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If anyone's interested in reading, I've been writing up reviews of each episode of Invincible in turn, starting from episode 8 and working backwards.
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May 25, 2021 20:38
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Liked your review more than I thought i would. You'll probably keep #6 on the lowest score all through.
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May 25, 2021 22:31
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josh04 posted:If anyone's interested in reading, I've been writing up reviews of each episode of Invincible in turn, starting from episode 8 and working backwards. These are fun. I'm not sure why you're watching them backwards but I guess that's the gimmick.
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May 25, 2021 22:54
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i changed my mind a little on why the train scene exists: comic book fans have already demonstrated a desire to side with genocidal fascists who kill the people they love as long as they're voiced by someone appropriately authoritative and certain-sounding, so they added a scene where omniman kills a bajillionty random people to make it extremely clear that you're not supposed to like him
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May 26, 2021 02:44
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ungulateman posted:i changed my mind a little on why the train scene exists: comic book fans have already demonstrated a desire to side with genocidal fascists who kill the people they love as long as they're voiced by someone appropriately authoritative and certain-sounding, so they added a scene where omniman kills a bajillionty random people to make it extremely clear that you're not supposed to like him there's still gotta be piles of essays written by dudes who argue that actually omniman is right and earth should just join the viltrumite empire because it would be so awesome for us just imagine how bad it would be if europeans never colonized the americas! 
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May 26, 2021 02:49
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I really love how Nolan swings from "Earth would benefit from joining us. This is for their own good." to "I hate all of these sub-human meatbags and their lives are inconsequential and worthless.", yet there are probably people who still think he's right.
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May 26, 2021 03:36
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this is a comic spoiler i guess but not a very important one, i was just curious, does Mark ever get a full blown Viltrumite 'stache or does he take after his mom?
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May 28, 2021 00:42
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uber_stoat posted:this is a comic spoiler i guess but not a very important one, i was just curious, does Mark ever get a full blown Viltrumite 'stache or does he take after his mom? No
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May 28, 2021 00:48
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uber_stoat posted:this is a comic spoiler i guess but not a very important one, i was just curious, does Mark ever get a full blown Viltrumite 'stache or does he take after his mom? Yes.
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May 28, 2021 00:51
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random aside: "they're putting chemicals in the water to make the rooms invisible" is a joke that hasn't aged great. i kinda wish that conversation had continued with: mark: so the fluoride conspiracies were right? cia guy: what? no, fluoride's good for your teeth. this stuff is completely different.
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May 28, 2021 00:53
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Huh, that never occurred to me, I honestly just thought "of course the not‐CIA is doing spooky stuff 'for our protection' why would they not" and forgot that people think fluoride is bad for them
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May 28, 2021 01:49
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ungulateman posted:random aside: "they're putting chemicals in the water to make the rooms invisible" is a joke that hasn't aged great. i kinda wish that conversation had continued with: "and also, the chemical makes the frogs gay. unintended side effect. our bad."
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May 28, 2021 01:55
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Affi posted:Liked your review more than I thought i would. You'll probably keep #6 on the lowest score all through. Yeah, I've seen them all now and it's definitely the low point overall. It's weird because there are lots of bits that are as charming as the rest of the show, like the frat party, but so much of it is just undercooked. Ccs posted:These are fun. I'm not sure why you're watching them backwards but I guess that's the gimmick. Yeah, it was pretty arbitrary, I just kinda picked a thing and went for it. Just finished editing episode 4.
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May 28, 2021 02:00
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Watched the first 10-15 mins with my girlfriend. We were both interested. Had to stop. This show might have some of the worst expository dialog that I have ever heard. I assumed the initial intro + fight was going to pan out to a TV and reveal the entire scene as part of a lovely in-universe movie. Nope. The poo poo where John Hamm is describing how much he loves his fuckup son... is this parody? Help me, goons, am I missing something?
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May 28, 2021 07:14
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androo posted:Watched the first 10-15 mins with my girlfriend. We were both interested. Had to stop. Uh just watch the first episode and decide if you want to continue. Make your own decisions.
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May 28, 2021 07:19
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uber_stoat posted:"and also, the chemical makes the frogs gay. unintended side effect. our bad." if ungulateman takes issue with the original joke, that's the same thing but far worse 
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May 28, 2021 07:29
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androo posted:Watched the first 10-15 mins with my girlfriend. We were both interested. Had to stop. These scenes are very intentionally cheesy. I'd finish the first episode and come back. Don't miss the post-credits!
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May 28, 2021 07:58
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I thought the dorky security guard scene was actually pretty good and effective taken as played. It's also got the meta joke where obviously this guy's about to get flattened. Fun!
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May 28, 2021 08:37
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You have to watch to the actual end of the first episode or the story will definitely come across as hilariously basic and boring, yes.
