![]() Tenzin and Korra’s arcs have always been tied together, and now even moreso considering he was one of the last airbenders just as Korra is the last Avatar of her spiritual cycle. That entire sequence with the raid at the Northern Air Temple was so well done and had the high emotional stakes that were sorely lacking in Book 2. For a second, I thought they were about to kill Tenzin off, considering at that point the show had already already proven it isn’t afraid of killing people. He could have held his own against any one of the four Red Lotus members, but was bested by all of them together. Having such a calm and even comedic Tenzin for the first few episodes makes it easy to forget what a skilled fighter he is. What completely sold me about this season was the focus on character for everyone, even the villains.Īnd with that, let’s once again go through this one by one. Everything was structured so that even the newer characters introduced, like Kai, Opal, and the other airbenders, became important parts of the season as a whole and were given arcs that turned them into pretty likeable characters. And this season, there were plenty of both. One of my issues with Book 3 is that we needed even more of these moments of them together.Īll of our characters played a central role this time and got their chances to shine, both in kickass form in battle and in the emotional moments. The lead-up from the investigation at Zaofu to the hotel stakeout was so much fun, because for the first time since Book 1, we got to see our core foursome working together quite well. Also, any episode where a noisy Pabu is MVP is a good one for me. We got to see everyone other than Korra show their stuff, all in nothing but their pajamas. The "shoot-out" sequence against the Red Lotus in Zaofu was one of my favorite moments in the series so far. Two of my favorite episodes were the really fun back-to-back The Terror Within and The Stakeout. The stop at Zaofu may have even been a good point to do an episode similar to ATLA’s The Tales of Ba Sing Se. As cute as the chibi-style montage was with Tenzin wonderfully failing at recruiting airbenders ("Your best friend will be a giant bison!"), I would have preferred this be extended by an episode or two, so we could really enjoy the feeling of being on an adventure with our team and get to see them being friends and not just teammates. I was actually hoping for more low-key character-building filler really fleshing out this crew (or Krew) that we've come to know for the past two seasons. In fact, this is the first time I really cared for our main four as a team. ![]() But more importantly, it kept our Team Avatar together, and not scattered about on aimless subplots. We finally got to really see this post-ATLA world outside of Republic City, and I wish we had gotten the chance to travel even more. The world-hopping adventure looking for stray airbenders was such a great way to start the season. ![]() What I enjoyed about Book 3 is that it actually takes the time to have some fun, which I felt the show hasn't done since the early pro-bending days. I liked that the whole plot of this season tied into the events of Book 2, so that for whatever issues we may have with that season, it ended up being quite instrumental to the future of the show. But the main focus this season isn’t on the union of spirits and humans like I thought it would be, but on the sudden revival of the airbenders thanks to Harmonic Convergence. Korra has left the portal to the Spirit World open, and now humans and spirits are living together… or at least trying. ![]() ![]() The fantastic first episode of the season, appropriately titled A Breath of Fresh Air, picks up two weeks after the events of the Book 2 finale. ![]()
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![]() I have many fond memories of listening to the original “But Seriously, Folks…” album on my not-terribly fancy stereo back when I lived at home with my parents. They say I’m crazy, but I have a good time I’m just looking for clues at the scene of the crime Life’s been good to me so far You left them behind.Īll the while you think your new life is normal. Hopefully for the better…in the end at least…but if you’re honest with yourself you probably stopped being the average guy in your neighbourhood a long time before you bought your first mansion or your first Maserati. If you grew up in an average neighbourhood and you’ve done any of those things, much less all three of them together, then the truth is you have changed. No “average Joe” trashes their hotel room and just tells the manager to send the bill to their accountant. No sane person buys a Maserati, then loses their licence so they can’t drive one of the most beautiful cars known to mankind. Nobody raised in an average neighbourhood forgets how much he paid for a mansion because he’s either got too much money to care, or has bought so many mansions that the details escape him. ![]() And it’s slipped in so beautifully, so surreptitiously, you only realise it’s there at all when you’re singing the lyrics to yourself in the shower days or weeks later… “Everybody’s so different, I haven’t changed”.īut of course you have. That’s the real tragedy…and the whole point of… “Life’s Been Good”. I go to parties, sometimes till four It’s hard to leave when you can’t find the door It’s tough to handle, this fortune and fame Everybody’s so different, I haven’t changed However much you might want to be “just a regular guy”, that gets progressively harder… Thankfully that’s never been a problem I’ve had to learn how to deal with… When you’re living a life where everyone says you’re fabulous from the minute you get up in the morning until you go to sleep at night, and laughs at all your jokes, it can be hard to maintain your perspective. My Maserati does one-eighty-five Lost my licence, now I don’t drive I have a limo, ride in the back Lock the doors in case I’m attacked Having been in the music industry since the mid-1960s, I think we can all take it that by the late 1970s, when he wrote “Life’s Been Good”, Joe Walsh had either seen or experienced just about every significant rock star excess.