Runaways

I just marathoned the first half of season 1, and I'm shocked at all the 1-star reviews. Every negative review I've seen says that the entire thing is teen drama, that it's too slow, and that it's nothing like the comics. One person I noticed only watched the first two episodes and said he's surprised there's no LGBT stuff. To him in particular, I ask did you even pay attention at all? Almost every time Karolina was on screen, there were massive lesbian undertones, and it was awesome. To everyone else: 1. Only maybe 1/4th of each episode is what you might call "teen drama", because, guess what? They're teens, and so is a big portion of the audience. I think you can stomach 12 minutes of drama sprinkled in around the mystery, tension, and good old comic book weirdness. 2. If it's too slow, you're too ADHD. My brother's best friend, one of the most ADD people I've ever met and has barely enough of an attention span to watch a 23-minute episode of Boruto, had his eyes glued to the screen the entire time and was dying for another episode each time one ended. 3. Saying it's nothing like the comics is an INSANE exaggeration. All the major plot points hit in much the same way they do in the comics, and of course they're gonna add in more stuff that wasn't in the books because if they didn't, and just did a shot-for-shot remake, the whole thing would be over in 2 episodes. Everything they added was very much in the spirit of the original story, and gave us a lot of extra character development, not only for the main 6 kids, but for the villains too, who got next to no facetime in the original story. Not to mention, this is probably the most faithful production Marvel has ever put out, considering this is essentially adapting an entire graphic novel, whereas pretty much everything else, movie or TV show, had either mixed and matched comic storylines, or been completely original. I think they did an outstanding job sticking to the source material for reference points, and given us something that even fans of the original story will be trying to figure out while enjoying their favorite characters recreated on the small screen. This show is amazing, and I can't wait for season 2.

Worst Marvel show to date and it's not even close. Ok, in defense of the show, it was released on Hulu and was aimed at young teens, but come on, there still should be some standards!

Even for young teens, the writing and dialogue are remedial and the drama is over the top. Most of the characters are fairly unlikable, and in the end, it's difficult to give two craps about any of them, and on a more specific note, Molly may be the most annoying character ever depicted on television. I mean seriously, who writes this dialogue?

I think Marvel made a good decision canceling all their shows as they really seem to be providing watered down content lately. Between this garbage, Cloak & Dagger, Inhumans, and The Gifted, things were really going downhill fast.

If you want good Marvel content, try Agents of Shield or Legion and pass on this one. This show is only for those of us who insist on watching any Marvel offering regardless of how awful the writing.

Poor acting, really bad story. Boring... it's taken them 5 episodes to get exactly nowhere with the plot so far. Also.. the characters in this show are Stupid... and I do mean stupid with a capital S... characters. Seriously... Nobody is this clueless.

The entire theory of the show seems to be that the bad guys are bad guys because everyone on the planet is so dumb that they haven't noticed the idiotic stunts they've pulled. The show also seems bent on portraying the kids as mentally challenged too. Sure one of them has some tech savvy but, seriously... some of the 'mistakes' they made are 3rd grader nonsense, not high school.

Not believable at all. And I'm pretty forgiving of most marvel titles. I've liked a lot of them just fine. This one is just... awful.

Not sure how the critics are rating this so high. It's absolutely NOT that great a show... it's not even that good a show... it's borderline awful.

Watch it if you have some time to kill and nothing else decent is on... that's about the only advice I can give.

Instead of breaking the mold with the characters on this show runaways basically copies and pastes most of it's characters and decides that it's clearly morally wrong to give them any real nuance. From the parents who fit neat little boxes like the ultra religious types, or the angry abusive and power hungry dad with no redeeming qualities whatsoever, to the angry girl with dyed hair and an attitude that does nothing but relate everything to some sort of social agenda. It feels like Marvel decided that every character has to substitute uniqueness with box ticking. Let's appease people's desire for simplistic characters that do't challenge our perceptions at all. Like so many shows it had lots of possibility that simply fell flat

Honestly, not sure why some reviewers are giving this show so much flack.. so it's not exactly like the comics.. big deal. Not everything in the MCU is gonna be right down to a T. MCU has always put a little spin on their films and TV programs. People are saying this show is slow to start, I prefer that. I like learning about the characters and their backgrounds before diving into the action and suspense.

I say, give the show a chance.. it's literally on its fifth episode. Give it time to grow.