SPEAKER: Hi!
So I am almost done with season two of Umbrella Academy.
Yes, I'm a little slow.
I've had a busy June, but I've noticed something
about Umbrella Academy is that,
is that they made one grave, silly, innocent mistake, right?
You're telling me that Allison and Co can read seven languages,
they know seven languages and ASL was not one of them?
Hear me out, hear me out, OK.
In season one, Allison gets her throat
cut so she's unable to speak, right?
In season two, she gets punched in the throat,
so she is not able to speak.
And what does her being able to speak make this so important, to me
anyway as a deaf person who just thinks it's a little bit silly.
With all of those communication problems that she had,
you tell me she couldn't have known and used ASL
and things could have just fixed itself a lot faster?
Then again, what material would you have for a show
if you didn't make things a little bit more complicated?
At least, I am assuming, presuming, assuming,
whichever that these seven siblings would know, maybe ASL,
they know seven languages, I'm assuming all of them knows
seven languages, if Allison knows seven languages.
And I just, I've always said this, right, I am a horror movie junkie,
horror channel is currently being developed,
but that's another thing for later.
I am a horror movie junkie and this is not
something I say only for horror movies,
I say this for any time there is an occurrence
where something's going on.
Life would be so much easier for characters
in situations if ASL or the sign
language of the country that the show
or movie takes place in was being used.
(LAUGHS).
You can talk to people through windows,
you can talk to people in water- if you're being held hostage
and the person that is holding you hostage went
around the corner of the room real quick,
you could use sign language to communicate
and you would have less problems.
And Allison, after she's getting her throat
cut and after she getting punched,
her power is, "I heard a rumor..."
And then it makes people do what the rumor is, right?
Why is Allison carrying around a chunky notebook?
Where is she putting the notebook?
Also in the first season, you know, in the finale she's walking,
where is this notebook going?
You're wearing women's jeans, I know you're not putting it in your pants.
I know that doesn't exist.
I don't think that even exists in Umbrella Academy.
Women's jeans with actual usable pockets.
So where is this going?
It's not a teeny tiny thin notebook.
It's a chunky notebook with spirals on it, I'm pretty sure.
Where is it going?
And with how long it takes to pick it up and write
a whole note and then get everybody else to read it.
Where is the ASL?
You know seven languages, where is the ASL?
Why is nobody, why does nobody ever use
ASL or sign language in general, right?
We're just going to go with ASL, okay?
OK, this thing take place in the United States- listen!
Why?
I just thought it was silly.
Why is it not, why is it always, why is never a thought?
It would be so much easier.
Just add that to the list of things that I don't understand- why?
Now I have no idea what's going on in season
three by the time that I'm filming this,
I still have about an episode or two
or an episode and a half left to go.
If something changes in season three,
I will update with a video and be like, oh look, this happened.
But right now, I just want to make this right now because
obviously Umbrella Academy is trending and I'm currently
watching it and I keep talking about it on TikTok, on Instagram,
on Twitter like, I just find it funny.
It's not the end of the world, well, it is actually for them.
You know what, it is the end of the world
and you could've fixed it faster, I'm just saying.
And you might be going, "But it needs to be sound."
"They need to be able to hear it."
Listen.
If Sandra Mae Frank, who is deaf and only uses ASL,
can stop a demon in Soul to Keep by using ASL in a little circle.
Allison can too, alright?
And Sandra Mae Frank's character is Human.
Allison, a superhero, I have so much faith in her.
I think she can do it, I think everybody else could do it too.
At least communicate with Allison when her throat is cut.
Anyways, I do actually really like Umbrella Academy,
it's just taking me forever to get through it.
I love Robert Sheehan, Misfits remains superior.
I'm biased, OK, I grew up on Misfits.
But we can have a conversation down below
because I know a couple of people
when I talked about this on Instagram and TikTok, people were like,
you're right, I know some people, I've never,
I have not read the comics, OK, I've only watched the show.
So that's what we're going, that's what we're going off of, alright.
And I'm just saying, as a screenwriter now myself,
should have done it (CAT MEOWS).
Do you have something you'd like to say?
Do you, do you have something you'd like to say?
Thank you for your service.
OK.
I guess if I pet him, he'll be quiet.
So anyway, let's discuss about Umbrella Academy
down below, tell me your favorite characters.
Do you think Klaus and Nathan are the same person (LAUGHS)?
Because I know there's a bit of debate.
I think they are the same, but also way different.
Klaus is obviously older, way older than Nathan is.
And at the beginning of the show, and obviously,
Robert is a lot older now, but you see lots of similarities,
but also great differences, especially in maturity and personality.
Simon is bored now, so I guess I should go.
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