Secret Invasion works pretty well (besides those godawful titles)

There are plenty of good things here. The intro is not one of them.

[@brockenglish7602]

When it comes to the Skrulls I'm operating under the assumption that any character that is revealed to be a Skrull has only been once since the beginning of the show unless explicitly stated otherwise.

[@fatcatsgoneblack]

Same here. I'm also pretty sure the real Ross is being held somewhere

[@brockenglish7602]

@fatcatsgoneblack I'm pretty sure that Ross is still living his life normally, and the skrull stole his identity like a day before the scene started solely to trick that one guy.

[@Tuaron]

Yeah, especially for someone like Ross - I'm pretty sure they were just taking advantage of how easy it is to impersonate someone for a brief period, especially when he's supposed to be on the run/in hiding after the end of Wakanda Forever, so most people wouldn't know enough about his whereabouts/movements to think it was an impersonator. If they wanted us to go "oh, Ross was a Skrull all along", they did not set that up/communicate that well.

[@VexxtheVoid]

​@@fatcatsgoneblackin exile in Wakanda

[@THG-3141]

The only hangup I see with that, is the Skrull in question has to have actually seen him. If he's on the run in Wakanda, the Skrull copying him would have had to have had seen him before that.

[@Blazecap]

The crazy conspiracy guy that died in the beginning was Richard Dormer who played Lord Beric Dondarrion from game of thrones

[@rw835]

As far as I recall, Hawkeye is the only other six-episode show that had a full title sequence in its first episode, but then shifted the titles to the end for all the remaining episodes, just like how TFATWS, Loki, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, and She-Hulk always did it

[@mk6rfc1]

And that was more of a creative decision to tell the story of Kate’s training through childhood

[@tobiasbenedictdrager965]

@@mk6rfc1 Which I still love so much. And the music perfectly alligns with the animation, so that when you only hear the music, you still have Kate growing up in your mind.

[@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8]

I'm about 81% sure the AI intro was intended to get the reaction it did out of people. It's certainly supposed to be uncomfortable and plays into 'replacement' themes, but I guess the timing with the writers strikes etc. didn't make it look great

[@ivanagustinortiz5237]

Also, the fact that if the reaction wasn't as bad as it is, they would get away with it and use more AI going forward. They stopped the One-Shots because the last one was to retcon Iron Man 3 and it was so poorly received that they stopped that altogether. But the Specials were well received so there's going to be more of those. Same principle here.

[@jayjay24155]

With all the excuses/explanation, it's still just an awful looking title sequence. Looks like it took them 10 seconds to find these frames. All around bad.

[@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8]

@@jayjay24155 Totally agree on it looking dreadful.

[@ericwatchesthings]

Definitely agree with you on the show needing to have another lead added that's a bit more higher energy. Everyone is so sullen. I do feel like Disney/Marvel missed out on an opportunity to bring back Teyonah Parris' Monica Rambeau because 1. Monica has connection to several of the characters already (Fury, Talos, Gaia) and it would've been interesting to get a sense of if she and Maria had even kept in contact with the Skrull, or at least the ones they knew personally. 2. The mid-credits scene for the WandaVision finale, set up Monica being reintroduced to Fury, so this would've been a great way to set it up as them working together at least for a bit before shipping her back off to space where she could've served as a "woman in the chair" role which leads into 3. tie-in the only movie they have left for this year: The Marvels. If both this series and that movie were supposed to be follow ups to Captain Marvel, why not try to boost sales and make an attempts to connecting the story more?-

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

I think you nailed it regarding Skrulls and knowing when they were replaced. It's easy to lean on someone being a Skrull for a cheap thrill so I hope they've really sat down and considered who would make a good reveal and when exactly they were replaced.

[@ultraviolet540]

I’m optimistic, the cast is really talented, and I’m excited to see how it turns out.

