Has anyone else on my flist been watching The Umbrella Academy?
I really enjoyed it! I loved the soundtrack <3 The cinematography was pretty great also, I liked how the world had a very retro feel to it, and you see characters using typewriters rather than laptops and mobile phones
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Soo. I absolutely ADORED The Umbrella Academy
I, too, have to say Klaus just captures my heart. That actor is WILDLY talented. I think I didn't watch misfits, but a similar series so I thought for a while I did see it.
Anyhow. All of the characters had their flaws, while Nr. 5 - agreed, that actor has some serious comedic timing big kudos to him is not my favorite character I can see where you come from. Adding to that the he is part of some of Klaus' most hilarious and also some of his best scenes I am inclined to agree with you. He's just not completely my case he got a bit annoying.
Without a doubt right after Klaus comes Ben and their scenes together were scenic gold and I too regret we didn't get more backstory for Ben, though I would guess that might be bc of the lack thereof in the source material- the comic- which I didn't read tho, so who knows.
I also loved Diego and Allison. Wish Allison's character would have gotten more depth. I had a feeling she was only scratching the surface, maybe that was the intention.
With sympathizing with Vanya so much in the beginning to like honey baby train wreck NOOOO XD
Just your normal dysfunctional family. I loved the reappearance of Tom Hopper, as I LOVED LOVED LOOOOVED him as Percival in Merlin and needed some more material from him! though I have to admit Luther is not my fave...
Without further ado. Brilliant cast and I can't wait what they will do with a season 2, since we probably get a lot more of the kids versions and I would think and hope we will still get adult cast too probably to the likes of the flashback scenes now in S1 for their kid versions. I would seriously miss these brilliant actors otherwise.
Yeah that's my quick take on Umbrella Academy. I binge watched it in one go, you definitely are not alone in this fandom!
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It did feel like Allison and Diego were the least developed of the main cast, it seemed like Vanya, Five, and Klaus were the characters that the writers were most interested in exploring, I got the impression that they were the writers favourites
With sympathizing with Vanya so much in the beginning to like honey baby train wreck NOOOO XD
It was a nice twist that she ended up being the main villain, maybe I’m naive/not well versed enough in comic book setups, but I really wasn’t expecting that. I was actually expecting a redemption arc after she was crying to Luther about how sorry she was, so I was genuinely surprised when the show had her bringing the house down after that and going completely crazy, although goes without saying that that was no thanks to Luther!
And yeah it will be interesting to see what they do with season 2, the setup does seem to be there for the teenage versions to take over for a bit. Still I’m guessing that that won’t last for the entire season, maybe just a couple of episodes, as presumedly the writers would rather stick with the current cast?
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