In my opinion that is
Most will still thoroughly enjoy it as it is the most eventful episode yet, but as someone who holds the comic very dearly I can’t stop feeling there were plenty issues and missed oportunities
- Nowl-Ahn
Pretty minor, but damn it’s a missed opportunity. This was discussed on another post, it would’ve been so cool if they kept this detail and the viltrumites refered to him with this pronunciation throughtout the whole series, this kind of stuff adds to the world-building and strengthens it and it’s a shame they didn’t take full advantage of the audio-visual medium they’re now on
- The pacing
I didn’t have a problem at all with this with the first 3 episodes, but on this one I got borderline irritated. The developments on Debbie’s grief, Eve’s self-discovernment journey and Donald’s “mystery”(which is exclusive to the show) are important, but I don’t think they had much place in this episode. They’re very slow paced scenes and with a mood that doesn’t really quite mesh well with an all-out brawl in another galaxy for the fate of the planet, with those stakes I couldn’t really bother with Killcannon of all people suddenly getting the spotlight. All things considered, the whole Thraxa could’ve filled the entire episode just fine, but if they weren’t going to do that then it would’ve better to break it off with the Lizard League/Sequids simultaneous attack(which now I bet it’s gonna happen next episode, alongside Mark’s return), and that’s why so many people were theorizing about that, because it made so much more sense. An action packed episode featuring all our current heroes barely coming out on top of their respective conflicts would’ve been a great way to end the mid-season
- The many great interactions we missed
Mark getting a cheap shot on Lucan and running away was pretty amusing
Another great line we missed in the show
Finally this, man Nolan’s one-liner game was on point during this
Sorry if some of this stuff seems very trivial, but that’s just how I feel as someone very passionate about this comic, perhaps you could change my mind
I knew there was a bunch of stuff missing! Ever since the episode with Allen being pummeled by the 3 viltrumites I knew something was off since I only recognized Lucan as being one of the viltrumites that fought Nolan and mark. I really have no idea why they changed the other two but overall this is one of the fights I prefer the comic version over the animated version still really good tho
Wow this looks so much better than the show version, I need to read the comics
Yeah man I especially missed Nolan’s one liners. Those were some of my favorite lines of dialogue from him. They definitely could’ve just had the whole episode focus on the Thraxa fight.
I thought it was fine
The ending was fantastic to that little threat they give mark was just wild if.im being honest
Debbie’s grief absolutely belonged in this episode
It’s the parallel between their journeys in their two sequences of wandering around wondering who they were after those events and finding ways to move forward
That’s not pacing. That’s storytelling f that doesn’t rely on action.
It’s even hammered home with the parallels to Donald figuring out who he is in the aftermath
One of my favorite parts of the episode.
Which Invincible compendium are we on now in the show? 1,2, or 3?