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    GIVElove

    [41]Aug 5, 2006
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    EXACTLY!!!
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    Colonel_Brian

    [42]Aug 5, 2006
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    Ahem GIVElove sister you have a nifty choice of words.
    Edited on 08/05/2006 10:44pm
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    GIVElove

    [43]Aug 5, 2006
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    Colonel_Brian wrote:
    Ahem GIVElove siater you have a nifty choice of words.

    thank you omg nifty is like my favorite word!!!
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    soccerdawg76

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    GIVElove wrote:
    Colonel_Brian wrote:
    Ahem GIVElove siater you have a nifty choice of words.
    thank you omg nifty is like my favorite word!!!

    that's quite nifty (at least I can still pun)

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    GIVElove

    [45]Aug 6, 2006
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    soccerdawg76 wrote:

    GIVElove wrote:
    Colonel_Brian wrote:
    Ahem GIVElove siater you have a nifty choice of words.
    thank you omg nifty is like my favorite word!!!

    that's quite nifty (at least I can still pun)


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    123undo

    [46]Aug 6, 2006
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    GIVElove wrote:

    i mean if you dont see and appreciate the great, AMAZINGNESS (yes amazingness im making up a word to describe this show with because its just that good)??of this show then i dont know if you deserve to watch it

    thats just what i think because if you cant see how??truly brilliant??it really is then why should you even bother?

    but really tell me why you dont think it is great give me 5 good reasons

    im just a dedicated fan standing up for what i believe in...


    5 reasons okay but this is my opinoion
    1.Obvious from the start. You know that Aang will master the 4 elements and you know he's going to stop the fire lord.
    2.More serious characters! The only main character who is serious most of the time is Zuko.
    3.To corny. Avatar should really have less comic relief. (But I have to admit Sokka was really funny in the dessert.)
    4.There are no more goals except to master the 4 elements to stop the fire lord and to catch the Avatar.
    5.Needs more reoccuring charactes. Such as allies,friends, foes.
    6.To much Aang! I know there are some Zuko episodes but Aang has way to much.
    7.Same fighting styles over and over agian. There needs to be more fighting styles.

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    123undo

    [47]Aug 6, 2006
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    brokensocks wrote:
    Aang- Happy and optimistic 24/7? Have you watched the movie? Obviously not. You're being presumptious. Sokka is not goofy all the time either. He usually intends to be serious, but gets excited and looses control. Katara is the glue that holds them together, but has her bottom line too. Toph is a little sassy, but she does have feelings, sure, she's a powerful blind earthbender, but due to her blindness, she has limits and can get frustrated, another emotion. Zuko is not an official good guy, he is patriotic towards his country, and wants to please his father without anyone getting hurt, but sometimes he stoops low to get what he wants. He is determined, but sympathetic. What were you saying about the characters not being deep?

    I did see parts of the movie. Toph saves Aang and the group but Appa gets captured. Aang gets mad and goes all crazy on the sand benders.
    Zuko is a good guy why can't you see that! Well at least in the end he will be. You guys are saying "character development" so most likely the creators will make Zuko Aang's teacher in the next season! You can't run away from the truth that you know deep inside of you.
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    123undo

    [48]Aug 6, 2006
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    [/QUOTE] Almost any show like avatar can be broken down plot wise??like that.?? I'll take FMA and say that The elric brothers want to get the philosopher stone and remake their bodies.?? Does that make it a simple shallow show.?? Hell no.?? Its the characters, their choices, and the twists that make a show great, not he basic plot foundation.?? Please note that i love FMA and it is a great show and i only said that to prove it could be simplified.[/QUOTE]

    ??I'm a FMA fan myself. FMA has many twist and turns and the end of the show was so unexpected. Not like Avatar there were only 1 thing that surprised me Zuko in the blue sprit, but that's all! I know the show is not over yet but they are most likely to only have 1 more season left.

