Republic City Dispatch

Korra's Coming Back MAY 12th 2013 for Book 2, RIGHT?

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:17:56 -0400

Noooope.

I did my due diligence today scouring the web to try and find this “official” Netflix/Nickelodeon confirmation/leak.

Sadly, it looks like some stray listings for Book One: Air in Ireland and the UK sent people into a tizzy because it also aligned with a random fan prediction of “May 12th” made in December on a Wika message board.

Plus the NICK message boards fanned the flame with many, many panicked animated emoticons HERE.

So let’s relax, we’re probably still getting the Book One DVD first.

I’ve been asked by Devindra to tell you that we are going to upload the /Filmcast Benefit we all did with Jeremy Zuckerman, talking about the scoring for Avatar, Korra and Book 2. We’re going to throw it in the RCD Feed, once we get ourselves back on iTunes and edit the episode, etc.

Until then, you can always chill with me at AvatarPatel’s YouTube page where he uploads the best in Korra video content…unofficial Korra video content. : )

-Da7e-

agentsokka:

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:22:27 -0400

agentsokka:

BLU-RAY, COMIN’ AT YA! IGN has discovered the powers that...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:05:14 -0400

BLU-RAY, COMIN’ AT YA!

IGN has discovered the powers that be have decided The Book One Blu/DVD will come a WHOLE WEEK EARLY(er than expected)!

New date: July 9th 2013

PRE ORDER YOUR BLU RAY HERE!

PRE ORDER YOUR DVD HERE!

IT’S OFFICIAL - The Legend of Korra Book One will get a...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:22:42 -0400

IT’S OFFICIAL - The Legend of Korra Book One will get a DVD AND BLU-RAY Release!

It will be coming out July 16th and it’s Nickelodeon’s FIRST series to be released on Blu-Ray. As a result, they really want you to buy it, so while the DVD will have sporadic commentaries on specific episodes, only the Blu-Ray will have commentaries on EVERY episode plus eight Animatic featurettes.

There will also be a Puppet Bender short with Korra characters that will be on both sets.

The DVD pre-order is already up, well update with the BLU when we find it.

I’m not sure this is canon. But it may be required...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:53:39 -0400

I’m not sure this is canon. But it may be required reading. - Patches

Has season 2 release been announced?

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:38:27 -0400

Not, like, a date, but promotional materials for Nickelodeon suggests that Korra Book 2 will be air during Fall 2013. Everything we’ve heard has supported that theory, but nothing has hard confirmed it that we know of.

-Da7e-

"I’m sorry, Season 2 is so far gone. We’re already doing Season 3 now so..."

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:20:00 -0400

““I’m sorry, Season 2 is so far gone. We’re already doing Season 3 now so everything’s so muddled.””

- - Seychelle Gabriel, Asami, to IGN at WonderCon

Well, we knew Book 3 was coming, but - GOOD NEWS - they seem to be going non-stop. Which means we might get to go through Korra fully before we have children!

Voices are on Book 3, scoring is half-to-3/4 the way through Book 2 and a handful of episodes are in color correct. Fall looks pretty close.

-Da7e-

do you think there could be a limitation to Korra and the other benders getting there bending back?

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:01:59 -0400

Depends. Could there be? Yes, there could be. Though I’m not sure when it makes the most narrative sense to bring that up. Do you investigate it immediately as a way for Korra to enter the Spirit World? That’s what it seems like from the footage we’ve seen of Book 2 so far. Since all bending originates from the Spirit World, I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re dealing with this pretty early on in the season (especially since it now sounds like well get more Lin backstory, so she may not be as absent from Book 2 as we feared).

The other option would be to let Korra and everyone else feel like a BAMF for a little while, then yank her bending out from under her again in a future book.

I’ll trust Bryan and Mike here.

-Da7e-

PS - Like Adventure Time or just have Netflix Instant? It’s PODCAST TIME.

PPS - We’re investigating the possibility of breaking out RCDispatch crossover hour with the SlashFilmAid Podcastathon into the RCDispatch feed. We got to talk to Jeremy Zuckerman of the Track Team again and he let us know what the Spirit World will sound like and how far through Book 2’s score he is.

Someone ANIMATED the screen caps of the color correct?...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:58:04 -0400

Someone ANIMATED the screen caps of the color correct? G-D-fandom, you’re swell!

-Da7e-

SATURDAY - /Film FilmAid 10-hour Podcast w/RCDispatch Crossover Hour!

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:21:34 -0400

SATURDAY - /Film FilmAid 10-hour Podcast w/RCDispatch Crossover Hour!:

Make sure to stop by this link at 3PM Pacific, 6PM EST to listen to Devindra and Matt talk composition and KORRA SCORING with Jeremy Zuckerman during the RCDispatch cross-over hour of the /Filmcast FilmAid Podcastathon!

