Secret Invasion - When a TV Show is Destined to Fail | Anatomy of a Failure

[@Filmento]

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[@saisai7402]

Godzilla minus one review please

[@jessetorres8738]

I have a rule in that you should give a tv show 4 episodes before deciding to stop watching it since a tv show needs time to introduce all of the major characters, get the story going, & allow enough time to raise the stakes for action & drama to emerge.

[@FurtadoPires]

Hair loss? Sounds alien to me...

[@LuisSierra42]

@@saisai7402 Filmento doesn't review movies, he talks about writing

[@willbyrob6582]

Could you do a comparison video between Avatar: The Last Airbender show and the Shamalan movie?

[@grfrjiglstan]

I love that you no longer have to invent some horrifying monstrosities for your thumbnails like the Thonos Rat, you can just post actual screenshots from the actual shows and movies.

[@jeremiahtorrevillas4396]

Wdym isnt his thumbnails same throughout the years

[@ninjanibba4259]

Personally I miss those monstrosities

[@the_redpyro4906]

How could I have forgotten that face... that horrible face

[@MrLachapell]

Why no longer ?

[@JohnDoe-gt3jr]

​@@MrLachapell because the cgi is so bad, they're basically doing Filmento's job for him

[@EnriqueMaxx]

12:02. The point was to frame Fury with Maria's murder. A plot point that is 100% forgotten about by the end

[@Ramsey276one]

BRILLIANT

[@auran82]

"We'll release this footage to the public, that show's a man, who the public may or may not even know who he is, shooting someone who the public may or may not even know who she is" I did love how Cobie was credited in nearly every episode, because her getting shot was replayed that many times ultimately leading to stuff all.

[@Ramsey276one]

@@auran82 O M G XD

[@MegaMerdeux]

So she died for no reason.... That's even worse

[@whitemagus2000]

I now care more about your neighbors hair loss than I ever did about Secret Invasion.

[@FreakazoidRobots]

Thanks, I appreciate that. It's been very traumatic for me.

[@Cursed_Mark]

Sam Wilson: "DO BETTER" Secret Invasion: "Nah."

[@TheGianKl]

I will flop

[@ahabduennschitz7670]

Disney: "Were losing Money, maybe we should sell Marvel" Everyone: "I see this as an absolute win"

[@myronbourne6937]

Nah, I'd flop.

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

​@@TheGianKlthe greatest superhero catch phrase ever!

[@Morfe02]

​@@ahabduennschitz7670Marvel never IS GONNA be sell Maybe maybe Disney give Star Wars and Marvel to free creators (movie or series) with ZERO budget 😂 Like star Wars anime but with less money

[@Kink_Shaman]

The fact that Skrolls didn’t take the form of anyone who was blipped is nothing short of a goddamn miracle.

[@adariushorton7870]

Mane that would have been a fire plot twist

[@ryanzondervan7780]

Just re-watched "Captain America - The Winter Soldier" the other night with my wife; stunning to see just how far Marvel has fallen since "Infinity War...."

[@artbargra]

Not only it is (in my opinion) the best Marvel film ever, but also a damned good movie. To see their fall is painful.

[@Dru2037]

Guardians of the Galaxy jokey tone ruined the MCU because of it's success every movie had to be jokey.

[@latayesha]

​@@Dru2037Not even remotely true. Also I thought Deadpool made everything jokey

[@paulgibbon5991]

@@Dru2037 What made GotG work was that yes, there was quipping, but it wasn't being scrawled over every moment of the film. When it came to moments like the death of Quill's mother, Rocket hinting at having been enslaved and painfully altered, or Groot's sacrifice, nobody was looking to the camera and saying "Well, THAT just happened!". It's a quite serious story that happens to have a couple of characters in it who use humour, either as a conscious choice to shy away from their own emotional pain or because their mindset is quite alien compared to the others. And it knows how to use the humour to complement serious moments (such as the "WE are Groot" line--because we're used to the humour of Groot replying to everything in the same way, it hits harder when he phrases it like that), rather than having it fight against those moments. The problem comes when that sort of humour is jammed into every bit of a story, even when it means the story is constantly sabotaging what should be its own emotionally resonant and serious moments (Thor: L+T). Then it just comes across as the film being insincere and embarrassed about the story it's trying to tell.

[@lotus_flower2000]

End game was the peak for me.

[@Shadow0464-ey9eh]

They screwed up Planet Hulk, Gorr storyline and now freaking Secret Invasion? What the HELL is going on at Marvel Studios bro? Why Feige is putting such low effort in these projects? Was he not supposed to be a fan of comic books?

[@LordofSadFac]

Cause they are hiring cheap labor for their recent works. Just take a look at the experience the directors of The Eternals and The Marvels had, both of those movies were their first big budget movies, in fact the Director of The Marvels never worked in a movie before.

