So what did you guys think of the Secret Invasion finale? [Warning: Spoilers in this thread]
Mr.0-8-4
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Hey everyone,
As the title suggests, what were your thoughts on Episode 6? I've been seeing a lot of disappointment on Twitter but I don't think it was too bad. It was predictable and a little cheesy but overall, it was just a stepping stone to pave the road for bigger and better things.
I am curious to see what they do with Gi'ah. I definitely love Emilia Clarke being part of the MCU. What are your thoughts?
As the title suggests, what were your thoughts on Episode 6? I've been seeing a lot of disappointment on Twitter but I don't think it was too bad. It was predictable and a little cheesy but overall, it was just a stepping stone to pave the road for bigger and better things.
I am curious to see what they do with Gi'ah. I definitely love Emilia Clarke being part of the MCU. What are your thoughts?
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It wasn't terrible. Tidy ending that leads directly into The Marvels, but overall entirely inconsequential. "Disappointment" is a good word for how I feel about it.
the scenes with vigilantes going and killing people they think are skrulls was the most interesting part of the show and it happened in 30 seconds. It needed more episodes and actual paranoia- for being “Marvel’s Andor” it didn’t do anything actually impressive
Gravik's execution was pretty badass though. She went full Vegito lol
I would have liked to see them re-introduce some characters like Coulson or Quake, even if it was in a post-credits scene. I was very surprised that there weren't any post-credits scenes at all in the series.
I get why they did what they did. You can't really have huge implications in a tv show, because not everyone is going to watch it. It's sad that they wasted Maria Hill's death on a show that was otherwise unwilling to take risks. I think they learned Star Wars' lesson from the Mandalorian & Book of Boba Fett crossover. At the end of Mandalorian Season 2, Grogu has left Din Djarin and is with Luke Skywalker, and given the choice between life as a Mandalorian or life as a Jedi. Mandalorian Season 3 starts up and Grogu is back with Din Djarin without explanation. The cliffhanger is solved in a completely different show. They don't want casual MCU fans to go from the state of the universe at the end of the last MCU movie into the new Marvels movie with a ton of "Wait, what?" moments.
That being said, it was leagues better than She-Hulk in my opinion.
I wanted a big spy, mystery kind of feel from Secret Invasion and got nothing. Falcon and Winter Soldier did more for that atmosphere than this. Fury's look (especially his beard) was underwhelming .. the acting wasn't all that great .. even Emilia .. she looked out of place . not sure what it was but she wasn't the impact I imagined when I found out she was cast.
The final Skrull battle was a bit much ... this whole Super Skrull thing just didn't play out visually nor storytelling wise as would need the time to do.
Overall ... not great . not the worst ... just an ok thing to watch because of my love for the MCU.
I love the tie-ins and the easter eggs but I've had to come to terms that my generation is no longer Disney's target demographic. This doesn't apply to everyone but it feels like this upcoming generation is less interested in good storytelling and has less patience with story-building than the former.
It could also be that people have superhero fatigue and Marvel will no longer have that energy & enthusiasm that Phase 1 had.
My rankings would be:
1 - Falcon and Winter Soldier
2 - Loki
3 - Wandavision
4 - Secret Invasion
5 - Hawkeye
6 - Moon Knight
7 - She Hulk
8 - Ms Marvel
Fr i think Ms Marvel was the worst thing Marvel has done, much worse than She Hulk imo, it has so many problems that i would compare with that Inhumans fiasco of a series. And i loved the Falcon series, just hated that Karli villain
Secret Invasion was pretty solid, yall too picky
Giah is op now, just thought it was kinda lame how easy she could dispatch Gravik, i mean, if she failed, Fury would have destroyed the Earth lol cause nobody aint stopping that
Wonder if there will be a season 2, considering the amount of loose ends.. Fury will get picked up on The Marvels, but Giah and the president storyline, idk when will those be explained, perhaps in Armor Wars?
1 - Moon Knight
2 - Loki
3 - Hawkeye
4 - What If?
5 - Wandavision
6 - Ms Marvel
7 - Secret Invasion
8 - She Hulk
9 - Falcon & Winter Soldier
I don't buy Rhodey having been a Skrull since CACW because he's in a hospital gown and can't walk. All that tells us is, he didn't have his Stark exoskeleton on and that he'd probably been taken whilst in hospital for a scan or something. That could've been any time since Endgame or even since F&TWS when he'd gone in for an MRI, CAT scan or whatever.
"“We needed to have a character that one would not expect to be a Skrull.,” Marvel Studios President and executive producer, Kevin Feige, explains. “Don was on board for this reveal of playing and revealing another side of Rhodey and revealing that, yeah, Rhodey has been a Skrull.”
Right from the get-go, Cheadle was game to go down this new avenue. “When we have amazing actors, like Don, that have been with us for so many years, we very much treat them as partners in the creative collaboration,” Feige continues. “It was very early days when we pitched this concept to Don, and he very much was into it and into being able to play with different sides of Rhodey that we haven't seen before.”
But now that this reveal is out in the open, there are still bigger issues at hand including just how long Rhodey has been a Skrull?! That revelation will have to wait, as viewers come to “understand exactly how long he’s been a Skrull,” Feige adds. “We like the idea of fans going back and watching some of the other appearances of Rhodey and realizing that that wasn't him.”
‘Secret Invasion’: Don Cheadle and Kevin Feige on Rhodey’s Big Reveal
I keep watching these various series hoping for something good but when you expect to be disappointed you will rarely be surprised by it.
I’ve lost faith in the Disney+ TV shows.
Dr. Zola
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My thoughts before was....hmmm, it will be so confuse this Secret Invasion, we will be "lost" on who gonna be Skrull or no
But no... it's clear who is and who don't.
If you didn't watch yet, go for it.
Now im really thrilled to watch The Marvels, Armor wars and Cap America IV.
Captain Marvel's powers came from exposure to an Infinity stone. She's not a mutant.
And even if she was, this plot point was literally the worst plan ever.
Why would Fury send Gaia in with the 'real' Harvest? She could have carried out this plan if he sent her with a bottle of Dr Pepper!
What possible good outcome would there be to sending the Harvest to him? Given that Gaia and Gravik already had the exact same powers; and the Harvest meant they still had the exact same powers (except more of them), the best possible outcome was flipping a coin for who won.
Terrible, lazy writing, and completely unnecessary. They actually did quite well coming up with the first four sources of power for the Super-Skrull machine; then clearly just decided to throw all subtlety and nuance to the winds.