If the green noodles were anything like soba, then I'm guessing that Bolin had cups of the Avatar version of  sake

I don't know. I mean, technically speaking, the show is about 1 to 2 minutes longer than your average sitcom. Korra's approach to serialization really does makes it more fit to have a length of the usual 42-min shows you see on network primetime shows (a la Lost) or HBO/AMC like you mentioned earlier. However, it just…

Well the press materials say that he got his loan from a wealthy banker. So unless Aang totally rejects the monks' training to become a  Mr. Wall Street, we don't have anything to worry about

I'm also on board with Tarlokk. He may be sleazy, but the show's writing make that area subtler, rather than an stereotypical power-hungry politician. You do get the sense that even if he wants to further his ambitions, he still does help the city in highly competent ways like the raid you mentioned earlier.

At first, I though the pilot and "Voice of the Night" had the same problems in telling too much plot in 22 minutes. But I'm starting to feel like Legend of Korra is more of a mini-series than a regular run (which makes sense since the creators originally intended to only make 12 episodes). I guess this is just…

The commentary likes to joke, in the episode where Bart and Lisa compete in the school fair (I forgot the name), where Bart wears the complete the P.T Barnum get-up, that moments like these show that Bart is secretly gay.

Yes to this in a huge way. Since the FN is influenced in a large sense by Japanese culture (Fire Lord as Emperor ruling by "divine will", invasion of the "walled city" (ahem ahem)), part of the horror might be expressed in the Japanese bushido culture, in that you die fighting for your country (to the extent that you…

Now that the AVClub's coverage of Avatar is over, there has been a question that has been bothering me since I finished watching the show: Is this show awesome despite of kid-show tendencies (not directly showing genocide, deus-ex-machina pacifist resolutions, some childish jokes)  or because it's a kid show? It's…

Thoughts on Old Masters (Second Episode of Sozin's Comet)

The pilot is a bit rushed (12 minutes only and we've already been transported to Republic City!??) but I also feel that in some way, it's kind of necessary "misstep." While Bryke created the show in mind for new viewers, the pilot serves more as a recap for A:TLA viewers, while also giving a proper though flawed…

Yeah, the show's creators have released a "rule book" of sorts already.

Lin Bei Fong is at least a metal bender (which makes her a default earthbender, I think?). Anyway, she uses her metalbending to release Korra from the cuffs after talking to Tenzin. Pretty neat detail

A tidbit to the Lin-Korra exchange: Apparently series creator Bryan Konietzko used himself as the reference for the "acting"

It's not really his name but…

Yeah, I totally agree with that point. Season 2's back half, though mostly serialized, had one "filler" episode that was Tales of Ba Sing Se (you could even say that to some extent, Ember Island Players in Season 3 was too). Did the episode move the overall story? Aside from Momo story, no. But I loved how the show…

The one thing the intrigues me about "Southern Raiders" is how kids would react to Katara's last words on the episode. For one thing, Katara does not take Aang's advice wholly (while she did not choose revenge, she does not forgive Yon Rha, explicitly saying that she cannot and will probably not ever forgive the man…

Know that it's been announced in What's on Tonight, but it bears mentioning it here: hell yes to AVClub covering Legend of Korra! Although it's kinda obvious, will Hayden be writing the Korra reviews, too?

http://www.youtube.com/watc…"Legend of Korra" teaser - shows a lot more of Amon in the series

New Legend of Korra Upfront Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watc…

Weird how they placed it at an eariler time slot. Given how this is  a more mature and darker show (paraphrasing Bryan Konietzko here), shouldn't they have placed it in a primetime slot?