Legend of Korra: The Most Dramatic Show on TV Is a Nickelodeon Cartoon
Finally decided to get some broad stroke thoughts down on Book 1: Air over at my homebase of Hollywood.com! I’m not joking with that headline and I’m guessing you might feel the same.
– Patches
REPUBLIC CITY DISPATCH #11: BOOK ONE FINALE! “SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET/ENDGAME”
BE FOREWARNED – Discussion includes Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra Book One and could expand to include The Promise (Part One and Two), Nick.com’s “Welcome To Republic City” at any time.
Good Morning Benders and Non-Benders alike and Welcome to The Republic City Dispatch, a radio programme covering Nickelodeon’s Legend of Korra series. This week: Book One, Air, concludes with Skeletons in the Closet and End Game. Pearl Harbor echoes into Republic City, Amon seizes control, Generals Iroh and Bumi are on the attack and someone forgot to break up with Asami, all that and more with Matt, Dave and Devindra!
This episode focuses on the two broadcast episodes of Korra and we’ll be having a fandom reaction/theory/madness episode next week! Use the links below!
Hosted by Devindra Hardawar of the /Filmcast and Da7e and Matt Patches of Operation Kino.
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Our buddies over at VYou got the hook up. Mike & Bryan are answering fan submitted questions leading up to the finale. All you have to do is submit them and you can see the guys answering in video form! As many Pabu questions as possible, please.
– Patches
This week’s references to The Dark Knight Rises have listeners riffing non-stop! After the awesome “Amon cracking Korra” image, dinoccom created this Amon montage set to the haunting TDKR Bane score "Deshi Basara" and listener dylgio unleashed his long-gestating mash-up of Korra and the TDKR trailer (see above). So cool.
– Patches
It’s a korranation Q&A! :
Hey, Korra Nation! This coming Friday, co-creators Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko will be answering questions from Korra fans!
Leave your questions below or tag your post with #AskBryke and your question could be answered.
Here’s ours: Which TV and film villains have you drawn inspiration from for Amon’s character?
6/27/2012
Republic city dispatch made a general request during transmission.
Amon breaking Lin’s back, like Bane and Batman…
I couldn’t resist.
Im sorry
Wow! A discussion on the similarities between this week’s “Turning the Tides” and The Dark Knight Rises lead to a silly suggestion for a sketch of Amon as Bane breaking Korra’s back (a la Batman’s Knightfall), but Republic City Dispatch commenter silvermoonphantom made it happen. And impressively so. Amazing!
Here’s the original pic for reference:
– Patches
One of my favorite aspects of Korra is the carefully peppered in character moments. In only six episodes, we’ve learned a ton about each member of the show’s large ensemble, while avoiding endless stretches of backstory exposition. I like it that way — for example, I know just enough about both Mako and Bolin to understand what they think about the world and how they make decisions. I doubt I’ll ever shut up about that perfectly executed moment where we see Mako lightning bending at his power plant day job.
There’s a bit we don’t know yet — how did these two end up where they are today? Why is Mako all brooding like? — but I’m hoping we don’t learn too much more. I like that Korra lives mostly in the now (other than the teases to Tenzin’s past and the reoccurring flashback to a pivotal moment in Aang’s Avatar career), so unless the death of Mako and Bolin’s parents is tied directly to Amon, the central conflict or Korra’s own story, I’d say we don’t need too much of pre-Korra Mako. I agree that I want a moment in the series that helps me love Mako the same way we love goofy ol’ Bolin, but I’m hoping that moment is one of present day heroism.
– Patches
(art via Yori-Narpati)
BE FOREWARNED – Discussion includes Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Promise (Part One), Nick.com’s “Welcome To Republic City” and Chapters 1-4 of The Legend of Korra.
Good Morning Benders and Non-Benders alike and welcome back to the Republic City Dispatch, a radio programme covering Nickelodeon’s Legend of Korra series.
This week, we’ll be covering Chapter 4 of Book One: Air “The Voice In The Night,” which aired Saturday April 28th. Is Republic City drawing closer to all out war? Can The Avatar master Airbending in time to unite the city her predecessor created?
Hosted by Devindra Hardawar of the /Filmcast and Da7e and Matt Patches of Operation Kino.
Did you get the idea the Satos are up to no good? (Did you pronoucne Sato correctly? Because we messed it up a few times) Is Patches crazy for doubting the Korra is the The Avatar? FUTURE AANG?
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