I'm always curious how comic book TV Show adaptations will turn out to be. Marvel's Runaways is another one in line of great comic books turned into a TV Show. The idea of this show is very much different from standard super hero formula. The story is revolving around a group of teenagers with super powers who grouped together to fight, believe it or not, their villain parents. Their parents are a part of an organization called Pride, the goal of Pride is to revive ancient beings by sacrificing innocent lives. Once their kids found out about what their parents are doing they decided to rebel and try to stop them. The kids have all sorts of powers ranging from telepathic link with a pet raptor, high tech gauntlets capable of spitting fire, high tech magic, increased strength and aliens. Yes aliens.
Comic book is over the top even for super hero standards and the characters from the Runaways will become a part of a large Marvel universe. Even though the comic book is very interesting, the TV show is mostly following the story with some exceptions. Acting is a mixed bag of goodies in this one, some actors are pretty good, while others not so much. CGI is decent even though there is not too much of it, got to follow those budget guidelines. Overall the Runaways is a short ten episode superhero flick with some interesting new characters. If you compare this show with the Inhumans, another marvel TV show adaptation, I'd say this one is way better, but it is far from the great television we can see these days. Sill worth the watch if you like this kind of superhero shows. 8.3/10
