Marvel's The Runaways (Hulu)

[Dukefrukem]

First... wtf? I thought this was going to be a movie in Phase 4. Super disappointed.

Second... Hulu? I thought they had exleusive streaming rights on Netflix?

Third... fuckin a... now I'm going to have buy a hulu sub?

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/ma...naways-a148634

[Skitch]

I'll wait for a DVD release. Screw Hulu sub.

[number8]

The Runaways concept is definitely better as a teen soap than a movie.

[Dukefrukem]

The Runaways concept is definitely better as a teen soap than a movie.

Agreed. And the showrunners make sense. I just wanted it a little bit more mainstream than Hulu. I feel like it will die there.

[Dukefrukem]

[Acapelli]

Agreed. And the showrunners make sense. I just wanted it a little bit more mainstream than Hulu. I feel like it will die there.

i know that the cw is dc territory, but this would've been perfect there. or even freeform

[Dukefrukem]

[number8]

I just wanted it a little bit more mainstream than Hulu. I feel like it will die there.

This is funny now after the Emmy's.

[Dukefrukem]

This is funny now after the Emmy's.

Why what happened at the Emmy's?

[number8]

Why what happened at the Emmy's?

Hulu won more Emmys than Netflix and became the first streaming service to have Best Drama.

[number8]

I liked this a lot.

[Irish]

I don't understand why Marvel exercises no quality control over its licenses on TV. This show has a more engaging cast and just looked better than anything on Netflix or broadcast. ("Legion" is the only other property I can think of that stands out in a similar way.)

I think I read the first few issues of the comic (or maybe a trade paperback?). One of the things I liked about it was how efficiently Vaughn established the premise. The show is looser, which is both blessing and curse. I liked the way they created storylines outside any fantasy elements. The show plays more like a teen dramedy than a superhero story. That, and a balanced cast, felt like a breath of fresh air. But I wish the plot on the backend had been a little more focused and less open ended. I know it's a serial show; I'm just weary of seeing the same formulas play out again and again. (Lotsa narrative hooks, no resolutions, no central story, and a cliffhanger in the last 3 minutes.)

ETA: And fuck Hulu for stringing out the episodes over a month-long period. That's some lame CBS All Access shit.

[dreamdead]

Knocked out the first three episodes presently available. Back in May I bought a deluxe collection of the first 18 issues and remember the basic arc of the first volume pretty well, so it's a little depressing how the show stretches out the Runaways element to where they haven't even run away by the end of the 3rd episode. That said, despite some over-dramatic glowering in the first episode, the cast does a solid job of generating a lot of the same ease and enjoyment out of these characters. The dino pool-floaty just doesn't stop being funny, and as Irish noted, it just looks good. A quality filmic layer, though I'm excited for the show to advance past the origin part of this series that it seems to be belaboring in a way that Vaughan and Alphona's series didn't.

Also, since I'm not really reading new comics presently, how is the Rainbow Rowell reboot of this?

[Irish]

Finished all 3 initial episodes. I can't honestly remember a show that played its narrative cards this close to the vest. As dd says, it's called "The Runaways." They burned 3 hours and nobody has run away yet.

I didn't know much more after the third hour than I knew after the first. Elements like "Pride" and "Synergy" sound like basic narrative building blocks but the dialogue references them so elusively, like it's a deep mystery and they're building up to a terrific reveal. Meanwhile, I'm wondering why I should care---and I don't, really, but I like the cast and I like the look of the thing.

ETA: I still like this better than any of the other Marvel shows, but goddamn did it try my patience by the third episode.