Is Jupiter's Legacy Any Good? - Spoiler Review
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Jupiter's Legacy marks Netflix's first foray into the comic book properties acquired from Millerworld. With two stories running parallel, one in the 1930's and the other modern day it explores the concept of, what if Super Heroes but ethics and real world and also consequences or whatever. Anyways this is out review, thanks for the support!
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Jupiter's Legacy is hands down one of the tv shows
Of all the shows this year, it is one of them.
One of the tv shows 🤣
Certainly is a tv show.
Without a doubt
Orrr iss itt???
I think the flashback story was more enjoyable than the modern day
It was honestly
certainly
Yeah I kinda wish the whole show was that
I agree
@@ancientaxolotl1654 idk about the whole show, I liked the fact that it left you wanting more each time it finished the 30s scenes I think they probably just should’ve left the modern day stuff to a cliff hanger, because it felt rather weird to have everything wrap up neatly. But you gotta remember these shows probably have to have this stuff for studio mandates, since they don’t think viewers would want a show set in the 30s entirely
I ended up more interested in the 1929 arc, and every time they cut back into the modern day, I thought to myself “No, take me back, this shit is boring”
It seems like they crammed all the ‘plot’ of the modern day story into the last 5 minutes of villain monologuing at the end of the last episode, which didn’t even make much sense. My response was like ‘what?’
They really could've just started with that to be honest
It's the same in the comics for me
I mean you clearly know two seconds in that brainwave is a god damn weasel so that was also like well you know what that’s a set up for like everyone’s such a douche to the guy lol and the blackstar clone is a total cop out.
I like those scenes too, but problem with em was knowing everybodys coming out good from that adventure. All the tension with the puzzles were gone before they really begun.
Between Jupiter's Legacy and Jupiter Ascending, the Jupiter Cinematic Universe is shaping up nicely
Jupiter's Son, lil Jupiter
😂😂😂
Drops of Jupiter by Train is my personal favorite in the franchise
Crazy that they named a whole planet after the franchise
@@smiffy2K11 completely unrelated but I used to listen to that song on repeat every night as I fell asleep when I was a kid. I have never and likely will never forget any of the words. Still goes hard Ngl.
Skyfox and his son made the show. Both had their own brand of effortless charisma and confidence that made their scenes much more interesting. Plus that teleportation rod is a really cool idea.
Power rod.
I laughed so fucking hard when Josh Duhamel's Dad was like "Tell em I'll be right down." And then proceeds to jump of a God damn building. I wasn't aware of the comics at first and thought this show was satire or something.
Lmao I laughed too, I expected him to jump the second he send he was gonna go down
@@noxturne16 Yeah, I was expecting him to jump as soo as he's found on the roof. The stock market wasn't the only thing that crashed that day
@@bigbabybiscuits dammmmmmme good one
It was really funny
The most serviceable piece of media I've ever seen. Nothing too impressive and nothing offensively bad just plain old mediocrity
Not to mention it released around the same time as Invincible so that probably didn’t help.
That's a pretty good description of how I felt.
Imo that’s the worst type of media. The daredevil and cat woman movies are more enjoyable even if they’re objectively worse
but what about the show?
I've been hearing the classic "it's the worst something something ever". I'm guessing it's atleast not that bad.
You're gonna release a superhero TV show after the excellence that was Invincible?! Think Netflix, think!
Lmao
YOU WANNA DIE FOR THE SUPERHERO SHOW GENRE NETFLIX? FINE!
True, it was nowhere close to Invincible. Plus just putting on grey wigs on young actors made it look like a comedy sketch show.
Invincible is flashy, and gets most fanboys tricked into thinking it had content.
its a monster of the week paced TV show with a predictable "twist". It wasn't anything new other than gore in superhero cartoons... It was fun, but the fanboying around it is hilarious.
@@AUZZYNAPALM It’s just a mature superhero cartoon, but done well. It’s as popular as it is and as loved as it is, because adult superhero cartoons are a pretty untapped subgenre. I think the simplicity of it is what makes it great tbh. It’s got good action, a meh to decent cast of characters with really interesting concepts, and an intriguing story. It’s not the greatest show of all time, but its a solid 8/10 imo.
