Topic: The Legend of Korra [Season 4 airs in Jan/Feb for Australia]

[Oblivion]

I am glad Azula isn't in it.  Actually, I would love for them to set her up for some sort of redemption.

Read the comics. They won't ever tell that story since they already did in The Search.

[Spak-Spang]

I know about that story line, but it would still be interesting to give something to the fans that only watch the animation.

[Oblivion]

Lots of character development the past two episodes! "Original Airbenders" is probably the first Korra episode to feel like an episode of A:TLA (in a good way). It was genuinely funny, filled with a crapload of world-building on behalf of the air nomads. I think that episode gave us a better insight into their culture than the first series ever did.

Lin's backstory with her sister was great to see, though I still think there's more to it than we were let on. It seems the theory with her issues with her sister and Tenzin might be that she's infertile. She doesn't have children, she might even hate her sister for having this large, loving family. That would also explain her anger towards Opal. I mean, Tenzin needed more airbenders... and Lin couldn't provide that. Even if this is never said outright, this is pretty much what I'm going to believe unless we are shown otherwise.

[Spak-Spang]

I think we have seen most of all we need to know about Lin and her sister.  They are setting up for a big siege/battle on the city.  The whole idea of the villains invading the "safest city" in the world is traditional action storytelling.  I predict some major damages occurring to the Metal Clan.  There city is most likely not going to survive, and Lin or her sister will be required to rescue the other.  Korra will have her first fight with the new villains proving they are truly dangerous and she will barely escape.

Personally, I hoping for higher stakes than that…I am hoping for a possible death to really stun the audience.  Though if that happened it would probably be  "good guy" death.  But honestly I would love to see one of the 4 villains die pushing the other villains into taking more desperate measures and being generally less willing to play fair.

I think Tenzin needing more air benders is correct…but I think that is why he married a non bender instead of a bender.  Lin not being able to have kids probably doesn't play into it.

[Oblivion]

Yeah, you make some good points. I would love to see a good character die by the end of the season. I having my murder-suicides on my children shows! :

Apparently the villain group is called the Red Lotus.

Also, if you don't care about spoilers, the rest of the season title cards have been revealed. Interesting stuff. 

[Spak-Spang]

Titles don't usually bother me.  They rarely actually give anything away.  Like I knew the title for the First Airbenders, and I would have guessed it meant something else.

I really love the story idea of new airbenders not being like the old air nomads.  That Tenzin has to learn to grow and accept that the Air Nation can evolve and become something else.  Actually true air nomads would eventually integrate into whatever society they were apart of.  and I hope that is where this leads, because it is a pretty cool idea of old verse new. 

 

[Oblivion]

Nickelodeon Pulls Five “Legend of Korra” Premieres

Well, ****. I mean, I guess I should expect this treatment of Avatar from Nick, considering what they did to Season 3 of A:TLA, but still. I'm pretty fucking mad. For the lazy, we are only getting one episode this week (episode 8 ) and the rest of the season has been put on hiatus and we don't know when it's coming back. The show isn't cancelled and we are getting the rest of the show, including season 4, but who knows when we will get the next episodes. I can see Nick doing what they did with Season 3 of A:TLA and waiting six months before giving us the rest of the episodes all in one week.

There's a silver lining to this news, however. Either this source is wrong or Nick is simply gearing up to return to one episode a week since they got past the leaked episodes last week.

*shrug* I'm pretty pissed but its not surprising. Unfortunately this means that Season 3's lackluster ratings are about to get even more lackluster.

[Oblivion]

It seems we have more news about Nick not airing the upcoming episodes of Korra. Micheal DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar and Korra, just posted this a little while ago on his Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/MichaelDanteDiMartino

Hang tight, Korra fans. There is 1 new episode this Friday at 8, then the rest of the season will be available from various sites online. We'll let you know when we have more details. Thanks!

Interesting. I wonder what are these "various sites" and whether or not all the episodes will be available at once. This does not bode well for Book 4 or the series after Korra ends.


EDIT: This was just posted by Bryan Konietzko's (the other co-creator) tumblr:



So I guess we'll be waiting for the Comic-Con panel this Friday for more news.