[@marvcollins7842]

I'm convinced Kevin Feige was only interested in the Thanos arc. After that he was done, but he just left the MCU money printer plugged in anyway.

[@cahe6161]

​@@LordofSadFacThat is a problem of Disney in general, the director of the next main Star Wars film, basically Episode IX, starring everyone's favorite character Rey (sarcasm) is an activist who has only ever made documentaries about women in Pakistan

[@Lance-wn9dc]

Kang dynasty

[@InDeathWeLove]

To be fair even phase 1 completely ruined the Mandarin and the ten rings. At least it tended to only be one thing ruined per phase and not the phase as a whole. So it's no like they never messed up any storylines before Phase 4. However now it just seems one after the other with no reprieve.

[@andreworihuela5175]

you also feel bad for Maria Hill, imagine coming back from the snap/blip to only later die from a gun shot wound

[@moses9647]

Agreed. I saw recently that at one point they intended to have her be closer to her comic counterpart by making her more central to the Sokovia Accords and Civil War storyline but they opted for making her a nothing. Smh

[@sonicsillies]

it made me so mad, like girlie has literally survived SO MUCH and THAT'S how she dies?! 😭😭😭 i'm probably not the only one but i don't consider that- or this show- canon LOL

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

For me, *it wasn't that Maria Hill died, but that she died **_in THAT PITIFUL SHOW_** of all places.* Maria was an inspirational and completely bad ass character and I adored her in all the movies. If they were going to kill her off, it needed to be in a spectacular death during a movie; even in *The Marvels* would be better than that crappy Secret Invasion. I am _still_ mad at them for wasting my time with that drivel.

[@bigevil1001]

@@sonicsilliesI don’t consider anything after “Spider-Man Far From Home canon.”

[@tagir9123]

Well, what do you wanna say a bout the Battle of Earth? You don't think our side had a TON of casualties? After having been restored 2 seconds earlier?

[@TheKaijuKing54]

I love how Filmento didn't even bother watching the rest of the show after episode one. Believe me buddy, it only gets worse from there.

[@Farren246]

I begged my wife not to drag us through the whole show but she didn't want to be behind on the Marvel cinematic universe. If there's something in it related to the Marvels, the show's explanation must have been too boring to remember. Luckily we got interrupted halfway through that movie, so I've been spared about an hour of awful.

[@cliffpostell508]

FACTS!

[@omegaminoseer4539]

I also think that a major issue with the script was how it handled a person who is known for his contingencies in Nick Fury. Somehow, he just lets his Right-Hand get murdered, despite him training her to be self-sufficient. Even in The Winter Soldier, he had more backup plans than that, drugging himself to, "death," and reviving later.

[@Morfe02]

Secret invasión could be a Spy series thriller but literally is action CGI series with no characters except two Nick Fury and War machine

[@Elnina-pv3bx]

Uh no. It has basically no big action scenes and that's a huge problem too as to why it's so awful

[@Morfe02]

​@@Elnina-pv3bx I mean by the end CGI fight Also bombs 😂 THINK about MISSION Impossible that one in RUSSIA 😂😂 yeah IS not even bomb shock fear like other movies Is just meh action

[@mohdamerulaidilbinrazisahm7317]

It'll be better as Agents of Shield Season 8 storyline but unfortunately they cancelled that series

[@artbargra]

Marvel is sitting on a goddamned goldmine, using their IP in interesting ways. Like how Winter Soldier was also a spy thriller, or how Dr. Strange 2 was (at times) a light horror film. But no, they have to be as formulaic and by-the-numbers as possible. The MCU died with Tony Stark, and that's a fact.

[@d.c8575]

"There is no way im watching a whole season of this". Amen

[@justpassingby298]

this show simply does not look like it cost a million per minute

[@odin_191]

most of it goes into Mr Jackson's pocket

[@L0-R3Z]

Money laundering. Disney is involved in drugs and sex trafficking. Amazon, too.

[@McDLT999999999999999]

DEI consultants are expensive.

[@FULANODETAL]

212 millons

[@justpassingby298]

@@FULANODETAL for like 200 minutes of total show time, yeah

[@Evanz111]

I love how this show introduced the most broken OP character in the entire marvel multiverse, and yet it’s likely they’ll have absolutely no involvement in the rest of the media because of how poorly the show did.

[@TerryB01]

They need to retcon so many things out of the MCU for it to still be good.

[@LordofSadFac]

That would require faking that Phase 4 and 5 never happened, at which point they could just reboot the MCU, which they wont do cause thats the same as admitting defeat.

