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Milesprower77

aka Miles

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September 28, 2010
  • I live in An ocean of schoolwork
  • I was born on July 18
  • My occupation is Putting out hate, discussing things of minor to no significance, and typing a heck of a lot.
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  • 112.209.8.201
    Your Profile
    An anonymous contributor 112.209.8.201

    Hey there, Nice Speech! I love such things, using quotes as templates.

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  • RaidenRadio
    Part 2 of my Live Action Blog is up
    RaidenRadio

    just in case you didn't get the message I posted earlier, if you are still interested be sure to comment. if not feel free to ignore.

    http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:RaidenRadio/If_%27Legend_Of_Korra%27_Was_A_Live_Action_Film._._._Part_2:_Mako,_Bolin,_and_Asami

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  • Meanboy
    MILES
    Meanboy

    So u joined the anti meanboy leauge.Good luck.

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  • RaidenRadio
    M.Night Shymalan must be stopped.
    RaidenRadio

    Hey Miles, i'm not sure if you are aware, but Hasdi has been continously hammering into our brains on one of the page I've followed that M. Night Shymalan is going to direct another Last Airbender Movie once his new Science fiction Survival Horror film "After Earth" is finished up.

    Given that the first film was terrible and pretty much ruined any hope of getting a good live action ATLA film in our lifetimes. I think we should do something about it.

    Take the pledge to not go see the TLA sequel if it does happen. and encourage other people to take the pledge.

    heres the page Hasdi commented on.

    http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Film:The_Last_Airbender_2

    and heres hasdis blog on the topic.

    I'm going to go around trying to raise awareness for this on other pages.

    TAKE THE PLEDGE! To make TLA2 flop. so that paramount will have no choice but to either stop making live action ATLA films, or accept the fans demand for a reboot.

    Probably a bit out there, but hey. Anything for Artistic Integrity, Right?

    Just letting you know.

    Raiden Out.

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    • Milesprower77
      Milesprower77

      I don't need to pledge to not see the next TLA movie, because Shyamalan lost all my respect by making the first one. Unless the reviews are outstanding from both Avatar show fans and regular critics, I won't even consider wasting my money on seeing the sequel. I think that many fans have the same attitude, and won't see it regardless of whatever M. Night does with it.

      What's also nice is that competent, experienced film critics can easily point out the glaring flaws within the movie even without watching the animated series prior. Just look at TLA on Rotten Tomatoes.

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    • RaidenRadio
      RaidenRadio

      According to Hasdi, the movie got a 3 out of 5 on Netflix. this is important because to rate a netflix movie one has to actually watch it.

      Thats not to say I like the film, far from it. But it does say that enough people like it to at least warrant a sequel.

      just spread the word, tell other users and friends about it, thats what I'm doing, tell them not to go see it. do whatever it takes to make the film flop. Because if it succeeds then odds are we will never see a good live action ATLA film.

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    Meanboy

    Very nice story about shipping.

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  • RaidenRadio
    Live Action Korra fan cast!
    RaidenRadio

    Lately I've been thinking of how I would make a live action Legend of Korra film. What I would change, what I would make better, what I wouldn't change etc. but more importantly who I would cast to play the characters.

    Im writing a whole series of blogs about this. would you bein commenting on the first one? I'd like your opinion since you are one of the few level headed people on the wiki.

    http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:RaidenRadio/If_%27Legend_Of_Korra%27_Was_A_Live_Action_Film._._._Part_1:_Korra

    Raiden out.

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  • 201.27.138.251
    Feudalism???
    An anonymous contributor 201.27.138.251

    Hello there my friend! its me, that anti-modernization person, constantly defending ancient stuff on RL/avatarverse.

    What do you truly meant everytime you refer to the ATLA system as feudalism?? as the term itself is very broad and possibly not relating to

    Chinese Imperial systems, or the pre-Qin [imperial] system which resembles [note the resemble part] a bit, a little bit Western Feudalism [medieval].

    After all we all know that both systems are different, take the king for example. Before Qin unification there was the position of King of China, specially during the

    Zhou-Warring states/spring&autumn period, where central authority collapsed and China entered in a fragmentation period where Nobles attained rankings [which translated into Marquis,Duke,etc similarly to Europe]

    And local lords/kings gave fractions of the land [by themselves] to feudal lords, who in turn would oversee it and collect taxes, normally in form of grains such as millet,wheat and sometimes rice.

