Especially not THESE one hundred years...

"Lettuce Leaf"

This is why I kinda like live action Bumi better... He's far more, realistic in my opinion.

@@jimwell5608 yes but I don't understand why they picked a young actor and made him old with layers of makeup When iroh and ozai are the right age

@@KanishQQuotes I think it's perhaps they haven't found any ripped or buff old person?? 😁 Aang VS Bumi fight scene will be a hard scene to shoot if they cast an actual old guy... LOL.

But he still think outside the box, what he did to aang is to check on how aang see the world now. Cause he know how soft aang is and how harsh the path he will walk and how harsh the world change now. At the end he see aang as his best friend.

Wrong he grew resentful of aang for being away, Bumi's original character arc was happy to see aang returned and encouraged him to rely on his friends while the live action made bumi antisocial.

what abandonment issue are you talking about? he is a critical thinker and wants Aang to get out comfort zone. @KanishQQuotes was right "You may be 100 years old But you have not lived for a 100 years"

@@son9626 no he dosent.

@@sonsofjorge7730 dude did you see the live action??? they RAPED bumi in the writers room. he was never angry at aang. he was just happy to see his friend again in the cartoon. in this hes a miserable senile old fuck.

after all the serious stuff, the "MY CABBAGES" brings that old smile always

Such a great thing to see three voice actors from the original series got brought back to do roles for this show.

@@tankdogization which were the 3 voice actors brought back ?

@@veemon9280 Danial Dae Kim, George Takei and the cabbage merchant.

@@tankdogization Technically, Daniel Dae Kim worked in The Legend of Korra, but I get your point.

I'm not sure which one has more mental problems.

Makes more sense

@@Shadow_Hunter_X It does not make any sense. Bumi is supposed to be an exceptional human, his resilience as strong as earth, wise with unwavering optimism. He's a member of the white lotus. To think he would give in to bitterness is asinine. He is supposed to be light in the darkness, not consumed by it.

@@Saskfinest1 your crazy in the animated show how he acted was completely unreasonable, if your friend who disapeared for a hunderd years suddenly appeared making jokes thats insaine, the live action version is so much better

@@Shadow_Hunter_X no you are making a mistake comparing yourselves to him. You are not him, he is better than you in every way. He's not supposed to be compared to normal humans but someone to look up to and be inspired by. This is why he wouldn't take his bitterness off on Aang and you would. This is the true strength of Bumi. Making every character a person who's lost in the darkness of war is boring. Exceptional characters should act like exceptional beings, not a copy of every other person.

But... It's understandable why he's mad. He's friend was supposed to save them and as you got older you became a realist

I hope they make him more silly/funny in s2

he's funny in this tho.​@@everythinginashorttime2566

100 years of none stop war changes people

​@@mirasani423 Plus he has to deal with the horrors of war for 100 years, Fire Nation infiltrating and harassing his city, and the recent assassination attempt. I guess his pet gorilla-goat thing must've been his emotional support, which is why it is absent in the show except the bunch of its statues.

Don't forget they ruined Avatar Roku and Pakku too, but they did good work with Avatar Kuruk

Yep. Bumi Netflix version make more sense than in the cartoon. If this live actions 100% just like in the cartoon, it will look cringe.

Now that's a nice observation. I honestly didn't think to that extent.

Very good.

some people dont notice this and immediately think this show is bad

This is not exactly a remake it's a newly imagined retelling of the story. Live action tv cannot live up to cartoon physics, and so you have to lean into the story and go a little darker.

@@mikemiller8430 agreed

best comment on here

agreed. simps forget that he is a white lotus. A group of wise elders that do not mind what nation they come from. Making him bitter here undermines the fact that he is also friends with Master Piandao, A SWORDMASTER FROM TEH FIRE NATION.

I don't think Bumi's bitterness towards Aang has anything to do with his relationship to members of other nations, but I do agree that it makes no sense for him to be so spiteful and bitter when he is a member of an elite society that works behind the scenes for the betterment of everyone @@Maramara13Fly

Even if he's angry or sad he doesn't necessarily hate him. In the anime he seems like too crazy to have been affect by his best friend's absence and I still dont see the sense of his tests. Here he seems like a benevolent king who seen a lot of shit

This could've been improved on a 1000x by just having him drop the act after Aang figures out he's Bumi during the last test... Revealing he's Bumi before the tests made no sense and took away all the build up leading to the final test.

IDK, it felt like it was Aang giving Bumi the 'reality check' at the end. At least when it came to relying on your friends.