[@PredsjednikGustavo._]

I mean they can just say Secret Invasion is taking place in a branched timeline that wasn't allowed to exist up until Loki and i'll be fine

[@JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw]

They cannot, they screwed the Star Wars, Predator, Alien and marvel pooches

[@PredsjednikGustavo._]

@@JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw Disney hasn't made any Alien project yet? And really, all Predator movies aside from first one were considered terrible and one made by Disney(Prey) was loved actually, and be real Disney ruined Star Wars same way Lucas did in 2000s you people switch up on Star Wars all the time

[@JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw]

@@PredsjednikGustavo._ wasnt the most recent alien entry by disney? Predator II is fantastic 🤷🏻‍♂️ and so were the Star Wars prequels. Luces changed things, but they were always true to the lore, or actually went with it

[@kurooaisu]

I love the Keeps ad with Vegeta music. RIP Akira Toriyama.

[@Ramsey276one]

Is Vegeta balding?? XD I know the answer, but the look... :- D

[@SmashBrosAssemble]

Secret Invasion should’ve been an Avengers film.

[@GabesEdtiz]

Shit, it could’ve been stretched out into an entire Phase. Just look at what EMH did with the event.

[@donaldsimmons4526]

And Thor Ragnarok should've been World War Hulk and a Hulk solo trilogy but Marvel doesn't give a fuck

[@quinnmackay-smith9352]

I think that would really flop the entire film in theaters.

[@aselliofacchio]

Secret invasion should've been a nothing.

[@redhandsbluefaces]

What Avengers?

[@hydra7427]

The MCU television formula can be described thusly: - First episode, something happens - Subsequent episodes, nothing really happens - Last episode, conflict is resolved in a big stupid fight scene It's like they took a movie script and lengthened it out without actually adding anything of substance. All you need really are the first and last episodes, and that's two hours of runtime right there.

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

Lots of things happened in _WandaVision_ (assuming one wasn't looking at their phone while watching).

[@rorylynch7775]

​​@@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102 Wanda vision had a great first 8 episodes which felt unique and different, but then the last episode just descended into the same tired final battle from every other MCU show/movie where you just have two people with the same powers shooting at each other. In a way, that's more disappointing since the rest of the show was so good, compared to Something like Secret Invasion which was terrible from episode 1 so the finale was just on par with the rest of the show

[@One.Zero.One101]

Same with Star Wars. Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, and Mandalorian Season 3 feel like they only have content for 4 episodes, but were required to make 10 by Disney+.

[@kidkatanatv]

I was reallying hoping this would have added something important to the MCU. It all started with the character assassination of Nick Fury then a certain death. I honestly thought this would lead up to an ACTUAL INVASION. Like a lead up to having Nick Fury having to fight Hero Copies in an Avengers film or something! This wasn't an invasion this was an...event? Lol

[@Elvusmiw]

I wouldn't call it an event. More like a snooze fest

[@kidkatanatv]

@@Elvusmiw 1 week raid boss from Xenoverse bur with trash rewards

[@petrusraymond1560]

The so-called AGE of Ultron was like a week, but you have a point

[@kidkatanatv]

@@petrusraymond1560 I made that comment to another guy, the point was it was too short of a conflict to conclude

[@petrusraymond1560]

@kidkatanatv Oh, I completely agree with you. They could've made it much more epic. If they wanted it clandestine and stealthy, they could've done that too. What we got was just... meh. I was mostly joking about how Marvel Studios don't know what words mean

[@insanemindset2667]

I feel like they really wasted the whole shapeshifting alien thing on a mundane terrorist plot. Like, Nimona is a shapeshifter and uses her powers way better. Whenever she turns into another person, it is always either an extravagant distraction or used to disguise as someone important to infiltrate the villain’s base.

[@LightningRaven42]

One thing that comes to mind is Mr. Robot. That show got me on a single scene. Just the intro hooked me to watch the whole show. Then the first episode was released and I knew it was going to be something special.

[@sjbrooksy45]

I lost interest when it was obvious they were copying the plot of a David Fincher movie. Was the whole series good?

[@LightningRaven42]

@@sjbrooksy45 The series is actually a counter point to Fight Club's simplistic ideas. Namely, Tyler Durden's plan to erase debt. Also, the show, even in season 1, is a WHOLE lot more than just the main hacking plot. The final season ties everything together really nicely, with an amazing and powerful ending. And the twists? They're great. It is, without a doubt, the best show of the last decade. And I am counting Breaking Bad.

[@cormacthem8406]

Secret Invasion would’ve been great as a film if it included some higher stakes and bigger players of the marvel universe. This was completely nerfed and looked like they couldn’t or didn’t want to invest what the idea really needed to be fully realized. Such a missed opportunity. 🤷‍♂️

[@3takoyakis]

And all they did is making big reveal that rhodes probably already died and replaced by alien Oh yeah, thanks for retconning lot of stuff to achieve nothing!