I remember thinking Jupiter's Legacy was gonna be like The Boys when I first heard of it, and it kinda was, just without most of the fun and charm
Like The Boys season 2?
I don’t know, the boys is about morally corrupt superheroes but this is more of a family drama with super powers. When I first went into Jupiter’s legacy I thought all the heroes were corporate shills but it only really applies to Chloe. My favourite part was the strong family themes throughout the show
It's like the Gifted.
Hah, nailed it. Boys is so much smarter/better.
@@scottking8189 I'd say the superheroes in Jupiter's Legacy are still shills, but in a more subtle way. They are DEFINITELY shills in the comics, which makes Chloe a little less shit in comparison.
I agree though, making the Sampsons a more realistic family was for the better. Still, they didn't do much with that set up.
I like how this video doesn't have a hashtag for Jupiter's Legacy but it has one for Invincible. Kinda says a lot about the interest level for both shows.
Damn, didn't even notice that
Except invincible is actually an amazing show
@@paterpater100 Really? it's not like that what he was implying...
Exactly. It couldn’t be released at a worse time. It’s apparently most watched show on America Netflix but I have yet to hear a single soul talk about it. On the other hand, I see “Think Mark!” memes and Invincible as a whole EVERYWHERE.
I think these two shows get compared simply because there two shows that have superheroes and were released during similar times
These shows if you take the time to dive deeper are very different and you can see it if you know where to look
1. This show is basically the superhero equivalent to politics just like Star Wars
2. The characters here are all superhuman, at least the heroes, the characters invincible such as invincible himself is part alien, while the character in this show is human with gained powers
3.This shows early on that it wants to take a more realistic approach on our real world and a more old comic book style approach to the superhero’s fights and scenes with there powers.
This show feels a lot more like the boys if anything
The 20’s/30’s era scenes were vastly more interesting to me than the modern super hero aspect. I could have watched an entire season of Sheldon losing his mind over the visions he was having.
I was really on board with 30's Sheldon supervillain
it took sooooo long to get their powers and it was so underwhelming, i havent read the source material but the whole show kept me guessing what was going to happen and then when it did i was like, "oh thats it?"
25% The Boys, 25% Watchmen, 50% Days of our Lives.
It’s like parody of a CW show with a slightly higher budget.
Not too high though, the sets and costumes looked cheap as all hell
Dude, YES, I said the exact same thing
Yeah but the acting isn’t as god awful as CW
emphasis on "slightly"
@@mdnafieuhossainalif1628 I dunno man, I think the only people in the show that kept me focused was the main dad and his brother...the daughter was just terribly written, super angsty and generic
Literally the first thing I thought when I saw Walt was “well he seems like he’s going to be a twist villain”
Honestly the teleporting stick was really cool and rather overpowered if you think about it...like he didn't even need to touch it to make it work and it only listens to him. Though if it were me I'd attach it to a cane cuz why not
Stick guy is very OP when you think about it, but very interesting power
I don't really understand how it works. Sometimes he needs to physically hold it to work, sometimes it just appears in his hand. Idk.
@@jcore0981 From what he said when he first used it when he wasn't holding it, he pretends/lets people think he needs to be holding it. And he presumably needs to be holding it to transport himself.
But when him and superman wannabe are both holding it and he tries to leave the stick doesnt work. So I think some abilities override it.
I thought that oxygen deprivation room scene was pretty good, but I'm not sure why he tried to yell "Loft" after taking a breath from the guard's tank. Did the character just think that he could make sound with just a swig of air, despite the room otherwise being airless?
Mark Millar was right.
"This series is like The Incredibles, mixed with the Kardashians".
Noble Causes?
@Zabeer Farid thats where Kardashians comes in
I think you guys misread that last scene. His kid 100% believes his dad would have let him die. They left off with that ominous tone intentionally.
Yes, by my recollection Utopian never had to actually make the decision Blackstar confronted him with (to zap him dead to save Paragon), because one of the other heroes intervened and the standoff was broken, so the question was never answered.
YUP!! Utopian knew it too. He can see his son felt betrayed. His son is definitely going to turn on him next season.
@@jezebulls I just hope they don't drag it out too long. I don't want season 2 to be nothing but paragon whining about how hes the Iron Fist and that the Jedi Council doesn't trust him.
