r/Invincible • u/SeacattleMoohawks Séance Mod • Mar 26 '21

Invincible [Comic SPOILERS Discussion] - S01E01-03 - It's About Time, Here Goes Nothing, Who You Calling Ugly? COMIC SPOILERS

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Official Trailer

Episode 1 - It's About Time

When Mark Grayson finally inherits powers from his superhero father, it's a dream come true. But there's more to being a hero than just choosing a name and costume.

Episode 2 - Here Goes Nothing

With his father out of action, Mark struggles to defend the city against an interdimensional invasion, joining forces with a team of teenage superheroes.

Episode 3 - Who You Calling Ugly?

Mark has to cut a study date short to help save Mount Rushmore from a crazed scientist. Robot deals with Action - Comic as he assembles a new team of world-saving superheroes.

Full cast, crew and characters

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u/Philander_Chase Burger Mart Trash Bag Mar 26 '21

Don’t get me wrong, I LOVED this, one of the biggest fans of the comic and show you’ll ever meet. I was just a bit confused why they’re foreshadowing the Robot-human reveal before the Omni-Man fight even happens. Like... now audiences are busy thinking two superheroes might be evil when I think they should focus just on Omni-Man. I thought the third episode would at least end with a “son we need to talk” but we didn’t even get the return of Immortal, you know? It’s probably gonna be a slow burn and the fight will be in the finale or the episode before it, which is what I half expected anyway, and I know that this isn’t THE Robot twist when he goes full-on dictator, but it’s weird that these two particular storylines are happening simultaneously imo. Everything else was amazing though. Covering 9 issues in 3 episodes? Incredible.

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u/BleedTheFreak_23 Comic Fan Mar 26 '21

Yeah I'm not a fan of that so far. I know the Mauler twins are needed for an upcoming thing with Immortal, but they could've just now shown Robot doing that, or something. Seemed like they wanted a big thing to keep viewers in suspense, but I feel like it's detrimental to Robot to a new fan this early on.

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u/Zip_a_dee_lad Ro-Mod Mar 26 '21

I feel like the show is more equipped to juggle different plotlines than the comic was. The show is just going to have to include more stuff in between the Omni man thing and Mark finding out, due to the length of the episodes and presumably wanting their fight to end the show. Having multiple suspects is perfect for the mystery they're setting up here, although its not like robot is being set up as that explicitly. I don't feel like their doing too much just yet, because the Robot misdirect is really just to set up Rudy. It is very different than the Omni-Man twist in that way.