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

I think that part is just them being put in a position where they couldn't really do that. I mean, MCU characters don't really interact with each other anymore. She-Hulk doesn't interact with Dr. Strange or Captain Marvel, Wanda was able to do her thing without any Avenger getting involved, and no Avenger got involved with the Zemo stuff. Not even getting into how we're probably never seeing Shang-Chi or Echo again. What could they have done that would have meant anything? Were they going to reveal that Kate Bishop or Hawkeye was a Skrull? Well, no, because Kate isn't important enough to matter to Nick Fury, and Jeremy Renner had his accident and couldn't film scenes. Now, if it were me, I would have revealed that at the end of Shang-Chi, that wasn't Wong that took them away, it was a Skrull that took Shang-Chi away in order to steal the rings for nefarious purposes. I think that would have been cooler and easier to pull off.

[@TheBaBaTV]

And NO diverse female hero! This woke crap needs to end!

[@LeonardoKlotz]

Deadpool won't save the MCU It will just delay the inevitable

[@iraford5788]

Deadpool and Wolverine is definitely going to set the MCU in the right direction for sure.

[@captainuseless2120]

⁠@@iraford5788It might be one good move, if it’s even good, but won’t guarantee anything else.

[@LeonardoKlotz]

@@iraford5788 Except that D&W isn't an MCU movie, is a Ryan Reynolds movie He's the one calling the shots After that, he'll leave the MCU to its own devices

[@great2831]

For sure, for sure for sure for sure.... How many times have we said this?

[@aselliofacchio]

​@@iraford5788sure just like puss in boots 2 did for dreamworks lmaoo

[@Sniperkitten971]

"you didn't get the movie because you didn't watch the morbillion of other mediocre shows on Disney+ duuuh" ...yeaaah no thank you.

[@svenkampen1647]

The Marvels really only raises more issues with Secret Invasion anyways since Secret Invasion is based on the idea all skrulls are on earth and skrulls don't have an own planet. The Marvel's shows at least some of them living on their own planet.

[@mogamadrifaatabrahams8643]

I literally thought this was going to be an "Avengers Level Threat" But apparently one perfect OP female is enough to handle a Avengers level threat

[@kidkatanatv]

Feels like an 'Age of Ultron' situation, what was the age? you mean the 2 week event that decimated Sokovia...not really an Age...

[@mogamadrifaatabrahams8643]

@@kidkatanatv you know what thanks to me watching what if and see how cool ultron could've been The guy literally zapped thanos in half instantly That was a much better storyline Maybe in the future marvel can make it a reality in live action

[@LordofSadFac]

@@mogamadrifaatabrahams8643that wasnt a better storyline, that was lazy writting. I kinda liked the first season of What If(or at least from episode 3 to ahead), but the way Thanos got instakilled was just lazy.

[@anthonyibarra8697]

I love how Nick explains that this is all a personal matter with him, hence why he never called the Avengers or Carol Danvers... but he doesn't even bother to confront Gravik himself. Instead he lets G'iah pose as him so she too can become a Super Skrull thing with all the Avengers powers, including Danvers', meaning Nick literally could've just contacted Carol. It bothers me so much because with Carol contacted to fight Gravik, G'iah could've assisted Fury to save the President and let him know there's good Skrulls willing to help, instead of just... Fury shooting fake Rhodey and leaving, letting the President grow a paranoia and screw the Skrulls over more than ever.

[@neoluthuli3254]

​@kidkatanatv Been asking the same question for years what was the age

[@davegibson79]

Doctor Who did the shapeshifter suspense perfectly and explored the philosophical questions with the 'The Rebel Flesh' two part episode. They managed to do it justice in just two episodes. They even kind of pulled it off with last year's the Wild Blue Yonder when the show's writing was at its worse. It takes a special talent for the audience not to care who is an evil shapeshifter and who isn't. It's like making a Mexican stand off boring.

[@dominiquejones3805]

Peacemaker did it better

[@jordanthemcuguy7325]

This show single handedly proved that Marvel needs to reassess how they do TV. It makes me sad that garbage like this was allowed to release cause it makes it hard to be a Marvel fan.

[@acemstudio]

Can't wait for you to cover NATLA. The amount of exposition in that show could fill the earth's oceans.

[@mogamadrifaatabrahams8643]

What does NATLA stand for?

[@gazem_3211]

​@@mogamadrifaatabrahams8643Netflix Avatar the Last Airbender

[@yanjirujan193]

​@@mogamadrifaatabrahams8643 i assume it's "Netflix Avatar The Legend of Aang"

[@sigrid.koppel]

NATLA was pretty good

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

@@sigrid.koppel It was objective trash

[@mistdyna]

Remember a movie about shape shifting people you couldn't trust or figure out? Good acting and story? The Thing? Anyone?

[@Grasslander]

6:29 Ah, one of the best Breaking Bad scenes. It was such a great plan.

