TellusEidolon wrote:That is true, but to me it still felt like they had rushed it. I don't know, i feel like it lacked something.
Well, it wasn't all that deep and some of the conflicts seemed to be resolved rather neatly. Knowing the past work of this team, though, I have faith that they'll come back to more thoroughly address things that were only touched on glancingly in the latest episode.
There's only so deep you can go in 23 minutes, and you have to build up audience investment in the characters first to go there anyway. It's early days yet for this show, and I figure its creators have earned my patience.
TellusEidolon wrote:I've no idea, Milk. I got the link to that pilot from a friend. Tried google it?
No, I was being lazy (sorry).
A bit of digging through the Amazon reviews confirms that a version with commentary is part of the
Book 1 DVD set. There are also several complaints about poor video quality, however.
'J' wrote:i also like that they've moved the world forward technologically & aesthetically, rather than
keeping everything the the same. i especially enjoy seeing things that were invented during the old show (ex. metalbending, airships) carried forward with 70-some years of advancement. and i
love the 1920s/steampunk/chinatown aesthetic.
I like this part of it, too. I've read that tradition vs. modernity is going to be one of the overarching themes of the series, which sounds pretty interesting.
'J' wrote:also; while i like the idea of pro bending as a sport, & i think it makes for a good occasional diversion, i really question the decision to build an entire episode on it. it harkens back to the old show, where i occasionally found myself asking 'doesn't the avatar have better things to be doing with his/her time?'.
I kind of wonder if they're setting the sport up for a larger payoff as part of the overall story. For example, wouldn't a sport that glorifies bending -- and by extension the "oppressors" of the non-bending masses -- be a great target for an Equalist terrorist attack? Or perhaps something more subtle than that, aimed a sullying benders in the eyes of all the sport's (soon to be former) fans?