Not in “Locke and Key,” where Tyler is a jock (he plays hockey), but isn’t a jerk. And any athlete will be a jerk who bullies the sensitive lead. Normally in a story like this, the lead male will be a supersmart, somewhat alienated kid whose peers think he’s weird (e.g., Peter Parker).
Or maybe those characters feel so fresh because the show manages to free them from decades of predictable teen-angst cliché. I’ve just about had my fill of coming-of-age stories, but these young actors were likable enough to engage my interest - and sympathy.
Even Jackson Robert Scott, as preteen Bode Locke, pulls his weight. What’s not puzzling is the great job by Connor Jessup as high school senior Tyler Locke and Emilia Jones as teenage Kinsey Locke. So why include it at all? ’Tis a puzzlement. But the TV show removes that problem until almost the end of Season 1, negating its usefulness to the story. It’s a mystery why the show felt the need to make those changes (aside from altering “Lovecraft,” which is a bit too on the nose), but not an important one.īut there’s one other change that is utterly baffling: In the comics, Mother Locke has a problem that forces the kids - who are the stars, of course - to step up and take charge of the narrative. On TV, they begin in Seattle and move to Matheson, Mass. In the comics, the Locke family starts in San Francisco before moving to Lovecraft, Mass. That’s understandable, as a means to streamline the story.Īnd it’s easy to write off the change in venues, too. For example, in the comics there are two characters who murder (spoiler!), whereas on TV there is only one. Netflix made some other changes from the comics worth mentioning - some minor, and explicable. TV “Locke and Key” gets creepy occasionally - usually thanks to Laysla De Oliveira’s character Dodge - but it isn’t nearly as scary as comics “Locke and Key.” But while the original comics are largely horror-driven, the TV show emphasizes the fantasy elements, and adds a ton of coming-of-age hoo-ha.
The series has since been collected in six books that contain the entire saga.Īfter a number of false starts, Netflix gained the rights to adapt “Locke and Key” and dropped the entire first season of 10 episodes on Feb. “Locke and Key” began life as a horror comic book at IDW in 2008, written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez.
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