[@TimoHahnProductions]

5:24 you warmed my german heart with this sound ❤ Yipeee 😂

[@LuigiL75]

It's always a good time to point and laugh at Disney/Marvel SELF DESTRUCTING in splendid fashion...🤣

[@Morfe02]

I find hilarious how every time Nick Fury hangs with skrulls They ruined the character First with Captain Marvel and the eye Joke Now with "Nick Fury IS a shitty Spy and he use aliens to do his job" AMAZING Marvel AMAZING

[@tqlla]

From a super spy, to some guy that lucked into meeting aliens that tailored his career.

[@damonlam9145]

You should honestly do more videos talking about TV shows as there are some things that benefit as movies and others the benefit as shows.

[@Bucketus.Lord.of.Buckets]

There was a comics run called Secret Invasion that had a similar premise. Apparently it was fantastic. The writers were told to completely ignore those comics and write their own thing.

[@Ramsey276one]

GENIUS

[@Chadius]

Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes also had a Secret Invasion adaptation and that was awesome. Captain America got to pop off in so many great episodes while the Skrull Cap paved the way for his Queen to take control of the US.

[@Glaswalker1001]

That random German child at 5:24 somewhat starteled me.

[@Ramsey276one]

I heard it before in a Limbus Company shitpost so I was okay XD

[@lars9805]

Jetzt kann ich COLA TRINKEN UND TRIOS SPIELEN JIPPIEE

[@Zombiesnyder13]

This is why I'm not looking forward to see what they'll do with the X-Men Especially after what they did to Hulk and Thor Honestly, they were better at Fox, because at least they weren't treated like clowns

[@kidkatanatv]

Well...until a certain movie but you are right

[@PredsjednikGustavo._]

Y'all forget fox made Last Stand, X men origins, Apocalypse, Fant4stic and Dark Phoenix?

[@GJBattles]

Yep. There were no bad movies in the Fox era 🙂

[@WG55]

The next step is to give Hulk and Thor their own sitcom. With a laugh track.

[@anubusx]

Come on 'I'm the Juggernaut bitch." is the meme that keeps on giving.

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

Its sad really, as when It was announced, I realized it was the perfect way to recanonize Agents of shield with the secret Kree/Skrull war between Coulson's SHIELD and Gravik's skrull insurgents. You could have a lovely moment between Coulson and Nick, where Coulson tears him down about how his team is always needing to clean up fury's mess. He never asked to be brought back and give the reins to the organization, but he took it despite later realizing Fury was just dumping all his problems onto him. Alongside Miss Marvel and the Marvels, the damn studio fumbled the ball on the perfect chance to bring the beloved characters from the old TV series back and reintroduce them to the MCU. Heck theres even vids that talk about how AoS did Secret invasion RIGHT with AIDA and the LMDs

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

It Feige's idea to completely remove Agents of Shield from the Canon of the MCU, which was a huge mistake and such a waste.

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

@@DavidMartinez-ce3lp I mean its not even like it being canon would change anything, its easy to say that X point is when it diverges from the main timeling.

[@michaelriverside1139]

I still can't believe that The Marvels didn't feature a fight between Kamala, Monica and Carol finally using their powers in harmony against THE Super Skrull, no not just any random one but the one using the Fantastic Four's powers! And yeah, at the very least, Coulson deserved a role in Secret Invasion...

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

@@craytherlaygaming2852 Feige's wouldn't do that. Guy had really lost his touch. Seems to not understand what fans want.

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

@@DavidMartinez-ce3lp Its a real shame cause theres countless videos like this one out there which would tell him exactly how to get his grove back.

[@inazuma3gou]

Imagine how exciting X-man would be if Raven stayed as Jennifer Lawrence/Rebecca Romajin and refused to shape shift into anyone else

[@maarekstele2998]

I said this before and I'll say it again nearly every show from Disney/marvel feels like seasons 6 through season 8 of game of thrones idk how to explain how but it definitely has similar energies

[@Morfe02]

More like Season 9 to infinite But yeah IS the writing, Hollywood hire like the same 3 people 😂😂

[@juan0808]

I think because a lot of studios have been trying to replicate game of thrones writing and success. Things like having tons of side characters and subplots, constantly jumping between locations and storylines. They make the shows feel similar, like trying to give the impression things are happening but not really.

[@maarekstele2998]

@@juan0808 also referencing past greatness rather than actually doing Cool new things (talking about star wars shows)

[@northphillyp]

Difference is GOT learned from those mistakes and HOD is better for it..Marvel on damn near a 6 show losing streak,they havent learned shit

[@rajarshishikder239]

"to put it bluntly" followed by the laugh at 11:30 gets me every time

[@FreakazoidRobots]

The conversations about Secret Invasion remind me of how much better Star Trek: Deep Space Nine handled shapeshifters. In a war, just 3 of their spies were able to panic and weaken an entire planet because they actually used their ability intelligently.

[@David-bf2cg]

You should make a video about Agents of Shield. They did this kind of storyline, and so many other things, so well.

