Resurrection
- Episode aired Jun 21, 2023
- TV-14
- 53m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
9.8K
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Nick Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by Skrulls.Nick Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by Skrulls.Nick Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by Skrulls.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe events of Secret Invasion take place in mid-2025, after the events of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) in the MCU timeline.
- GoofsWhen Fury and Hill click their glasses over their game of chess, he is holding his drink in his right hand. Then the shot changes and he puts it down with his left hand.
- Quotes
Sonya Falsworth: So, a black man wandering the streets of Moscow, and I think it's either Nick Fury or the ghost of Paul Robeson. I was hoping for a rendition of "Old Man River".
- ConnectionsEdited from Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- SoundtracksThe Problem
Written by Jessica Ruth Alici and Mustafa Alici
Performed by Jesika Jane & NEM3SI$
Courtesy of Solamente
Featured review
The Not So Secret Invasion is Disappointing
First of all, I love how they decided to do an AI-generated credit sequence. I've seen better AI art on YouTube than whatever this was, they must have used a free one because this was awful. It's Dinsey after all, they rather use copyright-free effects and AI than actually pay real artists what they deserve.
I've said it before and I say it again, Marvel made the big mistake of not making an Avengers movie about the secret invasion of the Skrulls. For how much they like to brag about the "plan" they have for the universe, they sure show that they actually don't and just do whatever. I don't even read comics, but I've watched The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Secret Invasion chapter of that show is amazing. I already knew they ruined it in the MCU by having them be the good guys in Captain Marvel.
Imagine an Avengers movie where the Skrull queen invades Earth and one by one they reveal that most of the Avengers and other characters we've been seeing for the last couple of movies were actually Skrulls and the real Avengers are held captive in space and can't defend Earth. How interesting and different would that have been? Now I know that way we couldn't have had Infinity War and Infinity War is indeed really good, but they could've somehow put this Avengers or at least a micro-Avengers movie like Civil War in between them so we could have it before Tony and Steve left the team. Seeing the main members of the Avengers betraying others and being revealed as Skrulls is interesting, why should I care if a random bozo they showed two seconds ago in this show is a Skrull? It feels like cheap horror movie jump scares, to be honest.
Now I know stories of shows and movies should be reviewed for what they are, and not what they are not and what I wanted them to be. And the "disappointing" part in the title of this review isn't even about this not being the Secret Invasion from the comics or the animated show.
The disappointing thing about the story of this show and at least the first episode is that it's presented in the most basic, boring, and uninteresting way possible. There is no mystery or "secret" here. Literally, the first line of the show is about Skrulls infiltrating humans. The storytelling makes no attempt to keep things from the viewers apart from the occasional "Uh oh! This person you thought was a human is actually a Skrull" just for the temporary shock value. That's why I said it's like the cheap jump scare from mediocre horror movies.
The story is told through non-stop exposition and all in a boring way too. The dialogue is not that impressive and doesn't help it either. You'd think for a show that's gonna be more "tell don't show" and more exposition and dialogue, they'd come up with more engaging and interesting dialogue.
The story is just laid bare from the moment the episode starts. If it's a secret invasion, why not keep it a secret for a while? Why do we have to see what Skrulls are up to in the first episode?
What makes a story interesting and engaging, is your audience not knowing everything and especially not knowing everything from the beginning. Now I'm not saying that you'd know everything that's gonna happen in other episodes by watching this (well, you already know how it's gonna end), and it's not like most MCU movies don't have twists like Homecoming, the Cap trilogy, and many others. But I expect a story not to have a Pepe Silvia moment in the very beginning and tell us everything.
The poor way of plot unraveling aside, the characterization is terrible too. They don't actually give enough time to characters like Maria Hill and would rather spend it on the Skrulls instead. They can keep the Skrulls for the next episode so that their reveal or at least their leader's reveal would be more impactful. Maria Hill is actually a really interesting character that hasn't had a decent screen time in the MCU and this is the perfect opportunity to give her more time to shine and give more depth to the character. But they basically do nothing with her and it is one of the biggest disappointments of this first episode.
With this way of storytelling, this show is no different than The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. At least make it more spy-thriller-like and not only with the aesthetics, but with the story too.
I was cautiously optimistic about this show like many others and expected at least a decent engaging spy show, but this just isn't it.
