OH GOD IT HAS FINALLY ARRIVED. In celebration of reaching the final episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender, let’s all have a giant party and watch all four parts of “Sozin’s Comet” at the same time. The Avatar liveblog WILL SURELY BE THE BEST PARTY YOU ATTEND ON THE INTERNET THIS MONTH.
I am legit sad this is ending. 🙁
(I know I am using images from the Invasion of the Black Sun, but that’s because I refuse to Google image search this episode. NO SPOILERS.)
The Avatar series finale liveblog will occur at 11:00am PDT on July 9th, 2011. Please consult a world clock to learn what time this is relative to you!
If this is your very first liveblog on Mark Watches, the rules are very simple. At precisely 11:ooam PDT, start your DVD/Netflix/other means copy of “Sozin’s Comet.” Use the comments as your own personal space to comment the hell out of the episode. Think of it as an online chat room of sorts! Except we are all unified in MIND-BLOWING AWESOMENESS.
ABOUT SYNCHING ISSUES: Only Netflix skips all three of the intros/’Previously On…’ segments. So in order to stay in sync, the lovely Echinodermata gave this simple way for us to keep on track!
We will be synching with the WHITE TITLE CARDS for this. So, at 11am, we’ll all press play from THIS screen, though obviously with the right card:
Given that each part is about 25 minutes long, here’s the schedule. At the time listed, we will press play from the white title card denoting that chapter, skipping the opening credits if you are not watching via Netflix:
Chapter 1: 11:00am PDT
Chapter 2: 11:30am PDT
Chapter 3: 12:00pm PDT
Chapter 4: 12:30pm PDT
This will allow 4-5 minutes of episode switching, potty breaks, tea gatherings, and foraging of potato babies.
I will post a review of the series finale on Monday, July 11th at my normal time. And then stuff will happen. You’ll see. For now, that’s the set schedule. (PS: I’ll post the details for the A Very Potter Sequel liveblog tomorrow morning. That takes place at the same time this upcoming Sunday!)
Happy watching! Can’t wait to party with all of you!
Over on my side.
Please, everyone, sync with this:
http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/…
Damn, I love this music.
And now we've reached my FAVORITE EPISODE OF THE SERIES. I cannot wait 'til 3:00!
Well, that was the quickest 22 minutes of my life.
Pause 🙁 1 more till I have to leave for work (already dressed and everything so I can just run out the door)
"It's time for this world to end in fire and for a new world to be born from the ashes"
OMG THE COMET!! SO TERRIFYINGLY BEAUTIFUL!! THE SUSPENSE BUILDS! AND AANG READY TO FACE IT OMG.
And the lion turtle thing? WTF
Basically the finale is a huge OMG/WTF moment for me. <3
so- the lionturtle art everywhere in the series- based off of this guy. and he scares me. make it go away. 🙁
Waiting untill 12:00!
Million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.
(As long as everybody's quoting Discworld…)
it has arrived.
Thanks a bundle for the clock!
ILU and your unpreparedness
Oh, the magical talking lion turtle, you. So unexpected. UNLESS YOU REMEMBER ALL THE PICTURES AND STATUES OF IT.
They were really subtle. I didn't catch ANY mentions of Lion Turtles the first time I watched the show!
what time are we starting again?????
Ha ha, my kitten keeps trying to step on the keyboard and see what I'm up to.
That was the best ending shot EVER, Y/Y???
I've seen this three times, and my brain is still AAAAAAAAAH WAT AAAAAAAAAAH.
third title card at about 1:19 on my copy of part 3
(why are there even previouslies for these?)
I love cats! How old is your kitten?
About eleven weeks.
Aw that's a great age 🙂 starting to mellow out and become a cat!
Certainly better than the turtle in the Neverending Story. I was freaked out by giant turtles ever since that movie until I saw this episode. Then they became super awesome.
On the hour so in 6 minutes.
On the hour! Whatever hour that is where you are.
