r/Invincible • u/mwthecool Omni-Mod • Nov 24 '23

Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S02E04 - It's Been a While EPISODE DISCUSSION

Episode 4 - It's Been a While!

Mark answers the call to save an alien species, but the mission has unexpected personal consequences.

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u/ClariS_lover420 Nov 24 '23

honestly Nolan saying “Read my books!” caught me off guard and i burst out laughing

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u/mmcintoshmerc_88 Battle Beast Nov 24 '23

"Give them 5 stars on Goodreads Mark! Some people didn't really get it and started review bombing them! Admittedly, the whole massacre thing didn't help but still, pulp Sci fi deserves an audience!"

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u/Smash_Z Nov 24 '23

I was wondering if some of Nolan's Viltrumite beliefs might have subtly seeped into his writings and led to certain tropes that modern critics might find distasteful.

One of them was called "Savage Planet, Savage Beasts" and I wonder what critics had to say about that lol.

"Amazing worldbuilding from Nolan Grayson, as always. The alien worlds and species he comes up with are always so creative and immersive. Once again, however, he struggles with his protagonist, another physically perfect specimen with little to root for. Also, the reoccurring rhetoric of the alien people as 'savages' and 'inferior' is almost problematic in places. 3/5"

Imagine Nolan getting canceled or something lol

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u/mmcintoshmerc_88 Battle Beast Nov 24 '23

"Obviously the book is really good but, this is the second book where a protagonist has forced their kids to fight wild creatures on the alien planet and has said 'Should they not survive, I will shed no tears for they are weak!' Again, the books are really good but does he realise Lord of the flies isn't a parenting manual?!"

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u/NerdLawyer55 Nov 24 '23

And then the protagonist fucked his pet which we felt was a bit problematic

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u/Alcaeus6 Nov 24 '23

Nitpick, but the kids in Lord of the Flies weren't intentionally stranded on the island, they only landed there because of an accidental plane crash and the first (living) adult on the island immediately mourns for the kids' situation

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u/Unicron_Gundam Nov 24 '23

it's like /u/mmcintoshmerc_88 didn't read Lord of the Flies before reading the Man with the Invincible Gun