every childhood presents its own unique
challenges but the Netflix original
series the Umbrella Academy makes us
think that All Things Considered we had
it pretty good in October 1989 43 women
around the world gave birth none of
these women had been pregnant when the
day first began based on the comics
written by Gerard Way and illustrated by
Gabrielle ba this series follows a group
of adoptive siblings who in their youth
fought crying together as the Umbrella
Academy only to drift apart each
carrying some pretty heavy baggage from
their unconventional upbringing
considering the unique nature of their
birth we can’t help but wonder how the
basic setup of the Umbrella Academy
would play out if it happened in the
real world welcome to watchmojo.com and
ring the bell to get notified about our
latest videos the series involves a lot
of twists and turns but don’t worry this
little what-if exercise will be spoiler
free here’s how the story goes on
October 1st 1989 43 women suddenly and
mysteriously give birth to children
despite the fact that none of them were
pregnant a rich eccentric billionaire
adopts seven of these special children
most of whom show signs of superhuman
ability and turns them into a team of
crime fighters so let’s go ahead and
take the action to the present day if
Immaculate Conception were to
spontaneously and simultaneously occur
in 43 different women around the world
and it’d be the biggest news story we’ll
ever how much do you want for it it
would defy all current knowledge of the
human body reproduction and science in
general the media firestorm would be
unprecedented in scale and intensity as
the world attempts to wrap its
collective mind around this miraculous
event in the absence of a readily
available scientific explanation people
would be forced to start thinking
outside the box
alien involvement would almost
immediately come up others would point
to it as proof of the existence of magic
and/or other supernatural forces the
reddit internet sleuthing community
would likely develop test and debunk
countless theories everyone would have
an opinion but nobody would have an
answer
everything about our family’s insane
always has among the loudest and most
insistent voices to offer an explanation
would likely be various religions both
the major ones and the more fringe new
religious movements it’d be the world’s
most high-profile an incontestable
miracle of the modern age that’s the
sort of thing that religious faith is
built upon and every major player would
want a piece claiming the miracle as
their own of course
amid all this debate one major question
would loom large
what of the children themselves we
imagine that many of the mothers would
want to keep the child unexpected though
they might have been for others adoption
would seem inevitable however the
mothers choose to proceed these children
would almost immediately see their lives
complicated by the involvement of
government agencies in their respective
countries of birth it it vary from
nation to nation but depending on where
they’re born it’s not unfathomable that
certain governments would take
possession of the children for
themselves especially if the powers
manifest early on disappointing though
it might be to accept between government
involvement and social services as well
as the extreme level of media coverage
and scrutiny the formation of an
umbrella academy would be very unlikely
if not downright impossible then again
this is a brave new world we’d be living
in the events that kick off the series
are in their own right something we
would have previously also deemed
impossible
so let’s entertain the idea that maybe
just maybe through extreme influence
using a whole lot of money an eccentric
billionaire did manage to adopt a number
of these children likely from the more
corrupt and loosely regulated countries
with the goal of turning them into a
team of superheroes what then
well for starters these kids would
likely become the biggest celebrities of
the world has ever seen
think of this sort of idolatry
experienced by teenage pop stars young
up-and-coming actors social media stars
and athletes these kids would be like
all of those things wrapped into one
they would be a new and unprecedented
breed of celebrity a super celebrity for
lack of a better term as if their lives
wouldn’t already be complicated enough
fighting crime the children would
experience the full weight of the social
media age in which we’re living they
would without a doubt claim the most
followers and subscribers across all
social media platforms there would be
endorsements commercial sponsorships
maybe even crossovers into the edge
payment industry their faces would
likely be everywhere while some would
argue that the team would best function
as a secret organization the nature of
their birth would likely make that
impossible
once the immaculately conceived
super-powered cat is out of the bag
there’s no putting it back in so to
speak of course while the Umbrella
Academy of the comic books and TV series
seems to operate under the sole
direction of their adoptive father
Reginald Hargreaves the politics and
bureaucracy of the real world would
inevitably mean government oversight the
only way for such a team to function
would be through an understanding with
law enforcement and government agencies
accountability would be a very real
concern and would surely limit their
activities we also need to ask ourselves
what sort of effect with this have on
the children is that my skirt oh yeah
this it’s very breezy on the bits
nothing’s changed for the Hargreaves