All times are PACIFIC
9 AM – 10 AM: Writer/Director Rian Johnson
10 AM – 11 AM: Writer/Director/Actor David Wain (with Scott Beggs from FilmSchoolRejects)
11 AM – noon: Writer/Producer Damon Lindelof
noon – 1 PM: Director Bryan Singer and Director Jason Reitman
1 PM – 2 PM: Writer C. Robert Cargill and Matt Singer from Indiewire
2 PM – 3 PM: [TBD]
3 PM – 4 PM: Composer Jeremy Zuckerman (Republic City Dispatch podcast crossover)
4 PM – 6:15 PM: Director Vincenzo Natali does a LIVE commentary of SPLICE on the air!
6:15 PM – 7 PM: /Film staff and wrap up

The Fire Letter (that's what I'm calling it) certainly does look true... but what did Ozai and Azula chat about in their "dignified" 30-minute conversation? Could Ozai be pulling the strings here, beyond even what (poor?) Azula knows?

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:31:09 -0400

Certainly possible, of course. Judging from The Promise, though, I think we have a lot more to investigate in this plot than what we know now. But we did get an Appa Fight, which made Issue 1 infinitely awesome.

-Da7e-

It's Podcast Time!

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:04:01 -0400

It's Podcast Time!:

Quick note, animation fans!

Patches and I were wondering why there wasn’t an Adventure Time podcast in the spirit of Republic City Dispatch. Not only do we think it’s a great show, but it’s about to go up on Netflix Instant, which is going to open the show up to a larger, more critical audience.

SO - we’ve assembled a group of all star internet people to start pushing out some Adventure Time fandom/discussion/podcasting.

You know Patches and Myself, but we’ve also got Mike Sampson of ScreenCrush, Scott Beggs of Film School Rejects and the Broken Projector podcast, and Michelle Said a freelance writer/editor of note currently plugging away at BrightWall/DarkRoom.

We’ll be joined by other luminaries of the podcasting and internet world and YOU BET we’re going to get as many people involved in making Adventure Time as humanly (or Dog-ly) possible!

Just letting you all know in case someone out there is ready for ADVENTURE TIME!

Why in the name of Tui, La, and Agni are we taking at face value a document that was found on Azula's person? Maybe it wasn't forged, but just the fact that she had it made me side-eye it so hard it wasn't funny.

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:50:43 -0400

I guess the counter argument from me would be: Does it seem like Azula is sane enough to master-mind this craziness? She seems pretty far gone hallucinating her mother. So if we think we’re being jerked around, we’re being jerked around by the character…which I’m fine with.

Like the best lies, this one looks like a truth.

-Da7e-

I don't think fighting (hitting things) with soundbending would make sense. Wouldn't it be more efficient to use plain airbending? The best combat option I can see is using it to confuse and stun enemies. More interesting are the non-combat options: silencing footsteps and conversations for stealth, amplifying sounds to listen in on conversations or send and receive long distance messages,etc. Air monks could also add reverb, phasing, and other voice effects to do something like throat singing.

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:32:32 -0400

At some point last season when we were speculating on specialized forms of bending, someone brought up how Airbenders really don’t suck or knock the air out of people. AND there’s air in everything. Like in your blood - which is why entering the vacuum of space is so bad for you (over 18? Watch Event Horizon!). Sound would be cool, but there’s lots of combat-ready air possibilities from my seat.

-Da7e-

I'll phrase this as obliquely as possible: What are your thoughts on the earthquake-like information exposed at the end of "The Search, Part One"? Red-herring, or real McCoy? Canon-compliment, or plot-implosive? Either way, where do we go from here?

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:30:48 -0400

I think it makes sense in terms of what we know about the Zuko/Ozai relationship in A:TLA. It also makes sense considering we knew Ozai was kind of crazy, but not Agni-Kai on his first born son kind of crazy. Now we know where THAT crazy came from. This oblique enough?

-Da7e-

Jazmyne here! Just read the Search Part 1 and I fell out of my chair! WOW! I did think it might happen, since Azula said she had enough proof to take the throne back. I could only think of one reason for her to say that, and that's how it ended, with THAT reason. Crazy stuff to absorb. And I'd love to hear what RCD thinks about that revelation, and if it's really true!

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:29:36 -0400

All I remember thinking is that Ozai’s hatred of Zuko in A:TLA suddenly make a TON more sense.

-Da7e-

SQUEEEEEE! That Republic city back there...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:28:43 -0400

SQUEEEEEE! That Republic city back there or?

bryankonietzko:

Book 2 color correction with Eska and Bolin.

Are you guys going to be reviewing the Search in parts, or all together like the promise? You guys are awesome at reviewing and discussion, thats why i ask.

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:55:34 -0400

Good question! That is the current discussion amongst the three hosts. We have a few ideas about what the rest of the “off-season” podcast episodes are going to be and right now we’re debating on splitting The Search up.

Personally, I’d rather do it all as a bundle, but if we start to get the idea that The Search isn’t going to wrap up by the time Book 2 starts (or if ideas in The Search inform Book 2), we’ll make sure everyone is working from the same source material as we move forward.

But - IT’S A HARD CHOICE! Like I said, the last page of The Search is a doozy, plot-wise, for the entire series up to this point.

-Da7e-

Pretty sure we've already seen the specialized Airbending form: Meelo's Fartbending.

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:06:25 -0400

My friends and I have speculated the specialized form of Airbending will be sound. I think it could have some pretty awesome possibilities.

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:05:28 -0400

Every time I think of sound as a weapon, I think of the Hulk Thunder Clap from The Incredible Hulk. But that’s why I have Korra, right? To show me how I’m missing the awesomeness of the core concept? : )

-Da7e-