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[Megaton_Hope]

Some of the bending applications get a little too meta for me.

[Leo]

android654 wrote...

 Toph's Hung-Gar

didn't Toph use Southern Praying Mantis?

[android654]

[quote]Pious_Augustine wrote...

[quote]android654 wrote...

 Toph's Hung-Gar[/quote]

didn't Toph use Southern Praying Mantis?[/quote]


WHAT!?

Preying Mantis[/quote]

Hung Gar[/quote]

Toph[/quote]

Praying Mantis is a Northern style and has its roots in Shaolin Boxing. Hung Gar is a Southern style, and it's evident by the animals it emulates, the tiger and Crane. And if my analysis isn't enough.

Here's the creators of the show talking about Hung Gar as the mother of Earth Bending[/quote]

Modifié par android654, 27 juin 2012 - 01:33 .

[Lazengan]

Megaton_Hope wrote...

Some of the bending applications get a little too meta for me.

air bending should be able to pinch arteries in a human body connecting the brain to the heart and kill someone with less effort than lifting a pen. Or combust the air in the lung's aveoli

[Ghost Lightning]

I thought the finally was pretty great. I was disappointed that Amon's identity didn't have more to do with the original series, but the way they handled it and resolved it was incredible. The scene on the boat was powerful stuff.

[The King of Dust]

android654 wrote...

WHAT!?

Preying Mantis

Hung Gar

Toph

Praying Mantis is a Northern style and has its roots in Shaolin Boxing. Hung Gar is a Southern style, and it's evident by the animals it emulates, the tiger and Crane. And if my analysis isn't enough.

Here's the creators of the show talking about Hung Gar as the mother of Earth Bending

Toph's Earth Bending style is different from all other Earth Benders (just like Azula's style is different from other Fire Benders). Here's a quote from the avatar wiki :

Toph's earthbending style was based on Chu Gar Southern Praying Mantis
Kung Fu, which is a style that is apparently unique to her; the style of
earthbending used by other earthbenders is rooted in the Hung Gar style
of Kung Fu. She was the only bender known to use a style based on a
different root martial art than the standard for their bending art. This
may be because she was self-taught rather than trained in the
traditional earthbending form. Toph came to develop her unique style by
observing the movements of the also blind earthbending badgermoles that
could be found in the caves around her hometown.

Taken from:
avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Toph_Beifong

Also, I'm sure I've seen this specified on one of the bonus material that came with the dvd collections. Toph's Earth Bending is indeed based on the Praying Mantis style.

Edit: Maybe not after all. I just rewatched "The Essence of Bending" on the bonus disc of the 2nd season collection, and they only mention Azula's style being slightly different. No mention of Toph. Some of her stances/movements look close to what's show in your Praying Mantis video, but then again a lot of them look close to Hung Gar, so maybe you're right and the wiki's all wrong. There's no denying that her stance is different from other Earth Benders however.

Modifié par The King of Dust, 27 juin 2012 - 10:37 .

[android654]

The only thing shared in all Kung fu boxing styles are basic blocks, strikes and stances. A jab is a jab, a cross a cross, a high block a high block, etc. The delivery however, is what sets them apart. I don't know Chow gar enough to critique it, but I know it's not Northern Mantis.

Azula uses Northern boxing, like Zuko, but also uses Wushu.

[spirosz]

I just watched finale and I gotta say I'm about confused as to what they're going to setup for the next season. The way it was heading, I thought they were going to stick to Korra "losing" her ability to fire/earth/water bend and now focus on learning those again, while mastering her new ability to airbend, which would of been somewhat similar to Aang, except for the "severing of bending part", lol. But then they did a flip on me and Aang (and the past Avatar states) taught her how to Energy-Bend, which I thought was going to happen later on, maybe in season 2 or 3(if that was going to be written). So I'm just confused as to who the antagonist is going to be for next season because I believe Amon is dead, as his brother (which was a sad scene).

Also, I just realized that the Last Airbender had 20 episodes, compared to 12, I wonder why.  I really love this series, but I just miss some of the build up and pacing, compared to the last one.  I thought it would of been better if Mako and Asami stuck together throughout the season - plus why was Mako able to get out of Amon's grasp, compared to other, more experienced and talented benders?  IMO, they're trying too build up too much with too little detail, so I'm not connecting to the characters as I am with the last series because of the lack of build up, development, whatever.  I understand it's a kid's show as well, but as shown with the last series, any age is able to watch and connect with it, but I find the older you get, the more you catch on, as I watched The Last Airbender twice and appreciated it more the second time because I was older and related to the themes more.  Though, I do love the way they're trying to establish modern technology vs bending, with the way the chi-blockers were using those gloves and machines, great concept, but again, now that Amon is gone, what was the point of the build up. 



ps. I love the way Aang looks in his older age, looks badass. 

pps.  The soundtrack is beautiful, there were moments were it really hit me - Korra's talk with Tenzin about being okay to talk about your fears and such, as an example.

