Friday, May 6, 2011

Mark Watches 'Avatar: The Last Airbender’: S01E15 – Bato of the Water Tribe

Over at Watches the review for 'Bato of the Water Tribe' should be up soon.

Spoilers (and what pi sounds like) below.

Remember! Those of us watching Classic Who, we'll be talking about 'The Mysterious Planet' tomorrow with Six and his Amazing Technocolor Dream Coat.

Aang
+1 for being uncomfortable around all those dead things... Go Aang!
-1 for keeping the map a secret
+1 for the rock dodging
+1 for the fight
+1 for getting Katara's necklace back

Sokka
+1 for reading the battle... Aragorn is training he is!
+1 for the flashbacks
-1 for ignoring Aang and making him feel bad
+1 for choosing to take Aang to the North Pole
+1 for the rock dodging
-1 for deciding to abandon Aang
+1 for going back
+1 for the idea with the perfume

Katara
-1 for ignoring Aang and making him feel bad
+1 for choosing to take Aang to the North Pole
+1 for the rock dodging
-1 for deciding to abandon Aang
+1 for going back
+1 for giving Aang a kiss

Iroh
 +1 for trying to get Zuko to relax
+1 for being in love at first sight
+1 for soothing the way after Zuko
+1 for not wanting to hear his fortune
+1 for testing out the perfume
-1 for acting like a dirty old man... I think this may be Iroh's first minus!!! /sob

Zuko
+1 for having a genius plan
+1 for the fight

Jun
+1 for bursting onto Zuko's ship like that
+1 for being a badass
+1 for teasing Zuko
-1 for not having any concern over destruction of property
+1 for tracking Katara down
+1 for knocking Katara and Zuko Sokka out
+1 for the fight

Appa
+1 for taking the venom and managing to keep fighting
EDIT: +1 for Appa Tailbending!

Momo
+1 for eating and then hating the sea prunes

Bato
+1 for 'you have your father's wit'
+1 for taking Sokka ice dodging
+1 for praising everyone after the rock dodging
+1 for the massive guilt trip

Herbalist
+1 for teasing Zuko about Miyuki being the one they're looking for

Nuns
+1 for upholding the terrifying tradition of scary nuns. Seriously, my childhood would not have been nearly as scarring if I hadn't found nuns so terrifying
+1 for using perfume like smelling salts
+1 for using perfume as a weapon

Aunt Wu
+1 for flirting with Iroh

Also, we're going to be starting a new 30 day meme on Monday! I was thinking about using this one I found:
DAY 1. Favorite Episode
DAY 2. Least Favorite Episode
DAY 3. Favorite Character
DAY 4. Least Favorite Character
DAY 5. What is your favorite outfit that any character has worn throughout the series?
DAY 6. Favorite Element Nation
DAY 7. Favorite Animal
DAY 8. Favorite Quote
DAY 9. Favorite Book Season
DAY 10.  Favorite Weapon
DAY 11. Favorite Minor Character
DAY 12. If you could challenge anybody to an agni kai, who would you choose and why?
DAY 13. If you could make up an episode right now, what would be the title and what would it be about?
DAY 14. Favorite Fight Scene
DAY 15. Sokka's great at haikus. Why don't you try one out about your favorite character?
DAY 16. Hurry! Make up your own animal hybrid!
DAY 17.  Minor character which you wish you could see more of.
DAY 18. An Episode you don't remember anything about.
DAY 19. What's a question that you would love to have answered about something that wasn't so clear in the series?
DAY 20. Favorite Disguise any character has used.
DAY 21. Some characters had different hairstyles: Zuko, Aang, Katara and Sokka to name a few. Which hairstyle of each did you like better?
DAY 22. Favorite Villain (if it's your favorite character, 2nd favorite villain)
DAY 23. Favorite Pairing
DAY 24. Least Favorite Pairing What element would you bend?
DAY 25.  How much did you like the movie? Or how much do you want to see it?
DAY 26. An episode that makes you cry
DAY 27. An episode you can watch over and over
DAY 28. Your favorite fanart of anything from the series
DAY 29. Who would you love to be the voice actor for and why?
DAY 30. Describe your favorite, least favorite, and overall the greatest times in the series.
From Kataang Forever

