, representing just how lost Korra is still is, both as a person and the Avatar. But these last three or four episodes have basically shown a static Korra, that only slightly recuperates. And I know that's what the writers want, to stretch Korra's recovery as much as possible in order for it to "look real", but the problem is (besides the lack of bending fights) that very little is being sowed within Korra to justify four episodes of her being pushed around or just in a constant state of "blah."

The entire Swamp arch
is in danger of being meaningless and just an excuse to throw in Toph if Korra's final recovery happens outside of it. Everything could come together great at the end, but the more they stretch this out, the less that becomes possible, but I kind-of see where this is going.

On the other hand, the humor in this episode, despite my rant, was the best of Book 4 so far.
Between Verrick and Baatar Jr.'s dynamic, Meelo's paintings and even a great cameo by Huan, they nailed a lot of the old ATLA humor. Verrick is so far one of the highlights of Book 4.
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I pretty much agree with this. The rest of the season can't have any more sitting around and nothing happening. This episode was a step in the right direction.
 
DEATH™;137738674 said:
Just a question...
Is it safe to assume that nega korra is vattu growing through korra? I vaguely remember something like this in season 2...
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In a recent Q&A, Mike and Bryan said that Vaatu is too weak to do anything at this point (and probably for a long while), so no it not being caused by him
 
DEATH™;137738674 said:
Just a question...
Is it safe to assume that nega korra is vattu growing through korra? I vaguely remember something like this in season 2...
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Bryke answered this in their recent AMA on reddit.



Q: At the end of book 2, Vaatu was "vanquished". Does this mean that he has receded within Raava? More importantly, is he technically within Korra at the moment?
A: I would say yes. In the writer's room we talked about if Vaatu's presence would affect Korra in any way, but decided he's so weak at this point, he's unable to do anything. Check back with whoever's the Avatar in another 10,000 years, and I'm sure Vaatu will be giving them trouble.
 
Considering Korra just had that mercury poisoning out of her system a while ago and didn't really fight that much beyond the underground arena, I'm not at all surprised this was gonna be a one-sided match against Ms. "The Great Uniter". Hell, I had a feeling her Avatar State wouldn't help much, but I didn't expect those hallucinations to come back. I'm a little hesitant to say I actually enjoy that fight.

So this will probably be the time to get her mental act together before she can finally win. Aang knows she's long overdue.

Varrick was just Varrick and I loved that.
 
Pappasman said:
I pretty much agree with this. The rest of the season can't have any more sitting around and nothing happening. This episode was a step in the right direction.
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Don't get me wrong, of the three or four last episodes, this one was the best or at the least the one I will be rewatching because of a lot of great moments with
Varrick, Korra, Kuvira
and, who would've guessed,
Huan and both Baatars.

Now that I got pass my initial expectations for this episode, I'm liking this episode even more. Very good,
Kuvira explained her motivations more and we are getting real depth to her, especially while fighting Korra and her cockiness is great.

According to slides from NYCC, next episode is when
Korra gets her new water tribe outfit and we get a Team Avatar reunion (sans Bolin).
 
Korra fucking up once again.

This episode was kind of slow, even with the fight between Korra and Kuvira. The pacing felt off to me. It feels like nothing significant is happening this season other than Kuvira going after Zaofu and they're milking that.

The good thing is that Kuvira finally took the city and now we get some more progress in the story.
 
-Deimos said:
Korra fucking up once again.

This episode was kind of slow, even with the fight between Korra and Kuvira. The pacing felt off to me. It feels like nothing significant is happening this season other than Kuvira going after Zaofu and they're milking that.

The good thing is that Kuvira finally took the city and now we get some more progress in the story.
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Because of my desire to
also Korra recuperate and kick some ass,
I was also disappointed at the beginning, but I took a look at the episode again and actually liked it even more.

Naga-Korra
suddenly
coming back on Kuvira's FACE
was not what expected and was a pretty great moment.
When we saw that moment in the trailer, I knew that Korra wouldn't win, but was intrigued about how she would lose, or under what circumstances.

I was getting frustrated
by her weakness at the beginning, but I'm glad getting the metal pieces out of Korra wasn't the final solution to Korra's hallucinations and at the end of her battle with Kuvira, I was actually even relieved that we got Naga-Korra back. Korra finding a real, psychological solution to the hallucinations is something I'm looking forward to and a reason Korra Alone was such a great episode.
 
Joeytj said:
Because of my desire to
also Korra recuperate and kick some ass,
I was also disappointed at the beginning, but I took a look at the episode again and actually liked it even more.

Naga-Korra
suddenly
coming back on Kuvira's FACE
was not what expected and was a pretty great moment.
When we saw that moment in the trailer, I knew that Korra wouldn't win, but was intrigued about how she would lose, or under what circumstances.