I'm not happy by this news. I don't know how they'll be able to keep the same budget while being an online-only Nickelodeon show. Not only that, this pretty much kills any chance of them doing the animated Avatar film they wanted to do after Korra.

This has never happened before, so this next year is going to be very interesting indeed.

[Shaymin]

Remind me - did the entire season leak or just a few episodes?

[azeke]

At this point i am more hyped for the game rather than ending of Book 3 and book 4.

Still, this is worrying.

[BlackNMild2k1]

It seems we have more news about Nick not airing the upcoming episodes of Korra. Micheal DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar and Korra, just posted this a little while ago on his Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/MichaelDanteDiMartino

Hang tight, Korra fans. There is 1 new episode this Friday at 8, then the rest of the season will be available from various sites online. We'll let you know when we have more details. Thanks!

Interesting. I wonder what are these "various sites" and whether or not all the episodes will be available at once. This does not bode well for Book 4 or the series after Korra ends.

Various sites include but are not limited to: Hulu Plus, The Pirates Bay, ISOHunt, EZTV, Nickelodeon.com & possibly Amazon Prime Instant Video

I honestly didn't even know this show started up again... but it's waaay below the level of the original Avatar series for me, so personally I wasn't all that enthused about it to begin with. Didn't want to see it cancelled demoted from airing on cable only, I just wasn't interested in watching it till I could probably marathon the whole thing.

[Oblivion]

Remind me - did the entire season leak or just a few episodes?

Episode 3-6 leaked, which all have been aired by this point.

At this point i am more hyped for the game rather than ending of Book 3 and book 4.

I can the game being released now with absolutely no fanfare. Oh worse, canceled.

I honestly didn't even know this show started up again... but it's waaay below the level of the original Avatar series for me,

To be fair, Season 3, in my opinion, is on the same level as the original series. Season 1 went in an interesting direction, Season 2 was just plain bad at some points, but Season 3 is utterly fantastic and better than the original show in some regards.

Which is why this news is so saddening. When the show finally hits it's stride, Nick decides to shove it off a cliff.

Hey azeke, can you tell that I miss ASN?

[broodwars]

At this point, I don't know what to think of Nick. Their TMNT series is excellent, but Nick seems to air the episodes at completely random times between long stretches of hiatus to no fanfare. Korra Season 3 has been surprisingly well-constructed (considering Season 2), but Nick is not only pulling the series but going "digital only?" WTF is going on with that network?

And while we're at it, Nick seems to be extremely unwilling to actually capitalize on the home video market. TMNT doesn't have any true season sets, and it's DVD-only. That show would shine on BluRay. Korra's on BluRay, but Avatar: TLA isn't. *throws hands up in the air*

[Oblivion]

The reason Avatar isn't on Blu-Ray isn't their fault. They literally don't have the higher quality assets anymore. That's also the reason they don't have a soundtrack for the original series: the originals don't exists anymore and they'd have to redo all the music.

But yeah, Nick has never treated their quality shows with any sort of dignity.

[broodwars]

Stuff like this is why I don't watch new TV shows anymore. It's just increasingly pointless. Anytime I give a show a chance and start to grow attached to it, the studios pull it because the idiots of the country are too busy screwing around on their iPhones or giving Michael Bay money to fart in their face.  At this point, I think the only show left that I still watch is Game of Thrones and maybe House of Cards. *sigh* Oh well. I guess I can look forward to the next batch of 5 TMNT episodes probably sometime in the next 2 months.

[Oblivion]

Maybe you should wait for this Friday's Comic Con panel before you write Korra off completely. : :

I do have to agree with you, though. Korra was the only TV show I watch and now I might not even have that.

[Spak-Spang]

This makes me mad.  Of course they ratings were low.  They have completely mishandled the series.  It still is not on iTunes.  What is frustrating is the series is really incredible, this new season is so good it feels better than anything else on television and Nick is being stupid with it. 

What is really stupid is if the ratings are low, just air all of it and get it over with.  If you hold on to it too longer you will just kill all the series. 

Just do a marathon or something. 