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

So sad that Feige made that show not canon to the MCU

[@HUKIT.]

I always appreciate the ads and the end of the video, it definitely flows better.

[@michelleruss9877]

Kudos to the editor. The Peppa Pig stitch caught me off guard and made me burst out laughing. Nice!

[@yoka8127]

"wie cool ist das bitte? Jippieh" Die Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

[@dunstglocke1374]

Ich wusste nicht, dass das Meme international ist 🥹

[@HabsBurg-sr6hk]

Dich habe ich gesucht xD

[@sheenpailovesu7841]

Very big around the world! My friends and I quote it daily​@@dunstglocke1374

[@meatbleed]

had no idea yall spelled yippee as jippieh lmfao

[@yoka8127]

@@meatbleed we actually don't I guess? Took some artistic liberty :0

[@MarvinPowell1]

They always say in fiction "show, don't tell." But what they don't say is, "Emote, don't explain." And above all else, "always give your audience a reason to keep continuing the story." Too bad no one told the Secret Invasion writers any of these tips.

[@whade62000]

I love the absolute confidence of these critic channels lecturing you on how to make a hit tv show (which they never tried) within seconds

[@vernym4164]

You must watch better call Saul when you have the chance, if you haven't already. So many storytelling techniques used so well, would love to see how you would break them down, its some fine art.

[@baqcasanke]

Most boring show ever 😂

[@unums]

I truly feel that the, unfortunate, passing of Chadwick Boseman completely “threw a monkey wrench” into the MCU. As he was supposed to take a much larger Leading role after Tony, and “Cap passing his Shield.”

[@imadeist]

Damn, for real. R.I.P. Chadwick Boseman.

[@MalalaYayak]

RIP Chadwick Boseman

[@JamesHectorV]

RIP

[@matthewmosier8439]

I don't think that would have fixed that much. Tony was the MCU. I was one of those people who didn't read comic books who watched the first 'Iron Man' film and was suprised that I enjoyed it. But other than Captain America, the list of other characters who were interesting was slim. We watched Marvel for one or two characters, basically.

[@jamespondy0]

My favorite part is that a small girl is supposed to be one of the most badass Skrulls to exist. Like, if you're a fighter, size kinda matters, and she looks like she's 100 lbs soaking wet. Yeah, she has powers, but that crutch was something the real Super Skrull didn't need.

[@Ramsey276one]

Would make sense if she was a solo stealth/ambusher/assassin unit... So of course she's NOT

[@mreverything7056]

I don’t keep up with MCU stuff. I saw “Secret Invasion” as a name and thought it was some low budget indie film that failed. The fact that a Marvel property is called something as bland and boring as “Secret Invasion” tells me more then I need to know.

[@LORENZOMILIND]

I'm literally amazed by how you analyze and explain these movies/series I've learned so much from your videos

[@dcbandit]

An example of Marvel trying to have a cake and eat it too. Let's take the evil shape-shifting aliens and surprise, they're actually chill and friendly! But wait, we still want to do the secret invasion with evil shape-shifting aliens too, and make it a spy thiller! Where could we go wrong? Btw, best version of the Secret Invasion in a Marvel tv show is in the Marvel's Avengers cartoon, where they kept them evil, they became superpowered, and some of our favorite heroes were actually some of those super skrall! Very tense back then, but you can't create the same tension after making them funny British alien pansies after their first appearance.

[@jamesbritton635]

This is top tier editing. 1:02

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Oh hey. It's Aaron Sorkin! Great guy

[@marcusstewart4141]

I gotta say, that intro was Pure *GENIUS* 😅😅

[@ghostknight1865]

The comics Secret Invasion and it's prior build-up were so good. It's sad seeing these egotistical talentless Hollywood writers think they are above the source material.

[@JoshuaHenelyThornhill]

Agent Hill said it all at the beginning of the series to homeboy Fury : “There’s no shame in walking away”.

[@GreywolfConstruction]

Interviewer: How did you make such a great show? Me: I watch Filmento for years.

[@soundrogue4472]

It's how you use the advice not just having it.

[@niallreid7664]

It's very easy to critique something. Critique is not the same as creating. This is a good channel. dont get me wrong, but a common misconception people have is that you are great at filmmaking if you are great at critiquing. Which is untrue.

[@4ndr0m3d4n]

Ironically, an original, self-contained, mystery box-free story would be the only thing that would get me to watch another superhero movie.

[@movieguy1]

If you don't like secret invasion, don't even think about eco, PLEASE!!

[@jackback9466]

Haven’t seen u do a video essay on a tv show before. I like it. Keep up the good work my friend!

[@dsfddsgh]

The Skrull storyline should have been the big bad in Phase 4 and ended in an Avengers movie. That is a big reason why Marvel is struggling in every other Phase there was always a Avengers movie to end it. Now it will be a decade at least from Endgame until the new one.

