Just throws a lot of the fun the original avatar had out the window in favor of taking itself way too seriously, but, not anywhere that matters, imo.
They got rid of the martial arts in bending, in favor of them just being super powers.
The whole first season is about trying to teach Korra airbending, and not really a spoiler, she does eventually pick it up. Without ever thinking like an air bender or getting in a stance to move air, she throws punches and they turn into wind blasts, which she fights with seconds after picking the skill up... L.
Such a missed opportunity to have the street rat firebender teach Korra the mindset behind modern bending, go into how it's changed into something between street martial arts and proper mma styles. Something a better writer would be able to tackle.
The Villains are just not good, they're written by amateurs and it really shows.
I'm pretty sure the first season's main antagonist never has a clearly stated goal for anything he does. He has a motive, maybe, but neither his powers or his plans make any sort of sense. Which sucks, because they wanted to make a big bad that was more serious than the fire lord... L.
Season 2's villain is disliked even by fans of this show.
Season 3's is the most edgy of them all, definitely the hardest they tried, to make interesting, but season 3 is by far the worst written. It feels more like fanfic written by a teenager that just found philosophy yesterday.
And idk Season 4's villain, I didn't watch that one. I just do not have high hopes it turns around for the last season and gets good.
I still vividly remember the final battle in the original series, and it's something I come back to from time to time just because it's a great piece of animation... Somehow despite being a more complex emotional show Korra's stories don't do anything like. Beauty in a simple story with a blatantly evil big bad, or just poor writing from the Korra team... L.
I'd be pretty confident in betting the reason it has all these problems is because of some hard cope from the two they hired on to make this.
The big twist is that the original creators of Avatar had almost nothing to do with the best parts of the show. They came up with the idea for an eastern-inspired fantasy world about people that can move the elements with martial arts, that was their pitch, but the episodes that did the world-building were by Aaron Ehasz, almost all of them.
Just look up the interviews by Aaron vs the ones that focus on the 'creators', he speaks like a real showrunner, those two are just excited to be there for it ig.
But when Nick wanted a second series for Avatar they didn't call up the old team, they called DiMartino and Konietzko, the guys with their names on the title of the original.
They're either upset that the show they're most known for is someone else's product, or a worse interpretation of Avatar has just always been their vision. Either way... L.
TLDR; I regret giving this show a second chance. It was bad when it came out, nothing to do with my immaturity at the time.
They got rid of the martial arts in bending, in favor of them just being super powers.
The whole first season is about trying to teach Korra airbending, and not really a spoiler, she does eventually pick it up. Without ever thinking like an air bender or getting in a stance to move air, she throws punches and they turn into wind blasts, which she fights with seconds after picking the skill up... L.
Such a missed opportunity to have the street rat firebender teach Korra the mindset behind modern bending, go into how it's changed into something between street martial arts and proper mma styles. Something a better writer would be able to tackle.
The Villains are just not good, they're written by amateurs and it really shows.
I'm pretty sure the first season's main antagonist never has a clearly stated goal for anything he does. He has a motive, maybe, but neither his powers or his plans make any sort of sense. Which sucks, because they wanted to make a big bad that was more serious than the fire lord... L.
Season 2's villain is disliked even by fans of this show.
Season 3's is the most edgy of them all, definitely the hardest they tried, to make interesting, but season 3 is by far the worst written. It feels more like fanfic written by a teenager that just found philosophy yesterday.
And idk Season 4's villain, I didn't watch that one. I just do not have high hopes it turns around for the last season and gets good.
I still vividly remember the final battle in the original series, and it's something I come back to from time to time just because it's a great piece of animation... Somehow despite being a more complex emotional show Korra's stories don't do anything like. Beauty in a simple story with a blatantly evil big bad, or just poor writing from the Korra team... L.
I'd be pretty confident in betting the reason it has all these problems is because of some hard cope from the two they hired on to make this.
The big twist is that the original creators of Avatar had almost nothing to do with the best parts of the show. They came up with the idea for an eastern-inspired fantasy world about people that can move the elements with martial arts, that was their pitch, but the episodes that did the world-building were by Aaron Ehasz, almost all of them.
Just look up the interviews by Aaron vs the ones that focus on the 'creators', he speaks like a real showrunner, those two are just excited to be there for it ig.
But when Nick wanted a second series for Avatar they didn't call up the old team, they called DiMartino and Konietzko, the guys with their names on the title of the original.
They're either upset that the show they're most known for is someone else's product, or a worse interpretation of Avatar has just always been their vision. Either way... L.
TLDR; I regret giving this show a second chance. It was bad when it came out, nothing to do with my immaturity at the time.