Overanalyzing Avatar: Sozin's Comet, Part 1 - The Phoenix King

foreign now let me hear you roar like a tiger Dillo we've actually seen a tiger Dillo if you remember back in Boston say there was one all cooped up in the zoo so in this shot we could see Toff chilling upside down in her Fire Nation clothes but she was actually wearing her normal outfit a few shots before this wait and then the exact same [ __ ] happens again next shot she's back to her green outfit and then the very next shot she's back to the red one and back to green if you want to lounge around like a bunch of snail sloths all day then go ahead damn snail sloth usually the animal fusions are fusions of two similar animals like bird to bird or mammal to mammal but gastropod to mammal that's a pretty big leap well I guess there was that one mention of a spider snake too though not bad Baldi but I've been working on my sand bending Pop's taking some time to brush up on Sand bending is probably a little call back to when she was helpless to save Opera it probably wouldn't help her see better I mean she'd still kind of be [ __ ] in that situation but still cool to see tops working on her own stuff too but I've been working on my sand bending also does this employee Ang made his sand sculpture without any bending at all that [ __ ] is incredible then wow can you really tell what those are from that angle Lang is that a blubbering blob monster no it's Sookie [Laughter] we'll all understand if you break up with him over this I'm sure you like that wouldn't you top you conniving little [ __ ] was that some symbolism a fireball destroying bossing say kind of like how the fire lord is gonna rain fire on the entire Earth Kingdom in a few days time wait Freeze Frame very not obvious foot skirt continuity that's right I'm still doing that [ __ ] it's been a while it's important to catalog these things what are you doing [Music] give it all the sky bison too didn't they man I hate symbolism we should go back to drawing on Cave walls [ __ ] this what the hell when did everyone become Spider-man first Suki clambering up a sheer steel wall and now Zuko just crawls up this 90 degree angle too seemingly with his knuckles alright at least he's doing some inhuman level 99 paracore up the side of this building and not just walking up it more obvious foot scared continuity in these few shots they do a pretty good job of not forgetting I gotta say foreign [Music] holy [ __ ] Zuko this is your beach house right I mean I guess it's your dad's but still this is definitely going to kill the appraisal value when you try to sell it why are you all looking at me like I'm crazy about Susan's comet I was actually gonna wait to fight the fire lord until after it came okay well I gotta point this out Hank remember the first conversation you had with Roku and he said some [ __ ] like you gotta sort this guy out before the comet arrives or not even the Avatar will be able to restore balance has that just slipped your mind it seemed like a pretty integral part of the whole conversation is all I'm saying Roku made it pretty clear that fighting after the comet was a non-option the day before the eclipse my father asked me to attend an important War meeting these are the same guys that offered Zuko all the nice print stuff and did his bidding in that one episode I guess they're like his personal servants neat General Shinu your report thank you sir oh [ __ ] it's Colonel shiny I mean General Shinu good for you bro this was the same guy that was in command of The yugan Archers before Zhao came and took them he got the promotion looks like he lost some weight shiny living his best life out here the people of the earth kingdom are proud and strong they can endure anything as long as they have hope yes you're right we need to destroy their hope now I will use its power to end the Earth Kingdom permanently I wanted to speak out against this horrifying plan but I'm ashamed to say I didn't and we finally get to see the breaking point for Zuko realizing who he really is this is the direct parallel to when he spoke out against the awful evil plan when he was a kid he did then and was brutally punished for it and now when he's put in the same situation he bites his tongue this scene takes place just before the scene of him walking down the hallway with me and coming to the conclusion that the perfect Prince that his father wants isn't who he is he's the kid that spoke out for what's right way back then and this is the moment that he finally realized that really powerful stuff my whole life I struggled to gain my father's love and acceptance but once I had it I realized I lost myself getting there even here Zuko reaffirms it just like his mother said in the flashbacks and Zuko alone at that moment he didn't know who he was he wanted to be the son his father wanted but in this moment he finally understands what his mother meant because he's put in the same situation he was put in earlier and he didn't speak out this time he's changed and not for