I am so happy when people get analytical about this show.
I watch so few shows when they're airing, I don't really have the chance to speculate much in realtime. It's fun!
I've also had the Koh-linked-to-Amon? discussion with some other friends, but your take on it is much better, with the bargaining for power concept.
Hah. Thank you! I'd still like to hear if you have any further theories.
I can't see why Amon would feel they should remain imprisoned after he has "equalized" them. Why have extensive prisons *at all* if you're so confident you've removed your opponents fighting abilities?
Perhaps it's more evidence that Amon's chi-bending is not a permanent effect. You have removed your opponent's fighting abilities, but you need to make sure they're not in an environment where they'd be in any position to regain them?
I really do wish we could get a few more episodes detailing things like how the airbender population got started on its recovery, how Toph came to have a daughter, what Zuko and his descendants are doing, etc, though.
I assume we'll find out at some point, honestly; these sorts of questions can't all be of fan interest only. I'd just rather that point be sooner than later.
After the last episode, one of the things my housemates and I were discussing is how much more plot-driven LoK seems to be, as compared with the original series.
Agreed. It's a much more compressed, much faster-paced show; it's packing an incredible amount of information and action into a bare nine episodes so far (I know the tenth aired this morning, but I won't see it until Alison and I meet next week) and one of the most impressive things about the show is frankly that it doesn't feel thin, that it's possible as a viewer to get enough of a handle on the characters and the world through which they move to have analytical discussions rather than just a breathless Dickensian rush to the next plot twist. I wouldn't mind a little more meandering; some of the show's nicest moments are the offbeat character ones. (Bolin in the seaweed noodle shop.) It is still just very good.
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I watch so few shows when they're airing, I don't really have the chance to speculate much in realtime. It's fun!
I've also had the Koh-linked-to-Amon? discussion with some other friends, but your take on it is much better, with the bargaining for power concept.
Hah. Thank you! I'd still like to hear if you have any further theories.
I can't see why Amon would feel they should remain imprisoned after he has "equalized" them. Why have extensive prisons *at all* if you're so confident you've removed your opponents fighting abilities?
Perhaps it's more evidence that Amon's chi-bending is not a permanent effect. You have removed your opponent's fighting abilities, but you need to make sure they're not in an environment where they'd be in any position to regain them?
I really do wish we could get a few more episodes detailing things like how the airbender population got started on its recovery, how Toph came to have a daughter, what Zuko and his descendants are doing, etc, though.
I assume we'll find out at some point, honestly; these sorts of questions can't all be of fan interest only. I'd just rather that point be sooner than later.
After the last episode, one of the things my housemates and I were discussing is how much more plot-driven LoK seems to be, as compared with the original series.
Agreed. It's a much more compressed, much faster-paced show; it's packing an incredible amount of information and action into a bare nine episodes so far (I know the tenth aired this morning, but I won't see it until Alison and I meet next week) and one of the most impressive things about the show is frankly that it doesn't feel thin, that it's possible as a viewer to get enough of a handle on the characters and the world through which they move to have analytical discussions rather than just a breathless Dickensian rush to the next plot twist. I wouldn't mind a little more meandering; some of the show's nicest moments are the offbeat character ones. (Bolin in the seaweed noodle shop.) It is still just very good.
Are there supposed to be only the two seasons?