[@UltimateBurstLP]

I definitely enjoy these casual talking videos like this and I’d be happy to see them weekly for the secret invasion releases if that’s something you feel like you can sustain. More is always good, I like hearing ur thoughts on the stuff coming out and all the news and everything, probably some of my favorite parts of Mostly Nitpicking too. A lot of Twitter content on upcoming releases and all kinda sucks now so having a guy whose opinions I mostly trust talking abt it is nice

[@DarthTingleBinks]

Okay, so the title/intro sequences are sometimes at the end of the episodes. That's the case for WandaVision, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, and She-Hulk (WandaVision did also have an era specific intro for many of the episodes as well). Loki and Secret Invasion both have them in the middle of the episode after a few minutes have passed (though Loki only really has a title card and then the sequence is saved for the end, so maybe not?). And then What If...? starts out with the title sequence. So I guess when you think about it, Secret Invasion is the first of the D+ shows to have a standard title sequence. Edit: Hawkeye did have stylized title sequences for every episode, though. So I guess two shows. I kinda forgot Hawkeye existed for a second, though. But I don't think we ever got the main Hawkeye theme played during those title sequences.

[@HOLLOWAY1]

That guy from the beginning could've played a bigger villain character, His gestures and nuance in acting is such heavy imo.

[@n.k.pierro]

I am still hoping for a cameo from Daisy, Melinda, or FitzSimmons from Agents of Shield. Melinda May especially makes sense because IRL Ming Na Wen was in Boba Fett so it's not like she doesn't know Disney Plus people. And in the story, if they don't retcon everything, there was the whole Life Model Decoy season and plotlines and while it isn't entirely the same I think someone who a) has worked for Shield for a long ass time and was trusted by Fury personally (to spy on Coulson in the early seasons) b) has experience with bad guys looking like good guys and c) is an incredible BAMF who can kick all the ass old man Fury can't anymore, and now with Maria gone we need a right hand woman so bring her on in. TLDR Agents of Shield is incredibly underrated and deserves to be part of the 'mainstream' MCU

[@fredcarmichael5544]

Im now realising that this is the first Marvel Show we got since the creation of Nando Cut and now im excited for a weekly episode review

[@delclo4043]

This is the kind of content I want more of from the Nando Cut. Just you talking about episodes as they come out. I really enjoyed the first episode outside of the ai intro. I think it could definitely be going somewhere and I love the more grounded aspect and how marvel is experimenting with different genres more

[@teraxe]

Martin Freeman was not a Skrull during Black Panther, I am pretty sure Shuri would have noticed when she was operating on him. But he may have been a Skrull in Black Panther 2.

[@JosephWolfson]

To quote the director “all will be revealed.”

[@elmsigreen]

I'm frustrated about Mariah Hill dying. Because I don't care enough about her to feel emotional about her death. But I wish I did, her death should have been more impactful. That's why I think she isn't dead and maybe she's a Skrull. Ever since Far From Home, I've had the theory that Soren has been Mariah Hill since the 90's and Mariah Hill doesn't actually exist, she's just Soren's human alias which would have been really cool, Nick Fury's right hand was a Skrull this entire time and maybe he was the only one at SHIELD that knew that.

[@mageolight5258]

Regarding the AI intro, I feel like the idea behind using AI generated images that look very obviously AI was to create this feeling of unease, sort of uncanny valley-ish that makes you tense. Did it work, is that excuse enough, who knows. But I doubt they would use such obvious AI imagery without artistic purpose.

[@smithbeentrill]

This.

[@TenaciousLeeTV]

They're playing into the notion of non-humans among us. People are mad about them using AI in place of artists but a crew used Midjourney as reference with their artwork so once again, people are screaming about absolutely nothing beyond baseless, ignorant assumptions.

[@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8]

I'm about 81% sure it was intended to get the reaction it did out of people. It's certainly supposed to do what you've said and plays into 'replacement' themes, but I guess the timing with the writers strikes etc. didn't make it look great.

[@TenaciousLeeTV]

@@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8 last I checked, writers have nothing to do with visual or practical effects.

[@Kylo_Tom]

@@TenaciousLeeTV Last I checked, the point the comment is making is in a period of writers feeling like they can be replaced by A.I. this intro is in poor taste of showing you can do a full A.I. intro. It's point doesn't change that it's bad timing, if you weren't acting like a sarcastic prick you'd know that.

