ANIMATION DISCOURSE S2

[u/CryptographerLost825]

So it seems like since the last episode dropped, there’s been a lot of discourse around the animation for Season 2 overall. I’m going to try to give my most level-headed thoughts on this. As a passionate fan of the comic, after seeing how they adapted the fight on Thraxa, in my opinion the fight lacked and underdelivered on the sheer visceral gore and ferocity in the comic. This is one of the first few times I think that the show paled in comparison to the comic in terms of the scale, spectacle and amount of detail that was put into the comic. The issue is less about the blood and gore being shown in the episode, it’s more about the level of detail of the gore, battle damage and destruction. I think there’s nothing wrong in constructively levying criticism to a property I’ve immensely loved and only want to see thrive and constantly improve. In season 1 a lot of the focal moments like Guardians massacre, Machine head fight, Omni Man/Invincible showdown and by extension the Atom Eve special episode were massively improved and the elevated in grandiosity, scope and brutality, which is what I was expecting for the Thraxa fight but unfortunately its came off a bit weaker for me than the source material. Now overall I do think that S2 has stepped up the animation in terms of the character models, lighting and lack of CG models in the background, but it hasn’t made the animation really count where it matters most like in S1.

I think a lot of the fans that have concerns about how certain moments will be adapted in terms of the animation are valid. The comics only get crazier in blood, gore and spectacle from the Thraxa arc and if this animation we got for Thraxa is emblematic of how future moments will get translated, I think it’s alright to be mildly concerned. Now is it possible that they repurposed most of the budget towards the second half and namely the finale, where we’ll see the animation shine and pop off, sure. Until then I can only judge off of what we have so far. What do you guys think?

[u/DangerousCyclone]

There are lots of mistakes, but S1 being better? What? Remember the scene where Mark is tumbling through that street and it’s literally just two frames looped over and over? Or all the use of 3D Models from the Flaxan soldiers and to some of the civilians in that aforementioned scene?

[u/CushmanWave-E → u/DangerousCyclone]

The scene where Mark gets punched into chicago is super well animated, its visceral as hell and still shocks me, I think its noticeable the sound design also feels lacking compared to S2

[u/DangerousCyclone → u/CushmanWave-E]

It’s a powerful scene, but it’s not well animated. When Mark is tumbling through the street, it’s just two frames looped over and over, there are a lot of frames missing from him tumbling the whole way. When we see the innocent bystanders many are 3D models and not drawn. You can even see that their mouths don’t move as they scream in panic at the initial crash.

[u/InfinityMan6413 → u/DangerousCyclone]

Yeah imo this show up to 204 has been carried purely by the insanely good writing and direction. The animation itself has always been lacking imo but hopefully that’s something that’ll improve with the seasons like Clone Wars did

[u/ImSmaher → u/DangerousCyclone]

It’s well animated. Obviously they took some shortcuts, but that doesn’t change the fact that that scene was clearly well animated. Invincible fans here really are losing their minds and gaslighting themselves.