@@nathan-tz9ow lmao. Yea this first season was basically their origin story. And a couple scenes of present day that pushed the plot if any.
@@jezebulls well he does kill him in the comics
The one big question I kept asking myself, is how did everyone else with superpowers get superpowers?
I think that was partially communicated with the wave of light passing through the ship's crew. My preferred interpretation is that all supervillains and other heroes descended from that crew, but if that's an unfeasible population, you could say the wave travelled around the world creating weaker superhumans.
When the light travelled to the ship the captain's face is traced with circular light. I wonder why they didn't make it more obvious?
@@purehyperbole5727 I got confused when the captain didn't go ashore on the island with them, because he was in Sheldon's vision, so I assumed he was going to go with them to whatever gave them their powers.
And thats why we need a second season. We also have to see the 50's to my opinion. That would be cool
I’ve been thinking about that too. They had their powers since the 40s so one theory is it can just be their offspring or is the bad guy Having kids on purpose to make more superheroes. That would explain The look of His son
On the podcast when they said that people seemed to be enjoying this show and it will probably get a second season because of that really caught me off guard. Most people I’ve seen online have just been trashing this show
I've noticed something kinda interesting between the two camps (liked it/ hated it); the people who liked it tended to *really* like it and are going on and on in great detail, citing specific examples of where the show succeeded while those who hate it are only offering up 'it sucked' or 'it was stupid' without being able to say why or how.
I'm now looking forward to watching it where I was somewhat ambivalent before. I have a feeling it was too thinky and/or message heavy and earnest for its own good, with not enough super-strong, flying dudes eye-lasering cities full of people and popping heads that most seem to clamor for post The Boys. Too golden age and not enough like Deadpool in other words.
All the heroes and villains looks straight out of Sky High (2005)
You hit the nail on the head there.
Can’t believe Mason has turned into one of _those_ guys now.
Whaddya mean?
Oh no not one of thoooose guys.
Honestly someone should teach him a lesson using a series of traps and such.
Im so disappointed in him bruh 😭😭😭
But Gina Carano and Amber Heard!! Whaaah! You tube is censoring me!
Jupiter’s legacy is just a soap opera with a super hero aesthetic and a bigger budget than the CW
That’s what it always was. The creator literally said it was the incredibles mixed with the kardashians
Honestly the flashback arc was ON POINT and I hate that it's not the main thing for the show
Same. The fact that there had sooooo manye good storys in the Past and got a Utopia who build Houses in Africa and fight aganst the economey where so good. If you want here is a Link to those Storys
readcomiconline.li/Comic/Jupiter-s-Circle
readcomiconline.li/Comic/Jupiter-s-Circle-Volume-2
Jupiters Legacy is definitely a TV show
Yep definitely a show that indeed came out this year and had some episodes
I want to argue with this, but I cant' find any flaws in your reasoning.
Had my doubts, but dam when you’re right, you’re spot on. It is most def a tv show.
No no your all wrong its not a tv show it's a Tv show
@@lorehunter158 your wrong is not my wrong. But YOU’RE not wrong
“Unless they cancel it after 1 season”
“I don’t think they will”
Well that aged like milk lol
They cancelled it?
@@DazHotep6EQUJ5 yeah, didn’t even give it a chance. There are a few theories why but the most convincing is a chance in Netflix board members shutting down old projects. A shame really since it had a lot of potential
@@ethankempista625 yeah it is a shame alright, I did some googling and apparently they are doing supercrooks adaptation and that seems to be leading motivation. Other than the fact it wasnt really well recieved. I do hope that they revisit it, I'd love to see a lot more skyfox.
@@DazHotep6EQUJ5 The twist at the end between sky fox and Brainwave was great IMO. I’m probably going to read the comics lol the universe as a whole is fascinating to me
Short answer: *No*
Jupiter Ascending is the pre-sequel to the current events taking place on Jupiter’s Legacy, but the flashbacks are after the pre-sequels future events... in the pasts future. It makes sense, trust me...
I think a word you might need is prequel
Pre-sequel is right here. If Jupiter Ascending is the first part, Jupiter's Legacy is the sequel. That makes the flashbacks the "pre-sequel."
I'll wait for the crossover multiversal reboot.
