1 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:14,960 Man, I love that intro so much. It's so short and sweet, 2 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,399 but it just gets your into action. Hello, ladies and gentlemen, welcome 3 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:25,320 to a very special Avatar the Last Airbender review GV episode. Just the two 4 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:28,440 of us today. I am the Airbender Kirkland Patzer, and who am I 5 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,000 here with? I'm the fire Bender Taylor Field. Got the two Benders, 6 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,520 no Water Benders, no Earthbenders. But maybe next season if the show gets 7 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,520 it. But yeah, we are here if you couldn't guess already for the 8 00:00:40,679 --> 00:00:44,640 Avatar the Last Airbender Season one review. We're recapping every episode, all eight 9 00:00:44,679 --> 00:00:49,439 of them. The big Netflix series that dropped for me. Most are not 10 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,359 most, but much anticipated series. I've been really looking forward to this ever 11 00:00:53,359 --> 00:00:57,119 since they first announced that they were doing these live action projects with The Last 12 00:00:57,119 --> 00:01:00,960 Airbender. But before we get into all that stuff, we'll get a little 13 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:04,040 plug away here. We got a ton of stuff cooking right now in the 14 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:10,400 GV sphere. It's a very special week. It's the Dune two. I 15 00:01:10,439 --> 00:01:12,879 don't think it's called Dune two. I guess Dune Part two release week. 16 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,000 So I'm very looking forward to that. I was chatting with some people at 17 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,799 work today. I'm just I'm getting so in the vibe Shane. I plan 18 00:01:19,879 --> 00:01:23,680 we're gonna rewatch the first movie Wednesday and then go see it of course Thursday, 19 00:01:23,719 --> 00:01:26,840 and it's the odd week where her work schedule aligns that she can actually 20 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,959 join us for that movie. I feel like she hasn't been a part of 21 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,079 the last few ones, so very much looking forward for her being there and 22 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:37,359 for Dune two. But yeah, oh that's why I mentioned that, because 23 00:01:37,359 --> 00:01:41,799 we're plugging away, So that's gonna be a Dune review that evening, and 24 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:47,959 then we planned on releasing the next Halo episode on the Friday, I believe 25 00:01:47,959 --> 00:01:52,760 if the schedule makes sense to me. And what else do we got? 26 00:01:52,799 --> 00:01:56,079 We just did Twilight retro. I've heard a lot of murmurs just in my 27 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,640 own sphere people really like in that episode. It's probably because it's just such 28 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,280 a talk a bull talk about a bowl movie. I'm gonna make up that 29 00:02:02,319 --> 00:02:06,480 word. I kind of like that, so that one was really fun to 30 00:02:06,519 --> 00:02:09,479 talk about. We got the Mad Max retros going on, We've got the 31 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:14,039 Planet of the Apes retros going on, a lot of just a lot of 32 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:15,759 stuff going on. We got a Team Beach movie coming s bubs. If 33 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:21,360 you're listening to this, it's finally going to be coming your way. What 34 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,520 else? What else? My? Oh yeah, side Quest Stil and I 35 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,719 just did a fantastic side Quest episode yesterday that was lots of fun breaking down 36 00:02:27,719 --> 00:02:32,240 the big Elden Ring DLC release. 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Without further ado, let's just 56 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:57,400 jump right into it now before we get into the episode itself, Taylor, 57 00:03:57,439 --> 00:04:00,039 I want to just kind of prad your brain because throughout the years of the 58 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,159 podcast, I feel like you, out of everyone, have definitely just been 59 00:04:04,199 --> 00:04:11,159 able to speak to the last Airbender Avatar, and I should I should just 60 00:04:11,199 --> 00:04:14,639 preface by saying anytime I mentioned Avatar tonight has nothing to do with James Cameron 61 00:04:14,719 --> 00:04:17,480 version. That happened a couple of times that happened. Yeah, It's like, 62 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:19,879 what, I didn't watch this Netflix show. I'm here for the wrong 63 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:23,759 review. I was talking to a couple of coworkers today and I'm like, 64 00:04:23,759 --> 00:04:25,720 oh, man, I was watching Avatar in on the weekend. They're like, 65 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:27,759 oh, you really like today, like The Way of Water. That 66 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,759 one, I'm like, oh no, no, not the James Cameron one, 67 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,000 like The Last Airbender. But yeah, just like throughout the years, 68 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:38,000 I feel like every time I brought it up, You've definitely shown that you've 69 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,759 had history and experience with it. But I feel like I've never known fully 70 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,120 what your history is with it. Do you rewatch the show often? Did 71 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:46,360 you watch it as a kid that you just have a lot of nostalgia for 72 00:04:46,399 --> 00:04:49,319 it? Or you play the games, and I know there's a handful of 73 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:53,879 games out there. I've not played the games I have, believe it, 74 00:04:53,959 --> 00:04:58,959 or not only gone through these series one time. I hate that I have. 75 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,439 I wish that to this a few more times, because this is it 76 00:05:01,519 --> 00:05:06,680 is a great show. I don't remember what motivated me to get into it, 77 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:12,079 because I'm personally I'm not much of a an anime fan. There's a 78 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:16,040 few that I've I've seen. Oh there's one, I can't remember what it's 79 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,519 called, but punch Man, that's a big bit of that I haven't seen 80 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:25,959 all. Dragon Ball is another very classic. I haven't seen dragon Ball. 81 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,519 Pokemon counts as an anime, I'm pretty sure that's true. Definitely love Pokemon 82 00:05:30,639 --> 00:05:32,680 and you you. I went back and we watched some of the anime old 83 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,920 classic ones. But there's another one too, I can't remember. It's like 84 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,439 these people live in the ground and there's these monsters that are above ground, 85 00:05:41,439 --> 00:05:43,959 and they go up above ground and they build like these giant mechs, and 86 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,439 the mex get to be like size of like tossing galaxies. Wow, there 87 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:53,040 is probably no less than like a thousand Mech animes out there. Like Gundams. 88 00:05:53,079 --> 00:05:56,879 There's like a thousand different Gundam shows, I feel, so maybe it 89 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,639 was one of those. I mean, yeah, I don't know. I'm 90 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,319 not sure. I love anime, but I definitely have not seen enough of 91 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:08,399 it. I have my limits. But as far as Avatar Last Airbender goes, 92 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,639 this one, it just I jibed with it. I love the anime. 93 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,279 I thought it was great. I love the characters and I love the 94 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:20,560 storylines. And so when I watched Book one, I was just so hooked 95 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:25,600 on it. And this is a time when everything was already released, so 96 00:06:25,639 --> 00:06:29,439 I was just able to binge through it on streaming, and I binged through 97 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,480 it hard. I was needing more and more and more, and I was 98 00:06:31,639 --> 00:06:35,639 loving it. I was really really loving it and loving to see Ang's development 99 00:06:35,639 --> 00:06:39,199 as a character, and just to see all the other characters kind of transition 100 00:06:39,319 --> 00:06:45,079 to and their development and their growth and the warriors was awesome. So now 101 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,399 I don't remember if I saw the movie before or after. That's the only 102 00:06:48,439 --> 00:06:54,720 thing I want to say. I saw it the movie before because I kind 103 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,000 of was digging the movie, and then when I saw this show, I 104 00:06:58,079 --> 00:07:02,040 understood the the comparisons of why this movie was so flawed. They've skipped over 105 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:08,319 so much character development for our for our main leads, and they's just skirted 106 00:07:08,399 --> 00:07:14,560 over so many different, uh different things that just happened in that first book. 107 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,480 It was quite a shame just to go from point A to point B 108 00:07:16,639 --> 00:07:20,120 when or sorry, point A to point Z without going through all the other 109 00:07:20,199 --> 00:07:24,360 letters of the alphabet. Very much a shame. But there are still some 110 00:07:24,399 --> 00:07:29,319 great scenes that I really like in that M Night Shyamalan adaptation. But it's 111 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,040 just overall, it's it falls short when we get to this show. Oh 112 00:07:32,079 --> 00:07:34,920 my goodness, am I allowed to go into that? Are you? Should 113 00:07:34,959 --> 00:07:39,480 I either get my thoughts? Or should I wait? Uh? Yeah, 114 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,600 you go ahead. Your overall thoughts. I won't gate keep you there. 115 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,879 I I want I want more episodes. I genuinely just could not stop at 116 00:07:47,879 --> 00:07:50,920 one episode. I kept wanting to watch more. I was just totally absorbed 117 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:55,920 into this story. I think it was great, and I have to step 118 00:07:55,959 --> 00:08:00,639 back and look at this from an unbiased perspective here because I realized, as 119 00:08:00,639 --> 00:08:03,439 a fan that knows the lore and the and loves Halo, I'm shitting all 120 00:08:03,439 --> 00:08:07,240 over that show. But then this comes in. This is a breadth of 121 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,240 fresh air. I love it. But then I see a lot of people 122 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:13,759 that really like the or like the Last Avatar Airbender, last fuck Avatar, 123 00:08:13,839 --> 00:08:20,959 the last the Last Wave of Water is what they And I'm excited to know 124 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:24,120 what your opinion is and what Chae's opinion is the show, because most people 125 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:28,240 I'm seeing online that are fans of this franchise are not jiving with the show, 126 00:08:28,279 --> 00:08:31,639 and I think, Okay, this is the same thing applying to Halo. 127 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,039 I love Halo, but I'm not driving with the show. I don't 128 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:37,960 have much of a baseline in the lore and the history of Avatars, so 129 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:43,200 it makes sense why someone with Halo doesn't have much engagement with the whole history 130 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:48,480 and the lore would click in with hating it, they would like the show, 131 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:50,879 and I feel like it's the same context. If that makes sense. 132 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,519 Is why where I stand with this show, and I feel like it am 133 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:58,759 I am I justified to like this show because from what I could remember, 134 00:08:58,799 --> 00:09:01,519 I feel like they hit so much any of those story beats on point. 135 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,519 Well, there's definitely some questionable things with the acting. I think all the 136 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:07,159 kid actors are great. I think some of the adults and the not the 137 00:09:07,159 --> 00:09:11,799 adults, but the older, older people, the elders and stuff are maybe 138 00:09:11,799 --> 00:09:13,080 a little bit over the top, a little quirky, but maybe they're just 139 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:18,720 supposed to be that way. But overall, I'm I'm just very very happy 140 00:09:18,759 --> 00:09:20,360 with the show. I want more and I hope we get that season two 141 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:26,480 because this show is my favorite thing on Netflix in a long time. So 142 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:33,840 nice, I praise Yeah, So quick history with Me and the Last Airbender. 143 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,399 I remember when this show like first aired on like Cartoon Network or or 144 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:43,240 no I would have been I guess Nickelodeon is who did it, so I 145 00:09:43,279 --> 00:09:46,960 don't think we had a Nickelodeon channel in Canada, but it was like YTV 146 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:50,480 or something. But I just remember like seeing those early trailers for it and 147 00:09:50,519 --> 00:09:52,759 just being like, oh my god, I like I gotta check this out. 148 00:09:52,799 --> 00:09:56,320 And as it usually went with like me watching those weekly cartoons as a 149 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:00,919 kid, I was like so on it until I wasn't and then I like 150 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,360 missed an episode and then you try and like watch them, but you like 151 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:05,879 it's like previously on and then you like miss the whole episode. It's just 152 00:10:05,919 --> 00:10:09,399 like I don't even want to watch this anymore. So I just kind of 153 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,600 like stopped after I feel like five episodes as a kid. But then, 154 00:10:13,519 --> 00:10:16,639 yeah, I think early when Shane and I started dating, she had watched 155 00:10:16,639 --> 00:10:20,159 it and just really loved it. So we rewatched it together and I absolutely 156 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:24,360 love that show so much. It is definitely one of my guilty pleasures show. 157 00:10:24,639 --> 00:10:28,519 I guess it's not even really guilty pleasure because the quality is actually like 158 00:10:28,639 --> 00:10:31,519 really good. It is just a really good show that I love to watch, 159 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:35,799 and we rewatch it quite often, I think Shane more than me. 160 00:10:35,639 --> 00:10:39,679 But it definitely falls into the almost like The Office or something where it's just 161 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:43,639 a show that you can just always throw on and you'll you'll just always like 162 00:10:43,639 --> 00:10:45,600 you know what you're getting and you know that it'll be a good time. 163 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,320 It's almost to the point that I've maybe seen it too much, so like 164 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,639 when you get to a certain episode, it's just like, oh my god, 165 00:10:50,639 --> 00:10:54,840 I've seen this so many times. But I mean it's it's just such 166 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,840 a fantastic show. I love it so much. I love the world that 167 00:10:56,879 --> 00:11:01,080 they built, and just for all those reasons when when they were making all 168 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:07,759 these announcements that they're planning on doing these adaptation shows and just expanding further upon 169 00:11:07,799 --> 00:11:11,799 the universe. Because when they were talking about that, they weren't just talking 170 00:11:11,799 --> 00:11:16,960 about this show on Netflix, like I believe, they were talking about like 171 00:11:16,519 --> 00:11:20,440 when aang and Crew is like older, like so it's basically what takes place 172 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:24,600 after the events of the show. Another movie was in there. I think 173 00:11:24,639 --> 00:11:28,279 it was a Kiyoshi movie too, which is really exciting. That's the the 174 00:11:28,279 --> 00:11:33,200 Earth Avatar that aang In interacts with in the show and in the cartoon. 175 00:11:33,279 --> 00:11:37,679 But I yeah, I absolutely love it so much. I love all the 176 00:11:37,799 --> 00:11:41,240 characters and cast, so like this one was one going into it that like 177 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,200 I had expectations. It's pretty much like you with Halo, Like I know 178 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,679 what the story is, so like impress me. That's kind of like my 179 00:11:48,759 --> 00:11:54,080 mindset going into it, though, Like I I definitely was expecting it to 180 00:11:54,159 --> 00:12:00,519 be better than The Night Movie because I think at the time, just because 181 00:12:00,519 --> 00:12:03,639 I had seen that movie like as a kid before, I like really dove 182 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,440 into seeing the show to its entirety. I didn't remember it being so bad, 183 00:12:07,519 --> 00:12:11,399 Like I remember being let down that it was so short. I guess, 184 00:12:11,399 --> 00:12:13,320 like it really doesn't tell much of the story. But then of course 185 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,399 I like rewatched it a couple of years ago. It's just like, wow, 186 00:12:16,399 --> 00:12:18,440 this is this is truly atrocious with what they do and it's like a 187 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:24,320 memeable movie now, just with the way that they mispronounced names and the over 188 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,240 the top like movements that they do and then they like toss like a little 189 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:31,320 pebble. It's just like this this just has none of the magic that that 190 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:37,320 that Avatar has for me and like The Last Airbender has for me. And 191 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:41,759 it's funny. You're just talking about like some anime history, and the thing 192 00:12:41,799 --> 00:12:45,840 with anime is like that's Japanese cartoons, right, so like it's pretty much 193 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,639 cartoons that are like from Japan and this is actually from North America. So 194 00:12:48,759 --> 00:12:52,159 like it's just been an ongoing like thing. I've seen a lot of memes 195 00:12:52,159 --> 00:12:58,240 on it where it's basically the scene from when Anakin is being denied the rank 196 00:12:58,279 --> 00:13:00,960 of Master and it, but it showed it was like a bunch of like 197 00:13:01,039 --> 00:13:03,600 animes like on the council and it's like like the really top tier ones, 198 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:07,039 and it's like you can be on this council, but we don't. We 199 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:11,559 don't give you the title of anime because it's like it's still a cartoon. 200 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,960 I guess which is I mean that anime or that that memes. Sorry always 201 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,919 gets me. That's a good one. But yeah, going into this show, 202 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:22,559 I already mentioned like what my kind of expectations were for it being better 203 00:13:22,639 --> 00:13:26,600 than m Night, but I didn't see any possibility that it was going to 204 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:31,559 be obviously to the level or if not better than what the cartoon was. 205 00:13:31,639 --> 00:13:37,320 And I I'm definitely right in that matter, At least for myself, I 206 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:43,320 think that this is like a pretty damn well made show. The CGI looks 207 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:48,559 quite good for like the creatures and the effects that they show. There's there's 208 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:50,559 still those moments when there's someone like on a ship and it's daylight, you 209 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,639 have that like weird glare. That's just it's so obvious that they're not actually 210 00:13:54,639 --> 00:13:58,399 like out in water. I really just I really hate when CGI like like 211 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,600 they're just trying to like pass that I guess. And it's usually always these 212 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:03,559 daylight settings when they have like a lot of sun on them. It just 213 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:09,440 looks so bad to me. And that happened a few times and throughout this 214 00:14:09,639 --> 00:14:13,200 season I found me kind of getting pulled away from it. But like anytime 215 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:16,000 that they're doing the effects and stuff, and that's something that just this show, 216 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:20,399 like Triumphs the m Night one like tenfold is like the actual air bending 217 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,120 or fire bending, like those effects to me, they look so good and 218 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:30,879 like they really they really I think do a service to like what the original 219 00:14:30,919 --> 00:14:33,240 show was, Like, like it really feels epic when they are doing the 220 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:39,519 banding. Apa looks so incredible the detail they have like on his fur and 221 00:14:39,559 --> 00:14:41,759 everything and just like his I don't know, just this whole facial features, 222 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:46,039 like like they just did such a great job with him. And even when 223 00:14:46,039 --> 00:14:48,159 like a character is like hugging him, sometimes that can look less real just 224 00:14:48,159 --> 00:14:52,519 because they're blending like a CGI creature with a real person I still thought that 225 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:56,799 looked quite good. Not impeccable by any means, but like, I still 226 00:14:56,799 --> 00:14:58,879 think it was it was very good compared to what it could have looked like. 227 00:15:00,559 --> 00:15:03,399 Momo was really cute and it looked really good as well. And so 228 00:15:03,399 --> 00:15:07,039 like, this show had a big budget too, if I'm not mistaken, 229 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:11,120 it's like twenty million dollars an episode, which is insane, absolutely crazy. 230 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,240 And it has not been confirmed that we are getting a season two or three 231 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:20,519 from if I'm not mistaken it It's really dependent kind of on what the reception 232 00:15:20,639 --> 00:15:24,679 of it is. But and this is something I was talking to Shay with 233 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,759 when we just are sorry just today, when we were finishing up the season, 234 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:33,879 I was just like, like, would you want a next another season 235 00:15:33,919 --> 00:15:37,519 because we were kind of just like giving our deep dive thoughts on the show 236 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:41,480 in that little talk that we had, and she'd hear and I both very 237 00:15:41,559 --> 00:15:43,120 much agree that we do want to see another season. I think it's just 238 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:48,559 such a great thing adapting the story like in today's age, because I feel 239 00:15:48,559 --> 00:15:52,159 like there is a lot of people out there that have not experienced the show 240 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:56,799 of the Last Airbener and that story. And although if I like if I 241 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:03,159 met someone brand new that's never seen anything about The Last Airbender, I think 242 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,519 I would still and Shae agree with me here that, like we would recommend 243 00:16:06,519 --> 00:16:11,960 the original just because there is certain story things that they kind of gloss over 244 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:17,679 in this adaptation, or maybe certain characters that are just done differently and in 245 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:19,559 my opinion, better in the animated show. But the thing is with the 246 00:16:19,559 --> 00:16:25,240 animated show, like it's obviously so much longer than what this eight episode part 247 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,399 is, so you have more time to kind of dive into those stories. 248 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,799 But I still think this is a well made show. I think some of 249 00:16:30,799 --> 00:16:36,799 the acting falls a little short for me in some instances, although for the 250 00:16:36,799 --> 00:16:42,440 most part, I do like the cast. I think like the main cast 251 00:16:42,519 --> 00:16:47,159 like Sokka, Katara and Aang, I actually really like the casting for them. 252 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,080 I think Socca, I don't know how or where they found this guy, 253 00:16:49,159 --> 00:16:52,279 but like he just seems like he was plucked out of like a out 254 00:16:52,279 --> 00:16:56,600 of like a car, out of the cartoon, essentially out of a comic 255 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,840 book. Like he just his mannerisms and is just his everything about him, 256 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,559 like his facial features, Like he just totally looks like Socca. So I 257 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,279 was really really impressed with that Qatara. I think she really grew on me. 258 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:11,640 I didn't love her initially at first, but definitely grew on me. 259 00:17:11,799 --> 00:17:14,920 And then Aang. I mean, like, we'll dive further into the characters 260 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,200 when we get into spoilers and stuff, but I still think that he at 261 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:23,559 least had the look and certain mannerisms of Aang. But yeah, I'm kind 262 00:17:23,559 --> 00:17:26,240 of diving too deep right now. It's it's hard not to talk about everything 263 00:17:26,279 --> 00:17:33,519 though in your your overalls. But for where was I going with that? 264 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,400 Oh? The music I was really impressed with. I thought they did a 265 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:44,599 great job at just incorporating some of like the original songs and styles with like 266 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:47,839 a fresh take on it. You kind of froze there til you scared me. 267 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,319 I thought I was alone. I'm like, oh no, here we 268 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:56,680 go. But yeah, like, I think there is a lot of great 269 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:02,480 things from the show that they did well. But yeah, I don't know. 270 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:03,720 I don't want to say too much because I feel like there's a lot 271 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,240 of to unpack, especially if someone's listening to that's never experienced the story. 272 00:18:07,599 --> 00:18:12,519 I think overall, though, I would definitely recommend this show to someone out 273 00:18:12,559 --> 00:18:15,519 there if you've never experienced a show, I think start with the cartoon. 