Ultimate Awesomeness Podcast Episode 3 - Disney buying Fox, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Comics

Welcome to 3rd episode of Ultimate Podcast!!! I hope you will enjoy the show! Topic 1: Disney buying Fox Topic 2: Star Wars: The Last Jedi Review Topic 3: Comics of the Week and Some Revelations Comics of the week: Old Man Logan #31, Moon Knight #189, Batman Annual #2, Spider-Gwen #26, Judas #1, Kid Lobotomy #1, Grave Trancers #1 Revelations: Doctor Strange #382, Jean Grey #10

Ultimate Awesomeness Podcast Episode 2 - Infinity War thoughts, Justice League, The Punisher, Comics

UPDATE! :I fixed the distorted audio, I've noticed the audio was really sounding weird when I uploaded and all I had to do was re-upload. I think the uploading process messed up the audio. It was weird, sorry about that's guys. Give a listen now, it sounds much better now.

Hey guys! I finally got around to posting the latest podcast. I hope you will enjoy and also please be able to bear with the background noises. I tried to edit it them out, but it didn't work out that well. So, next time I will do better recording.
Topic: Infinity War Trailer Thoughts and Discussion Topic 2: Justice League Review (Spoilers); Mini Discussion on The Punisher (Mild Spoilers) Topic 3: Comics of the week: Harley Quinn #31 & 32, Justice League #33, Doomsday Clock #1, Scooby Apocalypse #19, Moon Knight #189, Mystik U#1, Sword of Ages #1

Ultimate Awesomeness Podcast Episode 1 - Re-edited

I finally found time to re-edit the podcast for you guys. I have also recorded another podcast today but I have to do some editing, so it will be released sometime tomorrow. So, look forward to that. Anyways, I hope you guys will enjoying this one as well.

Topic 1: Bendis moving over to DC

Topic 2: Disney's potential buy of Fox

Topic 3: Thor: Ragnarok (Mild Spoilers)

Topic 4: Dark Nights Metal General Discussion. Justice League #32, Batman: Lost #1, Moon Knight #188,  Iron Fist #74

Rat Queens Vol. 1 Review - “It’s Always Sunny in Palisade”

Introduction

When I heard about Rat Queens being the next book to read in the Emerald City Comics’ comic book club meeting, I wasn’t sure how to feel about it. But, I was intrigued because my fellow friends in the club described it as a female centered Dungeons and Dragons. If you’re not familiar with that, it’s a very famous tabletop RPG game. It’s famous history has lead to many forms of media like novels, video-games, comics, films and television. I’m not too familiar with Dungeons and Dragons, but I do remember playing a very fun beat’em up game by Capcom for the arcades; It was a very enjoyable game. Dungeons and Dragons has also a variety of influences over the years. But I digress, Rat Queens is written by Kurtis J. Wiebez, which I’m not familiar with his work at all. But it looks like he does a lot of Image titles that I have not read yet. Anyways, this book has gone through a series of artist changes, the first volume goes by Roc Upchurch which he had a domestic violence abuse history with his wife, “ouch!”. Then, the artist was Stjepan Šejić but he had left due to health problems and after that, is Tess Flower which left due to creative differences and some feud about Upchurch returning which never claimed to be true and now the series’ art is by Owen Gun. I’m not familiar with any of artists’ works either, but I thought about giving you a brief history of this series’ artist changes. Anyways, I want to let you know I very much enjoyed this volume a lot. It reminds me very much like the show, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Mainly, because the characters are very dislikable people who are carefree and that have vulgar attitudes and also do lots of drinking and drugs. So, I hope you will have fun reading this review and hopefully I will convince you enough to check this series out.

Story

In the town of Palisade, groups of people from the town have been killed while doing their quest day jobs and now it’s up to the Rat Queens to solve the latest mystery.

