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Which season was better?

Which season did you like better?

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    Nalesnik

    [41]Dec 5, 2006
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    gunswordfist wrote:
    pooldude256 wrote:
    UGamer08 wrote:

    Inu_Rose wrote:
    swordfist wrote:
    Yeah, Toph just gets better and better. I wonder what kind of new characters season 3 will have?


    I hope it doesn't have too many new characters, and no new major characters. I would rather develop the characters we already have.

    That be awesome, unfortunately, people would accuse the episodes of being "fillers." You guys love to beat that one out. Now I would say absolutely no new major characters, but well, 130 is a pretty big number. I hope they hope they develope Toph more and I'm glad that the creators plan on giving both Ty Lee and Mai a lot more character developement. Hopefully, none of them will have to go back to the cold embrace of crappy one-liners. ...Yeah. First season.
    Out of 31 people, you're the first to say season 1. I really don't see how you could possibly think that way. Azula is a way better villain than Zhao. Hands down. Ty Lee was a bit too "blonde" this season, I agree. Though I've liked Mai. They do both need more development though, I agree there.
    Zhao is SO MUCH better than Azula. Azula is a flat out cliched villain and also a spoiled brat because she always gets what she wants. She thinks its her right to rule so that makes it nothing special. As for Zhao, he started out as basically a nobody but has worked his way up through the ranks. So the big difference between Zhao and Azula and what makes Zhao the much better character is ambition. Azula doesn't really have any because everything she takes is what she thanks is her birth right to have and her being royalty AND a prodigy shows that she has never had to struggle to get anything in life. As for Zhao, he crawled his way from the bottom to single handly fatally wounding a God and having one of the biggest FN campaigns in history try to take down the one of the most powerful nations in the Avatar world. Azula is an overdone cliche with her fancy superbending and the fact that she's an evil sibling which is seen WAY to often in stories while Zhao is the kind of villain we need to see more of.


    triple post, Ummm.. I tend to disagree, I see Zhao as a more cliched villain. The overambitious leader that will stop at nothing for world domination. I like Azula better, because he actually destroys people mentally, (ei. Long Feng, Dai Lee, Zuko) Also her being a prodigy is all a part of her character. I mean would you respect a villian that gets their butt kicked every episode? No. She actually strikes fear into her enemies then destroys them, has Zhao every done that? No.

    I guess it's all a matter of opinion. I prefer Azula better. She took down the impeneterable city!
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    gunswordfist

    [42]Dec 5, 2006
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    Nalesnik wrote:
    gunswordfist wrote:
    pooldude256 wrote:
    UGamer08 wrote:

    Inu_Rose wrote:
    swordfist wrote:
    Yeah, Toph just gets better and better. I wonder what kind of new characters season 3 will have?


    I hope it doesn't have too many new characters, and no new major characters. I would rather develop the characters we already have.

    That be awesome, unfortunately, people would accuse the episodes of being "fillers." You guys love to beat that one out. Now I would say absolutely no new major characters, but well, 130 is a pretty big number. I hope they hope they develope Toph more and I'm glad that the creators plan on giving both Ty Lee and Mai a lot more character developement. Hopefully, none of them will have to go back to the cold embrace of crappy one-liners. ...Yeah. First season.
    Out of 31 people, you're the first to say season 1. I really don't see how you could possibly think that way. Azula is a way better villain than Zhao. Hands down. Ty Lee was a bit too "blonde" this season, I agree. Though I've liked Mai. They do both need more development though, I agree there.
    Zhao is SO MUCH better than Azula. Azula is a flat out cliched villain and also a spoiled brat because she always gets what she wants. She thinks its her right to rule so that makes it nothing special. As for Zhao, he started out as basically a nobody but has worked his way up through the ranks. So the big difference between Zhao and Azula and what makes Zhao the much better character is ambition. Azula doesn't really have any because everything she takes is what she thanks is her birth right to have and her being royalty AND a prodigy shows that she has never had to struggle to get anything in life. As for Zhao, he crawled his way from the bottom to single handly fatally wounding a God and having one of the biggest FN campaigns in history try to take down the one of the most powerful nations in the Avatar world. Azula is an overdone cliche with her fancy superbending and the fact that she's an evil sibling which is seen WAY to often in stories while Zhao is the kind of villain we need to see more of.
    triple post, Ummm.. I tend to disagree, I see Zhao as a more cliched villain. The overambitious leader that will stop at nothing for world domination. I like Azula better, because he actually destroys people mentally, (ei. Long Feng, Dai Lee, Zuko) Also her being a prodigy is all a part of her character. I mean would you respect a villian that gets their butt kicked every episode? No. She actually strikes fear into her enemies then destroys them, has Zhao every done that? No. I guess it's all a matter of opinion. I prefer Azula better. She took down the impeneterable city!
    No, it can't get more cliched then a evil??Princess/sibling/prodigy. And Zhao does not want world domination. He really wants to make a legend out of himself. While Azula does everything you expect her to and has no real personality just 'look at me, I'm evil'. And Zhao getting his butt kicked very early PROVES that he isn't cliched or your typical villain. And I erased my triple posts so you could have kept that to yourself.
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    doctor_lee