274 00:18:15,559 --> 00:18:21,079 But that's just my opinion. If you just want like a little gloss over 275 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,960 of the story for a shorter, just a short experience, I think this 276 00:18:25,039 --> 00:18:27,240 show is like it does do a good enough job at hitting the main points 277 00:18:27,279 --> 00:18:30,599 to tell that story. I think you could definitely watch this one. But 278 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,480 in my opinion, I would watch the cartoon first. But what about you, 279 00:18:33,519 --> 00:18:38,359 would you recommend it? Oh, you know what, I might? 280 00:18:38,559 --> 00:18:44,079 I dare say I probably would. I feel like the cartoon, there's so 281 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,599 many extra episodes in there, welly everything. Of course there's filler, but 282 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,039 everything really does add to the development of those characters. And I feel like 283 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,519 at my in my day and age, it's tricky, and that's probably one 284 00:18:55,559 --> 00:18:57,359 of the reasons why I haven't been able to go back and get into the 285 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,519 show again, and and we watch it, I just need more time to 286 00:19:02,559 --> 00:19:06,400 go on such a journey. And I feel like this was just a great, 287 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:11,559 less than eight hours, concise, wonderful immersion back into this world. 288 00:19:11,559 --> 00:19:14,799 And I think this would be a great way thing to introduce to other people 289 00:19:14,799 --> 00:19:18,079 that want to get into this franchise. I was curious because when you mentioned 290 00:19:18,079 --> 00:19:19,240 the actor that played Soccer, I was wondering what else he was in. 291 00:19:19,279 --> 00:19:25,599 He was actually in thirteen Reasons. Oh really yeah, like season one. 292 00:19:27,079 --> 00:19:30,759 I can't I don't want to risk going back and like looking at it because 293 00:19:30,759 --> 00:19:33,160 when I went on the IMDb, that's when my froze and oh always seems 294 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:38,359 to freeze my computer. But yeah, we'll say season one, why not? 295 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:48,400 There you go? Nice. I don't know, do you want to 296 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:52,559 just dive into the spoilery type thing and then the show? Yeah, let's 297 00:19:52,599 --> 00:19:56,039 dive in. I one thing I want to mention because you you said that 298 00:19:56,599 --> 00:20:00,519 there's just confusion about surrounding like Avatar, way Water all that an actor who 299 00:20:00,559 --> 00:20:08,640 played Commander Commander Joao Ken posting this right long Ken Lung, I believe he 300 00:20:08,759 --> 00:20:18,119 thought that he was going to be in an actual James Cameron Avatar. Yeah, 301 00:20:18,279 --> 00:20:21,640 you just wanted to be a blue person and you know, being General 302 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:26,319 Joao Okay, yeah, so yeah, he thought, uh, he thought 303 00:20:26,319 --> 00:20:30,319 he was additioning for James Cameron's Avatar and then it turns out like, oh 304 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:34,839 this is her was her last Airbender. So that made me laugh. That's 305 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:40,119 hilarious. Uh, do you know what else that guy was from he was 306 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:45,400 in uh Lost if you ever watch that show, was he really? Okay? 307 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,920 Then that's there's a few people that have that are in here that we're 308 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,319 in Lost, because even fire fire Lord OZI, yeah that's uh Gin I 309 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:56,519 think it is his name. Mm hmmm. So yeah, it blows my 310 00:20:56,559 --> 00:21:00,240 mind actual big Lost fans who ever made the show. Yeah, but there's 311 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:04,279 a there's a few big names. I don't want to say not big names. 312 00:21:04,319 --> 00:21:08,000 Maybe it's disrespectful, but to me, the names, Yeah, there's 313 00:21:08,039 --> 00:21:12,079 some names, and like Madison kept putting them out too. But I mean 314 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:18,000 obviously we got Uncle iiro that actor you recognized them from the candalorium U that's 315 00:21:18,079 --> 00:21:22,480 right. And then Amber mid Thunder. I totally was not expecting her to 316 00:21:22,519 --> 00:21:26,279 be in here, okay, So okay, so she was u A right, 317 00:21:26,559 --> 00:21:30,720 yes, yeah, okay, because I I knew that I recognized her 318 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,519 from somewhere. I think the hair kind of threw me off because I was 319 00:21:33,559 --> 00:21:36,240 just like, man, that's a that's a wig and a half right there. 320 00:21:37,559 --> 00:21:41,160 That's uh, that's cool. I didn't realize it was her. Yeah, 321 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:42,880 I was dropping me nuts, like I've seen you before. And something 322 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:48,920 else what did I see? Who are your TV? And you had, 323 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:52,319 like, I hope I'm saying his last name right, Danny Putty from Community 324 00:21:52,759 --> 00:21:57,720 ahbed oh, yeah that's right. Yeahs the mechanist. But yeah, there's 325 00:21:57,759 --> 00:22:02,680 some great names in here there you are, maybe not big names, but 326 00:22:02,799 --> 00:22:07,039 there their names, great names. Uh. Okay, maybe we'll take our 327 00:22:07,079 --> 00:22:11,480 first ad break here and then we'll we'll probably just go episode episode by episode, 328 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:17,759 go along that way. But yeah, we'll be back. All right, 329 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:22,839 we are back episode one Aang. What do you think about this episode, 330 00:22:22,839 --> 00:22:26,640 Taylor? It tells us that the Little Origin it's I mean, it 331 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,599 starts differently than the animated show starts, And I mean, I'll try to 332 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:36,119 not be that guy that just picks away at the comparisons from the cartoon to 333 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,200 to this version, because I feel like that could get dried pretty pretty quickly. 334 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:42,279 But yeah, it starts a little bit differently where instead of just starting 335 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:48,240 with our our heroes Sokka and Katara finding Aang in the ice, it it 336 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:55,160 it actually starts like with the flashback of Aang with with the homies and the 337 00:22:55,279 --> 00:22:59,400 air Nomads. And how do you like that whole dynamic of just seeing Ang 338 00:22:59,519 --> 00:23:03,440 with the other Airbenders, and we get a lot of Gyatsu in this or 339 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:10,000 gyatso I think it's Gatsu in this episode and kind of throughout the whole season 340 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,160 too. Maybe not a lot throughout the season, but definitely in this episode. 341 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,480 He's pretty relevant here. But how do you like the start of that? 342 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,920 Man, I'm if you know me as a Star Wars fan, you 343 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:25,039 know that I have a weak spot for Order sixty six, and this is 344 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:29,240 like very similar. Actually, oh yeah, comparison, this is totally that 345 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:33,519 Order sixty six. So when you have they are no mads, just celebrating 346 00:23:33,079 --> 00:23:37,000 the Comet Festival. Everything's just looking peaches and cream. It's gonna be a 347 00:23:37,039 --> 00:23:41,680 great time, and thinking, man, you guys are God, You're about 348 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:48,920 to be You're able to be baked. This bird's baked. So I think 349 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:53,240 starting off was great. I think it really helps people understand more what's going 350 00:23:53,279 --> 00:23:57,480 on. Of course, the animated show, just as you said, it 351 00:23:57,559 --> 00:24:03,680 just dives into aang being discovered and I totally forgot that's how it actually started 352 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,680 in the animated series. But yeah, I think this is great for someone 353 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,480 that's not familiar with the show. They tune in and they think Okay, 354 00:24:11,519 --> 00:24:14,599 this is we get to see everything going on here. They don't really do 355 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,720 much of a job at relaying why the Firebenders waited for the comment, and 356 00:24:18,759 --> 00:24:22,440 I maybe you can answer me this because I got kind of confused. I 357 00:24:22,519 --> 00:24:26,079 thought that Firebenders could not conjure fire on their own, even in the animated 358 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:30,519 series. Am I getting that back? No, they can. It's they 359 00:24:30,559 --> 00:24:32,640 can, Okay, So it was only in the movie that they couldn't. 360 00:24:33,039 --> 00:24:37,000 God, I can't even remember that, so yeah, yeah, I guess 361 00:24:37,039 --> 00:24:40,119 you're right. I don't remember that all. So the big thing with susan 362 00:24:40,279 --> 00:24:45,480 comment is that their power is just like times ten in those moments, like 363 00:24:45,519 --> 00:24:49,079 they're just totally fired up from the comment itself. So yeah, like once 364 00:24:49,279 --> 00:24:52,440 every hundred years, I think they say, like Susan's comment will just be 365 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:56,039 in the air, and that's just when they're at their peak, and that's 366 00:24:56,039 --> 00:25:00,519 why they're able to just really use those moments to take over some of the 367 00:25:00,559 --> 00:25:03,880 other regions. So it's like that special moon when you have water Benders just 368 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,880 exactly. Yeah, okay, no, exactly. That's good to know that. 369 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:12,119 So yeah, because I think that that makes sense, then as you're 370 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,440 watching it, you can kind of see that, but I think the intro, 371 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,960 I think it's great. I think it sets the tone for the show. 372 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,319 I can't remember if that's where I tear it up or if I tear 373 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:26,000 it up after the fact, but there's definitely a few moments that made me 374 00:25:26,079 --> 00:25:30,160 feel the emotion. And I think it was this episode when I can't remember 375 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:36,000 what was the what was there sixty six? From that moment you're like, 376 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:41,599 yeah, what was the name of his Masteryatsu Gatsu? So when Gatsu is 377 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:45,559 like Aang, like I'll always be your friend, all that kind of stuff, 378 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,720 Like, oh, that was just hitting me so hard. I love 379 00:25:48,759 --> 00:25:52,400 that. But I thought it was really really well done when Aang leaves and 380 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:56,359 then yeah, just the the fire Benders jumping in and just fucking going to 381 00:25:56,359 --> 00:26:00,559 town on all the air Nomads because like all of them came all the other 382 00:26:00,599 --> 00:26:04,960 air temples to be here and they're just being all being annihilated and fuck, 383 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:07,480 like, I don't know why you wouldn't get the kids out, like not 384 00:26:07,519 --> 00:26:12,759 even the younglings survived, Like it's just absolutely brutal. So it's funny. 385 00:26:12,839 --> 00:26:15,680 It's funny that you brought up order sixty six because they never realized like how 386 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,359 close that is, especially when like and I looked it up, it's actually 387 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:25,279 yachtso so I apologize anyone out there, but he's like guardian like basically the 388 00:26:25,319 --> 00:26:27,160 young Wings like in the Temple, and then they break through and it's just 389 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,920 like, well, fuck, this isn't gonna end well. And then of 390 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,039 course, like later on the episode when Aang travels back there, you just 391 00:26:33,039 --> 00:26:37,119 have like Yatsu's corpse. Luckily they didn't pan over it all the little young 392 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:41,240 Leen corpses that I'm sure would have been close by, but yeah, pretty 393 00:26:41,279 --> 00:26:47,160 pretty vicious while the start to that, because I they don't exactly show all 394 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:52,799 of that, like I believe in the animated series of like the full on 395 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,480 Invasion, it's just it's just like, yeah, then the fire Fire Nation 396 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:00,319 invaded and just fucked them up. But I like they showed a lot more 397 00:27:00,319 --> 00:27:03,599 than I was kind of expecting them to, especially just that's how the show 398 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,759 started, and I just pulled it up to confirm. But it actually doesn't 399 00:27:07,759 --> 00:27:11,039 start with the air Nomads. It starts like with the Fire Kingdom and just 400 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:15,880 kind of showing like the fire Lord I guess, which would have been sozen 401 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:19,160 at the time. I believe, so yeah, and it was like the 402 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,000 earth Spenders trying to get the plans out right, because yeah, it was 403 00:27:22,039 --> 00:27:30,480 all, uh, what's the term called, my goodness, it was a 404 00:27:30,519 --> 00:27:33,319 setup. They wanted them to think that the attack was going to be the 405 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:37,839 Fire king or the Earth Kingdom, but exactly it was not. That it 406 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:45,079 was a ruse one. Yeah, so Fire Nation big aggressors across the board 407 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:49,880 and in the entire series. But but yeah, so yeah, so they 408 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:55,359 have the air Nomads getting Mrked. Yeah, so parishes. He has a 409 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:59,680 heroic sacrifice to try and save the the other ones, doesn't really save anyone. 410 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:04,640 And I mean, like this this kind of motivation for Aang to leave 411 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:10,319 here, this is another deviation from the original that I kinda I kind of 412 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:14,960 didn't love it, because the big point of Aang leaving in the anime show 413 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,839 is that he like he's told that he's the Avatar and he has to just 414 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,720 go do his training and he's just like super upset with it, and he's 415 00:28:21,759 --> 00:28:23,000 like a Braddy child where he's like, no, I don't want to do 416 00:28:23,039 --> 00:28:26,920 it, and then he just like gets on APPA and fucks off, and 417 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,720 it's just like a in my opinion. It's just a great like early character 418 00:28:30,759 --> 00:28:34,000 moment because it just like by the end of the series, it's just you 419 00:28:34,039 --> 00:28:37,680 see that progression and growth that he has. But it makes sense that he's 420 00:28:37,759 --> 00:28:40,759 like I don't know, ten to eleven years old, and like that's how 421 00:28:40,799 --> 00:28:42,759 someone like that would react. But and here it's just like I need time 422 00:28:42,799 --> 00:28:45,599 to think. He just seems like he's going to the corner store to get 423 00:28:45,599 --> 00:28:48,480 a pack of smokes or something. He's just like stressed out. He's like, 424 00:28:48,519 --> 00:28:51,519 ah, I gotta get out of here, and like it, like 425 00:28:52,119 --> 00:28:56,000 I think that's something that I don't know why you wouldn't do like the little 426 00:28:56,079 --> 00:29:00,000 kid freak out. Like it's not like they changed what he did, like 427 00:29:00,119 --> 00:29:03,480 does right, Like he still leaves, but it's just like maybe it's a 428 00:29:03,519 --> 00:29:06,279 small thing, but to me, it's actually like really big. And I 429 00:29:06,319 --> 00:29:11,079 feel like throughout this entire review, actually there'll be certain character kind of motivations 430 00:29:11,079 --> 00:29:15,440 that just they might be minor, but they bug me so much because I 431 00:29:15,559 --> 00:29:18,240 have so much attachment to these characters and I really feel like certain moments like 432 00:29:18,319 --> 00:29:23,480 that can really help just flesh out their story and like show their growth and 433 00:29:23,519 --> 00:29:27,000 where they came from and so yeah, so that little thing kind of bothered 434 00:29:27,039 --> 00:29:30,960 me a little bit because it just seemed weak, like a weak reason for 435 00:29:30,079 --> 00:29:33,759 him to just get separated from his crew and then like the second he leaves, 436 00:29:33,799 --> 00:29:36,680 it's just like the fire Nations there, it's just like, well, 437 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:40,039 that's kind of lucky I guess for the fire Nations or unlucky I guess, 438 00:29:40,039 --> 00:29:42,240 because their whole point was to define ing and take out the Avatar there. 439 00:29:44,839 --> 00:29:49,319 I wasn't sure if they thought that the Avatar was born yet yeah, or 440 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,039 I don't know if they just thought they were assuming that the Avatar would be 441 00:29:53,079 --> 00:29:56,880 there and they would just happen to just kill one of them. I just 442 00:29:56,920 --> 00:30:02,160 thought their plan seems sloppy on that front, that they didn't analyze the situation 443 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,440 determined Okay, this is who the Avatar is. We're gonna target all of 444 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,160 them, but particularly this person. It was like, Okay, we're just 445 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:11,599 gonna annihilate all of them and then spend the next one hundred years trying to 446 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:15,640 find the Avatar just as we missed them. Like it's just it's a it's 447 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:19,480 a bold plan. It really is a bold plan. It is strange and 448 00:30:19,519 --> 00:30:23,000 like this is something I'm a little bit fuzzy with in my memory of just 449 00:30:23,319 --> 00:30:26,799 kind of what their total plan was like, because technically, if they would 450 00:30:26,799 --> 00:30:30,079 have murdered the Avatar, it would have just gone to the next in line, 451 00:30:30,079 --> 00:30:33,119 which would have been the Water Kingdom at that point. So like was 452 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:37,519 their point their plan to just go straight there next and like just genocide all 453 00:30:37,519 --> 00:30:40,319 that the water Benders? Or do they think that the Avatar would just cease 454 00:30:40,359 --> 00:30:42,119 to exist if there is no Airbender because no one could would be able to 455 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:48,960 teach that that that just that way of bending, I guess, and they 456 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,000 probably talked about that in the show, but I do not remember. I 457 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:56,839 don't remember either. I just I just kind of took it with face value 458 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,279 and thought that, okay, this, uh you you would in any of 459 00:31:00,279 --> 00:31:03,720 the Airbend or the Avatar. So it's not going to continue the next cycle. 460 00:31:04,039 --> 00:31:07,480 But it makes sense. Yeah, if an Avatar dies, then that's 461 00:31:07,359 --> 00:31:11,400 that's just what happens in the long scheme of things. It's interesting because if 462 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:17,000 Aang didn't go through like the hundred year weight, like, how that would 463 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:22,640 have affected the line, Like kra I've ever been well, actually, it's 464 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:26,240 I'm glad you brought that up because Shay sent me this interesting theory. I 465 00:31:26,279 --> 00:31:27,079 don't know if it's a fan theory. I don't know if there's much weight 466 00:31:27,119 --> 00:31:32,960 to it, but some people theorize that Ua, which of course Amber mid 467 00:31:33,039 --> 00:31:37,119 Thunder you just you just laid out she was actually like destined to be the 468 00:31:37,119 --> 00:31:41,480 next avatar in line because if you think about it, if avatar Aang didn't 469 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,000 get frozen, like he would have lived till somewhere around one hundred, I 470 00:31:45,039 --> 00:31:49,559 would imagine like ninety something die and then right at that time is like kind 471 00:31:49,559 --> 00:31:52,000 of in line when u a would have been born, just like tracking her 472 00:31:52,039 --> 00:31:56,599 age because she's a little bit older than Aang would have been I think in 473 00:31:56,680 --> 00:32:00,599 the show, but like still somewhat in that range. Really really interesting though, 474 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:04,119 because like she is a very significant child, like just a child of 475 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:07,559 destiny in the sense that well, actually in this show they kind of change 476 00:32:07,559 --> 00:32:10,640 what's happens with her, but like she in the animated show, she like 477 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:14,880 becomes the moon. Oh no, actually that did happen. Yeah, never 478 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:19,440 mind, Well, I guess she does become the moon, but she says 479 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,359 the moon spirit, right, Yeah, so she like sacrifices herself sort of 480 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:28,440 to like become the new Moon spirit. But like they're just theorizing that because 481 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:35,119 that was like her destiny. If Aang would have not been frozen, like 482 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,079 that would have been her destiny, like like she still was like a child 483 00:32:37,119 --> 00:32:42,200 of significant significance. But when I when I heard that, I'm like, 484 00:32:42,319 --> 00:32:44,440 damn, I kinda I kind of like that theory. I feel like that 485 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,319 could make sense. So in my mind, that's kind of what would have 486 00:32:46,319 --> 00:32:51,039 happened. But yeah, and then we wouldn't have got Cora, right, 487 00:32:51,079 --> 00:32:53,799 because then Ua would have been the avatar for one hundred years, and then 488 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:58,240 after that it would have been, oh my gosh, where are we in 489 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,960 the line. It would been the Earth Earth Kingdom, and so yeah, 490 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:05,359 there you go. It's interesting because you have a super bad mic in the 491 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,200 chat. But he mentions here that they're trying to kill all water benders too. 492 00:33:08,279 --> 00:33:12,000 Okay, yeah, so I guess that does make sense that they were 493 00:33:12,039 --> 00:33:15,640 trying to just put a stopper to it. But they obviously decimated the southern 494 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:20,680 tribes of waterbenders, but they didn't make much headway with the Northern water tribe 495 00:33:20,759 --> 00:33:23,039 no. And I believe that's just because it's always been seen as this like 496 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:28,079 major fortress. Like even fire Lord or Ozi admits that, like it's kind 497 00:33:28,079 --> 00:33:30,880 of useless trying to do a front frontal attack. It's like the Walls of 498 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:36,359 Troy at that point, like it's just so so big. But I don't 499 00:33:36,359 --> 00:33:39,200 know, the Fire Kingdom has some crazy firepower, and I guess that would 500 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:43,079 have just been their motivation across the board to just kind of get rid of 501 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,799 all the benders that like, like if they got rid of all the water 502 00:33:45,839 --> 00:33:50,440 Benders, all the Airbenders eventually got the Earth Benders, like they probably would 503 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:52,119 have been just start to subjugate the fire Benders, Like it would have just 504 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:57,039 been like that everthing where like the fire Lord is just trying to like cease 505 00:33:57,079 --> 00:34:00,559 all of that. That's that's my thought on that at least, But uh 506 00:34:00,519 --> 00:34:07,319 yeah, back to the episode. So yeah, Aang gets frozen and then 507 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:13,480 wakes up one hundred years later to call her Cora, Katara, and Sokka, 508 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,400 and for the most part, like I feel like all the Southern Water 509 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:22,760 Tribe stuff, like it's pretty pretty nice and close to what the show is. 510 00:34:23,039 --> 00:34:25,960 And right away I just fell in love with Socca because of just his 511 00:34:27,039 --> 00:34:30,800 like mannerisms he's he's this guy that his his dad left and he just kind 512 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:34,400 of put him in charge, and he's always like he's always putting up like 513 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:37,400 a tough outer shell, but like he is like a damaged child because of 514 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:43,280 his father just completely ditching him. And I I think they do a good 515 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:47,400 job with with him and just trying to be like that that controlling brother to 516 00:34:47,519 --> 00:34:51,440 Katara, just like trying to play on that like his word is law. 517 00:34:51,599 --> 00:34:53,159 I think they could have leaned into it a little bit farther on. Just 518 00:34:53,519 --> 00:34:57,320 again, this is something that like they should have shown him to be more 519 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,000 of a dick so that later on like when he when he isn't a dy 520 00:35:00,039 --> 00:35:02,280 it's just that growth. But uh, this one didn't bother me as what 521 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:06,840 as much because I think the casting is just so great and his lines are 522 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:08,760 so good. When he says certain words, it sounds exactly like the voice 523 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:14,159 actor. So I'm really really happy with that. And yeah, the origins 524 00:35:14,159 --> 00:35:16,280 of Qatar here when she's struggling to kind of learn how to water bend but 525 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:21,480 also keep it on the hush hush. But everything with the water tribe really 526 00:35:21,519 --> 00:35:24,800 worked for me. I will say though, the Grandma character man she must 527 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,360 have got to this. She must be going to the same dentist as U 528 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:32,920 fucking Boba Fete, because like she's got she's got some she's got some wild, 529 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,039 wild teeth going. They look they look great, but they just totally 530 00:35:37,039 --> 00:35:39,400 stood out to be in the show. It just seemed like some more vinear 531 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:44,199 actions. But I don't know if you notice that or if I'm just being 532 00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:47,199 ridiculous. Okay, no, I did. Yeah, it's the it's all 533 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:52,920 that water bending that they do there and just really clean those teeth. It's 534 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:58,639 like they got floor right in the water Man. Yeah. No, I 535 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,559 I liked. I liked seeing uh Sokka and Katara. I think that they 536 00:36:01,559 --> 00:36:06,199 fit the roles the actors and actress. They both fit the role really really 537 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:12,559 well of their their characters that portraying. And I liked uh their their discovery 538 00:36:12,559 --> 00:36:15,320 of Aang. I really really liked that, and I liked Yeah. I 539 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:19,639 just liked how their their chemistry is unfolding between between all of them. I 540 00:36:19,679 --> 00:36:23,760 think it's great. And while Socca definitely has that kind of jerk mindset, 541 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:28,440 it's definitely fleshed out more in later episodes, which I like. It's not 542 00:36:28,599 --> 00:36:31,800 just immediate you kind of you see the compassion that he has in their respect 543 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,079 for his sister. You see the fear that he has too of trying to 544 00:36:35,119 --> 00:36:37,599 protect the village, and I mean fear, Like they dive into that in 545 00:36:37,639 --> 00:36:42,760 one of the episodes. Was really really cool between our characters. But uh, 546 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,679 yeah, no, I think they're doing a fantastic job so far. 547 00:36:46,119 --> 00:36:53,880 Yeah, we get introduced to Zuko here. Uh probably like top two or 548 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:58,760 three favorite character of all time for me in the show, Like like he 549 00:36:59,079 --> 00:37:01,320 eh, it's probabrobably number one. Honestly, I like, I think Zuko 550 00:37:01,559 --> 00:37:07,760 is the best written character in the animated series. I don't love this. 551 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:10,360 I don't love this version of it though, I I will say I the 552 00:37:10,519 --> 00:37:15,559 actor like I think he's I think he's pretty good. But in my mind, 553 00:37:15,679 --> 00:37:17,639 it's just it's just not Zuko. Maybe I'm being a little bit too 554 00:37:17,679 --> 00:37:22,360 nippicky. Maybe I need a little bit more time like going forward, because 555 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,800 like at this stage of the show, this is when it's like he is 556 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:30,159 the most peak evil, Like he's just a total asshole and just wants to 557 00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:34,360 fucking kill the avatar and like murder, well, I guess bring the avatar 558 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,920 to his father, but like murder anyone that gets in his way. And 559 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:40,559 in my opinion, I feel like with Zuko and actually like all of the 560 00:37:40,599 --> 00:37:45,760 Fire uh the Fire Family, I'll call them, like o Zi and Azula, 561 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:50,079 like all those characters to me personally don't feel evil enough. I don't 562 00:37:50,119 --> 00:37:53,400 know if I'm alone in that in that that category, But for Zuko specifically, 563 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:57,280 he just kind of comes off like a whiny brat and he's just like 564 00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,760 I just I want the Avatar, like like we only get the Avatar. 