Legend of Korra: finale spoilers

[Quirk]

I just love jazz period.

However, I will say that the music in this series is pretty freakin' sweet overall. Who is responsible for it, I wonder?

Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn (The Track Team) - the same guys who did the soundtrack for the original series.

[Triangle Man]

Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn (The Track Team) - the same guys who did the soundtrack for the original series.

Sweet. The way I see it, those two have done a pretty great job this time around and deserve some sort of praise, right?

[Quirk]

Sweet. The way I see it, those two have done a pretty great job in general and deserve quite a lot of praise, right?

FTFY.

On that note, Nickelodeon not releasing the Avatar soundtrack baffles me. They would make so much money off of that it is not even funny.

[kd7sov]

It really is very good music. I keep getting distracted, though, because the main theme (and its inclusion in scene-specific musics) reminds me very much of the music from... I think it was the trailer of the third Professor Layton game. Though the time-skip into the future lends that a certain appropriateness.

[Bran34]

Saw the first episode of Korra on some Brazilian site my friend linked me to. It's really great.

[Triangle Man]

Saw the first episode of Korra on some Brazilian site my friend linked me to. It's really great.

Was there any ever doubt?

I'm sort of sad that we won't be getting any new episodes until the end of the month, however. I feel like I've just gotten into a really good book only to have it ripped from my hands and thrown into a vault indefinitely.

[kickan]

So this is pretty awesome.

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Cross-posting with the Paranatural thread.

[ilikeoctopus]

Ahh, Meelo. I remember that when someone showed me a picture of him, I thought he was pulling some sort of prank on me.
I still describe him as "the derpy-looking one" on occasion.

[Quirk]

Ahh, Meelo. I remember that when someone showed me a picture of him, I thought he was pulling some sort of prank on me.
I still describe him as "the derpy-looking one" on occasion.

"On occasion"? That kid has the derp market cornered. He also has a very misshapen head. But he is five, so both of those are justified.

[kickan]

Preview clip!

Fight scenes *droooools*

[Triangle Man]

So that's how the Equalists are going to stand a chance against benders!

By using a fighting style specifically designed to combat and/or neutralize benders!

...You know, I really shouldn't be surprised by this revaluation at all.

[kickan]

I think it's been known for quite a while that the Equalists are going to be using chi-blocking martial arts, but it's really cool to see it in action.

It takes on a whole different tone than when Ty Lee was doing it, don't you think? It seems way more dangerous now, because these opponents probably don't care if they kill or severely injure you.

[Triangle Man]

Of course there is a difference in tone! You are going to use an entirely different level of force when you're worried about hurting a target; that is, if you don't have to worry about keeping them in one piece, you don't have to hold back at all and can go at 100%.

And seeing how vicious those two were basically proves that the Equalists are a threat to anyone who doubted that before.

This is going to be a fun show.

[Dmatix]

I still think technology is the most dangerous weapon the Anti-Benders have. I don't care how good of a metal bender you are, good luck stopping a bullet.

[kickan]

I'd really like to know what style of martial arts was used for their choreography, it looks pretty cool! Very different from any of the other styles we've seen used in the show.

The one fighting with Korra was a woman, too, I'm pretty sure. You can see the outline of breasts against their clothing a few times. It's a subtle detail but I really like that they did that for some reason. I guess because this sort of faceless bad-guy footsoldier is practically always male (or if there are females they get different costuming to show off that fact)? It's nice to see some gender equality among the grunts.

I still think technology is the most dangerous weapon the Anti-Benders have. I don't care how good of a metal bender you are, good luck stopping a bullet.

Prediction: At some point in this series a metalbender will stop a bullet.

[Quirk]

Prediction: At some point in this series Lin will stop all the bullets.

It'll be just like the Matrix.

Or even better, deflecting tank shells with her bare hands.

[Triangle Man]

It'll be just like the Matrix.

Or even better, deflecting tank shells with her bare hands.

And now I have a mental image of her just causally batting a round of tank fire aside with the back of her hand.

The expression on her face would be something along the lines of 'I'm really fucking bored right now."

[Dmatix]

It'll be just like the Matrix.

Or even better, deflecting tank shells with her bare hands.

Headbutting. There will be an artillery barrage, and it will be deflected with headbutting. Yes.

[Quirk]

And now I have a mental image of her just causally batting a round of tank fire aside with the back of her hand.

The expression on her face would be something along the lines of 'I'm really fucking bored right now."

She then punches the tank's pilot in the face. From outside the tank.

[kickan]

Or a flying spin-kick, with an explosion framing a perfectly executed landing.

Aw yeah.

Edit: Screw Korra, let's just have a spin-off series about Lin Beifong.

[Quirk]

Or a flying spin-kick, with an explosion framing a perfectly executed landing.

Aw yeah.

"I'm sorry, I can't hear you over how awesome I am."

[Dmatix]

Lin will take a bite out of a sheet of metal, than spit bullets.

[kickan]

Lin's going to become the Chuck Norris of the Avatar fandom at this rate.

[Triangle Man]

I for one welcome her probable and inevitable evolution into a 'memetic badass'.

It's not like she didn't establish badass cred with her 'tough-as-nails-police-chief' persona already, right?

[Quirk]

Lin's going to become the Chuck Norris of the Avatar fandom at this rate.

Second-rate martial artist and overused meme? Nah.

On the same tier as Uncle, Toph, and Wang Fire? I'd say she's already on her way there.