    [43]Dec 5, 2006
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    I still don't get the point of having the Earth King with them.
    He can't fight.
    Maybe the Earth Kingdom villages will listen to them, but what other good is he?
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    gunswordfist

    [44]Dec 5, 2006
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    The Earth King is useless. He's the one who made some of the most evil things in Season 2 possible.
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    sluggmunki_tx

    [45]Dec 5, 2006
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    It depends. Half of the season 2 episodes were better than some season 1 but also vice versa. I kind of think the season 1 finale was (I don't want to say better but ... ) more interesting. I think it's a tie between the two seasons.
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    gunswordfist

    [46]Dec 6, 2006
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    sluggmunki_tx wrote:
    It depends. Half of the season 2 episodes were better than some season 1 but also vice versa. I kind of think the season 1 finale was (I don't want to say better but ... ) more interesting. I think it's a tie between the two seasons.
    I say the Season 1 Finale was much better but ppl are just still shocked over Season 2 Finale because it just happened and b/c it had a HUGE cliffhanger. The first final's presentation, art direction, plot??and battles were so much more epic though.
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    ecao123

    [47]Dec 10, 2006
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    I like them both about equally, season two had more intense fighting (both sides have become more experienced at bending int eh fights), but season one had some more emotional scenes imho. Also, siege of the north is probably still my favorite episode... ever (although it was sad to see one of my more hopeful characters sacrifice herself... Princess Yue)
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    Eman5805

    [48]Dec 10, 2006
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    doctor_lee wrote:
    I still don't get the point of having the Earth King with them. He can't fight. Maybe the Earth Kingdom villages will listen to them, but what other good is he?

    What else can they do with him? Shove him off Appa? Couldn't just leave him with Azula. And who knows maybe he can fight. He doesn't look outta shape under that royal garb. Earth Kings in the past were warrior kings...maybe ol Kuei(the Earth King's name) is an Earthbender who just doesn't do it...

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    Kyusho-Jitsu

    [49]Dec 10, 2006
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    Let's hope the trend continues, and season 3 will be better than season 2
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    gamer100g

    [50]Dec 10, 2006
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    sluggmunki_tx wrote:
    It depends. Half of the season 2 episodes were better than some season 1 but also vice versa. I kind of think the season 1 finale was (I don't want to say better but ... ) more interesting. I think it's a tie between the two seasons.


    The ships were much better in the second half of season 2 though
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    gamer100g

    [51]Dec 10, 2006
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    ecao123 wrote:
    I like them both about equally, season two had more intense fighting (both sides have become more experienced at bending int eh fights), but season one had some more emotional scenes imho. Also, siege of the north is probably still my favorite episode... ever (although it was sad to see one of my more hopeful characters sacrifice herself... Princess Yue)


    Like said on another thread, the fighting in the at the final of season 2 was less like the kong-fu that the show is based on and more like DBZ
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    Kaltharion

    [52]Dec 10, 2006
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    season one was the best
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    realius

    [53]Dec 11, 2006
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    This is a tough comparison because both seasons had good and bad points.

