Friday, April 22, 2011

Mark Watches 'Avatar: The Last Airbender’: S01E08 – Avatar Roku

Over at Watches the review for 'Avatar Roku' should be up soon.

Spoilers (and yet even more more more Muppets!) below.

Everyone.... New Doctor Who is TOMORROW. I am so excited!




The Fire Nation: Even our monks dedicated to serving the world and protecting the balance are evil!

Aang
+1 for trying to protect Katara and Sokka
+1 for saving Sokka
+1 for getting through the blockade
+1 for going the wrong way

Appa
+1 for not leaving without Sokka and Katara
+1 for licking Sokka
+1 for being the most badass flying bison ever
+1 for saving Sokka
+1 for arriving in a timely manner to save the day

Sokka
+1 for going with Aang
+1 for patting out the Appa fires
+1 for being a bloody genius with the bombs

Katara
+1 for going with Aang
+1 for patting out the Appa fires
+1 for being a bloody genius for knowing how to trick the sages

Momo
+1 for putting out the fires of Appa
+1 for grabbing the fish
+1 for lemur rage attacking the sage's face
+1 for keeping the hat

Zuko
+1 for pure stupid determination
+1 for using his brain for once and almost outsmarting Zhou
+1 for running when the running was good

Iroh
+1 for still not having clothes on when he gets to the village
+1 for dissing the smell of the fireball
+1 for trying to keep Zuko
+1 for knowing what Zhou was up to

Zhou
-1 for firing even though Zuko's ship is in the way. Sure, the ship belongs to a traitor, but that doesn't mean that everyone on the ship deserves to die!
+1 for letting Zuko through. That was a genius evil plan
+1 for not being tricked by Zuko's plan
-1 for blaming the wrong people for his own failures

Shyu
+1 for helping Aang get to Roku
+1 for keeping to the duty of the sages

Roku
+1 for locking out the evil dudes
+1 for unleashing the full power of plot upon the show
+1 for giving Aang the drive and confidence to do what has to be done
+1 for kicking ass and taking names. Melting the chains while not burning the people in them? Seriously cool.
+1 for destroying the temple


Character 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TOTAL
Katara 5 4 2 5 3 8 2 3 32
Aang 2 4 3 5 5 4 3 4 30
Sokka 0 6 3 3 2 4 4 3 25
Iroh 1 1 4 2 8 4 20
Zuko 0 2 3 2 1 8 3 19
Momo 3 0 2 4 1 4 14
Appa 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 11
Boomi 9 9
Suki 6 6
Roku 1 5 6
 Haru  5 5
 Tyro  5 5
Cabbage Guy 4 4
Warden 4 4
Unagi 3 3
Hei Bai 2 2
Shyu 2 2
Flopsey 1 1
Foaming Guy 1 1
Gran-Gran 0 1 1
Painter Dude 1 1
Zhou -2 0 -2


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