Okay this show - a little bit of a rocky start with the shoddy quality leaked episode and all but seriously brilliant! Episode by episode recreating and reshaping the world of Avatar I feel that we, as long time fans, have missed. It's perfect how they captured just the right balance of nostalgia, poignance and revolution all in that beautifully elegant philosophical Avatar way. The new title sequence is also awesome. I know some people don't like the new changes but I think like the first show, its something that keeps getting better as the series run. I've come to really appreciate just the new time period, all the subtle referencing back to the characters we grew to know and love in the Last Airbender and the realistic social changes that are taking place (which suspiciously resemble the proletariat-bourgeoisie class struggle haha) which really adds dimension to this new steam-punk bending world I think. There's also this very strong element of loss I think that the Avatar creators seem to always weave powerfully through their shows. From the poignance of the loss that Aang felt in the first show, being the last Airbender - all the people he ever knew gone forever - to the loss that is weaved solemnly in the very atmosphere of the Legend of Korra - the loss of the old, pre-Equalist revolutionary world where bending was upheld by all the people, the loss an old Katara feels being the "only" one left; Sokka, Aang, Toph, Zuko all gone.
So yeah, a promising beginning for a sequel to a brilliant show. Now it's on break for another month. Ugh, there's that weird American airing schedules coming up again.
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