565 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,920 Where is in my in my way of thinking, like he really needs to 566 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:07,719 be a lot angrier and just fiery, like like just anytime like one of 567 00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:10,360 his guards like tells him bad news, like he's just willing to like fucking 568 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:14,480 throw a fire up all at them, Like he is just so angry all 569 00:38:14,519 --> 00:38:17,719 the time. And to like, again, that's something that is just such 570 00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:22,360 a great character moment because where he kind of ends up, he goes on 571 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,079 like the greatest journey out of every character I think in the show. So 572 00:38:25,159 --> 00:38:29,719 one of the best anti heroes like ever in my opinion, he's just so 573 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:34,199 well written and right now in season one, like I think there's still moments 574 00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:37,639 that that really hit well, especially just moments between him and Iro, because 575 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,599 again, that's like one of the best duos in that show by far, 576 00:38:40,679 --> 00:38:44,400 and I really like, I really like the casting of Iro. Actually, 577 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:49,519 I think he's really great. But for Zuko, I'm not there yet, 578 00:38:49,559 --> 00:38:52,519 even after watching the finale. It's just like, I think they're gonna need 579 00:38:52,559 --> 00:38:55,679 to do some more work to really make me fall for this character with which 580 00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:00,960 is a bummer because that is like my favorite character in the show. But 581 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:04,320 that's another one that, like, I have such high expectations for that character 582 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,599 because I hold him so near and dear to my heart that it would have 583 00:39:07,599 --> 00:39:10,199 been tough to meet that And they're just kind of going in a different direction. 584 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:15,000 And with Ozi, like he he definitely seems more of a father figure 585 00:39:15,039 --> 00:39:17,480 to certain characters, even though he's like supposed to be portrayed as his asshole. 586 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:22,079 He just seems a lot softer than what fire Lord Ozi is in the 587 00:39:22,119 --> 00:39:25,559 animated show. And Azula is like probably one of the most evil characters like 588 00:39:25,599 --> 00:39:30,159 written, so I think that she doesn't get anywhere near to that caliber. 589 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:34,480 So I just think specifically for those characters, I know they're not really like 590 00:39:34,559 --> 00:39:37,679 in this episode's mostly to Zuko. But I wanted to mention that because that 591 00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:42,760 that's one of my kind of biggest grievances I think with the show as a 592 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:46,480 whole so far. But what do you think on on Zuko? And Yeah, 593 00:39:46,599 --> 00:39:51,360 I mean I quite like Zuko, I really really do. I think 594 00:39:52,599 --> 00:39:55,159 you make you make some great points. His transition is development as a character. 595 00:39:55,199 --> 00:40:00,400 It's just crazy, and I love where he gets in the closing arc 596 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:06,280 of this series. I totally forgot that Dev Patel plays Zuko in the movie. 597 00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:13,159 I did not know that it's crazy. It's absolutely crazy. Yeah, 598 00:40:13,199 --> 00:40:16,199 I just think I'm really driving with the Zuko and from what I remember from 599 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:21,360 the show, I mean, I feel like the comparison is pretty good, 600 00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:25,360 but I don't have much foundation to make such a bold claim. You are 601 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:29,599 right. He's very angry. He's just all about getting the avatar. I 602 00:40:29,639 --> 00:40:35,840 think his flaws are maybe balanced because I love the I love the actor playing 603 00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:38,840 Uncle Iro, and I just love the character of Uncle Iro, always wanting 604 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:43,519 to try the foods, try the teas and everything like that. He's just 605 00:40:43,519 --> 00:40:46,960 such a good balanced character and he's probably my favorite character in the show, 606 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:52,400 to be honest, I love uncle Iro. He's just fantastic and I guess 607 00:40:52,519 --> 00:40:57,559 I mean, we'll talk about it in later episodes. But there's some really 608 00:40:57,599 --> 00:41:04,800 good developments between the two characters. Again, more scenes that I was crying 609 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:07,119 at because of just the two characters, and I love their relationship and how 610 00:41:07,119 --> 00:41:13,039 their relationship is just so strong and just growing. And yeah, the one 611 00:41:13,039 --> 00:41:15,719 thing I do hate is just seeing how Zuko is just shitting on his crew 612 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:20,880 and just like the crew is trying to be helpful and he's just like command, 613 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,559 what was Lieutenant Lee I think is his second in command and he just 614 00:41:23,559 --> 00:41:27,800 shits on him. Like Lee could come at him and be like, oh 615 00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:32,280 I I found the avatar. I captured him for you, and then Zuko 616 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:36,480 would be like, you fucking more on that I'm supposed to capture the avatar. 617 00:41:36,559 --> 00:41:38,599 Like he just shits on him for everything that he does, which is 618 00:41:38,679 --> 00:41:43,519 a shame. But I think Zuko is is good. I like him in 619 00:41:43,559 --> 00:41:45,920 the show. The damn shame. It's funny you mentioned dev Betel, so 620 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:50,039 I had to google and look it up and yeah, you're You're definitely right 621 00:41:50,079 --> 00:41:55,719 and something else that like just blew my mind because we just did the Twilight 622 00:41:55,800 --> 00:42:00,360 retro and Jasper or Jasper that character. He was also in the live action 623 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:08,000 movie as Sokker. I'll share my screen are no way, Yeah, there 624 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:15,039 he is, but we're just watching. We're still watching time. We're on 625 00:42:15,079 --> 00:42:20,519 the third movie, so this is crazy. Yeah, no, that's that's 626 00:42:20,559 --> 00:42:22,840 good stuff there. Yeah. In the comments super Bad, Mike said, 627 00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:27,079 yeah, I feel like the character they adapted weakest from the animated show is 628 00:42:27,159 --> 00:42:29,960 Zuko kind of rushed his big character arc too much? Yeah, I can. 629 00:42:30,039 --> 00:42:34,199 I completely agree, And I mean the arc I think is so good 630 00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:37,679 because it does take very long to get there, and even when he's like 631 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:40,239 making like inching towards that kind of like better side, like he still kind 632 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:46,920 of falters because he is just such a damage or damaged I guess that's not 633 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:50,360 really the word I was looking for. He's a flawed character. There you 634 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:55,400 go, that's better to say. But yeah, anything else on this episode, 635 00:42:55,400 --> 00:43:00,960 like we get like APA's there, we get Iro interactions. Of course, 636 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:06,559 he's always dropping his like philosophical ideals. I mean it is funny that 637 00:43:06,599 --> 00:43:08,039 he like he still kind of is dropping those, and at this point in 638 00:43:08,039 --> 00:43:10,639 time, Zuko wants nothing to do with it. He's just kind of annoyed 639 00:43:10,679 --> 00:43:15,159 with him. So they do show that to to an extent there. But 640 00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:19,320 yeah, overall though, I think it's a I thought it was a pretty 641 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:22,480 good first episode. It's the longest episode two, right, isn't like an 642 00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:27,079 hour and a half? I thought, uh hour and three minutes, just 643 00:43:27,079 --> 00:43:32,480 just slightly over an hour? O. Yeah, okay, moving on to 644 00:43:32,559 --> 00:43:39,199 episode two Warriors this one, yeah, we get introduced the Kyoshi Warriors. 645 00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:46,880 Warriors, the Warriors Warrios dare what'd you think of this episode? This is 646 00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:50,679 something I know that a lot of people are pissed off that was not included 647 00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:54,039 in the movie. I love going to Kyoshi Island. I really like seeing 648 00:43:54,920 --> 00:44:00,760 Sokka's first kind of love interest take shape here and now remind me too in 649 00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:08,440 later books. What was her name? What is the Koshi Warriors name? 650 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:14,639 Oh, Suki Suki. Yeah? Doesn't she join the crew later? Yes? 651 00:44:14,679 --> 00:44:19,360 She does later on, so they like basically get their Avengers squad lyter 652 00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:22,360 on where a bunch of people join them. So she's she's a part of 653 00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:24,639 the crew. And yeah, it's it's interesting because you mentioned like the first 654 00:44:24,639 --> 00:44:30,840 flame that soccer really deals with. And never mind, I was gonna say 655 00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:31,719 a bunch of other things, but I guess it's kind of well, actually, 656 00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:36,039 no, it happens in the show. So that's like the quick meetup 657 00:44:36,079 --> 00:44:38,679 with like Soccer and and Suki there, and they definitely have the chemistry but 658 00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:42,800 just kind of like going in different pathways so that so they live on it. 659 00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,400 And then I felt like in the animated show they did like a lot 660 00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:51,079 more emphasis on like Soccer and Ua, which they do. They do kind 661 00:44:51,079 --> 00:44:53,639 of get close, but maybe it's just because there's more time for them to 662 00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:59,400 kind of interact in the animated show. But like it seems like that is 663 00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:02,079 like his his ride or die type lady, even though she's like betrothed to 664 00:45:02,119 --> 00:45:07,239 another gentleman. Like they just have this like for forbidden love type thing going 665 00:45:07,239 --> 00:45:09,559 on, and it feels like a lot more of an impactful relationship, at 666 00:45:09,639 --> 00:45:14,920 least to me in the animated show. And then she has the really tough 667 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,800 sacrifice, which of course is heartbreaking for Socca. So he's just like losing 668 00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:22,840 ladies left and right. You know. Eventually Suki comes back around and then 669 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:27,320 he finds his lady again, which is which is fantastic. But yeah, 670 00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:30,440 Mike, I like how much hornier they made Socca and Suki in this version. 671 00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:32,679 It's very true actually, because I feel like they have this like, 672 00:45:34,199 --> 00:45:37,199 oh I kind of find that person attractive or like kind of like their vibe. 673 00:45:37,199 --> 00:45:40,320 But in this one, they're like ray just fucking take each other's robes 674 00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:44,119 off. I feel like in those like training sessions, like they're just all 675 00:45:44,159 --> 00:45:45,920 over each other, grab each other by the hips. It's like, Wow, 676 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:49,400 they're they're really going for it here on Netflix. Even though I think 677 00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:52,599 the show's still rated just like PG. Okay, it says fourteen A, 678 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:58,039 but I feel like it's mostly show people alive in the show. I guess, 679 00:45:58,039 --> 00:46:00,920 so, yeah, they're the like like super Mike said earlier, I 680 00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:05,000 gotta give them credit for burning people a lot like showing them burning people alive. 681 00:46:05,039 --> 00:46:07,400 And I guess they say ass every once in a while. But I 682 00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:10,440 think it's just because the show to me is like a kid's cartoon. It 683 00:46:10,519 --> 00:46:15,920 always just kind of seems not so intense and m m. Even if this 684 00:46:15,079 --> 00:46:19,719 is rated fourteen eight, I feel like there might be darker moments in the 685 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:23,159 animated show How Weird that seems mostly just with How Evil. I think some 686 00:46:23,199 --> 00:46:28,400 of the fire, Yeah, the Fire Benders kind of are specifically with Ozi 687 00:46:28,599 --> 00:46:31,679 and Zuko and kind of what they're able to do there. It's it's maybe 688 00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:35,920 more of a feel thing because they don't show people just burn it alive like 689 00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:39,760 they do in this one. But yeah, yeah, I think, I 690 00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:45,960 mean, I agree with that. The tension between uh Suki and Sokka. 691 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:50,400 I think that there's definitely there's definitely chemistry there, and I love their scenes 692 00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:52,760 together. I thought it was great she just kept sneaking up on him, 693 00:46:53,199 --> 00:46:57,559 putting a bell on her. I think that was that was a funny line 694 00:46:57,599 --> 00:47:04,599 of dialogue. But I'm glad to see that just the representation of the character 695 00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:07,760 was. It's just felt really, really wonderful. If there's one con on 696 00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:13,079 Madison's behalf is that when they're training and then Suki like turns away and just 697 00:47:13,119 --> 00:47:15,239 takes a cloth and does one face wipe and all her makeup is gone. 698 00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:20,400 Oh I know. That was so funny because it seems like throughout the show, 699 00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:22,719 like I feel like they could be swimming in the ocean and like that 700 00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:24,239 makeup does not come off, like that is their war paint. It will 701 00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:28,039 not come off until they want it to. And then she's just like it's 702 00:47:28,039 --> 00:47:31,039 like completely clean. It's like, wow, that's a very effective makeup remover. 703 00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:36,360 Oh. Absolutely, yeah. Seeing the dynamic tube that she has with 704 00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:37,719 their mom, that was that was cool. I get these are things that 705 00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:42,760 I can't remember in the animated shows, so yeah, forgive me, but 706 00:47:43,159 --> 00:47:46,480 I just I like seeing I like seeing that development. I like seeing that 707 00:47:46,599 --> 00:47:51,199 Suki just wants to grow as a character and get out into the world and 708 00:47:51,719 --> 00:47:55,159 face facts. And then they have to deal with Commander Shao. I think 709 00:47:55,199 --> 00:48:00,800 this is when he first kind of went out to see what's what. I 710 00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:07,039 don't know if he knew that the avatar was a thing yet. I think 711 00:48:07,039 --> 00:48:12,159 he suspected something was off because of what Zuko was requested. I think at 712 00:48:12,159 --> 00:48:15,719 this point Zuko approached him, so we need to see all these charts and 713 00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:20,480 rumors everything like that report to us, and then Zouta took it upon himself 714 00:48:20,519 --> 00:48:24,320 to go and investigate Kyoshi island. I think against Zuko's knowledge. I can't 715 00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:29,400 remember if they say that he like saw something or or like herd murmurs that 716 00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:34,119 the avatar is something like that, but he definitely had like something that he 717 00:48:34,159 --> 00:48:37,480 was sniffing out, like like it wasn't just a blind check, I don't 718 00:48:37,519 --> 00:48:43,400 think by any means. But but yeah, so for me, I I 719 00:48:43,559 --> 00:48:47,639 love just the whole Kyoshi Island aspect. I love the Kyoshi Warriors. I 720 00:48:47,719 --> 00:48:52,840 love Kyoshi as a character. Shay Bought. I think it's called the It's 721 00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:55,719 not the Legend of Kyoshi, but it's something along those lines, like it's 722 00:48:55,719 --> 00:48:59,800 a book series about Kyoshi and just kind of her time being the Avatar. 723 00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:06,599 Very fascinating character. But for yeah, like I thought the casting of Suki 724 00:49:06,679 --> 00:49:08,440 was really good too. I thought she had a lot of great just charisma 725 00:49:08,599 --> 00:49:14,840 and some great chemistry with Socca, something that kind of again, kind of 726 00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:16,719 a minor thing possibly, but in my opinion, I think it's kind of 727 00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:22,440 a it's still kind of minor. But in this version, they made Sokka 728 00:49:22,519 --> 00:49:27,679 a lot less like sexist than he is in the early portions of the show. 729 00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:30,159 He really is just like a man is the warrior, and like Katar, 730 00:49:30,199 --> 00:49:34,320 you have no business being being a warrior. And it's kind of funny 731 00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:37,719 that, like by the end of this season she interacts with the character that's 732 00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:39,719 kind of basically that. So I don't really know why they took that away. 733 00:49:39,719 --> 00:49:43,760 From SOCCA. Maybe they thought that he wouldn't be as legal of a 734 00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:47,559 character, but again, that's another thing that like just shows great character development 735 00:49:47,639 --> 00:49:52,320 that like later on he like flips one eighty and is just completely not like 736 00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:57,719 that at all. So I personally I would have liked it being in there 737 00:49:57,760 --> 00:49:59,840 a little bit more, although it's not as crucial as some of the other 738 00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:04,719 things like Zuko. And the reason why I bring that up here is because 739 00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:07,880 like initially Soka is just like Kyoshi Warriors, like are kidding me? Wear 740 00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:10,199 makeup? Like that's ridiculous, Like there's no way that you could be even 741 00:50:10,239 --> 00:50:14,159 on like my level, let alone whatever, And then he gets humbled really 742 00:50:14,239 --> 00:50:19,119 quickly by just their their savbiness. And I mean, like in the show 743 00:50:19,119 --> 00:50:21,400 too, like he does do kind of the training because it's like, well, 744 00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:22,840 if you're such a tough ask im to do our training method, and 745 00:50:23,119 --> 00:50:28,559 of course Zuki just kind of wipes the floor with him there, and like 746 00:50:28,679 --> 00:50:30,960 early on it's kind of shown that he's already kind of like rethinking his ways. 747 00:50:31,039 --> 00:50:35,559 So I just kind of wish that they had that in that first episode, 748 00:50:35,599 --> 00:50:38,239 even if he kind of comes over it or overcomes it rather in episode 749 00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:40,360 two, Like, I still would have liked that because it would have shown 750 00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:44,360 a little bit more growth there for the character. Maybe they have other plans 751 00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:46,960 in mind for a growth with the character there. But again, like it's 752 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:51,840 nothing too major, but I still think it is nice to see something like 753 00:50:51,880 --> 00:50:58,360 that transferred over. But for the the rest, Oh, actually something that 754 00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:02,599 made me laugh so hard here is clearly aang is just like he's someone that 755 00:51:02,599 --> 00:51:07,159 does like he doesn't. He doesn't fit in I think with the rest of 756 00:51:07,199 --> 00:51:09,039 the crowd, Like he definitely stands out of this, just like air nomad 757 00:51:09,079 --> 00:51:13,079 looking dude with an arrow on his head, Like he definitely seems like he's 758 00:51:13,119 --> 00:51:16,239 from out of town. And like right away the Kyoshi people or I guess 759 00:51:16,559 --> 00:51:20,360 Suki's mother, like the leader of the Kyoshi Island. It's just like we 760 00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:23,719 don't let outsiders here, and they kind of like relay all the information. 761 00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:27,559 She's like, I'm the avatar and she's like, Okay, you can stay, 762 00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:30,360 but for forty eight hours and then you're gone. And I was just 763 00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:34,519 like Jesus Christ, why is this such like an intense moment, Like I 764 00:51:34,599 --> 00:51:37,800 get it, she's trying to defend her people, and I mean the fire 765 00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:39,199 benders do end up going there, so maybe she was on the right path, 766 00:51:39,199 --> 00:51:44,280 but it just seemed very unwelcoming in the sense of like he's there to 767 00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:46,800 kind of see the Kyoshi shrine and like get more attached to the avatar ways, 768 00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:50,960 and it feels like it should be a big moment. Maybe people across 769 00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:53,679 the board are just really skeptical because the avatar has been missing for one hundred 770 00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:58,119 years, Like maybe they have no reason to think that this person could be 771 00:51:58,159 --> 00:52:00,119 the avatar made that's why they have the guard so much. But it just 772 00:52:00,159 --> 00:52:05,480 kind of seemed funny because they they were already kind of socializing with like people 773 00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:07,280 on the island. It's not like they're clearly fire benders or something where it's 774 00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:09,840 like you need to leave right now. So I just found that moment kind 775 00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:14,480 of funny. But across the border, like I do actually quite like this 776 00:52:14,519 --> 00:52:22,119 episode. I I didn't love the whole Aang being taken over by Kyoshi element 777 00:52:22,199 --> 00:52:27,480 to it, Like I know what they're going for, but I just think 778 00:52:27,519 --> 00:52:30,239 the execution of it, when it like literally just turned into Kyoshi, I 779 00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,320 didn't. I didn't love that so much. I would have just rather maybe 780 00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:37,280 Aang doing crazy shit with the like in the avatar mode and then maybe have 781 00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:42,079 like Kyoshi above him so the viewer can see that he's like clearly possessed. 782 00:52:42,119 --> 00:52:45,239 But like, were people there just thinking that Kyoshi was fucking back from the 783 00:52:45,239 --> 00:52:52,159 dead And yes, his mom was like tripping out, so that was kind 784 00:52:52,199 --> 00:52:54,239 of strange to me. But for the most part, like I liked all 785 00:52:54,280 --> 00:53:00,119 the interactions, and I mentioned in the early portion before we got into spoilers, 786 00:53:00,199 --> 00:53:04,400 just like, man, this this show can look damn great at times. 