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masterpug53
02/22/24 10:58:15 PM
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One last thing to vent about, I guess: (Episode 4 spoilers) I really didn't like how they handled King Bumi. Part of it was, again, down to weird editing: I'm almost positive I heard Aang say 'I always wanted to visit here' when approaching Omashu, so I assumed they were cutting out his past friendship with Bumi. But then episode 4 starts, and we get like a ten-second flashback without a lead-in showing Aang and kid Bumi hanging out, and then Aang recognizes old Bumi within 30 seconds of meeting him again. And this Bumi's a depressed sad sack whose attempted jokes don't land, and his motivation is to put Aang through the ringer just to teach him how to make hard choices. It was at least plausible that original-series Bumi was some kid who became king because he was just as clever as he was crazy; Netflix Bumi is just crazy. They omitted pretty much all the challenges, and they didn't even bother to do the 'choose your opponent' gag, which served to trick the viewer as well into the realization that - surprise! - this crazy old coot is actually a crazy-powerful earthbender putting on an act. Netflix-Bumi just walks into an arena, takes his shirt off, and starts chucking boulders; no fanfare, nothing interesting or exciting about it. Out of all the scenes / plotlines thus far in the show, this is the one that really feels like they were just going through the motions. Still, credit where it's due, it was a nice touch at the end when Aang reveals that Bumi was the one who made his bison whistle for him.

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