Watching Tenzin go down was painful. But like I said on the ODeck, watching him own Zahir was awesome. It was concrete proof that the writers hadn't gone completely overboard with their love for him as his sudden proficiency with his Airbending talents. I really want to know if they killed Tenzin. That would be a…

I see. She did try to lead a resistance in Season 2 and she failed, but I suppose it can be said that that buttresses your point. Like you I really didn't like her in the first two seasons, and I think they've done a better job in Season 3. I guess my hatred hasn't completely vanished yet.

It sounds like you're defending Korra, and it also sounds like you don't like her. I also don't like the way Korra has been written, but I actually blame her for her shortcomings, instead of simply saying "She doesn't have those skills"

Why is everyone now assuming that this is how Gyatso killed those benders?

I was like "What?!". He actually called Oracle a fake company.

He says this all the time but Oracle is not a fake company. It's one of the largest software companies in the US, and they got the actual CEO (Larry Ellison) to show up in the movie. Ellison has also been compared to Tony Stark on occasion (though I think Elon Musk is a much better fit)

Well it's still a failing of the show. You just explained why this show is/was bad and why TLA was much better. You don't add more characters, give them more complex storylines, and try to tell a deeper tale in fewer episodes/less time. That's a recipe for disaster. And they did it TWICE, though I have to say that…

Yeah the lava thing is definitely Ghazan's trump card. It was also featured in the trailers. I'm sure he's going to be using it a lot.

Just read it... In classic fashion it wasn't concluded because the writers don't want to take sides. I would have preferred an animated battle with a focus on the actual styles, that way we could see whose style and skill is superior.

Tenzin's incompetence seems centred around his relationship with others and not on his abilities. He has proven to be a very excellent airbender. I agree on the others though, especially Bumi. The expends too much effort showing us that the kids are awesome and the adults suffer for it. Seriously, there's nothing any…

Yeah her spirity abilities leave me less than impressed, especially since they were a massive deus ex to get Korra out of trouble and fix everything in a nice little bow. Ditto for how they handled Bumi. I was thinking to myself "The man is a decorated general for chrissakes!" but comic relief works much better. They…

Except those (the chi-blocking) wear off. And Katara, with all her healing abilities, couldn't undo it in Korra or anyone else for that matter. It obviously goes beyond basic chi-blocking, and it was the major ability of our primary antagonist. Leaving it in nebulous explanation territory was one of the things I hated…

He definitely bent the earth into lava. There's no way that much lava just exists beneath the surface of a bridge! That would be the most dangerous bridge in the universe.

Haha. I always took her assertions with a slight grain of salt. I mean of course she would say she's the best. She did prove it on multiple occasions though. I mean the whole blind thing and invention of metal bending before she entered her teens is kinda remarkable in my book.

I actually agree with that. It's an advantage that coincides nicely with the young protagonist trope, but it's understandable that when there haven't been airbenders in ages, most people would forget how to deal with them effectively. Meelo in particular always seems to whoop ass far more than he should be able to,…

I see your point. I don't think it's a fair comparison between Lin and Zuko though, especially as Zuko was far more central to the original plot than Lin is to this. It was very sudden, but like I said I doubt they could have let it drag on for long. I actually don't think the character development in this series is…

Well the prodigy of the kids was the crux of my reference to them with the Dai Li. Commenting on the averageness of the Dai Li alone is a little out of place with regards to my original comment, which stipulated that the all the main kid-characters in the show have to be well above average to pull the moves they do at…

If the Gestapo were "regular" cops then I can see how my point may have been lost. Ba Sing Se has regular cops. They are not the Dai Li. If you think the group tasked with protecting the Queen and running the kingdom in the shadows falling to a bunch of kids in airships is normal, or that it doesn't imply that the…

The Dai Li only lose when they face the protagonists of the show. They conquered the Earth Kingdom on behalf of Azula quite well, and the thought that all the earthbending generals in the army were just caught by surprise and couldn't fight back at all (or the rest of the army for that matter) is a little absurd. Then…

Really? You think the Dai Li agents that apprehend people and rule the kingdom with an invisible iron fist are no better than the average bender? What the hell is the point of the elite service if kids can just show up and beat them handily? I'd compare them more to the Gestapo. No German kid with a gun could just…