787 00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:08,800 And I think that the costume design across the board looked phenomenal. They 788 00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:13,280 looked so good. They looked like it was really just a real version of 789 00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:17,800 what they made like the animated series on and the Kyoshi Warrior like makeup. 790 00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:21,440 It looked it looked perfect. So they did such a great job with all 791 00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:23,960 that attention to detail there, So definitely give some credit there. Yeah, 792 00:53:24,119 --> 00:53:30,280 looked fantastic. I'm definitely on the other side where I love seeing Koshi takeover 793 00:53:30,639 --> 00:53:35,639 Sang and just go to town. I just I can imagine the fire Benders. 794 00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:39,159 They're there thinking like okay, like we're looking for an avatar, and 795 00:53:39,159 --> 00:53:44,440 all of a sudden, this like master a pure fucking master just dishes in 796 00:53:44,559 --> 00:53:47,159 all four elements, like putting him in the water, like fire going in 797 00:53:47,199 --> 00:53:53,320 there, like it's just like man, like I shiitt my pants. That 798 00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:57,880 was just fucking terrifying, and they didn't they just got out of there. 799 00:53:57,920 --> 00:54:02,199 But it's not like there's any other time where it's like holy crap, like 800 00:54:02,360 --> 00:54:07,840 Commander Jao, like Kyoshi's there, like the actual avatar, Like we just 801 00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:09,719 saw them use all four elements, like what the fuck is going on? 802 00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:14,760 Like deaf Con five, like like this is this is danger, danger danger, 803 00:54:14,840 --> 00:54:16,199 But they just kind of was like, yeah, we got our ass 804 00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:21,239 kicked and and that's that. And like no one ever really speaks upon that 805 00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:24,320 they saw Kiyoshi, which I just kind of think is strange. But that 806 00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:29,559 is strange. I feel like like if fits too with Commander Jao just saying 807 00:54:29,599 --> 00:54:34,119 like Okay, I want to have special privileges. I want to I want 808 00:54:34,119 --> 00:54:37,199 to make a good appearance to fire Lord Ozi, and so why would you 809 00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:40,119 mention something like that? But I totally agree. I mean, this is 810 00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:45,360 deaf Con five, like a dead avatar just appeared and it was just annihilating 811 00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:53,480 our whole troop. Just bonkers. But yeah, yeah, anything else in 812 00:54:53,480 --> 00:54:57,760 this episode or do you keep moving? I don't think so. I think 813 00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:00,639 that's that's everything. Okay, maybe well take another ad break here and then 814 00:55:01,079 --> 00:55:07,719 we'll jump into episode three. All right, we are back. Episode three 815 00:55:07,960 --> 00:55:14,400 Omashu. Yeah are I actually didn't pull up the description for this. News 816 00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:19,320 of the Trader puts the trio at odds in Omashu, where a mechanist, 817 00:55:19,559 --> 00:55:22,840 machinist whatever it is uh and revels with the charming leader muddled their plans to 818 00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:27,519 protect the Earth Kingdom. So Omashu to me is definitely one of the most 819 00:55:27,639 --> 00:55:31,239 iconic locations in the entire series. It's it's like a big central hub in 820 00:55:31,239 --> 00:55:35,199 the Earth Kingdom. I think it's their capital. I think they mentioned it's 821 00:55:35,199 --> 00:55:40,360 also just kind of this impenetrable fortress that the Fire Kingdom can never take on. 822 00:55:40,559 --> 00:55:45,159 Here. A lot of stuff goes on in this episode. We obviously 823 00:55:45,199 --> 00:55:52,599 get more interactions with Jao as well as Zuko and Iro. I believe this 824 00:55:52,679 --> 00:55:59,320 is when they kind of make their unhappy alliance of is that what happens in 825 00:55:59,320 --> 00:56:02,119 this episode? I can't. I feel like again, when you binge watch 826 00:56:02,159 --> 00:56:06,119 these episodes, they kind of all blend together, but I'm pretty sure that's 827 00:56:06,119 --> 00:56:09,280 where they have started. They started the alliance in the previous episode, but 828 00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:14,480 I think, oh no, maybe you're right, Yeah, yeah, maybe 829 00:56:14,519 --> 00:56:19,079 it is this one because he's like I got assets or like contacts inside a 830 00:56:19,119 --> 00:56:22,320 mas shoe, right, yeah, yeah, you're right. So okay, 831 00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:25,800 Yeah, so that's how they sneak in for sure. Super bad Mic in 832 00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:29,800 the comments points for embracing the cabbage man meme. I was waiting for it. 833 00:56:29,880 --> 00:56:31,320 I expected it to happen, and yeah, they have it in there. 834 00:56:31,360 --> 00:56:35,360 That's if you can't remember Taylor in the In the show, there's a 835 00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:38,400 reoccurring joke of this man with his cabbages and he's just always always getting his 836 00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:43,760 cabbages fucked up. There's a cart that gets squished so many times and he 837 00:56:43,880 --> 00:56:46,159 just needs those cabbages. Or he's trying to get into an omashu and they 838 00:56:46,320 --> 00:56:50,719 won't allow him because of his cabbages are like are infested with worms or what 839 00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:53,000 is and you can't get in. You just he's just trying to sell his 840 00:56:53,039 --> 00:56:55,880 cabbages. But the poor guy. So I do like that they brought that 841 00:56:55,920 --> 00:57:00,480 in there for for the meme for sure. What else in here? We 842 00:57:00,519 --> 00:57:04,920 get we get Jet and his little hooligan crew. I forget. I don't 843 00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:08,159 think they have like a name for the crew. But there's a character that 844 00:57:10,079 --> 00:57:15,079 I feel like I didn't necessarily need in the show. Like I think if 845 00:57:15,119 --> 00:57:19,239 they were to take anyone out, it could have been Jet, And in 846 00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:22,239 hindsight, I think that would have been the better choice, because I don't 847 00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:27,519 think there's like anything really going on with his character. He's introduced as this 848 00:57:27,599 --> 00:57:30,360 handsome man that's given twinkly eyes to Katara. I guess he gets them into 849 00:57:30,440 --> 00:57:35,679 a mashu, so that that's something, But right away he's just like a 850 00:57:35,719 --> 00:57:39,920 bad guy. And then and then he confronts Katara and he's pissed off at 851 00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:44,119 her, and then she just kind of fucks him up, and probably won't 852 00:57:44,119 --> 00:57:46,079 see that character again, Like if we get a season two, I would 853 00:57:46,119 --> 00:57:49,760 kind of be surprised if he does come back. He is a character that 854 00:57:50,280 --> 00:57:53,000 every once in a while will kind of come back into the show. But 855 00:57:53,119 --> 00:57:58,880 it just seemed like his whole his whole arc of being kind of this complicated 856 00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:01,320 character that you kind of want to like, but he kind of goes on 857 00:58:01,360 --> 00:58:07,000 the wrong side of the morals because his whole motivation in a nutshell is that, 858 00:58:07,079 --> 00:58:12,400 like his people have just been completely screwed over by the Fire Kingdom, 859 00:58:12,519 --> 00:58:15,599 so he's gonna go to like extreme measures to just like fuck them up. 860 00:58:15,639 --> 00:58:19,119 And it doesn't matter if he's like taking out anyone that is a fire Bender, 861 00:58:19,239 --> 00:58:21,639 whether they're like innocent or not, like he just they're the enemy to 862 00:58:21,719 --> 00:58:24,320 him. So it's kind of a complicated character in that sense. But in 863 00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:30,760 here, they don't really give him a lot of I don't know, just 864 00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:34,199 a lot of like good guy points where you feel like you're rooting for him. 865 00:58:34,239 --> 00:58:37,199 Like all he really does that's positive is like get our crew into the 866 00:58:37,199 --> 00:58:38,440 city, and then from that point on, in my opinion, he's just 867 00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:42,679 kind of an asshole. So I didn't really love the inclusion of Jet. 868 00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:45,440 I mean, they had a handsome guy play him, so it's kind of 869 00:58:45,440 --> 00:58:49,320 fun to have Katara, you know, being infatuated by him, but like 870 00:58:49,519 --> 00:58:53,360 right away, all of that like emotion is just gone because she just realized 871 00:58:53,400 --> 00:58:57,119 that he's a piece of shit and she doesn't want anything to do with him. 872 00:58:57,159 --> 00:59:00,760 So I kind of thought they wasted that character in my opinion. But 873 00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:06,800 how do you feel in Jet? Yeah, this was a complete arc that 874 00:59:07,079 --> 00:59:12,239 I really forgot about, and I feel like the characters not coming back. 875 00:59:12,239 --> 00:59:14,960 I feel like it's definitely a one and done, especially where we get to 876 00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:16,840 at the end of the season with the fate of Amashu. I don't see 877 00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:22,920 this as character really doing much. But yeah, yeah, I think they 878 00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:28,920 did a good job at kind of derailing the viewer because I think, as 879 00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:32,280 a person that's not well informed on this story, you're going to see the 880 00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:37,199 turn of what happens with Jet and just how close they came to actually just 881 00:59:37,360 --> 00:59:44,719 fucking assassinating the Earth King, which is a fucking horrible plan. This is 882 00:59:45,119 --> 00:59:50,719 brutal, But yeah, I think he served the purpose, and they kind 883 00:59:50,760 --> 00:59:57,440 of they run into this wall with Katara and Socca a little bit because there's 884 00:59:57,480 --> 01:00:02,079 this dynamic where Sokka is is connected with the Mechanists and then Qatar is connected 885 01:00:02,119 --> 01:00:08,519 with Jet, and you have these two unwinding narratives where both of them are 886 01:00:08,559 --> 01:00:14,960 technically bad, but Jets well, I guess Jet would be much more worse 887 01:00:15,039 --> 01:00:17,760 of the two, but both the characters are trying to defend their point and 888 01:00:17,840 --> 01:00:21,880 say like, oh no, they're right, and you see Soccer really being 889 01:00:21,880 --> 01:00:24,519 a jerk at this point of the story, and you see Katar just being 890 01:00:24,599 --> 01:00:29,719 kind of like put down and whatnot. But she she gets in the same 891 01:00:29,800 --> 01:00:32,880 situation again. I think it's when they're going through the tunnels and they deal 892 01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:38,480 with the the badgerom mole. There's a point where I think Kaitar is saying 893 01:00:38,519 --> 01:00:43,039 something to him and Sokka just reiterates like, oh, you're just being such 894 01:00:43,079 --> 01:00:45,480 a like a child or a kid or whatever. Stop acting like one. 895 01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:49,559 And this is so this is just kind of like the bassline for how he 896 01:00:49,639 --> 01:00:53,320 sees her this dynamic, and I feel like it's it's unfortunate because I quite 897 01:00:53,360 --> 01:01:00,679 like Katara and I but it adds to it adds to Sokka being that that 898 01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:06,320 jerk character. I don't think we see Soccer really have any further interaction with 899 01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:09,480 with Jet after the fact. I think, uh, because how does it 900 01:01:09,559 --> 01:01:15,719 go. Qataras with Jet and they see the spy and then they go to 901 01:01:15,800 --> 01:01:21,519 the Jets hidden camp and then you get to see this is when Katara adds 902 01:01:21,559 --> 01:01:28,400 the water bottle kind of thing, the water skin flask yeah to her to 903 01:01:28,480 --> 01:01:30,920 her person, so she always has water with her, which is great. 904 01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:35,599 And then that's when Jet confronts her one more time and totally gets just fucked 905 01:01:35,679 --> 01:01:39,440 up. Or maybe that was after Sorry, that was after the assassination failed. 906 01:01:39,519 --> 01:01:43,159 Yeah, yeah, and so he's like calling her out and yeah he 907 01:01:43,360 --> 01:01:45,960 she just like what's he gonna do? He's gonna fucking kill her? Like 908 01:01:47,119 --> 01:01:52,920 just very weird interaction it is. Yeah, he's got no nothing he could 909 01:01:52,920 --> 01:01:58,920 do. I mentioned uh, I called him commander, I've called him general, 910 01:01:59,840 --> 01:02:02,119 admiral whatever the hell he is Joao. I think I think it's admiral 911 01:02:02,239 --> 01:02:07,800 jo This is a character that, like, don't I don't really like this 912 01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:09,159 character throughout the show, Like he kind of just is a piece of shit 913 01:02:09,239 --> 01:02:13,320 character. He's kind of going against every character that you're rooting for throughout the 914 01:02:13,360 --> 01:02:19,360 show. Again, like I don't really like this casting for him. We 915 01:02:19,360 --> 01:02:21,679 were mentioning that we've seen this guy in a couple other things, but I 916 01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:24,599 don't think this is a great casting for it. And maybe I'm just wrong 917 01:02:24,599 --> 01:02:30,039 into reading this character, but this is another thing that I kind of kind 918 01:02:30,039 --> 01:02:32,239 of brings down my overall enjoyment of like some of the Fire Kingdom people is 919 01:02:32,239 --> 01:02:36,280 that I just don't think they're evil enough. And Jiao just kind of comes 920 01:02:36,280 --> 01:02:38,440 off like a complete buffoon. A lot of the times he's not he's not 921 01:02:38,639 --> 01:02:43,360 stupid a lot of the like a lot of the times with his plans or 922 01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:45,320 whatnot. But I just think that like the way that he's trying to be 923 01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:50,320 deceptive, he's just this like it's like a friend that like isn't really a 924 01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:52,599 friend of the friend group, but like you can't really get rid of him. 925 01:02:52,599 --> 01:02:53,440 So he's just like, hey, guys, what are we doing this 926 01:02:53,519 --> 01:02:57,599 weekend? And like it's just like fuck joo, like no, like like 927 01:02:57,639 --> 01:02:59,719 we have our own stuff going on, but he just always kind of wants 928 01:02:59,719 --> 01:03:01,360 to be in it, and like that's kind of how I feel like they're 929 01:03:01,360 --> 01:03:06,519 playing him. And maybe that is what he's like in the animated series, 930 01:03:06,519 --> 01:03:08,920 but I just I remember him a little bit differently, a lot more of 931 01:03:09,039 --> 01:03:15,280 like a a lot more of like a like a warrior type type character and 932 01:03:15,440 --> 01:03:19,000 like a like a general that makes these military moves, and this guy just 933 01:03:19,079 --> 01:03:22,159 kind of feels like a bit of a goofball And maybe I'm alone there, 934 01:03:22,159 --> 01:03:27,280 but this is just another casting that I really don't love. And you know, 935 01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:29,280 by by the end of the show, I am I am glad that 936 01:03:29,320 --> 01:03:35,760 he's he's perished and moving forward if we get another season. But yeah, 937 01:03:35,800 --> 01:03:42,440 here we get a Zula, of course, the great evil Prince Princess Zula. 938 01:03:43,519 --> 01:03:46,360 This character I really love in the show because she is or sorry in 939 01:03:46,360 --> 01:03:51,440 the animated show, because she is just like pure evil incarnate and like you 940 01:03:51,559 --> 01:03:54,400 just expect her to do the most like fucked up things at least in a 941 01:03:54,480 --> 01:03:59,480 kid show that they can get away with, and she just feels kind of 942 01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:02,079 soft throughout this whole show, like she just she kind of seems like, 943 01:04:02,800 --> 01:04:06,400 I don't know, not evil enough, and don't love the casting. Nothing 944 01:04:06,400 --> 01:04:10,639 really against the actress, but I just don't think the way that they're maybe 945 01:04:10,719 --> 01:04:13,280 writing the character, or maybe it is the actress, the way that that 946 01:04:13,360 --> 01:04:16,199 she's portraying it, I'm just not really vibing with. And same thing goes 947 01:04:16,239 --> 01:04:20,800 with May and Tylee her her friends. They don't really have a lot going 948 01:04:20,840 --> 01:04:26,039 on in the entire show actually so far in this season, but especially for 949 01:04:26,079 --> 01:04:29,760 Azula that that was like a character I was really interested in the seeing just 950 01:04:29,800 --> 01:04:33,079 kind of how they were gonna be because she is just so evil and like 951 01:04:33,199 --> 01:04:36,159 just her like the way that she talks. It just seems like a stereotypical 952 01:04:36,199 --> 01:04:41,840 like evil lady, and I don't think that comes across anytime in this in 953 01:04:41,880 --> 01:04:45,800 this season. How do you feel on Zuko's sister, I would agree I 954 01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:49,480 don't feel like she's much of a threat. I remember her. I remember 955 01:04:49,519 --> 01:04:55,559 her on the show being terrifying, just absolutely ruthless and just having something to 956 01:04:55,639 --> 01:05:00,039 prove, which made her even more dangerous. And I felt like in the 957 01:05:00,079 --> 01:05:03,199 show she was just older as well. This just she feels very much like 958 01:05:03,239 --> 01:05:11,239 a kid here. She feels just kind of like high schooling with her two 959 01:05:11,880 --> 01:05:15,880 lady friends as well, And I don't feel like their talks really do anything 960 01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:18,320 for the character, like oh, he already knows you're the best and yaha, 961 01:05:18,360 --> 01:05:20,760 YadA, YadA YadA, and yeah, I'm not. I like seeing 962 01:05:20,760 --> 01:05:25,639 her try to prove herself and they eventually get to the point where she does 963 01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:30,679 like lightning bending, but even then, I don't feel like she really worked 964 01:05:30,679 --> 01:05:33,480 her way to get to that point. I feel like there's so much more 965 01:05:33,519 --> 01:05:39,360 between Ozi and her that I'd like to have seen, but yeah, I 966 01:05:39,800 --> 01:05:44,039 don't remember. I don't remember how much connection she really has with him in 967 01:05:44,079 --> 01:05:46,280 the cartoon. I think I just rose like him. Yeah, I think 968 01:05:46,320 --> 01:05:49,320 I just remember him just giving her orders and she just go out and do 969 01:05:49,400 --> 01:05:54,800 it, and she was just fucking ruthless. It's interesting because in this version 970 01:05:54,920 --> 01:06:00,159 it seems like they're they're making it seem that like Zuko is like Ozai a 971 01:06:00,159 --> 01:06:02,519 lot of expectations for Zuko and like really wants him to be like kind of 972 01:06:02,519 --> 01:06:08,760 his replacement, and like maybe that is the motivation. But in the animated 973 01:06:08,760 --> 01:06:12,199 show, it's very much like Zuko like you're so worthless, like get away 974 01:06:12,239 --> 01:06:15,000 from me, and it's like really all about Azula because Azula is just so 975 01:06:16,239 --> 01:06:19,679 I guess more aligned with Ozi because they're just super evil and like she is 976 01:06:19,800 --> 01:06:24,920 just like perfection, Like she's able to do like the blue lightning firebind, 977 01:06:24,920 --> 01:06:28,199 which is just such a like an impossible technique. It just shows how refined 978 01:06:28,199 --> 01:06:32,280 her skill is and like really seems like she is the favorite in that sense, 979 01:06:32,559 --> 01:06:36,079 Whereas like they talk about the mother a couple of times in this but 980 01:06:38,840 --> 01:06:42,320 Zuko very much had like a closer relationship with the mother, and then the 981 01:06:42,360 --> 01:06:45,920 mother was like almost scared of Azula because she was just like evil and like 982 01:06:45,480 --> 01:06:47,719 it's kind of fucked up if your own mother kind of says that to you, 983 01:06:47,800 --> 01:06:51,639 And that's kind of a character or sorry, like a defining moment for 984 01:06:51,679 --> 01:06:56,880 that character of Zula because she's just she was never able to kind of get 985 01:06:56,880 --> 01:06:59,880 along with her mom because her mom like saw her as this evil character. 986 01:07:00,079 --> 01:07:02,760 So makes it interesting in that sense. But in this show, it very 987 01:07:02,840 --> 01:07:08,480 much seems that like Ozi still kind of wants Zuko to come back, and 988 01:07:08,519 --> 01:07:13,719 like the throne is always gonna be Zuko's Zuko's Zu. I don't know why 989 01:07:13,760 --> 01:07:17,719 that sounded weird when I said that, but and for a Zula, she 990 01:07:17,840 --> 01:07:25,079 just kind of seemed like annoyed with her dad, where like I don't know, 991 01:07:25,119 --> 01:07:28,679 that's just not really what I expect from that character. And I know 992 01:07:28,679 --> 01:07:30,360 we're jumping ahead, but like the moment when she does do like the blue 993 01:07:30,440 --> 01:07:35,039 lightning uh fire bend, like she's just like I don't even I don't even 994 01:07:35,039 --> 01:07:38,280 care, Like I don't even wanna, I don't even wanna fight for you 995 01:07:38,360 --> 01:07:42,320 dad, Like this is just just I don't know, like it it just 996 01:07:43,119 --> 01:07:45,920 I think the way that they're they wrote the character, I'm just not really 997 01:07:45,039 --> 01:07:50,159 liking too much. But yeah, and then for ty Lee, I mean 998 01:07:50,239 --> 01:07:53,800 superbat mic. In the comments, he said, not a great introduction for 999 01:07:53,880 --> 01:07:58,159 her friends. They can really fuck people up in the animated show. Completely 1000 01:07:58,199 --> 01:08:00,800 agree, and he also said should have kept them, say for season two, 1001 01:08:00,880 --> 01:08:04,039 and I also agree there because they really don't have anything going on here. 1002 01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:10,280 In this episode, you have Azula just showing what a perfect warrior she 1003 01:08:10,360 --> 01:08:12,559 is, Like she's she's basically Robin Hood in it. Right, she's like 1004 01:08:12,599 --> 01:08:15,079 splitting arrows with her with a bow and arrow, which is kind of funny 1005 01:08:15,079 --> 01:08:20,600 because they never use that like ever, at least Azula doesn't, so she's 1006 01:08:20,600 --> 01:08:25,880 shooting that. And then like those characters are always kind of like her cheerleaders 1007 01:08:26,279 --> 01:08:29,680 and yeah, and as you mentioned, like they're kind of saying like, 1008 01:08:29,760 --> 01:08:32,199 oh, like you know, like whatever they said to her, whatever the 1009 01:08:32,199 --> 01:08:35,439 line I can't even paraphrase. I just completely forgot it, but like just 1010 01:08:35,479 --> 01:08:39,199 boosting up her confidence and she's like, yeah, you're right. But like 1011 01:08:39,279 --> 01:08:41,479 in the show, it would have seen or sorry, in the animated show 1012 01:08:41,479 --> 01:08:44,880 would have seened more like obviously, like why would you even suggest that, 1013 01:08:44,880 --> 01:08:46,479 Like it kind of goes without saying, and like she always kind of talks 1014 01:08:46,520 --> 01:08:51,399 down to them because she is just this like tyrannical type individual, whereas how 1015 01:08:51,640 --> 01:08:56,560 and I think that's maybe why she seems more mature in the animated show versus 1016 01:08:56,600 --> 01:08:59,560 this where it kind of seems like those are just like her school friends and 1017 01:08:59,560 --> 01:09:01,800 like they just always chat and hang out, which I guess they kind of 1018 01:09:01,800 --> 01:09:05,600 are on the animated show, but because she's just so in like a commanding 1019 01:09:05,680 --> 01:09:11,920 type role position in the hierarchy of the nation, but also in that friend 1020 01:09:11,920 --> 01:09:15,560 group, it's just kind of told differently. And yeah, they I was 1021 01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:19,600 waiting for like Tylee to do some crazy moves because she is like incredibly op 1022 01:09:19,800 --> 01:09:25,199 Actually she is able to like basically hit pressure points on people's bodies so they 1023 01:09:25,239 --> 01:09:29,560 like can't bend at all, Like she can just completely counterbenders, which is 1024 01:09:29,640 --> 01:09:31,560 crazy. And she's super super agile, like she can just dodge people, 1025 01:09:31,560 --> 01:09:35,239 but I don't think that happens at any point. And May is crazy with 1026 01:09:35,279 --> 01:09:39,520 like these throwing knives, like she's just incredibly accurate, and I think she 1027 01:09:39,640 --> 01:09:42,520 throws like one maybe in this episode, but that's kind of it. So 1028 01:09:42,840 --> 01:09:45,399 I agree with he's super mad mic. I think that they should have just 1029 01:09:45,760 --> 01:09:49,079 not even wasted the time of showing them there and kept kept them for another 1030 01:09:49,159 --> 01:09:53,640 season, but who knows, maybe in season two they don't even do much. 1031 01:09:53,920 --> 01:09:57,279 They definitely do more in like as the seasons go on in the animated 1032 01:09:57,319 --> 01:10:00,720 show, so hopefully it kind of goes that route. But yeah, because 1033 01:10:00,760 --> 01:10:06,920 they are interesting characters for sure. Okay, do we meet Boomy in this 1034 01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:13,560 episode? I can't remember. I don't think so it might be next episode 1035 01:10:14,319 --> 01:10:17,760 episode. Okay, so I guess we see him being assassinated like the Assessa 1036 01:10:18,039 --> 01:10:23,560 attempt. Yeah, so I guess we didn't talk about like the machinists and 1037 01:10:23,640 --> 01:10:30,319 his father. I didn't really care for it. I mean, they're giving 1038 01:10:30,359 --> 01:10:32,960 like us, like a little bit more insight of just kind of how corrupt 1039 01:10:33,000 --> 01:10:36,560 Omashu kind of is because you have that one person kind of building things for 1040 01:10:36,600 --> 01:10:42,399 the fire Nation, right, and that's just kind of how how things are 1041 01:10:42,479 --> 01:10:45,399 running. Like I guess it's necessary to show how corrupt it is, but 1042 01:10:47,560 --> 01:10:50,720 I don't know it. I don't like I I just didn't really get much 1043 01:10:50,720 --> 01:10:55,600 from those interactions and all, like the one on one dialogue there. For 1044 01:10:55,720 --> 01:10:59,520 me personally, I didn't really care for it. Comparing it to like the 1045 01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:03,880 Enemage show when they get to Mashu. It's almost like a it's almost like 1046 01:11:03,920 --> 01:11:06,600 an Illuminati type thing is going on like that, Like they just have like 1047 01:11:06,640 --> 01:11:11,479 some crazy like conspiracy type theorist where everybody's saying that like the city's corrupt, 1048 01:11:11,520 --> 01:11:13,840 but like if you say that, like you just get kind of taken out 1049 01:11:13,880 --> 01:11:15,880 like behind the scenes, and it's like it's really like a Kloak and Dagger 1050 01:11:15,920 --> 01:11:19,640 type way that they handle that whole city, and they don't really have that 1051 01:11:19,680 --> 01:11:21,600 at all at any point in the show. So I was a little bit 1052 01:11:21,680 --> 01:11:26,600 let down with that, especially being that it is just such an iconic location. 1053 01:11:26,760 --> 01:11:30,359 I was wanting a lot more from that city, and it looks great 1054 01:11:30,359 --> 01:11:31,920 from Afar. I think when they're on like the city streets again, like 1055 01:11:31,920 --> 01:11:36,239 you get kind of like that cgi green green screen effect that takes me out 1056 01:11:36,279 --> 01:11:41,800 of it a little bit there, But it didn't really care for the machinist. 1057 01:11:42,520 --> 01:11:47,520 Yeah, I think there wasn't a lot really jiving. Like I again, 1058 01:11:47,560 --> 01:11:53,520 I like the actor and I like the sentiment there of his motivations, 1059 01:11:53,560 --> 01:11:58,000 but yeah, I just feel like this was probably where things started to get 1060 01:11:58,039 --> 01:12:01,800 a little bit filler. So it wasn't it wasn't anything that was really blowing 1061 01:12:01,840 --> 01:12:06,039 my mind. The character was there, and we see the dynamic and that 1062 01:12:06,399 --> 01:12:13,000 fatherly role that he's sort of playing adoptive fatherly role to Sokka, which helps 1063 01:12:13,079 --> 01:12:17,079 Socca kind of understand a little bit more. But yeah, I mean it's 1064 01:12:17,199 --> 01:12:23,439 it's pretty basic. Yeah, all right, anything else in this episode, 1065 01:12:25,079 --> 01:12:29,319 I don't think so. All right? Moving on episode four, Into the 1066 01:12:29,479 --> 01:12:35,960 Dark, Okay, so yeah, into the Dark expanding some more Omashue things. 