I wanted to enjoy this tv show fully. It had a lot of great concepts and fun characters to work off of.
However, this show had major big picture issues. Many of the concepts and arcs were clearly good, like the first Avatar story or Janora's mastery of airbending, but this show struggles to connect or realize almost any of them. Where ATLA had a specific direction for most all of the show, and most side arcs fed back into the main one, this show's arcs and characters are carried like a child trying to juggle.
The story unravels more and more as it goes along, becoming less complex and interesting. Many characters like Mako are sidelined more and more as this show leads to its finale. Most antagonist's have kinda surface level arcs where you can see where they're going, but it just doesn't quite get to the point where it hits. Unalock and Kuvera are great examples.
This show is a good example, among many others, of how important it is to know your destination before you start your journey. If you don't, you'll arrive at something like Janora's arc, where a great idea is barely touched on because it's only introduced in a couple lines of dialogue within a couple episodes. If you do, well, look at how ATLA handled Aang's mastery of fire bending, or how well Gravity Falls led up to the reveal of Stan's brother.
I wish this was better planned.
However, this show had major big picture issues. Many of the concepts and arcs were clearly good, like the first Avatar story or Janora's mastery of airbending, but this show struggles to connect or realize almost any of them. Where ATLA had a specific direction for most all of the show, and most side arcs fed back into the main one, this show's arcs and characters are carried like a child trying to juggle.
The story unravels more and more as it goes along, becoming less complex and interesting. Many characters like Mako are sidelined more and more as this show leads to its finale. Most antagonist's have kinda surface level arcs where you can see where they're going, but it just doesn't quite get to the point where it hits. Unalock and Kuvera are great examples.
This show is a good example, among many others, of how important it is to know your destination before you start your journey. If you don't, you'll arrive at something like Janora's arc, where a great idea is barely touched on because it's only introduced in a couple lines of dialogue within a couple episodes. If you do, well, look at how ATLA handled Aang's mastery of fire bending, or how well Gravity Falls led up to the reveal of Stan's brother.
I wish this was better planned.