Art style seems fairly different than the previous installments, it seems to be further ahead in time but also feels like a new location. Kind of hard to place the protagonists in terms of...
Art style seems fairly different than the previous installments, it seems to be further ahead in time but also feels like a new location.
Kind of hard to place the protagonists in terms of elemental ancestry. They look like they might be from wherever Guru Pathik was from, but also maybe theyve moved past that whole idea altogether.
Interesting to see that history didnt seem to remember Korra fondly. I assume its going to turn out that everyone is wrong and she was forced into an impossible position or its based on a misunderstanding or something like that which ultimately absolves her.
It looks pretty interesting to me! The semi-post-apocalyptic setting seems to serve a few purposes: add a mystery for viewers about how Korra's actions supposedly led to this, create tension and...
It looks pretty interesting to me! The semi-post-apocalyptic setting seems to serve a few purposes: add a mystery for viewers about how Korra's actions supposedly led to this, create tension and prejudice for the new Avatar (kinda similar to how Aang was treated as a public enemy by the Fire Nation), and also stop/slow the advancement of technology so the setting doesn't feel like "the modern world, but with bending". Because unless Korra died in her 40's, I think the tech advancement rate would be close to the modern world. (Maybe the 70's or 80's?)
Also, kinda funny to me how I can already see some parallels to the Kiyoshi novel:
MAJOR Spoiler for Kiyoshi Novels
Kiyoshi, an Earthbender, followed Kuruk the Waterbender whose personal reputation was rather poor due to seeming caught up in his vices and failing his duties. It's later revealed that Kuruk had been secretly hunting and destroying Dark Spirits, spirits that were corrupted and gained murderous intent towards humans, and who were entering the human world at record numbers. Hunting them damaged his own soul though, hence why he seemed to neglect his Avatar duties in favor of drinking and other vices.
I suspect Korra's reputation and role in whatever happened will also be revealed to be misunderstood by the public due to a lack of knowledge of some behind-the-scenes event.
One interesting note from the Youtube trailer comments is that the release date, October 9, is the same as the original date for the leaked movie. (Which, after looking it up, now releases tomorrow... On Paramount+. Still no theatrical release.) Also saw some comments suggesting leakers may have gotten their hands on some episodes...?
I remember that it was leaked about a year or two ago that there would be a new Avatar series that was post apocalyptic with twin main characters, Korra disgraced as the cause of the world's...
I remember that it was leaked about a year or two ago that there would be a new Avatar series that was post apocalyptic with twin main characters, Korra disgraced as the cause of the world's problems, and only a few remaining cities in the world. I'm pretty sure we discussed it here on Tildes. Well, it looks like that leak was 100% correct.
It seems these days that any big media announcement leaks well in advance. Basically all of Nintendo's big announcements lately such as the Star Fox and Ocarina of Time remakes were known about for a while beforehand. The Avatar series itself had an entire movie leak online a few months back, long before its release.
I was a bit disappointed back then, and really hoped that the rumours were wrong. I really enjoyed the world building they did in Korra, and thought there’s great potential in carrying the story...
I was a bit disappointed back then, and really hoped that the rumours were wrong. I really enjoyed the world building they did in Korra, and thought there’s great potential in carrying the story into a more “modern” time, past the Industrial Revolution and into the information age. Just erasing the entire world and resetting it to a more primitive state, for lack of a better word, feels really lazy. I hope I’m wrong about this, but I’m not entirely confident they’ll do something interesting with the universe in this new series. They already seem to be retreading some of the ground Korra already did, in the episodes detailing the Avatar’s origins.
I also was disappointed by them not continuing the tech level progression. That was one of the most interesting parts of LoK and they're just throwing it out. Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere series,...
I also was disappointed by them not continuing the tech level progression. That was one of the most interesting parts of LoK and they're just throwing it out.
Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere series, especially Mistborn, is focusing on this idea of medieval magic system worlds progressing into different tech levels in a very similar way that LoK did, but it's actually sticking with that progression. I found that Mistborn "era 2" did a bit more with the industrial revolution era than Korra did, and it made me think about what Korra could have been like if they weren't worried about cancellation every season and could tell more overarching stories. I recently read "Isles of the Emberdark" which is basically a flash forward to when the Cosmere/Mistborn series will progress all the way to space opera level, and it was awesome. It makes me really wish we got to see Avatar get to that point. Maybe we will some day... Between this show, the movie, and the live action, they're giving the Avatar series a lot more attention these days.
Admittedly, this whole "the world from the previous series was destroyed and it's a post-apocalypse now" is such a fanfic-esque or "What If" spinoff kinda plot, that I wonder what an official sequel actually doing that will do with the premise.
The other big thing I didn't like from the leak or this trailer was Korra getting disgraced in the official source material. First we had her story get messed with by production issues, then we had a lot of fans not like her, now the writers made her seen in-universe as this monster who destroyed civilization. Our girl really can't catch a break, can she... I've heard speculation that this is gonna be a situation where people think she's guilty and through flashbacks we find out she's innocent, and I really hope that's true.
