[PrincessLola]

I Love Rifftrax

Yes, I doubt the creators had racist intentions.
I'm just pointing out the unfortunate implications when you show someone as dark skinned as a child and then light skinned as an adult, if people want to complain than they are fully within their right, but I'm prob not gonna say anything else about this because there is nothing really more to say. They shouldn't have done it, lets leave it at that.

It was likely a colouring error (I hope) and not intentional.

About what someone was saying earlier, I do agree that the show has some pacing issues (prob because they squeezed it all in to only 12 episodes). And it did feel like Korra got it all handed to her in the end.

Also, remember at the very end when she rejects Mako's love because she has lost her bending and doesn't feel very worthy of his love?
Thats a pretty big issue to explore. It seems Korra's entire self-esteem is based on her bending ability, without it she feels unworthy as a person and unworthy of love.

I would have loved it if they didn't give her her bending back so quickly and instead gave Korra a chance to grow and learn her self-worth as a person. Give her a few episodes of season 2 learning to cope without it and learning to love herself regardless, it would have been great character development. But NO, they had to give her her bending back and instantly make everything better and she runs off into Mako's arms.

[Mr.Saturn]

I was surprised she gained her restorative powers so quickly, whilst also regaining her bending, but I know the writers must've wanted to get it out of the way as they've gotten something massive planned for Book 2 and don't want to shed an episode of a relatively short season getting to it.

The Aang-Tenzin bait and switch was genius. My only real kerfuffle with the Book 1 finale is I don't have requisite imagination to envision where they go from here.

[VinLieger]

It may not have been intentionallt racist but there is no question in my mind that whitewashing in the movie and television industries is racist and it worries me when people just pass it off as accidental.
The people behind the movie made a conscious decision to have white actors playing characters who are unquestionably of inuit origin.
Heres an incredibly worrying example of peoples attitudes and why whitewashing is very deffinitely a choice made as regards who the makers think will be watching the movie

http://jezebel.com/5896408/racist-hu...the-movie-made

[PrincessLola]

Originally Posted by VinLieger

It may not have been intentionallt racist but there is no question in my mind that whitewashing in the movie and television industries is racist and it worries me when people just pass it off as accidental.
The people behind the movie made a conscious decision to have white actors playing characters who are unquestionably of inuit origin.
Heres an incredibly worrying example of peoples attitudes and why whitewashing is very deffinitely a choice made as regards who the makers think will be watching the movie

http://jezebel.com/5896408/racist-hu...the-movie-made

You are absolutly correct about the movie of course.
I meant that I don't think the Amon whitewashing was intentional, at least I hope to God it wasn't, the movie was intentional for sure

I think when people say things like 'but skin colour doesn't matter' they are missing the point. It shouldn't matter, but it does matter. The fact is, they took a story based in Asian culture and mythology and cast all the heros as white and all the backround characters as non-white speaks volumes.

[elekid]

I was also a little disappointed in how quickly Korra got her powers back, it felt a bit rushed and it would have been more interesting to see her deal with the consequences for a while longer. Also interesting that she kept her air-bending, rather than her default water-bending - a gift from Aang perhaps?

I'd need to watch it again but if you look at before and after pictures of Yakone, his skin tone seems darker after his surgery to fit in with the water tribe. Maybe it's implied that Amon did the same in reverse? I'd be surprised by intentional racism on this show (the movie doesn't exist as far as I'm concerned)

Penny-Arcade did a Korra comic!

[VinLieger]

Originally Posted by elekid

I was also a little disappointed in how quickly Korra got her powers back, it felt a bit rushed and it would have been more interesting to see her deal with the consequences for a while longer. Also interesting that she kept her air-bending, rather than her default water-bending - a gift from Aang perhaps?

She kept her water bending because she hadnt "unlocked" it yet so amon couldnt block her from it

[BlitzKrieg]

Originally Posted by VinLieger

She kept her water bending because she hadnt "unlocked" it yet so amon couldnt block her from it

I thought it had to do with the lessons from episode 1

water, earth and fire all draw from a physical notion (muscles, breath, stance) but air as tensin described it, flowed and rode the wind and directed them rather then controlling them.

So if bloodbending was physically damaging the body sealing of key chi points or flows then it actually couldnt block air bending because air bending didnt draw on the same source as the other three.

Much like how Korra had such difficulty in understanding air bending because it was so different to the other elements. Amon is also a waterbender so would equally be ignorant of airbending and not know what chi pathways or physical muscles are used in controlling it.

I'd wager Amon's ability was the equivilent of putting a blood clot on key chi points, much like how azula's lightning at the end of season 2 broke a ckey chi point for ang. If he doesnt know how the bending works then he cant seal it and would need to physically control an airbender like a normal bloodbender.

[VinLieger]

Originally Posted by BlitzKrieg

I thought it had to do with the lessons from episode 1

water, earth and fire all draw from a physical notion (muscles, breath, stance) but air as tensin described it, flowed and rode the wind and directed them rather then controlling them.

So if bloodbending was physically damaging the body sealing of key chi points or flows then it actually couldnt block air bending because air bending didnt draw on the same source as the other three.

Much like how Korra had such difficulty in understanding air bending because it was so different to the other elements. Amon is also a waterbender so would equally be ignorant of airbending and not know what chi pathways or physical muscles are used in controlling it.

I'd wager Amon's ability was the equivilent of putting a blood clot on key chi points, much like how azula's lightning at the end of season 2 broke a ckey chi point for ang. If he doesnt know how the bending works then he cant seal it and would need to physically control an airbender like a normal bloodbender.

Yes but if he knows which chi points block earth water and fire it stands to reason he would have the knowledge to block air as well. Also he was pretty confident he could block Tenzin and the kids airbending.
Im of the opinion it was a more general blocking of the ability to bend rather than specific to the type of bending he was blocking. Which is why Korras airbending wasnt blocked by him as it was still blocked by her due to her inability to connect with her spiritual side.

[Anachrony]

Originally Posted by BlitzKrieg

Much like how Korra had such difficulty in understanding air bending because it was so different to the other elements.

This was my interpretation. He had never blocked an air bender before and hadn't quite mastered it. Given more time he may have been able to figure it out.

[boneyarsebogman]

Wow. I only just realized that Tenzin was voiced by J.K. Simmons, of Spiderman and Portal 2 fame.

[ixoy]

Originally Posted by boneyarsebogman

Wow. I only just realized that Tenzin was voiced by J.K. Simmons, of Spiderman and Portal 2 fame.

I'll always see him as the leader of the Aryan Brotherhood Vern Schillinger in "Oz".

[boneyarsebogman]

Originally Posted by ixoy

I'll always see him as the leader of the Aryan Brotherhood Vern Schillinger in "Oz".

I never even realized that was him!

[VinLieger]

WOOOOO Nickelodeon have ordered 26 more episodes after the 14 set for next year, so were either gonna see a massive book 3 or 2 similar sized books 3 and 4
http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/07/11/le...second-season/

[Mr E]

Great news! I hope it doesn't dilute the story, though... As long as DiMartino and Konietzko stay involved, it should continue the quality of the first season.

[boneyarsebogman]

From reading previous interviews with them, it seemed like both were hoping for 3 seasons anyway. I really hope they have an endgame too.