the better and that's the true Catalyst for him leaving and joining the gang which honestly in The Invasion episodes isn't very clear he gets to have that conversation with his dad that makes him leaving work in the moment but it's also really cool that now we get to see the ultimate Breaking Point too and how it's so tightly interwoven with why he left the Fire Nation the first time because he was forced to and how that contextualizes why he leaves this time because he wants to I know you're scared and I know you're not ready to save the world but if you don't defeat the Fire Lord before the comet comes there won't be a world to save anymore thanks like wait that sounds familiar why does that sound familiar I assumed you were still going to fight him before the comet no one told me you decided to wait okay this is pretty much unacceptable from a leadership standpoint the Day of Reckoning is coming and the entire team isn't on the same page this is a bad look for Saka or Aang or whoever the de facto leader is at this point oh God Sako what happened fighting the fire lord is gonna be the hardest thing we've ever done together but I wouldn't want to do it any other way this is a very different mindset from where Ang started the season at I've always known that I would have to face the Fire Lord but now I know I need to do it alone it's not really much of a character moment since Ang was just in a weird and bad head space then and this is more like the way he would normally think but still it's a nice little contrast so have you ever redirected lightning before no there's always Katara and a little Spirit water action am I right actually I used it all up after Azula shot you I feel like this is a little bit of explaining that isn't very needed I don't think any audience member would ever think that this was an option again after the way things went down it's weird that they felt the need to write this little back and forth in Suki and I will draw his fire then Qatar and Zuko charge in with some liquidy hot offense I think soccer might misunderstand how powerful ozai is gonna be in the moment it would probably more accurately go like this Suki and I will draw his fire then never mind they could just run up walls too I don't I don't know what's going on anymore would it off become such an artisan we haven't seen Earth bending like this in the entire show and now suddenly she's making bossing says and intricate Rock soldiers [Applause] talk I am on top I Am Lord this is shot like this is supposed to be a really cool shot like a spinning camera two characters back to back but I'm pretty sure this shot actually sucks Zuko stands there and does a few punches Katara just jumps in the air and The Rock soldiers just disintegrate this shot is really bad for how good the rest of the action in the finale is also let's [ __ ] go Zuko has six fingers on his right hand in this shot you have no idea how many times I've counted fingers on hands in this series and never found a goddamn thing finally I've done it there that's how it's done oh here's some more symbolism and foreshadowing this obviously references when Momo eats ozai's brains in the final episode Aang The vegetarian definitely has something with a bone through it on his plate here either angst cheating or his friends aren't very thoughtful of his dietary restrictions maybe we can make some big pots of glue and then I can use glue bending to stick his arms and legs together so he can't bend anymore this sounds like some [ __ ] you read on Avatar fan forms Airbender should be able to do this earthbender should be able to do that the show beat you to it guys this goes against everything I learned from the monks I can't just go around wiping out people I don't like I think this is a really smart and very Avatar way to handle the final episodes to not just have it be a physical conflict with the fire lord but a mental battle and has to win with himself that's what all his training has been too not just learning the elements but getting through things mentally and growing but the show takes a very different route with the problem Aang is having here and we'll get to that later then when you figure out a way for me to beat the fire lord without taking his life I love to hear it this animation always cracks me up it's so weirdly over the top Ang's like flailing his arms around and [ __ ] it's so melodramatic ah touchdown patriots man I didn't touch the this food either wait did Ang beat ozai on an empty stomach he fights him two days from now and he pretty much heads up with him immediately after getting off the line turtle and I don't see any fruiting trees on the lion turtle either man ozai got [ __ ] on so hard just because I wanted to go get some breakfast so I know the lion turtle is this weird spiritual creature that we don't know a lot about like how they operate or what level of being they are if you know what I mean but it's just a funny thought that the lion turtle was just swimming around and then had to be like nah