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

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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.

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[u/GustappyTony]

I would personally say him being beatable makes him more terrifying, he isn’t just this unstoppable force. Because if he was I wouldn’t care for the struggle of the other heroes, I’d simply just be like “oh well they can’t stop him anyway soo...”. But seeing them put up a fight and actually put him into a coma makes it perfect imo, because that would mean these heroes were the only ones close enough to beating him and they still died. It also just adds stakes, I kept thinking “maybe, just somehow...Some of them might survive” but they don’t. That’s what’s so terrifying, because they leave you with the feeling that they could actually have a chance and live.

[u/Ren_Davis0531 → u/GustappyTony]

That power difference is important to the story. I think it was too easy for these Guardians to do as much damage as they did, and that can present some inconsistencies down the road if they aren’t careful. I just like to see it as Guardians being upped in power. We’ll just have to wait and see how they handle their powers going forward.

[u/GustappyTony → u/Ren_Davis0531]

I guess so? But showcasing the guardians actually being competent is a lot better to me, you lose a lot of tension when your villain is really just unbeatable and nothing can hurt him. And it also just makes you wonder why he would even need to kill them? Like surely the point of killing them is because they are an actual danger, and that’s displayed in their fight really well

[u/Ren_Davis0531 → u/GustappyTony]

I don’t want to give anything away, since I don’t know if you’ve read the comics, but I look at Omni-Man’s power as a complex math problem. It’s possible to solve, but you have to know what you’re doing and be on your toes. Or maybe a better analogy would be playing a game on the hardest difficulty (e.g. Dark Souls) it’s possible to win, but you have to pay attention or you’re toast. Omni-Man is massively powerful and characters have to work at finding ways to win. I just think it might have been a bit too easy, especially if some of the more wild power stuff happens later in the series. I don’t want to get to a point and say “well if he can do that then how did the Guardians even hurt him?” I think the only way to keep it all together is just making the Guardians more powerful as opposed to nerfing Nolan.

The fight was cool and it’s not like it ruins the story at this point. I’m just wondering how this could potentially affect the story.