    But the similarities end here, for example the knight or knighthood. At the basis of the western social pyramid there was the knight/mounted knight with title attained through a number of achievements [fighting,value in battle, king-given,

    or simply bought sometimes]. while militarly feudal [pre-Qin] the system usually had at basis of such society the foot soldier and nobles actually commanded them in battles instead of that system where knights fought other knights [and stomping on peasant-soldiers on process]

    and they followed a code of conduct and so. IF anything, one thing feudal China does not have is the fundamental block fo the european feudalism, the KNIGHT.

    China on its feudal period had a shi class, which encompass nobility,superior warriors [officers,generals,etc] scholars,sorcerers and so. so the term knight couldnt be PERFECTLY applied to the shi class. or else it would be generalization toward the word 'elite'.

    Changing words you can see similarities between Japanese and European feudalism, both having that same block in common [Knights and Samurai]. and the feudal lord having more importance in Japan [Daimyo] and Europe rather than Feudal China.

    Such system was created during Zhou dynasty after the fall of the Shang, previous system where warrior-kings/sages/etc ruler over the country and an imperialistic slavery society based on wars with the goal of píllage+slavery

    [similar to Roman empire at its prime and Egypt, specially Egypt] was replaced by the Fengjian society, sometimes translated as feudalism, in Zhou it was also the policy of granting fiefdom to relatives of Zhou dynasty

    and the king passed ranks to the lords which in turn gave titles/power to other lords/relatives [it was hereditary also] and the warrior class too.

    Part of this system changed after Qin unification of China *plays firenation tune* when he created the Empire of China, and dynastic rule in a way which persisted till 1911, but thats different talk right?

    So what bugs me is, I defend one simple truth: what is the similarities between feudalism and Avatarverse systems

    and I also surely have no way of telling which feudalism are you bent into labeling Avatarverse nations as feudalism or what are the similarities of both systems.

    Because in fact, Feudalism is a word loosely used by Fascist/communist discourse on recent events [from Industrial Rev. till present days] to SOMETIMES describe someting which is not. Such as often labeling the Ming/Qing [1300-1911] system as feudal or the

    Qin warrior-class based 'Shang Yang' rank system [you cut heads you are promoted] as feudalism!!11!!!onetwothree!! also. Just a more practical way in adding hay in the fire and making the people understand what THEY [leaders,revolutionaries,etc] want so.

    True feudalism [call this what you want if you desire so] do not lasted much untill Qin unification, and system was based on meritocracy OR civil service+imperial examinations later [from Sui/Tang onwards] although Emperor's massive power allowed him to

    obviously bestow a rank/title or a gift to him. [typical I award you 500 bolts of silk for you service we see in movies,dramas,etc].

    So none system on avatarverse truly reminds me of feudalism, be it European,Japanese [samurai!] or Chinese Zhou-style.

    Earth Kingdom government surely reminds me of Spring&Autumn period in China where power was splitted between many kings/local rulers and a good part of them had soldiers/nobles with more loyalty to those local rulers rather than the Son of Heaven [emperor/king].

    while in the EK power splits between regional kings, sometimes with their own interests and ways of governance and only paying tribute/respect to the Earth king rather than being his [E. king] servant.

    that was not the Zhou original perfect design of governance but it had the potential in developing so]

    while the Fire Nation is surely an Qin empire, with steampunk elements [made in firenation/mechanist] AND a bit of Han-Tang dynasty military conquests/campaigns. maybe with something alike with Mao/or simply a dear leader personality cult [as the FN does not regard their firelord as a true living god, such as long feng said about EK and its people].

    Maybe the most feudal system there is Kyoshi island,with similarities with Japanese feudalism, specially Tokugawa

    As they are part of a larger group [earth kingdom] but have regional authonomy [to the point they refused to enter in the HYW] and has

    Tokugawa style policies such as feudal warrior class [Kyoshi island] syncretism of religion with governance [I wont regard that as religion, but at least the near-cult of Kyoshi they have there, much like the samurai that adopted confucian honor and

    buddhist+shinto faith into their Bushido and lifestyle] and isolationist policy [tokugawa banned even maritme trade and closed doors of the nation].

    So, as you see, no feudalism, at least from what we've saw on the show. And personally, the system which I would like to see entering on avatarverse, is much like Qin/post-QIN or warring states rather than that modernity garbage.