@@ZikedY I’m familiar with the word prequel, and that’s not what I meant
For everybody who’s wondering, which is probably nobody, I said pre-sequel because I was currently playing borderlands the pre-sequel
The ageing makeup was the dealbreaker for me. That kept breaking my emersion!
skyfox’s son had a hawkeye endgame haircut and it infuriated me throughout the entire season
well skyfox's son is walking around thinking "Pants joy's haircut is stupid"..so it all balances out
You mean the Weekend?
@@unclecreed2986 lmfao my friend and i watched this show together and we kept callin him that
Just the haircut? Cuz I enjoyed the character
@@richardadams429 he’s definitely entitled to that possibly factual opinion
I agree with Sheldon on the “we need to be better” angle but in that situation it’s a “kill one, save a million” scenario and I think what his son did was completely warranted. Now with villains not trying to “go nuclear” on them then yeah slap me around and throw them in Supermax following the code as it should. And it wasn’t even technically a real being..
I feel like people are being more negative about this because of how great Invincible was. I honestly like both about the same
Yeah but I’ve read both the series and invincibles a lot more faithful than this and it’s just better looking even tho it’s animated tbh
I wonder if that's why I didn't take to this show to well I just finished watching invincible then the next day seen this and fell off at episode 5
@@jackj9382 lol omg hit the nail on thr coffin... 😂
@@jackj9382 We need more animated shit. Invincible would've been terrible as a live action show.
We are just disappointed it is not Jupiter Ascending 2.
The code definitely should’ve involved clicking like on this video
It seemed like the boys or umbrella academy but I just didn’t get the father being so against killing a villain that had just killed three of their hero’s and was about to kill the rest of them until the son struck him so hard with his fist that it killed the villain. Instead of the dad being appreciative he kind of scolded the son for killing. I guess he had a little bit of Superman /Batman mentality
The Utopian seemed so inflexible and such a bad father and leader (he didn't know the real names of some of the people on his own team, including his son's best friend, he didn't know his son was the godfather to his friend's daughters, he barely seemed to register the deaths except as "fallen soldiers") to me that it harmed my suspension of disbelief.
One interpretation I had was that the older characters had grown up during/after World War 1 and some of them at least had picked up a pacifist mentality which was relatively common in the 1920s/30s. But they never really say that, and thinking about it, they brought guns on the expedition, which doesn't really fit with that. I think it's more likely that it was just, as you say, a transposition of the trope of Superman and Batman never/rarely killing, which a lot of other superheroes don't really adhere to (if you look at the MCU, many of the heroes there kill people left right and centre).
Watch foundation for economic education's video on it
Something that nobody seems to question is why their kids are so freaking young. Like did these Superheros take a vow of chastity for 70ish years or have some super birth control, smh. It's been 90 years since they got their powers yet all the younger heros all look like they are in their 20s. Where's the middle generation?
My vague headcanon was that the first generation, or at least Utopian and Lady Liberty, thought they were immortal, but when they started showing signs of ageing (and/or when some of them died or were seriously injured in the conflict surrounding Skyfox's departure), they realized they'd better reproduce and create some successors to take over from them.
@@KeithFraser82 Even if they were immortal it's still pretty odd to wait 60 odd years to decide it's baby making time and for all of them to decide at once. Clearly not just the Union crew but all of the powered folk.
@@brandonreed09 I agree, it's not a very good explanation.
I wonder why we don't see the blue Bolt character or the original holder of the staff in modern times? Or did they kind of mention that you got killed when Sky pots left?
Skypots yes brother of the black kettle
Of all the superhero shows, this is definitely one of them
Just gonna put this note out there: Steven DeKnight left the show halfway through due to technical difficulties and was replaced by Sang Kyu Kim, who I think was just a yes man for Millar. Millar was really hands-on and I think any problems you have from about halfway on is probably down to the change in creative vision and direction. Millar spoke about how he spent ages editing the show to exactly how it wanted, even bringing actors back for subtle line changes and whatnot.