The Good

Rat Queens turned out to be an enjoyable book. The characters are really interesting and you get to know a lot about them across the five issues. The first character I will discuss is Betty, she is a very heartwarming woman, she can sometimes be a little dirty. But she’s a sweet girl even though she like sweets herself, like candy. She also loves to drink and have “magic” mushrooms. She has an awkward feeling to her and I can see many LGBT people be proud of this character. I really love her attitude and she became my favorite character in this book. Next up is Dee, (Funny, there’s a character with that name in Always Sunny in Philadelphia.) her family believes in a giant flying squid (laughs) which, she finds ridiculous and makes her into an atheist. But, I wouldn’t call her a full blown atheist because she still holds onto hope of finding God and struggles with it everyday. She kind of reminds me of my younger self of finding God. Besides that, she really tries her hardest and leaps forward to heal others when they are in danger. There’s also Hannah, she seems to be the hard-ass in the group and to me she’s very funny. She’s also very aggressive and is currently dating Sawyer. Lastly, there’s Violet, another favorite of mine. She has a very sarcastic attitude, she believes having a beard doesn’t downgrade her femininity and she loves to flaunt her sexual-ness. These are the two things I love the most about her. By the way, I want to you know these women may seem like nice women, but they are very horrible people. They are very vulgar with their words and careless about things that people normally care about. Plus, they love to drink and take drugs. Honestly it’s what makes them great. It really brings the off the wall humor in this book and it’s the reason why I keep stating how much their characteristics are very similar to the characters in Always Sunny in Philadelphia. There is other characters in the book, but not much is known about them and there’s still a mystery to them. So, there isn’t much to say about them. The story is very entertaining too. The main characters are well developed and it enhances the story. The humor interactions are hilariously funny and it had me laughing all the way through. The story also provides interesting clues to the mystery and some background stories to the characters. The action is pretty fun too because you can see how skilled the characters are and they also know how to do great teamwork. Each character holds their own skill or role and they rarely make other characters feel obsolete. This volume really makes the world as something you want to dive into too.

The Bad

The only bad thing I can say about this is the art. There is some great moments especially the face expressions and the beauty of these women. But often times, the art gets very sloppy and off-detailed. There’s many panels with stick figure like art. So, I’m not very much of a fan of Upchurch’s art. It makes me not care much when he gets replaced in the later volumes. But at least he can draw some nice gut gushing scenes and it adds some goring depth to action as well. The artist just doesn’t stand out as much and isn’t really memorable.

Theme

The theme of this volume, I believe is redemption. Because the town, especially the Rat Queens was always screwing things around to each other. They never had any punishment for their wrongdoings not matter how many times they were done. They would also act foolish, immature or do whatever they pleased. They had no idea the dealings they have done would have consequences. I say this because mostly in the beginning, they were doing whatever they want and soon as they saw people getting killed or hurt especially one of their own. It made them quickly realized that it was their fault and they managed to make up for it by saving the town. Each Rat Queen even decided to makeup for things they failed at like Hannah's respect for the people she cared about, Dee is hoping to believe her faith, Violet, redeeming herself by getting a beard and Betty making up with her ex-girlfriend. Many times in life people don’t realize the consequences of their actions until the people they care about gets hurt. This happens a lot of times especially, when it comes to dealing with gang wars. It’s a never-ending game with the way humans think and that’s the sad part of it.

Conclusion

I give this volume a 9 out of 10. It’s a great series that makes horrible people as very likable characters.What’s also great about these characters is that they are trying to make up for what they’ve done even though they are horrible at it. And like I said before the Rat Queens reminds very much like “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and if you love that show, then you will definitely love this book. The humor is another great highlight of the story because of the vulgar language they use and even some of the situations or actions are so over the top that it may have you laugh on the floor. The only downside to this specific volume is the art. It’s very lacking in some details. But at least the artist makes up for it with some good goring scenes. Hopefully the future artists will turn out to be better for this series than Upchurch’s art style. Overall, I recommend you check this series out if you like horrible people that are very quirky and vulgar at their core and even though they come off as dislikable people, their entertainment can definitely keep you laughing.     

