PLEASE.

  • MerryChristmas [any]
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    4 years ago

    I'm not the person you're asking, but I hate how much they westernized the world despite having no group representing European culture in the original series. It's lazy and revisionist - they could have imagined what the industrial revolution and the age of enlightenment would look like in a world without western imperialism, but instead they decided that liberalism was the inevitable conclusion.

    I haven't seen it in a long time and I remember having a lot more complaints, but that's the big one. Where Avatar shined was the world building, and I just don't think the same can be said about Korra.

    • kilternkafuffle [any]
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      4 years ago

      I still like Korra, but all these (and other) criticisms are legit. The cops being the good guys (and talked about the same way cops are in cop shows) is definitely a problem.

      Avatar TLA arguably still has guards/soldiers whose authority is often respected... but it's quite removed from the typical image of a cop. Most places seem to do perfectly fine without violent authorities - violent authorities are usually the enemy.

    • Chapo0114 [comrade/them, he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Oh wow, that's super insightful and true. I've only ever seen KORRA_BAD takes on why it was disappointing, but I really agree with this one.

      • MerryChristmas [any]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah, I've watched pretty much the whole thing and there were definitely parts I enjoyed - I just couldn't get past that. I also didn't like their depictions of ideological extremists, but that's sort of tied into the western worldview that I'm talking about.