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May 28, 2021 08:38
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I watched 25% of the first episode and this show is going nowhere!
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May 28, 2021 08:53
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the first half of the first episode had me double checking that this wasn't some weird situation where somebody couldn't get the rights to the justice league characters because the pastiche is that thinZaphod42 posted:if ungulateman takes issue with the original joke, that's the same thing but far worse i mean, being this on-the-nose about it would at least be amusing. instead it's like...surprisingly po-faced "yes the government is putting stuff in the water to control what you see and hear" "but this is good actually"
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May 28, 2021 09:51
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do you filter out your flouride
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May 28, 2021 11:51
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How on Earth did people watch television before we had the internet to tell them whether a show was good or not…
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May 28, 2021 11:53
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These are the kinds of problems you avoid when you start with the last episode!
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May 28, 2021 12:11
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Bust Rodd posted:How on Earth did people watch television before we had the internet to tell them whether a show was good or not… they mostly didnt also there was only three channels total and they all sucked
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May 28, 2021 12:32
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androo posted:Watched the first 10-15 mins with my girlfriend. We were both interested. Had to stop. Yep, the beginning is intentionally like that and you didn’t watch long enough into the first episode to hit the hook and what the series is actually about
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May 28, 2021 15:25
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Bust Rodd posted:How on Earth did people watch television before we had the internet to tell them whether a show was good or not… There was this thing called "water cooler shows" 
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May 28, 2021 21:39
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It's a wonder that this show got as popular as it did, despite it not having a stunning opening like the first 2 minutes of the walking dead. No way people can stick to a show for 3 episodes these days.
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May 28, 2021 22:07
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I liked the John Hamm opening in the first episode. It was weird, this extended dialogue scene that was like "where is this going..." and then a big fight at the white house as payoff. And then the bigger payoff at the end of the episode.
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May 28, 2021 22:16
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RareAcumen posted:It's a wonder that this show got as popular as it did, despite it not having a stunning opening like the first 2 minutes of the walking dead. No way people can stick to a show for 3 episodes these days. It was the meme.
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May 28, 2021 22:17
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ungulateman posted:the first half of the first episode had me double checking that this wasn't some weird situation where somebody couldn't get the rights to the justice league characters because the pastiche is that thin It still makes me laugh that there's a character named Martian Man, which is about as on the nose of a reference as you can get. I suppose it does help that he's Martian Manhunter + Plastic Man, though.
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May 28, 2021 23:52
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Speaking of outside this community, boy people really hate Amber. I mean I get it, she doesn't have powers like Eve and she's "being mean" to Mark (because she's standing up for herself and not taking his poo poo) but I was quite surprised at how much people want her out of the way. I'm not shocked, but I didn't realise that the popular opinion was that she sucks and Mark deserves better, comic spoilers though if some of these people have also read the comics then perhaps they are just impatient and want Mark and Eve to get together already Aces High fucked around with this message at 01:11 on May 29, 2021 |
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May 29, 2021 00:41
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If you're gonna post comic spoilers you should clearly label them, I assumed it was going to be a show spoiler.
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May 29, 2021 00:49
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Aces High posted:Speaking of outside this community, boy people really hate Amber. I mean I get it, she doesn't have powers like Eve and she's "being mean" to Mark (because she's standing up for herself and not taking his poo poo) but I was quite surprised at how much people want her out of the way. This thread also went on a multi-page tirade against her which was weird.
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May 29, 2021 00:49
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you can't be the romantic interest of a male character of a tv show without attracting completely disproportionate hatred and anger for anything and everything you do that hurts the protagonist in some way, regardless of whether it's justified either in or outside of the story
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May 29, 2021 01:01
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Tip posted:If you're gonna post comic spoilers you should clearly label them, I assumed it was going to be a show spoiler. My bad, I'll fix that
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May 29, 2021 01:10
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My take on it is that neither side handled it well. I feel like Amber could've been more willing to talk things out once he revealed his secret instead of being immediately dismissive, but taking secrets that concern your physical well-being into a relationship also isn't great.
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May 29, 2021 03:35
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The biggest Invincible shitposting group on Facebook (100K~) had to fully ban Amber posts because every single one took less than ten minutes to turn racist and/or sexist.
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May 29, 2021 04:29
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Amber seemed pretty realistic and reasonable to me throughout the whole season. I felt like her character was pretty well-suited to the whole "dude reveals his secret identity but actually it doesn't make it okay that he was a lying flakey dipshit for weeks on end" thing that the show wanted to do to invert the usual superhero trope.
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I think it's perfectly reasonable to not want to commit to a relationship with someone who will have to bail on plans all the time, even if you know they're doing it for a good reason.
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