                              

The Wicked and The Divine Vol.1 Review - “The Wrath of the Accuser”

Introduction

I admit, I picked this book because it was the next book for Emerald City Comics’ comic book meeting. But I was really excited to read it because it was written by Kieron Gillen and also the first thing that grabbed my attention was the coloring and the amazing art. It looked very stunning and flashy. It really popped out at me and I think it has a nice choice of color that describes the feel of the book. Anyways, I think Kieron Gillen is a great writer and is definitely one of my favorites. He’s written many great titles like Journey Into the Mystery: Loki, Darth Vader, Angela: Asgard’s Assassin, Uncanny X-Men, A+X: Consequences, 1602: Witch Angela and Doctor Aphra. There’s only a few titles I didn’t very much like which were Wolverine: Origin II, Iron Man, and Young Avengers. Yes, you read that right. I didn’t like his Young Avengers because it focused way too much into the gay culture that was very stereotypical and in your face all the time. I didn’t like the millennial social media aspect with all the selfies and text messaging either. I even felt at times that the characters were very out of character in that series. But I digress, I think every writer has something I won’t like and it’s only a few titles. So, overall I think Kieron Gillen is a great writer and he’s definitely a writer you should look into because he made some really great characters that stand out just because of his writing like Loki. He really change his character for the better in my opinion and he did a great way of manipulating to care for Loki even though at the very end he tricks you into thinking he was ever a good person and I love that and another acclaimed series of his is Darth Vader. He totally understands the feel of that character and he really does separate Darth Vader from being another lackey sith of Palpatine. He shows how menacing he can be and he doesn’t always need to do his bidding to achieve his greatness. Gillen really know Darth Vader very well and he also brings his own unique taste of great characters into the book as well. But, I think The Wicked and The Divine is another great book of Gillen that definitely deserve to be in the top list. It’s a great series that defines great characters and intense plot lines that really grabs at you. It’s one of the greatest titles Gillen has ever written that you should definitely pick up.

Story

This is a story of Gods who are reincarnated every ninety years. They are widely famous, loved and hated. But, one night a goddess name Luci gets accused of killing a group of men that tried to kill her, ends up in court (don’t ask me how does that happen), then is accused of killing the judge which makes all hell breaks loose and a dearing fan is there to watch it all burn.

The Good

The Wicked and The Divine has a very well detailed story that gets to the point and it gives you a suspense as to what’s happening. There’s a great plot twist to the end of the volume you wouldn’t expect to happen and it will definitely make you want to pick up the next volume of the series. This volume also plays very much into detail in knowing each character. Right off the bat, you get to know how much Luci gets herself into trouble and it often makes herself look like an accuser. Even though she might not be the accuser, she gives off hard evidence due to her actions. She even gives a foul mouth at times. Laura is a very nice caring girl, but she often makes herself look bad because she’s getting into trouble as well and tries really hard to defend to Luci. Ananke comes off as very caring too. But when a job needs to be done, she gets it done with no hesitation. We also get to know Baal, who is full of himself and cocky most of the time. He also has a very sexy flare that everyone grabs into his attention. There’s more characters in this volume but these are the most that give off their personalities and we don’t get to know much about the others. But still, the fact we get to know at least five characters  in one volume is pretty impressive.

The art and colors are another impressive feature in this series. The colors are very flashy and gives a nice glaring look too. It really stands out the characters’ personalities as well.There’s great use of light colors like red, pink, blue, yellow and green. It gives a real feel to it and it comes alive with a very popping image. It even sets the theme of what the series or universe is about. I love the fire animation especially with the cigarettes when using the guided view in the comixology app. The art is also streamlined and very detailed in the body anatomy and face expressions. There isn’t much action but there’s enough to give you a good dose to get you excited. And there’s a nice demonstration of the characters’ powers too.

The Bad

I honestly couldn’t find anything bad in this volume. It could maybe be seeing Luci’s case as self-defense which makes claims she’s shouldn’t be sent to court. But we have no idea how the judicial system plays in this fictional world. The plot doesn’t end either which is okay for me because it’s a complex plot that can’t end on here.

Theme

The theme of this volume is being accused of something never goes well when being famous. Gillen does a good job of capturing this because Laura seems to know more than what’s being led on. But us, as the viewers and the people of this series are seeing Luci doing very convincing actions like Luci doing a certain movement and the person gets killed. It looks like we are being manipulated by the said evidence which tends to happen a lot and it tenfolds when the person is famous. The greatest example of this is the Bill Cosby case because one woman accuses Bill Cosby for sexual acts. But it gets multiplied with more women are appearing to accuse Bill Cosby for the same actions which, gets tenfold by the media. But eventually people find out that the women were manipulating actions to get money. It tends to happen when there’s a lot going on and we only go by what we are seeing.  

