I just marathoned the first half of season 1, and I'm shocked at all the 1-star reviews. Every negative review I've seen says that the entire thing is teen drama, that it's too slow, and that it's nothing like the comics. One person I noticed only watched the first two episodes and said he's surprised there's no LGBT stuff. To him in particular, I ask did you even pay attention at all? Almost every time Karolina was on screen, there were massive lesbian undertones, and it was awesome. To everyone else:
1. Only maybe 1/4th of each episode is what you might call "teen drama", because, guess what? They're teens, and so is a big portion of the audience. I think you can stomach 12 minutes of drama sprinkled in around the mystery, tension, and good old comic book weirdness.
2. If it's too slow, you're too ADHD. My brother's best friend, one of the most ADD people I've ever met and has barely enough of an attention span to watch a 23-minute episode of Boruto, had his eyes glued to the screen the entire time and was dying for another episode each time one ended.
3. Saying it's nothing like the comics is an INSANE exaggeration. All the major plot points hit in much the same way they do in the comics, and of course they're gonna add in more stuff that wasn't in the books because if they didn't, and just did a shot-for-shot remake, the whole thing would be over in 2 episodes. Everything they added was very much in the spirit of the original story, and gave us a lot of extra character development, not only for the main 6 kids, but for the villains too, who got next to no facetime in the original story. Not to mention, this is probably the most faithful production Marvel has ever put out, considering this is essentially adapting an entire graphic novel, whereas pretty much everything else, movie or TV show, had either mixed and matched comic storylines, or been completely original.
I think they did an outstanding job sticking to the source material for reference points, and given us something that even fans of the original story will be trying to figure out while enjoying their favorite characters recreated on the small screen. This show is amazing, and I can't wait for season 2.
Review of Runaways