"the world has change" like every use line in every super hero show
I had the same experience where the flashbacks were boring at first then most of what I cared about at the end
The 1930s stuff was way more interesting than the modern day stuff, mainly because they focused on the daughter who just got high and was a completely unlikable character. I feel like the son had a much more interesting story to tell besides “daddy has big expectations wahhh”
I felt like Brandon's first scene (sitting incognito in the diner in a hoodie, going and fighting the bank-robbing supervillain alone) set him up as a more dark and rebellious character, but then afterwards he feels very focused on trying to live up to Sheldon's expectations, in contrast to Chloe. It feels like any guilt or conflict over him killing Blackstar('s clone) gets brushed aside by all the repetitive arguing about "the Code". There could have been a more interesting story/debate there e.g. his killing of Blackstar being "justified" along the lines of a police sniper shooting dead a bomber or school shooter but indiscriminate killing of supervillains in the vein of real-life police brutality not being justifiable, as opposed to "HE BROKE THE CODE!" "THE CODE IS BAD!" "NO IT ISN'T!" "YES IT IS!".
@@KeithFraser82 Honestly, both of their characters were dull. Chloe has points in the fact that her dad wasn't much of a dad to not know enough about his kids. Most of her character just seem wasted being a junkie when she could have been an anti-hero or an actual person than a boring loss cannon. Sheldon didn't tackle family problems and became more of the alterego than who he was like Bruce Wayne being Batman's alterego thing. Brandon seemed more interesting but that way just that edgy I wanna live up to something deal than actual interesting character. He just seems like a duller version of Utopian after ep2, like one day he was like yh I agree with ma dad's code even though my friends keep dying my fam don't care.
Utopian doesn't have an opinion that doesn't fall in line with his superhero self. He just seems cold, too much alterego not much Sheldon. His wife seems the same and lack her own character just as much in light of a code they follow jeopardising their followers and only switches cuz she realises she's costing people lives but only cared when someone that was closer died spewing they didn't break no code. It just feel like moral high ground that's cost is lives than solving problems.
Absolutely, I found “Jupiter’s Legacy” to be absolutely outstanding!!!!
Enchanted Tinkling was what netflix said in the CC's when Walt did his techno hands
[enchanted tinkling intensifies]
My mom really likes these kind of drama-y family shows and I like the super hero stuff so this was actually a great compromise for us and I personally really enjoyed it. It’s nothing super impressive but I’d give it a clean 7/10. Definitely interested in a season 2.
Sorry to burst your bubble dream boy 😢. No season 2
Every scene with Hutch and the power rod are the only reasons I stuck around 🔥
"I had a vision of us on an island. I need all of us to go to the island. Here we are, going to the island. Now we're on the island. Hey! We're going to get powers on this island!"
That took seven episodes. Meanwhile, the present day storyline barely even reached issue 3 of the original mini-series.
Gosh you’re right. However I did enjoy the flashback story more than present time.
They should have had season 1 be Jupiter's Circle, season 2 be Jupiter's Legacy Vol 1, and season 3 be Jupiter's Legacy Vol 2
Yeah, Sheldon kept going on and on about how much they had to sacrifice to get their powers and... Climbing those cliffs was pretty scary for a minute I guess.
My girlfriend and I were dying for another dark superhero show after invincible and the boys but we couldn’t make it through the first scene with the children. It was painful cringe
I don’t even remember the first scene lol. Was that when they scared off another kid or something?
@@shoo99ful yeah it’s 3 kids running through the woods and the girl screams at one of the boys like black canary but even worse somehow
In the first episode, I had no idea who the main bad guy was, how he ended up in jail, how a copy could hold off the entire Superhero team, who the super heroes were that died, what their powers were, what their names were, why the hero who killed the baddie was yelled at instead of treated by a councilor for having to suffer the guilt of taking a life. That tells me just about everything I need to know about the series.
Jupiter's Legacy's problem is that it's too aware of itself. It tries too hard, with a storyline that's pretty much meh.
Seems like only matthew vaughn is able to bring mark Millar comics to life and make it work
Good: 20s flashbacks were somewhat interesting/ Hutch was kind of cool/ Matt Lanter especially in the flashbacks
Bad: The son was bland, the fight on the hill looked terrible and now seeing this behind the scenes stuff it explains it, anytime two or more characters were talking the shakey cam was so bad it would draw me out the moment, the daughter was predictable wild child who does drugs, the end shock/twist just didn’t hit in any way
I really enjoyed this show. It wasn't perfect, but I was fully entertained.