[@Ninjabread01]

That bit about Fury sitting down as quickly as possible really hit, I just watched the pilot and I think he's sitting down talking for most of it

[@goncalotorres3623]

the intro reminded me of the intros from the netflix marvel shows

[@Marnie_C]

The intro gave me major uncanny valley vibes which I think is what they were going for. A lot of times with movies involving alien assimilating into Earth, there is always a moment where the alien that is pretending to look human looks just slightly off. Our brain is trained to know what a human looks like but when things are off it causes uneasiness. The intro gives off that vibe. The world is shifting and swirling and nothing is in "focus". I also think it isn't just straight AI art, it has elements of counter culture soviet art which fits with the setting. The soviets wanted art to be 100% representational of the world but the counter cultural wanted to express themselves which resulted in expressive distorted images. It also has vibes of propaganda art from the period which again fits into the narrative of "there is no secret invasion, you're friends aren't shape shifting aliens"

[@DHMyers1994]

I agree, that’s definitely what they were going for. However, you can pay an artist to draw/create deliberately uncanny images for a title sequence instead.

[@Marnie_C]

@@DHMyers1994 An artist was still behind this. Many modern tools have some form of automation. You could argue that they could have paid an artist to mix paints or pay an artist to enter in manually all the vertices of a 3D model. I can understand the concern with using AI to assist with our creation but it isn't like an executive clicked a button and auto-generated the intro

[@JohnDowson100]

100% agree on the vintage soviet animation shorts references.

[@victor.maskalenka]

They fridged Cobie Smulders twice in a single episode. (She was Talos wife on Spiderman)

[@GomerJ]

Good start, and I kinda like the title sequence. But anyway my main point, I think the decision to go with a Fury who’s somewhat washed up and can’t even trust his own instincts makes this a FAR more interesting show than one with a badass, has all the answers Fury, of course really driven home by that ending. Will it carry over the rest of the series after hitting the point that hard right off the bat? We’ll see. But a good choice.

[@rbtorelli1994]

I think this is going to end up being a bigger problem in the later shows or movies that are trying to tie in multiple projects together, but it felt like I missed an entire movie about Skrulls just in trying to watch the first episode. Nick fury on saber? Talos and Gaia having a connection? It felt like so many of the shield, characters or Skrull characters had so much background or connection that we just haven't seen before. I probably need a rewatch of Captain Marvel, but unless I caught the post credit scene for far from home as well as some other things that I'm sure I've missed, it felt like there was a lot of background info that was assumed without being given.

[@Tuaron]

Fury on SABER is just a thing revealed in the SM:FFH post-credit scene, never elaborated on until now, the Talos/G'iah thing is simple (she's the daughter from Captain Marvel, she just grew up in those 30-ish years) but there was a breakdown in the relationship we're now learning about (definitely something that'll be expanded upon further, over this series), most of the stuff is being told to us now, not stuff it assumes we'd know (which is why we're being told it, sometimes repeatedly).

[@Nortarachanges]

Nick Fury being on Saber was a credit scene, but I for real can’t remember which one. I’m not a fan of how much homework it feels like we need to do to enjoy a show

[@Tuaron]

@@Nortarachanges There really isn't a lot of homework to this show, they tell you pretty much all you need to know (you don't even need to have seen that post-credit scene - they tell you in this episode that he was on that space station, the scene doesn't tell you anything else). The main things to have seen are Captain Marvel (for background on Skrulls and that promise of a new world) and Infinity War/Endgame (to understand the "blip" stuff they keep mentioning for Fury).

[@jimkettner8363]

The ADR on the Rhodie scene was super silly. I always worry when I see that stuff in case it’s indicating some last minute rewrites.

[@Robin0928]

The most interesting side of Maria Hill's death is that Cobie Smulders was listed as a "Special Guest Star" in the end credits for Episode 1, but shes listed in the opening credits as a lead, so its interesting to see what they are doing

[@ObiePictures]

Kinda hoping that the “Chris Evans maybe kinda possibly visited Marvel maybe he’s back” headlines were in regards to this. Pile on to the confusion with Cap’s finale in endgame by having him show up, everyone’s confused how. Oh…he’s a skrull. Uh oh!

