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Xpike
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I laugh at how we never got a conclusion to Opal/Bolin except that they dance at the wedding
Legend of Korra Book 4: Balance |OT| A Feast of Crows
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I laugh at how we never got a conclusion to Opal/Bolin except that they dance at the wedding
Yup. Last hurrah of things feeling Avatar-y.
Guess the heart of the mech was the heart of the series.
+I bought all the emotional stuff. The Korrasami felt genuine.
+Mako getting fucking Carth'd, loooool
+The action
+The animation
+More Star Wars references with the ATAT cable takedown.
+Everyone got involved.
+The wedding scene was grand.
+The plotting to take down the colossus. Well communicated and well executed.
lol Wu beastmaster
lol bringing back Hiroshi just to kill him.
-Nothing in this episode in particular, but the Legend of Korra as a whole. Where was this introspection all series??? This learning from past events shit. Korra not being a dick. It could have all been so simple.
-Series is over. I will miss it a lot.
Earth > Change > Fire > Water = Balance > Air > Spirits. So many great episodes all through out this series. Such a great world.
+Mako getting fucking Carth'd, loooool
+The action
+The animation
+More Star Wars references with the ATAT cable takedown.
+Everyone got involved.
+The wedding scene was grand.
+The plotting to take down the colossus. Well communicated and well executed.
lol Wu beastmaster
lol bringing back Hiroshi just to kill him.
-Nothing in this episode in particular, but the Legend of Korra as a whole. Where was this introspection all series??? This learning from past events shit. Korra not being a dick. It could have all been so simple.
-Series is over. I will miss it a lot.
Earth > Change > Fire > Water = Balance > Air > Spirits. So many great episodes all through out this series. Such a great world.
heliosRAzi
Banned
Looks like Season 3 will go down as the best one
renegade_dewitt
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This season/series finale totally shows how grateful Bryke are to the fans and entire fandom. There are just so many elements to these last 2 episodes that pay homage to the entire fandom and especially to the fanfic community, Korrasami is just the beginning. IMHO.
Feels like they had no plans to write a Book 4 at all. Like they only wanted 3 seasons, but were like contracted to do one more. So they just made a season about nothing, and end about nothing.
m_shortpants
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He even charged up his lightning. It was great.
Atraveller
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Hey, I didn't pitch the phrase "Good Hitler", you did
How could they possibly end the terrible giant-robot-Kuvira-hitler plot in a good way? This was the best-case scenerio - ignoring it.
Yeah so you are talking about what, 4 seconds? There wasn't like an actual romantic plot itself. It was danced around the entire episode, then the last 4 seconds you got that. Again, I get that they might have got push back from the network. So I can understand.
But people are going to lose their shit over that, and say that makes the ending awesome?
Gah. I'm sorry. This ending was just mediocre through and through and had jack shit to say.
Don't know, but the ending was devoid of anything meaningful to say. I guess the finale was screwed from the get go, because the season was bad? Either way, doesn't make the ending not bad.
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Xpike
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Look at that stare.
Those are lovemaking eyes
Hey, I didn't pitch the phrase "Good Hitler", you did
Yeah, but she IS the Good Hitler. Everything she did was to push her people to new heights and be the uberbenders of the world. She was probably going to give all her citizens a new asamimobile, too.
Infinite Justice
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yea TAK continually doubling down on this garbage is one of the worst trends in the thread.
And i like how the stuff at the end is now the "jingling of keys to distract from whatever issues is happening outside of that" LOL
"eh it wasn't that great but HOLY SHIT that happened so its all good"
Wasn't the plot of TLA's finale pretty similar though?
Aside from the god-tier Azula scenes, of course.
Are you really trying to compare Ozai to Kuvira in a condensed single season?
And that's not even getting to all the other character pay offs the ATLA finale had. I'm really surprised people are excusing this finale. Lol Sigh oh well.
Nestled_Grizzly
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I enjoyed it. A good finale that could've been better.
^^^This was my minimum expectations.
I was very impressed with the taking down of the robot which was better than what I was expecting. A bunch of people came together and worked as a team. It felt really satisfying. No deus ex machina either.
Plus, I liked the relationship Korra ended up having at the end.
(At least it wasn't Makorra lol.)
Kuvira left a lot to be desired but, eh, I got what I wanted.
