Why do you need to see the TV series "The Academy" Umbrella ""

Even the most inattentive viewer, not keeping an eye on fashion trends in movies and TV series, notice that we live in an era of superhero stories. Marvel Studio releases a year for three films and the same series. DC is struggling to catch up with her and has already launched its own streaming service, and channel The CW still expanding its "universe Arrows".

Of course, this inevitably led to a glut. And to a certain point, the authors of the new steel projects serve his every film or TV series as "unconventional comic that destroys the idea of ​​...". But in reality, do something really unusual yet managed only one series - "Academy" Umbrella "." And there is some evidence.

This is a very unusual comic

Most of these films and serials removed by Marvel Comics and DC - the two largest studios. But the "Academy" Umbrella "," - originally a personal project, not like the others.

This has created a comic Gerard Way, better known as the singer of the band My Chemical Romance. And the unusual personality of the author's evident in his works. The fact that at the time of writing the "Academy" Umbrella "," comics for Hemingway were not the main job but just a way of self-expression.

Thus was born the story of an unusual family of superheroes who save the world, but can not establish communication with each other. In the story of seven children, suddenly born to women who were not pregnant, once assembled and trained eccentric millionaire Reginald Hagrivz. Each of the characters had a Superpower, and mentor since childhood insisted that one day they will have to save the world.

Here are just raising the "father" was too hard - he had not even given ward names, calling them serial numbers. And over time, the children began to hate him, believing that Hagrivz ruined their lives. Again they come together only at his funeral. And there is also learned that the world is really on the brink of apocalypse and the Academy of "Umbrella" is to prevent a catastrophe.

History Hemingway was insane around, starting with the most unusual of these forces heroes (Eg, hearing could change reality, spreading gossip, and head Kosmoboya transplanted to the body of a gorilla) and ending with the world around them, where aliens, zombies and fighting in the ring with a giant octopus looked norm.

But series creator Steve Blackman was able to do almost the impossible: he brought everything that happens in our reality, while retaining all the depth of history. And it went to her only benefit.

This is a touching family story

So, the main plot of the series follows the first volume of the comic book: the characters are going to his father's funeral. From a long-extinct member of the team, they learn that the world will soon come to an end, and only Academy "Umbrella" can prevent it. But there is one problem: the guys do not know who or what caused the apocalypse.

Overall complication reminds many superhero stories, and the beginning of the first set seemed to hint that on these strange people will fight with some universal evil and constantly arguing with each other. But by the end of the episode, it is clear that the "Academy" Umbrella "," something quite different.

If we compare with the popular series of projects of recent times, it is much closer to last year's hit "Haunting"Rather than to some" Titans. " In the first place the viewer show the history of people who have grown up, but he could neither find their place in the world, nor forgive his father crippled childhood.

It seems that they humbled themselves, and even forgot about the injuries of the past, but a return to the family home opens up old wounds and complexes. And instead of together to save the world, the characters break each other.

"Academy" Umbrella "," not about superheroes, and the children, where the parents have too many hopes, forgetting to ask the opinion of the child. On children from large families who forgot to say good night, and all education was at her grandmother and other relatives - no accident at the Academy members to replace the mother was a robot.

This bright and unusual characters

It would seem that the history of rogue with super powers now nobody will be surprised. Every other character kinokomiks starting with Spider-Man, Goes from failure to publicly favorite alter ego. But the "Academy" Umbrella, "" and it is turned inside out. In the world of the show superchildren team loved from the beginning: they wrote about comics, making their figures, and legions of fans were waiting for their autograph.

All but seven rooms - Vani (Ellen Page). And all because she did not have any abilities. In contrast, subjects, where the characters are affected by their unusual characteristics, the authors show a situation where the worst thing - to be an ordinary man.

It resonates very well with modern society, where everyone is trying to prove that it is not like the others. Or those families where there is a child prodigy, there are pet-tomboy, but there is just a child, whom overlooked. Vanya - an ordinary girl who has lived all his life in the shadow of his talented brothers and sisters.

And the only thing that she decided to - to write a book about it, for which he hated her all close. This time, by the way, again in common with the "Haunting", which had a similar situation.

The other characters are also not less curious. Perhaps two of the most simple - it's the Number One and Number Two - Luther (Tom Hopper) and Diego (David Castañeda). two opposite leader, Each of which is not accustomed to concede. In this case, one is still sure that my father did the right thing, and the other tenderly attached to her mother.

Number Three - Allison (Emmy Raver-Lempman) - seems to be made in the life of what she wanted. But I have not found happiness, because it was all fair. For comedy component responsible Number Four - Klaus. Played by Robert Sheehan, and at first it seems that he just returned to his role of the famous "scum." He was again on the verge of a charming and repulsive, turning any situation into a farce.

But what is interesting: this time his character is an explanation such actions. In the "scum", he seemed an ordinary idiot. It also shows that Man is the only way not to go mad with terror. But from the middle of the plot Claus miraculously becomes a character who wants to sympathize with the most.

And a separate need to scroll to the number five. Fifteen actor Aidan Gallagher just great playing aged hardened murderer, stuck in a child's body. It is both funny and touching.

It is an irony of the destruction of the patterns and stereotypes

Of course, to put these characters in the standard setting would have no meaning. And so even the plot is unusual. As once said about the graphic novel by Alan Moore "Keepers"(And then about an adaptation by Zack Snyder):" This comic for those who do not read comics. "

Similarly, "the Academy" Umbrella "," can be called a superhero TV series for those who do not like superhero series. After all, here manage to destroy all the possible patterns.

And not only that, in the image of all of the same "Guardians", the viewer shows that opposites do not attract each other, and are constantly arguing, and scandals. And not the fact that the villains are sometimes look more touching characters (and it really is).

An important idea of ​​the "Academy" Umbrella "," that as soon as it begins to seem that the authors use some standard - this is just tell the screen. And perhaps even joked about it. Indispensable idea that superpowers do not help the heroes solve the problem, too, is clearly intended by the author.

There is even a great irony to the topic of eternal accusations Netflix side of the tightening timing series - episode one literally does not give anything to the story. And in this series terrific love line. It is not one that will wait for all the spectators, and therefore the most sincere and emotional.

But the destruction of the templates here does not seem malicious. It's not hard sarcasm of comics, what looks like "Patrol Doomsday" from DC to the same story, but a very different morality. "Academy" Umbrella "," just an independent story. She'll find a review and the fans superhero series, and for those who are looking for real live drama about ordinary people who only years later were able to let go of his childhood and began to live in the present.