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Marvel\u2019s Runaways is now streaming first and only on Showmax in South Africa. TVLine hailed it as \u201cthe richest, best-realized Marvel drama of the new TV season,\u201d describing it as \u201cThe Breakfast Club meets X-Men with a splash of Stranger Things thrown in.\u201d If that\u2019s not enough for you, here are 10 more reasons you need to binge this hit teen superhero series immediately.<\/p>\n
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1. It\u2019s a concept all teenagers will identify with<\/strong><\/p>\n Every teenager has thought their parents were evil, but what if you found out they actually were? Like human-sacrifice-level evil. Runaways is the story of six diverse teenagers who can barely stand each other anymore but who must reunite against a common foe – their parents.<\/p>\n 2. It\u2019s one of the best Marvel series<\/strong><\/p>\n Picking your favourite Marvel series is an impossible task, but let\u2019s just say that Runaways has an 82% critics score and a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Only Daredevil has a better audience score than that. As Indiewire wrote, it\u2019s \u201cone of Marvel’s most promising series to date.\u201d<\/p>\n 3. It\u2019s based on a comic book series by Brian K Vaughan, who consulted on the series<\/strong><\/p>\n That would be the guy Wired described as \u201cthe mastermind behind some of the most beloved comic books of the millennium\u201d; who Comic Book Resources called one of the \u201ctop ten comic writers of all time\u201d; who\u2019s won 14 Eisner Awards, 14 Harvey Awards, and a Hugo. The guy who wrote Saga. And Y, The Last Man. And so much more. When Brian wanted to hand over the comic book series of Runaways, he chose one of his biggest fans: Joss Whedon (Avengers Assemble and Age of Ultron, and so much more). And Joss said yes. Enough said.<\/p>\n 4. You\u2019ll want their superpowers (but mostly Gert\u2019s dinosaur)<\/strong><\/p>\n Alex is a genius. Nico is a witch with the Staff of One, which can cast any spell, but only once. Karolina is an alien, who can fly and fire solar energy bursts. Molly has superhuman strength and is invulnerable. Chase has x-ray goggles and can manipulate fire with his hands. But the coolest of all? Gert has a telepathic dinosaur…<\/p>\n 5. It\u2019s created by the people behind The O.C. And Gossip Girl.<\/strong><\/p>\n Josh Schwartz became the youngest person in network television history to create and run a series when The O.C. premiered on FOX (and went on to win 12 Teen Choice Awards). With Stephanie Savage, he then co-created Gossip Girl, which went on to win 17 Teen Choice Awards.<\/p>\n 6. It\u2019s directed by some unusual suspects<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, Runaways is a teen superhero series, but it\u2019s directed by some of the best grownups in the business, including Brett Morgen, an Oscar and Emmy-nominated documentary director (Cobain: Montage of Heck; Jane; On The Ropes); Millicent Shelton, Emmy-nominated for her work on 30 Rock; and Jeremy Webb, Emmy-nominated for his work on Downton Abbey.<\/p>\n 7. It\u2019s already up for awards<\/strong><\/p>\n Runaways is nominated for Best Superhero Series at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films\u2019 Saturn Awards in June 2018. Expect more to come\u2026<\/p>\n 8. The parents are as interesting as their children<\/strong><\/p>\n The second episode revisits the events in the pilot – from the parents\u2019 perspective. Yes, they sacrifice innocent souls, but they have their reasons – and their own struggles. As numerous reviews have pointed out, much more time is spent with the parents than in the original comics – and the series is better for it. Look out for James Marsters looking a lot older than he did as Spike in Buffy The Vampire Slayer, a role that earned him three Teen Choice nominations.<\/p>\n 9. It\u2019s refreshingly diverse<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Rotten Tomatoes, the series offers both \u201cthe youngest team of superheroes on Marvel\u2019s TV slate yet\u201d and \u201cthe first predominantly female superhero team on TV or film.\u201d There\u2019s a lesbian superhero too, for a change\u2026<\/p>\n 10. Hulu has already ordered season two<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, the same people who made The Handmaid\u2019s Tale and Harlots think they have another hit on their hands…<\/p>\n Binge-watch the complete 10-episode series of Runaways first and only on Showmax in South Africa.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RAHHMznlwyU&feature=youtu.be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marvel\u2019s Runaways is now streaming first and only on Showmax in South Africa. TVLine hailed it as \u201cthe richest, best-realized Marvel drama of the new TV season,\u201d describing it as \u201cThe Breakfast Club meets X-Men with a splash of Stranger Things thrown in.\u201d If that\u2019s not enough for you, here are 10 more reasons you… Continue reading 10 Reasons Runaways Is The New Marvel Series You Need To Binge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[110],"class_list":["post-6488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online","tag-showmax","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}