Yeah, I'm with Azula. It was probably a mistake to watch this in the middle of marathoning The Americans, but this was really low-impact. Mostly I was laughing at the show's attempts to make me feel something. Really clumsy stuff. And the fighting wasn't at all interesting.
m_shortpants
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The context is completely different. They just resolved a conflict that lasted 60 episodes or whatever. Ending on Aang and Katara kissing was justified because they got everything else out the way.
Korra sort of just...ends?
Nothing about Kuvira. 2 sentences about her "suffering". And then BAM KORRASAMI
Honestly, I think the Mako heart moment may have been the best in the episode...
Mr. Smiley
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Wait, are there people thinking Korrasami redeemed an otherwise mediocre ending?
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Xpike
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What was Korra supposed to do? Kill her in cold blood? Kuvira was completely defeated by that point, it wasn't like Ozai in which not killing him meant death for Aang and the Earth Kingdom.
You're saying the finale had not plot.
The plot was to stop Kuvira's path of destruction.
That... was the same as TLA's finale. Just smaller. Avatar vs villain. Team Avatar taking down a giant robot instead of a bunch of air ships.
If they went in the other direction and tried to add a meaningful ending to the Kuvira plot, then they would've just fucked it up even more and then the entire series would be tainted by a shit finale. Better to end it with nonsense action than with nonsense plot, right?
The Legend of Korra is an awful show anyways, might as well take the good we can.
renegade_dewitt
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If you watch some of the mediocre shonen anime that is out there, you will know how hard it is to create good, decent action sequences in animation. Using CG, its easy, but doing it all hand-drawn....that is real talent and skill...Korra, IMHO, epitomizes this to the highest degree. Those bending scenes were just amazing, especially when Korra was fighting Kuvira.
No, people who do not like the ending keep on implying that the only reason the people that liked it do so is because of the last scene.
Frankly, I find that insulting, but whatever.
BKatastrophe
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Welp, I really fucking liked that. I didn't buy much of the emotional stuff, but I saw them as satisfying arc conclusions.
Makes you wonder what happened to the other prisoners, though
Makes you wonder what happened to the other prisoners, though
Suppose people just weren't expecting them to going down that path with the ending or at least what it implied. I though it was sweet but the I probably got more joy at seeing Varrick and Zhu Li marry each other.
I don't the finale was that bad, I still found it pretty enjoyable as all the characters came together to try and take down the mech. Nowhere near as good as the Book 3 finale though but still decent and much better than the Book 2 finale or Book 1 also.
Perfect Cha0s
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Enjoyed the first half, meh about the second half.
The dismantling of the mech was really fun and well done, but watching them trying to wrap up plot that was barely got anywhere to begin with was funny. It felt much more like a mid-series season finale than an actual, series-ending one. Kuvira was a laughable villain, and it's hilarious that they tried to shoe-horn in a boo hoo backstory at the last minute. Korra should have ditched her with Zhao in the Fog of Lost Souls.
I'm glad they avoided a Makorra ending.
The dismantling of the mech was really fun and well done, but watching them trying to wrap up plot that was barely got anywhere to begin with was funny. It felt much more like a mid-series season finale than an actual, series-ending one. Kuvira was a laughable villain, and it's hilarious that they tried to shoe-horn in a boo hoo backstory at the last minute. Korra should have ditched her with Zhao in the Fog of Lost Souls.
I'm glad they avoided a Makorra ending.
The ATLA finale was all about death, and the fear of death, and the tragedy of family conflict, and a butting-against-heads of ideologies (kill or not kill)
There was just SO MUCH going on between the characters in those episodes. When Ozai started burning the world, I felt fear. When I saw Sokka apologizing to Toph for their impending deaths hanging off the airship (and Toph got all teary eyed) I got sad. When Zuko took the hit for Katara, I was stunned. When Azula freaked the fuck out after getting chained up, I was sorry for Azula AND disgusted. When Aang hid in the rock ball, I was super tense. When he went into full badass Avatar State, I was overcome with the raw power. Same when he fought for his soul when energy bending Ozai. I felt really relieved when it was all over, everyone was crowned, and the camera zoomed off into the sky.
In this... I felt a bit tense when Mako was zapping the heart, and was slightly worried he might not make it. And the rest of it was just me hanging out, watching.
vas_a_morir
Banned
It was okay. Kuvira really was a half-baked villain.
