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Jupiters Legacy, Netflixs newest No. 1 streaming show, embarks on the ambitious journey of unraveling the origin story of the worlds first superheroes—and their relationships with their kids. Based on the comics by Scottish writer Mark Millar ( Kick-Ass), the show stars Josh Duhamel as the Utopian, a powerful Superman-like figure, as he tries to prepare his children and their contemporaries to take up the mantle of fighting bad guys and keeping his strict moral code. The goal? Save the worl...

There was a moment in 2000’s X-Men. You know the one. The moment where it was clear that the movie was a little bit different from its predecessors. All of the superhero movies previous had given us moments of pain, of loss, of formative angst writ large across the screen. They were effective, but they weren’t real in all those little ways that count.  But in X-Men, Rogue sat in Wolverine’s beat up truck and looked at his knuckles where the signature adamantium claws released. “Does ...

In the first 45 minutes of Kick-Ass 2, Mindy Macready—AKA Hit-Girl—(Chloë Grace Moretz) is embroiled in a cartoonish, Mean Girls-style sleepover. The teenage Queen Bee forces Mindy to do “girly things” which includes watching a fictional music video from a fictional boy band, “Union J.” But wait, is Hit-Girl really getting hot and bothered by this? Is this a joke? The original Kick-Ass film, and its source material in the Mark Millar comics, are seemingly all about appropriating...

Bleeding Cool had a chance to speak with Jupiters Legacy star Andrew Horton to discuss Brandon Sampsons evolution as Paragon.

Netflix's new superhero TV series is proving to be hugely popular and is the #1 show on the platform today.

Netflix Reportedly Plans To Turn Its New Superhero TV Show Into A Shared Universe Netflix‘s splashy new superhero series There are an awful lot of subscribers who were instantly captivated by the comic book adaptation, but reviews across the board have been mixed, with Jupiter’s Legacy currently sitting on a middling Rotten Tomatoes score of just 40%. There’s a lot to like about it from the intriguing spin on the standard tropes of the genre to the action sequences, but the story moves ...

Mark Millar is ushering in Netflixs new superhero universe with Jupiters Legacy By The Washington Post By David Betancourt The moment that Netflix arrived in Mark Millars life came decades before he thought it would. Three decades, most likely. "I thought Id have a few more gray hairs before this happened," Millar, 51, told The Washington Post. Millar is no stranger to Hollywood. Through his stellar run as a writer at both Marvel and DC Comics in the early 2000s, he became one of the biggest n...

Jupiters Legacy finale. The Season 1 finale of Jupiters Legacy closes several plot lines, but has a huge cliffhanger ending that sets up much to come. Dual scenes with Walter, Sheldon, and Raikou lead to some major, world-changing revelations. A lot happens quickly, so heres a full analysis of just how everything plays out in the finale. Netflixs latest gambit into the superhero genre—and first from comics legend Mark Millars Millarworld company—is Jupiters Legacy, a brand new and p...

Batman and Returns.  Darkman is more or less a quasi-remix of the latter, but it still packs quite the punch thanks to the composer’s contagious signature thematic style. The Main Theme, in particular, is vintage Elfman, what with its undeniably Gothic tone and rambunctious circus-style rhythms that somehow form a fascinating, aggressively dark march that pops up throughout the score in a variety of ways — on organ, strings, brass, etc.  Not to be outdone, Elfman goes even darker for ...

Jupiters Legacy review – Watchmen meets Umbrella Academy in Netflixs superhero show David Opie © STEVE WILKIE/NETFLIX Jupiters Legacy is finally on Netflix, bringing Mark Millars comic book series to life on screen. But is it any good? And how does it compare to Marvel or DC? Jupiters Legacy Between Marvel, DC, and more mature offerings like The Umbrella Academy, it sometimes feels like every superhero story has already been told. Theres just so much comic book content ar...