…And ‘Runaways’ penultimate S1 episode was aired on TV this
week. (We will skip the season’s finale from Hulu – also this week – because of
next week’s TV spoilers). Was it good?
Well, the titular heroes are together as a team at last, it
seems. They look good, though Tico seems to be going for DC’s Zatanna Zarana
look in this episode, complete with fishnet stockings, while Molly…what is her
theme? Is she supposed to be more like the comics’ Patsy Walker/Hellcat here?
And as for Old Lace…
Old Lace clearly has a problem with ‘Runaways’ – being more
CGI than animatronics, this heir of BBC’s ‘Walking with Dinosaur’ series doesn’t
appear to be fitting into ‘Runaways’ budget, whatever it is – and it should be
noted that as a whole ‘Runaways’ S1 was low on special effects; the staff of
one has plenty of oomph in it, and Molly’s amazing feats of strength are also
CGI’d, at least in part, but as a whole, there wasn’t much CGI in ‘Runaways’
S1, period. Ergo, budget issues?
It certainly is possible; aside from ‘Cloak & Dagger’,
which is coming to Hulu later in 2018, ‘Runaways’ were their first dip into the
Marvel pool, and unlike ‘InHumans’, which appeared in the second half of 2017,
it has worked. ‘Runaways’, that is.
…In fact that is because unlike ‘InHumans’, ‘Runaways’ were
more on periphery than on the main stage, and didn’t get into contact (of
whatever sort) with AoS. In the years past, when AoS was airing its seasons 2
through 4, it has borrowed a lot of materials from the failed versions of
Marvel’s ‘InHumans’ and ‘Most Wanted’
series, (the latter never got aired at all), and as a result, ‘InHumans’ had to
backpedal a lot and rewrite themselves – and their characters – a lot, and the
result was insipid; plus there was the IMAX disaster, and at the moment, the
fate of ‘InHumans’ hasn’t been discussed about, much.
AoS is doing well, so far the numbers for ‘Fun and Games’ –
last week’s episode – have gone up, and are now in S4’s higher end. Good for them. Here is to hoping that their
winning streak can continue, though is it the right choice in making Kasius and
Synera more sympathetic now? Well, this was already discussed, we will have to
wait and see for this week’s episode to learn how this decision will work out.
(Of course, the fight between Daisy and Synera was good, the
reunion of the FitzSimmons – ditto, and of course the acting itself in S5 has
been great from the start. The fact that AoS has finally managed to get itself
out of the mess that were seasons 2 through 4 helps as well).
‘Runaways’, meanwhile, managed to avoid this entire issue by
going original and by not invoking any specific Marvel™ material at all, other than the basic one, the ‘Runaways’
comic series, of course. Throughout the series ‘Runaways’ have adopted the
original material in whatever ways that wanted, and they have achieved what
they wanted as well: this particular Hulu/TV series was very enjoyable to see.
It isn’t always true to the source material – in fact, it is almost never true
to its’ source material – but the acting of the actors, as well as the script
of the show in question, has more than adequate compensated for this decision.
Good luck to them!
…This is it for now; see you all soon!
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