We're not talking about the flashbacks because Aang having a brown beard is the stupidest fucking example of whitewashing imaginable.

Revisited this episode this morning, and this statement of Ms. Guendelsberger's really stood out to me:  "Objectively, the first half-season of Korra is much farther along
than the original series was at this point in terms of production
value, story, character development, and other things grown-ups value in
their…

I agree that is generally a good idea when scripting a serial TV show.  My problem isn't that eps 3 through 5 were low on action, my problem is that they were juvenile and, yes, teenage.

Man, was this ever a huge step up from last week.  A much better score (no shitty jitterbug jazz), awesome action, shit happening, no puerile relationship bullshit that completely breaks all the characters just to whip tumblr posters into hysterics.

Yeah, seriously.  Lesson learned.  Don't feed caviar to monkey retards.

Uh.  I see.  Out of curiosity, what's an example of what you would call a "good" Eva Mendes photo?

I know, I know.  It's painful.  She's so cool in person.  Drinks, smokes, curses, dates shitbags.  And you can thank me for this later http://ohnotheydidnt.livejo…

Wait, is Dark Shadows really a movie?  I thought the trailer was something funny or die cooked up to make fun of how predictable Tim Burton is.

Man, this is so much better than the book.  Granted, there was major room for improvement.

Even by the fifth episode (at which point everything I referenced had already happened) ATLA was a much more substantial thing.

I've thought about the similarities and differences between Mako's scarf and Katara's necklace before.  They really aren't the same, and the differences between the two are instructive.

I share your confusion, which I blame on the schizophrenic tone LoK has exhibited so far.

Yeah, I should add that I don't hate the show.  I still admire the effort and craft behind it.  There have just been a lot of bad decisions so far, which are hard to take coming from a creative team that was so damn near infallible in the past.

This episode broke my heart.  And not because of whatever silly, rushed love quadrangle was happening on screen.  Seems increasingly unlikely that LoK will deliver anything like the same satisfaction as ATLA.  Shit, it's barely looking any good at this point.

Thanks buddy.  The handle actually comes from hearing Andrew Robinson speak years ago.  He suggested that if you put your thumb against a Cardassian's oval-shaped forehead indentation, you'd give them instant orgasms.

Yeah, I'm with you.  It really pains me to write this but I'm getting increasingly unsettled with the direction this show is taking.  ATLA is one of my favorite televisual things of all time, largely because it consistently avoided heavy-handed writing and TV drama cliches while providing some of the richest, most…

Before I read the article/comments, unrelated to anything: has anyone else noticed that both Naga and Appa have some features that really resemble a pit bull?  I have a Staffy myself, and Naga's head is shaped exactly like hers.  Same goes for that big up front, little in the rear proportions (exaggerated in Naga's…

Not suggesting that we ban anything.  Or even that we should object to white culture or cultural identities or aesthetics.  When I say we should object to whiteness, I'm suggesting we that we object to unilinear notions for evaluating aesthetics.

You're right that Mr. Murray's misunderstanding is an easy one to make.  I wonder if renaming conceptual whiteness something else (my vote is "boobootittyfuck") would actually help avoid the confusion.  There is a lot of quintessentially white people shit - WASPy idiosyncrasies and such - that is also pretty…

No need to apologize.  It's a fascinating subject, and reveals a startling amount about Nazi inhumanity.