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

EPISODE DISCUSSION 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/TheAquaman Mar 27 '21

I think the show still shows that.

The Guardians are the best of the best, but Omni-Man was still able to singlehandedly kill them all.

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u/Ren_Davis0531 Comic Fan Mar 27 '21

They were still able to put him in a coma. It’s a much different feeling compared to Omni-Man killing them all without breaking a sweat. This feels like if you throw enough supers at him then he is taxed. It’s the difference between overwhelming power that makes him more terrifying vs. tremendous power, but still potentially beatable . Hopefully, it’s a case of Guardians being upped vs. Nolan being nerfed.

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u/BadJubie Mar 27 '21

Not a comic viewer, but I was really happy to see the 7v1 scrap take its toll. It was too much gore for me and mine, but overall we enjoyed it.

The coma seemed pretty minor, he was back up and at it in a couple weeks right? If he’d swatted them like flies it would have been less enjoyable

Power scaling is tricky, making him break a sweat is much more engaging and scary as it feels more believable. Otherwise Omni would feel to DBZ OP and not a realistic character

They made the power tier fairly clear with the EP1 intro fight with the twins imo. Seeing him struggle didn’t reduce it for me

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u/orangesNH Mar 30 '21

See the thing is that he was supposed to swat them like flies. It wasn't a long scene in the comics, he ended them all swiftly. I won't spoil anything but he, and any other Viltrumite, have overwhelming terrifying strength that this takes away from. It's hard to explain without spoiling you and other non-comic readers. There are supposed to be very few who can oppose a pure Viltrumite.

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u/BadJubie Mar 31 '21

Supposed to is a fallacy; comics are a different medium and the story is being told in a different way now.

Him swatting then away like flies is just DBZ esque OP. All he would have to do is 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups and run 10 miles a day and he could easily swat them away like flies....

Having him struggle, even in a minor way adds more reality and is terrifying as he really can go toe to toe with an overwhelming force.