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nebroadweThis week's episode of The Legend of Korra seems to have been a touch controversial ... and I can understand why. It does feel slightly rushed, as if the relationship issues that have been percolating along under the main plot suddenly exploded in "June is bustin' out all over" fashion (except it appears to be winter, with a lovely Air Temple Island snowscape and lemur feeders!). Maybe the writers are finding the 12-episode miniseries format constricting; I'm still adjusting to the pace of events (not to mention exposition) myself. I'll be interested to see whether season two, with fourteen episodes and no need to introduce the entire world, will have more relaxed plotting.
That said, I have rarely laughed as hard as I did at this episode. Bolin was the primary culprit -- his utter inability to chat Korra up; his sense of fun (the burping contest was hilarious); his face-fault after discovering Korra and Mako kissing (a wonderful way to break the tension); the way he drowns his sorrows in noodles (not to mention Pabu waddling out after him) ... Even as I was wondering what, besides propinquity, brought all this angst on, I was appreciating the way it never approached, say, Romeo and Juliet levels of angst. Yeah, love quadrangles hurt, but this isn't an EPIC ROMANCE FOR THE AGES, just a group of teenagers awkwardly navigating the straits of crush and friendship. The light touch saved things for me. And in retrospect, propinquity is probably the answer here: the Fire Ferrets are working closely together and working well, a situation in which it's easy for comradely feelings to deepen into other sorts of feelings. In a thirteen-episode season, I'd've wanted one more episode prior to this one to give that development a little more space. As it stands, though, I think I'll just rewatch Bolin and Korra's date and try not to hoot loudly enough to startle the downstairs neighbors.
And we have got to get a soundtrack album out of this series. C'mon, Nickelodeon, I'm not the only one who'd buy it!
That said, I have rarely laughed as hard as I did at this episode. Bolin was the primary culprit -- his utter inability to chat Korra up; his sense of fun (the burping contest was hilarious); his face-fault after discovering Korra and Mako kissing (a wonderful way to break the tension); the way he drowns his sorrows in noodles (not to mention Pabu waddling out after him) ... Even as I was wondering what, besides propinquity, brought all this angst on, I was appreciating the way it never approached, say, Romeo and Juliet levels of angst. Yeah, love quadrangles hurt, but this isn't an EPIC ROMANCE FOR THE AGES, just a group of teenagers awkwardly navigating the straits of crush and friendship. The light touch saved things for me. And in retrospect, propinquity is probably the answer here: the Fire Ferrets are working closely together and working well, a situation in which it's easy for comradely feelings to deepen into other sorts of feelings. In a thirteen-episode season, I'd've wanted one more episode prior to this one to give that development a little more space. As it stands, though, I think I'll just rewatch Bolin and Korra's date and try not to hoot loudly enough to startle the downstairs neighbors.
And we have got to get a soundtrack album out of this series. C'mon, Nickelodeon, I'm not the only one who'd buy it!