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/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

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u/Boos_Myller Mar 26 '21

Yeah the more I think about it, the more I think this change in the animated version makes sense.

This way, the Guardians seem more like a threat to a single Viltrumite. And we see much later that, if the Guardians had known and were able to work together and rally, they actually stood a chance at restraining Omni-Man, at least for a short amount of time. Though I will agree that I do not think Nolan should have been as injured as he was here.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

I think Nolan might've done it intentionally l, as if he was somewhat seriously injured, his story would be more believable

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u/Lucky-Surround-1756 Apr 04 '21

There's no evidence to suggest that though.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '21

I mean, seeing how he flattened the flaxans I'd say it makes sense

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u/Lucky-Surround-1756 Apr 04 '21

Well until we see the guardians fight the flaxens, it doesn't tell us anything.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '21

You're kidding right? They had a hard time with the Mauler Twins you think they could do worse to the Flaxans than Omni-Man?

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u/Lucky-Surround-1756 Apr 04 '21

We literally see them beat Omni-man into unconsciousness. They also only had 'trouble' with the twins because their priority was minimizing civilian casualties.

Again, there is zero evidence he was holding back. Anything else can be explained in terms of unknown variables or inconsistent power levels for narrative purposes. I've never watched a single piece of superhero media where power levels are consistent, so there's no reason to expect it to apply here and make a plot point out it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '21

He flattened an entire civilization without breaking a sweat, I think its fair to say he was holding back

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u/Lucky-Surround-1756 Apr 04 '21

It literally took him months, maybe years. That's why he has a beard.

Again, it's not fair to say he was holding back. The evidence on screen shows otherwise. Until suggested otherwise, there is no narrative reason to suggest he was holding back.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '21

There is a narrative reason that I put in my original comment, which it seems you neglected to read. If he was beaten up and half-dead, it'd be more believable he was a victim alongside them. Rather than the comic's amoung us-like excuse of "they were dead when I got there"

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u/Lucky-Surround-1756 Apr 05 '21

Except at no point in the fight are given any reason to think that's the case. Again, total lack of evidence. You're arguing from a position of pure speculation, while I'm arguing from a position of facts. At this point, there's no reason for them to hide that he was holding back narratively speaking.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '21

You mean factually speaking, I just told you for a second time the potential narrative reason for him doing it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '21

Its clear to me that you do not understand the meaning of narrative, so I'm done here

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