Jupiter's Legacy

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: May 7, 2021
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 74 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 74
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 74
  3. Negative: 18 out of 74

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  1. Berik
    May 8, 2021
    6
    So, Netflix's answer to compete with Disney Plus and Amazon Prime. As far as the premise goes, not so bad. As far as execution goes, it feels like an amateur wrote this.

    There is an extensive world in this show as wide as the sea, but as shallow as a puddle of water. Conversations are so superficial that most characters come across as hollow five-year Olds. The world is 'bad' because of    So, Netflix's answer to compete with Disney Plus and Amazon Prime. As far as the premise goes, not so bad. As far as execution goes, it feels like an amateur wrote this.

    There is an extensive world in this show as wide as the sea, but as shallow as a puddle of water. Conversations are so superficial that most characters come across as hollow five-year Olds. The world is 'bad' because of capitalism... Which is just so painful to hear. 'America is in trouble', is what the 16 year old college student thinks who did the research for the show. These are just two examples of dozens of dumb, empty feeling statements.

    The characters. They are juvenile, naive, egocentric and most of all... Pathetic. The Utopians son is cringeworthy, just moping around like a kid who doesn't get acknowledged by his alcohol father. And the Utopian... My god. This guy is an idiot that has watched too many movies. That goes for every character in this show by the way.

    But the show in its simplicity does entertain. Just don't watch too much of it, or it will decay your brain. 6/10.    … Expand
  2. Bubber
    May 8, 2021
    4
    Only 2 episodes in but this is not good, bad writing, bad acting and terrible costumes. Don't think I can make it any further.
  3. contract
    May 7, 2021
    6
    Terribly liberal in it's politics, but despite that the acting and sets are fantastic. It fails however to say anything real or new, bringing nothing serious to the genre of capesh*t. The liberalism really bleeds through the plot, with none of the main cast taking their powers seriously, or their role in the world as anything more than actors on a stage of good vs evil. Unfortunately theTerribly liberal in it's politics, but despite that the acting and sets are fantastic. It fails however to say anything real or new, bringing nothing serious to the genre of capesh*t. The liberalism really bleeds through the plot, with none of the main cast taking their powers seriously, or their role in the world as anything more than actors on a stage of good vs evil. Unfortunately the worldview of the writers makes the motivations of the characters not just shallow, but entirely incoherent. Enjoyable to watch, but don't expect to get anything out of it.… Expand
  4. Dodger
    May 10, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A very mixed bag with extreme pacing issues.
    In short, this entire first season feels like the opening act to another show, the ending note of the season is literally the beginning of the story.
    I can see what they were trying to do, but they spread so little story out over the first six episodes and then rushed everything in the last two episodes without giving it room to breathe, at which point it ended abruptly.
    Very odd, it felt like there should have been a lot more episodes in the season based on the progress they made in storytelling. In addition, most of the characters were very two dimensional, minus one or two stand out characters/actors. Especially the son who was "sort of" the main character but only had about 20 minutes screentime? and spent the rest of the season off screen "on the farm".