[@jonathanschaefer9848]

I feel crazy right now because the title sequence was the thing I liked the most about this episode. I don’t know why it was just feeling “meh” the whole time, maybe writing (cant place exactly in what way though so idk)? It never felt either tense or surprising in a show about uncertainty and impostors? Or maybe I need to rewatch and see if it was just whatever mood I was in or something. Edit: might be the low energy thing you mentioned? Also maybe the writing thing is that dialogue felt very expositional, even the emotional stuff was expositional because we barely actually know these characters and what they mean to each other. So they would say something that felt vulnerable or honest and then immediately move to another piece of exposition. Worst offender was when fury asked talks about Gravik and talks says “let’s talk about you first” and then like two sentences later he talks about gravik anyway.

[@localyocal498]

I felt the same way. I’m hoping this is a first episode thing because they have so much to establish and set up, but the dialogue felt a little too corny/ exposition heavy for any of the emotional beats to land for me. Again though, first episode, so definitely gonna try and give it the benefit of the doubt.

[@MyDumbQuestion]

I liked the intro as well.

[@Nortarachanges]

Talos and his daughter felt like the worst offenders to me. “You’re working for the guys who killed her!” Seconds later “Your mom would be proud of you for coming back” 💀

[@holycowthatsoutofthisworld3831]

@@Nortarachanges it’s realistic. Parents would forgive their kids for destroying the world. Unconditional love. Talos’ daughter didn’t even know her mother died, let alone that she was involved. All she was trying to do was a bring a home to their people.

[@Nortarachanges]

@@holycowthatsoutofthisworld3831 I believe he would immediately forgive her. It’s the awkward, explain-y way he was talking I had a problem with

[@steveglover6411]

The AI titles are perfect

[@johnmacias488]

Dude the titles was one of my favorite parts. I think the fever dream like presentation fits the vibes of the unknown

[@TheGistWithJared]

Agreed Nando. I liked this 1st episode. Hope I get answers to the questions I’ve got by the end of the show. Hope it’s good across all episodes 😅

[@kappakiev9672]

I liked the way Agent Prescott said “Skrulls”

[@j.b.c.a.]

What you wish for is characters like Coulson or Daisy Johnson contrasting with others like Melinda May... Basically, Agents of SHIELD is a great show.

[@christopherdent2911]

Damn now I wish that was an arc on AoS. There’s so much you can do over a double digit episode run and also it would make perfect sense they don’t want to involve the Avengers as it would have risked skrulls getting even more powerful.

[@JackVanFleet]

Do you see them using Emilia Clarke as a potential Hulkling type character in the future?

[@thewayofthebeard3680]

I believe the director did an interview & said how long characters have been Skrulls & impact will be apparent by the end of the season.

[@theclintonvance]

“and nobody in this room has showered” lol

[@pathevermore3683]

3:07 it's a reference to 70s spy thrillers. Which was also the basis of CA:TWS.

[@DRoyale1]

I don’t think Ross has been a Skrull since BP because he got shot in that movie and lost consciousness…when Skrulls become incapacitated, they revert back to their original forms…and the Wakandans performed surgery on him. I’m pretty sure that the most advanced technology, that appears to be otherworldly, can detect a Skrull, especially when performing serious, invasive surgery…

[@kapoorhouseatl]

would you say maria hill was fridged?

[@JackVanFleet]

I would’ve liked this show to actually play sort of like the Jessica Drew run post secret invasion where she’s working for sword.

[@jessrl8025]

I agree that lots of these series botch the ending, especially if the series is not about something that is already action based. Moon Knight was so great up until it became about two kaiju battling it out by the Pyramids of Giza. Wanda Vision was throwing CGI balls of goo at one another with bright lights in the sky. Loki's ending kind of stumbled due to the long monologue explaining everything to us instead of finding a way of showing us these things. She-Hulk, Hawkeye, and Falcon and the Winter Soldier were the only ones that I felt actually came close to landing the endings

[@ZachBobBob]

Honestly I'm cool with the AI titles in this instance because it fits the tone and themes of the show. If we started getting AI Game of Thrones intros or something though then I'd be pissed. I enjoyed having it at the front too like TV used to do.

