Avatar: The Legend of Korra Season Long Thread

First episode is online now (if you look for it, you'll find it) , and holy shite is it incredible. It bridges the old and new seamlessly and takes everything that made the previous series and makes it even better (humor isn't quite as childish as the last one was either). The set up for Republic City is done almost flawlessly and the animation, sound, and epicness of the series blows the previous series out of the water (a hell of an accomplishment). The series seems far more cinematic than the previous series and I'd put its animation against pretty much any film Disney has made (not quite to Miyazaki's level, but you'd need an even bigger budget for that). The evolution the universe has taken is great and seems to take place in a 1920s like atmosphere. They also really stepped up the bending in this.

I can tell I'm going to really like the characters in this show. Korra I feel is going to be a better and more relatable Avatar than Aang was. Plus her introduction where she busts in is just great. Tenzin is reserved and conflicted about his role in the universe and the heavy burden laid down to him by his father to protect Republic City and his reincarnation. So far I like the kids alot as well and strikingly remind me of my younger cousins when they were much younger. And the villain looks like he's going to be just awesome and he's creepy as hell.

That is my fairly spoiler-free review of the episode, and a lot of people on this board need to catch up and watch the previous series. Sure this series isn't completely dependent on the last series, but it will ruin a lot of it if you plan to go back and watch the previous series. I really think that this series will almost indisputably become the greatest animated series of all time (at least as far as dramatic animation is concerned), and the board really needs to watch it.