   

Modifié par spiros9110, 03 juillet 2012 - 01:27 .

[Megaton_Hope]

I think it's plausible that Amon will have survived the blast, but with scars.

Not a clue what they're doing with the next season, already blew all of my speculation out of the water. Had a little denouement there with all the loose ends but whether Asami and Mako are breaking up or not.

[Seagloom]

It sounds like they're taking a very different approach with LoK than AtLA. In that interview linked pages back one of the creators said book three would be another self-contained story if LoK got that far. It reminds me of the approach they took with "Tales of Ba Sing Se" in book two of AtLA. Except here the stories are longer than minutes-long vignettes.

[addiction21]

Random comment

Asami's voice actor is the same actress as Princess Yue in the live action movie

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2437267/

And that movie was just awful.

Modifié par addiction21, 04 juillet 2012 - 11:04 .

[The Hierophant]

Arcian wrote...

addiction21 wrote...

Random comment

Asami's voice actor is the same actress as Princess Yue in the live action movie

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2437267/

And that movie was just awful.

That movie does not exist.

I know not what you speak of.

[Megaton_Hope]

Hehe, M Night Shyamalan.

[Teddie Sage]

Legend of Korra just got 26 more episodes ordered after the 14 new ones that are coming next season. Thanks Nickelodeon! Though I fear this quantity > quality thing will somehow ruin everything on the long run...

Modifié par Teddie Sage, 12 juillet 2012 - 08:08 .

[Lotion Soronarr]

MEh...Avatar was dead to me with the last seson of the Last Airbender.

A total cop-out in almsot every deparment. So sad. So much potential was there.
But then they had to go all kid-friendly and play bad tropes one after another.
From Hero Gets the Girl (Aang and Katara? He's 12 dammit! TWELVE!!!)
to
Thou Shall Not Kill (and Aang new power)

Frak it. It is dead to me.
And seeing the setting of Legend of Kora is all "modernized" it appeals to me even less.

Modifié par Lotion Soronnar, 12 juillet 2012 - 10:54 .

[Megaton_Hope]

Lotion Soronnar wrote...

Thou Shall Not Kill (and Aang new power)

Personally, I think I'd have had Zuko behead Ozai during the eclipse, with Azula as the next Big Bad. But I think that ending your show with a twelve-year-old ripping out the evil king's heart and stomping on it would be a little, well, off-message for a hero myth.

Aang's temperamental and cultural rejection of killing was actually one of the more realistically handled character arcs, just wasn't resolved in an intentionally cynical way.

[Il Divo]

Megaton_Hope wrote...

Lotion Soronnar wrote...

Thou Shall Not Kill (and Aang new power)

Personally, I think I'd have had Zuko behead Ozai during the eclipse, with Azula as the next Big Bad. But I think that ending your show with a twelve-year-old ripping out the evil king's heart and stomping on it would be a little, well, off-message for a hero myth.

Aang's temperamental and cultural rejection of killing was actually one of the more realistically handled character arcs, just wasn't resolved in an intentionally cynical way.

My issue with Aang's character development isn't that he sticks to his morals. It's that the writers seemed to cop out regarding his resolution. Throughout the series, characters say Aang has to "defeat" the Firelord. It's not until Zuko uses the word "kill" during the finale that we are suddenly introduced to this plot point. Even as a twelve year-old, Aang had to realize what the implications of his battle with Ozai were. Aang being a pacifist/vegetarian were more character traits until the story decided to turn it into a major plot point.

If Aang had been agonizing over this potential outcome earlier, it would have felt more believable. But even with Day of Black Sun, at which point Aang expected to be facing Ozai, the thought still had not occurred to him.

[Seagloom]

So, lots of reveals at ComicCon. It looks like season two is going all crazy with otherworldly shenanigans. We probably will see more of Koh now since they're supposedly getting into the history of the water tribes.

I like that Bolin is getting a love interest. Because I sure as hell don't care about whatever happens to Mako. Not digging Asami's new outfit. I was hoping more business power suit than skirt suit, but whatevs. (Yes, clothes are important to me. XD)

This season doesn't seem to have a clear villain. Unless it's this "Dark Spirit" Grey DeLisle is voicing. ~Waits for the inevitable out there theories on it being somehow linked to Azula~

[android654]

I just wanna see grandpa Zuko already!

[addiction21]

Seagloom wrote...

This season doesn't seem to have a clear villain. Unless it's this "Dark Spirit" Grey DeLisle is voicing. ~Waits for the inevitable out there theories on it being somehow linked to Azula~

How about Baroness met with a unfortunate accident with one of Cobra's world domination plots and now she is looking to set up shop in this new world?

I just hope this gets 20+ episodes.

[Seagloom]

I like it. I like it a lot. Maybe Storm Shadow can make a cameo.

Book two is getting fourteen episodes. Nick has already ordered twenty-six more after seeing the viewers book one drew in. So we're guaranteed a lot more Korra.