[@VitoWolf-me3tq]

Haha just put my 1 Yr old back to bed it’s 3:20 am. And I don’t care that Maria Hill was the death. Hopefully there are high stakes and great writing in this series

[@YelloDuzzit]

Yeah... I think what yours saying about the Skrull threat not feeling like an MCU-wide threat/event Not because "the comics" bc I dont care about that, but what the MCU has introduced the Skrulls as... But maybe Secret Invasion is a orecursor... I guess we'll see... Its as you say, how it ends will be what matters

[@BensTechTube]

I can't believe I've never seen you before, Great Job Bro! 10:01

[@HeadshotJack]

3:09 it’s at the start because the cut to black at the end hits harder.

[@jedic9490]

Well this video didn’t age very well

[@BRblazegaming]

the way they used AI for the title sequence is honestly the best case we could hope for. They didn't try to hide or mask it in any way, they openly stated that it was AI and it was obvious just by looking at it. It was also clearly a stylistic choice as they still hired and payed for a VFX studio for to produce it. I honestly thought that the sequence's bizarre look was appealing in a way, it was something so inhuman that a human couldn't really replicate the same "uncanny valley" feel, making it pretty unique.

[@victor.maskalenka]

Usually the title sequence is at the end but I like it being at the start the problem was the content of the title sequence

[@cornonjacob]

I'm intrigued on when this show takes place; clearly it's been several years since endgame as apparently the issues really didn't arise until after that when Fury went up to SABER. Endgame is late 2023, Fury is in SABER by mid 2024, so does this show take place in like 2030? I have trouble seeing how this could take place any time earlier than late 2027 (~3 years to build up the skrull resistance), especially since the skrull seemingly live ~3 times longer than humans, so presumably their grudges and resentment wouldn't grow as fast, making a resistance like this take longer to start growing. I suppose in the grand scheme it doesn't really matter, if everything is kept behind the scenes and is therefore not noticed by the public, then it shouldn't affect any other properties

[@JamesLawner]

I thought the intro looked cool, and I was wondering if it was actually AI-generated or meant to look like it was AI-generated. Also, I can’t believe they did Maria Hill dirty like that! But you’re right, she hasn’t had a ton of development in the MCU all these years 😞

[@OG_Agrivar]

Dude, you won my undying respect when you misused "begs the question," but then _immediately_ called yourself out on it! Kudos to you.

[@austinh7539]

Man I never like these marvel shows but I loved this and I gotta say the problems you have with this one are strange.

[@davidci]

Don't know what they were thinking about using AI for the intro. Even the usual AI supporters don't like it with how awful it looks.

[@danielorlovaquinn]

Im genuinely surprised you found it so good i was BORED and the writing felt god awful, they also fridged maria hill and like ya sure she might have been a skrull and come sback later but maybe not

[@kashaanbarnes1427]

That guy should be the question the one from first scene

[@katherinealvarez9216]

So let’s see how they stick the landing aka last episode.

[@darrendominiquedavis4120]

lol so many names for the villain 🤣

[@dawiddp]

Best intro in mcu

[@MyDumbQuestion]

I really enjoyed the intro, I sort of interpreted it as an allegory for humans being afriad that they're going to be replaced by the Skrulls in the same way that a lot of people think they're going to be replaced in various ways by AI. It also gives off the vibe that something is not quite right, you can't put your finger on it but you know something is off and, to me, that was echoed by the opening scene with Ross and Prescott.

[@elimoody9626]

The best part about this is that I watched this episode a few hours ago and the second Nando said the bad guy’s name wrong, my mind went completely blank and I have no idea what the real name is now.

[@amiciprocul8501]

Gravik is 100% just a grunt posing as the Leader who is actually Gaia, Dark Knight Returns style.

[@calebwitts1232]

You think Gaia was aware of her mother's death before it happened?