yep about time I go pick up the Avatar I guess he left his staff that's so strange okay here's a pretty crazy one they're tracking Ang by his Footprints and if you look Aang literally leaves a lighter footprint than everyone else Twinkle Toes is right this guy's light on his feet guess it comes with being an airbender I bet he ran away again it took me a moment to think to what Toph was referring to here Aang doesn't run away all that often for her to say it this casually the only one that really is is shortly after he woke up and he made a beeline for the Fire Nation looking to do who knows what I still think he was looking to fight the fire lord right there and then he's definitely on a spirit world Journey but if he was wouldn't his body still be here thanks for the assist Zuko let's split up and look for him I'm going with Zuko what everyone else went on a life-changing field trip with Zuko now it's my turn ah they did it again I think it would have been funnier if they just had this joke or the other joke [Music] wait is this the same background guy from when Zuko was going over to May's house you guys have got to start being impressed I think I noticed these unimportant background people looking alike at some point right oh God please be impressed Avatar State I don't know where the hell top DiMaggio was hiding in this overhead shot but he was definitely not in the middle of the circle of people also even the Amber Island players has more continuity than some episodes [ __ ] these guys show up in two episodes at least and then when I was nine I ran away again uh-huh I know I shouldn't complain there's literally sad violin music over top of top sob story and that is worth me writing a point about I would say I did it I wrote a point about it it looks like in these very quick moments that you can barely see top Hazard meteor bracelet on which is actually the first time we've seen it since nightmares and Daydreams she didn't even have it on last episode when she was sporting this outfit it doesn't get much of a spotlight but I guess this is actually the last time we ever see it why are you all looking at me you ever notice that Saka even picks up his head here to look at Zuko Saka also seems to be totally without his wrist wraps and gloves here I guess I'll eat them looks like the crowning of the Phoenix King takes place in the same area The Invasion forces landed that seems weird you'd think he'd want to do it in the middle of the capital or whatever you know with his people I thought we were going to do this together my decision is final you you can't treat me like this you can't treat me like Zuko that actually may be the most interesting line in the extremely expedited complete mental collapse of Azula trademark pending we're not getting into it yet there's better moments to talk about it but that is an interesting angle that's brought up here briefly I'll say that I've decided to declare you with a new fire lord Fire Lord Azula Azula seems genuinely taken aback here was this not always the plan Azula succeeding ozai I mean even if you ignore ozai hating Zuko Zuko was banished for three years you'd think that sometime in that stretch it would have been pretty clear that Azula was getting the throne and besides ozai even set the precedent himself of a fire Lord's second born being the successor from this moment on I will be known as the Phoenix king that's interesting because in my very very rudimentary understanding of Eastern mythology seriously don't quote me on this the Phoenix is actually more often associated with women and men are represented by dragons the Phoenix ties in with the whole rebirthing the World by fire thing though and the dragon king is super on the nose and sounds dorky as [ __ ] yeah alright Phoenix King it is these flag bearing Imperial firebenders have a weird different color scheme than the normal Imperial firebenders and even the Imperial firebenders that we see later moving on from this the Phoenix flags are triangles fire is a triangle fire good seems obvious because it's such a banger but the song called cave driving is playing in this bar the same song that was played at Aang's secret dance party I just made a bad meme about this last time but we see June fighting Ryu from Street Fighter here it's one million percent him he was in the last episode she was in too getting messed up in an arm wrestling match so much like the most recent two predators in the show this four-part finale is really paced out like a four-part episode this is all set up we've set up addings and turtle conflict and we've set up the Phoenix king that's also why the action was so weird and low stakes it's because we're not to that part of the episode yet or a movie in this case I've actually heard this episode get some hate because it's kind of boring but it's literally the start of the movie you've got to start out like 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Length: 15min 9sec (909 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 01 2022