SummaryLuther (Tom Hopper), Diego (David Castañeda), Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman), Klaus (Robert Sheehan), Vanya (Elliot Page) and Number Five (Aidan Gallagher) are brought back together by the death of their adoptive father (Colm Feore) in this series based on the comics and graphic novels by My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way.
SummaryLuther (Tom Hopper), Diego (David Castañeda), Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman), Klaus (Robert Sheehan), Vanya (Elliot Page) and Number Five (Aidan Gallagher) are brought back together by the death of their adoptive father (Colm Feore) in this series based on the comics and graphic novels by My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way.
After an intriguing but somewhat spotty debut in 2019, all signs point to series creator Steve Blackman and the rest of the Umbrella Academy team taking critiques on board to make a second season with a tighter story, cleaner execution, stronger performances, and even better world-building. ... A season of television even more must-see than its predecessor.
For every moment that delights you there will likely be one that frustrates you in equal measure. But this is a show whose whole is much more than the sum of its parts, and that is what makes all the difference.
I really like how superhero shows are finally getting more mature than the Arrowverse we were used to being fed with. The only problem I had with the mature superhero shows was the amount of cuss words they had. My parents don't have any problem with violence, but abuses and sex scenes are what ruins it for them. And I'm really glad The Umbrella Academy doesn't have either of them, so in case you are scared of watching it between your parents, you don't need to be.
The Umbrella Academy is yet another example of the "What If" superhero shows. No, I'm not talking about that baby stuff MCU is making. There are four horsemen of "What If" superhero shows - What if superheroes were real (The Boys), what if superheroes were depressed (Doom Patrol), what if superheroes were amateurs (Titans), and finally here we have what if superheroes were incompetent.
The story is about seven adopted brothers and sisters orn at the same time, each with superpowers. They were all adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves and made heroes as kids. Later in time they all grew up, stopped trusting each other and moved on to live their own lives. They were Luthor, Diego, Alison, Klaus, Five (he got lost in time-space continuum as a kid and returned back years later, so he never got a name), Ben (he's dead) and Vanya.
Everything about this show is awesome. I'm not even going to complain. The CGI, the acting, the music, the story, the cinematography, the choreography, everything is to the perfection. I'm really glad I chose to watch this show and that I got a Netflix subscription just for this. It was expensive but definitely worth it. I just can't wait for the next season.
Employing dry Wes Anderson-style humour and end-of-the-world exploits worthy of Heroes, the second season of The Umbrella Academy is just as – if not more – wacky than the first.
The Umbrella Academy feels like it’s found its footing in season 2. ... It’s easier to follow, and far less dour — actors like Page, Gallagher, and Sheehan get to ply their trade in entertaining fashion.
Half-baked historical consideration aside, in season two The Umbrella Academy benefits from a more honed idea of itself, both structurally and stylistically. The intrigue begins to compellingly coalesce around episode four, and many of its visual tableaux are lushly articulated bits of pop art. ... It shouldn’t work—but The Umbrella Academy barrels along fast enough that all its disparate pieces mostly stay together.
For a show with an occasionally impressive exterior (the interplay between Klaus and Ben gets an impressive-looking added wrinkle), the emotional heartbeat underneath is largely absent. Part of that comes from being stretched thin enough that characters without a well-established core are often left flailing, but it’s mostly due to the show’s continued affinity for the reset button.
It may come on like Avengers: Age of Ultron, all fatuous fisticuffs and inscrutable nonsense, plus a nice line in mock-heroic subversion of the Marvel/DC franchise à la The Tick, but The Umbrella Academy’s real appeal is like that of The Royal Tennenbaums, The Sopranos or Tracy from Coronation Street.
Significantly worse than the first season. Characters are still fun to watch, but some of them significantly lost their charisma and intellect, a lot of new characters are just plain and boring, the plot is barely moving and the ending is just bad, making the most powerful organization in the setting kinda dumb and useless. Still watchable, but you can find better shows to spend time on.
I did love this season but with the umbrella academy is that it’s like x men but with time travel they have the same house and group of dynamic of x men when I watched season 1 I said the same thing I never knew anything about this book because it was not a huge as marvel however they changed the characters in the books to make them more relatable but marvel already made the characters that stan created he made them all related human and flawed in the books and they made them like that in the marvel movies/shows I know umbrella academy only have 3 books i think if they announce season 3 that should be it’s last it’s also had back to the future in it as well this season is better then the first I just wish it did not copy x men and back to the future it needed its own identity that is the problem with the series I say this season is better then first but I am in a situation I don’t want to give high rating because it did have its problems so I think I am going to give it 6.1 because of the problems I have just mentioned future the future
While it somewhat recycles the plot of season 1, the new setting is nice. Most of the cast is still great. It relies a bit to much in incorrect and offensive stereotypes on the 1960's. Ellen Page looks sick and bored in all of her scenes as usual.
Boring, repetitive, the problems are basically the same as in season 1 but just seen from different perspectives until... you basically fall asleep for 4 episodes in a row. Nothing ever happens or it sorta feel like that even if something is actually happening.