@@PrinceoftheAbyss I don't know. Overall this change a little bit tricky. In the animated version, Bumi behaves in Cartoonish goofy way. It goes well. Here, although I appreciate him telling the realities of war, Aang's reply breaks the illusion due to the vast difference between their age and experience. It's like a 10 year old telling World War Veteran - Why couldn't you be just friends... So even though I likeed it a bit, I am not fully satisfied.

@@randomstranger4314 It makes sense when you consider Aang was his best friend and went missing, which taught him not to rely on your friends. They might disappear when you need them most, though him being White Lotus later goes against the idea that he’s unwilling to make allies.

Indonesian language loaned a lot from Sanskrit. Here we say earth 'Bumi' as well. Back then it took quite a while for me to notice that 'Bhumi' is a character's name lmao.

@@rmekaningtyas7007 I was also surprised he said Bumi which means in bahasa is Earth, There are many Sanskrit influences in our language

Bumi was always insane he literally almost drowned katara in sinking SAND really I like both versions but honestly the second version because it is WAR and Ang has to be ready kioshyi said it too he ran from his responsibility he can’t run anymore so bumi was always wise but war has hardened him a little in this version he was never going to kill Ang but make him understand you LEFT you can’t just come back and be all buddy and not address the elephant in the room Ang do I like both versions but Ang had to grow up and bumi is letting him know that because fire lord will and have shown no mercy not even to his SON do you think he will show that to ANG

@@janderson9477 That wasn't Bumi It was General Fong. Also. Kyoshi can predict the future now. It could have been useful before... So. Many. Times!

Pretty easy to see why he’s gone insane, the cartoon can’t really describe the horrors of war and the cartoon Bumi doesn’t make sense in a live action. He learned he can’t rely on his friends because his best friend went missing when he needed him most and he had to make insanely hard decisions to survive. Aang coming back gives him hope that he was wrong to lose hope and that he can actually rely on someone to take the burden of making the impossible possible.

@@theimmitigableone8056 And that is another prerogative of general Fong and not Bumi. In this case, he would probably be deposed by absolutely inefficient leadership. I mean, yes, this the same case with the Nolan's Joker. It's a more "grounded" version of the character, but definitely not the same. Better? Worst? That is a matter of opinion and taste. But definitely not the same as before.

@@thiagohayashi9936 Of course it’s a matter of opinion and in this case we’re comparing two versions of the same character, or two different approaches they could’ve gone with. A cartoonish version like Jack Nicholson’s Joker that keeps it closer to the original, or a realistic version like Heath Ledger’s Joker. I prefer the latter since it plays much better in live action.

Nah realistically seen, he knew Aang was the avatar and has the power of a thousand benders as stated in episode 2 by Avatar Kyoshi. War is of course not Aang’s fault but the fault of the fire nation. And everyone lost hope knowing the avatar was gone. Even Bumi

What makes you say he hated his friend? He doesn't hate Aang at all. He resents him. Big difference.

"Power of a thousand Benders" could just be an exaggeration, or Kyoshi using poetic license to explain the weight of Aang's power and responsibility. End of the day. Aang is a 12 year old child and not even a fraction of the way to unlocking his power as the Avatar. Bumi knows this. I cannot see him blaming Aang for the state of the world. He's too learned and wise for that.

If my friend had bailed on me for a hundred years, I think i deserve to be angry. It’s completely justified. In the cartoon he was goofy and showed no characteristics of a 100 year old man. In here they made it seem like Bumi had lived through a 100 years who had to bear responsibilities, while Aang who was his age, dodged all the responsibilities, even worse the responsibility that of an Avatar. It’s such a nice change in my opinion.

Yh the writers really do the characters dirty in this show. Look we have an amazing actor who even looks the part and instead of him being a funny old wise man he became bitter 💀

People aren't complaining about the looks though. The issue is that they did to Bumi what Kennedy did to Luke Skywalker. Turned him into a bitter old man even though Luke will never become like that. Same as Bumi. His character won't give up.

I agree with you. I think they adapted and touched many important story lines, and put them together nicely. In the end, Bumi was great, even if bitter and ended up rekindled with Aang, Jet and freedom fighters story also basically the same, Tao and the mechanists also accomplished the same end goal as the animation. I really don’t get all the criticism.

I agree with this. Ultimately one of the things that I feared for the live action was that they would stick too close to the animated series, this is because ultimately the format, the characters, the way its set up is to be an family-friendly cartoon that you could just tune into. That meant that really I didn't think the live action would fare well if it stuck too close to the animated series, and alongside that I was afraid I'd get 'bored' if it was just simply a rerun of the animated series. I've only got up to 'Spirited Away' and I do love what they've done with this live action, its been changed enough that its like rewatching the ATLA Animated Series all over again for the first time but close enough to the original that it still feels familiar. The story has been really good so far and I think they've done a great job in making ATLA more 'adult' and 'serious' while also still allowing the setting and characters to align with how they were in the animated series. CGI and worldbuilding is great too. Honestly, I was really prepared for the worst with the live action remake, but its actually been really, really good and its blew my expectations out of the water.

