The Umbrella Academy s2
Aug. 10th, 2020 12:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
satalasers I didn't rewatch s1, so some things I muddled through, and yeah? It's okay.
- The anti-semitism seemed... ramped up in this one? S1 definitely had it, but s2 had Diego say "cabal" and "lizard people", and just. It didn't need to?
- s3 might actually get me interested in Allison/Luther TBH. Or: ship a version where they're not Allison and Luther Hargreeves. Since they most likely won't have grown up as siblings in the new timeline, the doppelgangers/alternate Allison and Luther, could potentially fall in love, and I'm... sort of into that? Actual!Allison and Luther shouldn't fall in love, but maybe in the reality where they didn't have that life, it would be okay? IMO? Like I like Allison and Luther bonding and interacting, I'm just -- they were raised as siblings, so having them fall in love does squick me out a bit, but I'm also sad that they don't interact, and I just think, not all of their interactions have to have a romantic element to them?
- I liked Lila, but I hated Diego/Lila as a ship so much. It was too rushed, and Lila tried to be quirky and eccentric and it just. Failed to hit the mark for me every single time. (I liked Diego/Patch more, and I just want them to have a happily ever after, or something close to it.)
- Allison/Raymond were the cutest, I really just thought that both had such a good time together, and I'm sad that they didn't remain together, but I'm relieved that Raymond didn't die/got villified for Allison/Luther to happen, which I'm still sort of convinced is going to be the endgame of this show, since it is canon in the comics.
- Can't really say the same for Vanya's storyline. Don't really like affairs, and while I admit that by modern standards, Carl is a terrible person... he seems fairly decent by the 60s norm. The first two episodes, Carl and Sissy seemed happy, but uh, the affair happened, and it just seemed that Carl got worse and worse. IDK. I've seen claims that he's terrible from the start, which I didn't get that vibe, but IDK.
- I do want Harland to have follow-up though? He might be linked to Sparrow Academy, and it'll be interesting to see what happened to him in time, and how he's probably connected now to Reginald Hargreeves.
- I love Reginald Hargreeves. He may be a terrible parent, but it did make me laugh that when he saw his 'future children' being absolutely disastrous, he decides that rather than change his parenting style -- gleaned from the conversation he just had from them -- he decides he'll get new children. Better children. Also, Colm Feore is just oozing with cool, so his charisma kind of makes me respect him, a bit?
- I completely forgot about Diego's stutter so in that scene where it returned, my heart broke. But I loved that we found out that Grace was a real person, and Diego's closeness to Grace the robot wasn't forgotten. He tries to do so much good, but he's not too smart.
- Luther is a character I've always loved, and I'm glad that he was much more comical this time around. Him bouncing off the two Fives, and Diego were stellar in my opinion.
- In general, the Hargreeves were much more positive and warmer to each other, so yay?
- Still don't feel terribly invested in Dave TBH? I do think Dave was far more fleshed out as a character this time around, rather than the single episode in s1; but I... I've never terribly liked Klaus' storyline that much in the show, as much as Robert Sheehan is an entertaining presence, bouncing off people effortlessly. Still, here's hoping he lives in s3?
- I'm also... never too sure about Ben? s3 gives me a chance that he won't be a satellite, dependent solely on Klaus-Ben interactions, but at the same time: he's not actual Ben. It's nice to see Ben fleetingly talk to Diego and Vanya, but uh, I could have done with more conversations TBH.
- Pogo! Loved seeing Baby!Pogo, with the best song of the season, IMO. I didn't know that the adult!Pogo actor played Herb, which is someone I thoroughly enjoyed watching, and here's hoping there's more of him. (Although I did miss Pogo's voice, a little!)
- I don't know if I'll ever truly invest in this show, but I will say that despite it's shortcomings, it does have a cool soundtrack.
- I'd rather have Cha Cha back than the Handler TBH. But I liked Hazel and the Swedes.
- The anti-semitism seemed... ramped up in this one? S1 definitely had it, but s2 had Diego say "cabal" and "lizard people", and just. It didn't need to?
- s3 might actually get me interested in Allison/Luther TBH. Or: ship a version where they're not Allison and Luther Hargreeves. Since they most likely won't have grown up as siblings in the new timeline, the doppelgangers/alternate Allison and Luther, could potentially fall in love, and I'm... sort of into that? Actual!Allison and Luther shouldn't fall in love, but maybe in the reality where they didn't have that life, it would be okay? IMO? Like I like Allison and Luther bonding and interacting, I'm just -- they were raised as siblings, so having them fall in love does squick me out a bit, but I'm also sad that they don't interact, and I just think, not all of their interactions have to have a romantic element to them?
- I liked Lila, but I hated Diego/Lila as a ship so much. It was too rushed, and Lila tried to be quirky and eccentric and it just. Failed to hit the mark for me every single time. (I liked Diego/Patch more, and I just want them to have a happily ever after, or something close to it.)
- Allison/Raymond were the cutest, I really just thought that both had such a good time together, and I'm sad that they didn't remain together, but I'm relieved that Raymond didn't die/got villified for Allison/Luther to happen, which I'm still sort of convinced is going to be the endgame of this show, since it is canon in the comics.
- Can't really say the same for Vanya's storyline. Don't really like affairs, and while I admit that by modern standards, Carl is a terrible person... he seems fairly decent by the 60s norm. The first two episodes, Carl and Sissy seemed happy, but uh, the affair happened, and it just seemed that Carl got worse and worse. IDK. I've seen claims that he's terrible from the start, which I didn't get that vibe, but IDK.
- I do want Harland to have follow-up though? He might be linked to Sparrow Academy, and it'll be interesting to see what happened to him in time, and how he's probably connected now to Reginald Hargreeves.
- I love Reginald Hargreeves. He may be a terrible parent, but it did make me laugh that when he saw his 'future children' being absolutely disastrous, he decides that rather than change his parenting style -- gleaned from the conversation he just had from them -- he decides he'll get new children. Better children. Also, Colm Feore is just oozing with cool, so his charisma kind of makes me respect him, a bit?
- I completely forgot about Diego's stutter so in that scene where it returned, my heart broke. But I loved that we found out that Grace was a real person, and Diego's closeness to Grace the robot wasn't forgotten. He tries to do so much good, but he's not too smart.
- Luther is a character I've always loved, and I'm glad that he was much more comical this time around. Him bouncing off the two Fives, and Diego were stellar in my opinion.
- In general, the Hargreeves were much more positive and warmer to each other, so yay?
- Still don't feel terribly invested in Dave TBH? I do think Dave was far more fleshed out as a character this time around, rather than the single episode in s1; but I... I've never terribly liked Klaus' storyline that much in the show, as much as Robert Sheehan is an entertaining presence, bouncing off people effortlessly. Still, here's hoping he lives in s3?
- I'm also... never too sure about Ben? s3 gives me a chance that he won't be a satellite, dependent solely on Klaus-Ben interactions, but at the same time: he's not actual Ben. It's nice to see Ben fleetingly talk to Diego and Vanya, but uh, I could have done with more conversations TBH.
- Pogo! Loved seeing Baby!Pogo, with the best song of the season, IMO. I didn't know that the adult!Pogo actor played Herb, which is someone I thoroughly enjoyed watching, and here's hoping there's more of him. (Although I did miss Pogo's voice, a little!)
- I don't know if I'll ever truly invest in this show, but I will say that despite it's shortcomings, it does have a cool soundtrack.
- I'd rather have Cha Cha back than the Handler TBH. But I liked Hazel and the Swedes.
