I started watching 'Claymore' just out of curiosity. I never expected to be so hooked onto a show in my life. It's fair to say that I am addicted. Normally that doesn't happen with me but this one is too good to pass up. From the very first episode all the way to the climatic battle in the final one there is great action scenes, lots of dismemberment and decapitation, and lots of blood. But what really made the show were the characters. There are so many antagonists in the show it's almost impossible to count. But despite the countless antagonists, there are other great characters that make the show what it is. The only flaw in this show was the fact that shortly into the first season the episodes jump into the past, kind of like a flashback, but without exactly telling you what happened. It's sort of like something you have to find out on your own just simply by watching and thinking. But despite these flaws and the fact that many episodes drag out (especially the flashback ones) it doesn't even slightly make it a worse television series.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender
(2005–2008)
One of my Favourite Shows
4 February 2012
What's good about Avatar: The Last Airbender? Pretty much everything is good. It seems like a flawless show that truly lives up to your expectations every episode. There are funny episodes, emotional episodes, serious episodes, and think of anything that you would consider good and the show has it all. Great characters and so much emotion are just a couple things that are so good about this program. Keep in mind as this show follows a direct storyline, there are minor spoilers but nothing major, only the revealing of few characters.
The show take place long ago, where the four nations lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them. But when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years passed and a waterbender and her brother discovered the new Avatar. And although his airbending skills are great, he still has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone. But the main character believes this new Avatar can save the world. Well, that is what the main character claims in the opening narration. The Avatar has been frozen for 100 years and the world has lived without him. The opening narration is bone chilling, but it appears every episode and eventually you just want to skip through it as it becomes very irritating after a long time.
The show follows Katara, Aang, and Sokka and their travels across the world as they try and get Aang to learn the four elements that can stop the Fire Nation from taking over the world. However, there are villains who are constantly trying to stop or kill the group. There is Zuko, the prince who has been banished from the Fire Nation, and son of Ozai, the firelord. There is Azula, Zuko's sister, and her two other companions named Mai and Ty Lee, who are some of my favourites from the show. There is also Zuko's uncle, Iroh, the very wise man who is patient and tried to teach his beliefs to Zuko, even though he clearly is impatient with his uncle. There are also minor characters who appear every so often that interact with the group. During the second season, a young, blind girl named Toph joins the group and teaches Aang earthbending. She's such a fun character and is so tough, they are the most unlikely person to be a hero. There is Aang's flying Bison named Appa and Momo who is a lemur who has no major and significant role at all. But these two characters make the show so much funnier every time they are on screen.
One of my favourite things about this show is that there are so many episodes that range from the emotions that are meant to be felt. There are scenes where the scenarios were intense, making it much more suspenseful. Other times there are just simply hilarious moments. In a scene in Season Three that the main character is hallucinating that he is watching his flying bison and a lemur speaking to him. Then they take it to the next level and then these two animals have a sword fight. I can't help but laugh at this for some reason.
The characters are another thing that make the show what it is. There is Aang, the Avatar who is supposed to master the four elements, water, fire, earth, and air, however he must learn these to stop a ruthless firelord and multiple descendants of his that are trying to eliminate Aang who is the only person who can stop Ozai. Mai is my favourite though. She is such a lazy character and is always feeling so depressed and hates everything. Even her way of saying "I love you", happens to be "I don't hate you". She refuses to do anything she doesn't want to do but is still loyal to Azula. Ty Lee is also a fun character. She's a crazy circus freak who stuns people simply by punching them. Then there is Azula, the insane princess who is one of the best villains ever in television and cinema history. These three girls, who are only teenagers, have to be the perfect trio of villains in any text I have ever seen.
Overall, this is one fantastic show. I can't think of anything to say that is negative about it. It's a nice family show but it so well developed it is hard to not like. Avatar: The Last Airbender isn't just a show, it's a masterpiece. The only disappointment is that the movie sucked. The one thing the film failed to establish was the relationships between the characters. The film was just simply so bland and boring. Meanwhile, the show takes as long as it takes to develop properly and become what we see when we watch it.
The show take place long ago, where the four nations lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them. But when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years passed and a waterbender and her brother discovered the new Avatar. And although his airbending skills are great, he still has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone. But the main character believes this new Avatar can save the world. Well, that is what the main character claims in the opening narration. The Avatar has been frozen for 100 years and the world has lived without him. The opening narration is bone chilling, but it appears every episode and eventually you just want to skip through it as it becomes very irritating after a long time.
The show follows Katara, Aang, and Sokka and their travels across the world as they try and get Aang to learn the four elements that can stop the Fire Nation from taking over the world. However, there are villains who are constantly trying to stop or kill the group. There is Zuko, the prince who has been banished from the Fire Nation, and son of Ozai, the firelord. There is Azula, Zuko's sister, and her two other companions named Mai and Ty Lee, who are some of my favourites from the show. There is also Zuko's uncle, Iroh, the very wise man who is patient and tried to teach his beliefs to Zuko, even though he clearly is impatient with his uncle. There are also minor characters who appear every so often that interact with the group. During the second season, a young, blind girl named Toph joins the group and teaches Aang earthbending. She's such a fun character and is so tough, they are the most unlikely person to be a hero. There is Aang's flying Bison named Appa and Momo who is a lemur who has no major and significant role at all. But these two characters make the show so much funnier every time they are on screen.
One of my favourite things about this show is that there are so many episodes that range from the emotions that are meant to be felt. There are scenes where the scenarios were intense, making it much more suspenseful. Other times there are just simply hilarious moments. In a scene in Season Three that the main character is hallucinating that he is watching his flying bison and a lemur speaking to him. Then they take it to the next level and then these two animals have a sword fight. I can't help but laugh at this for some reason.
The characters are another thing that make the show what it is. There is Aang, the Avatar who is supposed to master the four elements, water, fire, earth, and air, however he must learn these to stop a ruthless firelord and multiple descendants of his that are trying to eliminate Aang who is the only person who can stop Ozai. Mai is my favourite though. She is such a lazy character and is always feeling so depressed and hates everything. Even her way of saying "I love you", happens to be "I don't hate you". She refuses to do anything she doesn't want to do but is still loyal to Azula. Ty Lee is also a fun character. She's a crazy circus freak who stuns people simply by punching them. Then there is Azula, the insane princess who is one of the best villains ever in television and cinema history. These three girls, who are only teenagers, have to be the perfect trio of villains in any text I have ever seen.
Overall, this is one fantastic show. I can't think of anything to say that is negative about it. It's a nice family show but it so well developed it is hard to not like. Avatar: The Last Airbender isn't just a show, it's a masterpiece. The only disappointment is that the movie sucked. The one thing the film failed to establish was the relationships between the characters. The film was just simply so bland and boring. Meanwhile, the show takes as long as it takes to develop properly and become what we see when we watch it.
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