I have to reach to back in my memory to compare, but I'm thinking of Mako's work in Conan the Barbarian, especially the narrative voice over in the begining, his voice was much rougher even then. I've read that Baldwin understudied under Mako for the earlier seasons, obviously it was known Mako wasn't well. Still, nothing can truly compare to the original. Well, I guess it's better than nothing, and maybe he'll improve over time. Baldwin is doing a good generic Mako impression, but that's not the same as playing Iroh, capturing the personality of the character. Also, Iroh's voice wasn't just Mako, it was Mako playing the character of Iroh. In the intervening time, Mako's voice grew deeper and even more gravelly and his English speech became somewhat faster and more fluid. He does a pretty good Mako impression, but the problem is, it's a good recreation of how Mako sounded in the '70s or '80s, which isn't quite the same as how he sounded a year or two ago. In other voice news, we finally get to hear Iroh speak with his new voice, provided by Greg Baldwin. Not only is he an effective villain voice in his own right, but he sounds similar to Mark Hamill, the voice of Ozai, Sozen's grandson. Production-wise, it was nice to hear Ron Perlman as Sozen. It will take both of them to save the world.
Aang's and Zuko's (A and Z!) parallel journeys are given context now in different ways, they are both Roku's heirs, inextricably bound together.
#Avatar the last airbender book 3 chapter 5 full episode plus#
Plus we learn that Roku was Zuko's maternal great-grandfather, and have it spelled out explicitly that Zuko's heritage makes him the key to restoring balance. Although it apparently took him 11 years to get around to it. And we learn (or did we know it before?) that he deliberately attacked the Air Nomads first in hopes of killing the new Avatar. What we learn is that Roku was his childhood friend and that they grew apart and ended up on opposite sides, and that Sozen allowed Roku to die in order to clear the way for his launching of the war. So, we get the backstory on Avatar Roku and Fire Lord Sozen, and the surprise is that there aren't any real surprises about Sozen and his role in the war.
Hmm, we've been discussing the universe a lot in the other Avatar thread, but not specific episode discussion, so I figured I'd resurrect this thread for my comments about this week's episode.
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