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    • RaidenRadio
      RaidenRadio

      Basically, I was going to write two fanons. the first fanon would be about the Earth Kingdom Avatar sort've a James Bond Character. since LOK was the 1920-30's I was going to make the next Avatar be in the 1960's-70's, inspired mostly by cold war spy films, since the Avatar would be an incredible military Asset to the Earth Kingdom I thought it made sense.

      Basically, I thought a group of Waterbenders would land on the moon using a space capsule, and use the power the moon gave them to melt the Icecaps. The EK avatar stops them, but not before the planet is ravaged, and He is killed. The Northern 

      the FireBender Avatar is born in a drastically different world. The Fire Nation is underwater, its inhabitants scattered living on floating cities of debris, being hunted by the Glacier empire. the Earth Kingdom still exists, as do the Air Acolytes but they are seperated and lacking military power, from newly formed lakes and inland oceans.

      its just an Idea now, I have yet to have the time o actually write it.

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      An anonymous contributor 201.27.139.121

      Raiden I liked your idea. Working more into it would be perfect and its reeking of awesomeness heh

      Besides, an post-apocalyptical world is something I wouldnt consider unrealistic considering LOK progress and how one day or another

      humans are going to do serious ---- with the nature there too [they're already doing!].

      For your idea, another nice stuff would be something spiritual related, such as the heaven/earth [yin/yang] balance being broken by them by se of modern technology.

      For example a realm of some sorts or isolated place being wrecked and destroyed ON PURPOSE by such terrorist to accomplish their goal. world is thrown out of balance [beyond point of return].

      RL talk:

      Industrialization in fact is a thing that lasts until today and will last forever [if things continue progressing this way and new technology overcomes the

      problems such as lack of resources,energy production,etc etc] difference is that the types of industrialization [call it modernization then] will continue change such as: steam era-electricity-diesel-nuclear-internet age [in the future we'll possibly have

      age of robotics,nanos,AI,self-replicating stuff,cloning,etc etc] untill we have socio economical/political friendly environment to do so.

      And many people take those benefits as granted because obviously many people are raised [or fought for it] in an industrial-style environment and are used to it. like opium or any drug. addicts people to the point they unfortunately cant loose their grip on it. untill its too late.

      Take you, or me for example. or anyone around us. Will all the people be able to live like we could like back in the warring states?? or the Ming period for example?

      that's the course of modern humanity. I just wished something like Han/Ming/Tang/Song,etc dynasty came back and that's it.

      So I respect your opinion and you have good sense but unfortunately I see modernity as an never ending bitter sea and a poisoning drug that will kill everything a TRUE civilization deems worthy such as tradition,customs,rites,Zhou Li,traditional music etc etc 

      untill nothing but a barren waste is left and agriculture ITSELF, a sacred duty and the most important duty of a human being, is extinct [one day or another it'll all be mechanized right?? its happening by the day with gas/electric machinery and soon there'll be robots that will do it perhaps?]

      and other nice/beautiful/awesome duty that was already destroyed or burned by the ground by the horrible modern system. 

      So the question is what have we lost? and what we will lost even further?? 

      At least I'm unfortunately preapred for the day nothing beautiful and truly civilized is left standing =,(

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  • Neo Bahamut
    The Yoko Factor
    Neo Bahamut

    Ruen was, in fact, not right. What he did was to redefine the conversation. He latched onto that "personal amusement" comment & rode it for all it was worth. But I didn't actually cause anything, in fact I barely said anything to Fire Eater. The thread blew itself up, I just happened to be there.

    You might also notice how he puts all of the onus on me. I'm "trying to goad Fire Eater," which he can't actually prove, he just kind of assumes it. But if Fire Eater responds negatively, it's "because he made a human mistake." That language technically admits fault on behalf of both parties, but so generously implies that the vast majority of the fault lies with me.

    It is positively ridiculous that he sits there & apologizes for months of flame wars, insisting I be understanding & let change occur at its own pace, but so aggressively pursues me for 2 comments. What's the difference? That I owned up to the fact that I'm just kind of a jerk? If I had made all kinds of lame excuses about how Korra hating irritated me personally & blamed everyone else, would I suddenly be the victim?

    Related, he only uses the word troll once, but do you honestly think phrases like "trying to stir trouble" and "comments like Neo's" somehow took on a new meaning, just because he didn't literally say, "You are a troll?" It's called, "reading between the lines." And, in this case, it isn't even that difficult.

    He does all of these little word tricks to talk around the points, but ultimately have no substance. That is why I ignore him.

