It’s no Avatar: The Last Airbender, but it isn’t that bad as fantasy series go. If you can get past the early humdrum episodes, I think there’s a worth fantasy series that is worth checking out. So, due to the earlier part of the season, I would have rated this as a B-, but based on the stellar last half of the season, I’m raising my grade to a solid B. They’ve added several side characters, so I’d like to see how they are going to be used over the upcoming semester as well as I kind of like their side characters as much as the main characters–probably not their intention, but they are still varied and fun. They’ve added a new “main” character–so I’ll be interested to see how that works out in regards to the characters’ dynamics as they go about their quest. The show has potential–which Netflix seems to have seen as they greenlit a second season of the show. He seems to use the best interests of the Empire as his justification, but his actions are at odds, and much of what he does seems like a “power grab.” I can’t tell if the creators are trying to create a “complicated” villain (and just not reaching it, in my opinion), or if they are trying to show the villain’s “two-faced” nature (i.e., the Palpatine/Emperor duality from Star Wars Prequels). The main villain seems a little off, however. Once they set out and began their quest, things seemed to fall in place for me with the show and I began to look forward to watching it, rather than it being a chore to get through. The main characters find something and must return it to its rightful place - in other words, a quest. I actually liked the way the plot unfolded after say the 4th episode.
I think they toned down his character and gave him a “specialty” which made him seem more in tune with the other “main” characters and less of a walking “joke.” The other main characters were fine and I didn’t really have any problems with them, but Prince Callum really turned me off at first.
As the main character, he grates on me (or at least he did until the 4th or 5th episode). While I like Sokka, I can only take him as a “side” character. Prince Callum (pictured in the above image on the left) is very much in tone, spirit, and vocal inflection a “spiritual successor” to Sokka. So, one of the main reasons that I didn’t initially like the show was that the main character was just too close to their earlier creation– Sokka from The Avatar: The Last Airbender series. This will be a shorter entry as I have a packed schedule today, but I’ve been meaning to revisit this series for a while.
Okay, with the impending release of Season 2, I thought I’d take a moment to come back and talk about my reactions to Season 1 of the show now that I’ve taken I’ve seen the first season all the way through.
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