LET IT LIVEBLOG PLZ
I'm out of potato babies! WOE
Break time!!
Only halfway in and the epic epicness is already piling up.
oh god oh god I forgot how freaking exhilarating this episode was.
MEGAVIDEO, I HAVE NOT WATCHED 72 MINUTES TODAY YOU ARE SUCH A LIAR. AAAHH! FIXING THIS!
my PC is 4 seconds behind
NOOOOOOooooooo
My cat is on my feet. Gotta love love cats. :3
Basically Lion-turtle was saying "A pure souled person cannot be mislead or corrupted but withstand
the pressure of others. Aang must follow his heart and see passed the lies and illusions. Hence taping on the heart and third-eye. I only caught it because I love Vedic lore AND LION TURTLE WAS KINDA KRISHNA-ISH
thanks! im all the way here in south africa and watching this awesome show 4 the 2nd time!!!
POSTING THIS AGAIN
http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/…
bit late but…
AANG: I'm gonna ask my best pals from my past lives for advice.
[Goes into 'meditation mode']
AANG: What should I do?
ROKU: Kill the Firelord.
KYOSHI: Kill the Firelord.
KURUK: Kill the Firelord.
YANGCHEN: Kill the Firelord.
AANG: Screw you guys, I DO WHAT I WANT!
Hate to be a killjoy, but did anyone notice the wording of Zuko asking Katara to help him "put Azula in her place"? ATLA usually isn't problematic, but this one line is.
What's the problem?
In her place as in in the kitchen cooking and cleaning for the men?
Am I seriously the only one who had no problems understanding the Lion Turtle's speech?
I think it was meant on a literal sense. The voice is actually really gravely and rumbly, and it sort of distorts his words.
No, I could hear it fine too.
LOL SERIOUSLY
I think it was meant on a literal sense. The voice is actually really gravely and rumbly, and it sort od fistorts his words.
They put previouslies in after the premiere. When the episode first aired on TV it only had one previously.
OH MY GOD
I WENT TO REFRESH TO READ COMMENTS IN BETWEEN
AND IT TOLD ME THE SITE WAS DOWN
I ACTUALLY PANICKED AND WENT TO TWITTER TO SEE IF SOMEONE ELSE HAD GONE "maaaaaark halp"
turns out it's back. thank god D:
my computer won't update the comments unless i refresh. The site has been down like 5 times for me
Moar tea! I make it in honor of Iroh going off to reconquer the hell out of Ba Sing Se.
No I got it, but then again I read the Gita <.< and it felt like Krishna was telling Arjuna to "DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BRO"
REALLY – LIKE SERIOUSLY REALLY?!?!?!
Yeah, I meant in a strictly "parsing the words he is saying" sense — I didn't have too much trouble, but a lot of the friends I was watching it with didn't catch it.
That happened when the episode first premiered on TV too. They fixed it for the DVD release.
But not for Netflix? WHYYYY
Heh, it keeps crashing on me. But I'm bad at balancing the comments and watching the episode anyways lol
What fascinating insights does your kitten have about the show?
"Mew!"
Spoilers!
Comments like this make me love this site so much.
"The true mind can weather all the lies and illusions without being lost. The true heart can tough the poison of hatred without being harmed. Since beginning-less time, darkness thrives in the void, but always yields to purifying light."
The Lion Turtle is the best creature ever.
How is it that waiting five minutes seems like forever, yet these 20 minute episodes go by so fast? DX
None of them actually said to kill Ozai. They just told him to be decisive, enact justice, and act accordingly. Not of one of them said anything about killing.
THANK GOD MY INTERNET IS OK. I WOULD BE SO CHOKED IF MY INTERWEBS WENT DOWN TODAY.
"Destiny is a funny thing. You never know how things are going to work out. But, if you keep an open mind and an open heart, I promise you will find your own destiny someday." ~Iroh, The Western Air Temple
I guess Iroh learned this firsthand thanks to Ba Sing Se.
