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Squall28 posted...

Overproducing is costly. You have to up to set up more infrastructure in your manufacturing centers and hire more workers. In addition, you need more warehouse space for both components and finished products, and it's often not just one warehouse. There's usually tons of distribution centers, and if you want low response time at all stores, you're going to have higher inventory costs at each of these stores. Companies also don't want their money to be tied up in inventory sitting in the warehouse because it's not doing as much for them there as in RD and other avenues.

That's not to say that it's always worse to overproduce. It's just something companies need to balance around.

That makes a lot of sense

FF 5 is a pretty fun game

If it's super smash then I'd love to play multiplayer but I haven't bothered with a Nintendo account or giving them money.

EnragedSlith posted...

There's a fun 'what if' comic about Zhao winding up with amnesia in a water tribe village after getting pulled into the ocean. The person who made it wound up getting hired as an illustrator for the Avatar comics.

There was a reference to Zhao in Korra and what happened to him

Hayame Zero posted...

Did you read Rise of Kyoshi?

Huh. Is it canon? I've always been interested in knowing more about the other avatars. Also about how the earth kingdom became that.

Oh, the Korra shorts! I can watch that.

I can't believe I finished all the comics for Korra already. I was not prepared and don't want to say goodbye to the universe just yet. Don't know what else to read and watch, every comic has already finished releasing all its issues. Read turf wars and ruins of an Empire, which only just ended a few months ago.

You're supposed to use the powers. It's like, the best part of the game. Playing it like a shooter just feels wrong compared to using plasmids.

Well just finished it. Surprised so many on reddit hate it, I thought it was an interesting story line.

I won't deny that there aren't lingering questions I have

Or worse, they're either too loud when it comes to the fake screaming/moaning of the girls (and all too real grunting of the guys) or too quiet when it comes to the dirty talk and communication, the actual reason anyone watches a porn video.

Right now this new evil guy, comander guan, actually brainwashed Asami, Mako and bolin! And he's gonna do the same to the earth king! I hate brainwashing so much but still want to see what happens next

They did it in turf wars, and it was okay, but ruins of an Empire is so much more thrilling and giving me higher stakes to look forward to since it's the entire earth kingdom, while turf wars was just republic city which I've never really liked (it's too similar to our world)

Ooh, this comic's a lot better than turf wars. I'm on the edge of my seat with this one

CesarFaison posted...

I thought Sarah Jessica Parker looked good in Hocus Pocus and Ed Wood.

That's because a turd would look good next to Bette Midler lol but yeah I actually agree with you, when I was younger I thought she looked the most ok in that.

As for ed wood... let's face it, Johnny Depp looked hotter dressed and posing as her than she ever did.

I mean... let's not get crazy here, they're just okay. I tried the original PlayStation release, the wii remake, and the original ps2 sequel. It's a fun easy game to kill a few hours with, maybe as a breather in between more intensive games, but otherwise deserves to be left in the past with the hundreds of platformers during that era.

I like that the comic is covering exactly what happens next after kuvira surrendered, because that could be an entire arc all itself.

Also The fact that the villain is another psycho like her, that makes sense that there would be many of them in her army.

I really wish tc wasn't the one that made this topic because I don't typically want to agree with him but... Yeah, good god she's hideous.

Her, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Lena Dunham are perhaps the ugliest women in Hollywood and prove you need to be really well connected to be in stuff or even have your own show and shit despite being downright difficult to look at.

Also post #9 is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read. All those women he mentioned are gorgeous.

Story is ok. It continues right after Korra makes the new spirit portal in republic city. Some of KorraSami is clunky, some of it is sweet, but I'm glad we got to see the other character's reactions, especially Mako lol.

Raiko is president no more. Interesting decision for zhu li to be President. She's definitely a character I liked in the show

They definitely explore Korra and Asami more, I like how the comic starts with them immediately kissing hehe. It's like they went "phew, we're away from the TV censors and can do what we want now"

averagejoel posted...

the show has interesting ideas but it handles them poorly for the most part

to use one example, I feel like it could have been more critical of Korra starting a goddamn civil war and turning to her war profiteer best friend to resolve it

The show has always been on korra's side, Korra always seems to know better than the adults and her rashness was the right choice to handle situations. I'm not sure how to feel about that but it is what it is.

The first thing that comes to mind is tales of symphonia 2... its intention is to be cool and mysterious but it comes off as lame, especially when not done right.

If Korra didn't have such short episodes, they could have devoted a lot of time to a lot of things. Hell, I'm reading the art of the animated series and apparently the writers wanted to establish that Asami was the one who designed the airbender suits, which could have been an entire episode.

