Thursday, April 21, 2011

Mark Watches 'Avatar: The Last Airbender’: S01E07 – The Spirit World

Over at Watches the review for 'The Spirit World' should be going up soon.

Spoilers (and Hunger Games casting info as well as yet even more, even more Muppets!) below.

According to io9.com, "District 1 tributes Glimmer and Marvel will be played by Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' Leven Rambin, and Jack Quaid, the son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan. Newcomer Willow Shields has been cast as Prim Everdeen, the younger sister of Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss."


Bunson and Beaker made me want to be a scientist when I was little. And while I'll never be in the sort of lab where I get to wear a white lab coat everyday, I AM GOING TO BE A SCIENTIST WHEN I GROW UP!

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


Appa
+1 for being too cute for a giant freaking bison thingie

Sokka
+1 for realizing he's going to be eaten by a spirit monster
+1 for throwing the boomerang uselessly
+1 for getting snatched that easily
+1 for asking for supplies and money aka being practical

Katara
+1 for cheering people up through throwing acorns at their heads
+1 for comforting Appa

Momo
+1 for eating the acorns, AKA destroying the chances for oaks to get reestablished in the forest

Aang
+1 for testing the clouds for softness
+1 for helping even though he's clueless over what to do
-1 for trying to order the Hebai around. Like giant angry spirit monsters will follow your orders, Aang
+1 for explaining the plot in a way that's amusing for the audience
+1 for cheering up the Hebai

Zuko
+1 for not actually leaving without Iroh
+1 for realizing what happened
+1 for knowing Iroh's shoe by smell
+1 for actually smelling the sandal
+2 for going after his Uncle over the Avatar. I want to give him a hug for getting his priorities straight like that
+1 for saving Iroh's hands
+1 for the fight

Iroh
+1 for creating his own hot springs
+1 for being kind to small animals
+1 for sleeping through Zuko's deadline
+1 for leaving his shoe behind for Zuko to follow
+1 for being able to see Aang in the spirit world
+1 for convincing the guards to tighten his bonds
+1 for the epic bound escape AKA do not fuck with Iroh
+1 for the fight... though I want to give him two points since I don't think he used any firebending to do it

Hei Bai
+1 for being freaking amazing with lazer breathe and mad teleportation skillz
+1 for actually being a giant angry spirit panda

Roku
+1 for the dragon mount. Makes Appa almost look lame in comparison


Character 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TOTAL
Katara 5 4 2 5 3 8 2 29
Aang 2 4 3 5 5 4 3 26
Sokka 0 6 3 3 2 4 4 22
Iroh 1 1 4 2 8 16
Zuko 0 2 3 2 1 8 16
Momo 3 0 2 4 1 10
Boomi 9 9
Suki 6 6
Appa 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
 Haru  5 5
 Tyro  5 5
Cabbage Guy 4 4
Warden 4 4
Unagi 3 3
Hei Bai 2 2
Roku 1 1
Flopsey 1 1
Foaming Guy 1 1
Gran-Gran 0 1 1
Painter Dude 1 1
Zhou -2 -2

Both Iroh and Zuko doubled their scores in a single episode. They really stole the show today!


Running Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
Aang does something that brings him only trouble 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 5
Aang feels guilty 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 5
Aang goes all glowy 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
Aang has an obvious crush moment 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4
Aang shows off 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 7
Boomi snorts 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8
Iroh mentions tea 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 5
Iroh plays Pai Sho 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Iroh tries to talk sense to Zuko 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Katara acts motherly 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
Katara gives a speech full of hope 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 8
Minor character comes and is EPIC for an episode 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 7
MY CABBAGES! 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Sokka gets the short end of the stick 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
Weird hybrid animal seen 2 0 1 3 1 0 3 10
Zuko chews the scenery 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Zuko looses his temper 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 6
Zuko mentions his father 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Zuko mentions honor 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2