Avatar: Legend of Korra Line Test?

[nefrekeptah]

To those who haven't seen it yet; apparently an animator at a Koren studio posted on his blog a short line test for what people are assuming is the new Avatar series coming next year. It certainly looks like it, at least, as the woman in the clip is wearing the same clothes as Korra is in the opening shot.

There's also speculation that it could be a fake, but if it is, it's a very well done one;

Edited to add: After a bit of researching, it seems that the Track Team, who made the music for ATLA, says that they may be able to release an offical soundtrack if they get enough petitions. Here's the link to their Facebook site, with a link to the petition: http://www.facebook.com/thetrackteam?v=app_2373072738#!/thetrackteam?v=wall





And since I'm posting someone's fan work, I'll also put a link to their account: http://4eyedblonde.deviantart.com/

Yes, this post was made primarily as an excuse to post that one little nine second clip. You got a problem with that?

Comments

[erastoinen]

And what an excellent nine second clip it is!

[wizardru]

Given that we know already that this show is in development and that some of the voice actors have even mentioned that they've recorded some audio for it, I think it's a pretty safe bet that this is authentic.

[nezchan]

I'm pretty familiar with linetests, so as far as that goes it looks authentic, and quite good. Beyond that, the style is consistent which helps.

[sherkahn]

Ok, consider me impressed. I have always loved ATLA's martial arts, is (for the most part) exceptional respect for footwork, distance, gravity and most importantly a fighting style recognizable to each character.

[mullon]

Looks awesome. Can't wait.

[leikomgwtfbbq]

I so want Toph to appear as a badass-granny Earthbender in this series... XD

She probably won't, but it'd be awesome.

Anyway, I love the clip. Korra looks sooooo kickass!

[punishermax]

The creator's have essentially said everyone from the first series is dead already so I seriously doubt she'll be in it, maybe in flashbacks.

[baihu]

Toph-spawn!

[janegray]

I'm feeling extremely conflicted...

On the one hand, the creators of Avatar have been awesome with female characters. And I desperately want a show where the main character is a non-overly-sexualized (but not desexualized either), realistically-muscular and charismatic female character.

Sure, we have got shows (good shows) where the main character is a competent female character. For example, Kim Possible. But, personally, I could never truly appreciate Kim because she was the "straight (wo)man" of the show. Virtually everybody in the show was quirky and funny, but Kim was (comparatively) "normal" and flawless (apparently because "girls need role models"). No wonder Ron got more and more of the spotlight, he was allowed to be funny :/

Compare and contrast Avatar, where Katara and Toph are extremely well-rounded and get dirty just like the boys do.

BUT, on the other hand, I'm pissed off that, according to this new show, Aang died at 65.

Seriously, 65??? WTF!?! People in the Avatarverse are supposed to live longer than we do to begin with, and Avatars in particular are supposed to have an extraordinary longevity. How could Bryan and Mike kill Aang at just 65? The average person in RL can easily reach their mid-eighties, but Aang died 20 years before that? DDD:

Don't even get me started on the story that the rest of the cast is dead too. I just hope it's a red herring or something. While it would make more sense in their case (at least they'd get to reach their mid-eighties, minus Toph), it still feels like a sucker-punch ;_;

[baihu]

It's set 75 years into the future, even Aang would have a hard time to reach that age, don't talk about all the rest like Zuko or Sokka etc. At best, we're get 2nd and 3rd generation descendants and the occasional flashback.

I'm actually quite happy with that. It sets it up far away from the original characters so there's a greater original feel to the series, without having to rely on the presence of the previous characters to boost the storyline, which would actually detract Korra from having it's own original storyline.

Plus, I'm curious about canon-spawn of characters in series I like. It's always fairly amusing.

[janegray]

It's set 70 years in the future, and Korra has to be 16/17 if she already knows she is the Avatar and has already mastered 3 of the four elements.

Considering that Aang was 12/13 at the end of the series, and that he must have died before Korra was born, that means that he died at 65. That's way too young no matter how I look at it.

Bumi, a normal human being, was still in perfect health, kicking ass and taking names, at 112, but Avatar Aang died at 65? It really pisses me off >_>

It sets it up far away from the original characters so there's a greater original feel to the series, without having to rely on the presence of the previous characters to boost the storyline, which would actually detract Korra from having it's own original storyline.

But we could have had that, and a long-living Aang (plus the rest of the cast, because again, people in the Avatarverse can live pretty long lives), if Korra's show had been set more than 70 years after the original series.

Seriously, if Bryan and Mika had said that Korra's series is set 100 years or so after the original series, I would have been perfectly fine with that. I'm not angry that Korra's series is set in the future (I'm pretty curious about the canon offspring too), I'm angry that it's set too early in the future.

[akodo_rokku]

It's entirely possible that Aang did not die a natural death. From what we've seen, most Avatars' lives are anything but peaceful, and Aang lived in one of the most tumultuous eras of all.

[janegray]

Dude, that's even worse ;_;

[akodo_rokku]

Well, as long as he went out heroically I'd be okay with it.

Hell who knows, maybe he died energybending a new race of Airbenders into existence.

[punishermax]

He died having sex with an entire group of Kyoshi warriors at age 64.

His last words were reported to have been....


Looks like I'm gonna die....



bending that...ass.....

[janegray]

Make it a Aang/Katara/Kyoshi warriors orgy (so he is not cheating!), and I'd take back all of my complaints and welcome this fantastic ending with open arms and a song in my heart :D

[punishermax]

I really, really want dialogue of the discussion leading up to that because I'm totally imagining it being Katara's idea and it not being the first time they did that.

[deliandra]

The way I see it it could be three things:

1. He was killed.
Not that probable with the world he has created but not impossible if you look at the thread Korra is facing. The conflict could have been brewing for a few decades with one major player getting lucky one day.

2. The time he was frozen got somehow factored into his age
Not an idea I really like but one I could run with. I mean he really was 112/113 when Katara and Sokka found him. It didn't seem to have affected him at all but since we have seen really old Avatars kicking ass and taking names, it could just be that age doesn't affect him that much.

3. Soulbending somehow took time out of his own lifespan
Same as before: No likey, but okay. I mean it was a really badass feat that really suckered him out. I know he is all about cosmic energy but maybe even the Avatar isn't meant to wield power like that just like that.

At least that's what I can think of. In the end I'll wait with the fanrage until the series actually gives me an explanation for what happened.

[espanolbot]

The "cryogenically frozen century" was want was meant to have burnt through some of his longevity, according to sone interview with the creators I read a while back.

[elsewhere7.livejournal.com]

Re: Aang dying. The way I heard it, the creators had said that Aang had 'used up a lot of his longevity' when he froze himself in ice for 100 years before the start of the original series. I'm okay with that.

I think the 'they're /all/ dead' thing is a blatant lie. Dante Basco just recorded some voicework for the show, where he said he plays a character 'that's a big surprise' (reference: http://dantebasco.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/the-new-avatar-series/). And dangit, I will see Toph Bei Fong, Iron Queen of Omashu, dangit. :)

[janegray]

I think the 'they're /all/ dead' thing is a blatant lie. Dante Basco just recorded some voicework for the show, where he said he plays a character 'that's a big surprise' (reference: http://dantebasco.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/the-new-avatar-series/). And dangit, I will see Toph Bei Fong, Iron Queen of Omashu, dangit. :)

Here is hoping!

I'd still be very annoyed over Aang's precocious death (I don't care how it happened, just that it did happen), but if the rest of the cast is alive, that would help lift my mood a lot.

Toph would be the best queen ever.

[big_daddy_d]

If it's fake, it sure as hell is impressive and that person needs to be hired!