    • Season 2 had Toph so automatically it gets extra points.
    • Season 1 did have more 'filler' episodes, but I think filler episodes really give us insite into the culture of the Avatar world.
    • This is the third time I have posted this, but I am not a fan of the Dai Lee - hide the war from the Earth King - plot. I think it was a stretch.
    • In general, throughout Season 1 I had the feeling that the Avatar world was very mysterious and filled with the unknown. Season 2 left me feeling Ba Sing Se-a-phobic. (Kind of like claustraphobic but, well, you get it) Not having Appa for so long really limited their range of travel.
    • I liked the first season finale much better because it had closure. If they had just extended the second finale a little bit more it would have been better. They should have at least given us a diagnosis on Aang. A finale shouldn't be a cliffhanger - it's a contradiction.

    I voted season 1 but imo it's a very close call.?? Season??2 wouldn't be the same without season??1 and vice versa.

    Edited on 12/11/2006 8:34am
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    ecao123

    [54]Dec 11, 2006
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    Now comes my more detailed analysis. It's true that season one has a lot of fillers. However, I'd say most of the fillers were better than the season 2 fillers, the super long stretch with Long Feng, Dai Lee and Bah Sing Se killed it. I got so pissed off with liek the last 3-4 episodes before the season finale. They stretched it a little too wide, and yes, you learn alot about the idealogy of Bah Sing Se, but i mean in the season finale, all the culture an idealogy of politics gets completely WASTED if you think about it. Lets see, last utopia in the world? It never was one, and it's been taken by the fire nation now. No knowledge of the war from citizens? Not any more of course. Dai Lee/Long Feng basically controlling city? not any more, Long Feng was taken out earlier, and he couldn't regain his position (such a failed double crossing attempt I must say). I mean, so what, we learn that basically, Long Feng is this crazy guy who thinks that people should know nothing outside the 'world' of Bah Sing Se. He takes control of the country basically, and more, and yet in two swift episodes, all those fillers just got wasted. Anyways, they're both pretty tied for me, season two has more action of course, season one has better fillers, however, i like the first season finale a little better (even though as I said earlier, yue dies, which pissed me off and made me sad), even though second season finale had a lot more action (a super long fighting sequence), and it also pissed me off that when aang was about to 'master and control' the avatar state, he is floatint up with 'pure cosmic energy' and then he just easily gets shot down by one lightining strike, so pathetic. Although Katara and Zuko seemed to improve their bending skills like... tenfold. At this point, with the evidence we have now, Katara kicked the sh*t out of Azula (had Zuko not intevened) and Zuko did the same to Aang. It seems tha tAzula and Aang arn't all powerful and now Katara and Zuko are more powerful (besides that Aang has the avatar state, but thatss beyond the point) Also, I think Ang was stupid to keep using the crystals as his 'shields'instead of real earth, as they kept shattering from firebending. Anways, my vote now goes to season one, by like a milimeter, but still, to the first season.
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    Grintoth

    [55]Dec 19, 2006
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    I think Season 2 wins
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    PrincessAura

    [56]Dec 20, 2006
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    gamer100g wrote:
    ecao123 wrote:
    I like them both about equally, season two had more intense fighting (both sides have become more experienced at bending int eh fights), but season one had some more emotional scenes imho. Also, siege of the north is probably still my favorite episode... ever (although it was sad to see one of my more hopeful characters sacrifice herself... Princess Yue)


    Like said on another thread, the fighting in the at the final of season 2 was less like the kong-fu that the show is based on and more like DBZ

    What makes you say that?
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    momothelemur

    [57]Dec 20, 2006
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    sluggmunki_tx wrote:
    It depends. Half of the season 2 episodes were better than some season 1 but also vice versa. I kind of think the season 1 finale was (I don't want to say better but ... ) more interesting. I think it's a tie between the two seasons.

    Yeah, I agree. Season 2 was darker IMO (not that that's a bad thing, it's a really good thing) but season one also had some brilliant episodes (I'm still not sure which season finale I prefer though...season one was good with Zuko vs. Katara, but season??two had??a brilliant??cliffhanger...)

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    tico1125

    [58]Dec 20, 2006
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    I am going to agree with everyone that Season 2 was better.?? Season one did have a lot of filler episodes and Season 2 did have probably the best finale I have seen yet on TV.
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    kath2833

    [59]Dec 20, 2006
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    I like season 2 the best. 'Cause I think it's more exciting than season 1.
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    dumb_person1

    [60]Dec 20, 2006
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    season 2 definitely, I think season 3 will be even better.
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