Thread:Stryzzar/@comment-1037137-20141228235252/@comment-1037137-20150105053943

Couldn't agree more Stryzzar, you said it man, and you said it well. That's absolutely what must happen, this show understood it at one point and they need to re-learn the value of that soon and fast. And because most of these characters, particularly the originals are so memorable and did once have so much more to their respective personalities, that development is something they are in especially critical need of. I mean that's a big part of why they stood out in the old days. The absence of any ***positive*** growth or consistency is what is dragging them all down, and that's been painful for nearly every fan to watch happen to any one of their favorites, whoever that is for anyone.

And yes, I have a hard time accepting that about comic relief characters too. Take Jar Jar Binks and Olaf from Frozen for example. Jar Jar was pure comic relief, with too little critical value to the story to justify his screentime and his humor being straight up lowbrow. Olaf however is not just comic relief, but an active character in the story who has a profoundly important connection to the rest of the main characters' dilemmas, and is fully relevant to the action unfolding around him and thus a three-dimensional and likable funny guy. There's a right and wrong to comic relief and when comic relief is a character's sole contribution, that's not necessarily good news as it's easily abused. Lightning is where it was abused, those other guys you mentioned have a balance that is appreciated. Because they actually have character.

And yeah, changing writers and themes definitely does not help, but I think it's mostly on the writers and the work ethic between them, producers, creators, and executives where things get ugly, them not even trying to stay consistent with each other, having unclear goals in mind, unproductive goals, forgetting their viewers, taking really bad creative input from the wrong people, not doing their research altogether, hiring underqualified people, etc. I imagine it must be a disorganized nightmare, and that's what some people do tell me.

Yeah, clean her up first, I can live with that, you're right Stryzzar. The important thing is getting her much closer to her old self first, all of them for that matter, and then working up from there. Because wow, is her shift in character becoming damagingly jarring, hence her drop in popularity in the last year. It's absolutely critical they get her back to normal if she's to win back her fandom. And I never ever understood why of all people she was thrust into the epicenter of that blasted love triangle nonsense, she does NOT seem like the kind of person to get caught up in crap like that or to make the foolish decisions she did that only worsened her own situation, which made her come off as both a jerk and an idiot. That also counts into her derailment as a character, she never had to be so controversial either.

Blech, did he just change personalities to justify that pairing? What about it made it so critical an addition to the season if it was just gonna be self-destructed anyway? Nothing about it adds up or makes any sense. And again, it just feels like a stupid and nonsensical idea from the start, I don't know how to explain it but you know.......It's that gut feeling, like you know this is ridiculous and can't really suspend your disbelief enough to roll with it. They hardly seem like a match. And him eating gruel off her head remarking "You clean up real good" was flat out CREEPY. Her reaction to said remark was pretty appropriate I thought.

Well nothing so far yet, but yes I hope for something to satisfy that curiosity and so let's both keep an eye out for anything we get, if at all. Because it is a baffling question I'd love a clear answer to someday, if not anytime soon yet.

Exactly man, all of that is so true. Avatar had it figured out, there's been no other animated series quite like Avatar in quite a long time, if at all. A show that continues to break boundaries with its brilliant and uncommon ingenuity. But even with all that, Korra isn't really that special in my personal opinion. It does have huge merits in some places, particularly with the animation and with several of the characters, but I would not say it's the satisfying ride Avatar stands uncontested as. And yes, the loss of the original cast was the first thing to turn me off to it. Ironically, several of them are still alive, but that announcement was a huge turnoff to me. Then came the modernization which has been pretty central to the setting and events within, which really ticked me off for not being faithful to the universe and for making it too different, so much so that I felt alienated. Should've taken that one in moderation when applying it.

Oh you got that right, and that kind of negative reception cannot ever be overlooked, ignored, or downplayed if you expect to avoid a similar disaster later, which they cannot possibly want for themselves.

Call of Duty was exclusively a World War II series before Modern Warfare, which is why Modern Warfare proved to be such a massive runaway hit that led to a highly successful trilogy. And perhaps the other modern era games to come out since. But COD 2 is an excellent game and pulls off its World War II focus brilliantly. Please give it a try, I'm pretty sure you won't regret giving it a look.

I hope so too. Games like Mass Effect prove that this is a good thing to have. I want more games like that, to make it really feel like you as a player will affect the final outcome. That makes the game universe so much more real, don't you think?

I'll let you know my initial impression of it once i do, how's that? And thank you. =)