TV Retrospective: Legend of Korra Book 2 Chapters 11-14

Well, here are my final Korra reviews until book 4 comes out next year (apparently early next year, but no official release date has been announced)

Editorial - What I want to see in The Legend of Korra book 4

Korra book 3 is done. And book 4 is already on its way. Whether it'll be Nick.com exclusive as the latter half of book 3 was, remains to be seen, but probably

But unlike most TV retrospective, we won't be looking back today, but looking forward. This is a list of things I want to see in book 4, beware, there will be spoilers from book 3, book 2, book 1, Avatar: The Last Airbender and the comics

Legend of Korra Book 3 Chapters 12 and 13 review - Into the Void/Venom of the Red Lotus

It's time to look into the Korra book 3 finale, as the Red Lotus approach their victory

TV Retrospective - Legend of Korra Book 2 Chapters 9-10 - The Guide/A New Spiritual Age

Time to resume my Korra reviews, with the spirit world saga

Legend of Korra Book 3 Chapter 11 review - The Ultimatum

Chapter 11 – The Ultimatum

Inception horn noises open the episode - sh*t’s going down

TV Retrospective - Legend of Korra Book 2 Chapters 7-8 - Beginnings (parts 1 and 2)

Part 3 – Saga of the First Avatar

We’ve got to Avatar Wan’s part of the story

Oh by the way, I've started to call these TV retrospectives, as I'll be doing a lot of these, they deserve a separate segment to mini-film reviews

Legend of Korra Book 3 Chapter 10 review - Long Live the Queen

Chapter 10 – Long live the queen

Well, airbending’s suddenly a lot scarier, isn’t it? 

TV Retrospective: Legend of Korra Book 2 Chapters 5-6 - Peacekeepers/The Sting

Oh boy this is probably my least favourite 2 episodes of the show, so let’s get on with it, and get it over with.

Legend of Korra Book 3 Chapter 9 review - The Stakeout

So, we come to the first online episode of Korra

TV Retrospective: Legend of Korra Book 2 Chapters 1-4 - Rebel Spirit/The Southern Lights/Civil Wars (parts 1 and 2)

What better way to start off star wars than with the legend of Korra book 2 part 1

So, you might be asking, what’s with the formatting of this one, you seem to be doing random length episodes

I’m working these reviews in arcs

Part 1 – The Water Tribe Arc (Rebel Spirit – Civil wars)

Part 2 – Everyone’s an idiot except Mako parts 1 and 2 (Peacekeepers and the Sting)

Part 3 – Saga of the first Avatar (Beginnings)

Part 4 – The spirit world saga (featuring everyone’s an idiot except Mako (3)) (The Guide and the New Spiritual Age)

Part 5 – The final battles (featuring everyone’s an idiot except Mako (4)) (Night of a thousand stars – Light in the dark)

So, with that said, let’s start with The water tribe arc.

Legend of Korra Book 3 Chapter 8 review - The Terror Within

Before I start the next review, I’d like to say SCREW YOU NICKELODEON. Advertising for Korra started a mere 2 weeks before its air-date, and the air-date itself wasn’t revealed until a week later, not surprisingly ratings haven’t been very good (if I had a penny for every book 3 post I’ve seen through various blogs saying ‘Korra book 3 is on? I didn’t know’ I’d be quite rich)

On top of that, Nickelodeon went to advertise that their episodes would not be available online (at least for a few days) except now, they’re only going to be available online. I understand that ratings online are very good for Korra, and Korra isn’t your usual type of show (because it’s good) but seriously, you pull it mid-book! THAT’S DUMB

OK, let’s get started with the last episode to air offline

TV Retrospective: Legend of Korra Book 1 Chapters 10-12 - Turning the Tides/Skeletons in the closet/Endgame

We have come down to the end of book 1, where for lack of more dignified phrase, the sh*t hits the fan

Legend of Korra Book 3 Chapters 6-7 review - Old Wounds/Original Airbenders

Thought I'd try out a new Korra image for this one

Anyway, as Nickolodeon continue to blaze through this series, I blaze through the reviews, we now look at chapters 6 and 7

TV Retrospective: Legend of Korra Book 1 Chapters 7-9 - The Aftermath/When Extremes Meet/Out of the Past

We continue with the legend of Korra book 1 mini-reviews, as the story delves deeper into the equalists plots, and we see a flashback involving people from the original Avatar stories.

Legend of Korra Book 3 Chapters 4-5 review - In Harm's Way/The Metal Clan

It's time for Korra book 3 reviews again

Full spoilers ahead

TV Retrospective: Legend of Korra Book 1 Chapters 4-6 - A voice in the night/The Spirit of Compeition/And the winner is...

TV Retrospective: Legend of Korra Book 1 Chapters 1-3 - Welcome to Republic City/A leaf in the wind/The Revelation

No main Korra review this week, as they take a break for the 4th July, so I'll be spending this week covering book 1 (there may be other reviews coming too, but I've got to do some scans for them)

Legend of Korra Book 3 Chapters 1-3 review - A breath of fresh air/Rebirth/The Earth Queen

When it comes to animation. I've always said the best shows are those that can appeal to children, but don't talk down to adults. A perfect example of that is Avatar: The Last Airbender (not to be confused with the films Avatar or The Last Airbender, the cr*ppy movie based on the show). A show that created an interesting lore and told a compelling story with interesting characters.

The Legend of Korra takes the lore of the show, and places it in a modern setting. So as well as Dragons and Sky Bison we have air ships and the radio (things that while they existed, they were not commonplace in Avatar: The Last Airbender.) Avatar: Legend of Korra has the disadvantage that they need to tell self-contained stories over much shorter book lengths, which does get in the way of story-telling and character development

I will do reviews of books 1 and 2 of Korra later on, but suffice it to say, they had their ups and downs, but book 2 left things an interesting position going into book 3

A few weeks ago, several episodes of book 3 were leaked, this resulted in the release date for book 3 being pushed up to last Friday, when the first 3 episodes would be aired. So without further ado, let’s get into episodes 1-3 of the Legend of Korra book 3, change