So I just found out that you can watch the entire series of The Last Airbender and the first two seasons of Legend of Korra on Amazon Prime. While cool and awesome, I feel odd. Not only because it's a stark reminder that those shows are over, but that even if I did watch them, I won't have anyone to talk to about them. D: Weird, I know, but that's how I feel.
Did anyone watch the (mid)season premier of Mad Men? Good God, that is an amazing television program.
I've seen all of The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra. Our dog's name is Azula. You can talk about it on here, I know someone else here has a tattoo of the four elements so there has to be more fans that would be willing to chat!
Game of Thrones last night, guys! Of course, I and my roommates decided to be little shits and watch all the leaked episodes in the same night.
So, @Gigi_GNR What did you think? I'm starting to sense an All roads lead to Rome kinda vibe. Characters and subplots have been done away with, or streamlined and, for tv, gotta say I approve. It couldn't have been an easy feat trying to pull the plot lines from both Feast and Dances and make them work. Certainly we started to see how things were going to be altered, when Brienne and Jaime both ended up in KL for Joffrey's wedding. I was almost scared to watch in case I spoiled myself in any shape or form, but I'm starting to think I'll be able to separate one medium from the other and still enjoy them both. As a reader, this is the first season where I genuinely have no more idea how the plot is gonna move from A to B than the most spotless of Unsullied. Don't know about you, but for me it's almost a relief.
It's looking like the TV series might finish before the books, they're going for the same end point but they'll reach it a different way - What's you're feelings on the matter? Are you gonna watch the show to the end or would you rather read it first? How patient are you in other words...
@HelloThere I thought long and hard about watching this time round. Impatience won out in the end. It doesn't help that the Westeros portions are filmed here. Word gets around. A friend was an extra in a scene that hasn't made it into the books yet. I nearly choked when he told me. I'll not go into detail but suffice to say it's given me hope that both readers and viewers (and combinations thereof) are being catered for.
Have you seen Sons of Anarchy? and if so what did you think of the nonsensical Belfast element of the (third?) series, complete with faux-folk (Northern) Irish theme music?
@outsider I haven't watched it...not really my thing, but if my friends' comments are anything to go by, I'm glad I didn't. Of course, I might be the black sheep of the flock but I highly doubt it.
Did anyone else see that new show Olympus on new channel,Spike,the other night? The critics are panning it,and I was a bit tired and inebriated while watching it. But they have also said its 'abysmiality' could make it cult. Anyone else think so?
I haven't seen that show, TheWingedFox. I'm watching Netflix's DareDevil. It's pretty fun and cool. LOADS better than the dreadful movie. *shudders*
Yeah, I keep meaning to watch the film again to see if it's better at a second showing...but never seem to force myself to.
If you were a smart winged fox, you'd stay away from that abomination and watch the TV series on Netflix.
Darrreedevvvil, yo. Seriously, this show is so kickass, and it's all on Netflix! On episode 3 right now and wishing the days were longer so I'd have more time to marathon it.
I just couldn't get into The Legend of Korra . Watched the entire Season 1 to give it a fair shot (and this is more than I usually give to a TV show), but in comparison to Avatar, there was much more stupid going on, specifically with the plotting, the relationship drama (I hate, hate, hate love triangles), and humor. In Avatar, Sokka was a great source of fun. In Korra, they have some what's-his-face who's supposed to be the Goofy One, but I didn't laugh once. I did laugh at my and T's own wouldn't-it-be-funny-if -jokes, but whenever we start cracking those, you know the show is not faring well. I guess it also kind of jars me that the characters are adults, but since it's a kids' show, you can't really deal with adult themes properly. With Avatar, the characters were kids, so it felt like the things that were depicted fit the show well without coming off like the writers are holding back. Unfortunately, the most interesting parts of Korra were the flashbacks to the original series' characters. :/
Even Avatar fans hated Season 1, their worst season yet. Start with Season 2 onward, you might like it some more. Part of the blame lies with Nick.com who didn't give them enough time to prepare a well-done plot in thirteen or so episodes (one of the many ways Nick.com screwed with the show as time went on.) But I get what you're saying. Maybe if the trio were 12-14 like the last group were in The Last Airbender, then a lot of it would've made sense. Instead it's a bunch of young adults who should know better making a lot of stupid mistakes as if they were children. The other problem I had with the show was that there was a screamingly obvious conflict between technology and spirituality/bending, but it was sort of forgotten about in the middle of Season 2. By Season 4, well, I won't spoil it for you but lets say something happens that will make you wonder if you're even watching Avatar anymore.
In a good or bad way? Like, does bending go away? or the Avatar? 'Cause removing either would definitely make it a non-Avatar show.
There's a giant metal colossus/mech controlled by a powerful metalbender. Said colossus/mech is as tall as a a modern-day skyscraper and can shoot out a powerful spirit blast from an arm cannon. Here's a picture of it from the web. See those little dirt mounds on the ground near the forefront of the picture? They're tents. This mech is literally the size of Godzilla.
Aha. To be honest, I've never been into mech anime or cartoons. I liked the scale in The Last Airbender, like some of the stuff they did was downright epic, so I guess with the first season of Korra, I was kind of disappointed with the lack of epic. I did like pitting benders against non-benders 'cause that's an interesting conflict. Too bad the whole conflict was resolved in a totally dumb way plus it felt like everybody's motivation was some kind of revenge or vendetta. Well, I guess lots of conflicts are driven by that, but on the other hand, I can see non-benders get uncomfortable by being the "underclass" and holding less power.
I've started watching Luther, a UK series about a detective (Idris Elba) who solves crimes and has immense difficulty preventing himself from falling into the abyss and becoming a murderer himself. Best character in it is Alice Morgan, my god she's perfection.
I just watched "The White Queen" which is adapted from historical fiction books by Philippa Gregory about the War of the Roses. It was a good TV series but "The Tudors" was better.
