With the Aang Gaang’s continuing adventures being told in various Dark Horse comics
titles, The Legend of Korra jumps ahead by 75 years after the original Avatar:TheLast Airbender series.
Korra, a bending prodigy and next incarnation of the Avatar must complete her
training and bring order to a city plagued with ever growing corruption and
social unrest.
Just like its predecessor, Korra’s voice acting is fantastic
and many of the more known talent easily disappear into their rolls enough for
you to not even notice them if you didn’t look up their IMDB. One was sort of
jarring to hear talk though. Production wise the art design and animation are
all sublime and never look rushed or short changed. While the music is an
audible treat which sounds quite like Chinese Jazz from the roaring 20’s.
Unfortunately the series hits several large snags in the
story and character department. Now the characters themselves are all lovable
and cover a diverse range of backgrounds and archetypes. And the story lines are a heck of a lot more
complex than the standard fantasy road trip to save the world. But with so much
content and only 12 episodes things get messy past the first few installments.
Civil rights, terrorism, romance, friendship, spiritual empowerment, and moral ambiguity
are all touched upon too briefly and then put to the side for next development.
This leaves many of the cast not as fleshed out or likeable in the end as they
were in the beginning. I also have to say that the fight scenes aren’t as good
due to the way so many characters are taken down so quickly with just token
resentence.
With all its shortcomings I can still recommend Korra.
However I can’t help but feel that I’d rather be watching the continuing
adventures of Aang in its stead.
12 episodes. Approx 24 Mins each.
Episodes to See:
There’s only 12, just watch all of them.
Buyer’s Guide:
Not available on DVD or Bluray yet. But when it is I’d expect
to pay between $30 and $50. You can snag
it on iTunes
right now.
3 Sexy Older Ladies out of 5
1 comment:
Yes the rushed feel bothered me, but still thrilling and nice that Nick got away with all the stuff it did.
3½ fartbending is a terribly embarrassing way to be taken down out of 5.
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