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Jeron Edwards

PLEASE READ RTTV: A few preemptive words about Episode 408, “Remembrances”… In a couple hours the eighth chapter of Korra Book 4 will be released online, and I suppose, if you are none the wiser, a few minutes into it you will feel duped and yell at your screen, “Hey! This is a crummy clips episode!” And that is (almost) exactly what it is––except we all worked really hard to make sure at the very least it isn’t crummy. I’m here to explain why we ended up having to do one. Sometime around a year and a half ago we were similarly duped on a large scale. We got the news from the higher-ups that our Book 4 budget was getting slashed, almost to the tune of an entire episode’s budget. We had two options: 1) let go a significant number of crew members several weeks early, or 2) make a clips episode. We never considered the first option. We weren’t going to do that to our crew, and even if we were callous enough to do so, we never would have been able to finish the season without them. But having grown up on TV in the ‘80s and '90s, we all dread clips episodes, where characters sit around saying, “Remember that time when…” and leftover footage is reheated for no one’s enjoyment. Anyone who suffered through TNG’s “Shades of Gray” knows what I’m talking about. Anime fans know this is a common occurrence in Japanese series as well. In fact, as Mike hung his head in disappointment at our fate, I remembered how one of my favorite anime series, Samurai Champloo, made what I thought was a really awesome and clever clips episode. They mixed about 5 minutes of new footage in with the old, and set up a context where the characters would be reflecting on past events while narrating over them, offering new insights or at least providing some humor. I pitched this angle to Mike and he agreed this was the best way to turn this big old lemon into some lemonade. Back on Avatar, we had something that functioned as a sort of clips episode, though it was all new animation and really hard to make, Episode 317, “The Ember Island Players.” Our heroes went to a play where they saw themselves and their tales performed by actors on stage. It was simultaneously a reckoning for the characters before they headed into the denouement, and a lighthearted romp where we got to poke fun at our own show before things got really serious in the remaining episodes. Korra’s “Remembrances” ended up serving the same function, albeit with old footage instead of a newly animated play. There is about 5 minutes of new footage, wonderfully animated by Studio Mir, and a bunch of funny and touching narration from the characters. There are also some fun chibi heads and other treats in there to spice up the old footage. What started out as a reluctant chore ended up being a really fun episode to make, and in the end I truly love it. Mike did an awesome job directing it and storyboarding all the chibi hilarity, as well as overseeing the wonderful script by Josh Hamilton, Katie Mattila, and Tim Hedrick. Joaquim Dos Santos, Ryu Ki Hyun, and Lauren Montgomery drew fantastic storyboards for the new footage (particularly Lauren’s insane Varrick posing). Lots of other folks worked their tails off on this one, namely Amaris Calvin, our animatics editor; Christie Tseng, our character designer who drew and colored all of the final chibi art; Matt Gadbois, our After Effects artist; and Chris Hink, our final picture editor. Last but not least, Aran Tanchum and Vinny Guisetti on foley, Benjamin Wynn on sound design, and a stellar new score with all your favorite hits by Jeremy Zuckerman. And plenty of other fine folks I’m forgetting! So now you know what it is and why it happened. I hope you do end up enjoying it after all, especially as a last lighthearted, nostalgic romp before POOP. GETS. REAL. And then the series is done. Love, Bryan P.S. I forgot to mention our cast’s amazing performances, especially John Michael Higgins’ million words a minute as Varrick in act three! This is why we have this episode in other words NIck screwed them over.

Anonymous

WHATS YOUR GUYS' ISSUE. Didnt you watch the announcer guy say take a trip down memory lane. That should tell you easily that it's a filler. The creators got duped by nick and it was either make this or fire some of their staff. Obvious choice. Besides, this episode had some important stuff I hope you picked up on. This is like ember island players. Rob, this was a filler. And it wasnt terrible. Not as good as ember island players but, still funny. Jesus, howd you guys not pick up on it. If you weren't surprised, it would be more enjoyable.

awesomeusername

LOOOOOOOOL at all the CLOWNS trying to defend this episode with their essays. they just trying to do the same thing as the Last Airbender with the Ember Island Play, but that was actually entertaining and further built the world with the Fire Nation's perspective of all the events, as well as progressing the plot of Zuko's guilt after having betrayed Ozai. This episode is just straight trash from start to finish.

Anonymous

Yo RTTV the finale is two episodes long but theres no credit break in the middle. The two episodes-12-13- are mashed together. So its essentially like a 40 minute short movie finale.Just lettin yall know lol. . At the end it would be cool if you guys had the OFFICIAL aang vs korra argument lmao. And yall are gonna be hella confused at the very end just a warning lmaoo.

Anonymous

"I can't bother reading more than one paragraph so they must be a clown..." No one's really defending the episode. But knowing about Nickelodeon's stance on this show and the budget cuts is necessary to understand why this episode exists. This entire show in general has been plagued by production difficulties because of Nick

Anonymous

It isnt like that for everyone. And no they wont be confused. It didnt come out of nowhere. This very episode has stuff that hints at it. Dont say what it is. Just call it "IT"

Anonymous

yall really complain alot