That sucked the beauty of the animated series was learning his identity was an exciting surprise

@@kaizen_overcall exactly ! Like I didn’t want it to be beat-for-beat, but Aang meets him and a few seconds later goes “Hi Bumi” 🤦🏻‍♂️ such a big moment wasted

It makes more sense than in the cartoon, everyone in Omashu knows the King’s name is Bumi. The cartoon’s reveal is cheap and unrealistic. Aang could’ve learned Bumi was King as soon as he stepped into the city.

Important announcement I hate something the end 🥱♻️

@@theimmitigableone8056 how would he realize it just from entering Omashu? Also, literally everybody else Aang knew from 100 years ago is dead…..

Kicked his ass repeatedly. Unless he put up some fight for a ruse. I said "Holy Shit" when I saw they had him in metal shoes to prevent him from touching earth.

small lol

sure. did you know that there is also no war in ba sing se?

It makes sense that Bumi, someone who lived through the actual beginning of the war and awaited for the Avatar, would be a exactly how he was portrait, excited, upset, distrustful, hopeful, all at once.

Agreed i feel we gonna see him again when he take back omashu i cant wait when he solo all of them. And join the white lotus

naw

@@jahlorise yaw

Yep. Bumi Netflix version make more sense than in the cartoon. If this live actions 100% just like in the cartoon, it will look cringe.

@@kelvincostner7775 not at all a wize old man holding resentment for a kid/ friend who he thought was dead along with his entire culture.... That's immature and a horrible writing

I mean..its better then the movie...you have to at least give it that

man, i'm an og fan too, and i really liked this show, especially the expanded dynamics between zuko ozai and iroh!

I'm a fan of the original show down to the smaller details, I usually despise live action adaptations of cartoons, and yet I'm seeing this with pleasure (I arrived to ep. 4 so far). It's not the animated series. With eight 1 hour episodes, they could have remade, scene for scene, the twenty 22 minutes episodes of book one of the original series, and with time to spare. But they obviously didn't. The events are there, but slightly changed, the timeline is different, events that were separated in the original series happen simultaneously, not to the same people, etc. All is slightly darker too. There are far less comical reliefs. This is a world that had been through 100 years of war. But it's a good show.

prepare yourself for eps 5-6, i think this adaptation hit its peak in that episode.@@neutronalchemist3241

its great

Well... Yeah? Bumi was upset that Aang left, just like everyone was. But in the end he was just happy to see him after 100 years. Bumi's part of the White Lotus for Pete's sake! Who are some of the most philosophical and greatest bending minds in the world.

@@JustaLamborghiniCountachWhoCom oh he is happy to see him back. but still one hundred years of war will left an impact, he's no longer a boy aang know

Thats what i dont get as well. Imagine fire nation your enemy who slaying everyone in their path, but in this series, they talk with fire nation like they know each other. It looked very childish, even more than the animation.

When you're 110 years old, you don't give a flying fuck anymore. It's like he has the mind of the middle age man here. Remember, he's at war with the Fire Lords not the whole Fire Nation. And don't give me that crap that the animated series toned down the results of conquest and war, Roku threatened to END his only best friend because of his conquest. Chin the Conqueror was ENDED by Kyoshi, etc. So what they're gonna do next? Let Monk Gyatso be a murderous thug because reasons?

The horror of war is a thousand times better done and more mature in the original than this supposedly mature series.

steal it on netflix of course

Same to be honest.

Well, I’m wondering about is how they will do interaction between Sokka’s master and King Bumi considering this what I see is a more realistic approach to how war changes people. I hope it’s a really good interaction

Live action not nearly as good as

because of people like you quality of novadays movies so low

​@@Rafbick I was never an Netflix dude and Avatar Netflix is actually my very first series on Netflix but i like how Bumi is more a dark and realistic and crazy figure here And this comes from a guy, who watched every og Avatar episodes

Could u give examples please of how this show is inconsistent..js wanna have a nice debate and conversation

That’s with every live action, they change the characters and story a bit or else people would be nagging about how it’s useless to do a live action when it’s exactly the same as the animation version or book version. Luckily this Netflix show still keeps a lot of the animation! Just a bit more realistic : Bumi becoming more filled with anger because the avatar abandoned everyone therefore the fire nation destroyed a lot of everyone.