The original series drew heavy inspiration from East Asian cultures, while it looks like they might have leaned more South Asian this time. Something about a pair of children twins going on a...
The original series drew heavy inspiration from East Asian cultures, while it looks like they might have leaned more South Asian this time. Something about a pair of children twins going on a spiritual and magical journey feels very Indian mythology to me, but I don't know enough about that to guess. Anyway I'm excited!
Art style seems fairly different than the previous installments, it seems to be further ahead in time but also feels like a new location.
Kind of hard to place the protagonists in terms of elemental ancestry. They look like they might be from wherever Guru Pathik was from, but also maybe theyve moved past that whole idea altogether.
Interesting to see that history didnt seem to remember Korra fondly. I assume its going to turn out that everyone is wrong and she was forced into an impossible position or its based on a misunderstanding or something like that which ultimately absolves her.
It looks pretty interesting to me! The semi-post-apocalyptic setting seems to serve a few purposes: add a mystery for viewers about how Korra's actions supposedly led to this, create tension and prejudice for the new Avatar (kinda similar to how Aang was treated as a public enemy by the Fire Nation), and also stop/slow the advancement of technology so the setting doesn't feel like "the modern world, but with bending". Because unless Korra died in her 40's, I think the tech advancement rate would be close to the modern world. (Maybe the 70's or 80's?)
Also, kinda funny to me how I can already see some parallels to the Kiyoshi novel:
MAJOR Spoiler for Kiyoshi Novels
Kiyoshi, an Earthbender, followed Kuruk the Waterbender whose personal reputation was rather poor due to seeming caught up in his vices and failing his duties. It's later revealed that Kuruk had been secretly hunting and destroying Dark Spirits, spirits that were corrupted and gained murderous intent towards humans, and who were entering the human world at record numbers. Hunting them damaged his own soul though, hence why he seemed to neglect his Avatar duties in favor of drinking and other vices.
I suspect Korra's reputation and role in whatever happened will also be revealed to be misunderstood by the public due to a lack of knowledge of some behind-the-scenes event.
One interesting note from the Youtube trailer comments is that the release date, October 9, is the same as the original date for the leaked movie. (Which, after looking it up, now releases tomorrow... On Paramount+. Still no theatrical release.) Also saw some comments suggesting leakers may have gotten their hands on some episodes...?
I remember that it was leaked about a year or two ago that there would be a new Avatar series that was post apocalyptic with twin main characters, Korra disgraced as the cause of the world's problems, and only a few remaining cities in the world. I'm pretty sure we discussed it here on Tildes. Well, it looks like that leak was 100% correct.
It seems these days that any big media announcement leaks well in advance. Basically all of Nintendo's big announcements lately such as the Star Fox and Ocarina of Time remakes were known about for a while beforehand. The Avatar series itself had an entire movie leak online a few months back, long before its release.
I was a bit disappointed back then, and really hoped that the rumours were wrong. I really enjoyed the world building they did in Korra, and thought there’s great potential in carrying the story into a more “modern” time, past the Industrial Revolution and into the information age. Just erasing the entire world and resetting it to a more primitive state, for lack of a better word, feels really lazy. I hope I’m wrong about this, but I’m not entirely confident they’ll do something interesting with the universe in this new series. They already seem to be retreading some of the ground Korra already did, in the episodes detailing the Avatar’s origins.
I also was disappointed by them not continuing the tech level progression. That was one of the most interesting parts of LoK and they're just throwing it out.
Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere series, especially Mistborn, is focusing on this idea of medieval magic system worlds progressing into different tech levels in a very similar way that LoK did, but it's actually sticking with that progression. I found that Mistborn "era 2" did a bit more with the industrial revolution era than Korra did, and it made me think about what Korra could have been like if they weren't worried about cancellation every season and could tell more overarching stories. I recently read "Isles of the Emberdark" which is basically a flash forward to when the Cosmere/Mistborn series will progress all the way to space opera level, and it was awesome. It makes me really wish we got to see Avatar get to that point. Maybe we will some day... Between this show, the movie, and the live action, they're giving the Avatar series a lot more attention these days.
Admittedly, this whole "the world from the previous series was destroyed and it's a post-apocalypse now" is such a fanfic-esque or "What If" spinoff kinda plot, that I wonder what an official sequel actually doing that will do with the premise.
The other big thing I didn't like from the leak or this trailer was Korra getting disgraced in the official source material. First we had her story get messed with by production issues, then we had a lot of fans not like her, now the writers made her seen in-universe as this monster who destroyed civilization. Our girl really can't catch a break, can she... I've heard speculation that this is gonna be a situation where people think she's guilty and through flashbacks we find out she's innocent, and I really hope that's true.
The original series drew heavy inspiration from East Asian cultures, while it looks like they might have leaned more South Asian this time. Something about a pair of children twins going on a spiritual and magical journey feels very Indian mythology to me, but I don't know enough about that to guess. Anyway I'm excited!