1067 01:12:36,840 --> 01:12:41,960 I actually think this is where it's revealed that the machine, the mechanist 1068 01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:45,560 was kind of helping out the Fire Nation. So I might have got ahead 1069 01:12:45,600 --> 01:12:49,880 of myself in the previous episode. But yeah, the big thing here is 1070 01:12:49,880 --> 01:12:57,840 that Aang gets taken to the Earth King, very very kooky character in the 1071 01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:00,760 animated series, I would say, maybe even a little bit more so than 1072 01:13:00,800 --> 01:13:04,239 this. I think it works because it's a cartoon and you can have crazy 1073 01:13:04,279 --> 01:13:10,880 characters like that doing crazy things looking crazy. They tried it here, probably 1074 01:13:10,960 --> 01:13:13,239 might have worked for some people, really didn't work for me. I was 1075 01:13:13,279 --> 01:13:17,840 just really annoyed by boomy here. I don't know. I don't know. 1076 01:13:17,880 --> 01:13:23,640 They've taken characters out of the show like tof which is a major core member 1077 01:13:23,720 --> 01:13:30,680 of the team. She's not even in this entire season. I thought there's 1078 01:13:30,760 --> 01:13:41,319 that wrong. I thought it was earlier because she interacts with the the Moles 1079 01:13:41,880 --> 01:13:47,239 I believe, which is actually in this episode. So maybe they splice things 1080 01:13:47,279 --> 01:13:51,039 together. I don't know. I could google it quick too, while well 1081 01:13:51,079 --> 01:13:57,600 one of us is talking. But because I feel like you're right, but 1082 01:13:57,840 --> 01:14:00,399 just with certain scenes that happen, okay Superman Mike says, she comes in 1083 01:14:00,439 --> 01:14:05,159 season two. Interesting. Okay, wow, I was completely wrong. Then 1084 01:14:05,880 --> 01:14:12,079 maybe they interact again with with moles because wow, that's just shocking to me 1085 01:14:12,119 --> 01:14:15,920 because I totally thought she was there with them in Omashu. But uh, 1086 01:14:15,079 --> 01:14:20,199 there you go. Nonetheless, I'm not as well versus I thought. But 1087 01:14:20,479 --> 01:14:26,760 for well, she she was surprised too, Like we both thought Toffs should 1088 01:14:26,800 --> 01:14:29,800 have been there in in the certain scenes, especially with the moles. But 1089 01:14:30,039 --> 01:14:33,319 uh, but I won't even talk about that character. She's she's she's great. 1090 01:14:33,399 --> 01:14:39,319 I love tof big tough enjoy over here. But yeah, for what 1091 01:14:39,439 --> 01:14:42,319 was I even talking about the Oh yeah, Boomy, I just just a 1092 01:14:42,399 --> 01:14:45,800 koogie character and they were trying to capture that and for me it didn't work. 1093 01:14:45,840 --> 01:14:50,640 But what about you, Yeah, I I feel like it was just 1094 01:14:50,680 --> 01:14:56,199 the makeup on him that wasn't working for me. I liked how quirky he 1095 01:14:56,279 --> 01:14:59,159 was, I think, and I remember how quirky he was in the cartoon, 1096 01:14:59,439 --> 01:15:02,319 and ultimately, at his core as a character, he's just what was 1097 01:15:02,359 --> 01:15:08,680 that happy little boy that was best friends with Aang has transitioned into a cold 1098 01:15:09,680 --> 01:15:15,680 war torn, weary, powerful earth bender that just has had to make some 1099 01:15:15,880 --> 01:15:17,640 very drastic decisions. And I like that they allude to that too when he's 1100 01:15:17,680 --> 01:15:20,760 talking about when you have this amount of food, do you choose to feed 1101 01:15:20,760 --> 01:15:24,479 the orphanage or do you feed the soldiers? And not just in this one 1102 01:15:24,520 --> 01:15:30,039 scenario, but multiple scenarios, multiple cities all over the place, and it 1103 01:15:30,119 --> 01:15:32,439 makes sense why he's just kind of gone kind of insane, and so I 1104 01:15:32,520 --> 01:15:35,159 like that there's a lot of depth to this character at the same time that's 1105 01:15:35,199 --> 01:15:40,119 kind of hidden behind how quirky he is, And as the episode progresses, 1106 01:15:40,159 --> 01:15:45,600 we see how maybe less and less quirky he kind of becomes and more serious 1107 01:15:45,680 --> 01:15:48,520 and more in pain he is, and how he's just really trying to prove 1108 01:15:48,600 --> 01:15:56,520 to Aang that from Ang's point of view, I mean, he he definitely 1109 01:15:56,800 --> 01:15:59,960 fucked up, But I mean, he would have died otherwise if he didn't. 1110 01:16:00,359 --> 01:16:02,279 So it's it's a tricky kind of scenario to look at, but no 1111 01:16:02,279 --> 01:16:05,840 one else sees it that way. Everyone else has resentment towards him, and 1112 01:16:05,920 --> 01:16:10,840 resentment to resentment towards the avatar as a symbol. That symbol has been morphed 1113 01:16:10,840 --> 01:16:14,079 and turned into something negative from when it should be something positive. And so 1114 01:16:14,399 --> 01:16:17,239 Boomy's definitely a character that sees it that way and is trying to instill like 1115 01:16:17,880 --> 01:16:23,199 and you can't always have it your way. There's real consequences in life, 1116 01:16:23,279 --> 01:16:27,760 and it's either you die or you let me die, which is just a 1117 01:16:27,840 --> 01:16:32,560 fucked up thing to do this kid, But thankfully we have our compatriots join 1118 01:16:32,640 --> 01:16:38,520 in and save the day. Yeah, but his again, it's just the 1119 01:16:38,520 --> 01:16:42,960 makeup. Most that just kind of I wasn't working with me and I forgot. 1120 01:16:43,000 --> 01:16:46,439 When he pulls his clothes off, he's just fucking freaded. I think 1121 01:16:46,479 --> 01:16:50,439 that's such an anime thing, where like an old like grizzled character is just 1122 01:16:50,439 --> 01:16:53,640 like a barely walk and then was time for war. He just like he's 1123 01:16:53,640 --> 01:16:56,800 just fucking shredded, Like he never misses the gym. He's there six hours 1124 01:16:56,800 --> 01:17:01,000 a day. You bring up a couple of good points of just maybe Boomy 1125 01:17:01,920 --> 01:17:06,159 striking like there the realities of life kind of on aang there, especially, 1126 01:17:06,239 --> 01:17:10,439 Like it hits really hard knowing that, like this is the innocent kid that 1127 01:17:10,640 --> 01:17:14,720 aang used to hang out with all these times, and here he is just 1128 01:17:15,119 --> 01:17:17,960 getting beaten down by the fire nation like on his walls and just kind of 1129 01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:23,439 dealing with politics and war all time every day, Like it would definitely wear 1130 01:17:23,439 --> 01:17:28,359 on someone. Now that being said, I still think maybe they made Boomy 1131 01:17:28,479 --> 01:17:31,520 like a little bit meaner than they than they should have, because the whole 1132 01:17:31,560 --> 01:17:36,119 point and super Bad Mike brings us like a good point up that he says 1133 01:17:36,159 --> 01:17:40,560 they missed the mark revealing his identity so early on in the animated show. 1134 01:17:40,560 --> 01:17:43,359 It's a secret until the end of the episode. And he's exactly right. 1135 01:17:43,439 --> 01:17:48,399 It's a big like big deal of aang Get being taken to the Earth King 1136 01:17:48,720 --> 01:17:53,640 not knowing who this individual is and like if he if he lays out everything 1137 01:17:53,640 --> 01:17:57,079 that you just basically said, like just all these like war things, like 1138 01:17:57,319 --> 01:18:00,199 the whole who do you give food to? Like all that line, like 1139 01:18:00,239 --> 01:18:03,319 there's some great like moral dilemma ethical type questions that's kind of posed there. 1140 01:18:03,800 --> 01:18:09,560 And then uh like and then when when he's saying that, like he's basically 1141 01:18:09,600 --> 01:18:12,680 fight for his life against the Earth King, like that's like a holy fuck, 1142 01:18:12,760 --> 01:18:15,119 this is there's a big moment here. And then later on it like 1143 01:18:15,279 --> 01:18:18,159 at the end it's revealed that that's Boomy the whole time, Like it's just 1144 01:18:18,199 --> 01:18:21,920 like a holy shit moment. And then and then from that then on they're 1145 01:18:21,960 --> 01:18:26,199 like best buds again, and they're like they're not really suss of each other, 1146 01:18:26,279 --> 01:18:29,479 but right away he's just like, oh, I'm Boomy, But like 1147 01:18:29,520 --> 01:18:32,000 from that point on, he's still just like super suss with him. Maybe 1148 01:18:32,039 --> 01:18:34,720 you can make the argument that like because he is just such a crackpot, 1149 01:18:34,800 --> 01:18:40,520 like he he doesn't really he truly maybe thinks that he's like hallucinating Aang, 1150 01:18:40,600 --> 01:18:43,720 and like he like there's no way that that's that's actually Aang. I don't 1151 01:18:43,760 --> 01:18:47,119 know. I just didn't love the way that they handled it. And Boomy 1152 01:18:47,199 --> 01:18:50,640 is a character who is very wacky in the in the animated show, but 1153 01:18:51,039 --> 01:18:55,840 he's still just such a loyal and like great friend to Aang even even when 1154 01:18:55,880 --> 01:18:59,039 he finds, like even hundreds of years later, like he still just remembers 1155 01:18:59,079 --> 01:19:02,199 those moments of being a close friend with NG and nothing can really change that. 1156 01:19:02,239 --> 01:19:04,800 But I don't know, you just kind of seemed like an asshole at 1157 01:19:04,800 --> 01:19:11,399 times unnecessarily so for me, I didn't love how that went, But you 1158 01:19:11,439 --> 01:19:13,840 did bring up some a couple of good points that I kind of looked past. 1159 01:19:16,319 --> 01:19:21,279 What else happened here? We got, Oh yeah, so the Secret 1160 01:19:21,279 --> 01:19:27,960 Tunnel whole thing, Man Avatar, Last Airvender. They have some great original 1161 01:19:28,039 --> 01:19:30,840 songs in it, like great theme music as well, but just some great 1162 01:19:30,880 --> 01:19:34,039 songs that characters sing in it. And we kept joking, like there's a 1163 01:19:34,079 --> 01:19:36,920 song in the animated show. It's just it's called Secret Tunnel, and they 1164 01:19:36,960 --> 01:19:41,479 actually brought it to the live action version and we were both just so happy 1165 01:19:41,520 --> 01:19:44,800 with it. It's such a just annoying song, but it just pops in 1166 01:19:44,840 --> 01:19:47,840 our head differences. Well, we'll just be singing it secret Tunnel, Secret 1167 01:19:47,880 --> 01:19:51,680 Tunnel, Secret, secret, secret Tunnel, like it like it's just like 1168 01:19:51,800 --> 01:19:55,800 such a stupid song, but it like it's I don't know, it's just 1169 01:19:55,880 --> 01:20:00,840 hilarious. And then when you have Sokka and Katara just like going down this 1170 01:20:00,960 --> 01:20:05,880 like dark, dank tunnel and there's just these like fucking hula hoopers singing and 1171 01:20:06,000 --> 01:20:10,720 dancing around a fire, just vibing and just like having a great time. 1172 01:20:11,119 --> 01:20:15,000 I feel like there's there's a lot of those type character like side characters actually 1173 01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:17,840 throughout the animated show of just they're just kind of random, but like just 1174 01:20:17,880 --> 01:20:21,840 super joyous and happy and they just kind of sing random songs or just say 1175 01:20:23,039 --> 01:20:26,279 really funny things to our characters. And the fact that they had those in 1176 01:20:26,319 --> 01:20:30,079 here, super Bad Mic, super bad Mike brought up the like cabbage Man, 1177 01:20:30,159 --> 01:20:33,600 Like I am glad that they at least brought in some of those things 1178 01:20:33,680 --> 01:20:38,359 because although it's such a minor thing, especially to the overall story, like 1179 01:20:38,760 --> 01:20:43,279 I personally, I feel like it just it uplifts the whole experience because that's 1180 01:20:43,279 --> 01:20:45,279 stuff that's from Last Airbender, and like they truly brought it in here. 1181 01:20:45,319 --> 01:20:49,279 And I was just so happy when they were going down and you just hear 1182 01:20:49,319 --> 01:20:54,079 the music initially and then they end off with the Secret Tunnel verse that was 1183 01:20:54,159 --> 01:20:58,600 just that was super great. Like it's super like personal obviously to like shan 1184 01:20:58,720 --> 01:21:01,520 I for that one, but I'm very happy that they had that in there, 1185 01:21:01,560 --> 01:21:04,800 and it definitely boosted the episode as a whole. For that. That's 1186 01:21:04,840 --> 01:21:08,720 why it's good to have those types of things. And I think as of 1187 01:21:09,039 --> 01:21:13,960 a long time loyal fan, you appreciate that attention to detail that they throw 1188 01:21:13,960 --> 01:21:19,239 in there because well, it does not have any overarching effect on the characters 1189 01:21:19,319 --> 01:21:23,680 or the narrative. It's just it's there and you could appreciate it. So 1190 01:21:24,119 --> 01:21:28,359 it's kind of like like Boba Fett using a seismic charge when he just had 1191 01:21:28,439 --> 01:21:31,079 no reason to in the Mandalorian. It's one of those little quality of life 1192 01:21:31,159 --> 01:21:35,560 kind of things that I can appreciate. And I mean that totally went over 1193 01:21:35,600 --> 01:21:40,960 my head. The cabbage thing I definitely I recall, but this this secret 1194 01:21:40,960 --> 01:21:43,880 tunnel like went over my head. I did not recall that, but I 1195 01:21:43,960 --> 01:21:48,760 appreciated the guys in there just singing and like the hippie the just the hippies 1196 01:21:48,760 --> 01:21:53,359 in this world. That's just I was driving with it. But the tunnels, 1197 01:21:53,760 --> 01:21:55,680 now, I'm trying to remember how the story goes. So this was 1198 01:21:55,720 --> 01:21:59,560 another avatar that had a love a lover here and they came here. Was 1199 01:21:59,560 --> 01:22:05,239 this just earth beenders that that was just different tribes. I don't remember how 1200 01:22:05,239 --> 01:22:10,159 I was explained here, and of course I don't really one hundred percent remember 1201 01:22:10,199 --> 01:22:15,359 how it happened before. But I believe it was actually like an Earth Nation 1202 01:22:15,520 --> 01:22:18,880 member, like not necessarily a maybe it was a bender. But and then 1203 01:22:19,439 --> 01:22:24,680 I can't remember. I should I really should have should have rewatched this portion 1204 01:22:24,800 --> 01:22:28,159 because I actually don't remember how the story went. I'm pretty sure it was 1205 01:22:28,199 --> 01:22:32,439 like two either too, almost like a Romey and Juliet situation. Maybe Superman 1206 01:22:32,520 --> 01:22:38,640 Micha will correct me here really quick, but it's just like a Romeo Juliet 1207 01:22:38,640 --> 01:22:43,399 type situation, whether they're in the same tribe or or nation, like like 1208 01:22:43,479 --> 01:22:47,159 Earthbenders or Firebenders like something like that was just kind of keeping their levelway. 1209 01:22:47,239 --> 01:22:53,199 But that's something that like again, like that whole episode is a filler episode 1210 01:22:53,199 --> 01:22:56,279 in the animated show. I do like that they brought it in here because 1211 01:22:56,279 --> 01:23:00,680 it's just an interesting kind of origin story for the city of a Omashu, 1212 01:23:00,279 --> 01:23:05,840 because it is just such a big, big citadel across the whole nation of 1213 01:23:05,840 --> 01:23:11,560 the Earth Kingdom. I like the overall effects two of them going through the 1214 01:23:11,560 --> 01:23:16,079 tunnels and it's just glowing up and yeah, and then I've obviously tied in 1215 01:23:16,119 --> 01:23:24,800 with the the Moles, the badger Moles, the original Earth Benders. We 1216 01:23:24,800 --> 01:23:27,720 didn't talk about that too much, but like Avatar, like this world, 1217 01:23:27,720 --> 01:23:30,399 they do they do. They have some great character like creatures, just like 1218 01:23:30,479 --> 01:23:35,239 how Star Wars has some very iconic creatures. I think especially avatars are just 1219 01:23:35,359 --> 01:23:40,159 kind of funny because they usually just combine like two different creatures together, like 1220 01:23:40,199 --> 01:23:45,000 a badger mole. I think they have owl bears at some point in the 1221 01:23:45,079 --> 01:23:49,920 legend of Korra. Her companion is it's a it's a dog mixed with a 1222 01:23:49,960 --> 01:23:59,000 polar bear. And then of course Aang has Apa, the the flying bison 1223 01:23:59,159 --> 01:24:00,960 you know, which don't really know what he's mixed up with, but he's 1224 01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:06,960 mostly a bison. And what is what is a momo? Just like uh 1225 01:24:08,159 --> 01:24:12,119 a z a boom a fo. He's a zaboomafoo, maybe mixed with a 1226 01:24:12,159 --> 01:24:15,520 flying squirrel something like that, but definitely mostly zaboomafoo in there. That's that 1227 01:24:15,640 --> 01:24:21,840 was his father's genes. I'm trying to remember anything else with this episode, 1228 01:24:21,840 --> 01:24:29,039 but I can't think of anything. Uh, you have Iro battling those like 1229 01:24:29,079 --> 01:24:35,960 Earth Kingdom people, there's like that one forget forget his name, but they 1230 01:24:36,039 --> 01:24:40,159 like capture him or something, and they like find out that he's Fire Nations 1231 01:24:40,199 --> 01:24:43,119 and he's like he's being super aggressive with him, and then IRA's doing like 1232 01:24:43,119 --> 01:24:45,960 the very stoic reaction to it all. And then by the end, like 1233 01:24:46,359 --> 01:24:49,159 that whole interaction I did not need at all, Like, I guess you're 1234 01:24:49,199 --> 01:24:55,239 giving a little bit more insight into the character and just kind of truly what 1235 01:24:55,359 --> 01:24:58,880 Iro is, uh you know, like he is just so much more than 1236 01:24:58,920 --> 01:25:01,279 what's on the surface they call the Dragon of the West or whatever it is, 1237 01:25:02,399 --> 01:25:05,479 but like throughout the whole show, he is like probably the most wholesome 1238 01:25:05,560 --> 01:25:10,319 character. Oh okay, there you go, supermand Mike. We get IRA's 1239 01:25:10,319 --> 01:25:16,720 backstory with his son there, which is a big emotional, big emotional moment. 1240 01:25:16,760 --> 01:25:21,279 I think in both shows. For sure, Personally Animated did it a 1241 01:25:21,319 --> 01:25:27,439 little bit better, but I still think it's important to show that here because 1242 01:25:27,640 --> 01:25:33,600 maybe it shows like why he is so kind hearted, like he is able 1243 01:25:33,600 --> 01:25:36,960 to kind of see things in a different light. For that reason, they 1244 01:25:36,960 --> 01:25:41,239 had the iconic song. I think it's like leaves on the Ground or something 1245 01:25:41,319 --> 01:25:45,960 like that. That song is from the animated series, and it's it's a 1246 01:25:45,960 --> 01:25:48,960 song that he sings when he's at the memorial of his son. It's just 1247 01:25:49,000 --> 01:25:56,640 a really, really, really touching moment. This is something that I forgot 1248 01:25:56,680 --> 01:26:00,520 how this scene plays out in the animated show, but this is for me. 1249 01:26:00,760 --> 01:26:04,960 I was tearing up and just a wreck watching this because everyone else was 1250 01:26:05,079 --> 01:26:09,199 just like, oh, your son, your son will be remembered, iiro 1251 01:26:09,560 --> 01:26:12,520 YadA, YadA, YadA, the same routine. And I thought this was 1252 01:26:12,560 --> 01:26:16,119 also retroactively great for Zuko just to see this because he's given the same bullshit 1253 01:26:16,159 --> 01:26:18,840 line. But then he stops. He turns around and he gives his o 1254 01:26:18,960 --> 01:26:25,479 Caleiro's sons like a graduation medal back to him, and he just says some 1255 01:26:25,560 --> 01:26:29,239 really really kind words and you just see a tear come down Uncle Iro's face 1256 01:26:29,279 --> 01:26:32,119 and he hasn't said anything throughout the whole funeral. He's just been completely silent, 1257 01:26:32,920 --> 01:26:35,760 and you just see the tear come down, and Zuko just immediately sits 1258 01:26:35,760 --> 01:26:40,720 next to him and thinking, man, oh, this is just just hitting 1259 01:26:40,720 --> 01:26:45,560 me in the fields right now. Oh this is so good. And that's 1260 01:26:45,600 --> 01:26:48,920 really an opening too into into Zuko so far, because He's just still been 1261 01:26:48,960 --> 01:26:54,079 an ass this whole entire time, but this little bit of an opening now 1262 01:26:54,119 --> 01:26:59,079 allows us to see that he does have that soft side to him, and 1263 01:27:00,760 --> 01:27:04,319 it's it gets even better when it transitions into like you see his first war 1264 01:27:04,359 --> 01:27:10,399 Council meeting, which we'll talk about and mm hmm. So the forty fifth 1265 01:27:10,600 --> 01:27:15,439 for sorry, forty first Legion. It's so similar to Star Wars what I 1266 01:27:15,800 --> 01:27:25,600 called the three to zero first all the parallels. Okay, uh, moving 1267 01:27:25,640 --> 01:27:30,840 on if you're any Episode five, uh, Spirited Away, quick little recap. 1268 01:27:31,279 --> 01:27:34,000 When the group lands in the Spirit World for a rescue mission, they 1269 01:27:34,039 --> 01:27:39,359 come face to face with dangerous threats, painful memories, a mysterious entity. 1270 01:27:41,000 --> 01:27:44,359 This episode, if I'm not mistaken, kind of combines a couple of different 1271 01:27:44,399 --> 01:27:50,159 episodes from the animated series, especially like the whole I think it's called co 1272 01:27:50,479 --> 01:27:57,680 like that creature that appears at the end, probably the scariest like creature that's 1273 01:27:58,039 --> 01:28:01,840 implemented in the entire animated show, and they did a phenomenal job I think 1274 01:28:01,880 --> 01:28:08,279 of showing it here. The look looked exactly like it, and the like 1275 01:28:08,399 --> 01:28:12,239 the animation of when it switches faces is so terrifying. It's so terrifying in 1276 01:28:12,279 --> 01:28:15,479 the show, like or so I keep saying that in the animated show, 1277 01:28:15,800 --> 01:28:18,479 and it's even more scary here because it's like real faces, real people talking, 1278 01:28:19,000 --> 01:28:24,239 and just when it's like the pov of like Aang looking at it, 1279 01:28:24,600 --> 01:28:28,199 and the whole ideas that like Aang can't react, and I'm just like, 1280 01:28:28,239 --> 01:28:31,079 how the fuck does anyone not react to this thing just getting right in your 1281 01:28:31,079 --> 01:28:35,439 face and switching faces and fucking with your brain. But I kind of jumped 1282 01:28:35,439 --> 01:28:40,319 to the end there, But yeah, Aang does his his deep meditation to 1283 01:28:40,319 --> 01:28:43,439 get into the spirit world. But I guess they all kind of go into 1284 01:28:43,439 --> 01:28:46,359 the spirit world. Hey, in this they all do. Yeah, they're 1285 01:28:46,399 --> 01:28:51,800 all. They're all in there just like reliving. They're very frightful, fearful, 1286 01:28:53,079 --> 01:28:56,680 uh, memories of the past. Right. And I was kind of 1287 01:28:56,680 --> 01:29:00,399 confused how because like Aang was able to snap out of it because he's obviously 1288 01:29:00,399 --> 01:29:02,319 the avatar, but then he was also able to go into this other state 1289 01:29:02,359 --> 01:29:09,399 of being what was his name, Master Gatsos gets so, Yeah, so 1290 01:29:09,439 --> 01:29:13,359 he was able to communicate with Gatso And I wasn't sure if that was like 1291 01:29:13,439 --> 01:29:15,880 co playing a trick, but no, that seemed like a genuine thing. 1292 01:29:15,920 --> 01:29:19,600 Getso was actually communicating with him and telling about Co and and all that stuff. 1293 01:29:19,640 --> 01:29:25,720 But yeah, Co was terrifying. That brief moment when Aang snaps out 1294 01:29:25,720 --> 01:29:28,840 of it and he's in Coe's cave. Then he like runs out and Co's 1295 01:29:28,960 --> 01:29:33,600 just like chasing after him, and it was just terrifying and absolutely terrifying creature. 1296 01:29:34,520 --> 01:29:38,640 And even though when it I think it was the end of this episode 1297 01:29:38,640 --> 01:29:42,159 where it talks they're talking about co feeding and you see like the people cocooned 1298 01:29:42,199 --> 01:29:48,359 and like CO just goes up there and essentially pretty much terrifying creature. I 1299 01:29:48,439 --> 01:29:51,760 love seeing just all the spirit world. It was very cool though, just 1300 01:29:51,840 --> 01:29:56,960 and this is when we get to see Princess Yue her first kind of like 1301 01:29:57,840 --> 01:30:01,760 retroact retrospective I guess because we learned it later, but this is her as 1302 01:30:01,800 --> 01:30:09,319 the white tailed Fox kind of talking with with Sokka. That's right. Yeah, 1303 01:30:10,000 --> 01:30:14,560 the spirit world stuff, Like they have some interesting camera like work, 1304 01:30:14,600 --> 01:30:17,039 I guess to show that it's kind of like the spirit realm. That stuff 1305 01:30:17,079 --> 01:30:19,840 didn't really work for me, but like it, it didn't take me out 1306 01:30:19,880 --> 01:30:24,520 of it too much. Like it it got the point across that they're not 1307 01:30:24,560 --> 01:30:28,359 in the regular world anymore. I like any time a show kind of gets 1308 01:30:28,359 --> 01:30:31,960 into the mind trippiness aspect of something like that, just playing with the mental 1309 01:30:31,960 --> 01:30:36,119 psyche of our characters. And I mean, they definitely got that point across, 1310 01:30:36,159 --> 01:30:42,760 so I'll credit them there. We got to meet June for the first 1311 01:30:42,840 --> 01:30:45,640 time. That's the female bounty hunter with Nyla, which is like one of 1312 01:30:45,680 --> 01:30:49,520 the most terrifying mounts in the show. Just I don't even know what that 1313 01:30:49,640 --> 01:30:53,079 is. I guess it's like a mole the way that it just like sniffs 1314 01:30:53,079 --> 01:30:58,199 the ground and really just badass looking character. You don't get too much into 1315 01:30:58,359 --> 01:31:00,399 into her character in the Enemy series, but I always just thought she was 1316 01:31:00,399 --> 01:31:05,600 a cool bounty hunter with just a great look. And another again, like 1317 01:31:05,680 --> 01:31:10,560 the costume design like is just so phenemenal on the show, and like she 1318 01:31:10,720 --> 01:31:13,520 truly just looked like she was plucked right out of the animated series. So 1319 01:31:14,840 --> 01:31:19,239 part of me credit to the team there. What else, Oh, we 1320 01:31:19,319 --> 01:31:26,720 get the the owl creature, which is actually and this is where I'm saying, 1321 01:31:26,720 --> 01:31:31,800 like it feels like they combined a bunch of different episodes for this episode 1322 01:31:31,800 --> 01:31:39,920 because they had, Yeah, the librarian is his name in that one, 1323 01:31:39,960 --> 01:31:43,039 and they have to go to this like great library later on. I believe 1324 01:31:43,079 --> 01:31:46,000 it's in a like a future season episode because I remember talk being there in 1325 01:31:46,039 --> 01:31:50,800 that moment, but just a cool creature. And when they were shown here, 1326 01:31:51,079 --> 01:31:54,560 I was just kind of thrown off that we're seeing him so early. 1327 01:31:54,640 --> 01:31:59,279 But yeah, and then I got distracted because I was reading Super Bad. 1328 01:31:59,319 --> 01:32:01,600 Mike said that was voiced by the great George Takai, which I did not 1329 01:32:01,720 --> 01:32:06,279 even realize. Did you hear that? No? I did not know that. 1330 01:32:06,399 --> 01:32:11,199 Actually, Okay, yeah, I thought I saw him cast it in 1331 01:32:11,239 --> 01:32:16,880 here, So that's sweet. Interesting. Well he voiced in the yeah, 1332 01:32:17,039 --> 01:32:20,880 I guess not, was it? It was in the animated show that he 1333 01:32:21,000 --> 01:32:25,840 voices him. I guess both because it like he's on the IMDb for the 1334 01:32:25,880 --> 01:32:30,680 episode. And speaking of actually, I like just pulled up the characters and 1335 01:32:30,720 --> 01:32:35,159 there's so many like big names actually that like voice in the animated series, 1336 01:32:35,279 --> 01:32:40,399 Like you got the great and powerful Mark Hamill as the fire Lord Ozi. 1337 01:32:41,399 --> 01:32:45,479 I mean, he's done like a thousand if like bare minimum voice acting in 1338 01:32:45,760 --> 01:32:51,600 his days. You have Ron Pearlman as fire Lord Susan uh Oh that's good. 1339 01:32:51,600 --> 01:32:57,880 Clancy Brown as long Thing, who was kind of an antagonist character in 1340 01:32:58,000 --> 01:33:02,439 Omashu so we didn't with him there, and a couple other ones that I 1341 01:33:02,479 --> 01:33:08,000 remember seeing well, I guess George ja Kai for sure. But yeah, 1342 01:33:08,079 --> 01:33:11,640 always surprising when when you when you see like just someone like Ron Pearlman, 1343 01:33:11,760 --> 01:33:14,239 like, is he doing a lot of voice acting? I didn't think so, 1344 01:33:14,279 --> 01:33:18,159 but I mean he is in Halo, he did that? Who's he 1345 01:33:18,199 --> 01:33:24,359 in Halo? Admiral Stanford? He pops up in Halo two and Halo three. 