More like:
ROKU: Do *something*, unlike me.
KYOSHI: Face up to whatever you do. And be fair about it.
KURUK: Do *something*, unlike me.
YANGCHEN: It's not about you, it's about the world.
AANG: Guess I have to kill the Firelord.
"The true mind can weather all the lies and illusions without being lost. The true heart can touch the poison of hatred without being harmed. Since beginningless time, darkness thrives in the void, but always yields to purifying light." Wisdom.
I KNOW THANK YOU YOGA CLASS
How so? They don't intend to kill her if they don't have to, and she's been pretty arrogant about her skills so far. They're going to take her down while showing her she isn't such hot shit.
Exactly.
"Putting her in her place" has very unfortunate connotations. No one's talking about putting Ozai in his place. THey're just going to defeat him, even though he's shown much more arrogance than Azula. Phoenix King, anyone?
Timebending.
Time really is relative it seems
I DON'T WANT THIS TO EVER BE OVER, EVERYONE. D:
Third-eye and heart chakras
Goys my cheese, crackers and cranberry juice. 4..3..2..1
So this is my first time watching this and I want to say it has been a great adventure. I haven't commented a whole lot, but I have loved to read what everyone has had to say. I am genuinely sad that in an hour, this is all going to be over.
LOL THIS MEME
I'M WAY TOO AMUSED BY IT
The animation for this episode is freaking gorgeous.
Time to start?
Appa!! He must be so hot under all that fur!
Zuko's hair is funky-looking here.
HA HA KATARA HAS UTTER FAITH IN AANG.
That is a really low flying comet O_0
SHE'S TOTALLY NOT CONFUSED ANYMORE.
ZUKO WHY YOU GOTTA BE A DEBBIE DOWNER
And now the switch to the darker, scarier animation tone.
Poor, poor cherry girl…
Azula looks older than 14.
OZAI who puts a 14 year old in charge of a nation?!
Azula scares meeeeeeee do not wantttttttttt
Azula is getting a liiiiiitle paranoid.
And cue my fave scene… Oh Azula…you are so gone.
Azula is slipping. This is not going to end well!
Look at Zuko's hair flow MAJESTICALLY IN THE WIND.
IT IS A THING OF BEAUTY
"Aang won't lose. He's going to come back. …He has to."
OH GOSH KATARA
Azula is spooky.
If she was so delicate that a cherry pit could have killed her she would have died a long time ago.
Happiness and rainbows would have happened?
*this commenter is too busy hiding from Azula to comment*
Azula, CALM. THE. FUCK. DOWN!
Death by cherry pit to Azula!
Don't mess up Azula's cherries or you'll face the consequences.
ME TOO! And sometimes it doesn't let me post =(
Oh dear. Azula D:
I think I saw a fan theory that it alternated alternating? Like guy-girl-guy-girl then girl-guy-girl-guy? Which is hard to tell when the most we've seen of the order is Yangchen-Kurruk-Kyoshi-Roku-Aang-Korra, but it's still a possibility
So yeah. Azula is getting creepier and creepier as this scene goes along.
AND THEN MEGAVIDEO TOLD ME 72 MINUTES WERE UP
WHEN CLEARLY IT SAID 53
I had a backup plan
oh thank god
two heart attacks in about five minutes
Azula… get that stick out of your ass… please.
Aaaannd….Azula has lost her mind.
Azula, dude. DUDE. Slow your roll.
I won't have my first day as Fire Lord marred by poor foot hygiene!
I STILL WANT AN EEL HOUND.
Banished over a cherry pit?!
Oh Azula…
I think him being essentially 12-13 has to do with his stubbornness. He wants to do what's more familiar to him instead of what some other adults think he should do, despite their status as previous avatars. At least that's how I thought of it.
I believe Grey DeLisle voices the cherry-holder as well. SHE IS TALKING TO HERSELF.