So the original 6 are around 100 years old. I get that they age slowly but why did they wait so late in life to have kids. It seems like they all have kids in their 20s. Given their ages you would think they would be great grandparents. Why didn't any of them start having children shortly after getting their powers?
Binged it in one night, really disliked the actor playing the son, really liked the island plot and hutch but the main plot was very dull
The flashback lovecraftian shit was great, but the superhero stuff just felt like "he kill, so sad" there just wasn't much to it
After watching invincible everything is low par to me😂🤷🏽♂️
@@Torta--is--PLUR hot take
16:25 Everytime I hear you say "doing the thing" the what are we reading today theme song just moves into my mind rent free.
I watched all 8 episodes and never wanted a show to be canceled more. It definitely should have just focused on the '30s.
That's dramatic
@@cable7152 it’s understandable
@@noxturne16 in a country where job security should be a priority, noone should be calling for shows to be canceled.
@@cable7152 chill man, it’s better they stop wasting money on this shitty show
@@noxturne16 you probably watch Grey's Anatomy and call it The best show on TV, wtf do you know what's good or not.
I wanted the Utopian to just wash his hair and beard and run a comb through them. The son looks like he should be the new Cyclops.
The flashback story was the best part of the show...I found myself interested in the superhero’s to begin with but by the time episode 2 came around, I was more interested in the flashback story than the modern day arc. I was literally like “Awh come on!!!” Every time it cut back to present day.
I’m coming back for season 2 mainly because I want to see how these friends got to where they are now.
The sad part is it had such a good first episode or two, built up the story nicely had some good action showing off everyone's powers then it just hit the ground and draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaged
@@TheScarletSlayer Agreed.
@@peterparker9214 also Peter what are you doing here this isn't the marvel universe
@@TheScarletSlayer 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I dabble a bit
One thing that really bothered me was Grace and Sheldon and everyone keeps saying "How hard it was to get their powers" and "How much we sacrificed to get the powers". What exactly did they sacrifice?? After Walt and Sheldon's dad died, nobody of the 6 had anything left lose. Grace was fired, the factory worker was fired, Walt and Sheldon lost the factory, George lost his fortune, Richard Conrad lost his entire ship. This is unrelated to the "sacrifices they made on the island" which was what, having to get along? Not murdering each other? Also the scene where Walt, George and Sheldon have to "forgive" each other by looking at one another for 10 seconds was 1) incredibly dumb 2) wasn't even true! Walt still resents Sheldon and Sheldon still doesn't listen to anyone after it.
The writers just feel like they have something to say about superheroes in the present (but never quite get there) and keep cutting to this adventure story with no deeper meaning whatsoever. I'm just not sure what the point of all of this was.
It feels like the MCU and CW had a baby. There's good bits in it but definitely room for improvement. Season 2 needs to have a big pay off.
The flashbacks were more interesting than the present and it’s clear why. Imagine if they told the the Civil War story to kick off the MCU with cuts back to Iron Man and First Avenger while Cap and Tony were arguing. We’re obviously going to care less about the characters if we haven’t seen them develop. We need to see who they are and how they got there to care about where they’re going. This should have been two seasons or one longer season told chronologically. It would make all the twists more engaging and less flat if we actually cared about the Walt-Sheldon-George dynamic before we knew it broke. Such a weird film making choice.
It’s hard for me, I find myself enjoying the show but not as much for the superhero stuff. I reallly liked the whole family drama but they have powers things, like that was probably the strongest thing for me, the theme of family, siblings, and parents kept me caring more than the less than amazing fights
Really wish they hadn't canceled it so early and just given it the second season it deserves.
This show truely was amazing and if it had gotten a second season I think it would've been able to end nicely.
Nope it sucks! It was way too slow! A bunch of nothingness! The story dragged severely.
Netflix said "what if *_we_* made a CW superhero show?" I stopped after episode 2. The _"this says a lot about society-yet we live in one"_ commentary kills it for me
I still need to read the comic beautifully drawn by frank quietly
Yeah, I need to get on that as well
One of my many questions was if the world knows the superheroes secret identity? Like everyone seems to know that the daughter's parents are the Utopian and his wife so does that mean everyone's identity is public knowledge
I legit had no idea I was watching the same people in two different times. I was genuinely confused the entire season why they were following two groups of people until the end.