[@azaanimations319]

When I saw the word Leader, I thought you were saying that the Leader was a Skrull because they’re both green 💀

[@SIZModig]

Don't forget the upcoming Actors strike which made Marvel cancel their Comic Con panel

[@Tuaron]

Before I forget: can Nando tell me where to find that desktop image? Looks great. Is that Hope near the focal point? I liked what we got from Mendo so far, especially that moment after Fury killed the Skrull, just seeing Talos' sorrow that another member of his people had to die. Olivia Colman was fun, the "Fury you're not the same" messages were going a bit too far but I'll forgive it if that becomes more subtext rather than a superliminal thing in subsequent episodes, the Rhodey/President conversation felt really odd and out-of-place in this episode (particularly as we got no follow-up/callback in this episode, so definitely a thing that'll work better in the overall series but not so much in this episode). Not a fan of the Maria Hill death/cliffhanger partly because of what Nando mentions: she has been a good presence (I do like Cobie Smulders), but also has felt like too much of a blank slate/cipher/underwritten character that I don't have nearly as much emotional attachment (and I do have to concede that the MCU's been pretty vicious in killing off female characters, especially as Talos' wife is killed off-screen, too). I definitely understand where Nando's going with the "lack of hype train" thoughts, definitely highlights some of the...less apparent effects of the WGA strike (and good on 'em, they should get a good, fair deal). Similarly wonder about whether the uncertainty about the future of the MCU doesn't help and the Secret Invasion storyline running into the Civil War issue (vastly scaled down, shifted to fit a rather different storyline) is...a choice that could work, or at least deliver something good despite not being a great adaptation.

[@swyxTV]

seconding ask for desktop image!

[@baileylindsey7798]

This is completely unrelated to this video, but Im hoping you read this… he wasn’t in your xmen villains video, but please have a look into Christopher Judge as apocalypse in the mcu if you haven’t😳 relative unknown, perfect voice, build and presence. He has everything Oscar Isaacs was missing I think

[@thefreerocketman5777]

Off topic but Olivia Colman would be a GREAT Umbridge in the new Harry Potter series

[@keshavbatra4989]

idk what has happened to your videos but I miss Nando v movies time Nando ;((

[@gatorboy21king]

Never cared about titles openings before and not gonna care about them now

[@theclintonvance]

“Nick Fury walking around with a gun like it weighs 20 pounds” hahaha it’s cause he still isn’t accustomed to Earth’s gravity 😜

[@paragonjones13]

Ooh, what a hunky laugh! I like it :)

[@kingj2438]

title sequence looks like a tik tok

[@madjangler]

As far as who survives, apart from story, consider which actors may or may not be interested in sticking with doing Marvel stuff. I get the feeling a lot of the big deaths we’ve seen are from actors who were ready to move on.

[@rodrigobertini8257]

Gravik is Nick Fury's son. Mic Drop.

[@JPitt1070]

I didn’t mind the intro as it felt like it fit the theme. I think a cool idea that they wouldn’t do it make the intro less and less AI generated as the episodes go on before it’s just regular at the end to symbolize the unveiling of the truth or skrulls transforming.

[@johndonovan2911]

I checked out after the smothering exposition dump in the first scene. More of the same from lazy rushed D+ content imo

[@TheChrisHype]

A few months back, I saw someone do a video entitled "Steamed Hams, but AI generated", and it was the most horrific Lovecraftian thing I've ever seen, and I absolutely loved it. However, the one thing that stood out was that with every frame operating as its own AI frame, they ended up creating an almost flawless shapeshifting type of effect, so that formed into a title sequence that is supposed to be about shapeshifters really worked for me. Its the time AI not looking human actually succeeded for a work's benefit.

[@marvelsomething1952]

how can you not remember the Moon Knight credits?? They were the best!!!

[@Foonsiz]

I guess I’m missing what most other people are seeing with the first episode, I just find myself not really caring about anything that’s going on. Like, I don’t really grasp what the stakes are and why I should care and no amount of people telling Fury that “You don’t understand what we’re up against” or “We’re at war!” Gets me invested. And then I felt very little when Hill died which I don’t think was the intended feeling.

[@thechurchofpigs]

I think people's understanding of the use of ai in art has been tainted by programmes like dall.e. In my experience and from people I know that do a lot of ai art it's not just taking content from other artists, it can also be specifically feeding it a pre visualised sequence and specific resouorces from the show. It's also not like the computer is coming up with the sequence, the ai is just being used to process the sequence to achieve the shapeshifting look that I think works perfectly in the context of the skrulls and their visual aesthetic

[@jaysonified]

Dude from the beginning with Martin Freeman was the guy from Game of Thrones who played beric dondarrion. Also I've heard people say they used A.I. for the intro because of all of the fear of the unknown around it and "fear of the unknown" is a big theme for this series. I agree it would've made more sense in an ultron related property though.