Conclusion

I give this volume a 10 out of 10. The characters are very well developed. You get to know much about almost each character and it doesn’t overweight the narrative either. The plot is intense and manipulating. It even revolves a mystery that does not reveal itself in this volume and we’re hoping to watch it out fold eventually. The action is also very engaging and adds more to the plot to feel very alive to us. I even fell in love with the art because it’s very well detailed and it rarely looks muddled. Plus, the colors stands out to its own flare and adds to the art beautifully. So, Gillen does a superb job to make this series fit very well neatly together. There are minor things that can be set as negatives but doesn’t because we don’t know much about the universe as of yet. This is why I decided to give it such a perfect score and you should definitely pick up this series for those of you who like a complex narrative.

     

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Legend of Korra Series Finale Review – “The Testament of Understanding.”

Intro

During the 2000’s, I was out of touch with many modern cartoons except comic book based cartoons because they were the only cartoons that provided deep plot,  great character development and fitted my adult demographic at the time. This is why ignored Avatar: The Last Airbender for most of its time. I assumed since it was coming from Nick that it was an edgy action cartoon filled with stupid humor and no story plot. That’s what most cartoons were in that specific era. But as the seasons past it got harder to ignore because my youngest brother became a big fan of Avatar. He pretty much had everything from action figures to posters, etc. So, when my brother was watching the final episode of the series I got distracted from the internet to the vivid animation coming from the TV screen and I decided to join my brother watching the show. And boy was I wrong; I really enjoyed what I saw. I fell in love with the fluid animation and intense action. I also liked how the characters were a lot older that I remembered which is very rare in many cartoons in general and what was more interesting was seeing Aang’s struggles with the world’s weigh behind him and the people depending on him like a god. After I watched every episode of the series I honestly thought it was unique show that was very different from many cartoons in this era especially from the network itself and I was amazed that an animated series that wasn’t based on any franchise can be so well written and be able to hold on its own to become its own franchise. Avatar: The Last Airbender was definitely one of the best cartoons I’ve seen from that time. So, when I heard about the Legend of Korra series, I was fondly excited because I wanted to see how much of the old cast and the world has grown. But as this show has come and gone I really fell in love with it. It definitely is one of my favorite animated series of all time and it is just as good as its predecessor. Legend of Korra dealt with a lot of great topics that is relevant to today’s world like religion, civil war, chaos, self-governing and lastly dictatorship.  It was a very political show and I feel not many animated shows don’t do which is pretty amazing. It also has a lot of ground breaking moments like Asami and Korra’s relationship, Korra finding herself through deep depression and the world no longer “needing her” and it also gave moments of understanding each villains’ different perspective in so many levels. This is the reason why I have chosen this title in the review itself. 

Story

As the destruction of Republic City continues on, Korra and her friends are finding ways to take Kuvira and her colossal army down.     

The Good

The Legend of Korra is a true masterpiece that ended so well. Even though, it wasn’t a perfect finale I still found many great things about it. The battle between Kuvira and Korra was an amazing battle. It was nice to see both characters struggle to defeat each other. It didn’t look like neither one them was overpowered than the other. They were both fighting in equal terms of skill and not many animated series can do it as well as they can. Another great moment was with Mako. It was a great emotional moment to see him take down the machine. The scene even created a great emotional bond between him and his brother, Bolin. It really made me felt for them even after everything they went throughout the series. I know a lot of people didn’t like the way it turned out at the end of this battle. But I was okay with it because maybe the writers needed to determine Mako’s strength and it could have overshined another characters great moment. I also loved the closure Asami had with her father. It was great to see him decided to have a moment of redemption and made me truly forgive him after everything he did in the first season. It really conveys that a bad man can truly change by seeing the effects of what his actions caused to many people even his daughter. The animations in this episode were very solid too. The colors were very vibrant and the motions of the characters were smooth and fluid especially when it came to the battle of Kuvira and Korra. It was visually well done and one of the best battles I ever seen in this series. I also like the electrical powers that were shown when Mako was fighting the machine. Overall the animations really demonstrated the power each character had in them.  

