Homsar
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The Umbrella Academy
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Asshat wormie
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Speaking of the dancing scene, that episode and what happened in the episode following was a very refreshing way to tell a story. Was probably what made me appreciate the show more than anything else even though the rest was good as well.
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moonarchia
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He needed to be kept alive long enough to trigger Page into psychotic killer mode to start the apocalypse. Mission Accomplished.
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iannis
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Supposedly in the comics (haven't read them was said in a previous page) the 7 were the only ones that survived. They can cover that in about 30 seconds with "and then they hit puberty, their untrained powers manifested, and they all went splat".
My guess for S2 is child actors and "we have to include 7 in the group so that she doesn't assplode the moon". Seems ambitious though. They may pop into the teenage years or something so they can use 20something actors for it.
Or they may go an entirely different direction and have the apocalypse resolution happen offscreen. That would make me chortle. I'm totally fine with that if they have a different story of the same quality that they want to tell. The last 20 minutes of the series or so was easily the weakest part of the whole. I don't -really- need to see an entire season of "lets be friends with the awkward girl".
My guess for S2 is child actors and "we have to include 7 in the group so that she doesn't assplode the moon". Seems ambitious though. They may pop into the teenage years or something so they can use 20something actors for it.
Or they may go an entirely different direction and have the apocalypse resolution happen offscreen. That would make me chortle. I'm totally fine with that if they have a different story of the same quality that they want to tell. The last 20 minutes of the series or so was easily the weakest part of the whole. I don't -really- need to see an entire season of "lets be friends with the awkward girl".
Caliane
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spaceboy did get a bit of a hit from the combining of Dallas and apoc suite.
He loses the fight with Hazel. Which really does make him seem not very special at all. Comic version never fights em iirc. and Hazel specifically does have super human str himself.
Qhue
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Yeah Luther needed a bit more time to shine instead of just being a 'goody-two-shoes' who gets fucked by fate. It does, however, reinforce the notion that while the leadership order was in rank from 1-7, the overall power of the kids was in reverse order with number 1 being the weakest and number 7 the strongest.
kaid
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Ironically after being basically tortured by an abusive father that vanya falls for a dick bag murderer actually seems pretty authentic.
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Vandyn
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I got the impression that both Hazel and Cha Cha were superhuman (really anyone from the Commission including boss lady since she survives an explosion).
iannis
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I liked S1 Punisher a lot, too. But yeah, this is better I think. The middle of punisher sagged a bit... first 3 and last 3 were great. Middle was forgettable. Too much castle wants to be the family man. But I still liked it a lot.
This one's strong all the way through. There's a little bit of sag within episodes, but no string of sag.
This one's strong all the way through. There's a little bit of sag within episodes, but no string of sag.
Vandyn
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Umbrella Academy isn't Marvel though, it's Dark Horse (Hellboy, etc.).
I got to admit, I'm not sure how good it would be if they are all kids again in S2. The actor who played five was pretty good but you may not get that with all of them.
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Oblio
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Oblio
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No, one has nothing to do with the other, but ironically the reason you don't like this show is the same reason you don't have a wife...you are an asshole
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Oblio
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Came here earlier to post (but got distracted) that I finished this last night and really enjoyed. The boyfriend catalyst/bad guy was heavy handed and predictable but I still enjoyed watching it unfold. As someone else mentioned a few pages ago I really liked the ending with the time travel angle, it provides endless opportunities.
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iannis
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I can see how your think it was boring. It was fairly telegraphed, but it was the actors and production value that appealed to me more than the plot. Hazel and can cha were great iterations of their trope. Klaus was great in a weird, "this is what Sean Penn should have been" way. Really they all were.
And for a comic book story even the plot was pretty good. Most comic book plots are not.
And for a comic book story even the plot was pretty good. Most comic book plots are not.
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There were so many great scenes. Watched with the wife and she was dying at Klaus pretending to be Five's dad at Meritech, between him striking just the right balance of crazy, the terrified look on the lab guy's face, and Five going from "what the fuck" to that knowing smirk after getting punched in the face. Good shit.
Great casting and music too. Looking forward to s2.
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It was telegraphed, but still ended up finishing differently than I thought with a couple of twists in between.
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