Character 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total
Sokka 0 6 3 3 2 4 4 3 6 11 4 3 4 8 4 65
Aang 2 4 3 5 5 4 3 4 2 4 9 2 9 5 3 64
Katara 5 4 2 5 3 8 2 3 2 5 3 1 2 3 2 50
Iroh 1 1 4 2 8 4 7 6 3 4 40
Zuko 0 2 3 2 1 8 3 1 6 6 2 34
Momo 3 0 2 4 1 4 3 3 2 1 3 2 1 29
Appa 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 23
Boomi 9 9
Gyatso 4 3 7
Aunt Wu 6 1 7
Pirate Crew 6 6
Suki 6 6
Canyon Guide 6 6
Roku 1 5 6
Cabbage Guy 4 2 6
Haru 5 5
Tyro 5 5
Yu Yan Archers 5 5
Jun 5 5
Warden 4 4
Herbalist 3 1 4
Bato 4 4
Unagi 3 3
Fisher Man 3 3
The Nuns 3 3
Pipsqueek 2 2
Hei Bai 2 2
Shyu 2 2
Meng 2 2
The Duke 1 1
Smellerbee 1 1
Longshot 1 1
Flopsey 1 1
The Zhang 1 1
The Gan Jin 1 1
Foamy 1 1
Painter Dude 1 1
Fisher Woman 1 1
Gran-Gran 0 1 1
Jet 0 0
Azula -1 -1
Ozai -2 -2
Zhou -2 0 -1 0 -3

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"+1 for knocking Katara and Zuko out"

I do believe you meant to say Sokka. ;)
1 reply · active 730 weeks ago
"-1 for acting like a dirty old man... I think this may be Iroh's first minus!!! /sob"

It's true, which is sad.

And yay, 30 day meme! Although I don't know ATLA as well as DW, so I may realize reading other answers that ooh, that's better than mine.
But given the nature of ATLA fandom, we may want to consider a new topic for day 24 (least favorite pairing). (And besides it being wanky, it doesn't seem that interesting to me.)
I found a different 30 day meme here, and one we might do is 'which element would you bend'.
5 replies · active 730 weeks ago
Man, have I been quiet on the commenting front. Let me tell you what: the weekend of a high school musical will wipe you out, good grief! But at least it was a success (artistically speaking, anyway; I don't know about the finances of it). It's just taken me this long to recover, and my poor brother the director still hasn't recovered... probably because he's had to go teach instead of sleep for three days straight.

Anyway! I'm about to rewatch this episode in preparation for the review, but I thought I'd mention that I've now got all of Seasons 1 and 2, if you need some gifs.

I'm looking forward to the new meme... especially once I finish Season 3 and can fully participate. (Or at least read.) :D
Since I was out of the loop for the Doctor Who Meme (still on season 14 of Classic Who!), how does this meme thing work?
2 replies · active 730 weeks ago
Ooh, a bit of Doctor Whoish news (that I'll try to vague up a bit so as not to get into spoiler territory). Apparently, in an... upcoming episode of Doctor Who Confidential, there will be a tour of the TARDIS!

Okay, so it's not big news, but more TARDIS attention is always welcome, in my book.

Speaking of which, I think I want this for my birthday. Very, very much.
2 replies · active 730 weeks ago
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Alexander · 730 weeks ago

I'd say Appa deserves a +1 for being able to air-bend with his tail. This episode is the first time he does it, right?
2 replies · active 730 weeks ago
Season three spoilers in my reply to this.
5 replies · active 730 weeks ago
Yay, 30 Day Meme! \o/
I've already written 7 haikus for day 15. Yes, this is how I spend a Friday night.
PROGRESS UPDATE SEASON THREE SPOILERS IN REPLY
14 replies · active 729 weeks ago

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