[@DDRMR]

Still get tripped out when I'm watching a KZbinr I'm a fan of and boom I hear my work / music pop up randomly in the middle of their video unexpectedly 🙈

[@papyrus_13]

Tokyo vice mentioned!!!💯

[@AbbreviatedReviews]

One of the main issues with the MCU - and probably Marvel as a whole - is that they always end up in this situation where they want you to care about characters and events based on previous situations you may not be aware of. The MCU took off because it constantly introduced new bespoke plots and characters and they eventually wove together to culminate in something meaningful. Now they're trying to string old characters with new plot threads tied to already finished stories and it's stretched in too many different directions.

[@TailAbNormal]

>Putting in a stealth ad at the very end of the video. Based.

[@itsgonnabeokay9341]

I know it likely won't happen, but imagine Filmento covering Arcane. It's does literally everything the current Marvel could ever dream about doing.

[@cmorris9494]

She hulk predicted what this show would be about.

[@kyzr666]

That show was so boring, that even this episode was boring to watch. Nothing against Filmento. You rock man. Love your chanel.

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

I had no idea that this was a show. I always thought it was a movie.

[@tabstudios2940]

You should do more tv shows,because I actually use this in my screenplays and would love to do a tv show screenplay

[@ravenlord4]

Maybe the real aliens are the friends that we made along the way :)

[@julienmciver6454]

I love the way you sneak your sponsors in to the video it's hilarious

[@EL-uj1pl]

Always disturbed me how open this show was about its villains being refugees..

[@JacobPaul-ix7oc]

The idea of refugees being villains will come into play in real life after DJT returns to the White House. It's called predictive programming. Just so I don't have to bore you with multiple, long comments, I will condense it down for you. Illegal immigrants/refugees are being used to put a drain on the taxpayers and to dilute the job market so there are more job seekers than available jobs. (Cloward Piven tactics) I'm sure you know the term "woke", right? It's another way of saying Marxist ideologies. When DJT returns to the White House, he will remove the "woke" (Progressive Liberals) from society, along with the people they brought into the country as a means of gaining political power through promising entitlements and benefits. (Housing, food, money, preferential treatment in job placement based on their minority/refugee status.) Both progressive Liberals and refugees will be labeled as subverters, treasonous and intent on destroying the US from within, and be dealt with as traitors. We are essentially going to see a mix of McCarthy era, Nazi Germany and Stalinism. Unless you are a citizen loyal to the US and its leader, you will be imprisoned, starved, deported, put in a labor camp or outright killed.

[@Kommerzman]

As always, my man got the best ad plugs of all KZbin channels!

[@paparoxo3606]

Filmento make a video about the animation Blue Eye Samurai, it's a masterpiece.

[@Sekir80]

It's like The Last Jedi. So many "subverting expectations" it becomes weightless and dumb.

[@Prototype-357]

Please filmento, start making videos about Tv Shows too, pretty please?

[@victorbarron-zuniga4564]

I just started Secret Invasion last week and wrapped it up over the weekend (after not getting around Marvel recently). This was perfect timing for an analysis.

[@evgenkhersonets880]

Honestly, Secret Invasion wasn't that bad for me. I probably think so, because I watched The Witcher S3 the day before and it was worse.

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

“This gaping head wound doesn’t feel as bad as the severe concussion I got last week! All good!”

[@JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw]

Not a high bar 😅

[@flaviomonteiro1414]

You're such a masochist 😂

[@susanritchie2394]

I dropped out of Witcher early S2, and if by comparison this isn't that bad....I made a good choice

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

​@@susanritchie2394I didn't even bother to watch any of the seasons because I knew it was always headed down this road.

[@NotsoGreat36]

It’s also important to note that the intention and obstacle of the story structure be clear as well as establishing whose intention we should be focusing on. In an action drama the “hero” is the one whose intent should draw the most focus. And it should be clear how the obstacle impedes this. In the case of this show, Nick Fury never really develops intention behind his actions organically, instead he’s forced because he feels obligated based on the fact that he abandoned them to begin with. The obstacle to his intention is his depression, which none of the dialogue is built around. It’s just a meandering mess of trying to do heavy themes in a bang boom smash show.

[@koboldfan3238]

Secret Invasion's biggest flaw is that it hated the lead actor as there are often scenes just put in to insult his age, skill and that all of the promotions was from the aliens instead of being a professional.

[@danielshore1457]

Like they also tried using the fact that he couldn't match up much against the skrull in terms of ability and its like obviously? they are established to have higher strength and durability so its like although its trying to make a point that Nick is past his prime they are showing it with villains that only superheroes would be able to fight normally.