1346 01:33:25,000 --> 01:33:31,720 Okay, I can't even remember that. Interesting yep. I don't know 1347 01:33:31,720 --> 01:33:36,880 why. I thought my brain would just it would just snap as as yeah, 1348 01:33:38,039 --> 01:33:44,039 no, exactly, that's my that's my Ron Pearlman. And then I 1349 01:33:44,039 --> 01:33:49,000 guess later on you have the great moment between Goatso and Aang. Very touching 1350 01:33:49,119 --> 01:33:53,520 moment, especially when I don't know if it's this episode when he goes back 1351 01:33:53,560 --> 01:33:56,960 to try and find Goatso again and he's not there, but just a really 1352 01:33:57,000 --> 01:34:01,960 again kind of to your jerky moment because it's really really strong friend and like 1353 01:34:02,079 --> 01:34:05,199 just just a great kind of mentor that Aang had that he'll never get to 1354 01:34:05,239 --> 01:34:10,840 see again. And although it's been hundreds of years, like aang, you 1355 01:34:10,880 --> 01:34:14,039 know, just saw him in his mind like hours ago. It seemed, 1356 01:34:14,079 --> 01:34:15,479 well, I guess at this point it's been a few days, but still 1357 01:34:15,520 --> 01:34:18,640 like that's really recent to just lose someone that's so significant in your life. 1358 01:34:18,680 --> 01:34:25,239 And I I quite like that whole scene. I think initially I was just 1359 01:34:25,319 --> 01:34:29,159 waiting for like the mind trippiness to like kick in or something like. I 1360 01:34:29,359 --> 01:34:30,800 kind of thought it was like a mind trick. And then in the YACHTSU 1361 01:34:30,920 --> 01:34:34,000 was gonna change or something in the co like, I don't know why that 1362 01:34:34,079 --> 01:34:38,479 was gonna happen, but I was. I was on edge, even though 1363 01:34:38,520 --> 01:34:42,800 it was just like a very humble scene all in all. So yeah, 1364 01:34:42,840 --> 01:34:45,840 I like that moment. It's also just like the lighting. It's almost if 1365 01:34:45,880 --> 01:34:48,159 they're like in heaven. It's just like super bright and warm. They got 1366 01:34:48,199 --> 01:34:53,920 that summer, that summer lens on it seems. So I did like that 1367 01:34:53,960 --> 01:34:59,880 moment for sure. Other than that, I don't really have too much more 1368 01:35:00,159 --> 01:35:02,840 say on this episode. Yeah, I don't think have anything else either. 1369 01:35:02,880 --> 01:35:10,880 I think that that covers it rady. Then uh, okay, moving on, 1370 01:35:10,960 --> 01:35:14,279 Maybe we'll take another ad break overdue for one, and then we'll keep 1371 01:35:14,359 --> 01:35:21,199 on going to episode six, we'll rear back and we are back. So 1372 01:35:23,199 --> 01:35:31,199 I actually just close the episodes like a newb Okay episode six masks this this 1373 01:35:31,359 --> 01:35:34,640 episode. It's funny because this is kind of like the climax of the of 1374 01:35:34,680 --> 01:35:41,720 the live action m Night movie, right when you have Jao that captures Aang 1375 01:35:41,880 --> 01:35:45,600 and they're in like that fortress area, and then you have Zuko wearing like 1376 01:35:45,640 --> 01:35:49,359 the blue Spirit mask that comes in and grabs him. And if if I 1377 01:35:49,399 --> 01:35:54,920 remember that correctly, that's like basically the final scenes of that entire movie. 1378 01:35:55,199 --> 01:35:59,199 I've only seen that movie, I guess twice, but it's been a it's 1379 01:35:59,199 --> 01:36:01,000 been a lot of year. I don't even remember that in Okay movie. 1380 01:36:01,239 --> 01:36:05,680 I remember, Oh, I don't remember. I don't remember that in the 1381 01:36:05,680 --> 01:36:09,359 movie. Yeah, like the final scenes. I just remember the Northern Water 1382 01:36:09,439 --> 01:36:15,359 Tribe being like the pull back half. Okay, maybe maybe I misremembory then, 1383 01:36:15,359 --> 01:36:18,119 uh, nonetheless that we're not talking about that movie right now. We're 1384 01:36:18,119 --> 01:36:25,079 talking about we're talking about this one. And yeah, I I always loved 1385 01:36:25,119 --> 01:36:29,960 when Zuko would be like doing the good guy thing, even if it is 1386 01:36:30,000 --> 01:36:33,840 his own motivation. I love when he dons the blue mask. He does 1387 01:36:33,880 --> 01:36:38,560 it quite a few times actually throughout the quite a few times, a handful 1388 01:36:38,600 --> 01:36:41,960 of times throughout the animated series, and UH kind of let down that, 1389 01:36:42,039 --> 01:36:45,920 like his his identity is like revealed so quickly, and like Jiao just kind 1390 01:36:45,920 --> 01:36:48,840 of knows right away that that it's Zuko, like he does the plan and 1391 01:36:48,840 --> 01:36:53,359 gets aang out of there. But I was pretty let down that it wasn't 1392 01:36:53,439 --> 01:36:56,600 just like, oh, the Blue Spirit took aang away like right away. 1393 01:36:56,600 --> 01:36:59,199 It seems that they just kind of know him, and then later on the 1394 01:36:59,279 --> 01:37:01,399 season. Maybe you can correct me here, but like I'm pretty sure Jao 1395 01:37:01,479 --> 01:37:05,199 finds off or finds out off screen, like it's not even like a scene 1396 01:37:05,199 --> 01:37:09,880 that happens, and that's like completely that's just so crazy to me. I 1397 01:37:09,920 --> 01:37:14,479 don't know, it seems like a big moment because you have this this to 1398 01:37:14,560 --> 01:37:17,359 the Fire Nation's eyes, like an enemy that's helping the Airbender, but you 1399 01:37:17,399 --> 01:37:20,199 don't know that it's it's one of your own, let alone, like the 1400 01:37:20,239 --> 01:37:25,000 Crown prints. I just think that's such an interesting dynamic and the fact that 1401 01:37:25,039 --> 01:37:29,000 it's just, oh, yeah, Zuko because we found out his blades are 1402 01:37:29,000 --> 01:37:31,239 similar like it, Like it's just kind of cheesy in my mind, and 1403 01:37:31,840 --> 01:37:36,920 like Zuko never even uses blades like normally, So I don't know, it 1404 01:37:38,079 --> 01:37:41,840 just kind of bugged me there. But the overall action in this episode was 1405 01:37:41,880 --> 01:37:45,319 really good. You have the I forget what they're called, but like the 1406 01:37:45,359 --> 01:37:49,239 Special Archers, the you you something Archers, I forget their names, but 1407 01:37:50,479 --> 01:37:56,079 you you yan there you go with you on Archers. But uh, what 1408 01:37:56,119 --> 01:38:00,960 do you think about this episode? Taylor? Yeah? I I feel like 1409 01:38:00,039 --> 01:38:05,479 this is a starting point for Zuko to be kind of turning over and and 1410 01:38:05,560 --> 01:38:10,760 the like ground zero for him becoming that character we see in the in the 1411 01:38:10,800 --> 01:38:15,000 later books. And I really like that a lot. And so I agree 1412 01:38:15,000 --> 01:38:21,640 with you the downside of Commander Zoo just figuring out who Zuko was, this 1413 01:38:21,880 --> 01:38:29,600 blue spirit and learning off scream and then it just turns into like oh because 1414 01:38:29,640 --> 01:38:33,319 you think like Lieutenant Lee also for a second like betrays Zuko. But like 1415 01:38:33,359 --> 01:38:39,640 this the boat blows up and this fucking murders like Prince Zuko, which is 1416 01:38:39,800 --> 01:38:43,560 pretty crazy. And I don't I don't think it was this episode. Yeah 1417 01:38:43,560 --> 01:38:45,920 it was. It was the finale episode, but like Zao has some fucking 1418 01:38:46,800 --> 01:38:57,000 crazy motivations for for and goals too for what he's trying. Ambitions, he's 1419 01:38:57,079 --> 01:38:59,640 got of like way up there for what he wants to do, Like it's 1420 01:38:59,640 --> 01:39:01,800 like already calling himself fire lord. He's like when I'm fire Lord, it's 1421 01:39:01,840 --> 01:39:06,000 like whoa, okay, buddy saying this to Uncle Iro, like come on, 1422 01:39:06,119 --> 01:39:11,640 man, like, what are you implying as is his brother. Yeah, 1423 01:39:11,680 --> 01:39:15,800 it's just just crazy, just crazy. I think this is the episode 1424 01:39:15,880 --> 01:39:24,000 where Uncle Iro reveals to the forty first Legion about Zuko's sacrifice. Yes, 1425 01:39:24,039 --> 01:39:27,399 I thing it is, Yeah, so you have you have And I love 1426 01:39:27,479 --> 01:39:29,399 that. I really really like that. I don't remember if it's from the 1427 01:39:29,680 --> 01:39:32,880 animated show, but basically, like Lieutenant Lee and all them, they're just 1428 01:39:32,880 --> 01:39:36,159 shitting all over Zuko. They hate him so much. But you learned that 1429 01:39:36,279 --> 01:39:41,760 Zuko did not want to see this whole division of men just get absolutely sacrificed 1430 01:39:42,039 --> 01:39:46,399 and calls out his dad's plans and and everything like oh it's it's stupid plan, 1431 01:39:46,800 --> 01:39:53,880 stupid. And at the end when Uncle Iro reveals that little transition about 1432 01:39:53,880 --> 01:39:58,159 how this is the forty first Legion that's with Zuko, he took them as 1433 01:39:58,239 --> 01:40:02,159 his his troop when he went into exile. I love that so much. 1434 01:40:02,279 --> 01:40:05,399 Again, it's just another thing that adds to to Zuko as a character. 1435 01:40:05,479 --> 01:40:10,800 And yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm just totally driving with it. No, 1436 01:40:10,920 --> 01:40:15,520 you're totally right. That's something that I don't remember being a thing in 1437 01:40:15,560 --> 01:40:18,520 the anime series, so I that's not a mistake, and I'm pretty sure 1438 01:40:18,520 --> 01:40:21,359 it's new to this live action version. Like the whole forty first thing, 1439 01:40:23,800 --> 01:40:28,079 it's mostly just Zuko kind of speaks out of turn in the council meeting and 1440 01:40:28,119 --> 01:40:32,199 then that's when he just gets like has to go do the agne Kai. 1441 01:40:32,319 --> 01:40:38,880 I think it's called the one on one duel, which again like because it's 1442 01:40:38,960 --> 01:40:44,079 young fiery Zuko in those like in the in the animated show, he's like, 1443 01:40:44,520 --> 01:40:45,920 okay, yeah, this is perfect, Like I'm ready to show my 1444 01:40:45,960 --> 01:40:49,760 strength against this like general, who in his mind is like an inferior to 1445 01:40:49,840 --> 01:40:55,039 him because he's the fire Lord's son. Like he he it's not even like 1446 01:40:55,279 --> 01:40:58,079 he can do this, like all of this is owed to him, like 1447 01:40:58,159 --> 01:41:00,960 he just needs his time to shine. And then when it goes down to 1448 01:41:00,039 --> 01:41:03,119 it, he's ready to go. He like turns around and then it's just 1449 01:41:03,159 --> 01:41:10,279 fire lord Ozi standing there and he's just like yeah, exactly, and like 1450 01:41:10,399 --> 01:41:15,800 he's just like shocked that he has to fight his father. And I mean 1451 01:41:15,840 --> 01:41:19,279 the duel was all right in the show again, like the effects do look 1452 01:41:19,319 --> 01:41:23,880 good and whatever. The actor I forget his name, but the guy that 1453 01:41:23,960 --> 01:41:28,600 does OZI, man, he was looking shredded in this for sure, But 1454 01:41:28,800 --> 01:41:35,399 I I don't know, like I think. I think it's just Ozi seemed 1455 01:41:35,439 --> 01:41:41,119 a little bit nicer than I was expecting. Like obviously he burns his son's 1456 01:41:41,119 --> 01:41:44,079 eye, like that is an intense moment, but the follow up to that, 1457 01:41:44,279 --> 01:41:46,479 when he's like visiting him in his sick bed and he's like, oh 1458 01:41:46,560 --> 01:41:48,680 yeah, the doctor said he you're gonna be fine, like it's a sign 1459 01:41:48,760 --> 01:41:53,600 of good, good health, good jeans, and it just I don't know, 1460 01:41:53,640 --> 01:41:57,439 I didn't like that stuff. And I'm probably just pulling my own biases 1461 01:41:57,479 --> 01:42:00,199 from the animated show, but it just seemed like like, oh, like 1462 01:42:00,399 --> 01:42:03,319 Zuko is just dead to Ozi from that point, like if you can't even 1463 01:42:03,359 --> 01:42:08,359 stand up here, and like you're being pathetic by like bowing to me on 1464 01:42:08,399 --> 01:42:11,840 this like agne kaye duel, Like you just get the fuck out of the 1465 01:42:11,840 --> 01:42:15,760 Fire Kingdom, and so the duel itself had some good stuff in there, 1466 01:42:15,800 --> 01:42:18,920 but I think the overall situation, I didn't love the telling of it. 1467 01:42:20,920 --> 01:42:26,239 I did like Iro like kind of being obviously the more father figure to Zuko 1468 01:42:26,239 --> 01:42:30,319 in those moments, like he was trying to talk down Ozi and kind of 1469 01:42:30,319 --> 01:42:33,880 being like that one character that kind of can do that because like everyone else 1470 01:42:33,880 --> 01:42:39,199 sees him as the king or fire Lord rather and Iro. I mean, 1471 01:42:39,439 --> 01:42:42,680 he is the fire Lord, but Iro is still his brother, so you 1472 01:42:42,680 --> 01:42:46,279 can kind of have that one on one with him. But yeah, the 1473 01:42:46,279 --> 01:42:49,840 whole forty first thing, I think it was all right. I didn't love 1474 01:42:49,880 --> 01:42:54,279 it. I didn't need it or I didn't love it. I didn't need 1475 01:42:54,279 --> 01:42:56,319 it. I didn't love it. I didn't hate it. Just kind of 1476 01:42:56,479 --> 01:42:59,319 yeah, it was all right. I kind of I kind of laughed at 1477 01:42:59,359 --> 01:43:02,279 the beginning when and General Jiao like gets orders that he's just the guy running 1478 01:43:02,279 --> 01:43:06,279 the show now, and then the forty first legion is like obeying his command. 1479 01:43:06,399 --> 01:43:11,960 The second Jao leaves, Zuka's just like bold move but he's like, 1480 01:43:12,119 --> 01:43:15,119 okay, now, just revert your orders. It's like, uh, I 1481 01:43:15,119 --> 01:43:18,600 can't do that, sir. And then like what would happen? He just 1482 01:43:18,600 --> 01:43:21,560 like turns the wheel and then like Xiao is just like why is the ship 1483 01:43:21,600 --> 01:43:25,000 moving? And then like goes back to the room that he was literally just 1484 01:43:25,039 --> 01:43:28,079 in like ten seconds ago. It was just kind of a funny secrets of 1485 01:43:28,079 --> 01:43:31,920 events in my opinion. But yeah, the flashback scene, it is a 1486 01:43:32,079 --> 01:43:36,520 necessary scene to have in the show because you need to obviously show why Zuko 1487 01:43:36,640 --> 01:43:41,920 got banished, why he has this scar, why he his father is just 1488 01:43:42,000 --> 01:43:44,960 kind of yeah, like banished him from the kingdom, and why he has 1489 01:43:45,000 --> 01:43:46,239 Iro with him, right, Like, like you do have to explain those 1490 01:43:46,239 --> 01:43:50,560 things to the viewers, so I understand why they have it here. Obviously, 1491 01:43:50,640 --> 01:43:55,079 personally I would take the animated version more, but I still think it 1492 01:43:55,119 --> 01:44:03,119 was all right. I uh, I think that you're right. I think 1493 01:44:03,159 --> 01:44:08,039 piler OSEI is definitely a little bit more, a little bit more on the 1494 01:44:08,119 --> 01:44:11,760 nicer side here, especially when after he just kicks his son's ass, he 1495 01:44:11,840 --> 01:44:15,199 just goes and he's like, oh, son, you know, oh you're 1496 01:44:15,279 --> 01:44:16,760 right, you're good, jeans, you're resting up and all that kind of 1497 01:44:16,800 --> 01:44:20,680 stuff. Just it's a little weird, Like I don't know how any dag 1498 01:44:20,920 --> 01:44:26,800 just walk in go play god Sha saw it after this very weird, like 1499 01:44:26,840 --> 01:44:31,800 I couldn't imagine my daughter me just like giving her a switch Joy con And 1500 01:44:31,880 --> 01:44:39,960 just putting up Smash Bros. And just fucking annihilating her right now. And 1501 01:44:40,039 --> 01:44:43,880 it's just what a what a horrible thing to do. But at the end 1502 01:44:43,920 --> 01:44:46,279 of the day, Zuko did get the upper hand on him, but he 1503 01:44:45,640 --> 01:44:49,199 held back, and I love that. I love seeing these little things with 1504 01:44:49,279 --> 01:44:54,800 Zuko. And then Iro was just fucking pleading with him, and and then 1505 01:44:54,840 --> 01:44:59,920 he couldn't even watch as Ozai just melts his face, which is just yeah, 1506 01:45:00,439 --> 01:45:02,840 that general was just laughing high but I mean, oh yeah, this 1507 01:45:02,920 --> 01:45:06,079 is a piece of shit. Such a piece of shit. Yeah, especially 1508 01:45:06,079 --> 01:45:11,359 like even in the war room when like Ozi like asks Zuko what he would 1509 01:45:11,399 --> 01:45:14,520 do and he just kind of fumbles his words, like when he's like countered, 1510 01:45:14,560 --> 01:45:16,119 and then the other general like has his plan. And then after the 1511 01:45:16,159 --> 01:45:20,119 war like council happens, like before Zuko says that the plan st he like 1512 01:45:20,159 --> 01:45:23,720 goes up to him. He's like, oh, he can't learn anything, 1513 01:45:24,079 --> 01:45:27,279 or he can't learn everything in the book, say young Prince, and he's 1514 01:45:27,319 --> 01:45:30,239 just like being a dick just to be a dick, like fuck he he 1515 01:45:30,239 --> 01:45:34,319 he should have been agnefied with with Zuko. Zuko he hopefully would have fucked 1516 01:45:34,359 --> 01:45:38,800 him up, but oh, he absolutely would have. I can only imagine 1517 01:45:38,840 --> 01:45:42,479 like Ozai just after Zuko leaves the room, goes up to the general like, 1518 01:45:42,520 --> 01:45:47,000 Okay, I'm gonna take over your Agnekai. No, I really want 1519 01:45:47,000 --> 01:45:50,399 to do it. I really want to do it. O no, no, 1520 01:45:50,399 --> 01:45:56,720 no, only I can fuck up my son. So yeah, I 1521 01:45:56,800 --> 01:45:59,800 kind of already mentioned it. But Zuko comes in as the Blue Spirit and 1522 01:46:00,760 --> 01:46:05,239 takes on or takes on, takes out my gosh, takes Aang out of 1523 01:46:05,439 --> 01:46:12,119 captivity, takes an arrow to the face and gets kind of just knocked out, 1524 01:46:12,199 --> 01:46:15,920 and then Aang of course saves him, and all that is very true 1525 01:46:15,920 --> 01:46:19,640 to the to the original version, which I liked. I thought, just 1526 01:46:20,000 --> 01:46:24,680 I don't know, the overall action I thought looked pretty pretty good for for 1527 01:46:24,720 --> 01:46:30,920 what it was trying to deliver. I personally like my favorite part of this 1528 01:46:31,159 --> 01:46:36,119 portion of the story of this episode is when like the aftermath, I guess, 1529 01:46:36,159 --> 01:46:41,600 when Zuko and Aang kind of just have a moment to talk and it's 1530 01:46:41,640 --> 01:46:44,680 just such a great moment because this is like the one thing that can kind 1531 01:46:44,680 --> 01:46:47,399 of help Zuko in his situation, like this can bring his honor back, 1532 01:46:47,439 --> 01:46:53,880 take bringing this character back. But then when he's kind of in a situation 1533 01:46:54,000 --> 01:46:57,920 that like he doesn't have his his crew with him, he doesn't have a 1534 01:46:57,920 --> 01:47:00,760 way to like really capture Ang here, like there's kind of to chat, 1535 01:47:00,039 --> 01:47:03,640 and you just realize the similarities that these two characters have. It ends with 1536 01:47:03,680 --> 01:47:09,920 the same It pretty much ends the same way that Aang asked him like if 1537 01:47:10,039 --> 01:47:12,840 one hundred years ago, like would they have been able to be friends? 1538 01:47:12,880 --> 01:47:17,039 And it's just such a great like parallel I think to just war like in 1539 01:47:17,119 --> 01:47:20,399 general, like even even in real life, like there's just so many instances 1540 01:47:20,399 --> 01:47:24,039 where people are fighting for like multiple sides. But like if you take the 1541 01:47:24,039 --> 01:47:28,159 war aspect away and they just like grew up in a in a younger time 1542 01:47:28,199 --> 01:47:30,600 maybe and we're able to just interact not as soldiers, like would they be 1543 01:47:30,680 --> 01:47:35,000 friends, Like probably more so often than not, just because there's a lot 1544 01:47:35,039 --> 01:47:41,279 more I think things in common that people have the as opposed to differences, 1545 01:47:41,399 --> 01:47:45,199 And that's just true across the board. And I think this like cartoon show, 1546 01:47:45,319 --> 01:47:48,319 this kids show just just such a great way of portraying that in the 1547 01:47:48,359 --> 01:47:51,119 little line there, and of course this is the early stage of Zuko, 1548 01:47:51,159 --> 01:47:55,079 so he doesn't have time to really let those emotions in, so he just 1549 01:47:55,119 --> 01:47:59,760 responds with a fire blast and it's kind of the end of that interaction. 1550 01:47:59,840 --> 01:48:03,600 But it's a It's a phenomenal scene in the animated series, and I think 1551 01:48:03,600 --> 01:48:06,960 they did a good job at relaying that in the live action version as well. 1552 01:48:08,399 --> 01:48:11,600 M Yeah, I agree. I like seeing them kind of just have 1553 01:48:11,720 --> 01:48:14,880 this this common ground with the calligraphy brush all that kind of stuff. It 1554 01:48:14,920 --> 01:48:18,399 was just it was nice and calming to see that, and it just as 1555 01:48:18,399 --> 01:48:24,079 a testament to Ang's character just how he's great at people ing. He's so 1556 01:48:24,239 --> 01:48:30,039 good at working his way and finding that doorway into someone and just really connecting 1557 01:48:30,079 --> 01:48:33,479 with them. And again, I like that that's just a you it's is 1558 01:48:33,479 --> 01:48:38,119 it not necessarily even like an avatar trait, but it's just like it's it's 1559 01:48:38,159 --> 01:48:41,479 a person trade. And you come to learn with Aang and him talking to 1560 01:48:41,520 --> 01:48:46,560 the different avatars that while they all are the Avatar, and they all share 1561 01:48:46,640 --> 01:48:49,960 a piece of the past Avatar in them, they are not all the same, 1562 01:48:50,000 --> 01:48:54,039 they're their own people where you see. I think at this point we've 1563 01:48:54,039 --> 01:49:00,520 obviously seen the Fire Avatar and how he's just he's full of joyokes and Roku 1564 01:49:00,640 --> 01:49:03,640 not yeah, Roku, He's full of jokes and everything like that, and 1565 01:49:03,800 --> 01:49:11,640 just really I think he was definitely a good a good example for ag because 1566 01:49:11,760 --> 01:49:15,920 Kyoshi Kyoshi's wonderful, but very much as he as she told Aang, like 1567 01:49:15,960 --> 01:49:19,359 you need to be merciless and and all that kind of stuff. And then 1568 01:49:19,359 --> 01:49:26,239 we get to the water the Water Tribes avatar later on. But mm hmm, 1569 01:49:26,760 --> 01:49:32,159 yeah, I can't remember I was going with this. I'll just jump 1570 01:49:32,199 --> 01:49:35,479 in there on the Roku thing because I forgot to mention him. I love 1571 01:49:35,560 --> 01:49:42,720 Roku in the animated series. This is something that because Roku is like the 1572 01:49:42,760 --> 01:49:46,079 most recent Avatar, like it's the one that died right before Ang. In 1573 01:49:46,119 --> 01:49:50,520 the animated series, Aang actually finds him like dialoguing with him quite a bit. 1574 01:49:51,239 --> 01:49:54,640 I think it's just because anytime he kind of meditates, he goes in 1575 01:49:54,720 --> 01:49:57,479 that average avatar form and then he like he's able to just kind of go 1576 01:49:57,520 --> 01:50:00,920 into the spear realm and like converse with Roku and he's just such a great 1577 01:50:01,000 --> 01:50:04,600 like mentor kind of Toang and not necessarily telling him what to do, but 1578 01:50:04,760 --> 01:50:10,399 just giving him a different way of looking at at things maybe is a good 1579 01:50:10,399 --> 01:50:15,399 way to put it. And he definitely has that like more joyous appeal to 1580 01:50:15,479 --> 01:50:17,520 him. So I think this version like he's a little bit kookier, like 1581 01:50:17,520 --> 01:50:20,399 like when he when he's like stand on one leg, hop on one leg, 1582 01:50:20,520 --> 01:50:23,239 or whatever the hell he says, like he's just kind of fucking with 1583 01:50:23,319 --> 01:50:26,840 Aang. I mean, it's kind of cheesy, but they are getting the 1584 01:50:26,840 --> 01:50:30,960 point across that he is, like there is other fire Benders that aren't just 1585 01:50:30,039 --> 01:50:33,039 like tyrants, right because up until this point, like that's all you really 1586 01:50:33,039 --> 01:50:40,119 see, and Roku was just a very kind of joyous individual. Obviously he 1587 01:50:40,159 --> 01:50:45,520 had to make tough choices in his time, but I like that interaction. 1588 01:50:45,920 --> 01:50:50,680 I guess to show that personally, I would want maybe more of those Roku 1589 01:50:50,760 --> 01:50:56,840 isms, but the I don't know. I think Roku's like super fake beard 1590 01:50:57,000 --> 01:50:59,840 was kind of pulling me out of it too. There's certain characters in here 1591 01:50:59,880 --> 01:51:03,039 that just it's so obvious they're like wearing like a special beard or something like 1592 01:51:03,039 --> 01:51:08,079 I think fire Lord Sousan actually had that effect. Like in the very first 1593 01:51:08,119 --> 01:51:11,680 episode, his beard just looked like it was about to fall off at any 1594 01:51:11,680 --> 01:51:16,000 moment if the glue got a little bit too warm. But yeah, so 1595 01:51:16,359 --> 01:51:21,640 Roku's in there. I think we kind of covered all the main points on 1596 01:51:21,720 --> 01:51:29,239 the episode. Yeah, there's an Azula thing that happens. I think it's 1597 01:51:29,239 --> 01:51:33,560 more so just her reaction to the the Agney Kai and yeah, yeah, 1598 01:51:33,600 --> 01:51:39,600 she's like smiling, like but like even then, I feel like it's it's 1599 01:51:39,680 --> 01:51:42,079 kind of like held back, like this is kind of fucked up, but 1600 01:51:42,199 --> 01:51:45,039 like I'm kind of liking it a little bit. Whereas again, like my 1601 01:51:45,159 --> 01:51:48,800 Azula would have just been like fucking kill him. Ohz, I like this 1602 01:51:48,840 --> 01:51:54,800 is perfect, Like just get rid of that weekly Yeah, exactly walking in 1603 01:51:54,880 --> 01:52:00,239 Phoenix and Gladiator. Okay, so if we have nothing else, we're gonna 1604 01:52:00,279 --> 01:52:03,760 keep moving on to the penultimate episode, Episode seven, The North. I 1605 01:52:03,800 --> 01:52:06,119 don't know why I said it like that. I guess we're I just feel 1606 01:52:06,119 --> 01:52:11,199 like Game of Thrones whenever I say that or in the North, the largest 1607 01:52:11,239 --> 01:52:16,079 fire the North has ever seen. Our heroes finally get to the Northern Water 1608 01:52:16,159 --> 01:52:21,119 tribe, which is in my opinion, just a really cool design for a 1609 01:52:21,159 --> 01:52:24,960 location to get Like I kind of made the Troy comparisons earlier, but it 1610 01:52:25,000 --> 01:52:30,279 kind of feels like that just penetrable fortress. It's cool too, because it 1611 01:52:30,319 --> 01:52:33,039 seems like for our heroes up until this point, everywhere that they've kind of 1612 01:52:33,079 --> 01:52:36,359 landed, they've had to just run away, like really quickly, Like they're 1613 01:52:36,359 --> 01:52:42,880 always kind of running away from the threat of the fire Lord and his lackeys. 1614 01:52:42,960 --> 01:52:46,600 But this is obviously like an ally that they're going to another Water tribe. 1615 01:52:46,600 --> 01:52:51,600 It's cool that our Southern Water tribe members meet up with their Northern Tribe 1616 01:52:51,600 --> 01:52:56,479 members for the first time, like all that stuff just in general, like 1617 01:52:56,520 --> 01:53:00,279 for the story, I think it's really interesting to have and I I thought 1618 01:53:00,279 --> 01:53:02,560 they did a good job with with the Northern Northern Tribe. I thought it 1619 01:53:02,560 --> 01:53:10,039 looked really great. They had some some act like I think his name is 1620 01:53:10,039 --> 01:53:15,960 Paku, like the super sexist like Waterbender teacher, like the Master. Yeah, 1621 01:53:15,000 --> 01:53:17,720 man, I swear to got like like I was mentioning Sokka, seems 1622 01:53:17,720 --> 01:53:19,960 like he's plucked out of the comic book, Like this guy looks like he's 1623 01:53:20,000 --> 01:53:24,479 the exact same from from the animated series. So I was very impressed with 1624 01:53:24,479 --> 01:53:28,119 that, and he's pretty much the exact same character, Like he is a 1625 01:53:28,159 --> 01:53:32,239 master and he is kind of open to training Qatar, I guess, but 1626 01:53:32,319 --> 01:53:36,279 like he just he says that women have no place on the on the battlefield, 1627 01:53:36,359 --> 01:53:41,199 and I mean in the next episode, it kind of leads to a 1628 01:53:41,239 --> 01:53:43,880 funny moment in my opinion. Maybe we'll get there when we get there, 1629 01:53:43,920 --> 01:53:47,479 But yeah, what do you think about seeing this version of the Northern Water 1630 01:53:47,560 --> 01:53:53,399 tribe? Yeah, I thought it was just cool to see this fortified, 1631 01:53:54,319 --> 01:54:00,720 powerful water nation here and just what they're capable of. I really really loves 1632 01:54:00,720 --> 01:54:03,800 seeing the dilemma of Qatar trying to deal with the fact that, Okay, 1633 01:54:03,840 --> 01:54:09,159 they're not allowed to actually fight here, which is just bonkers that they were 1634 01:54:09,199 --> 01:54:15,760 willing to, sorry you said, Packu, Master Packu was willing to hold 1635 01:54:15,760 --> 01:54:21,239 onto these old ancient ideals that they're literally about to be fucking annihilated, Like 1636 01:54:21,279 --> 01:54:24,800 we got all these water banners, but no, you can't fight. You 1637 01:54:24,840 --> 01:54:28,680 just stay stay back, like ma'am, get them out onto the field. 1638 01:54:28,720 --> 01:54:32,560 Stop benching all of your your op fighters here. And I think this is 1639 01:54:32,600 --> 01:54:38,760 a great period where you get to see Qatar really shime they're calling her Master 1640 01:54:39,600 --> 01:54:44,039 now. But I feel like this at this rate of the show, you 1641 01:54:44,119 --> 01:54:47,119 don't necessarily see you see her getting better and better and better. But I 1642 01:54:47,159 --> 01:54:49,920 feel like at the same time, it did feel like it was accelerated with 1643 01:54:49,920 --> 01:54:55,439 what she was able to do against Master Packu, like she fucking dished it 1644 01:54:55,520 --> 01:54:59,279 out. She was doing really really good in that quick little duel, and 1645 01:54:59,319 --> 01:55:01,800 I feel like that's something we haven't really been able to see her grow with. 1646 01:55:02,319 --> 01:55:04,760 For most of the episodes. We see her control like one little bit 1647 01:55:04,800 --> 01:55:08,600 of water and she splashes it on people. But I wanted I was hoping 1648 01:55:08,600 --> 01:55:12,319 that they would either slow it down or they would keep us a little bit 1649 01:55:12,439 --> 01:55:17,800 more visual representation of her actually creating like her ice discs and just firing them 1650 01:55:17,840 --> 01:55:21,800 off. And I love how she was seeing how Earthbenders were doing things and 1651 01:55:21,840 --> 01:55:26,560 she was creating and modifying it in our water bending sense. That's one of 1652 01:55:26,600 --> 01:55:30,960 my favorite things is when you can see the Bendors take from something else and 1653 01:55:30,000 --> 01:55:33,279 modified in their own element. I think that's really, really, really special. 