The Bad

The Most difficult thing in this season is truly understanding Kuvira and seeing if her actions were justifiable. There are often contradictions even in the season finale. They made it more evident to contradict her actions further. Over the season she seemed like a Dr. Doom-esque character even despite the green colors. She wanted world peace and she felt the only way could happen is if under her/one rule. But it started coming into question if she truly wanted peace by enslaving people to build weapons for her and she was willing to kill people for not wanting her loyalty.   It made her a bit different than Dr. Doom because he never went that far to get through his goals. Anyways, it seemed like the writers were trying to make us sympathize with her when it came to her answering why she wanted her ideals was because she didn’t want “her people” or people in general to go through being orphaned and disowned by their parents because of their talents and not to live in fear or vulnerability. It felt like the writers tried to make us care especially how Korra looked at her and tries to understand her “good reasoning or intentions”.  But I could not feel sorry for her the minute she said didn’t want her people to be feared or vulnerable because she did made her people be feared by enslaving them and forcing them to obey her loyalty which in this made them vulnerable. This reasoning is why her actions can contradict her beliefs. I honestly think they should’ve focused on her being contradicting in nature and seeing some of her past. So, that in some way we can see her mind being demented thus makes us feel sorry for her that she is unable to see why she acts towards her people. I think the best example of this is like Kingpin in the Daredevil TV series. It’s a great example of how we can feel sorry in some level with a man but at the same time not feel totally sorry because they are so demented that their actions contradict their morals or ideals. The contradiction isn’t really the problem with Kuvira. In essence, her contradictions are what makes her more human. I just wish they had time to explain that flaw in detail and make us understand the character a bit more. Another failed attempt in this series finale is the battle with the colossus. I honestly felt the characters went through an unnecessary way to defeat the colossus. It really didn’t make sense to dramatize all this cool stuff if it ended up causing a lot of destruction or death in the end. Instead they could have one team distract the front and another to distract the back, then let Korra freeze the colossus and use the robots or make bombs to blow the thing inside. The reason why I thought of this is because the colossus was way too slow to turn itself around. So, the distraction could make it a very easy target without much destruction. It seems like they just wanted the battle to look elaborate instead of being tactical. I also think Kuvira should’ve built something more maneuverable and fast moving so it can actually be more difficult to defeat. There’s one more thing that always bothered me a lot in this series is that Asami was really undeveloped in terms of her tech skills. It’s like we never seen her at her full potential on what she can do. It seems is if she was an obsolete version of Sokka and they failed the chance to exploit her skills especially during the colossus fight. They could’ve showed what she learned from her father and see why she was able to lead the company after her father. Don’t get me wrong Asami had wonderful character development especially this season with Korra’s relationship. But I felt they never gave her a chance to shine or hold her own when it came to skill. She often times felt very amateurish even when it comes to other characters and maybe this would have been the reason to make her more compatible with Korra.

Thoughts on “Korra/Asami”

Over the course of the series, when I heard of people shipping Korra/Asami as a relationship I always had mixed feelings about and sometimes till this day I still feel funny about it. Mainly because the way it was perceived in the show. It really looked like it was embracing an intimacy level in the value of a best friend.  Something we rarely see on TV because American culture likes to perceive it as taboo or “gay” to see a friend of the same sex hold hands, hug, or share feelings with each other. When I saw this happen in Legend of Korra I saw the total opposite. I saw two friends only understanding each other as best friends and never thought of crossing that boundary of kissing or having sex because they know they are not meant for each other It’s the boundaries that set best friends or lover apart from each other. It’s very much like my friendship for instance we’re both gay and are males. We have hold hands or hug/share feelings, etc. But we never crossed that boundary because we know our likes and dislikes that makes us incompatible with each other. We really don’t have much in common when it comes to what of kind activities we like. That’s how we know we can’t give each other what other man can give. The main problem with this message is that it gives Americans the false idea of friendship on having an intimacy level without being gay about it. But overall, I’ve grown to accept the idea and loved it because it brings us another message. It allows the chance for gays like me to have a place in American animation someday in the future and finally get rid of the false idea that it will influence children to be gay. Let’s just face it people can’t be influenced to be gay because of TV. In all honestly, for a man and woman to already have gay thoughts is automatically gay, there’s no way around it and this is coming from a gay man himself. You have to be either born or develop being gay naturally without environmental influences. Hello, it’s the main reason why a small population is gay instead of everyone because it isn’t something that’s easily gained by looking at it.