The Varrick romance was cringeworthy. I was really afraid they were going to squeeze in romance with Mako and Korra, but they didn't. The ending will drive the shippers crazy, though. Straight trollin'. I'll admit, I thought they were going to kiss, which would have been more shoe-horned in romance that really is not this series' strong suit.
Kuvira battle was good. Wu was probably the best part of this episode.
The Varrick romance was cringeworthy. I was really afraid they were going to squeeze in romance with Mako and Korra, but they didn't. The ending will drive the shippers crazy, though. Straight trollin'. I'll admit, I thought they were going to kiss, which would have been more shoe-horned in romance that really is not this series' strong suit.
Kuvira battle was good. Wu was probably the best part of this episode.
Cloud Strife
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Live reactions as I go:
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That laser scene where she cuts the city in half, fuuuuuuuuuuuck
-Lol Batar, IM SORRY MOM AHHHHHH
-No more things to do???! Omfg??
-Emp doesn't work on Kuvirabot because lol?
-Sato-pops back in the shoooow
-MEELO, YES!
-Varrick is so damn smooth, WOOOOOOOOO
-Oh shit, Satooooooo
-MAKO NOOOOOO, I actually can't believe I care this much
-How lucky is it that the cannon is perfectly able to fire tangled in vines. Okay.
-Soooo our Kuvira justification was I HAD NO PARENTS, YOU COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND, okay
-KORRASAMI?!!? KORRASAMI1!?!?!?!?
-KORRASMAMI!30-e9uj3qdpa903a9jpo
-Lol Batar, IM SORRY MOM AHHHHHH
-No more things to do???! Omfg??
-Emp doesn't work on Kuvirabot because lol?
-Sato-pops back in the shoooow
-MEELO, YES!
-Varrick is so damn smooth, WOOOOOOOOO
-Oh shit, Satooooooo
-MAKO NOOOOOO, I actually can't believe I care this much
-How lucky is it that the cannon is perfectly able to fire tangled in vines. Okay.
-Soooo our Kuvira justification was I HAD NO PARENTS, YOU COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND, okay
-KORRASAMI?!!? KORRASAMI1!?!?!?!?
-KORRASMAMI!30-e9uj3qdpa903a9jpo
m_shortpants
Member
Nothing on the new spirit portal. What was the point?
Nothing on reconnecting with the past Avatar lives. *going to need a new avatar due to my bet -__- *
Nothing on Republic City
No connection to themes at the beginning of the series
meh.
Nothing on reconnecting with the past Avatar lives. *going to need a new avatar due to my bet -__- *
Nothing on Republic City
No connection to themes at the beginning of the series
meh.
Admiral Woofington
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Hmmm just watched it. Wasn't bad. Wasn't good. Didn't have the excitement as when I was watching the AtlA finale, didn't get the chills like when Zuko and Azula are having their agni kai battle. So I guess that as far as finales go it was decent.
Though I watched The Hobbit's finale tonight as well, that won for me today.
Though I watched The Hobbit's finale tonight as well, that won for me today.
renegade_dewitt
Member
IMHO, didn't expect closure with the any of the main cast at all, even though we were given 2 episodes. After what I saw, I agree with you that getting some closure, no matter how screwy it makes the story is better than the endings we got from Book 2 and 3.
No, I mean in terms of how actively powerful she was. She had the entire interior of the mech's head as a weapon, and she was just dancing around flinging stuff at Kuvira. And that's one example.
They just didn't feel the Avatar's strength.
I for one, don't think everyone that liked the finale only likes it because of that. I'm sure that could be the case with some folks, but to say that's what everyone thinks, well no.
I'm still surprised anyone would love this finale though. I mean there was no plot. It was almost like an art form, how Bryke made a very flat ending to a series, where the end plot really was about nothing and said nothing. Thematically, they had nothing to say about Korra as a character, or the series as a whole.
The Kuvira/main plot was fuckin awful. And pointless.
Honestly, outside of the action set pieces (which were fun), it was all just really shallow. And I still don't think any of the choreography was anything special. So outside of the big stupid silly looking sci-fi robot smashing some shit up (which was like 90% of the episode), I'm just at a loss...as to what anyone would have loved here?
vas_a_morir
Banned
Well, if she was pragmatic about doing what had to be done to protect the world... probably.
take your lashings mako stan
I will absolve you. Bryke wrote a finale about nothing, so your bet was about nothing too now as well.
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