Avatar 6 years
More than 6 years ago the final episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender was released. Today, a few hours ago, I finally watched all the way to the end. It was absolutely fantastic and a great ending. But now I'm very sad, because it's over and I will never have another episode to watch. I'll miss the characters and story. RIP childhood 
Time to go for a walk!
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Good ol' 2008. I can't believe it happened six years ago. I was only 11 at the time, but I still remember the plot and the characters, more or less. Damn, I feel old.
A drink to one of the best cartoon series to ever grace Nickelodeon's broadcast!
And Korra's about to end as well after this seasons over. Then I guess that'll be it for the avatar franchise ;___;
What's going to replace your obsession after Korra ends?
Nothing lol, I'll just wait and hope for a new series, or a game. But if it's a new series it better have some Opal in it or I'm gonna be pissed.
You can always follow up on my story, it will have you in it.
I know same here. Hard to believe I held out on finishing the series until 6 years after they released it. I was 12 when it came out. Didn't feel that long ago...
Viva pours one out for the best cartoon series to ever grace Nickelodeon's broadcast
Yeah, it didn't feel like 6 years, and yet... So long ago... Thinking about the past often gets me philosophical, lol. And I think a lot about the past.
raises his glass Cheers!
You think? I hope not. Both the original and the second series are great stories. I hope they continue.
I really hope as well, the series seems like it could be never ending at this point. But I remember somewhere reading a few weeks back that the creators wouldn't be making any new series out of the franchise. I just hope I'm wrong about that :P
Same here. I'm an extremely nostalgia-prone kind of person. A happy sadness. Like ATLA.. sad because it's gone, happy because it existed. How's that for philosophical?
Real life?
No....That's too bland.
That's pretty damn philosophical if you ask me. Well, maybe not deeply philosophical, but good enough, nevertheless.
I would understand them not. After such success I couldn't be mad if they wanted to end on such an amazingly high note, but I would be disappointed if they did.
As for a never ending series? Yeah. They haven't really locked themselves into a set of overarching laws like a lot of other stories do. Like TWD had a lot of set rules they need to follow or it wouldn't be TWD. Avatar really only has a few rules to adhere to, so they can make pretty much anything up they want to and apply it to the story. A rather easy way to tell a great story. It would.be hard to get stale when anything goes.
Depends how you live it
Actually I'm pretty sure that's the reason they're ending it. Korra wasn't very successful it was actually doing so poorly mid book 3 that they stopped airing it on television and just started releasing the episodes on Nick.com. It's all pretty much Nickelodeons fault since they rarely ever put on commercials for Korra, instead they put commercials for their extremely mediocre shows, while Korra's state had to suffer. And due to poor views for the episodes in book 3 (abysmally low, like around 1.5-2 million viewers each episode) Nickelodeon doesn't want to buy any more books for Korra after book 4 ends.
I'm not old enough to live dangerously.
:P
While I might have agreed that this is Nickelodeon's fault, I actually think it's more because Korra is inferior to the original series. I once was a member of the largest Russian fan community. It was thriving with life six years prior to this day, but, when I returned there after 4 year hiatus to check how the things were going, I was shocked to see that the amount of users being active on there dwindled to mere... 4 users at most!
Not to mention what a disappointment Shyalaman's movie has proven itself to be. Many people became disheartened with the franchise after it was released, so it could affect Korra's performance negatively, as well.
However, that's just my opinion. I never watched Korra aside from first 3 episodes, so I can't really judge the whole series, but those are my 2 cents.
I have to disagree, I felt Korra was better than the original, especially book 3 of Korra. So very amazing :P Although I do think book 2 is what turned most people off from the series. Book 4 is also going to great places already (it's on it's 6th episode so far)
As I've said, I've never watched Korra that much, aside from first 3 episodes of Book 1. But I've seen what happened to that community I was part of in the past. When I asked some of them about Korra, a few told me that it wasn't worth it, one told me that it was not so bad, the other told me the same and encouraged me to watch, but warned me to lower my expectations before I do so.
But, I never did. I kind of lost interest after ATLA ended, so I don't think I'll ever end up watching it.
The new series isn't bad. The 3rd book was very good. In comparison to the original... I'm not sure why the new series has done so badly. I think it may be that it's trying to cater to a younger crowd while still trying to maintain the older crowd ambiance the original had. Like for instance the original had a lot, a lot, of very dark elements. Kataras mom being killed for protecting her child, Zuko being abused by his father while mysteriously losing his mother, Aangs entire race being wiped off the face of the Earth. The new series tries to imply "bad things" and "the end of the world" without anything substantial happening. That's just my personal inference though.
That was actually one of the reasons the guys at that community cited. In fact, it was, in their opinion, one of the main reasons why the show didn't perform as good as the original.
I hate today's cartoons. I'll admit we (my generation) had some shiners it terms of stupidity on screen, but they take it to terrible new levels nowadays. I flip through the cartoon channels and just shake my head. I can't imagine why a kid would rather watch the crap they do over something with action, comedy, fun and interesting characters, and all in a world where people can control the elements of nature. I just don't get it
Yup, completely agree. I just take one look at what Nick's new cartoons are and can automatically see how awful they are.
It would be nice if they make two more Avatars. One from Earth Nation, and then the next from Fire Nation.
Live like you won't wake up tomorrow. Because what if you don't?
Well then i'm dead.
Remember any of the other reasons they told?
Exactly!
I see where you're going with this...
I should go dance on a frozen lake.
Nah, that was pretty much it. But, looking at how "dead" that community looked, I'd say there were definitely more reasons to it than just the aforementioned fact.
Well I don't think looking for a way to get hurt (or worse) is a good idea
But...Life.
I'm afraid of Korra book four being the end of the franchise too, considering that they moved Korra to online only this season.
But hopefully there's more, since there is a lot more story to tell. Most of all, I'm wondering if the dark avatar is going to be reincarnated. A kid starts bending all four elements, so the training starts as an avatar, all the while no one is aware that the spirit of Vaatu lurks inside rather than Raava. That would make an interesting next season.
I hadn't even thought about that till now :P I really hope they decide to make a new series in the future.
Wow that would be incredible! I'm not sure how they could mistake the dark avatar as just another avatar. Unless both died at the same time (impossible since the one died and Korra is still alive) then something would obviously be amiss. Not to mention the person who becomes the dark avatar might not be inherently bad, just bad because they were unlucky enough to be born into that situation.
Yeah, you're right, it's probably unlikely that the person who showed talent for bending four elements would be mistaken for the avatar (unless they killed Korra right after book four, but that would probably be too dark for this series). It would be quite interesting to see people's reactions to the appearance of another avatar though.
The good vs evil angle would actually be quite interesting too. I'd imagine there would be a lot of people wondering whether this incarnation is inherently evil (the air nomads especially).
Imagine Korra does die. Next season is the story of two friends learning each is "the avatar". The entire season is the story of both of them then the climax turns out the two spirits revealed themselves. Neither you expected to be evil, but there are small hints along the way to point out one being "less good" than the other (or giving hints on both sides so they have the crowd guessing the entire season). Battle ensues and happily ever after.
Really? Every modern cartoon? or just some stinkers?
I can't say "every" for certain. But I can safely say most everyone I've seen.