Yeah, have to say I was not one of those sorry to see DeKnight go. I had basically zero problems with this show until his name showed up on a script (episode 8).
Yeah, have to say I was not one of those sorry to see DeKnight go. I had basically zero problems with this show until his name showed up on a script (episode 8).
Have to agree with Oliver's sentiment here.
I thought this episode made a very strange dramatic choice.
Did not expect a sentimental and emotional finale from Justified, of all things, but it really did feel like the right ending for this show.
I really loved this series overall, but I thought the finale was a bit of a letdown. I didn't think it really had the pacing, intensity, or ingenuity of some of the earlier episodes.
This show feels like what Marvel should be on TV. It doesn't have the budget to able to match the films in terms of action, but, in every other way, I think Agent Carter is an entirely worthy companion piece to the movies.
It was pretty clear that the writers considered both Tenzin and Jinora's journeys to basically be finished by the end of Book 3. Even the one episode that heavily featured Jinora was really more about Meelo and Ikki.
Definitely noticed the lack of some voice actors.
Biggest non-flashback sin was not doing one for Unalaq (other than showing how Tonraq got banished), who really, really could have used one.
I would kind of like to see a series in this franchise set in the far future so we could see what the "Cowboy Bebop" version of Avatar would look like. (Amazing. Amazing is the correct answer.)
One little moment I loved: When Mako thinks he's about to commit the heroic sacrifice, what does he tell Bolin to do? Get the soldiers they knocked out to safety.
Season two is a dumpster fire, IMO, for the first six episodes, but I actually think Korra as a series recovers nicely going forward starting with Beginnings.
While "Korra" definitely had lower lows (first half of Book 2, I look at you), I do think that it ended up being a worthy successor to "Avatar" on the whole.
So, while everyone is praising the astounding, amazing, blazing final scene (and it deserves it), I want to say something about the season as a whole.
Rewatching this, I have to totally agree with Oliver that the episode is lacking in personal character moments, favoring instead moving them around as pieces from place to place. There's a lot of, "I will go do this" and "You will go do that," without really bothering to give us insight into what our characters are…
They still can't be as explicit as they might like, but they do their best to not be "really unclear."
I think Varrick is heading for some grand gesture to show Zhu Li his true feelings for her, since he obviously can’t bring himself to say them out loud. Hopefully, this will not involve some noble heroic sacrifice on his part.
So, with Republic City being evacuated, what are the odds we're going to get some Man of Steel-level destruction?
One of my favorite sequences in the whole series. The way they time Bolin's fight with the images and music from the mover made it all pretty exhilarating.
I think a good way to try to introduce this franchise to a newcomer (especially if they're an adult who doesn't like "kid stuff") would be to start them with the "Beginnings" two-parter, as it's mostly stand-alone and explains the premise of the show in a powerful way.