When it rains, it pours
I knew when reading the comic that this show was going to be hard to make. I also felt when watching this show, that it would be hard to review and that’s not to say its good, quite the opposite! This comic/show is so damn good and so interesting while being semi convoluted and involved that any kind of representation that wasn’t originally intended would be a risk. It turns out it was a calculated one because this show is great and paid homage to the comic and told a great story.
I mentioned the word convoluted previously, and the comics definitely are convoluted, but the show does something clever and merges two separate volumes of the comic to simplify some parts of the story and add depth. To be fair, as great as the comics are, they are a little rushed in parts (with assumptions and that’s not a bad thing) but with the show being 10 episodes long, we get more story development and more character building.
Character building is usually a good thing, I do feel, however, that some characters get too much attention and around the middle of the show, it slows down a little and suffers a little from it. The story is
The acting is great with some smaller actors taking up some major roles and the people you will recognise, Ellen Page and Cameron Britton (from Mindhunter) do a great job. I do feel the area that the show really excels in, are the music and the cinematography. Every
This show is weird, its different and if you haven’t read the comic you won’t know why there’s a monkey butler that no one ever really addresses but even if you haven’t read the source materiel I still feel like you can and most likely will enjoy the Umbrella Academy.