I wasn't aware Dragons Dogma had much of a story. OTOH, neither does Castlevania and the show just went "That's cool, we'll make it up as we go" using bits and pieces from the games lore.
Yeah the show is strangely negative toward Sokka when he's very rarely in the wrong, especially compared to Aang. I also watched it recently and think it's decent without much more. I think the last part fo S2 is supposed to be where a lot of fan think the series peaked, but I actually found that it was the worse part of the series for me, so maybe I just didn't watch it with the correct mindset or something.
I saw enough of the show back in the day to be appropriately depressed by the Shyamalan version, but I can't say it ever grabbed me. After the first 10 or 15 "kids on a quest" shows I was tapped out for Avatar.
Chalk up another one that finds it weird too. I think this is why I like OPM so much, is that they go the opposite direction and go for super detailed reaction shots (except for Tatsumaki, who gets downgraded to her comic version).
Season 1 is definitely the weakest of the 3 seasons. Seasons 2 and 3 are legitimately great though.
I'd say all the seasons are pretty strong, but you can tell Mike and Bryan were sorting things out and making adjustments. Me personally, I'd say S3 is technically the weakest, but not by much. I love S2 and S3....for the most part. Fuck Painted Lady and Avatar Day! Fuck them hard! You're actually in the minority about S3, though recently and a few years ago, it's become love it or hate it territory. The people against S3 is the fact you don't get more character development from Mai or Ty Lee, too much focus on humor or filler, and the last minute ass pulls such asThe Lion Turtle and Energybending. I knew they were not going to focus that much on Mai or Ty Lee, so no big deal for me. I never cared much for Mai. She was just another emo freak, and her character gets worse in the comics. You're supposed to like her in the sequel comics, but she's such horrible person and designated hero, you're going to want to dragon kick her ass in to the Milky Way. S3's filler really suffers from The Painted Lady, and that's it. Humor, I can kind of see, but the writers were able to keep it balanced and appropriate when needed. The main focus was always going to be on Aang, Katara, Zuko, and Sokka. I get there are other characters, but some of these fans held way too high or off the rails expectations.
Arguably. It's not the weirdest anime that's done this. Hellsing Ultimate would do that as well and considering how fucking grimdark that show is it makes it even more jarring.
Heallsing Ultimate is already so over the top that whenever it went to chibi art style, I just ended up busting a gut.
Interestingly that's one of my favorite episodes, mostly because it's a Katara focused one. I really like how it helped to solidify her personality as a caregiver. Too often characters like that (the nurturing caregivers), are, well treated like they do in that episode really. Told to just suck it up, let the people suffer, there's nothing you can do for them. And Katara is like, "fuck that noise. I'm a water bending master, this is a town ON A RIVER. These are entry level fire nation soldiers, we eat these faceless mooks for breakfast! I'm going to fuck them up, and none of you can tell me to just let these people suffer!" And so she goes out and fucking DOES THAT. And it's awesome. Plus I love
True that.
I'm assuming you guys have seen Hellsing Ulimate Abridged by Team Fourstar right? Because if not, you absolutely should. It's amazing.
You totally should. I'm not a fan of the original material of DBZ or Hellsing, but Team Fourstar's comedy shows of them are priceless. You don't have to know the source material to get the humor, but if you do, I assume it makes it even funnier. Because they are HUGE fans of the material, but they also love making fun of the insane stuff. You know...like vampire nazi's with jetpacks, and zepplins and big titty police girls!
I have seen both. Both are hilarious.
My main problem with the painted Lady is basically just that. It's already been established that Katara is a caring person and continues to grow. There is also Katara's my way or the highway attitude. I did not like it. This is where everyone's complaints about her being a busy body or nosy really comes into play, or other anti-Katara fans get their sources from. The problem is that later episodes do it better and a coincide with her character and development, and the plot. My problem is that the episode felt like it's something that should have been done in early season one, or early season two. The concept of design of the Painted Lady is awesome, but I felt it could have been used for better effect elsewhere. The episode is filler you can skip and you literally would not miss anything. But if you enjoy it, more power to you.