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      An anonymous contributor 201.27.136.236

      maybe trolling is not the correct word, maybe thats the way he is.

      but at least hes adding one bit or two to where no one dares to made HEAVY criticism: changes from ATLA to LOK, and his opinion on that made me respect the guy by the day.

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    • Neo Bahamut
      Neo Bahamut

      His main problem isn't his tone, it's that he thinks he can "win" an argument if he can just make everyone else too fed up to continue That doesn't work on so many levels. People want to talk about how he feels "upset," but guess what, anyone can be a good poster when nothing is applying pressure to them, that is not impressive.

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  • RaidenRadio
    the future of the ATLA Franchise
    RaidenRadio

    Hey miles, Its me Raiden. Anyway, I'm asking several big name users this so forgive me if you've already read this on another page.

    anyway, I remember reading somewhere that Bryke plan to turn over the creative reins of the ATLA franchise to someone else after LOK. I think its just a rumor, but i could be wrong.

    Anyways, what is your opinion on the future of the ATLA franchise after LOK? Would you like to see a Sequel series? Prequel series? Where would you take the franchise if given creative power?

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    • AvatarCorin34
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      I get what you are saying. I would not like to see bending become less significant however, should they take that route. A whole slew of problems and challenges could arise from it.

      Also I totally agree that Amon's character was really hurting by the end of the show. I woul have prefer him be a non bender and his cause have some creedence in the end after his defeat.

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    • Fire Eater
      Fire Eater

      Certainly would've made for a much more climactic ending.

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  • 201.42.195.137
    LOK revolt? makapu village is the way.
    An anonymous contributor 201.42.195.137

    I'm completely against industrial-age modernity,

    and besides it being a proof of wickedness,the industrial revolution

    unfortunately couldn't be destroyed, which would be what I'd do

    if I was back in those days with military power to do it.



    burn everything to the ground, and force the industrialists to make ANOTHER rammed earth great wall.

    just put their faces in the EARTH and a whip up their butts and soon their arrogance

    that technology is superior, changes are needed, etc will soon crawl up in their sore throats.



    Revert to the old days, rites and music shall once more thrive and the way of the sage-kings and emperors once more restored

    but that's a distant dream which would never be fulfilled, such is the wickedness of modern society.



    At least I wished the Avatarverse would pass through such horrid changes our real world has.

    Sad to see my favorite fantasy world go down the drain =[

    even the bending style used to fight is totally wrong, and disconnected

    with the former series philosophy/guidelines [earth = stiff+strong, water = soft,etc etc]

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    • Milesprower77
      Milesprower77

      If you're only (or even mostly) speaking to the modernization in the Avatar universe, then I fully agree with you. I don't like the steampunk European mixed with Asian elements they used in the show. I really liked the design and style of the first one better.

      If you're talking about indistrualization as a whole... don't take the luxuries around you for granted. You'd hate your life if you had to live without the comforts as simple as a warm bed and house a full meal, running water, and every electrical/plastic product you see.

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      An anonymous contributor 201.27.137.148

      Obviously, I hate IR/modernization on both worlds [ATLA and RL], but this is surely not the place to talk about things I hate in the real life, in regards to modernization and other stupidy, as we're talking about ATLA/LOK.

      About avatarverse, the thing is; asian elements with western lifestyle,ideals,etc is basically ridiculous, its like Meiji restoration [japan, late 1800s] on drugs. because at least the ridiculous pro-restoration little bandits gang there [on japan] westernized to the irrevesible point of imitating their idols [europeans] hair style,beards,music,technology,etc overall a inferior embodiement of self-hate and low self esteem. not counting the skyrocketing stupidity of the industrialists to do that with a feudal state. following european model, instead of converting to the chinese-styled bureaucracy/chain of command of Imperial China. BUT at least they didn't go the retard way of blending both cultures, which is at least awkward.

      So we ended up seeing people with half-Ma gua [manchu jacket] with fedora hats,short hairs+european beards with northern nomadic clothing [mongol,manchu,etc], jazz music and flame-decorated/pointy chinese rooftops, appearance resembling mid-late 1800s and early 1900 and a human cockfight called probending a deviation of original bending arts surely made to do fanservice at modern-fighting fans.

      And to some extent real-life modernization has something to do with this, the simple truth that modernization [RL or avatarverse] ruins traditions,respect,rites,warrior-culture,traditional art,etc etc thus leading the path into the low-IQ industrialists reality we ended up seeing in that beautiful world. like previously said, that world suffered the same things our RL one has... ¬¬

      So, I got to truly agree with your post.

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