Wow
This whole eight part series could have been one episode.
Mmmm nah
After the intro: "Identify theft is not a joke, Jim"
I liked the 30s story better too because of George. I like the Skyfox kid too. So those characters drew me in. Sheldon was only interesting when therapy with the super genius criminal. Sheldon is driving me crazy. The villain seemed clear from the beginning. The point was how they use their powers. Walter always showing opposing opinion to Sheldon. It’s clear Walter is biding his time. Brainwave and Chloe are interesting too. Less so than George and his son. They need more time to cook. Walter was odd and seemed switched because of plot with nuggets of why. He’s portrayed always as a really cocky dude. He also has a deep mistrust of his brother. He blaming Sheldon for the company demise and father’s death. Sky fox’s son is building a machine to get to his father. His staff can’t get him to his dad. It always teleports to a house of ill repute. Probably a joke by Walter. Hutch that’s his name. Hutch’s staff may be alien tech due to his father’s ability coming from Jupiter. I think they will have Hutch find Skyfox’s mind prison. Hutch is going save the world from the autocratic Walter. Walter may have good intentions but power will corrupt. He will realize after killing Sheldon and his wife that his balance is gone. The super kids will be split between Chloe’s rebellion and Walter’s regime.
I don’t understand the timeline. The US had 6 superheroes and the German guy gets called a Nazi. The US had 6 superheroes and they still let the Holocaust happen?
There was a scene where one of the Union said "we could have done a lot more to end the war" or similar, so yes, it sounds like the war happened more or less similarly to real life.
I've referred to it as *"Jupiter Ascending"* multiple times too lol
Their costumes look like knock off snyder verse supermans. But that’s just something that happens when you put on a body suit with a cape and some funky textures
A superhero who can fly confined to a wheelchair? Think about that for a second.
This show is a strong meh for me, I definitely care more about the past timeline.
What I hate about the Flashback scenes were they didnt add anything new to the plot about the orgin of their powers. Who gave them the powers ? Alien? God? Why they were given powers? Why people who didnt travel to the island or not related to the orginal heroes got super power? Who came up with the code? They couldve expanded more from the comic book.
it gives me Heroes vibes, that old tv show from NBC
I feel old now; I remember when Heroes was the hot new thing.
Speaking of Heroes, the actor playing Brandon reminded me very strongly of the actor who played Peter Petrelli on Heroes (Milo Ventimiglia).
I watched it and it was okay. I found myself being bored. It was very slow-paced and that works in some tv shows but it got frustrating because they kept going on and on about the code and it just never made sense to me. I could not relate to the idea of not killing people to defend yourself. They just dragged it. Hopefully, they would focus more on the second generation in the next season.
It was one of the few shows that legit put me to sleep throughout episodes.
Only other show to do that was season 2 of Iron Fist.
It was fine. Jupiters Ascension is a decent show with original ideas and good characters. It unfortunately is in the shadow of shows like Invincible, the Boys and Umbrella Academy setting such a high bar.
I don't even thing those shows gave this a high bar. If certain elements were better this would have been a better show. The past was great, certain elements of the code was good like how it created friction but the code it self was bad and no one cared outside of the young heroes at the deaths they were suffering.
Utopian and his wife had a strong code bordering on moral high ground, they didn't have good relationships with their kids like not being actual parents but superheroes. Chloe was a mess and revealed Utopians contradictions but those scenes had no impact on him, Chloe's character was a mix bag of uninteresting tropes, if certain parts of her were handles better she'd be the most interesting of that family. Brandon was bland and just wanted to be his dad or get his recognition, he hardly has his own identity. Only the twist and 1929 stuff was interesting but they killed a character for no reason at the end so made it kinda boring.
The main problem for me is the young actors just arent that good, so when ya cut back to the past and ya see how good these actors are, it shines a light for how bad or dull these are, especially Chloe.
