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No.118121
KORRA BOOK 4: EPISODE 1 DISCUSSION THREAD - AFTER ALL THESE YEARSAnonymous
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After a short hiatus, Korra is back! We timeskip now! We rejoin our heroes after a 3 year jump ahead. The airbenders now have badass supersuits, Mako has become dorkier than ever, all the airbabies have hair, dogs living with cats, babies havin' babies! What other changes await us?!

Check it out at 12 Noon EST Friday 10/3 on Nick.com (free with ads), the Nick mobile App (free with ads). The only other confirmed carrier of Book 4 thus far is Amazon Video. Night Owls keep an eye out on Amazon around 4AM EST in case they have the same access to the show as they had in Book 3.

No word yet on Google Play or Xbox.
No.118122
Alpharius
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I'm hyped.
No.118123
Anonymous
Shoulder-touching = KORRASAMI CONFIRMED
No.118124
Daniel FUCKING Murphy, Hitting Machine
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Just watched the early release on Amazon. No spoilers.

We're in for some real good shit in Book 4 guys.
No.118126
Anonymous
Ah Korra.

What came to mind:

//youtube.com/watch?v=EFq5YC23vzYyoutube thumb
No.118127
Anonymous
Replies:>>118136>>118137
Wait, was Opal's brother the Skrillex guy?
I'm already loving Kuvira, btw.
No.118133
Alpharius
Replies:>>118137
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http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/the-legend-of-korra-214-full-episode-o2s3.html?xid=korranation

WTF are you doing Korra? I'm sure there is a 'reasonable' reason behind her actions.
No.118136
Anonymous
>>118127
Yes.
No.118137
EspanolBot
Replies:>>118138
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>>118127

Nah, the engineer one that helped build the train with Varrick and Suyin's husband.

>>118133

Well they said they're having an entire episode devoted to how Korra ended up where she is, so...

And in other things... it looks like they're rounding off the early 20th century political extremism thing doesn't they?
No.118138
Anonymous
>>118137
Opal has four brothers: Baatar Jr. (the one engaged to Kuvira), Huan (the emo one), Wei, and Wing.
No.118139
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
Wonder if we'll see Wei and Wing doing another Power Disk match.

It's interesting to see Korra take a dive. Loved that exchange.
No.118140
Daniel FUCKING Murphy, Hitting Machine
Replies:>>118141
We're one episode in and I really want to see Kuvira get her shit smacked.
No.118141
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>118140
Well she did something three years ago to cause a divide with Su and her eldest. Guess we'll find out what that is.
No.118142
Anonymous
Replies:>>118143>>118144>>118146>>118147
My predictions:

Kuvira will be the villain.

Despite uniting the Earth Kingdom and removing bandits, which benefits the people of the Earth Kingdom, Kuvira will be portrayed as being wrong for trying to do this.

Korra will be portrayed as being noble for opposing Kuvira because in the Avatar world morality is black or white.

Korra will go on a journey, learn nothing, yet act like she learned something important.

Korra will prove to be useless while the Air Nomads save the world.

The Earth Kingdom will have no bodyguards or officials other than Mako, even when in Ba Sing Se. Seriously you'd think the Earth Kingdom would send someone to advise and protect the Earth Prince.

The direction of the plot will change after episode 2.

At the end all problems will be hand waved away because the villains have been defeated.
No.118143
Snes !v68zTeBMI.
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>>118142
You seem upset.
No.118144
EspanolBot
>>118142

Err... pretty sure the overt fascist imagery they're going for with Kuvira (complete with her troops having helmets partially modelled on WW2 German helmets, and an emphasis on establishing order) I think that her being "ambiguously" villainous might be a touch sketchy. What with her methods of getting people to join her territories and all.

Makes sense though, considering they're already covered other early twentieth century political agendas (Amon: communism, Korra's uncle: theocracy... before he went nuts, and Zaheer: anarcho-primativism), it kind of makes sense that they go this route.

Even if it's likely that Kuvira will be less Nazis-influenced, but maybe more Imperial Japan/Chiang Kai-shek inspired.
No.118145
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
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She had to get them united, before the invaders came. Invaders, that control spirits.
No.118146
Anonymous
Replies:>>118173
>>118142
I don't know what is with the LOK fandom but why do they always sound so... bitter about the antagonist being the antagonist? I keep hearing "I WANT A VILLAIN WHO HAS A POINT" and nearly ALL of them have and their actions have had some effect that carry onto the next book. They're just bad people. Bad people can have seemingly good goals.
No.118147
Anonymous
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>>118142

>Kuvira will be the villain.
No.118155
Anonymous
Replies:>>118156>>118157
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Please tell me I'm not the only one who got Satsuki vibes from Kuvira appearance-wise.
No.118156
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>118155
Dat Speech