Theme

The theme of this season I feel is “understanding” because we or the characters themselves go throughout the entire season of trying understand people through many different perspectives. We all see what is like to be under their shoes and try to sympathize with them or see the justifiable reasons why they go through these dark paths. Like for example, with Korra we see her being physically and mentally or emotionally handicapped by the end of season 3. But once season 4 begins we see her distancing herself from her friends and the onset trauma of the fear what Zaheer put her through. It really made me understand that because I went through the same thing going through depression. We distance ourselves from the people we care about and at times we can’t feel or can’t move psychically and mentally or sometimes become emotionless. But eventually when see a friend that actually cares and be there for us we change our perspectives and make better for ourselves which is what happened to Korra when she kept running to Asami. Asami never gave up on her and made her realized that her friends and family still needed her or cared for her no matter what. Other examples is seeing the relationship between Lin and Suyin, when we see how many times Suyin was never there for her family even when they needed her thus it separated Lin to never see her again. But eventually we see them try to talk to each other and Suyin tells her she was young and naïve and didn’t realize her being a delinquent affected her family but when she did she changed herself to being a better person. So once Lin realized she has become a better person they finally got along and put the past behind them (I realized this was a season 3 but the two characters reconcile their relationship with their mother Toph in season 4, so I guess you get my point). When it came to Asami and her father we see them understanding each other on why their relationship fell apart and Asami talking to her father every day in prison. Once they truly forgave and understood each other it leads to a path of redemption and sacrificing himself to defeat the colossus. This theme even tested our limits even when it wasn’t clear when we see how Korra and Kuvira come to terms on how they were very similar to each other and Kuvira being opened about her past made Korra understand her which led to forgiving and giving her a second chance. This is why I chose understanding as the theme. Because it’s the understanding that truly leads the changes between these characters and I felt it was the main focus of these relationships. I also feel they were testing us to see us if we understand these and many other relationships as well in this season.              

Verdict

Overall, I give this finale a 4/9 out of 5/10 stars. It’s an amazing finale that brings character development, action and beautiful imagery into one place/episode. It truly makes this American animation into a masterpiece. I can go on and on, on how much I love this series. But I just want to say I loved the great rivalry between Kuvira and Korra. They really proved how similar they are when it comes to determination. They never want to stop what they are doing until they achieve their goal. That’s what makes these two characters great. We also got to see the redemption of Sato which for me made the greatest villain of all time because he finally saw through all his faults to make himself the hero. It always amazes me to see villains go through that light because it shows a true potential of what a human can go through. I also loved seeing the buildup throughout the whole season of Mako and Bolin; they truly show their brotherly love with each other. They really pull through in helping each other out no matter what obstacles tries to overcome them. Finally, it’s great to see depending how you viewed it the friendship and love for Korra and Asami to go through many hardships and still find ways to understand each other. This series had a great ending delivered great art and animation. But it had downsides as well like making Kuvira into an unsympathetic villain, character development based on skill for Asami and a not so good tactical battle against the colossus. But still this finale is amazing for anyone to enjoy it’s really enrich and powerful in every way.

