I really feel that post transition Elliot was more underwhelming on screen. Not sure if they just didn’t know how to write anything for Viktor to do or if Elliot was dealing with too much to give it his all but Vanya was probably my second favorite character in seasons 1 and 2, and Viktor I struggle to remember at all. And I liked all of Umbrella Academy, even if it was downhill after season 2 and its ending made no sense at all.
They ran out of any role for the character after the stuff that happened in season 1 and 2… and they also kind of ran out of juice for the entire show. And all of his scenes after coming out as trans exist in the malaise of a show that should have already ended. That isn’t Elliot Page’s fault.
But also they did not exactly excel.
I definitely think that’s true. Page excels in understated dramatic acting, not in over the top camp. While Umbrella seasons 1-2 had both, the only enjoyable parts of seasons 3-4 were the over the top bits with the exception of Fives and Lila’s outing. The Harlan as adult plot was underbaked and rushed, so I barely remember it.
That scene where they all kind of dance around because they don’t know how to deal with emotional intimacy and the whole house is shown as a doll house fooled a lot of people into thinking this show was gonna be artsier than it was.
Elliot was in a lot of things that won awards and stuff before they revealed that they were trans, but since then it’s been the worst part of Umbrella Academy and (Checks imdb) Ark: The Animated Series, and a single nature documentary they narrate titled “Second Nature: Gender and Sexuality in the Animal World”
I thought season 1 was decent enough for Netflix slop. But then season 2 went full Red Dawn where the Soviets invade the 1960s US and these superheroes try using time travel to stop them. Like really? In 2022 (or whatever year it was) we’re doing evil Russians invade the US for reasons?
There’s even a plot line where some of the characters join the Civil Rights Movement, doing sit-ins and protests while getting beaten up by cops and white people. “We totally won’t use our superpowers to kill white supremacists, but we will use them against people trying to liberate Americans from capitalism.” Just bleh.
The worst? No. Definitely not the best tho.
I think it may have more to do with scripts and shows than Elliot’s acting chops. Umbrella Academy isn’t exactly… it’s not… look, it’s just dumb fun.
I really feel that post transition Elliot was more underwhelming on screen. Not sure if they just didn’t know how to write anything for Viktor to do or if Elliot was dealing with too much to give it his all but Vanya was probably my second favorite character in seasons 1 and 2, and Viktor I struggle to remember at all. And I liked all of Umbrella Academy, even if it was downhill after season 2 and its ending made no sense at all.
They ran out of any role for the character after the stuff that happened in season 1 and 2… and they also kind of ran out of juice for the entire show. And all of his scenes after coming out as trans exist in the malaise of a show that should have already ended. That isn’t Elliot Page’s fault. But also they did not exactly excel.
I definitely think that’s true. Page excels in understated dramatic acting, not in over the top camp. While Umbrella seasons 1-2 had both, the only enjoyable parts of seasons 3-4 were the over the top bits with the exception of Fives and Lila’s outing. The Harlan as adult plot was underbaked and rushed, so I barely remember it.
It’s cheeks. I had 0 fun.
That scene where they all kind of dance around because they don’t know how to deal with emotional intimacy and the whole house is shown as a doll house fooled a lot of people into thinking this show was gonna be artsier than it was.
I liked the fish bowel head character. He got ate.
Fish… bowel?
Elliot was in a lot of things that won awards and stuff before they revealed that they were trans, but since then it’s been the worst part of Umbrella Academy and (Checks imdb) Ark: The Animated Series, and a single nature documentary they narrate titled “Second Nature: Gender and Sexuality in the Animal World”
…they made an animated series out of Ark? Damn, really can’t get anything made these days without slapping a random IP on it.
Oh yeah, I remember just stopping the show like midway through episode 2 and then not thinking about it ever again.
I thought season 1 was decent enough for Netflix slop. But then season 2 went full Red Dawn where the Soviets invade the 1960s US and these superheroes try using time travel to stop them. Like really? In 2022 (or whatever year it was) we’re doing evil Russians invade the US for reasons?
There’s even a plot line where some of the characters join the Civil Rights Movement, doing sit-ins and protests while getting beaten up by cops and white people. “We totally won’t use our superpowers to kill white supremacists, but we will use them against people trying to liberate Americans from capitalism.” Just bleh.
I noticed that, too. I finished season 2 because I had already started it, but haven’t resumed since then.
damn, that’s wild