Inhumans reviews: Critics slam Marvel's latest TV show
'Try as it might, the show does not live up to the Marvel brand'
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Your support makes all the difference.Almost every Marvel property released to date has been met by positive reviews from critics, the only exception being Iron Fist (which holds a 17% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the next lowest being Thor: The Dark World at 66%).
Iron Fist, as many fans noted, featured Scott Buck as showrunner. Buck previously wrote for Dexter, being bumped up to showrunner, starting with season six — the following three season were met with negative reviews.
Unfortunately, Buck’s next series has also been met by overwhelmingly negative criticism. While only a few reviews are currently out for Inhumans — the first two episodes from which will be released in IMAX — they’ve all been highly critical.
IGN, who genuinely favour superhero shows, awarded Inhumans 4.0 out of 10, calling the show “bad from top to bottom.”
“Try as it might, the show does not live up to the Marvel brand,” their reviewer concluded. “It is most definitely not worth seeing in IMAX, and I wouldn’t recommend catching it on TV either.”
Digital Spy have been equally critical, calling Inhumans the “weakest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date,” adding:” A severe throwback to the mostly underwhelming comic book adaptations of the pre-Iron Man age, this looks to be a serious misstep, one that'll hopefully provoke the House of M to take a step back and reevaluate their creative strategy.”
Another low score came from Fandom, awarding only 1.0 out of five, writing: “In concentrating on making a splash with its IMAX premiere, it refuses to push boundaries in other, more important areas. Sadly, that means a lacklustre beginning to a series that was meant to wow.”
Newsarama shared a similar sentiment (giving the first episode 4/10) while Vox, who decided not to outright review, strongly pointed potentially interested IMAx goers to spend their money on seeing something else.
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