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 on: March 15, 2024, 01:24:02 AM 
Started by voodoolily - Last post by Falconeer
In a month where Final Fantasy VII Rebirth just released and Dragon's Dogma 2 is coming in a week, Unicorn Overlord is my early GOTY. Fantastic. Instant classic. Dreamy.

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 on: March 05, 2024, 11:47:06 AM 
Started by Samwise - Last post by Samwise
The brutality of fire is reflected more indirectly in the way that Aang reacts to it, to the point where he's basically phobic about learning to firebend because of how destructive it is.

Which really gets right to the heart of my favorite thing about the show, which is that the whole main "quest" of the three season arc is accomplished mostly through well-written character growth.  Aang's whole thing is that he has to master the elements, and the challenge isn't that he has to go and collect widgets and whack foozles, it's that he has to look within himself and change his whole way of thinking.  Like, he can't earthbend because he's too conflict-avoidant, and Toph fixes that by sticking him in a situation where he has to meet something head-on.

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 on: March 04, 2024, 04:28:29 PM 
Started by Samwise - Last post by Khaldun
Well, there is Zuko's face in the cartoon, but otherwise, yeah, fire is treated more often like kinetic energy.

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 on: March 02, 2024, 01:39:39 PM 
Started by Samwise - Last post by Threash
One thing the show did better was show how brutal fire actually is in war. I don't think there was one episode when at least one person was not horrifically burned, usually to death. The cartoon (for obvious reasons) simply couldn't do that, getting hit by fire was more like being punched... it just tossed people around. Having the fire lord just casually set people on fire when he is done shit talking them works wonders to make him scarier.

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 on: March 02, 2024, 09:44:50 AM 
Started by Samwise - Last post by Samwise
The cartoon hits you with the fun cute stuff (martial arts magic!  wacky creatures!) very early, and does a slow burn on the heavier stuff (genocide!  moral dilemmas!  corruption!  redemption!) almost like they were trying to sneak it past the network censors.

The live action version hits you with the genocide right off the bat, like, look this is a grownup show we ain't fucking around, and I think that ironically lessens the impact.

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 on: March 01, 2024, 04:18:57 PM 
Started by Samwise - Last post by Threash
The cartoon is a masterpiece, the live action show is ok. They did not skimp on the production value, so everything looks pretty damn amazing. It feels a bit soulless though, just a fancy retelling of a better story.

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 on: March 01, 2024, 11:55:52 AM 
Started by Samwise - Last post by Velorath
I only just the other day watched the first episode of the cartoon. Don't know when I'll get to more of it. Seemed fine, but didn't suck me in.

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 on: March 01, 2024, 11:19:48 AM 
Started by Samwise - Last post by Samwise
(edit: might as well have a thread since while there's not much to say about the Netflix remake I can't resist talking about the original)

The new live action Avatar show definitely qualifies as useless TV.   awesome, for real

In a world where the cartoon didn't exist I'd probably say "wow, that was pretty cool."  But over here in the real world it's kinda meh.  I'll give them credit for making a lot of stuff look pretty cool, especially the fight choreo.  But it feels very rushed, and as a result (and also maybe the direction/acting) lacks a lot of the emotional weight it should have.

Needless to say it's better than the M Night movie, but that's damning it with faint praise.

If you haven't seen the cartoon because it's too popular or whatever, btw, get over yourself and watch it.   DRILLING AND MANLINESS

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 on: March 01, 2024, 06:22:44 AM 
Started by Tale - Last post by satael
It's proper Narcos. Done properly. Only six episodes, but high quality. Not your usual Netflix these days.

My only problem with it was that it was just 6 episodes, felt a little too rushed for telling the whole story in that time.

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 on: February 29, 2024, 07:47:28 PM 
Started by Tale - Last post by Tale
It's proper Narcos. Done properly. Only six episodes, but high quality. Not your usual Netflix these days.

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