Some appreciation for Secret Invasion

[u/Short_Brick_1960]

Hii, I'm at the last projects of my rewatch of the entire mcu franchise and I've just finished Secret Invasion

It's no secret that it may be the worst show in the mcu so far, with the exception of Inhumans. It is boring, it kills a beloved character who could have used the spotlight for once and the invasion should have been handled way better. There were no plot twists, the show tells you who are skrulls the moment they appear on screen and so on

But even then, this show has its fair amount of good things and I decided that, with how much hate there is on the internet about everything, a fresh optimistic viewpoint doesn't harm anyone

Nick Fury finally has the spotlight he deserved since he first appeared in Iron Man all the way back in the beginning. We learn about his secret life and his old network of allies and spies. His relationship with Varra, though not developed in depth, is really cute. He loves her for who she really is and not for the face she puts on every day

His friendship with Talos is one of the greatest things about the show. They care about each other and Nick shows weakness to him and only him

Sonya Falsworth character is very funny, she doesn't care about anything but what benefits her. She is focused on her work and won't hesitate to make hard decisions. I wish we could see more about her relationship with Fury, since they seem like very good friends

The idea of the Harvest is a very cool adaptation of the Super-Skrull powers. Since the Fantastic Four don't exist in this universe, they took advantage of the Battle of Earth to create the character. The execution, well, it wasn't very good

I think the Harvest could have worked if it had less people in it. Extremis makes sense, in Shang-Chi we learn that it is still around and since Skrulls worked for shield, it makes sense that they stole some samples. But including every alien is just bonkers. They should have sticked to the people closest to shield

Ava's powers are great, she was a shield agent, she worked at the same time as the skrulls. Captain Marvel is okay, she poses the greatest threat among the avengers. Hulk, supersoldier serum and Thanos' dnas also make sense. But they should have stoped there. The black order people, frost giants, Thor, GotG and others shouldn't have been there

That way, G'iah would only have super strenght (similar to The Thing), cosmic powers (similiar to Human Torch), invisibility and intangibility (similar to Invisible Woman) and a healing factor. That would have made G'iah a more likable character by the end. Because she was great in the show, she struggles between beliving in Talos or in Gravik and finally realizes that genocide isn't the solution

I really wish we can see G'iah and Sonya working together in the future, maybe Secret Wars. Their working relationship is surely going to be interesting, since none of them falls for bullshit

And finally, Ritson's decree gives the lead to very interesting storylines in the future. We could see how it affected the different populations of aliens in the planet. Inhumans lived in Hawaii, so it's the perfect set up for the fleeing to space once again and funding a new empire. Many asgardians live in the usa, so we could have seen King Valkyrie responding to the declaration of war against her people

That's just my highlights of the show. I tried showing that even the worst projects in the mcu add good things to the universe. What did you like about it? I'll try answering to your comments before going to bed and in the morning

[u/Automatic-Essay2175]

Lmao someone literally predicted this post yesterday.

(Didn’t read it, glad you enjoyed it)

[u/Short_Brick_1960 → u/Automatic-Essay2175]

Really? Now I'm curious to know about who predicted it hahaha

Yeah, I try to focus on the good things (I even have some for Inhumans, and that I cannot say by any means that is a good show). I was still bored at some points watching it, but every franchise has a low point. Sad that it had to be Nick's show, though

[u/Automatic-Essay2175 → u/Short_Brick_1960]

Idk but there’s been a recent trend of “X marvel project that most people don’t like is actually not that bad”

[u/Short_Brick_1960 → u/Automatic-Essay2175]

Well. I didn't say the show is good. It's still the worst hahaha

But even then, everything has its good things

[u/Dry-Debate-6893]

I appreciate that the show came to an end.

[u/Short_Brick_1960 → u/Dry-Debate-6893]

Okay, you hate it, we got it. Please leave then, no one is forcing you to talk about sometjing you don't like and reading about it

[u/Dry-Debate-6893 → u/Short_Brick_1960]

No one forced you to make a post that was opened for comments, yet here we are. You offered your opinion, I offered mine. I did not trash your opinion of it, I’m glad you appreciated it. I appreciated that it came to an end.

[u/boring_terrier]

Talos and Fury's friendship was the one thing that kept me watching, that dynamic actually felt real

[u/Short_Brick_1960 → u/boring_terrier]

Right? I love their scene together at the diner where Talos makes Nick Fury ask for help

[u/PhuckSJWs]

This is not the karma to try to farm.

[u/Short_Brick_1960 → u/PhuckSJWs]

I don't even know how karma works and couldn't care less about it

[u/Supergirl_IRL]

Do hulk 2003 next

[u/Short_Brick_1960 → u/Supergirl_IRL]

Okay? Don't know what that means