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I've never read the comics, but I worked out that it was Walter who was the real villain from, like, episode two? I felt it was really obvious. Quite apart from the Loki-energy that the actor was exuding all over the place, there was just this kind of disconnect between his 1930s self who was this insecure control freak and then the modern version who somehow seems really laidback and sure of himself. And that made something twig for me: the only reason he would be acting like that in the modern day, where everything seems to be spiralling out of control, is if, actually he *has* everything under control and things are working out just as he wanted while they're going to cr*p for everyone else. Then Sheldon made a big deal about how Walter can't read his mind, and we know from ep. one that actually Walter CAN read Sheldon's mind - we 'hear' him hearing Sheldon's thoughts about how 'Brandon isn't ready' etc. And finally, we can see in the 1930s that if only one of Walter or George is going to go supervillain? It's CLEARLY going to be Walter. So I just felt like, clearly Walter messed with Sheldon's head to turn him against George out of spite, jealousy etc. and George was probably a good guy all along. I still liked it, though.
I think he reads Brandon’s mind who overheard Sheldon with super hearing. But yeah, litterally the moment he was introduced as the uncle from Brandon’s first line to him I was like “oh that’s Scar from the Lion King”
@@colinbeard3342 Ha ha, yes - exactly!
I'm 5 episodes into this show and I'm not having a good time...
I went through half of first episode and can not go further at the moment.
How fitting that the name of the episode is "what's the use?"
Kinda my thoughts but I don't hate it as much as a lot of people. It's still not really good.
I had to force myself through some episodes honestly, Some episodes were just the right amount of middling average to annoy you.
Should’ve just been about the 1920s storyline, was way more interested with that any of the present day scene
Ive never felt more indifferent to a piece of superhero media
I found the 30's story line way more interesting than the modern day stuff. The makeup and hair is awful. If you paid attention to the first episode then the twist at at end wasn't a surprise. The show overall was ok.
The flashbacks were the only good part of the show. I honestly would rather watch a series all about them starting out as superheroes. It'd be like the CW shows but with decent writing.
Ohhhhh I think I finally heard what Nick often says at the end of these videos: is it 'guys go grab that gem'? I still don't know what that means but I'm glad I know what words he's saying.
Yeah almost certain that’s correct as grab that gym or Jim would make even less sense. My new theory is it’s some reference to the infinity stones as his avatar is wearing the infinity gauntlet, but I’m probably way off.
weeklyplanet.fandom.com/wiki/Grab_Dat_Gem
@@williamanthony3200 Cheers for the link, I didn't realise it was a thing
Love your videos...
Its kinda sad that the show got pulled down from awful effects, direction and design... after the boys, doom patrol and umbrella academy there's no excuse for that early cw aesthetics...
It may be because I've watched them in such close proximity, but I feel like Jupiter's Legacy makes for a good companion series to Invincible. Because if you boil it down to the bare essentials, they have the same premise: "what if Superman was my (bad) dad?" But what's interesting is they take completely opposite approaches.
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The Utopian has this honorable code he upholds over all else. Never kill, and never interfere with human affairs, since it would be unfair and we need to let the Earth make its own decisions. Omni-Man, however, we find out is something of an asshole. He believes (as an extension of his people's philosophy) that humans are too tiny and stupid to act in their own self interest and be allowed to govern themselves. It would be better for them long term if some super beings came along took away their freedom.
And in both series, it's the actions of their sons that pulls them a little closer to center on their ideals and that conflict is a big plot point for their characters.
All I want to know is, if they got the suits back in the 20s how did they stay clean and in one piece? Like at some point surely they'd have been torn or ruined, are the suits magic too?
It's not even a bad show imo people just expect big villian fights and for it to be like the boys or invincible
@@Official_Rz If you don't like it then fine that's fair but I don't think it's a bad show it definitely has it's flaws but calling it bad isn't really fair
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Yuck
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Raising Dion
Lucifer
Daredevil
Jessica Jones
Punisher
Luke Cage
Iron Fist
Defenders
Also they showcase all the shows from other networks not available outside the US.
Sweet Tooth is coming...
The swift cancellation of this series demonstrates that Netflix really needs to rethink its strategy for greenlighting and ending shows.
NO, but nothing else is out to watch so...
Everyone with powers are descendants of the people on the island and boat.
i think i would rather watch Riverdale again
I thought josh duhamel was Rainn Wilson up until half way through episode 1