[@suzygirl1843]

No. He was in The Hobbit

[@jaysonified]

@@suzygirl1843 can't tell if joke or serious

[@suzygirl1843]

@@jaysonifiedI thought you meant Martin Freeman

[@DamonBanks142857]

I hope Terrance Howard shows up

[@smoovenorris]

It’s crazy that people have gotten so used to hate on marvel that it’s gotten to the point that a show can be good but people will put their hate into the credits which is done on purpose

[@Wico90YT]

Using AI now is terrible optics given the writers strike and everhthing. HOWEVER, it does fit the theme.

[@jaehurd3524]

To be honest I think that Seccret Invasion would work better without the mystery aspect, or at least I'd like to see a version without it. Knwoing who is a skrull and tracking their actions would have been more interesting, dramatic irony kinda thing

[@JosephWolfson]

Nando would be a good director as he is good at noticing momentum in scenes and how they should compare/contrast with each other.

[@user-lp3ew1xb5u]

Sam Jackson is 74 right now. Good on him for still having presence to do action but … it’s getting wonky and awkward too.

[@BladeWinters]

Greeting you from the comments

[@brandontidwell9531]

1. The marketing for this show isn’t great 2. Captain marvel made everyone less clear on the skrulls and their role in things, and it seemed like interest in them dropped off after that. 3. Most peoples first exposure to this show was all of the bad press from the AI opening, already putting a bad taste in peoples mouth before even trying the show out. 4. Marvel is already kind of walking on eggshells right now with the fandom. Very curious to see how this one turns out.

[@TobiasEnder]

Nando v mustache. I vote no mustache

[@docroy4317]

I love the intro, it’s different and creative.

[@bent6168]

I liked the title sequence it kept me engaged and I enjoyed watching the whole thing

[@timoaks3732]

Lol the reviews are all over the place. It's good, it's boring, its a solid start, its bad, the opening credits are stylistic, no they're ridiculous................. Just amazes me with all the varying opinions and all these youtubers being like "hey its just my opinion, but I'm also right but I can't say that, but you should also respect my opinion and you're wrong for disagreeing with me!!!..............But without actually saying that you're wrong because I can't say that........or maybe I do because I don't care what people think." That is KZbin reviewers of comic book properties in 2023. Outstanding................

[@danielsettle3942]

Serious question is agent Coulson alive, or is the mcu just operating like nothing in agents of shield did not happen?

[@Omegaman18]

Talos wife is not dead. She’s disguised as somebody else.

[@vitopellegrini6773]

I really like the intro, super unique and different.

[@sam7732]

Marvel should 100% be ashamed of using AI

[@WouldYouKindlyNot]

Im watching dude! I super appreciate the level headed and positive perspective you provide. I get too curious for my own good and look at too much of the chuds and jabronis posting their BS, so coming to you is always positive. The AI stuff is bad, yes. But thats literally the only thing people are focusing on. One thing i kinda want to mention is Fury's personality. Fury in CM was more happy go lucky and more trusting. After years of experience and betrayal hes more hardened and serious, but still full of heart and wisdom. This show portrays him as a kinda cooky slightly bitter old man. I feel like the show wants us to really pay attention to Fury. My big prediction is that regardless of whatever skrull reveals happen, theres gonna be some massive reveal about Fury himself. We have a long time with him unaccounted for. We gotta learn. Has talos been fury since before the blip (the age of ultron diagonal toast theory)? What caused him to change and never return to earth? Why does Damage Control know hes not on Earth? Lots of questions.

[@smashallpots1428]

i skipped the intro so i didnt even see it

[@adambicknell9185]

I feel like the question 'is Fury a Skrull?' sits in the same category as 'is Deckard a replicant?' like the story is less interesting if the answer is yes, it would undermine what the story is actually about

[@Tuaron]

Thank you, on both counts.

[@galvaste1]

NARTIN

[@obrekmedia]

I could care less about the show opening.