Closeted lesbian learns magic kung fu.

I was going to write something lengthier about its animation, plotting, character arcs, mythology, and action scenes, but fuck it, BeeDub's review sums up the appeal just fine.

my score assumes someday I will receive a personal apology for season 2

The show acknowledges that Amon has a point-- that discrimination against non-benders is a problem. In season 2, a non-bender president is elected for the United Republic... and thus that issue is solved, I guess? Of course liberal democracy must naturally flourish and of course the villains must be defeated (they're craaazy after all). The world bends towards its telos. Why did they think it was a good idea to make Korra an extended political allegory when it's this monumentally stupid?

It isn't quite as good as The Last Airbender, mostly because I feel that it suffers from a lack of focus, which each season seemingly going off in a different, unrelated direction (compared to TLA's strongly-connected three-act narrative structure.) That being said, it's still a better show than the majority of Prime-time network dramas, and features some amazing animation, world-building, character development etc.

Even without comparing it to its superior predecessor, 'The Legend of Korra' disappoints due to its failure to capitalize on the tremendous amount of potential afforded it nearly every season. From the Anti-Bending revolution to the Harmonic Convergence, 'Korra' finds itself misguided and poorly plotted almost every time. The saving graces of the program are its score and breathtaking animation and art direction, all of which are without rival in the Western realm of animation.

Korra: the legend of an inconsistent avatar. Inferior to Avatar: the Last Airbender, this show has some interesting premises set up for each season only to see them crushed by banalities, deus-ex solutions, plot and character inconsistencies. Korra herself seems incapable of learning so we don't really have a character arch, outside of it being recited to us. Also, too many cheap screenwriting tricks, too many buildups with poor payoffs. PSI 84 on Criticker? Man, I wish I avoided this one :P

One of the best animated series I've ever seen and easily the equal of The Last Airbender. The great strength of this show are the changing plotlines. Where TLA had only a single quest, Korra expands this to 4 accompanied by 4 unique villains. Through these quests, the writers explore a wide swath of topics, including anarchism/spirituality/family/revolution/etc. I firmly believe that the intelligent and enlightened Zaheer is one of the best "bad guys" ever created for children's TV.

Overlooking the horrible Mary Sue and left-leaning social commentary, this show was very interesting to watch because each season had a lot of potential. However, each season leaves a bad taste in your mouth. I ended up hate watching this show as it aired and the endings only got worse. The finale truly spits on the legacy of the show its based on.

Later seasons bored me

Not a bad show, but not as good as what came before. It's dogged a lot because it's compared to AtLA. Kind of inconsistent. I don't mind exposition (the Avatar Wan stuff was good for me) but season 2 was still a slog, and season 4 didn't land as well as season 1 or even 3. 1>3>4>2.

It's completely unwatchable if you're going into this right after ATLA. I gave it another chance in ~1 year. At first was really turned off by the modern setting (which basically makes bending and the avatar itself absolete and nothing special), but with time, I made peace with it. What absolutely killed the show for me is it's absolutelly horrendous dialouge - almost every interaction with Korra or Bowlin is forced - you literally have to power through it. Especially closer to the 2nd season.

cash grab sequel nobody wanted, only leftist women like this

This show completely undermines all that was so meticulously built up in The Last Airbender.The meaningfulness of bending,the psychological and cultural differences and similarities between the nations,the overall Eastern cultural basis,the ability for the main characters to grow during their journey, with their audience and the ability for adversaries to have proper motivations,all of this is thrown out of the window in TLoK.What's left is a messy,Western-culture love triangle teen angst flick.

Generally entertaining and I like the complicated characters, but I did get annoyed at the nonsensical plotholes unfortunately riddled throughout the series.

Had to stop watching this at episode 4. I hate how the primary and some secondary characters tend to be depicted with more eurocentric features whilst tertiary characters clearly tend to look more ethnic. Secondly, no indication has been made for why we should care about Korra on an emotional level, let alone characters like Bolin and Mako who just seem to be there for the sake of being there.

i personally didnt care for it until the 3rd season.

We gotta sell liberalism to the kids now that they're old enough!

It's difficult to make a sequel to avatar. Korra struggles mainly because of bad political analysis in a show that tries to showcase a political ideology in each season.

I love Legend of Korra, but it is quite flawed. The plots can be rushed, and also somewhat unfinished. Sometimes the political theory can be shallow too. So why do I still love Korra? A lot of it is in the smaller details for me. From the introduction of "mover" propaganda, to Asami and Bolin learning that they play the same game differently, there's so many small nuances that add so much personality to the show. I also love most of the characters (Unalaq get out) and the steampunk environment.

First season 7,5/10, second season 6/10

[through season 4]

kinda good but constantly in over its head. poor plotting and breakneck character development that often feels neutered to hit the 7 year old target market. the combat animation was sick

Season 1 = 60, Season 2 = 40, Season 3 = 45, Season 4 = 65

S1 63. her group+the sport was so meh. villain meh but cool idea, cool blood bending+bro shit. S2 69 cuz started typical meh then Wan was the best shit in either series. wish they made a whole show of that. dope myth villain. great spirit world shift that they went on to squander as far as world building/aesthetics, but still had good story from it. S3 70 cuz more consistent. cool jackie chan kung fu panda shit. S4 69.5 less consistent but better shit like time passing and ptsd. end wtf lol

A lot of weak moments but the good moments are really, really good

While using the same mythology (and characters) from TLA, LoK sets itself up as its own show almost immediately in terms of tone, structure and themes, which are all more ambitious and complex. The animation is a step-up from TLA, and there are a lot of strong female characters done correctly. Unfortunately, beside Korra and Varrick, the characters aren't as interesting, neither are the relationships. The cyberpunk aesthetic is nice, but some of the magic is lost. Korra's musical theme is great.

takes too long to find itself. doesn't have the strong narrative thrust or tight plotting of TLA, and by the time it finally establishes its own identity it feels like it's over. Zaheer and the Red Lotus should have been the main antagonists of the show. Mako was completely useless. Varrick should get his own spin-off. the ending was a total cop-out and bone thrown to the fans, even if it did make a decent amount of sense