[Oblivion]

Some good news, Book 4 is still going to happen. From Mike's facebook:

Hey everyone! I appreciate all the support for the show and share your frustration. But the good news is, you will be able to see the rest of Book 3 of Korra, I just don't know all the details yet. And there is most definitely a Book 4. All the pre-production is done and Studio Mir is hard at work on the animation. So this was a disappointing development for sure but as long as you all are able to see the show in some capacity, I'm grateful. And honestly, you're all watching it online anyway, right?

And honestly, you're all watching it online anyway, right?

That sounded sad.

From Korra Nation, the show's official tumblr:

http://korranation.tumblr.com/post/92735712934/book-3-moving-to-digital-release

Hey Korra Nation! Phew. Some of you may have heard versions of this news elsewhere, but here’s the official word. After this Friday’s on-air premiere of Episode 8 “The Terror Within” at 8/7c, all remaining Book 3 episodes will move to a digital rollout. That means two things: 1) Korra is NOT cancelled, 2) the remaining episodes will roll out weekly on Nick.com and the Nick app beginning August 1, as well as on platforms like Amazon, Google Play, Xbox and Hulu.Thousands of you have been asking to watch this incredible show online, so hopefully this news works in your favor. Mike and Bryan created a breath-taking season for us all…so get ready to watch it all go down!!!

Thanks for being the BEST fans in the industry and see you at Comic-Con.

That's good news, though them saying "season" is worrisome. Even though Mike thinks theres a Book 4 due to how far they are in production, they could still be canceled.



In other news, at Comic Con there's a rooftop party for the game so we might be getting the first gameplay footage this weekend.

I'm so sad. ;_;

[pokepal148]

I believe the search was originally meant to be an animated special...

[Oblivion]

I believe the search was originally meant to be an animated special...

Nope, that is completely false. They've said in interviews and commentary that The Search and its plot was made specifically as as comic and as a sequel to The Promise. It was never going to be a TV special. When they said that Aang and co. were done as main characters on TV, they meant it.

The only other thing they had planned was maybe doing an animated film after taking a break after they finish Korra. With the recent news, that probably never happen. Of course, I said the same thing about how they treat ATLA and we got Korra so there still might be hope in the world...

[UncleBob]

And honestly, you're all watching it online anyway, right?[/size][/font][/color]

Nope - even avoided watching the leaked videos. 

[BlackNMild2k1]

Yeah. They should move to FOX.

no seriously. Sundays @ 8pm. Animation Domination can stray from comedy for a little bit.

[pokepal148]

This has got to be the second worst mishandling of a TV Show that I knew of.

Now to show who the geniuses that Nickelodeon is dealing with, first place goes to the BBC's handling of Doctor Who from when Colin Baker took the starring role while being given a horrible costume and poorly written plots to them finally canceling the show in 1989 (right as many would argue it had begun to revitalize itself)

[Spak-Spang]

Thanks, NICK.  You lost credibility.  You had one of the most creative and thoughtful animated series...and you killed it.  This can only hopefully lead to Netflix or some other service picking up the series and running with it.  All three seasons to me were as fun and well developed as the original series, and I just want to see where they are taking this series.

Finally, about watching it online.  Nick you are FORCING me to watch it online.  I wanted to buy it on itunes and give you my money...but NOPE.  It isn't there.  I could buy it on Amazon, but I don't really like Amazon.  I want my music and videos to be from one source...easy to maintain and keep track of everything then.  Finally, I live in another country so netflix and ever other streaming digital service doesn't work.  So thanks a lot.

I am just happy that the Ninja Turtles sell toys...because that means you won't treat it as poorly...but I am frustrated that we are waiting to see the last 4 episodes of season 2. 

[broodwars]

I am just happy that the Ninja Turtles sell toys...because that means you won't treat it as poorly...but I am frustrated that we are waiting to see the last 4 episodes of season 2.

We are? I watched what seemed to be the last episode of Season 2 nearly a month ago.

I can't say I care much for the dig at the fans that the Avatar creators made about watching the show online. I didn't see Seasons 1-2 of TLA until they hit DVD. I watched Season 3 live & on DVD. I've watched all of Korra online. I've watched the entirety of the new TMNT online. It's called "the future", Nick. It's not my damn fault that you've chosen to not make money off that.

On a side note, they should totally animate The Search. It was kind of a lame comic series (mostly because it's a franchise heavily based on movement translated to a format with NO movement), but it could make for a decent Special.