their upbringing as the Umbrella Academy
leaves them resentful troubled and often
bitter adults in the real world we can’t
imagine it going much better in fact we
suspect that they would be far more
psychologically damaged crime-fighting
is inherently violent and high risk
making trauma part of the package if
you’re being exposed to it during your
formative childhood or teen years doubly
so then there’s the child celebrity
factor think of what the pressures of
childhood Fame and life in the spotlight
have done to so many child stars over
the years based on decades worth of
real-world evidence we can only assume
that a number of these child heroes
would crack under the pressure and grow
up to be deeply troubled adults
switching gears a bit we also have to
consider what larger effects this would
have on our world after decades of
reading and writing about them citizens
of the world would finally be faced with
real-life superheroes as many comics
have explored the rise of either
superheroes or supervillains always
seems to give birth to the other the
truth is none of us would have turned to
crime if it had not been for Batman we
were helpless lost souls crying out for
understanding what we got was our
beating from us self-righteous madman
our civil rights were clearly abused
with the debut of Earth’s first team of
superheroes in turn inspire acts of
super villainy it very well might
heroes inspire people and that
can go both ways of course following in
the footsteps of our real world umbrella
academy other people would likely try
their hand at the superhero game for
better or worse we would officially be
living in the age of masked superheroes
and villains the thing is our real-world
heroes wouldn’t have comic book writers
convoluted plot twists and read cons to
keep them safe most superheroes have
special abilities sure but in any given
universe only a handful of them are
actually impervious to harm or in
possession of a healing factor as more
grounded superhero properties have
chosen to explore the life of a hero is
often bloody and short when we meet the
hargreaves only one of them is thought
dead another lost in time in the real
world sad though it is to imagine the
survival rate to adulthood for our young
heroes would likely be far lower so
while a real-life umbrella Academy would
be incredibly exciting and inevitably
turned the world on its head our new
heroes would also be faced with
perhaps most disappointing though is
that however it played out even if the
Umbrella Academy were real the
likelihood of the kids getting to grow
up in the company of a super intelligent
eloquent classy chimpanzee is slim to
none bummer
does anyone wish to speak it was a
monster do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and
ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
challenges but the Netflix original
series the Umbrella Academy makes us
think that All Things Considered we had
it pretty good in October 1989 43 women
around the world gave birth none of
these women had been pregnant when the
day first began based on the comics
written by Gerard Way and illustrated by
Gabrielle ba this series follows a group
of adoptive siblings who in their youth
fought crying together as the Umbrella
Academy only to drift apart each
carrying some pretty heavy baggage from
their unconventional upbringing
considering the unique nature of their
birth we can’t help but wonder how the
basic setup of the Umbrella Academy
would play out if it happened in the
real world welcome to watchmojo.com and
ring the bell to get notified about our
latest videos the series involves a lot
of twists and turns but don’t worry this
little what-if exercise will be spoiler
free here’s how the story goes on
October 1st 1989 43 women suddenly and
mysteriously give birth to children
despite the fact that none of them were
pregnant a rich eccentric billionaire
adopts seven of these special children
most of whom show signs of superhuman
ability and turns them into a team of
crime fighters so let’s go ahead and
take the action to the present day if
Immaculate Conception were to
spontaneously and simultaneously occur
in 43 different women around the world
and it’d be the biggest news story we’ll
ever how much do you want for it it
would defy all current knowledge of the
human body reproduction and science in
general the media firestorm would be
unprecedented in scale and intensity as
the world attempts to wrap its
collective mind around this miraculous
event in the absence of a readily
available scientific explanation people
would be forced to start thinking
outside the box
alien involvement would almost
immediately come up others would point
to it as proof of the existence of magic
and/or other supernatural forces the
reddit internet sleuthing community
would likely develop test and debunk
countless theories everyone would have
an opinion but nobody would have an
answer
everything about our family’s insane
always has among the loudest and most
insistent voices to offer an explanation
would likely be various religions both
the major ones and the more fringe new
religious movements it’d be the world’s
most high-profile an incontestable
miracle of the modern age that’s the
sort of thing that religious faith is
built upon and every major player would
want a piece claiming the miracle as
their own of course
amid all this debate one major question
would loom large
what of the children themselves we
imagine that many of the mothers would
want to keep the child unexpected though
they might have been for others adoption
would seem inevitable however the
mothers choose to proceed these children