    Not hopeful that there will be a second season but I would probably watch it if they did. 5/10    … Expand
  5. Diptanshu
    Jul 1, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Waste of time considering 8 episodes, The story is decent but the execution is mess, it felt usual superhero s*** but in cringe way upon that the action scenes and Cgi is just worst. The word A**h*** was unnecessarily overused felt like they are trying to be "The Boys" , The flasbacks scenes Production design felt authentic and amazing and the back and forth between present and past specially the past kept me hook at starting otherwise the starting episodes are just hard to watch, even strongest episodes were little dull for 10mins, The Characters were good and the acting is just brilliant specially in the flashbacks the walter is just brilliant, george is charming and sheldon is amazing, the presently acting of walter is awesome too specially the way it ends it was mind-blowing, others were decent. The union's code stuff felt way too focused and the central villian/conflict was missing all the season, the random superheroes was just like filler actors, The chloe's charcters action moments were badass but her drug stuff and her episode was worst, Brendon was decent as a sideline and the steelers group was fun, The parent child relationship specially at ends walters and her daughter stuff was just amazing, The starting 2 episodes were so dull it felt hard to watch then 3rd episode's flasback journey the madness of sheldon is amazing and the episode 4 is just worst and episode 5 the travel plan and overall journey towards island it felt fun, The episode 6 is decent and then episode 7 the strongest episode at times little dull but it was an awesome episode the adventure and origins is fun and the ending episode it was decent the george's as villian the brain fight and the jail fight then the twist at the end the walter's daughter's japan fight and overall her character was for short but awesome, The twist killing of her at last and walter's such twist is just mind-blowing, it made sense but didn't stick the landing to me as he was mature of them all at flashbacks, The season 2 if made it would be nice to know about the villianous journey of walter and the fate of george, although the 8 episodes for this season could've showned whole story but it was just this much, it felt strecthed. Overall it was a decent season, it was not that entertaining hard to watch at start and even complete but last 2 episodes and the flasback journey for some part makes the series watchable.… Expand
  6. sirdiddymus
    May 7, 2021
    5
    Started off interesting enough but from episode 3 on it just dissolved into another boring average Netflix show. The origin of the powers sub plot kept me somewhat interested but everything else was just dull. Script was basic. Poor acting & fight choreography. Was one particular fight scene with swords that was absolutely terrible & should of been done with a stunt double instead of theStarted off interesting enough but from episode 3 on it just dissolved into another boring average Netflix show. The origin of the powers sub plot kept me somewhat interested but everything else was just dull. Script was basic. Poor acting & fight choreography. Was one particular fight scene with swords that was absolutely terrible & should of been done with a stunt double instead of the actual actor. Leslie Bibb was a particularly poor casting choice, had some cringe worthy bad acting moments. Overall just meh.....average, nothing new or original like everything coming out of Netflix at the minute. Overall not exciting or interesting with a script & cast that does nothing to elevate the show. I cared nothing for any of the characters. The fact there is people here & on imdb giving it 10/10 shows you just how far the standards of the industry has dropped.… Expand
  7. Unicron666
    Aug 5, 2021
    6
    This wasn't amazing, but I did enjoy watching it. There was no in-your-face activist message that's in most things lately. It was a bit of a slow burn but not annoyingly so
  8. adwick
    May 10, 2021
    6
    Its pretty obvious this was Netflix's attempt to recreate marvel and dc's superhero tv shows success after losing the marvel shows. However, it falls pretty flat in terms of visuals and storytelling. I found the best part of the series to be the origins story which shows how the original superheroes gained their powers but the decision to add in the dysfunctional modern families createdIts pretty obvious this was Netflix's attempt to recreate marvel and dc's superhero tv shows success after losing the marvel shows. However, it falls pretty flat in terms of visuals and storytelling. I found the best part of the series to be the origins story which shows how the original superheroes gained their powers but the decision to add in the dysfunctional modern families created pacing inconsistencies and a convoluted plot which became hard to follow, while you tried to piece together the past and the present. Had they been separate stories and timelines or even seasons, it would have been more fleshed out and better executed. After the first 3 episodes, it became a drag to watch till episode 7 when things began to escalate. The costumes also look like they were made from cheap materials instead of a more realistic look like how Superman's suit is darker. Think of it as Captain America's suit in Avengers 1, which was colorful and frankly, out of place and Captain America's suit in Civil War, which looked a lot better. The costumes from Jupiter's Legacy look like CA's suit in Avengers 1 and I think they would look better if they upgraded their suits for the next season. Overall, Jupiter's Legacy is ok. Theres not a lot of good or bad but I would say watch it if theres really nothing else or you're a fan of the comics.… Expand

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#21 Most Discussed TV Season of 2021

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Metascore
45

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 17
  3. Negative: 5 out of 17
  1. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: David Craig
    Dec 2, 2021
    40
    The source material is perfectly sound, but this adaptation doesn’t do it a shred of justice. The fleeting moments that work are far outweighed by an uneven cast, lame script and agonising pace, the latter of which is fast becoming a systemic problem suffered by most Netflix original series.
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  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: James Dyer
    Sep 20, 2021
    60
    More straightforward than The Umbrella Academy but lacking the playfulness or bite of The Boys, this is a decent enough stab at superhero deconstruction, if one that takes itself far too seriously.
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  3. Polygon
    Reviewed by: Samantha Nelson
    May 8, 2021
    50
    There are plenty of problems with America, and with the superhero genre’s relationship with violence and politics, but Jupiter’s Legacy doesn’t really address any of them. Like The Utopian himself, the show’s creators are stuck looking back at an imagined Golden Age, with no way to move forward and build something better.
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