I like this capeshit.
Invincible is a new show on Amazon Prime that just finished its first season.
If you like capeshit, pirate or watch it.
Downsides: the US military is made out to be good guys
Upsides: nice spin on coming-of-age superhero stuff edit: and every character has vulnerabilities that matter
Yea the twist about his dad was pretty obvious from atleast episode 2 but I really liked this show. Also slight thing but did anyone else think it was messed up what his girlfriend did. Like breaking up with him knowing he was a superhero the whole time and giving him shit for it. Maybe it's because we the audience has seen him get his ass whooped so we feel for him more. Because it's really hard to justify calling him a selfish asshole when he's out saving people or the world. Volunteering for soup kitchens is important but it's not like he didn't have a really good excuse for being late. I'd understand it if her reason was she just didn't want to date a superhero but it wasn't. She seemed mostly mad that he wasn't able to juggle being a super and being a boyfriend, which yeah he's 16 cut him some slack. Idk as a teen I had trouble juggling work and a relationship I couldn't imagine trying to juggle saving the world on a daily basis and having a girlfriend.
Don't hate on Amber. You can't expect women to throw themselves at people for merely being powerful. It's not wrong for Amber to have different expectations.
After all, Invincible revealed his identity to Amber with the full expectation that it would be a magic bullet that would make her love him. It's true that Invincible had good reasons to no-show her, but he was still unjustifiably selfesh in many respects.
Amber.
god damnit
Oh I wasn't trying to hate on Amber like I understand where she's coming from. I don't even disagree with her breaking up with him. She deserves a normal relationship and mark needs to train cause there's a planet full of genocidal maniacs wanting to takeover earth. I just don't like how she did it. He obviously made mistakes but it just seems super hard to juggle being a superhero and go to school and try to have a girlfriend. I didn't mean to say that she should just forgive him because he's powerful, but just be more understanding, because he's a kid who's trying his best. Yea he fucked up and failed but still she just seemed overly harsh on him. Considering she knows he's invincible she's seen the ass whooping he's gotten on live TV like the dude had been through the ringer by the time she had broken up with them. I don't think she should throw herself at him cause he's powerful just go a little easy on him. She seemed to think the same way she got back with him, and the only thing that changed was that she saw his dad almost kill him.
Amber.
You know how Nolan talked about how his mom was like a pet? And Mark was sort of having fun with his secret identity thing, and was fundamentally lying to her a lot. Maybe he only lied about cape shit - but well, maybe there are more things. He didn't treat her like an equal, and it made sense for her. It wasn't about juggling saving the world and their schedule, it was thinking he CAN do it all like some Spider-man shit.
Unrelated, I enjoy how it's very clear that Cecil isn't a GOOD guy, his whole goal and purpose is maintaining the status quo by any means. Cecil also wastes A LOT of lives and resources, thinking that if Nolan could talk to Mark, Mark would go along with whatever it was. Also the fact Cecil's organization isn't aware of things beyond Earth, like the Mars problem or the very widely known facts about Viltrulmites.
I like how Nolan uses abusive language and IS NOT a good person, as has been made clear multiple times.
I also found the voice work to be great all around, just.. really elevating the material.
I also found the gore to be affecting and shocking, as we are seeing it from Mark's view, where being a hero seemed cool and fun, but the reality is, every time he makes mistakes, people suffer and die, even if he does it right, people suffer and die, if he does nothing, people suffer and die. The fact that everyone is horrifyingly fragile helps get things across things, and the way he gets HURT so often, it is very clear that he is mentally strong in a way that most people never have to be. The gore and violence matter to what the show is trying to say, it's not trying to subvert super heroes like The Boys and go "SUPER HEROES BAD" instead it's trying to say that being a Super Hero is actually terrifying and horrifying and living in a comic book world would be a nightmare, even if you can fly and are supposed to be Invincible.
COMIC SPOILER -
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___I find it very odd how Nolan doesn't mention Mark getting his powers is why this happened, that because Viltrumites CAN breed with Humans, the mission has changed from a 500 year vacation to take over a planet to potentially being about doing a breeding program because there are barely any Left.