Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)

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02/06/16 • 45 min

I never really got into anime in the way that a lot of other geeky kids did. Dragonball Z? Did not care. Pokémon? I watched the first season or two of the anime, but the video games were always first in my heart. Digimon? Yeah, no.

So, I was surprised in college to really get into the Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which borrows heavily from anime. It tells the story of an epic war fought by element-"bending" humans, a group of children who must save the planet, and some bizarrely cute hybrid animals.

On this episode of Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b, I tasked Emily with watching the first five episodes of season one of Avatar: "The Boy in the Iceberg" through "The King of Omashu." Join us!

If you have an Amazon Prime subscription, you can watch Avatar: The Last Airbender for free on Amazon Instant Video. You can also stream some episodes on Nickelodeon's website (not all of them, like we said in the episode). Or, you can buy individual episodes from iTunes or Amazon for $2 apiece.

Oh, and probably worth noting: As is our wont, we get off on a lot of tangents. If you haven't seen the Harry Potter movies or Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and you're someone who listens to this podcast?! Really?), then mild spoiler warning for those works.

To weigh in on Avatar or anything else we discussed this week, email us at [email protected]. And you should follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page.

We'll be back next week to finish our discussion of A Tale of Two Cities.

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On this episode of Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b, I tasked Emily with watching the first five episodes of season one of Avatar: "The Boy in the Iceberg" through "The King of Omashu." Join us!

To weigh in on Avatar or anything else we discussed this week, email us at [email protected]. And you should follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page.

We'll be back next week to finish our discussion of A Tale of Two Cities.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A Tale of Two Cities, Part One (1859)

Topic: A Tale of Two Cities (books one and two)

Geek: Emily

This week embark on our lengthiest bit of culture yet: reading Dickens.

I'm not sure when or why I read A Tale of Two Cities the first time, but I was pretty quickly hooked - and immediately started rereading it. You must understand, I'm not a big re-reader, in general. There are very few things I read over and over (basically this, Harry Potter, and Sabriel), and this tops the list BY FAR. It's just so good! And frankly so complicated that you kind of have to go back over the details again once you finish it.

So needless to say, I was pretty pumped to see what Eric thought.

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Next Episode

A Tale of Two Cities, Part Two (1859)

Topic: A Tale of two Cities (book three)

Geek: Emily

And now for the payoff I sold so, so hard last time: the grand conclusion of A Tale of Two Cities. All the threads - golden threads, if you will - finally come together in the exciting conclusion of this epic novel. At least, that's what I think of it. We'll just have to see if Eric enjoys it.

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