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    Airawende

    [49]Aug 6, 2006
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    123undo wrote:
    brokensocks wrote:
    Aang- Happy and optimistic 24/7? Have you watched the movie? Obviously not. You're being presumptious. Sokka is not goofy all the time either. He usually intends to be serious, but gets excited and looses control. Katara is the glue that holds them together, but has her bottom line too. Toph is a little sassy, but she does have feelings, sure, she's a powerful blind earthbender, but due to her blindness, she has limits and can get frustrated, another emotion. Zuko is not an official good guy, he is patriotic towards his country, and wants to please his father without anyone getting hurt, but sometimes he stoops low to get what he wants. He is determined, but sympathetic. What were you saying about the characters not being deep?
    I did see parts of the movie. Toph saves Aang and the group but Appa gets captured. Aang gets mad and goes all crazy on the sand benders. Zuko is a good guy why can't you see that! Well at least in the end he will be. You guys are saying "character development" so most likely the creators will make Zuko Aang's teacher in the next season! You can't run away from the truth that you know deep inside of you.

    For someone who only takes the show at face value, you seem pretty strong in your convictions. So you're saying that you,?? a person who watches the show in passing, knows the truth, and we, the superfans, are avoiding it? The line between good and bad in the show is blurred. Why can't YOU see that? Whay makes you so sure Zuko is all good? He steals from innocent people, he stoops low when he has to. Yet, an equal part of his personality is good. This is not the type of show where everyone is either "this" or "that" and no in between. If that is the conclusion you draw from it, you're obviously not watching the show in a non-biased way. You can't watch it and be convinced that this is as it is and such, that only makes you block out anything else that may prove you wrong.

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    Reef_Raider

    [50]Aug 6, 2006
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    For how much you say you??hate Avatar I find it a little odd that you can't find anything better to do on a Friday Night or a Saturday Afternoon. I mean you could not pay me to watch a show I think is Abysmal and a "Complete waste of time" . So have you ever asked yourself, why do I keep watching it? Maybe, you watch it because it does have a very deep plot, yet you just can't admit it.

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    Airawende

    [51]Aug 6, 2006
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    123undo wrote:
    GIVElove wrote:

    i mean if you dont see and appreciate the great, AMAZINGNESS (yes amazingness im making up a word to describe this show with because its just that good)??of this show then i dont know if you deserve to watch it

    thats just what i think because if you cant see how??truly brilliant??it really is then why should you even bother?

    but really tell me why you dont think it is great give me 5 good reasons

    im just a dedicated fan standing up for what i believe in...

    5 reasons okay but this is my opinoion 1.Obvious from the start. You know that Aang will master the 4 elements and you know he's going to stop the fire lord. 2.More serious characters! The only main character who is serious most of the time is Zuko. 3.To corny. Avatar should really have less comic relief. (But I have to admit Sokka was really funny in the dessert.) 4.There are no more goals except to master the 4 elements to stop the fire lord and to catch the Avatar. 5.Needs more reoccuring charactes. Such as allies,friends, foes. 6.To much Aang! I know there are some Zuko episodes but Aang has way to much. 7.Same fighting styles over and over agian. There needs to be more fighting styles.

    1. Are you so sure he'll master all four? He has only a couple of month, and it took him a rather long time to get just waterbending down. Plus, in The Deserter, he said he would never use firebending again. This would puthim at a disadvantage should he ever face the Fire Lord.

    2. It's a Nick show aimed originally at 9-11 year olds. Sometimes, to keep the target audience, you need a bit of fun. In the end though, the entire PLOT is a serious one. How many other Nick shows deal with death in almost every episode? Or wars for that matter?

    3. Everything needs comic relief. In my opinion, the writers balance this well. End of story.

    4. There are plenty of goals for each character. Zuko wants his honor. Katara and Sokka are trying to find their father. Toph is running away from her overprotective family, and avoiding being??captured. Etc, Etc

    5. The Secret of the Fire Nation brings back quite afew old characters. The problem with having reoccuring side characters is that the??group is traveling. So, that side character would have to chase them all around the globe to meet up again!

    6. Aang is the main character. He's the Avatar. The show is about him. End of Story! The writers balance the Zuko/Aang episodes well.

    7.This one point truly gives away that you don't watch the show much. Each bending art is based off a different form of Chinese martial arts. The Style is never the same for two elements. You are??obviously not watching the show closely enough. If so, don't make presumptions!??