1654 01:55:33,319 --> 01:55:40,119 But so Guitar was really just she shined from me a lot in this. 1655 01:55:40,239 --> 01:55:44,199 In this I've got these two episodes here, but yeah, Ang just 1656 01:55:44,239 --> 01:55:47,840 really trying to figure things out, and then we get Princess Ua. That's 1657 01:55:48,159 --> 01:55:53,039 she kind of takes more or less like the front seat here and deals with 1658 01:55:53,039 --> 01:55:57,119 with Socca. Socca has a lot more attention here and just kind of being 1659 01:55:57,239 --> 01:56:02,640 embraced as well being a warrior. Everyone just praising them basically, Soaka is 1660 01:56:02,640 --> 01:56:06,680 getting to call battle tactics and teach them a little bit more about what's going 1661 01:56:06,720 --> 01:56:11,520 on with the Fire Nation, and I think that's represented as well with the 1662 01:56:11,560 --> 01:56:17,199 fact that they are there are very much like isolated in this little little location 1663 01:56:17,359 --> 01:56:20,479 here, even though it's a big northern Water tribe city, they haven't really 1664 01:56:20,520 --> 01:56:25,960 been connected with the outside world. I think that's why you have Paku being 1665 01:56:26,560 --> 01:56:30,720 very enforcing of these ancient ideals, and you have them being unaware what the 1666 01:56:30,720 --> 01:56:32,920 Fire Nation is packing. And they've alluded to the fact that they've been attacked 1667 01:56:32,960 --> 01:56:36,159 a few times, but I don't even think the Water the Fire Nation has 1668 01:56:36,159 --> 01:56:40,319 actually attacked them yet. I think they've just kind of let them be up 1669 01:56:40,319 --> 01:56:51,319 here. So yeah, yeah, yeah, Oh, I kind of lost 1670 01:56:51,319 --> 01:57:00,800 my train of thought as you're going episode six the mass No, what else 1671 01:57:00,800 --> 01:57:04,479 do we get here? Uh? I guess just adding on to what you're 1672 01:57:04,520 --> 01:57:10,000 saying, like and like tying into how I mentioned like them coming here and 1673 01:57:10,039 --> 01:57:14,520 like actually seeing an ally is just a big moment because they have gone through 1674 01:57:14,560 --> 01:57:17,000 a lot of things, and as you laid out, they are kind of 1675 01:57:17,039 --> 01:57:21,399 being recognized for that, which is really cool. Obviously, Qatar kind of 1676 01:57:21,399 --> 01:57:28,399 gets put on the side because of just how she's perceived because of because of 1677 01:57:28,479 --> 01:57:30,199 the fact that she's just a female water bender, Like that's just not really 1678 01:57:30,439 --> 01:57:38,880 a thing that's recognized in a warrior aspect for Master Poku and and team, 1679 01:57:40,039 --> 01:57:43,359 But yeah, it is, what is Sokka. I mean, I love 1680 01:57:43,399 --> 01:57:46,319 just seeing Socca interact with you a because I think just the actor again, 1681 01:57:46,399 --> 01:57:50,079 like he's probably like my favorite casting I think in the show, Like he's 1682 01:57:50,119 --> 01:57:56,840 just so great and the way that he just has a very obviously he's just 1683 01:57:56,880 --> 01:58:00,600 like falling in love with like Ua right away. But when she's like explaining 1684 01:58:00,680 --> 01:58:03,399 the fact of like what she is, he's just he's so dumbfound in the 1685 01:58:03,399 --> 01:58:08,359 sense of like it doesn't even make sense and he's just like maybe so infactuated 1686 01:58:08,399 --> 01:58:11,520 by her. But like it doesn't matter if she's fucking saying hate speech to 1687 01:58:11,600 --> 01:58:15,800 him like like he's just like in love with her. Obviously that's not what 1688 01:58:15,880 --> 01:58:20,960 happens, but yeah, I I I quite like their interactions. And we 1689 01:58:21,000 --> 01:58:27,560 also have Avatar Aang interact with Avatar Kuruk I believe is his name, the 1690 01:58:27,560 --> 01:58:33,039 the water Avatar. I think in general, just like these these interactions, 1691 01:58:33,479 --> 01:58:38,079 they just hit so much more in the animated way, I think. I 1692 01:58:38,119 --> 01:58:43,000 think whenever they do in the the live action like dream sequence realm where it's 1693 01:58:43,000 --> 01:58:45,159 just kind of fuzzy and it looks like a dream but like, I don't 1694 01:58:45,199 --> 01:58:48,800 know, it's just it seems kind of cheesy in my mind and it doesn't 1695 01:58:48,840 --> 01:58:54,840 have the same effect that it probably should have. But yeah, he's he's 1696 01:58:55,119 --> 01:59:00,479 dishing out some some knowledge there. Something actually that I forgot to mention earlier 1697 01:59:00,520 --> 01:59:03,640 on that I think is a really big thing that maybe brings down some of 1698 01:59:03,640 --> 01:59:11,279 my overall enjoyment of this season is one like this is supposed to be chapter 1699 01:59:11,359 --> 01:59:15,319 one, right like season one chapter one. So now chapter one is just 1700 01:59:15,359 --> 01:59:19,920 titled water as if our avatar and this period is going to be learning all 1701 01:59:19,960 --> 01:59:26,159 about water and how to fucking water bend. Ang does not water bend once 1702 01:59:26,319 --> 01:59:30,159 in this entire season, which I just think is egregious. Like I like, 1703 01:59:30,279 --> 01:59:32,840 I'm not saying he has to be doing what Katar is doing, but 1704 01:59:32,880 --> 01:59:39,039 the fact that Katara isn't at any like point, just like as she's trying 1705 01:59:39,039 --> 01:59:41,840 to learn on her own, which we do see her do in some of 1706 01:59:41,840 --> 01:59:45,640 the earlier episodes Aang like like he's just not even there, like like it 1707 01:59:45,920 --> 01:59:50,600 like and maybe this is something that you can, uh maybe have more of 1708 01:59:50,600 --> 01:59:55,000 that stuff in like some of the filler episodes that like the Cartoon has. 1709 01:59:55,359 --> 01:59:59,920 But I still think it's such an important part of like Avatar Aang becoming the 1710 02:00:00,039 --> 02:00:03,960 Avatar, of learning these different aspects and and really how to like control different 1711 02:00:03,960 --> 02:00:09,439 elements, and the fact that they don't at any point, like not at 1712 02:00:09,479 --> 02:00:12,079 any point in the show does he do anything related to water. Well, 1713 02:00:12,119 --> 02:00:15,720 I guess at the very end when he just like morphs into the the water 1714 02:00:15,880 --> 02:00:21,760 spirit the chaos spirit from uh yeah, no exactly, no exactly. I 1715 02:00:21,560 --> 02:00:28,079 I think that's that's whack and and something that I really didn't think about actually 1716 02:00:28,159 --> 02:00:30,760 as I was going along with it, but then by by the finale and 1717 02:00:30,760 --> 02:00:32,960 when Shane and I were just kind of stewing on it. She she was 1718 02:00:33,000 --> 02:00:36,359 like mentioning that how he doesn't water bend once, and I'm like, oh 1719 02:00:36,439 --> 02:00:42,039 yeah, Like that's strange, Like is next season going to be book one 1720 02:00:42,039 --> 02:00:45,640 point five like more water like? Because at the end, Katar mentions that 1721 02:00:45,680 --> 02:00:47,319 like now she's kind of a master, which is kind of funny, like 1722 02:00:47,680 --> 02:00:49,960 she's been waterbending for how long? But now I guess she's a master. 1723 02:00:50,800 --> 02:00:55,800 She developed quickly, I guess, but she's mentioned how she could teach aang 1724 02:00:56,359 --> 02:00:59,720 Like I don't know, Like that's kind of a journey, and like is 1725 02:00:59,760 --> 02:01:01,640 it just gonna happen between seasons, Like is he just gonna be popping in 1726 02:01:01,800 --> 02:01:04,840 being able to do all these water things? I hope not, because I 1727 02:01:04,960 --> 02:01:11,239 really like to see that progression of the character. And like I think, 1728 02:01:11,880 --> 02:01:14,640 really if they do as easy too, they're just gonna move on to Earth, 1729 02:01:14,840 --> 02:01:15,680 right, Like they're just gonna keep moving on with the story. That's 1730 02:01:15,680 --> 02:01:20,279 where we're gonna be getting tough and all the other Earth aspects, and that's 1731 02:01:20,319 --> 02:01:24,359 where ag should be learning the Earth bending. So I just think they felt 1732 02:01:24,439 --> 02:01:30,600 really hard with that aspect that they just chose to not do that another thing 1733 02:01:30,159 --> 02:01:34,439 just since I'm going since since I'm going with it. Another thing that Shane 1734 02:01:34,479 --> 02:01:39,159 I were kind of discussing the end of it was something with Aang that just 1735 02:01:39,239 --> 02:01:45,560 makes him such a joyous and likable character is his just like love for the 1736 02:01:45,600 --> 02:01:48,199 world and he's just so like happy, go lucky and so curious, Like 1737 02:01:48,239 --> 02:01:54,600 he really is just a little kid that's just discovering the world, and he's 1738 02:01:54,600 --> 02:01:58,199 he's just so warm and welcoming to like everyone that he comes across. He 1739 02:01:58,359 --> 02:02:00,600 just I feel like everyone that he interacts with, he just changes their life 1740 02:02:00,600 --> 02:02:05,840 for the better, doesn't matter if it's it's Zuko or like Socca or anyone 1741 02:02:05,880 --> 02:02:10,399 like that. Like like that he really is just such a joy and also 1742 02:02:10,520 --> 02:02:14,399 just so curious and wanting to investigate the rest of the world. And they 1743 02:02:14,399 --> 02:02:17,159 don't really in my opinion, hit that at all with Aang at any point 1744 02:02:17,159 --> 02:02:21,920 of this show. It seems like he's really more actually Dower like because he's 1745 02:02:21,960 --> 02:02:28,359 lost Yiazzo, he's lost all the Airbenders and it's really just like peril that 1746 02:02:28,359 --> 02:02:30,600 they're they're running from. And maybe that is just due to the fact that 1747 02:02:30,680 --> 02:02:35,359 it's an eight episode series that it like we don't have time to really have 1748 02:02:35,560 --> 02:02:41,199 him just being joyful and like playing around with Apa or Momo and and just 1749 02:02:41,239 --> 02:02:44,159 like having those downtimes. It's really just going from point A to point B 1750 02:02:44,239 --> 02:02:47,039 because it's wartime. We have to get here because it's the next strategic location, 1751 02:02:47,439 --> 02:02:49,800 which they do in the animated show. But it just feels like the 1752 02:02:49,880 --> 02:02:56,720 journeys longer because they have more breaks along the way. So that is like 1753 02:02:56,800 --> 02:03:00,760 again like something that is a pretty pretty big con. Actually, I feel 1754 02:03:00,800 --> 02:03:04,279 like unfortunately my cons in the show are like the bigger character stuff that like 1755 02:03:04,439 --> 02:03:10,039 really makes the show special. In my mind. The world building is extremely 1756 02:03:10,039 --> 02:03:12,880 important and another thing that I absolutely love, and I do think that this 1757 02:03:12,920 --> 02:03:18,159 show is doing at least a good job at But yeah, my fire people 1758 02:03:18,199 --> 02:03:24,199 are not angry enough, Boomy is too angry, and aang is not curious 1759 02:03:24,279 --> 02:03:30,199 enough and not super happy go lucky. So I think, again, it's 1760 02:03:30,199 --> 02:03:32,199 not really tied to this episode, but I just kind of forgot to mention 1761 02:03:32,279 --> 02:03:35,399 that earlier, and I would be a miss if I didn't mention those. 1762 02:03:36,840 --> 02:03:45,199 Yeah, there you go. Yeah, I just think that these characters overall 1763 02:03:45,359 --> 02:03:49,960 are I mean, they're doing it for me. I have not seen the 1764 02:03:50,000 --> 02:03:54,159 animated show for quite some time. So it's hard for me to make that 1765 02:03:54,159 --> 02:03:59,319 comparison, but from what I've seen, I'm enjoying that the characters are being 1766 02:03:59,359 --> 02:04:01,000 portrayed the way they are. I think you're right though, at least we 1767 02:04:01,279 --> 02:04:04,800 talked about it already with Zuko being a little bit more on the angrier side, 1768 02:04:04,840 --> 02:04:10,560 like a Kylo Wrenn kind of character. But yeah, I think where 1769 02:04:10,600 --> 02:04:14,840 the characters are getting to at this point. You mentioned again Aang not having 1770 02:04:14,880 --> 02:04:20,840 waterbending as a as a skill down pat right now. That's upsetting because I 1771 02:04:20,880 --> 02:04:27,079 think it was even like three episodes in Katara was having a conversation with him 1772 02:04:27,079 --> 02:04:30,560 where she was practicing with her grandmother's waterbending scrolls in the river and Ang comes 1773 02:04:30,600 --> 02:04:34,680 up and just compliments her, and she just basically says like, oh, 1774 02:04:34,720 --> 02:04:39,000 you know, we could practice together, and he just kind of shuts her 1775 02:04:39,039 --> 02:04:43,279 down and doesn't want to. And I get that he's going through this inner 1776 02:04:43,319 --> 02:04:46,319 turmoil and he's trying to come to that point where's he's the Avatar. He's 1777 02:04:46,359 --> 02:04:51,600 got to rise up to the title and the mantle of being this. But 1778 02:04:51,760 --> 02:04:55,960 yeah, it's just funny how he's just really not wanting to water bend. 1779 02:04:56,000 --> 02:04:58,840 He's a great airbender, and I love seeing all those fight scenes, but 1780 02:04:58,880 --> 02:05:00,239 he'd just be able to do so much more, and that's something they did 1781 02:05:00,319 --> 02:05:03,359 in the movie too. At this point, he's actually like, he does 1782 02:05:03,439 --> 02:05:06,800 practice water bending in the movie, and he becomes very proficient at water bending 1783 02:05:06,840 --> 02:05:10,600 at the end of the movie. But yeah, they don't showcase that here 1784 02:05:10,640 --> 02:05:15,439 at all, which is very weird because I I was half expecting him to 1785 02:05:15,439 --> 02:05:18,479 to have been able to do a little bit and being controlled by the giant 1786 02:05:18,560 --> 02:05:26,399 Kaiju Godzilla creatures, I don't see that as counting as water bending because everyone 1787 02:05:26,439 --> 02:05:30,359 the whole time is saying, oh, that's no longer aang anymore. It's 1788 02:05:30,479 --> 02:05:35,800 the not the Moon's spirit, the other spirit looking for its she she moved. 1789 02:05:35,840 --> 02:05:44,520 Yeah, yeah, but that that was cool though I knew. I 1790 02:05:44,600 --> 02:05:46,600 knew that there's gonna be some kind of sequence where he's just fucks up the 1791 02:05:46,640 --> 02:05:51,560 fire Nation and that whole fleet. Like, man, how many fire Benders 1792 02:05:51,560 --> 02:05:58,000 got killed? There was like thousands that just got fucking decimated. Kaiju moment. 1793 02:05:58,319 --> 02:06:01,239 Yeah, yeah, yeah, No, there's a lot of murders that 1794 02:06:01,319 --> 02:06:04,279 happened there. But hey, it's not Avatarang, right, it's they kept 1795 02:06:04,319 --> 02:06:09,399 saying that that's not any anymore. I'm curious what it was, Like, 1796 02:06:10,000 --> 02:06:14,399 what's what's that report look like? They? Oh, the Airbender turned into 1797 02:06:15,159 --> 02:06:18,520 Master Kyoshi then turned into a giant water lizard and just fucked up your whole 1798 02:06:18,520 --> 02:06:21,279 fleet. But then I guess we get to see the fall out of that, 1799 02:06:21,279 --> 02:06:24,920 because it was like, is made aware that they attack Phail and he's 1800 02:06:24,960 --> 02:06:28,159 like, oh, that was never the target. It's like this guy's just 1801 02:06:28,279 --> 02:06:32,520 gaslighting. Am I using that? Right? Is he gaslighting people or misdirecting 1802 02:06:32,520 --> 02:06:39,079 people? Yeah? Both both working? Yeah, no one especially just like 1803 02:06:39,920 --> 02:06:44,119 if Zuko thought sacrificing the forty first Legion was fucked? What about this? 1804 02:06:44,119 --> 02:06:46,119 This is like the whole Fire Nation armada, Like they do not have a 1805 02:06:46,199 --> 02:06:50,520 navy anymore, but they have Amashu, Like wow, is that worth it? 1806 02:06:54,840 --> 02:06:59,760 But uh, yeah, what else happened in episode seven? Here? 1807 02:07:00,720 --> 02:07:05,239 Oh this is where we have That's fine, that's fine, it leads into 1808 02:07:05,279 --> 02:07:12,920 it. That's just the character stuff. Right here we have Azula do the 1809 02:07:13,119 --> 02:07:18,640 like perform like the lightning fire bending, which is so iconic to her character. 1810 02:07:18,720 --> 02:07:21,640 It is cool that it's in there, I think, just because I'm 1811 02:07:21,680 --> 02:07:28,000 not liking what the character is so far in this show. I the scene 1812 02:07:28,000 --> 02:07:31,079 didn't do too much for me? Is yeah, I don't know, it 1813 02:07:31,119 --> 02:07:36,840 was all right? What else? I really don't have too much else to 1814 02:07:36,840 --> 02:07:42,760 add. I think we actually see Katara with some of the Waterbender healers in 1815 02:07:42,840 --> 02:07:45,359 this episode as well, which is cool because that's that's like a really big 1816 02:07:45,439 --> 02:07:50,159 character thing for Katara, Like she's she becomes well, she like masters water 1817 02:07:50,199 --> 02:07:55,479 bending, so she becomes just an excellent healer later on and even into the 1818 02:07:55,560 --> 02:07:59,119 Legend of Korra, like her character is actually still alive in that series and 1819 02:07:59,159 --> 02:08:03,439 she is no is just like obviously a legend amongst legends and like just this 1820 02:08:03,560 --> 02:08:07,920 really renowned healer. So it was cool them showing that off because I know 1821 02:08:07,960 --> 02:08:11,760 that's a really big part of water bending. And I guess this is also 1822 02:08:11,800 --> 02:08:15,720 where they kind of dive into some more of the origins and just what kind 1823 02:08:15,720 --> 02:08:18,439 of gives the water benders their powers, right, like the spirit of the 1824 02:08:18,439 --> 02:08:22,239 moon as well as the water and how it's just like a thing in flux 1825 02:08:22,279 --> 02:08:28,760 like Yin and Young Yin and Young Yin and Yang. So I do like 1826 02:08:28,800 --> 02:08:31,239 how all that was explained, because it's just really integral for the water Benders, 1827 02:08:33,279 --> 02:08:37,000 but I think we're ready to move on. Maybe we'll take our final 1828 02:08:37,000 --> 02:08:41,560 ad break here and then we'll dive into last episode as well as our overall 1829 02:08:41,600 --> 02:08:48,359 thoughts and then yeah, okay, here we are together in the End of 1830 02:08:48,399 --> 02:08:54,600 All Things, episode eight Legends. This is obviously the big climactic moment. 1831 02:08:54,640 --> 02:08:58,119 And actually before I get to the episode, something crossed my mind as I 1832 02:08:58,159 --> 02:09:01,119 was watching this episode where I'm like, I feel like I haven't seen a 1833 02:09:01,119 --> 02:09:05,079 finale like this that's just like like a full action for the finale, like 1834 02:09:05,079 --> 02:09:09,119 like especially going through lately for like some of these Marvel shows that we've been 1835 02:09:09,159 --> 02:09:13,199 reviewing, like it seems like the penultimate episode is like kind of the battle 1836 02:09:13,239 --> 02:09:16,439 scene. Maybe I guess the finale, I guess Secret Vasion kind of had 1837 02:09:16,439 --> 02:09:22,319 that, but it just seemed like watching this Netflix series, it felt like 1838 02:09:22,359 --> 02:09:24,640 a different formula that we were watching. So I do appreciate the show for 1839 02:09:24,680 --> 02:09:30,359 that aspect. It seemed like something fresh. But that was just a thought 1840 02:09:30,399 --> 02:09:33,600 that happened, as was with this episode, because this episode is pretty much 1841 02:09:33,600 --> 02:09:35,840 all action. It's almost like a helm's deep battle going on. You have 1842 02:09:35,880 --> 02:09:39,600 a battle that starts in the daytime, it ends in the nighttime, there's 1843 02:09:39,640 --> 02:09:46,439 a wall that crumbles, there's a tragic murder that happens on a sea creature. 1844 02:09:48,680 --> 02:09:52,159 But overall, like, just for my overall thoughts, I thought this 1845 02:09:52,520 --> 02:09:56,640 definitely delivered for the action at least, I thought all of the cinematicness of 1846 02:09:56,680 --> 02:10:01,800 this episode, like the budget was really showing here in a positive sense. 1847 02:10:01,840 --> 02:10:07,399 Like I thought all of the like the flaming trebuchets that the fire people were 1848 02:10:07,840 --> 02:10:11,680 firing into the this the citadel was just all that looked so great. I'm 1849 02:10:11,680 --> 02:10:16,399 such a sucker for Like, I'm like that type of artillery and just like 1850 02:10:16,439 --> 02:10:20,960 the more medievally type war scenes, And I thought this just fully delivered and 1851 02:10:22,680 --> 02:10:26,479 definitely like I would prefer this battle over the animated actually, like it just 1852 02:10:26,520 --> 02:10:30,680 looks so top notch and they did a really good job. Yeah, it 1853 02:10:30,720 --> 02:10:35,239 looked absolutely beautiful. I think, uh, I think this is set pieces 1854 02:10:35,399 --> 02:10:37,920 really really shined here, and just the whole the whole invasion was really really 1855 02:10:37,920 --> 02:10:43,199 awesome. I totally agree. It's just such a cool thing to to take 1856 02:10:43,239 --> 02:10:48,279 it and see and you just have the the fire Nation just lugging their fireballs 1857 02:10:48,279 --> 02:10:52,399 out and the water benders are like conjuring out water spouts that are just like 1858 02:10:52,399 --> 02:10:58,399 s and dousing out the fire. It's just such a cool tactical engagement. 1859 02:10:58,479 --> 02:11:03,840 And yeah, you got at this point, Admiral Admiral shoo, yes, 1860 02:11:03,880 --> 02:11:07,439 thank you Shao, who's just got this sinister plot like I'm just gonna get 1861 02:11:07,479 --> 02:11:15,800 I'm gonna get that fish and I'm gonna shank it and I like fish right 1862 02:11:15,840 --> 02:11:20,199 there. Yeah, so that was that was crazy. And then that's when 1863 02:11:20,199 --> 02:11:24,079 it really starts to get into some monologuing because he's talking to Iro like, 1864 02:11:24,840 --> 02:11:31,840 uh, once I I kill this spirit, then uh, this is gonna 1865 02:11:31,840 --> 02:11:33,880 happen, like I I He's he's talking about how he is the power he 1866 02:11:33,880 --> 02:11:37,319 could wipe out all of the water benders, like kill them, or he 1867 02:11:37,319 --> 02:11:43,119 could just take away their power, and he's opting for the power killing that. 1868 02:11:43,359 --> 02:11:46,760 And then IRA's like, oh, even fire Lord Ozi knows that this 1869 02:11:46,840 --> 02:11:50,359 is you don't meddle with the spirit world. And He's like, oh, 1870 02:11:50,359 --> 02:11:56,840 OZI lacks vision when I'm fire Lord and all that he was the Flame of 1871 02:11:56,880 --> 02:12:01,800 the West or whatever he is. It's like this guy his asporicians and he's 1872 02:12:01,800 --> 02:12:05,680 a pretty shitty fire better he's got nothing going for him. The fact like 1873 02:12:05,319 --> 02:12:11,800 he just happened to come across this this great tactic and he has a little 1874 02:12:11,800 --> 02:12:15,399 hot air balloon until just fucking like sneak in which the fact no one saw 1875 02:12:15,520 --> 02:12:18,640 him flying up in this little like above the battle. I don't know, 1876 02:12:18,680 --> 02:12:28,920 I feel like caught him. It's a stretch, it is, yeah, 1877 02:12:28,960 --> 02:12:35,840 for Jiao and company. It just seemed weird because like Jiao isn't very an 1878 02:12:35,880 --> 02:12:41,600 intimidating guy in my opinion, and the fact that he's like leading his own 1879 02:12:41,680 --> 02:12:45,479 like boarding party there is just kind of I don't know, it seemed like 1880 02:12:45,520 --> 02:12:48,560 an abnormal thing. Like I very much treat him as a character that even 1881 02:12:48,560 --> 02:12:52,800 if he is like a leader, he's like he's in his ship like like 1882 02:12:52,880 --> 02:12:56,920 on like you know, like ten ten ships back from the front lines, 1883 02:12:56,960 --> 02:13:01,039 like he's just waiting for it all the finish up and then he's gonna go, 1884 02:13:01,720 --> 02:13:03,840 uh you know, go, I guess to the palace afterwards when all 1885 02:13:03,840 --> 02:13:09,199 the war fighting is done. So especially just for how this version of the 1886 02:13:09,239 --> 02:13:13,479 character is kind of being portrayed, he doesn't really seem like a like an 1887 02:13:13,479 --> 02:13:16,880 antimut like like even what you mentioned, like he's he's not very imposing with 1888 02:13:16,880 --> 02:13:20,359 his fire bending. He just doesn't have a lot of weapons going for him, 1889 02:13:20,840 --> 02:13:26,119 and yeah, it definitely is questionable when the the hotter balloon goes over 1890 02:13:26,119 --> 02:13:30,960 over the mountains there. So of course, like you have him with Iro 1891 02:13:31,600 --> 02:13:35,800 and then you have part of me the like the whole Zuko aspect too, 1892 02:13:35,880 --> 02:13:41,119 right like he's going kind of behind enemy lines. He's still is motivated for 1893 02:13:41,199 --> 02:13:46,079 his initial plan. He still plans on kidnapping the Avatar and taking him back 1894 02:13:46,119 --> 02:13:50,920 to the fire Lord to reclaim his his honor. So a lot of kind 1895 02:13:50,920 --> 02:13:56,399 of moving pieces in this in this finale because you have Katara who rallies together. 1896 02:13:56,680 --> 02:13:58,479 This is the scene that kind of made me chuckle because it's like war 1897 02:13:58,560 --> 02:14:05,000 is up on them and then uh, Paku gets confronted by Katara and she's 1898 02:14:05,079 --> 02:14:07,359 like you gotta let us fight, like we're all ready to go. And 1899 02:14:07,359 --> 02:14:09,760 then he's like and she's like look at them. And then he turns over 1900 02:14:09,840 --> 02:14:15,319 and there's just like literally like like fifty women just like standing there like staring 1901 02:14:15,319 --> 02:14:18,560 at him, and I'm like, like there's a fuck. Like there's like 1902 02:14:18,720 --> 02:14:22,920 bombs going off all around them, like flaming trebichets of just like molten Rock 1903 02:14:22,000 --> 02:14:26,159 are just landing beside people and they're all just like staring at Poc. They're 1904 02:14:26,279 --> 02:14:28,279 like rady waiting to get the green light to just help in the battle. 