And baatar jr's relationship with his parents and how he ends up witb kuvira could also have been an episode, maybe a flashback episode.

There's a lot of things unexplored that I'm sure the creators really wanted to do but under the circumstances and how Nickelodeon really seems to screw them over, they did the best they could.

dave_is_slick posted...

Kuvira sucked. It's that simple.

Um what. Why.

It wasn't the best... But when I first started watching Korra some posts were saying to avoid season 2 and 4 like the plague and the hate for 4 is disproportionate.

I mean... I guess? Season 2 also had a giant kaiju monster as a final battle funnily enough.

Mecha suits were already a thing so a giant one doesn't seem too out of the question, just like how sato basically invented airplanes for the sole purpose of Amon's revolution.

Plus it makes sense that she was conquering all those cities and stealing their platinum (along with other resources) to make a suit.

I don't know how else the writers could have done a final battle, or what else they could have done besides giving kuvira her own the iron giant.

"The Great Uniter" is an amazing bit of propaganda and I felt like they could have done more with kuvira. Why is there dislike for this season?

Heck, I didn't even dislike book 2 when I first watched it anymore than I did book 1 (for the whole nonsense teen romance subplots of both) and only saw it in a different light after starting book 3, which is so much better. But it's not that I think book 2 is bad, only that book 3 is so much more fun to watch. But theres no denying book 2 has the best 2 parter in the entire series, the first avatar.

That all being said, it's even weirder to me that season 4 is hated. It felt like the culmination of all 3 seasons and certainly the direction the earth kingdom was heading after the fall of the queen.

yusiko posted...

he didnt she just kept throwing herself as him and he didnt realize it
im sure he thought she knew he was gay

Exactly, since she went on about how she was so much smarter

Lin Beifong on the other hand is voiced by Dr Evil's henchwoman from Austin Powers

I kept trying to place Su's voice from somewhere but couldn't guess, it was so familiar though. Turns out it's Anne Heche! That's a blast from the past

Senta posted...

The show matures as it goes on. As the story of the world grows, so do the characters. By the halfway point of season 1, things really pick up and just never stop improving.

Pretty much. I watched it when they added it on Netflix a few months ago and it's so weird to think that I'm only a recent fan when I feel like I've been in love with it forever, the show is just that amazing.

When I first started watching I was like "yeah it's nice for a kids' show..." then halfway through the 1st season I was like "wow this is a surprisingly smart show" and then by the end of season 1 I was pretty much like "omg this is one of the greatest shows in my life I love it!"

Omg have you seen this cast? Sabrina the teenage witch (I know her as little Sally draper from mad men) voices jinora

Kuvira is voiced by Zelda Williams, Robin Williams daughter?! That is so cool.

Oh that's cool, I actually watched it on netflix when they added it a few months ago. So that must have been what the Twitter post was hinting at.

Really excited to have more people to discuss the shows with.

Right around the time I finished Korra too (reading the comics now)

Yeah I had a feeling I wasn't the only one who felt that's what they were going for with Asami, it seems pretty obvious in retrospect

refmon posted...

She was a really boring character that had no plot relevance.

I guess that explains why.

I thought she was a really sweet character, and it's a shame that they never got down a proper role for her. She's smart, rich, beautiful, and always helpful to her friends.

Reading the art of the series and during Asami's design, the creators' intention was to make her an equalist spy who was using Mako to get close to Korra. But they liked her so much they didn't want to make her a villain anymore. This explains so much!

Nah this

https://batmantobe.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/breatheinspace.jpg

makes more sense

Wait that's what happened, didn't bolin defeat unalaq? Dammit Varrick!

But yeah good point I do wonder if she would have gone that route if kuvira was like I'll stop at nothing instead of the whole going sympathetic orphan backstory route they had at the end there.

pegusus123456 posted...

It's never outright said, but the mech was probably made using the platinum domes from Zaofu.

I think Korra might have killed her tbh. I don't remember her ever showing the same aversion to it that Aang did.

The domes were platinum, not bendable metal? That makes sense.

And while Korra has never had an aversion to violence, I don't think that necessarily means she would kill, and really kind of doubtful. Maybe beat someone up, but kill? I dunno

And on that note, thanks to those recommending the comics! I was already planning on reading them, and now I know I'll have someone to discuss them with.

SerperiorThanU posted...