    Edited on 08/06/2006 8:23am
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    123undo

    [52]Aug 6, 2006
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    I'm a animation fan so most likely I would be watching FOX,Comedy Central,Nick, and Cartoon Network. Usually FOX doesn't have cartoons in the morning. I watch Mad TV at Comedy central but when that is over I watch Cartoon Network. It would probally show Camp Lazlo. I don't like that show so I got to Avatar because I still think Avatar is better then Camp Lazlo. You forgot that there might be a Marathon on both shows so I would watch the Avatar show to just see what's it about so that's how I know the show. Reef_Raider also forgot that they sometimes show it on week days.
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    123undo

    [53]Aug 6, 2006
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    [This message was deleted at the request of a moderator or administrator]
    Edited on 08/16/2006 12:43pm
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    Airawende

    [54]Aug 6, 2006
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    Edited on 08/06/2006 8:32am
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    Airawende

    [55]Aug 6, 2006
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    And Zuko has many episodes where he goes crazy with his broadswords, but saying there is too much bending is foolish. That's what the show is about. That's like taking away Homer simpson's stupidity!
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    123undo

    [56]Aug 6, 2006
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    You're the one who's repetitive you just can't except that some of my points are right! You're the one who is making me fight back for the sake of my own opinion!
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    GIVElove

    [57]Aug 6, 2006
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    123undo wrote:
    GIVElove wrote:

    i mean if you dont see and appreciate the great, AMAZINGNESS (yes amazingness im making up a word to describe this show with because its just that good)??of this show then i dont know if you deserve to watch it

    thats just what i think because if you cant see how??truly brilliant??it really is then why should you even bother?

    but really tell me why you dont think it is great give me 5 good reasons

    im just a dedicated fan standing up for what i believe in...


    5 reasons okay but this is my opinoion
    1.Obvious from the start. You know that Aang will master the 4 elements and you know he's going to stop the fire lord.
    2.More serious characters! The only main character who is serious most of the time is Zuko.
    3.To corny. Avatar should really have less comic relief. (But I have to admit Sokka was really funny in the dessert.)
    4.There are no more goals except to master the 4 elements to stop the fire lord and to catch the Avatar.
    5.Needs more reoccuring charactes. Such as allies,friends, foes.
    6.To much Aang! I know there are some Zuko episodes but Aang has way to much.
    7.Same fighting styles over and over agian. There needs to be more fighting styles.


    ok
    1 maybe it was obvious from the start that he would learn all the lements but that doesnt mean that he wont struggle with it its not like oh look at me im criusing along learning all 4 elements he works for it! but from the way things are going you never know maybe he WONT learn all the elements its really hard to predict this show
    2 this is a kids show on nick and for some people the only reason they watch it is because its funny
    3 just about the same thing sometimes the show NEEDS that comic relief or it could get a little depresssing sometimes...
    4 are you kidding me?? there are all sorts of goals!go to austrailia and ride the kangaroos, get katara to like me, live through the night, accept myself for who i am... thats just a couple of the goals aang has right there
    5 there are recourring actors (not that many i will give you that) but bumi, yue i cant think of more at the moment but why does it need them??
    6 there was a whole episode that was dedicated to zuko there was no aang at all in the whole thing... maybe they dont show zuko as much as aang but they still give him plenty of air time
    7 are you just talking about earth fire water air? or do you mean teqniues because almost every episode has a new teqniue in it they show us new stuff all the time...

    im sorry if im being really harsh or anything thats just my opinion about what you said....

    i guess its just hard for me to see why you are thinking this about the show...
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    123undo

    [58]Aug 6, 2006
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    GIVElove said "just a kid show." That is what I think myself. How is the show depressing?
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    Airawende

    [59]Aug 6, 2006
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    123undo wrote:
    You're the one who's repetitive you just can't except that some of my points are right! You're the one who is making me fight back for the sake of my own opinion!

    Quite the other way around. You stated your opinion. We stated ours. You then contradicted yourself with another opinion, we defended ours. You went back to your original argument, we continued to defend ours. None of your points are correct...not in the least. I wont accept anything that is wrong, then I'd be a fool. Remember one thing when attacking the integrity of a show on forums devoted to said show...you're going to have a lot of people disagreeing. We will defend our opninions feircly, because we are fans. If you feel you're being attaked, or that your opinion is, I suggest not trying to start trouble by making a thread like this in an Avatar forum

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    123undo

    [60]Aug 6, 2006
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    I put the thread here for a reason! Because I want the fans to know how I feel! I know that at least one of my points are correct it's just the fact that you can't accept it!
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