Quotes by Bryan Konietzko - Page 2

Early on, many years ago when we started 'Avatar,' the executive that we were working with said to make the sad scenes sadder, the funny scenes funnier, the scary scenes scarier. That was kind of permission to do what we felt comfortable with.
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Sad
Comfortable
Permission
Scary
Years Ago
Avatar
Executive
Funnier
Sadder
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As humans our hangups seem to shape our interaction with the world around us. They are often the source of our intolerance and friction with people who think differently than us, and even the reason we build walls between us and the people close to us.
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Friction
Intolerance
Walls
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Definitely female MMA fighters, I'm a big mixed martial arts fan, and watching women's MMA grow was definitely an inspiration. We just had an idea for a character and wanted to do a personality that was the opposite of Aang's, and that's how Korra came about.
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Female
Inspiration
Martial Arts
Mma
Opposite
Fighters
Martial
Mixed
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Since the first announcement of 'Korra' a few years ago, our fan presence online has just been huge and it's really active online. And as TV distribution evolves, even between 'Book 1' and 'Book 2,' it's evolved even more, our audience is increasingly online.
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Active
Distribution
Online
Years Ago
Announcement
Increasingly
Presence
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As we wrote 'Book 1,' before the audience had ever laid eyes on Korra and Asami, it was an idea I would kick around the writers' room... The more Korra and Asami's relationship progressed, the more the idea of a romance between them organically blossomed for us.
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Blossomed
Laid
Organically
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When Nickelodeon, in 2009, told us they wanted us to come back and do another series where we could do whatever we wanted, the first thought we had was: Let's do a story about the next 'Avatar.' That was the first thought. The second thought was: Let's make it a girl.
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Girl
Next
Nickelodeon
Series
Wanted
Avatar
Whatever
Second
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We're definitely still interested in the Avatar/Korra universe and fantastical world building in general, but I think many of the core themes and tones found in our two kids' series would be present as well in any sort of adult dramas we might be lucky enough to make in the future.
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Dramas
Themes
Tones
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We knew we wanted the 'magic' in our show to be different than the typical wand-wielding spell-casting fare. For us, it had to be natural and physical, with a source and rules and limitations - and most importantly it had to be a skill rather than just a power, something that a practitioner had to learn and strive for.
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Strive
Typical
Be Different
Fare
Importantly
Limitations
Skill
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From the inception of this series, Mike and I were very interested in exploring the theme of tradition versus progress. We always like the struggle for balance to be a central theme of our stories, so as we introduce all of these changes to the 'Avatar' world, we get to see how people react and try to realign themselves.
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Balance
Exploring
Inception
Mike
Series
Stories
Struggle
Theme
Versus
Try
Avatar
Interested
Central
Introduce
React
See
Themselves
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The social and political climate came from discussions about how we could find conflict in the wake of a 100-year-long war ending. But as we know in the real world, just because a war ends it doesn't mean that everything turns happy and peaceful. That provided us with some new kinds of conflict for us to explore in 'Korra.'
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Conflict
Peaceful
Real World
Turns
War Political World
Discussions
Ending
Explore
Political Climate
Provided
The Real World
Wake
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Some Nickelodeon executives were worried about backing an animated action show with a female lead character. Conventional TV wisdom has it that girls will watch shows about boys, but boys won't watch shows about girls. During test screenings, though, boys said they didn't care that Korra was a girl. They just said she was awesome.
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Girl
Wisdom
Action
Animated
Care
Character
Conventional
Executives
Female
Nickelodeon
Said
Worried
Tv
Boy
Awesome
Backing
Show
Watch
Lead
Lead Character
She
Test
Though
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Mike and I were really interested in other epic 'Legends & Lore' properties, like 'Harry Potter' and 'Lord of the Rings,' but we knew that we wanted to take a different approach to that type of genre. Our love for Japanese Anime, Hong Kong action & Kung Fu cinema, yoga, and Eastern philosophies led us to the initial inspiration for 'Avatar.'
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Yoga
Action
Anime
Approach
Cinema
Different
Different Approach
Eastern
Epic
Genre
Harry Potter
Hong Kong
Inspiration
Legends
Lord
Mike
Our Love
Rings
Type
Wanted
Avatar
Interested
Harry
Japanese
Initial
Led
Lord Of The Rings
Philosophies
Potter
Properties
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We wanted the elemental 'bending' to be based on authentic Chinese traditional martial arts, believing this would lend a beauty and resonance to the animation and the fictitious disciplines. Once we had that idea, I started looking for a Kung Fu teacher/Martial Arts consultant. My search led me to Sifu Kisu and I began training with him right away.
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Animation
Bending
Chinese
Martial Arts
Resonance
Traditional
Training
Arts
Authentic
Based
Began
Believing
Consultant
Disciplines
Elemental
Fictitious
Led
Lend
Martial
Right Away
Search
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