“Avatar: The Legend of Korra” – new trailer

What, Steve, ANOTHER post about the sequel to cartoon series Avatar: The Last Airbender? Why would you do such a thing?

Well, because given how good the original was, the sequel might just be the Most Feminist Thing On Your TV when it comes out next year.

Also several of team BadRep are raving fans already, so you’ll just have to put up with us jumping up and down every time they release new material. Which is exactly what happened when we saw this trailer, which just premiered at San Diego Comic Con!

Produced by Nickelodeon, Avatar: The Legend of Korra is a show with the female lead character in the title. This is actually incredibly important, and of course vanishingly rare in a series which then goes on to be mostly about fighting, growing up, choosing your own path, and not pre-packaged ‘girl content’ that some networks assume must follow from a female name on the poster. Korra is the Chosen One, not the sidekick, doing real-world martial-arts, with added fire. Buffy can claim to have done it, maybe Max in Dark Angel, but we’re still looking back for only a handful of shows in the past 20 years.

As for the trailer, we love that she’s the star, but a lot of our current excitement is based on how fair and equal the previous show was, while still remaining incredibly exciting and not at all preachy. If you don’t understand why the shots of statues and cities are AWESOME and IMPORTANT then that’s because you need to go and watch it!

We will update you when more Avatar: The Legend of Korra material shows up. (We’ll have to, because it’s the only way to get at least three of us to shut up about it.)