1905 02:14:28,279 --> 02:14:31,640 Like it just seemed so corny in that scene. I don't know it. 1906 02:14:33,399 --> 02:14:35,359 I don't know if you felt that same way, but I literally laughed when 1907 02:14:35,399 --> 02:14:39,760 she's like look at them all and there's just like like it's literally like the 1908 02:14:39,800 --> 02:14:41,479 Helm's deep battle and you just have like a group of people just standing there 1909 02:14:41,479 --> 02:14:45,359 waiting like can we help, can we help? Like what do we do? 1910 02:14:45,520 --> 02:14:46,119 I don't know what to do. We just stand out and ask for 1911 02:14:46,119 --> 02:14:50,399 a permission. At that point, you give us the fact like get in 1912 02:14:50,439 --> 02:14:54,079 there, like just get on the fucking line and start throwing some water bombs 1913 02:14:54,119 --> 02:15:00,199 down. Like, Yeah, it seemed very strange of a scene. You 1914 02:15:00,239 --> 02:15:07,800 have Ku Kuruk Avatar Kurak kind of confront aang I guess, and reiterate the 1915 02:15:07,840 --> 02:15:11,960 whole point of like you know, some sacrifices, where are ultimate whatever the 1916 02:15:11,000 --> 02:15:15,119 helly line says. It just mostly says like you're gonna have to make a 1917 02:15:15,159 --> 02:15:18,760 difficult choice at some point, which like by the end of it. I 1918 02:15:18,800 --> 02:15:22,359 know, I'm kind of jumping ahead, but like, is it really a 1919 02:15:22,399 --> 02:15:24,600 sacrifice if like at the end he's just kind of fine, and like all 1920 02:15:24,600 --> 02:15:28,960 he really did was like powered up his mech. I guess it wasn't fully 1921 02:15:28,960 --> 02:15:31,399 known if he was going to survive for it, So maybe there is that 1922 02:15:31,479 --> 02:15:33,119 aspect, But I just always thought it was funny how they're like, you're 1923 02:15:33,119 --> 02:15:37,079 gonna have to have the ultimate sacrifice, like even if it costs you your 1924 02:15:37,119 --> 02:15:41,199 life, and all he does is just gets super powered, taking on this 1925 02:15:41,279 --> 02:15:48,760 kaiju and just fucking up millions of seem like millions of fire people. Yeah, 1926 02:15:48,840 --> 02:15:52,840 and then afterwards he's fine. Yeah, there wasn't much. I mean, 1927 02:15:52,880 --> 02:15:56,399 the only one that really lost something was Sokka with Princess u A. 1928 02:15:56,640 --> 02:16:01,119 I mean that's right, the waters u A as well, But I mean 1929 02:16:01,199 --> 02:16:05,039 Aang didn't really lose much. He still has his friends and and that's that's 1930 02:16:05,079 --> 02:16:09,039 all good. I mean, maybe he almost lost Momo, but thankfully Princess 1931 02:16:09,079 --> 02:16:13,720 Yue was able to save. Yeah, that was I don't think that's a 1932 02:16:13,800 --> 02:16:20,159 thing that happens at all in the animated series. And if I recall correctly 1933 02:16:20,279 --> 02:16:22,680 that this is one that Shanea were trying to remember as we were watching it, 1934 02:16:22,720 --> 02:16:28,920 but I'm pretty sure Zuko actually gets like fucked up somehow, and then 1935 02:16:28,039 --> 02:16:35,079 it's like a big moment because Katara actually saves him and like like heals Zuko, 1936 02:16:35,479 --> 02:16:41,200 and then Zuko's kind of down and out and then somehow he escapes on 1937 02:16:41,319 --> 02:16:45,200 like the blimp and like gets out of there. But or maybe it's like 1938 02:16:45,760 --> 02:16:50,319 the team Avatar gets on Apa and like like leaves after the fact, and 1939 02:16:50,319 --> 02:16:54,840 then that's when Zuko's kind of pursuing them again on the blimp. But yeah, 1940 02:16:54,879 --> 02:16:58,360 they chose to have Momo like sacrifice himself for a little child, which 1941 02:16:58,559 --> 02:17:01,799 now, like I've just seen this happen so many times where like something's falling 1942 02:17:01,840 --> 02:17:05,000 and there's just one fucking dumb kid that's just standing there staring at it, 1943 02:17:05,000 --> 02:17:09,600 like Willem Dafoe in that meme, and then someone has to come out and 1944 02:17:09,680 --> 02:17:13,159 just knock him out of the way. I was not expecting Momo to do 1945 02:17:13,200 --> 02:17:16,799 it by any means. And as soon as like Momos got hit and was 1946 02:17:16,799 --> 02:17:20,639 like limp under that rock, I'm like, Wow, what a decision to 1947 02:17:20,719 --> 02:17:24,440 just kill off Momo in the first season, Like what the fuck that is 1948 02:17:24,479 --> 02:17:31,280 shocking. But No, u A takes momos near corpse with Sokka and takes 1949 02:17:31,280 --> 02:17:37,200 some like the ancient pools where the Twin Spirits are, and yeah, I 1950 02:17:37,840 --> 02:17:41,399 don't know. I guess I liked the moment that they save Momo. I'd 1951 02:17:41,479 --> 02:17:48,520 like the whole location and I'll just keep going to with like Ira gets there 1952 02:17:48,559 --> 02:17:54,680 with Shao Jao Knife's the spirit. I'm kind of just fast forwarding here, 1953 02:17:54,680 --> 02:18:01,719 but we get this really really epic just fucking like imagery. I guess when 1954 02:18:01,760 --> 02:18:05,799 when he scoops the fish out of the water and initially and like the moon 1955 02:18:05,920 --> 02:18:09,760 just goes blood red. Oh man, I like I got like chills in 1956 02:18:09,760 --> 02:18:13,000 that moment, and like this is where, although I do have my issues 1957 02:18:13,000 --> 02:18:16,319 with this show, I definitely will rewatch this for like a scene like this 1958 02:18:16,440 --> 02:18:20,639 final episode where like the overall battle, I just thought it was so pleasing 1959 02:18:20,680 --> 02:18:22,280 on the eyes, but when it goes like blood red in that moment, 1960 02:18:22,360 --> 02:18:28,079 it's just so intense and it just feels like there is truly like blood in 1961 02:18:28,120 --> 02:18:31,440 the water pun intended, and uh, it's it's just really really intense, 1962 02:18:31,520 --> 02:18:35,600 like they're like they're losing hope in those moments like the one imagery of the 1963 02:18:35,639 --> 02:18:41,319 moon on their side is just totally taken out, and and then like fast 1964 02:18:41,360 --> 02:18:46,200 forward to that when Jiao actually kills the fish, and then you like the 1965 02:18:46,200 --> 02:18:50,200 moon just starts like basically disappearing, and it's it's almost like it's fluctuating from 1966 02:18:50,239 --> 02:18:54,239 like a black and white to like getting colored backs, which yeah, so 1967 02:18:54,360 --> 02:18:58,600 cool, just great, great visuals in that, and that whole kind of 1968 02:18:58,719 --> 02:19:03,760 ends in sequence, I thought was so amazing. And then of course we 1969 02:19:03,799 --> 02:19:07,200 were mentioning like the Kaiju effect, and holy fuck, like that looked so 1970 02:19:07,319 --> 02:19:09,799 good as well. Like, I was just so impressed with all the visuals 1971 02:19:09,840 --> 02:19:13,159 in those scenes in an era that you know, it's not always consistent that 1972 02:19:13,200 --> 02:19:18,120 we get great visuals. I thought this episode thoroughly deserved the praise for for 1973 02:19:18,280 --> 02:19:24,440 just how good it is absolutely visualizing, not visualizing. The visuals that were 1974 02:19:24,479 --> 02:19:30,319 displayed here were great. I totally agreed the way that they cinematically had that 1975 02:19:31,000 --> 02:19:33,799 black and white transition into the color a little bit and back. It's just 1976 02:19:35,120 --> 02:19:37,000 it was so cool just to see that and just so scary, and I 1977 02:19:37,000 --> 02:19:43,000 can only imagine that all these water benders their power just gets cut off in 1978 02:19:43,079 --> 02:19:46,799 this situation, and I just you'd probably feel like so naked, just like, 1979 02:19:46,840 --> 02:19:50,479 oh my god, my shit's not working, like what the fuck do 1980 02:19:50,559 --> 02:20:01,280 I do? You can't shit, it's not Yeah, but I was totally 1981 02:20:01,319 --> 02:20:03,840 jabbing with it. It just it felt like you said, hopeless. It 1982 02:20:03,879 --> 02:20:09,200 felt totally like this everything was coming apart, and Ang was just I mean, 1983 02:20:09,280 --> 02:20:16,120 not helping out here. And that's that's that's something too that I feel 1984 02:20:16,159 --> 02:20:18,120 like Master Paku. Maybe it was the previous episode, but he's with the 1985 02:20:18,159 --> 02:20:22,440 other like leader of the water tribe and they're deferring, like what do you 1986 02:20:22,559 --> 02:20:26,239 think Avatar and he's like, you know, I haven't learned how to water 1987 02:20:26,280 --> 02:20:28,200 bend yet or do any other elements, and then they just turn away and 1988 02:20:28,239 --> 02:20:33,399 walk out, like well it seems we can't count on the avatar. So 1989 02:20:35,920 --> 02:20:39,680 that was shitty, But yeah, he does bounce back. Like again, 1990 02:20:39,719 --> 02:20:45,159 his his plan at this point, like he's he's great at using air bending, 1991 02:20:45,280 --> 02:20:48,719 but his plan for the most part is just get possessed by other powerful 1992 02:20:48,760 --> 02:20:50,399 beings and just let them do the dirty work. And I was kind of 1993 02:20:50,440 --> 02:20:56,719 hoping to see him at the end of the season take on more responsibility and 1994 02:20:56,799 --> 02:21:00,799 kind of control his power and take that first step. Does that have to 1995 02:21:00,840 --> 02:21:03,799 go jump off the deepen into becoming more of a mature character, but just 1996 02:21:03,840 --> 02:21:07,879 take that first initial step towards that path. That would have been something I 1997 02:21:07,920 --> 02:21:09,719 would have liked to have seen, that would have been a little bit more 1998 02:21:09,719 --> 02:21:15,719 rewarding. Yeah, but yeah, we're getting there. Yeah, for sure. 1999 02:21:16,840 --> 02:21:22,520 We also get the duel between Katara and Zuko here. I thought I 2000 02:21:22,559 --> 02:21:26,479 thought it was a good looking sequence. Again, like just the whole fire 2001 02:21:26,559 --> 02:21:31,399 bending, Like they did a really good job at translating that from the animated 2002 02:21:31,479 --> 02:21:35,360 version to this. I thought it looked really good and really just seeing kind 2003 02:21:35,360 --> 02:21:41,440 of the mastered Katara in these moments, like she really was popping off and 2004 02:21:41,559 --> 02:21:45,600 just kind of like destroying Zuko, which is pretty embarrassing for Zuko that's just 2005 02:21:45,600 --> 02:21:48,280 been training his whole life and she's been really doing it for like what like 2006 02:21:48,319 --> 02:21:56,280 a week if that up until this point. So I think like the like 2007 02:21:56,399 --> 02:22:01,200 looking at the the what would you call like the chronological order of events, 2008 02:22:01,280 --> 02:22:07,920 like just that aspect, like it kind of is foggy with with how expertise 2009 02:22:07,159 --> 02:22:11,239 she kind of is. But it's kind of tough getting from episode one to 2010 02:22:11,280 --> 02:22:16,280 episode eight, and like just not having her really do too much behind the 2011 02:22:16,280 --> 02:22:22,120 scenes of like working on her craft to where she is. Yeah, we 2012 02:22:22,159 --> 02:22:26,079 get the Uh. The Jiao confrontation with Zuko. I really liked when Ira 2013 02:22:26,280 --> 02:22:30,760 was trying to stop Zuko and just saying like he's a small man that's gonna 2014 02:22:30,760 --> 02:22:35,319 have a small end like it. It was like, really, I don't 2015 02:22:35,360 --> 02:22:39,079 know, just like really put that in perspective that like this is such a 2016 02:22:39,120 --> 02:22:45,200 minor like confrontation that Zuko needs to go with and personally, like I was 2017 02:22:45,280 --> 02:22:48,040 kind of hoping Zuko would just listen to Iro in those moments, but maybe 2018 02:22:48,120 --> 02:22:52,600 they're trying to show that he still is this this young child that still has 2019 02:22:52,600 --> 02:22:56,040 a lot to learn. And he just fucking he threw a fireball at Jao 2020 02:22:56,159 --> 02:23:01,559 and we finally see Jao do some fire bending. I mean, I guess 2021 02:23:01,559 --> 02:23:05,319 he was doing all right. Zuko kind of like had the upper hand on 2022 02:23:05,399 --> 02:23:11,079 him and then turned his back and then Iro saved him, uh and just 2023 02:23:11,079 --> 02:23:15,879 just charreed his body. And just what a way to end. I've always 2024 02:23:15,959 --> 02:23:20,639 like kind of been like wondering like like do they have like resistance to fire 2025 02:23:20,639 --> 02:23:22,840 because they're fire benders, like if someone shoots you with a fireballs have the 2026 02:23:22,879 --> 02:23:26,639 exact same effect. I guess so because he looked pretty damn charred in the 2027 02:23:26,840 --> 02:23:35,040 uh in the water. But uh yeah, so after that, what else 2028 02:23:35,120 --> 02:23:39,520 do we get? Oh? Yeah, so like the Possession thing, great 2029 02:23:39,600 --> 02:23:43,319 visuals looked fantastic. Something that I haven't mentioned yet is I think the avatar 2030 02:23:43,479 --> 02:23:50,319 form looks absolutely killer in this. It's it's pretty much pulled exactly from the 2031 02:23:50,639 --> 02:23:54,120 uh like the animated series. It looks so good and translated into the live 2032 02:23:54,120 --> 02:23:58,760 action form. I did. I did kind of, I don't know, 2033 02:23:58,840 --> 02:24:01,840 have some hesitations, and Aang is going for like the Ultimate Sacrifice, goes 2034 02:24:01,840 --> 02:24:05,000 avatar form and he just starts like talking to them and it's like this really 2035 02:24:05,000 --> 02:24:09,319 weird, like almost mister Sinister type voice that he has, and he like 2036 02:24:09,360 --> 02:24:13,079 he's not saying anything like too scary or medicine, but just the voice that 2037 02:24:13,079 --> 02:24:15,399 they had on him. I was just like, this is this is taking 2038 02:24:15,399 --> 02:24:18,440 me out of it. I don't know why. It's just like little kind 2039 02:24:18,520 --> 02:24:22,520 Aang is talking like a fucking monster here. I did not care for that. 2040 02:24:22,559 --> 02:24:24,879 I feel like I did not need him to speak at all, and 2041 02:24:24,920 --> 02:24:28,159 if he did, maybe like habits, so he's like speaking in their mind 2042 02:24:28,239 --> 02:24:31,200 or something like like you don't have to have this like super effect on his 2043 02:24:31,280 --> 02:24:37,319 voice, and I hope that's something they don't really keep moving. Yeah, 2044 02:24:37,440 --> 02:24:43,319 it makes me think of this is the end? Jonah Hill does it? 2045 02:24:43,399 --> 02:24:56,639 Jake apologize to anyone that doesn't get that reference. Okay, like what else 2046 02:24:56,639 --> 02:25:01,799 do we got here? We got just I guess the Kayju pop off. 2047 02:25:01,840 --> 02:25:05,479 Okay, this is actually something that Shape pointed out that definitely broke some of 2048 02:25:05,520 --> 02:25:09,479 the immersion. Is the moon is down right, like the spirit is dead. 2049 02:25:11,680 --> 02:25:15,840 No one can water bend in the entire world where we're thinking right now, 2050 02:25:15,879 --> 02:25:20,239 And then Ue is like, sokka, I love like what could have 2051 02:25:20,280 --> 02:25:22,079 been? You know, like I'm gonna go sacrifice myself now and you're gonna 2052 02:25:22,079 --> 02:25:26,319 stay here, and she fucking water bends his feet like just icicles to the 2053 02:25:26,319 --> 02:25:31,200 ground so that he can't leave. And I'm just like, huh, Like 2054 02:25:31,239 --> 02:25:33,079 I didn't really think about that until Shape pointed out, but like she really 2055 02:25:33,120 --> 02:25:35,520 shouldn't be able to water bend in that moment, right, Like that's a 2056 02:25:35,559 --> 02:25:39,319 major plot hole. She's got the uh when you think about it, she's 2057 02:25:39,360 --> 02:25:43,600 got the part of the spirit of the Moon spirit in her right, So 2058 02:25:43,639 --> 02:25:46,239 I think that that kind of gives her the ability to still do that. 2059 02:25:48,239 --> 02:25:50,239 I mean, I won't argue with it, because like that's probably how they 2060 02:25:50,319 --> 02:25:54,440 would explain it, is that, but like I don't think they ever mentioned 2061 02:25:54,479 --> 02:25:58,040 that she even is a water bender. But again, you could probably counter 2062 02:25:58,159 --> 02:26:01,440 with like, well, she's the moon spirit. So they do because she's 2063 02:26:01,680 --> 02:26:05,719 making like the desserts earlier in the kitchen right doing her water bending stuff. 2064 02:26:05,079 --> 02:26:09,000 Okay, so she is a yogurt or like scream or whatever. Yeah, 2065 02:26:09,120 --> 02:26:13,639 okay, so we'll just we'll just say it's because she's the Moon spirit and 2066 02:26:13,040 --> 02:26:16,719 call it a day. There. So okay, it's again like it's it's 2067 02:26:16,719 --> 02:26:20,559 a minor thing. But just in that moment she said it, and right 2068 02:26:20,600 --> 02:26:22,840 away it was like, oh yeah, that that really shouldn't work at all, 2069 02:26:24,920 --> 02:26:28,719 but yeah, you have that that spirit, and oh man, just 2070 02:26:28,840 --> 02:26:33,799 that moment made me think of any animated series and in a future season when 2071 02:26:35,280 --> 02:26:39,319 I think it's like Zuko or something is like asking Sokka about like a lady 2072 02:26:39,520 --> 02:26:43,719 or something and he mentions like, yeah, I had a lady, but 2073 02:26:43,760 --> 02:26:46,799 then she turned into the moon and he's like that's rough man. Sorry, 2074 02:26:48,399 --> 02:26:50,600 Like he just says like it's like, man, yeah, I can't really 2075 02:26:50,639 --> 02:26:54,600 want up you there, Like you probably have the worst luck with girls out 2076 02:26:54,600 --> 02:26:58,440 of anyone, because yeah, like he finally had his like one love right 2077 02:26:58,440 --> 02:27:01,799 like she was loving him, he was loving her even though she's betrothed, 2078 02:27:01,840 --> 02:27:05,719 like they're gonna make it work, and then she just turned into the moon. 2079 02:27:05,959 --> 02:27:11,600 That doesn't happen often to anyone. But yeah, good stuff. Uh 2080 02:27:13,520 --> 02:27:18,559 anything else on the Battle of the North that I missed or something else you 2081 02:27:18,559 --> 02:27:24,239 wanted to mention? Oh, I can't think of anything. Yeah, I 2082 02:27:24,319 --> 02:27:31,799 really can't. H Okay, Yeah, I think that's it. So after 2083 02:27:31,879 --> 02:27:37,000 that, they win the battle and then it goes I don't even know if 2084 02:27:37,000 --> 02:27:39,200 it rolls credits, and no, it doesn't roll credits. It just kind 2085 02:27:39,200 --> 02:27:43,200 of goes black. And then it's like a pre post credits, a pre 2086 02:27:43,200 --> 02:27:48,120 credit screen scene. My gosh, it's getting late, but you have fire 2087 02:27:48,200 --> 02:27:56,000 Lord Ozi interacting with the fire Steer and they're kind of just getting us ready 2088 02:27:56,079 --> 02:28:01,639 to know that Susan's comment is coming back around for round two and yeah, 2089 02:28:01,680 --> 02:28:07,639 he's just gotten nefarious plans. It. I don't know, like I again, 2090 02:28:07,760 --> 02:28:09,280 like I knew this was gonna happen. I thought it was a good 2091 02:28:09,280 --> 02:28:13,719 little send off, just to give people that are maybe unaware of what's going 2092 02:28:13,799 --> 02:28:16,920 to be happening, like Okay, yeah, the threats are still real. 2093 02:28:16,959 --> 02:28:20,959 Oh, I forgot to mention Azula also takes over Omashu. You did mention 2094 02:28:22,079 --> 02:28:24,520 that they took a Mashu. But the big point there is Azula was the 2095 02:28:24,600 --> 02:28:28,760 leader there. I don't know, I'm not really scared of Azula right now 2096 02:28:28,799 --> 02:28:33,719 in the show, so I didn't react too much from it. But that 2097 02:28:33,840 --> 02:28:37,399 is definitely a thing that happened and a big thing going into season two because 2098 02:28:37,440 --> 02:28:43,000 when our team Avatar go back to Amashu, like in the animated version, 2099 02:28:43,040 --> 02:28:46,200 like this reveal doesn't happen like it's revealed to us through the eyes of the 2100 02:28:46,239 --> 02:28:50,399 Avatar when he when he arrives to Amashu, it's just like completely taken over, 2101 02:28:50,440 --> 02:28:52,760 and it's like, oh, diamn, that's that's not good. So 2102 02:28:54,399 --> 02:28:58,159 something to lead into again, Like I don't think there's any being or there's 2103 02:28:58,200 --> 02:29:03,280 been any confirmation on season two yet. I heard that it was pretty much 2104 02:29:03,319 --> 02:29:07,520 based on reception of the show and kind of what people think twenty million an 2105 02:29:07,520 --> 02:29:16,559 episode is a damn high price point. But Titi Field, would you be 2106 02:29:16,600 --> 02:29:18,399 wanting to see a season two? I think you kind of already answered that 2107 02:29:18,440 --> 02:29:24,600 early on with your initial thoughts, but you can expand absolutely would love to 2108 02:29:24,600 --> 02:29:28,760 see a season two. I think the show is it's fantastic. I love 2109 02:29:28,799 --> 02:29:33,200 seeing the representation of the characters and live action. I just think that it's 2110 02:29:33,239 --> 02:29:35,680 so much going on, and if we get that season two, the budget's 2111 02:29:35,680 --> 02:29:39,280 going to go up, because you know, twenty million, forty million episode 2112 02:29:41,000 --> 02:29:46,120 episode, yeah, sixty million episode season three. Yeah. I think that 2113 02:29:46,159 --> 02:29:48,920 there's still so much that we have to explore and so much we need to 2114 02:29:48,959 --> 02:29:52,520 do. And I just think that this is I understand that they're apprehensive and 2115 02:29:52,559 --> 02:29:54,120 they wanted to just put their feelers out and test and see the reception of 2116 02:29:54,120 --> 02:29:56,520 this season, and I think that it's I think for the most part, 2117 02:29:56,559 --> 02:30:01,200 it's definitely positive, and I think that they'll probably see we'll probably see a 2118 02:30:01,200 --> 02:30:07,639 second season. I read this is discussing or sourced Collider, and I think 2119 02:30:07,760 --> 02:30:11,840 I'm not sure how accurate this is, but I just saw a few people 2120 02:30:11,920 --> 02:30:18,079 talking about it that Netflix might add a multiversal element in future seasons of the 2121 02:30:18,120 --> 02:30:20,559 Avatar Last Airbender series. I don't know if this is true, if it's 2122 02:30:20,559 --> 02:30:24,479 just complete bullshit. It might be bullshit, but it's just something I saw, 2123 02:30:24,479 --> 02:30:28,440 and I thought, that's kind of cool to have different forms of Aang 2124 02:30:28,520 --> 02:30:31,559 being able to communicate with him, so not just past avatars, but other 2125 02:30:31,680 --> 02:30:35,920 versions of him his avatar self. And then I think I saw that there's 2126 02:30:37,040 --> 02:30:39,680 some speculation that maybe like a table read is going on for a season two. 2127 02:30:39,760 --> 02:30:43,000 So again, nothing's confirmed, but some things there, some things might 2128 02:30:43,040 --> 02:30:46,680 be in the way, but I just thought that that'd be a weird multiversal 2129 02:30:46,799 --> 02:30:50,399 kind of thing to add in there. I mean, I don't need to 2130 02:30:50,440 --> 02:30:54,920 see that. I think that's definitely a whole new game changer. I think 2131 02:30:54,920 --> 02:30:58,319 that the show should just stick to its source material. That's what I'm enjoying. 2132 02:30:58,360 --> 02:31:01,520 I don't need them to kind of go off and do their own original 2133 02:31:01,559 --> 02:31:07,680 ideas. I've seen how that works out with their shows and Hayley don't like. 2134 02:31:07,959 --> 02:31:11,360 Yeah, yeah, but I think I think this show is great, 2135 02:31:11,399 --> 02:31:18,120 and my overall rating would probably be I'd probably go like a I mean, 2136 02:31:18,159 --> 02:31:22,600 I'm riding off of a high, so I'm gonna try and refrain from giving 2137 02:31:22,600 --> 02:31:24,600 it that nine out of ten. I'm gonna go in eight out of ten 2138 02:31:24,639 --> 02:31:26,399 because there are somethings that are rushed, and there are certain things with like 2139 02:31:26,399 --> 02:31:31,120 the older actors and whatnot that I'm not super driving with. But I mean, 2140 02:31:31,280 --> 02:31:35,360 fire Lord Ozi, Uncle i Ro and an Ang Katara suck. All 2141 02:31:35,360 --> 02:31:39,799 those characters, I'm loving them. I think they're great, really really driving 2142 02:31:39,799 --> 02:31:43,920 with them. And again, this show's brought me to tears, So I'm 2143 02:31:43,159 --> 02:31:48,360 I'm loving it. Nice. Yeah, I'm I'm very very glad that you're 2144 02:31:48,360 --> 02:31:52,200 loving it, because that's I don't know, I think even though I'm I'm 2145 02:31:52,239 --> 02:31:56,840 not like I definitely was bringing up some negatives for the show for me personally, 2146 02:31:56,879 --> 02:31:58,239 I am just glad that this is the thing. Again, like it's 2147 02:31:58,239 --> 02:32:03,159 just bringing more ten into the overall world of Avatar Last Airbender. I think 2148 02:32:03,200 --> 02:32:07,600 it's it's one of those shows that not enough people really know about, and 2149 02:32:07,680 --> 02:32:09,680 I like, I truly think this is one of the best worlds that they 2150 02:32:09,719 --> 02:32:13,840 kind of created with just the whole lore, how it works, the fact 2151 02:32:13,879 --> 02:32:18,239 that there's just these four different nations and they all just are very unique because 2152 02:32:18,239 --> 02:32:20,959 of their own elements and the one avatar that kind of unifies them or that's 2153 02:32:22,000 --> 02:32:24,159 at least how they're supposed to be. So at a lot of great stuff 2154 02:32:24,159 --> 02:32:28,959 and a lot of just great stories that you can pull, not even like 2155 02:32:28,159 --> 02:32:31,280 using the source material, Like you could do so many what ifs with with 2156 02:32:31,360 --> 02:32:35,920 something like this, right, Like what if OZI was the avatar and it's 2157 02:32:35,959 --> 02:32:39,280 like an evil type story? Like that is so interesting to me. I'm 2158 02:32:39,280 --> 02:32:41,159 not saying, you know, like forget we can expect a what if series, 2159 02:32:41,159 --> 02:32:43,799 but there's so much potential that you can do with these types of stories 2160 02:32:43,840 --> 02:32:48,280 and even just moving forward, Like we obviously know the story of Kora, 2161 02:32:48,399 --> 02:32:50,479 but like we could do one after that, right, Like like there's like 2162 02:32:50,559 --> 02:32:54,559 the show, like it's so easy to kind of just keep telling these stories. 2163 02:32:54,639 --> 02:32:58,639 Maybe not so easy to tell a good story, but definitely easy to 2164 02:32:58,680 --> 02:33:01,399 keep running with it. And Yeah, I'm just glad that it's, you 2165 02:33:01,399 --> 02:33:03,760 know, twenty twenty four and we were like new Avatar contents out. It's 2166 02:33:03,799 --> 02:33:11,079 it's great overalls for the show. I definitely definitely had a good time going 2167 02:33:11,120 --> 02:33:15,479 through it. I I think it was fun to just kind of see a 2168 02:33:15,520 --> 02:33:20,120 different take on the story that I know and love. I think there's some 2169 02:33:20,319 --> 02:33:24,680 fantastic casting for these characters, like the like the like the main crew. 2170 02:33:24,040 --> 02:33:28,879 I can't wait to see if we do get season two, which I'm kind 2171 02:33:28,879 --> 02:33:31,000 of with you, I I would expect to get a season two. I 2172 02:33:31,040 --> 02:33:35,879 think i'd be pretty surprised if we don't get it. I can't wait to 2173 02:33:35,879 --> 02:33:39,520 see who they cast for Tough like that that that's a really great character. 2174 02:33:39,639 --> 02:33:43,680 She's super just like sarcastic and kind of an asshole, but like she's she's 2175 02:33:43,719 --> 02:33:48,360 just so fantastic. I love tof so she would be really great to have 2176 02:33:48,440 --> 02:33:52,079 because like she has great interactions with like Socca too, like they just kind 2177 02:33:52,079 --> 02:33:56,559 of butt heads all the time, and I don't know, I just really 2178 02:33:56,600 --> 02:33:58,280 want to see more of that dynamic with someone like Socca. But I love 2179 02:33:58,319 --> 02:34:03,959 the casting for or Aang, Sokka, and Qatara, even though for someone 2180 02:34:03,000 --> 02:34:07,479 like Aang, like I wanted more of that joyfulness, Like I still think, 2181 02:34:07,959 --> 02:34:11,319 uh, the kid that was playing him did a good job, especially 2182 02:34:11,319 --> 02:34:13,799 comparing it to you know, the other live action version that I had, 2183 02:34:13,840 --> 02:34:16,479 And I don't even put it like on that actor that played that role. 2184 02:34:16,520 --> 02:34:22,760 It's just like so awfully written all around for The m Night Movie. But 2185 02:34:22,760 --> 02:34:26,799 but here, Yeah, I thought though the world building was good, the 2186 02:34:26,920 --> 02:34:30,680 CGI was good in my opinion, some of the cast he was good, 2187 02:34:30,719 --> 02:34:33,719 like all the the audio effects too. Didn't mention it, but like the 2188 02:34:33,840 --> 02:34:37,120 end credits. They have like the same end credits that the show has, 2189 02:34:37,200 --> 02:34:39,120 and it's just these like drums that go and it just gets so like height. 2190 02:34:39,239 --> 02:34:43,520 I don't know, I just love that the audio effect. I love 2191 02:34:43,559 --> 02:34:46,280 the graphics for like this, like the episodes that would come in that looked 2192 02:34:46,280 --> 02:34:52,440 really cool. All the costume designs was beautiful. All of those aspects really 2193 02:34:52,479 --> 02:34:56,120 made me like want more, even though I might have had issues with some 2194 02:34:56,200 --> 02:34:58,879 of like the main pillars that I love about the show, like like the 2195 02:34:58,239 --> 02:35:05,600 complicated carearacters of Zuko or just how evil I think the Fire Nation people should 2196 02:35:05,600 --> 02:35:11,760 be like Azula and fire Lord Ozi. But I definitely want more. I 2197 02:35:11,959 --> 02:35:15,959 definitely want more of this of this show. And yeah, if the next 2198 02:35:15,959 --> 02:35:18,200 season drops, like I'll probably just binge it with Shay and and I love 2199 02:35:18,280 --> 02:35:26,479 this series so much, and uh yeah, I definitely am. I'm definitely 2200 02:35:26,479 --> 02:35:30,280 happy with what we got. I think it could have been millions of times 2201 02:35:30,280 --> 02:35:33,120 worse and and like if it was just another m night thing, like I 2202 02:35:33,120 --> 02:35:35,559 think Avatar would have just been dead on the water, like that would just 2203 02:35:35,600 --> 02:35:39,719 be the end of this for like twenty years. If that maybe just stick 2204 02:35:39,799 --> 02:35:43,520 to animated going forward. But I think there is definitely potential with us and 2205 02:35:43,159 --> 02:35:48,239 just curious what happens with those budgets, because twenty millions an episode is crazy 2206 02:35:48,280 --> 02:35:50,520 to me, Like I don't even know if that's really high for a show, 2207 02:35:50,559 --> 02:35:52,879 Like I don't know what the budgets for shows are these days on the 2208 02:35:52,879 --> 02:35:56,159 top of my head, but that seems very high. I see million budget 2209 02:35:56,239 --> 02:36:01,719 totally. Yeah, that's a movie, not even right, Like Madam Webb 2210 02:36:01,799 --> 02:36:07,239 was eighty million I think for the budget for that and like that made nickels 2211 02:36:07,239 --> 02:36:13,079 and dimes. Yeah, jesus, I know it's it's crazy, like one 2212 02:36:13,120 --> 02:36:16,639 hundred and sixty mili. That's like it's not a massive one, but that's 2213 02:36:16,760 --> 02:36:22,680 that's large. That is that's pretty significant. Yeah, uh for a number. 2214 02:36:22,799 --> 02:36:30,280 Rating kind of tough on this one because I think I don't know, 2215 02:36:30,399 --> 02:36:35,760 like I think I would be six six and a half, which like is 2216 02:36:35,959 --> 02:36:41,280 seems low, but like it I don't know, Like I I think it's 2217 02:36:41,280 --> 02:36:43,520 worthy like I'm thinking back to like Rings of Power, and I think I 2218 02:36:43,559 --> 02:36:46,680 gave that show like a six and a half, maybe maybe a seven, 2219 02:36:48,079 --> 02:36:50,879 just because I love the world that they brought us, but because it's just 2220 02:36:50,559 --> 02:36:56,559 I like, I'm very much in my own like kind of almost head cannon, 2221 02:36:56,680 --> 02:36:58,399 and like what I pull from the show, not necessarily headcan is a 2222 02:36:58,399 --> 02:37:01,760 way to stay it, but just the source material is I think of it 2223 02:37:01,799 --> 02:37:05,319 a certain way in my mind. If it isn't told that way, I 2224 02:37:05,440 --> 02:37:09,399 kind of think of it lesser. But I don't know if maybe it was 2225 02:37:09,440 --> 02:37:13,840 six and a half for this show, just because especially like the finale, 2226 02:37:13,959 --> 02:37:16,799 man, like I want to like rewatch that now, Like that is just 2227 02:37:16,799 --> 02:37:20,000 such a beautifully well constructed finale for the action and everything. They did a 2228 02:37:20,000 --> 02:37:24,799 great job with that. So yeah, I think I'm happy with that. 2229 02:37:26,079 --> 02:37:28,399 My gosh, I need some water, a lot of talking to it a 2230 02:37:28,440 --> 02:37:31,920 long episode. But thank you so much for joining me with this tailor. 2231 02:37:31,959 --> 02:37:35,399 I'm so glad that you watched this with me and I didn't have to do 2232 02:37:35,440 --> 02:37:39,920 a solo review. But yeah, I mean we plugged everything at the beginning. 2233 02:37:41,239 --> 02:37:43,680 You know where to find us, and we'll see you next time.