[@liberallunacy9599]

I feel like this is one of the most useful filmento vids, hope he does more tv show ones

[@arilumani6194]

Here are more TV shows you need to cover in your Anatomy of A Failure videos: The Witcher The Witcher: Blood Origin Netflix's Resident Evil Netflix's Cowboy Bebop Netflix's Avatar Marvel's Echo She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Riverdale Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars: Ahsoka The Idol Netflix's Cleopatra Velma Masters of the Universe: Revelations Batwoman Gotham Knights Robyn Hood Iron Fist Inhumans Avengers Assemble Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H Ultimate Spider-Man Marvel's Spider-Man 2017 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier The Mandalorian Season 3 The Flash 2014 Arrow Gossip Girl 2021 Fear of The Walking Dead Rings of Power Ms. Marvel Supergirl Fairy OddParents: Fairy Odder Pretty Little Liars: Origiinal Sin Netflix's Yu Hakusho Halo Fate: A Winx Saga Santa Inc. The Purge

[@n3tw0rk_n3k0]

The way you explain story engine reminds me of one of my favorite TV shows ever, Person of interest. The computer and then Samaritan became really good engines for the drama and stories.

[@osmanyousif7849]

You missed an opportunity to opening the video with an edit of Emilia Clarke in the bar where Spongebob was at in MuscleBob BuffPants, but she's struggling to pull the drink off her hand and her Drax arms keep growing. Seriously, it's no question that Spongebob's fake muscles look more real than hers....

[@grummzaire]

in the show's one defense, in the 2nd episode it's established that Fury is on the run because they think he was the one who killed Agent Hill, so that does have an effect on the plot (admittedly that hook should be in the 1st episode) but that's it. There's a barely any "surprise this person was an alien!" and few reveals there are, are lame.

[@blackosprey2219]

This was doomed years before it even started. Your storyline is absolutely borked on multiple levels when your planet nuking baddies are already established as "poor helpless refugee victims."

[@stormtrooperisgb]

I think the most exciting thing about all this is finding out that the "Yippie" from Lethal Company is from some random video of a German child being happy

[@freedompancakes301]

Hey Filmento I’d like to hear your thoughts about WandaVision(2021). There definitely were problems, but overall I thought it was a solid series. I think it would be interesting to compare it to other superhero projects that share similar plot points but are much worse like WW84 or Dark Phoenix.

[@anubusx]

"They'll never know what you sacrificed." Worst line in television history.

[@neoluthuli3254]

That series was shit

[@neoluthuli3254]

​@anubusx Damn was about to say that and people like him think that was the best series wow

[@anubusx]

@@neoluthuli3254 lol.

[@lostinfinity5875]

Can't wait for Filmento to fully analyze the whole One Piece series

[@Luke-castellan123._]

They should have hired daredevil writers

[@saintniccage2818]

Why, these ones did such masterpieces like deck the halls

[@Luke-castellan123._]

@@saintniccage2818 what does this mean ?

[@All-Fur-Coat_No-Trousers]

I really enjoyed Tokyo Vice. So much that I was thinking about rewatching, and I'll take this as a sign.

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

This is the worst MCU content yet. It's so bad it actually elevated She Hulk.

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

No, it didn’t. If I put a bag of shit next to a bag of trash, is the bag of trash suddenly more valuable? “Well actually- 🤓” NO. They are both objectively bottom tier products.

[@joeking3860]

They are, but would you rather pick up a bag of shit or a bag of trash? It's trash because you flush your own shit down a toilet instead of bagging it up in a can like you do with your trash. You can stand your trash until it overfills its receptical. Trash is fucking tolerable. You cant even stand your own shit let alone someone else's. Welcome to my tedtalk.​@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

@@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access The bag of trash sure looks better than the bag of shit.

[@MrChupacabra555]

One of the things that pissed me off about the show: The MCU did what Comics have been rightfully accused of (and rightfully tried to avoid for awhile now): 'Fridgeing' a female character (i.e., killing off a female character just to give the male character more 'story potential'). I remember seeing where the actress who plays 'Maria Hill' (Cobie Smulders) said that we would be learning more about the 'back story' of Hill in this series. Then the Skrull kills her and I think "Well, she lied". Except she didn't, I suppose, since we do get to meet her Mother at the funeral and learn a bit about her life before shield 😡 Yes, I know this is based on a comic book, so there is a chance she could come back like Coulson did. However, Coulson was loved by both the fans and the guy running the MCU at the time, so that's how he came back. Hill is just a 3rd stringer character who will probably be promptly forgotten by everyone (despite her significant role in the comics involving shield).

[@justhere4637]

6:38 Breaking Bad spoiler.

[@jeffgoldblum7214]

I live in Halifax, England and I remember how excited everyone was that Marvel was filming at one of our most recognisable buildings, the Piece Hall. Secret Invasion was hyped up the entire year because of the Russian crowd bombing scene, and the disappointment when it was a 1 minute scene in a bad show was universal