would almost immediately see their lives
complicated by the involvement of
government agencies in their respective
countries of birth it it vary from
nation to nation but depending on where
they’re born it’s not unfathomable that
certain governments would take
possession of the children for
themselves especially if the powers
manifest early on disappointing though
it might be to accept between government
involvement and social services as well
as the extreme level of media coverage
and scrutiny the formation of an
umbrella academy would be very unlikely
if not downright impossible then again
this is a brave new world we’d be living
in the events that kick off the series
are in their own right something we
would have previously also deemed
impossible
so let’s entertain the idea that maybe
just maybe through extreme influence
using a whole lot of money an eccentric
billionaire did manage to adopt a number
of these children likely from the more
corrupt and loosely regulated countries
with the goal of turning them into a
team of superheroes what then
well for starters these kids would
likely become the biggest celebrities of
the world has ever seen
think of this sort of idolatry
experienced by teenage pop stars young
up-and-coming actors social media stars
and athletes these kids would be like
all of those things wrapped into one
they would be a new and unprecedented
breed of celebrity a super celebrity for
lack of a better term as if their lives
wouldn’t already be complicated enough
fighting crime the children would
experience the full weight of the social
media age in which we’re living they
would without a doubt claim the most
followers and subscribers across all
social media platforms there would be
endorsements commercial sponsorships
maybe even crossovers into the edge
payment industry their faces would
likely be everywhere while some would
argue that the team would best function
as a secret organization the nature of
their birth would likely make that
impossible
once the immaculately conceived
super-powered cat is out of the bag
there’s no putting it back in so to
speak of course while the Umbrella
Academy of the comic books and TV series
seems to operate under the sole
direction of their adoptive father
Reginald Hargreaves the politics and
bureaucracy of the real world would
inevitably mean government oversight the
only way for such a team to function
would be through an understanding with
law enforcement and government agencies
accountability would be a very real
concern and would surely limit their
activities we also need to ask ourselves
what sort of effect with this have on
the children is that my skirt oh yeah
this it’s very breezy on the bits
nothing’s changed for the Hargreaves
their upbringing as the Umbrella Academy
leaves them resentful troubled and often
bitter adults in the real world we can’t
imagine it going much better in fact we
suspect that they would be far more
psychologically damaged crime-fighting
is inherently violent and high risk
making trauma part of the package if
you’re being exposed to it during your
formative childhood or teen years doubly
so then there’s the child celebrity
factor think of what the pressures of
childhood Fame and life in the spotlight
have done to so many child stars over
the years based on decades worth of
real-world evidence we can only assume
that a number of these child heroes
would crack under the pressure and grow
up to be deeply troubled adults
switching gears a bit we also have to
consider what larger effects this would
have on our world after decades of
reading and writing about them citizens
of the world would finally be faced with
real-life superheroes as many comics
have explored the rise of either
superheroes or supervillains always
seems to give birth to the other the
truth is none of us would have turned to
crime if it had not been for Batman we
were helpless lost souls crying out for
understanding what we got was our
beating from us self-righteous madman
our civil rights were clearly abused
with the debut of Earth’s first team of
superheroes in turn inspire acts of
super villainy it very well might
heroes inspire people and that
can go both ways of course following in
the footsteps of our real world umbrella
academy other people would likely try
their hand at the superhero game for
better or worse we would officially be
living in the age of masked superheroes
and villains the thing is our real-world
heroes wouldn’t have comic book writers
convoluted plot twists and read cons to
keep them safe most superheroes have
special abilities sure but in any given
universe only a handful of them are
actually impervious to harm or in
possession of a healing factor as more
grounded superhero properties have
chosen to explore the life of a hero is
often bloody and short when we meet the
hargreaves only one of them is thought
dead another lost in time in the real
world sad though it is to imagine the
survival rate to adulthood for our young
heroes would likely be far lower so
while a real-life umbrella Academy would
be incredibly exciting and inevitably
turned the world on its head our new
heroes would also be faced with
perhaps most disappointing though is
that however it played out even if the
Umbrella Academy were real the
likelihood of the kids getting to grow
up in the company of a super intelligent
eloquent classy chimpanzee is slim to
none bummer
does anyone wish to speak it was a
monster do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and
ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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