One of the biggest feelings after watching "The Umbrella Academy" is that the whole play, in terms of the actors' language, costumes, costumes and the overall arrangement of props, all give people a retro feeling as if they were in the 1850s and 1960s .
In this overhead world, even in the 21st century, there are still no mobile phones and the Internet, and everyone communicates information through landlines, public telephones and telegrams.
The director expressed the characters' personalities and inner worlds through strong color impact and use of light and shadow, coupled with extremely impactful and recognizable music, allowing the audience to enjoy an audio-visual feast.
In addition, the protagonists and supporting actors with distinct personalities are also remarkable.
No.1 Luther (Tom Hopper)
Nickname: Spaceboy (Spaceboy), Luther's homophonic loser (loser)
Abilities: Powerful, Solid
Character Analysis: As the eldest, he has absolute obedience to his father, and he hopes to win his father's affirmation by completing the task faithfully and diligently.
Because of an accident, in order to save Luther, who was in a state of suspended animation, Jazz asked the housekeeper to inject him with gorilla serum. As a result, he has the strong body of the orangutan, which also makes him very sensitive and inferior.
After the incident, he was sent to the moon by the Jazz to live alone for four years.
Thought he was assigned a big task, he found out that his father just couldn't face him, which made him deeply shocked. Blindly worshipping his father, he has no life of his own, and his IQ and EQ are not too high. He belongs to the type of people who often do bad things with good intentions.
No.2 Diego (David Castaneda)
Nickname: The Kraken
Ability: Flying Knife
Character Analysis: Some Oedipus complexes are most closely related to her mother Grace.
Different from Luther's silly personality, Diego is impulsive and irritable, and often starts fighting whenever he disagrees. Quick and agile, he left the academy as an adult, covering up to deliver justice everywhere (similar to Green Arrow).
Ex-girlfriend Paige (Ashley Mande Wei ornaments) is his weakness, but the last two years of on-again Paige was killed at the end.
No.3 Alison (Amy Ravel-Lampman)
Nickname: The Rumor
Ability: Use Word Spirit to make the other party act according to their own instructions
Character analysis: Because of the ability to use language to control people's hearts, Alison became a big star as an adult, and has made great achievements in this.
But because she used her superpowers on her relatives, she lost their trust after being discovered by those around her, which eventually led to the breakdown of the marriage and the discord between the sisters.
The pair of CPs Alison and eldest brother Luther have made many people wonder if the two are incest. The two of them have grown up together as brothers and sisters since infancy, and although the two have no common DNA and are not related by blood, it still feels strange. Having said that, I still hope that this pair of CPs can stand to the end.
Also my concern is, will she be able to get her voice back in season 2?
No.4 Klaus (Robert Sheehan)
Nickname: The Séance
Abilities: See and talk to deceased souls, materialize them and use their abilities
Character analysis: The typical middle child in the family is ignored because of its low sense of pure presence.
Jazz hoped that Klaus could overcome his fear of the dead, and as a child he often kept him in the tomb. As a result, Krause used drugs and alcohol to keep himself less sober after leaving home as an adult.
In the show, Klaus is teleported to another world after being knocked out during a rave party. There he meets a little girl on a bicycle who seems to have created all things in the world and knows all about it.
So, did he really meet God?
No.5 Number Five (Aidan Gallagher)
Nickname: The Boy
Ability: Jump in time and space, with the ability to reverse and rewrite time
Character Analysis: The leading characters and IQ appearance of the whole drama are responsible. It can be said that if there is no No. 5, this drama will not exist.
In the more than 30 years of traveling into the future, with his strong survival skills and firm belief, he finally overcomes the huge loneliness and many difficulties and finds the opportunity to return to his brothers and sisters.
In the last episode, No. 5 took everyone through time and space. It is still unknown to which point in time, where and how it will affect the timeline seen by the audience in the first season.
In fact, when he was in SE0106, he went back in time to clear everything the audience saw. Therefore, even if the second season says that all the content in the first season has been cleared, the audience will not be surprised.
In addition, in the comics, No. 5 and No. 1 silly big brother are brothers, is it surprising or not?
No.6 (Justin H. Min)
Nickname: The Horror
Ability: There are giant eight-catch fish in the body, suitable for group attack
Character Analysis: Very little information is available about Ben, and we currently have far more questions than answers. According to the video given by Netflix's official website, we can get the following six points:
1. Ben must be dead;
2. We don't know when Ben died and why;
3. Klaus is the only one who can see Ben;
4. Ben and Klaus are good friends;
5. There's a reason why he's codenamed "The Horror" in the Umbrella Academy;
6. Through the ability of Klaus, Ben can contact and communicate with living people
According to Ben's actor, Justin H. Min, this role is "The BIGGEST SECRET I've ever had to keep" (the biggest secret I have to keep), is it the only thing that makes the audience think about the only three things in this big family? Are very positive characters more curious?
NO.7 Vanya (Ellen Page)
Nickname: White Violin
Ability: In the event of mood swings, can convert heard sounds into extremely destructive energy
Character Analysis: This little girl who has never had superpowers, actually has very unparalleled abilities.
Realizing her uncontrollable and destructive powers, Ser Hargreaves gave her drugs to suppress her powers at an early age. After that, Jazz asked No.3 to use his superpowers to convince her that he was just an unremarkable little girl.
Vanya doesn't know about it until she meets Leonard (John Magaro).
This man, who was also neglected and abused by his father since childhood, came to the Umbrella Academy when he was young, but was told by the Sir that he would not accept incompetent children and was turned away. Holding a grudge, he deliberately approached Vanya, took advantage of her inner unwillingness, resentment and grievance and gradually released her terrifying ability.
Out of control, Vanya slits the third sister's throat and later kills the man who cheated on her.
After that, she came to the concert hall and wanted to destroy the world by playing the violin. It was not until the end of the day that her brothers realized the problem. Under the leadership of No.5, everyone wanted to travel back to their childhood, hoping to solve Vanya's knot from the source.
Many viewers found great resonance in the role of Vanya. After all, most people in this world should have experienced neglect or inappropriate treatment. This is also one of the reasons why the audience will not regard Vanya as a super villain even if she has done a lot of wrong things.
(To be continued)
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