Ī life of hedonistic excess seems like something we’d all like to take a crack at, given a chance, but it’s not always everything it’s cracked up to be… Joe Walsh was also responsible for one of the greatest album titles of all time a couple of years earlier with “You Can’t Argue With A Sick Mind”…an album which contained another well-known Joe Walsh song “Rocky Mountain Way”. There’s a great photo on the cover…Joe Walsh sat underneath the water in a swimming pool pretending to eat his dinner. I remember buying Joe Walsh’s album “But Seriously, Folks…” when I heard his work on “Hotel California” after he joined the Eagles. ![]() Paying hotels for rock-star damaged facilities isn’t something that’s ever been a feature of my professional practice, but never say never… I live in hotels, tear out the walls I have accountants pay for it all “Life’s Been Good” is also one of the few songs where the accounting profession gets a look in…(I know, it’s amazing that more hit records aren’t written about accountants, isn’t it…?) ![]() You know you’ve got too many other things on your mind when multi-million dollar purchases fade into insignificance. I’ve never bought a mansion, but if I had, I’d like to think I’d remember how much it cost. I have a mansion Forget the price Ain’t never been there They tell me it’s nice But everyone else can see that things are definitely not like they used to be… He doesn’t think he’s changed since fame and fortune dropped into his lap. The premise of the song is that this cuddly rock st ar is just like the guy you’ve known all your life…at least in his own mind. If you want an insight into the mind-befuddling that takes place when you’re a rock superstar, “Life’s Been Good” tells you everything you need to know.īrits often say that Americans don’t get satire, but “Life’s Been Good” is living proof that Joe Walsh, at least, did get it. ![]() ![]() Just as Havok appeared to inflict even more damage, Gail is able to escape by kicking Havok straight to the steel steps! With that, Gail throws a fury of forearms to Havok but it doesn’t take long for Havok to use the outside environment to her advantage as she lifts Gail onto the barricade! Looking to finish Gail off, Havok sets up Gail for an Air Raid Crash but Gail is able to break free, landing a big boot to Havok’s head along with a quick cross body! However, Havok catches Gail and traps her into a bear hug along with an arm lock. Neither women are willingly to comply as Gail Kim continues to fight off Havok, attempting an Irish Whip but Havok overpowers her and instead sends Gail straight into the ring post. ![]() Out first is the champion herself, Gail Kim, who makes her way to the ring to a saluting crowd until she drops to the ground after a surprise attack from behind thanks to Havok! Not one to take to kindly to such a tactic, Gail gets back to her feet and does what she does best and fight off this foe! It doesn’t take long for Havok to regain control as she rams Gail to the six sided ring as referee Brian Stiffler tries to take control of this brawl to officially start the match. Can Gail put a stop to Havok’s destruction or will Havok seize the opportunity to capture the gold? Let’s find out: ![]() Welcome to this week’s edition of Impact Write-Up! After an eventful TNA summer run in New York City, we enter the fall season by heading out to the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where, during the first night, the Knockouts Championship is on the line as champion Gail Kim takes on challenger Havok. Professional Women's Wrestling Australia. ![]() ![]() I was impressed by the superb acting and the fact that it was very well directed and comparable to any good international movie. “The Pakistani movie Cake has shown a lot of realistic issues that people face in Pakistan and are relatable globally by all of us as well. It’s the type of movie that left you thinking about the themes and the depths of the characters.” Shamila Malik, Social Worker, Princeton, NJ. It wasn’t your typical Bollywood type blockbuster. I enjoyed the movie because it made me laugh and cry at the same time. It’s a movie about the challenge of distances, where families are separated both geographically and in terms of their differing perspectives. As a Pakistani who has lived in the US for decades, the themes of dealing with a parents’ illness and death, of sibling tensions and of the complexities of family ties were so real and relatable. “Cake is a movie that so many of us can relate to. Eemaan can be contacted on: what some Pakistani spectators in New York had to say about Cake – Eemaan Samdani is a US based Digital and e-commerce senior consultant for a fortune 500 company in NYC and loves to read, write, coo, and travel with her husband and three wonderful kids. I hope movie makers in Pakistan will take this as positive, constructive feedback because now that we (Pakistan) are making movies that are of international standards, we need to rise above and beyond in displaying a professional work ethic as well. Movie watchers were shocked at the level of unprofessionalism. That movie started an hour late as well because the cast didn’t show up on time! As soon as the movie started, slowly but surely all cast members made a quiet exit. Its premiere was on Eid of last year at Times Square in NYC, which actually is a huge thing! Again a lot of scrambling went on to find out and inform people of the premiere in order to get a nice sized group to attend. The premiere for the Pakistani movie Yalghar comes to mind. Adherence to a pre-planned schedule is essential. are important factors to consider for the audience in the US in order to plan a relaxed night out. Long commutes, baby-sitting issues, early morning meeting schedules for the next day, etc. Promoting a movie on a global platform also means following global standards of protocol. Life in the US is very different from life in Pakistan. I did love the fact that the movie screening was a true movie screening with a group comprising of 30 some promoters and press people but the delay was very undesirable. My husband and I decided to forego the premiere in lieu of the delay and decided to watch it with friends over the weekend. ![]() While we were there, local friends starting making plans to see the movie over the weekend. However it was informed to us that they would now come after the movie. The actors initially were going to come for a Q&A session before the movie. An hour into the invitation time, the movie still had not started. ![]() That night turned out to be a big disappointment. My husband accompanied me after work and we both went, looking forward to talking to Aamina Shaikh and Sanam Saeed about their experience in promoting their movie beyond Pakistan. ![]() It actually took me a number of text messages to friends and fellow fraternity members in Pakistan until confirmation was received that a movie screening for Cake was indeed scheduled in NYC for the very next day! Ultimately I was able to get through to the director, Asim Abbasi, who confirmed the venue and time for the screening. The issue at hand right now is one that I (an expat in the US/NJ/NYC) have faced with Pakistani events in general: there’s no easy way of finding out about them! When we heard of Cake’s US premiere, a friend in NYC reached out to me to see if I knew anything about it. ![]() |
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