I like how people are so heated about korrasami yet TC doesn't even mention it lol

I mean... I'm kinda indifferent to it, or more accurately ambivalent about it. At first glance, going from romantic rivals to lovers with each other sounds like something out of a 50s screwball comedy classic, or a cheesy porn story. But it doesn't affect the story they're trying to tell and it's not like any of the romance in Korra has been any good, it's always been a drag and hurt its entire first season.

I'd be interested to see if they take it further in the comics since they're not bound by the restrictions of network TV. At least, this was true for the dcau Batman comics, which had things as controversial as Barbara miscarrying Bruce's baby (your mileage may vary on that particular storyline)

Total_Lost2 posted...

She gets a bit of a short stick in the series especially consider she's much more interesting and important than for example Mako who is dulness itself. It's just that most of what she does/feels/accomplishes happens of camera (outside of season 3) and/or isn't really referenced in the series (such as designing the wingsuits). But I guess that's what happens if you have an actual job and not be a bender...

And really, for all that that happens to her, it's quite amazing that she remains such a sweet and kind character.

I agree, and it's part of the reason I'm sad this sequel didn't get more of a budget to flesh out its characters because Asami definitely deserves it. She accomplished so much yet in the beginning they were relegating her to just the 3rd end of a love triangle when she is so out of Mako's league that it's frustrating to watch.

Prestoff posted...

I like that they try to make Kuvira into a three dimensional character, but she's basically a three dimensional character in a saturday morning cartoon villain kind of way. She could've been more interesting, but they went with the cliched of "lets make her a female hitler". It's weird because Zaheer was a one dimensional villain, yet I still liked him more than the other villains that showed more dimensions than him. I fee like a hypocrite now lol.

I thought she was more like Stalin or possibly Napoleon than Hitler. Or more accurately, she's like those dictators who overthrow the corrupt king who was initially put there by foreign powers (aka republic city/the rest of the nations) and has the support of the people in the beginning before developing a greater need for power and growing more and more corrupt.

That... ended alright. I guess. A final battle against a giant mecha suit with a laser cannon. Well at least we know that's probably what kuvira was making all the villages under her command do, dig out platinum ore to build that giant thing. Although I don't know how she could have kept that on the down low.

So after Korra saved her life from the spirit gun that she blasted, a new
spirit portal was created and kuvira decided to stand down and accept the punishment heading her way. Seems a little too neatly wrapped but sure why not.

One thing I want to mention is that someone said that Korra's character evolves and the show is trying to show (and outright state) that she's more compassionate and whatnot now, but it's not like the Korra of seasons 1, 2, or 3 would have killed kuvira or anything like that either so... I don't know what would have changed.

Wow zaheer. Wow was that a look of... regret/sorrow? I bet it's not because he killed the earth queen which he doesn't regret, but rather because an evil dictator gained power. Would be nice for him to acknowledge that and that his ideology isn't 100% right or even doable. I bet if he got out of prison he'd do it all over again, and has learned nothing.

I meant the other guy but yeah they do make Varrick a bit too goody goody especially when he says he won't build that [nuclear bomb analogy] for kuvira. If he prefaced it with a line about liking war as good for business it would be in character, and maybe a line about something this destructive is NOT good for business. You can still do good things without being full-blown noble and whatnot.

But I don't even care because I love the guy so much. Even back in s2 when he threw Mako in jail (meh who can blame him) and tried to steal Asami's company (admittedly the more evil thing he did which I didn't like) I still didn't hate him like I hate say, kuvira. The guy is just so great

pegusus123456 posted...

The clip show was because Nickelodeon slashed their budget by the cost of an episode. They had the choice to do a clip show or lay off some of the staff.

Wow for real? I know Nickelodeon gave them a chance with the original series but I wonder what things would be like if they went to Disney. Though I'm just thinking of the endless money Disney has and not the fact that they're pretty terrible with this kind of stuff.

Vaatu holding and talking into that old timey phone lol... I can't even fathom some posts itt disliking Varrick. Like another user said, he basically makes up for bolin's shortcomings as a sokka replacement.

Weird that they made a clipshow type episode... in when was it, 2014? That's bizarre. Especially considering Korra seasons are like half that of the original series.

The worst part is they clipshow like, the most annoying thing about Korra/season 1, the damn love triangle nonsense lol.

But that last bit was worth it. Varrick as usual saves this episode with his hilarity. I usually like creative ways to show clipshows and Varrick is just that. The 3-way phone call between vaatu and zaheer and Amon was the most I've ever laughed. And then when they added in unalaq who they all hate lol, so cheeky that the writers were aware of the fact that unalaq/season 2 was unpopular.