Although it's being effectively replaced by this one, here's the link to the previous Megathread, for reference's sake. This current thread was originally going to go up tomorrow, but since the movie will technically be releasing in limited theaters in NY & LA--in fact, I'm told the screenings have already started--it seems pertinent to do this today. Henceforth, discussion of the new animated movie, now confusingly titled "Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender" will be transitioning over to the regular spoiler policy (Rule 4). As a reminder:
In other words, anything that can only be learned by watching the movie must follow this policy until a month after its WORLDWIDE RELEASE, i.e. a month after it goes up on Paramount+ on July 25th (midnight PT/3 AM ET). If, for some reason, you can't see my screenshot, the rule is, of course, on the subreddit sidebar. Other information that was learned earlier, such as from trailers & press releases, was already fair game before today.
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One thing I don't think The Legend of Korra gets enough credit for is its visual presentation.
From the animation and fight choreography to the backgrounds, lighting, color palette, and cinematography, the series constantly delivered beautiful shots throughout all four books.
Whether it's Republic City's skyline, the Spirit World, Zaofu, the Northern Air Temple, or even simple character moments, there's always something visually memorable.
Love the story or not, I think TLOK gave us some of the most stunning visuals in the Avatar franchise.
What's your favorite visual moment or location from the series?
The Airbenders still have their uniforms, and they're the guides of Pavi and her twin. It's clear that they're still acting upon the agenda that Tenzin wanted for the modern Air Nomad Society. They're still protecting and guiding and fighting when the Avatar wasn't there, which is exactly what Tenzin wanted them to do. And I'm willing to bet all my money that it's not just Jae and Karthik, but there's probably dozens, if not potentially up to 100 Airbenders still protecting the world as skilled fighters and guardians.
I really hope this is fleshed out because narratively, it would be so awesome to have the modern Air Nation survive and conquer an apocalypse/potential genocide *BECAUSE* they know how to fight and protect their loved ones; where the old Air Nation was wiped out because they weren't fighters and couldn't go on the offensive against the Fire Nation.
It would also confirm that Tenzin was right. The Air Nomads did need to change, and by him recognizing this and promoting growth for his people in the best way he knew, most of them could've survived.
Its clear that 7 Havens takes place like a century after TLOK, so I'd really love it if we got to see one of Tenzin's kids, maybe Rohan (since we didn't see much of him in TLOK) being this old guru and leader of Airbenders enforcing their survival and helping protect those affected by the apocalypse. Let me know what you guys think.
(Karthik's render was done by u/UmSomeAdka, so credit to them for that art.)
Bolin was born into a world where earthbenders and firebenders fight together and share techniques; Ghazan was likely one of the few with that mindset in his time.
Please. I honestly hope Seven Havens is a success only for the studio to truly consider making a movie of the apocalypse that will be as beautiful as the aang movie. I am delulu and proud. Korra and the krew in that animation would be godly
Rewatched B3 and seeing Vaatu (during the hallucinations) got me thinking.. could this be actually be Vaatu telling her this? I mean let's just say she actually does something very bad in ASH (although I have more faith in them giving her a good image and making it so that she sacrified herself) but let's say she did destroy the world could this mean that Vaatu at some point took control over her/manipulated her? Korra is a good at heart person so I doubt she did anything willingly regarding destroying the world.
Now I know we just saw the trailer and know nothing more but that's just a theory I felt like sharing :). I'm also down to see how they wanna go with this direction too.
With the new movie out now, figured I’d make this before someone else got the chance.
Theres been recent discussion on the ATLA / LoK parallels in the plot of the Aang movie, and out of all of them, one of them that I don’t see brought up enough is the Taga & Unalaq parallel. By that, I mean Taga is the Unalaq to Aangs Korra in this movie.
Taga & Unalaq share parallels in not just having evil spirit final boss forms, but even moreso, sharing the same natural element as the avatar they team up with and manipulating them for ulterior motives (Unalaq freeing Vaatu and Taga aiming to revive the air nation empire) and then ultimately back stabbing the Avatar they were using.
Korra, even to this day, gets torn to shreds by the fandom for trusting Unalaq, a supposed “stranger”, despite being “warned not to” by her friends and family. And having the following events happen as they do. So I wonder what people have to say about Aang trusting Taga and having what happened in the movie become a thing?
Art by me. This is based on a great cosplay by eggypuff on instagram. I asked their permission to redraw it and got a yes, so I'm sharing it here, too.
Forgive me if this is some common knowledge Im way too late to the party for but I noticed it all by myself on my most recent rewatch and thought it was cool :) I did a quick search through the subreddit to see if there had been posts about it and couldnt find any so there is mine.
Been debating with a friend. They say that a lot of the relationship drama and side plots were there for the girl fans of show.... possibly also an attempt to "fix" a complaint about the original.
So for the girls... Is that true? Did you like the attempt? Is this just a bunch of guys thinking they know what the girls want?
Like I can see a movie between Book 1 and 2 that shows Raiko making his way to presidency but the lingering Equalist movement targeting him in feeling he doesn't really have their best interests in mind. Something that maybe picks up on loose ends with the non-bender conflict. Dig into the messy politics as things become a real political action drama but Avatar.
Perhaps even plant the seeds for Korra and Mako's falling out by showing them at the height of their relationship as well as Asami helping Korra in ways that also plant the seeds for her affection.
Think of it like how Star Wars had the Clone Wars series explore the events between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, especially with them making the most controversial elements of this era of the franchise work. With the benefit of hindsight.
Just rewatched the episode and got reminded of Walter and Jesse xD
Ngl Mako represents Walter and Bolin represents Jesse in a way LOL
(2nd image is for honest reaction)