Overall Series

The overall score of the entire series as a whole would be a 4.7/9.7 out of 5/10 stars. Legend of Korra has been a great series especially with the final season. The character development is so amazing because we see all the characters change and grow. This series is one of the very few that makes the supporting characters just as important as the main character. None of them depend solely on Korra to achieve at anything and that’s what I like the most about this series. Bolin is my all-time favorite character mainly because he’s very much like me, very funny, charming and shy kind of a guy. But in time, he grows into a very confident guy with the ability to do lava-bending which is something unique of its own and it makes him a very strong skill set for the team. There are others like Mako, who’s terrible with woman, but has an unbreakable bond with his brother and becomes a great leader and detective for the police force. We also get to see great character development and sisterly bond between Lin and Suyin who grew from hating each other to understanding and loving each other. We also see another brother and sister bond grow from Tenzin and his siblings as well. Even for characters like Asami we see her growing from being a vulnerable person who loved Mako very much but eventually she became strong and giving good advice for Korra which lead into a strong romantic relationship. There’s another great relationship dynamic with Vartick as well he went from being an obnoxious jerk who orders Julie around to do dirty work into a very charming guy who actually loved Juile. Once she was gone he finally realizes the faults of his action and changed himself which was one of best things about the character. And most of all we see Korra get beaten over and over again emotionally and physically by the end of Season 3. But she eventually manages to build enough strength and will to rise to top and beat the villains in any civilized way she can. But even though there was many great characters getting developed there was others who were left in the gutter and trashed to the side. For like an example, we see Jinora learn her spiritual abilities and getting along with her father in season 3, but when once we get to season 4 she gets tossed aside and never get the chance to see the full extent of her abilities in battle. Even Kai goes through this too, he eventually learned from being a thief to being a good kid who likes to help out others. But after that he becomes a character that’s just behind the scenes and doesn’t really do much. That’s what happened to a lot of characters in the 4^th season. There were too many newly introduced characters especially with the airbenders to flourish or get anywhere with them. I honestly feel like 13 episodes each season certainly wasn’t enough to show’s ever growing characters with their skills and personalities. Maybe if they got 22 episodes like the pervious Avatar series these characters would have gotten developed at least a little more. We also didn’t to learn more of the old characters past like Zuko, Kitara or even Sokka who we have no history as to what happened to him. Many of the old characters had no involvement in the main story and were very much left to dust as cameo like roles. That’s why I’m hoping more and more great stories come from the Dark Horse comics because sometimes I feel Nickelodeon limits them on how much character development or story they can expand on. But for a show to have so much character development than many other shows is a rarity. So, it’s really a minor issue with this series. Another great thing is how each season had a political theme that relates to human history and the types of governments. Each villain had something worth fighting for like for example Amon wanted equality and banned all people from any type of bending because it was unfair to anyone who couldn’t bend. Unalaq had examples of the civil war times because he wanted the spirit world and the real world to live together. But people were split with two sides on why the spirits should live with them and Korra had to find a way for people to accept them. Zaheer had a theme of having total freedom with chaos because he was tired of having order from the government and he felt without government there would be a chance of having peace. Kuvira’s theme was dictatorship. She wanted the entire world controlled under one rule and enforcing peace throughout the world. But she had a strong contradiction by enslaving people to do the dirty work for her. This is why I feel this is one of the best animated series on TV because they focused on things that many series doesn’t focus on that can relate to the real world. The political themes were a very strong point here and they really go on hand on what are people’s opinions about the government and how we should live and having equal rights. It really works on what’s happening currently in this world. One more thing I would like to add is the animation and the fighting scene of this show. Many influences of the art styles and fighting were very anime-ish. They even had a comedy based episode that focuses on many of chibi tropes that anime uses on the 4^th season. It wasn’t my favorite episode because it was a recap. But the anime-style humor made it more entertaining that I didn’t mind it much. The characters are even drawn with anime-looking eyes as well from both series alone. One thing I love about the animation in the series was the high quality of the graphics and colors use. It really demonstrated the true “art” of animation. The fighting scenes were anime influences mixed in with comic book style fighting as well. Many of scenes had Kung Fu or martial arts fighting and were kind of over the top but in a good way at times that felt like watching Dragon Ball Z but better. For example, when Zaheer was fighting Korra, there were a lot of rocks being thrown around, charging and rapid punching. It’s one of the many reasons why I consider this series an Anime. There are many things I can go on about this series and it always leaves you wanting more. It’s why I’m happy they are having more Dark Horse comics continuing both series which is pretty good so far. I suggest you read the books that are already out if you’re a big fan. You will really enjoy them. Also, if you’re one of those who haven’t tune into Legend of Korra I strongly suggest you should because this world so enrich with great stuff. It really is a world worth investing in. 

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