I was getting frustrated
by her weakness at the beginning, but I'm glad getting the metal pieces out of Korra wasn't the final solution to Korra's hallucinations and at the end of her battle with Kuvira, I was actually even relieved that we got Naga-Korra back. Korra finding a real, psychological solution to the hallucinations is something I'm looking forward to and a reason Korra Alone was such a great episode.
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I'm a little glad too that she isn't at 100% strength still but that fight scene was pretty lame. I'm not saying Korra should've been winning, but at least she could've been doing something other than getting her ass handed to her. It wasn't even dramatic, just pathetic and we've had enough of pathetic Korra for one season.

Skimming through it again, the episode itself wasn't bad. I guess I'm just disappointed with the fight...and for some reason the Varrick/train scenes feel so lifeless. I don't know why, I think it might be a lack of music or something.
 
Nearly at the end of the latest episode. Kuvira's a pretty rubbish villain to be honest; she's literally just Hitler and her motivations are pretty thin. Honestly, I'd rather this series there were no real villain and it were just about Korra trying to regain her confidence and unite the disparate factions of the Earth Kingdom.

Joeytj said:
The pay-off for this slow burning season better be amazing,
because this was another disappointing episode for the heroes.

The episode had
great lines, great pacing, Varrick was awesome, and Kuvira too, but I'm tired of Korra still being week and being pushed around. That duel between Korra and Kuvira was frustrating, to say the least. When she finally entered the Avatar State, I was glad, but then Nega-Korra returned. I suspected she wasn't gone completely, and the metal pieces arch was still only part of her recovery, but it came at an inconvenient moment for the season. IT needs to pick up NOW.

Also, as suspected, Suying was duped of course. Korra, however as much low her diplomatic skills are, was right in that Su screwed Zaofu herself.

Look, I get it. Korra was being pushed around both physically and verbally by both Kuvira and Opal, representing just how lost Korra is still is, both as a person and the Avatar. But these last three or four episodes have basically shown a static Korra, that only slightly recuperates. And I know that's what the writers want, to stretch Korra's recovery as much as possible in order for it to "look real", but the problem is (besides the lack of bending fights) that very little is being sowed within Korra to justify four episodes of her being pushed around or just in a constant state of "blah."

The entire Swamp arch
is in danger of being meaningless and just an excuse to throw in Toph if Korra's final recovery happens outside of it. Everything could come together great at the end, but the more they stretch this out, the less that becomes possible, but I kind-of see where this is going.

On the other hand, the humor in this episode, despite my rant, was the best of Book 4 so far.
Between Verrick and Baatar Jr.'s dynamic, Meelo's paintings and even a great cameo by Huan, they nailed a lot of the old ATLA humor. Verrick is so far one of the highlights of Book 4.
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Really agree with your points - particularly about the pointlessness of the swamp episode and Verrick being great. I understand Korra's recovery needs to take some time, but we're six episodes in and there's still a status quo. They need to get this aspect of the plot moving, and also address
the 'ghost Korra' who's haunting her
.

She also needs to be tougher, as it seems every ordinary bender can kick her arse. Bearing in mind she's been training as the Avatar for probably 10 years before the show begins and she has 'mastered' fighting with fire, earth and water, and yet she can't take out any ordinary benders in a fight.
 
The Lgend of Korra, Book 4, Episode 6:

God damn it, Legend of Korra, I have never seen an alleged villain be so right about the situation, you have utterly failed in this regard series, I could not be cheering for Kuvira more right now. For fuck sakes, Korra herself rightly pointed that Su Lin was the aggressor here and really Korra was fighting out of a sense of obligation to the Avatar mantle more then anything else. Su Lin is a coward and traitor to the Earth Kingdom, she deserves to removed from powered and locked away for trying to tend to her own garden while the larger kingdom burned. Also, Kuvira pointed out something that I had been thinking about weeks ago, this is an internal dispute and Kuvira is doing what is deemed necessary. To my great shock, Kuvira pretty much kept her word about things, though trying to kill the Avatar outright was a little much. Also, Zao Fu still stands, I was certain that it was going destroyed by a death beam. Speaking of which, Verrick and Bolin is a great team and I want more of that. Also, how sad is it that Zhu Li is a bigger character then either Asami or that other guy, Ma-Ku I think. Of course, now the stage is set for Kuvira to actually overstep some bounds because the business of uniting is over with the fall of Zao Fu. Yet she harbors the ambition still of building a super weapon. If you have been paying attention to the map, then you would have seen Republic City marked with a Red X. Yes, I think Kuvira is going to be marching with the old Earth Queen's ambition. God damn, I have been enjoying this season.
 
Much better episode than last week and it finally broke the tension. Thank god we can finally move past this "take over the last city" stuff.
 