Gets pretty close.
No.118157
Anonymous
Replies:>>118158
>>118155
Well they both have killer eyebrows and the same kind of androgynously butch manface I'm totally gay for.
No.118158
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>118157
And that "Withdraw, I'll handle this." move.
No.118159
Mister Twister
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It was purr-fect.
No.118160
Anonymous
I'm wondering if by the end Korra chooses to side with the Red Lotus after all, based on Bryke's comments about the continuing importance of the events in Book 3.
No.118161
Anonymous
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>118155
I was thinking Mako because of the long face and narrow nose. She's still pretty hot though. Would let step on my face and call me her pig in human clothing.
No.118162
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
So is the next episode the Flashback Episode before she makes it back to Republic City. Or think she'll come back and then we'll go into the Flashback as she opens up about it.
No.118168
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
Replies:>>118169>>118176
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Ouch right in the feels, Double so with how hard some where trying to break through to her.
No.118169
Daniel FUCKING Murphy, Hitting Machine
Replies:>>118170>>118176
>>118168

That title card and the "Korra's Lost Days" title card floating around are fanmade.
No.118170
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>118169
Awww, still hoping we get to know what Korra went through quickly. I don't want those kinda feels coming up in the middle of the season.
No.118171
EspanolBot
Replies:>>118173
Huh, and to think people were loudly yelling about wanting Korra to be "humbled" in the first season.

Those people were more than a smidge creepy, in my opinion. Like the dudes who were so into Zutara they were down with the idea of all Katara and Aang's actually being fathered by Zuko, as evidently a decades-long affair (not to mention questionable genetics) was apparently preferable to Kataang happening.
No.118173
Anonymous
Replies:>>118174
>>118146

I prefer villains who are morally grey, rather than being a character who is simply designed to be the villain and has no other traits.

Regarding Kuvira they're making it so obvious that she's a villain that if it's ever revealed that she's using the bandits to force states to unify with the Earth Kingdom no one is going to be surprised because this was obvious from the start. That's why no one was surprised when Unalaq was a villain because it was so obvious from the way he acted and was portrayed.

If Kuvira is the main villain then she'll be less interesting that Amon, Unalaq, and Zaheer because part of their appeal was trying to figure out why they were trying to remove bending, open the spirit portals, or capture the Avatar. With Kuvira we already know that she's trying to reunite the Earth Kingdom so we already know what her motives are.

>>118171

We Korra was pretty annoying in the 1st season and never seemed to suffer because of it. The ending really annoyed people because Korra got everything without really doing anything to earn it.
No.118174
Anonymous
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>>118173
Dunno she probably knocked down a couple of tyrants in the early years of the campaign. Also she provided solid security and supplies to the town.
No.118175
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
I wanna have train accompanied by War Drums, most awesome thing in that first episode. Also Korra Alone, ouch its gonna hurt. Three years and she's still really messed up.
No.118176
Daniel FUCKING Murphy, Hitting Machine
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>>118168
>>118169

>Fans predicted the actual name of the episode

Well I'll be...
No.118178
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>118176
I wonder how Korra is getting around, since Naga got left behind.
No.118179
Anonymous
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>>118174
Unlikely but I hope the Satsuki comparisons run a little deeper and Kuvira might turn out to be a reluctant ally of Korra's, at least for a while, since she's coming off as pretty Obviously Evil so early.
No.118180
Anonymous
>>118179
she's got suppprt from the Allied government, she's acting as interm head while she sews up and unites the place. Though it'll likely come off the rails soon.
No.118181
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
http://vt.tumblr.com/tumblr_nd56flLSFM1rs7t8g.mp4

Interesting, she's running away from her old self and its fighting back. Lotta things going on here.
No.118182
Anonymous
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Is it me, or does Kai's new VA sound.. really bad? I think it's the only thing I disliked about that new episode.
No.118183
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>118182
I think he's supposed to sound cracking on purpose.
No.118185
Anonymous
Replies:>>118186
>>118182
Doesn't he have the same VA, he's just allowed to talk with his natural voice now?
No.118186
Daniel FUCKING Murphy, Hitting Machine
>>118182
>>118185

It's the same VA. They pitched up his voice in Book 3 to make him sound younger ala what they did with Aang's VA when they were recording for Book 3 of ATLA. Book 4 Kai is his VA's natural voice.
No.118187
Anonymous
Replies:>>118189
Looks like katara got a new character design.
No.118188
EspanolBot
Replies:>>118189
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Ahhhh! *flail madly*
No.118189
Anonymous
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>>118187
Really? She’s always looked the same from what I remember — old.

>>118188
It makes you wonder who else is alive.
No.118268
Anonymous
Replies:>>118269>>118270
Hi guys. I'm trying to avoid reading this thread so I can dodge spoilers, but does anyone have any episode rips for download? I can't watch them on Nick's site. Also, does anyone know if Book 4 will air on TV or is Dickelodeon still being retarded?
No.118269
Anonymous
>>118268
Nope, entirely online.
No.118270
Anonymous
>>118268
Also you can just download them from iTunes for not too much, or streaming sites.
No.118271
Anonymous
Replies:>>118273
Where would I find these streaming sites? I want to support the series, I just want to pay when I can buy the actual DVDs, not digital downloads.
No.118273
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>118271
Nick has them up on their main site but its iffy for some people