"Hulu baby, cucurbit baby, seven flowers on a vine~"
That's right, this is the classic "Hulu Brothers" in our cartoons .
A grandfather, a snake spirit, 7 little dolls with special abilities, what a big show.
But who knows, the classics of the 1980s have reappeared in the rivers and lakes, but not in China, but in the United States.
Let's take a look at this setup first -
A mysterious old man adopts 7 teenagers with superhero abilities and trains them to save the world.
Confirmed the plot, it is the gourd dolls right.
What the protagonist wants to talk about today is this "Umbrella Academy" .
Before it aired, its fame was huge.
The producer is Netflix , which is getting better every year . Last year's hit American drama "Ghost Invasion" belongs to him.
The original comic books belonging to the giant's third-largest comic Dark Horse Comics (Dark Horse Comics), although not as good as the dark horse of fame Marvel and DC, but the body hides a few representative works it can still be lifted breasts.
Including "Grange in Disguise", "Sin City", "Hellboy", "Alien", "Tomb Raider" .... There is always a classic in your memory.
There is also this one we are going to talk about today, a comic book by the lead singer of a band.
As the saying goes, a lead singer who can't draw comics is not a versatile lead singer, let alone a handsome guy.
Gerard Way , the original author of the comics, is also the lead singer of the famous punk band My Chemical Romance.
Way had the idea of creating comics a long time ago. After graduating from a visual arts school in New York with a BFA, he interned at DC Comics.
It's just that Way's idea of creating comics made way for music. He formed a very successful rock band and released the album "The Black Parade" in 2007.
Later, the Umbrella Academy comics he created were submitted to Dark Horse Comics, which released two series of Umbrella Academy comics in 2007-2008, namely: "The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite" and "Umbrella Academy: Dallas" " .
Before it was serialized for half a year, it won the "Oscar of the Comics Industry" Eisner Award for Best Limited Series .
Looking at the style of painting, a cool opening is enough to prove that this is a novel game.
Next, let's take a look at the comics changed to real people, plus the strong setting of the gourd baby, what has it become?
The beginning of the story is weird.
On October 1, 1989, a pair of synchronized swimmers were warm by the pool, and then the girl kissed the boy on the cheek and jumped into the water.
But the strange thing is that the girl who jumped into the water didn't show her face for a long time.
When the water turned red and the girl resurfaced, her belly was bulging, as if... she was pregnant with a child .
Who knows, at 12 o'clock, she really gave birth to a child.
On the same day, 43 women who had never had sex at all gave birth to children.
These strange children are "American gourds" .
This bizarre phenomenon was noticed by a mysterious old man, the billionaire Sir Reginald .
Jazz easily selected 7 of the most unique children, adopted them, and established the "Umbrella Academy" at home .
But the Doctor didn't let them call him Dad, and when the Doctor called them, he only called them by the cold codenames 1-7 .
All 7 children have is a beautiful AI mother.
with a talking chimpanzee butler.
These magical children also showed their unique special abilities under the exercise .
No. 1 is strong and powerful, and can defeat a hundred with one.
No. 2 Xiao Li , can throw knives.
No. 3 curly-haired little black girl , as long as she starts with "I heard a rumor", it can come true.
In addition, there are small 4 that can see the dead, small 5 that can time travel, and small 6 that will become a big monster (small 6 is the only deceased person, after that only small 4 can see) and There's... a little 7 that doesn't do anything .
Instead, she became the "Umbrella Academy" is heterogeneous .
Her brothers and sisters pushed her away, and her father took her seriously. Even the unique tattoo of Umbrella Academy did not have her share. Her low self-esteem and ordinary made her grow up silently.
Of course, Sir Hargroves raised them for the simple purpose of saving the world through their superpowers .
But do you think this family is in harmony, and then report to the idea of watching a superhero TV series to see that they will work together to save the world next?
No, you are wrong.
As early as teenage years, the family was torn apart and they went their separate ways.
But all of the above is an afterthought.
The real beginning of the story is the death of the rich old man .
After hearing the news, the children from the past all reluctantly came back. After a few years of separation, they have grown into adults, except for him who still maintains the appearance of a child, Xiao 5 .
17 years ago, Xiao 5, who was only 13 years old, escaped from time travel, and suddenly traveled to the future. Not only could he not come back , but he also saw an amazing phenomenon - the world was destroyed, and he was the only one who survived .
It can be seen that "travel thousands of times, safety first, irregular operation, two lines of tears for relatives" .
So, when he returned to the present after going through thousands of dangers, he knew that the world would be destroyed in 8 days.
Seeing this, you can also guess that things are not that simple.
The abnormal brain circuit is the biggest feature of this show.
Not only how did the old millionaire die, what is his true identity, and how to prevent the world from being destroyed is such a big unsolved mystery, there are also various pits.
For example, does the most common Xiaoqi really have no abilities?
Is the AI mother who hurts them the most because the system is aging? Or did she remember something?
There will be no spoilers for the next drama owners, but I can only say that one season is simply not enough to watch.
In addition to the wild brain hole, what this show really wants to discuss is actually a series of problems in the real world .
For example, affection .
These adopted children all have superpowers, but are they happy?
Well, is life in captivity possible to be happy?
The old rich man brought them here, nominally to raise them, tap their potential, and protect the world. On the surface, they looked like a family, but in fact it was all an illusion of deformity .
For example, No. 1 was seriously injured during a mission. His adoptive father injected him with a special serum without even thinking about it. His life was saved, but he became a human-animal fusion.
Another example is the adoptive father, in order to better exploit the psychic physique of No. 4, even if he knew that the child was afraid of ghosts, he still kept him alone in a dark room for three days and three nights.
For the rich, they are just a tool, not family at all.
Capabilities are stimulated, but humanity is diminished.
Not only that, the "umbrella" that appears in every episode is also the biggest metaphor in the play.
Is this a protective umbrella, or the last barrier against danger?
Finally, let’s end with Nietzsche ’s famous line from the first episode of “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” —
"Man is the rope, pulling between the animal and the superman, straddling the abyss. It is a dangerous leap, a dangerous turning back, a dangerous trembling and staying."
Finally, let me ask you a question about revealing your age. Have you watched "Ten Brothers" ?
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