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Oh my Jesus Christ I want to Varrick myself. I don't even. . . . . . .

Even the fighting was bad.
 
Decent episode but not without its issues.

Surprise surprise Suyin went straight into a trap and gave the validation Kuvira needed.
Korra/Kuvira fight went as one would expect. Getting pretty tired of seeing Korra getting beaten over and over again. Still it was a decent fight even if it was sorely lacking those Kuvira Drums i've come to love.
Loved just how smug and confident Kuvira was during the duel. All those little smirks and giggles from her throughout the fight were great.
Baatar Jr continues to be a big dick. Though he did give us this interesting face.
Quite enjoyed the Varrick and Bolin part of the episode. Varrick may be crazy but he gets results. Should be fun seeing them try and escape the Earth Kingdom together.
Lol at the Meelo painting again.

Still looking forward to all of those reunions once Korra gets back to Republic City in the next episode.
 
Hamlet said:
Decent episode but not without its issues.

Surprise surprise Suyin went straight into a trap and gave the validation Kuvira needed.
Korra/Kuvira fight went as one would expect. Getting pretty tired of seeing Korra getting beaten over and over again. Still it was a decent fight even if it was sorely lacking those Kuvira Drums i've come to love.
Loved just how smug and confident Kuvira was during the duel. All those little smirks and giggles from her throughout the fight were great.
Baatar Jr continues to be a big dick. Though he did give us this interesting face.
Quite enjoyed the Varrick and Bolin part of the episode. Varrick may be crazy but he gets results. Should be fun seeing them try and escape the Earth Kingdom together.
Lol at the Meelo painting again.

Still looking forward to all of those reunions once Korra gets back to Republic City in the next episode.
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I loved her smugness as well. I am going to love it even more when Korra wipes it off her face in the finale.
 
MartyStu said:
I loved her smugness as well. I am going to love it even more when Korra wipes it off her face in the finale.
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Ha just a matter of time as they are still really pushing/forcing all of those evil moments from Kuvira.
Like this scene. So was kuvira attempting to kill Korra here or what.
Dammit Kuvira you're better than that.
 
Good episode.

Also, why would swamp arc be for nothing? Character development and all that jazz. Again y'all are being overly critical. They're likely going to relegate one final episode to her getting over her PTSD. If it was just one episode without any buildup you guys would be complaining that there was another deus ex machina so take what you have right now as it'd be better than the alternative.
 
Looks like Korra still has some hangovers in regards to her PTSD. I'm glad they did that, as I was worried removing the metal would be the end of that little bit of character development.

I also like that Varrick screwed over Bataar Jr. with the spirit vine bomb.

Plus that's three episodes in a row without Mako now, right? Ah, it's so good.

Good episode. And as I said earlier, it "completes" Episode 5, so to speak, and further strengthens my view that they should've doubled up all the episodes this season, since they've paired so well together thusfar.
 
korra got her shit rocked! I actually enjoyed the fight. Kuvira pretty much just danced around Korra. She read her moves and pretty much made sure she couldn't even touch her. Korra doesn't seem to have an ounce of grace or refinement to her bending, she seems like a blunt instrument. Kuvira needs more fight scenes! It's also nice to see that Kuvira really adapted her technique around her armor, was also nice to see more classic combat forms in the fight, those two sure know how to strike a pose. Varrick was pretty fun to watch, clearly misses Zhu Li and even bolin was useful. Bataar clearly didn't lose any of his scientist brainwhile going all dark. Welp she's making a nuke. Have fun handling that shit.
 
Also no need to put spoiler tags on once a Nick link is posted.

Omikaru said:
Looks like Korra still has some hangovers in regards to her PTSD. I'm glad they did that, as I was worried removing the metal would be the end of that little bit of character development.

I also like that Varrick screwed over Bataar Jr. with the spirit vine bomb.

Plus that's three episodes in a row without Mako now, right? Ah, it's so good.

Good episode. And as I said earlier, it "completes" Episode 5, so to speak, and further strengthens my view that they should've doubled up all the episodes this season, since they've paired so well together thusfar.
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Ha yeah this must be the longest we've ever gone without Mako showing up and yeah it would have been nice to have double episodes but as more news comes out about the production you can really tell Nick rushed it out as fast as they possibly could.
As Studio Mir is still animating the last two episode and even just last week they said they are still working on the sound mixing for episode 9.
 
Decent episode, I see what they were trying to do with Kuvira vs Korra but given the previous fights in the series it just proves that Korra is an awful bender who can't beat even a halfway competent opponent without a deus ex. Varrick was pretty damn great, he made the episode though I will say that if Junior manages to build a working spirit vine bomb I'll call bullshit.

Speaking of Junior, someone better slap the shit out of him by the end of this series, his dad had the perfect opportunity.
 
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