I actually disagree. Every character gets thrown into the story in a different way now but they all still have the same premise. Jet is still a freedom fighter. Aang is still free spirited. Iroh is still wise and sympathetic. Zuko is still melodramatic and broken. Azula is still a cunning smartass with ulterior motives. Bumi even. He's still that goofy king who has a sorta aloof attitude. Just more realistic now. And idk about you man but they totally did build on the series. Like the air nomad ambush and Katara's mother getting charred. And how Sokka's father felt about him after his first trial of becoming a warrior. We also get to see how Azula comes to be with her blue flames now. Lots of stuff they're building off of from the og.

No, this isn't a remake, it's an adaptation, with different characters built on the same idea. Aang in here is not Aang of the show, the same with Zuko, Katara, Sokka or Bumi. Get over yourself

@@Aurriliia Like when Aang says he wants to "goof off" and "he's just a kid", but the show makes him too serious. Even in this Bumi episode, there were inconsistencies.

thank you. finally someone said it. This show is not a cartoon. This live adaptation shows the real horrors of war and to think Bumi has seen it for hundred years. War changes people, especially to a King.

i agree. this is the only time i disagree hard on charlie. the exposition of gran gran in the beginning is only reasonable in the context of the story.

one of the best additions imo is with zuko ozai and iroh dynamics, especially the aftermath of agni kai, the 41st division really hits me hard.

Every single word you just said is wrong, man. Bumi was a clear example of the resilience of earth benders, keeping his spirit even through the war and becoming a wise yet nutty old man that is capable of teaching the avatar. They ruined Bumi. Not to mention the stupid trend of spoon feeding everything to the audience and ruining every single reveal in the show.

@@JaviusSama that's just your subjective opinion. I understand where you're coming from though, I just don't feel the same.

He is still silly and goofy But resentful

I'm not okay with it. It being different is why it doesn't work. For me.

@@TheStraightestWhitest yeah but think about having to be a king and being 100 years old you can get grumpy

​@@TheStraightestWhitestit's great you're not in charge then.

Yea I can agree😊

My thoughts exactly. If you wanted to do something new there's a lot of different stories as the Kyoshi one, if they loved the scene of kyoshi so much.

@@orianaguzman3983 Period.

Then why not just rewatch the animated show?

@@user-zj8vg3of8x Believe me, I've done that like 5 times, and I'll continue to do it. My children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will watch it. If lizards did a remake, I'll watch it. If cockroaches did a remake, I'll watch it. But...... just sick to the storyline.

I prefer this change.. cause if they follow everything from the original, then why make a new one? And I believe they made good choices to squeeze in 8eps. At least the ones the removed and patched made sense.. specially on the mechanist, and jet part..

This exactly

excatly! if cartoon bumi was in the live-action 1:1 copy, he'll look out of place and it'll be jarring.

nobody wants an excact copy. we want the same characters adapted into the real world. You don't have to put in every line and also most scenes with the extreme close up laughing of bumi won't work, but you could still depict the same character. I am really tired of people talking when they have don't know. @@TheVisionaryLeo

Bhoomi means earth in Hindi as well

Bumi means earth in Indian languages. Malay and Indonesia got it from the chola empire and other Indian dynasties

I agree this gives Bumi an actual motive to stop Aang so that he can teach him to grow up as well as learn to deal with difficult choices.

Lmao bruh. I already know it’s not the same thing. And I think the bending is good over all. And the excuse of it not being a cartoon is a bad one.

​@@jingleballs9935 It really isn't when there are some things which can easily work in animation than live action.

its also dogshit writing

Correction: They left.

They left because they wanted to deviate from the original and explore new ideas, but Netflix said no... keep to the original as much as possible. Props to Netflix for sticking up for the animated fans.

🙂👍

They never leave because of creative differences. They left because they have other plans for the Avatar universe. They literally at premiere of seeing episode 1 of the live action.

they said its bc of creative differences tho @@jesuswasnotsinless1065

Next time try to learn correct grammar before using complex words

@@decas5505 English is not my first language, так что с такими советами иди нахуй , mi amigo

@@decas5505 English is not my first language so I assume that I can make some mistakes, но в любом случае иди нахуй с такими советами, mi amigo

@decas5505 English is not my first language so I assume that I can make some mistakes, но в любом случае иди нахуй с такими советами, mi amigo

@@decas5505 English is not my first language so I assume that I can make some mistakes, но в любом случае иди нахуй с такими советами, mi amigo

Try writing a show 😂

and haru wasn't even in the show

@@evilmiaevils6092 exactly. I hate all the changes. I mean, I understand the changes that needed to be made coming from animation to live action, but some critical plot changes are too much for me.

This episode almost made me quit watching. I stuck it out but my God was it painful.