I thought Abed was Batman now.
I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.
Xander ,'Showtime'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Frankenbuddha - Apr 21, 2012 7:15:04 pm PDT #19996 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Consuela - Apr 21, 2012 8:32:45 pm PDT #19997 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Mako is SO Batman. That wasn't even a little subtle.
I do wonder whether anyone has pointed out to the Equalists that, in all likelihood, the city is dependent on the benders for all the infrastructure they're using. Skyscrapers and cars and power-plants and water & waste-water, and hospitals and shipping, and all that--that's got to be benders making it work.
Notably better-trained benders than the ones who are working as muscle for protection rackets, but still: benders keep the water clean and the trains running on time. I can see how that might in itself create some resentment, but so far all of Amon's propaganda has been about physical oppression, rather than "benders get all the good jobs" or "all the most powerful politicians are benders".
Anyway, that was fun, and interesting. And the show's reluctance to let us see Amon's face makes me wonder if we're going to get, through him, another connection with the first series. Just wondering.
quester - Apr 21, 2012 8:49:49 pm PDT #19998 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I mainlined Season 4 of Eureka to catch up to this season. I had forgotten what a gifted physical comedian Colin is!
Also, I'm not crazy about the whole Beverly thing. I think the series is better without her.
DebetEsse - Apr 21, 2012 8:58:42 pm PDT #19999 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Mako is SO Batman.
He really is.
I've got a feeling that he's going to lose his bending, though. Because what do you do to Batman? Give him more angst.
I do wonder whether anyone has pointed out to the Equalists that, in all likelihood, the city is dependent on the benders for all the infrastructure they're using
Pshaw, you're just applying Capitalist-I-mean-Bender "logic" to oppress The People. Once we are all equal, then all will be peace, harmony, and fruitfulness.
through him, another connection with the first series.
I think this is likely. I'm really hoping that it's not to Zuko.
le nubian - Apr 22, 2012 3:10:19 am PDT #20000 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
It probably isn't Zuko, but might it be his nephew? Sounds like something his sister's kid would do.
Tom Scola - Apr 22, 2012 5:07:29 am PDT #20001 of 30001
hwæt
Quote from the AtLA finale:
To bend another's energy, your own spirit must be unbendable or you will be corrupted and destroyed. — Lion Turtle Island Dude.
-t - Apr 22, 2012 5:49:07 am PDT #20002 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Caught up on "Being Human".
Thanks for the reminder that I needed to do that. I do like the new characters, but I did not like this season's plot at all. I am not as mad at the UK show as I am at the US version, I think, but that is pretty damn faint praise.
Dana - Apr 22, 2012 8:37:33 am PDT #20003 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
No being mean to Mako!
DebetEsse - Apr 22, 2012 9:37:28 am PDT #20004 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Sounds like something his sister's kid would do.
See, I don't like the bad guy this series coming from the same family (or even, actually, the same Nation) as the bad guy from last time around.
To bend another's energy, your own spirit must be unbendable or you will be corrupted and destroyed. — Lion Turtle Island Dude.
Assuming that he's spirit-bending (can you spirit-bend without being a Bender?). He claims to be, but the chi-blockers certainly aren't.
No being mean to Mako!
I hate to say this, but Mako might as well have "woobie" written on his shirt in big letters. And narratives are notoriously mean to woobies.
Consuela - Apr 22, 2012 10:03:32 am PDT #20005 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I hate to say this, but Mako might as well have "woobie" written on his shirt in big letters. And narratives are notoriously mean to woobies.
Yeah, pretty much. I would however be surprised if we didn't get some non-bender allies, though: Sokka and Suki being as important as they were in ATLA, after all.
Hmm. We haven't seen Lin Beifong bend yet, have we? Wouldn't it be interesting if she weren't a bender? She could be in charge of the police because she's awesomesauce, not because she can bend metal.