Overall, I think it started on the wrong foot, and with MCU Disney Plus shows' precedent, I doubt it gets any better.
The storytelling is not that great, the characterization is poor, and the story is told in the most boring and uninteresting way that's not engaging at all. I will watch the show either way, but I would have had zero interest in continuing it if it wasn't part of MCU.
I just don't understand how Disney comes up with these projects. It's like they intentionally go and seek the most mid writers ever and tell them to find the cheapest and most boring way to present way more interesting comic storylines and cram them into 6 episodes. And every Disney Plus show is like this with the exception of Andor which has actual professional writers. They have some of the most interesting stories with Marvel comics and they choose the lazy and boring route every single time. I swear they purposefully choose creatively bankrupt people for their D+ shows.
I've said it before and I say it again, Marvel made the big mistake of not making an Avengers movie about the secret invasion of the Skrulls. For how much they like to brag about the "plan" they have for the universe, they sure show that they actually don't and just do whatever. I don't even read comics, but I've watched The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Secret Invasion chapter of that show is amazing. I already knew they ruined it in the MCU by having them be the good guys in Captain Marvel.
Imagine an Avengers movie where the Skrull queen invades Earth and one by one they reveal that most of the Avengers and other characters we've been seeing for the last couple of movies were actually Skrulls and the real Avengers are held captive in space and can't defend Earth. How interesting and different would that have been? Now I know that way we couldn't have had Infinity War and Infinity War is indeed really good, but they could've somehow put this Avengers or at least a micro-Avengers movie like Civil War in between them so we could have it before Tony and Steve left the team. Seeing the main members of the Avengers betraying others and being revealed as Skrulls is interesting, why should I care if a random bozo they showed two seconds ago in this show is a Skrull? It feels like cheap horror movie jump scares, to be honest.
Now I know stories of shows and movies should be reviewed for what they are, and not what they are not and what I wanted them to be. And the "disappointing" part in the title of this review isn't even about this not being the Secret Invasion from the comics or the animated show.
The disappointing thing about the story of this show and at least the first episode is that it's presented in the most basic, boring, and uninteresting way possible. There is no mystery or "secret" here. Literally, the first line of the show is about Skrulls infiltrating humans. The storytelling makes no attempt to keep things from the viewers apart from the occasional "Uh oh! This person you thought was a human is actually a Skrull" just for the temporary shock value. That's why I said it's like the cheap jump scare from mediocre horror movies.
The story is told through non-stop exposition and all in a boring way too. The dialogue is not that impressive and doesn't help it either. You'd think for a show that's gonna be more "tell don't show" and more exposition and dialogue, they'd come up with more engaging and interesting dialogue.
The story is just laid bare from the moment the episode starts. If it's a secret invasion, why not keep it a secret for a while? Why do we have to see what Skrulls are up to in the first episode?
What makes a story interesting and engaging, is your audience not knowing everything and especially not knowing everything from the beginning. Now I'm not saying that you'd know everything that's gonna happen in other episodes by watching this (well, you already know how it's gonna end), and it's not like most MCU movies don't have twists like Homecoming, the Cap trilogy, and many others. But I expect a story not to have a Pepe Silvia moment in the very beginning and tell us everything.
The poor way of plot unraveling aside, the characterization is terrible too. They don't actually give enough time to characters like Maria Hill and would rather spend it on the Skrulls instead. They can keep the Skrulls for the next episode so that their reveal or at least their leader's reveal would be more impactful. Maria Hill is actually a really interesting character that hasn't had a decent screen time in the MCU and this is the perfect opportunity to give her more time to shine and give more depth to the character. But they basically do nothing with her and it is one of the biggest disappointments of this first episode.
With this way of storytelling, this show is no different than The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. At least make it more spy-thriller-like and not only with the aesthetics, but with the story too.
I was cautiously optimistic about this show like many others and expected at least a decent engaging spy show, but this just isn't it.
Overall, I think it started on the wrong foot, and with MCU Disney Plus shows' precedent, I doubt it gets any better.
The storytelling is not that great, the characterization is poor, and the story is told in the most boring and uninteresting way that's not engaging at all. I will watch the show either way, but I would have had zero interest in continuing it if it wasn't part of MCU.
I just don't understand how Disney comes up with these projects. It's like they intentionally go and seek the most mid writers ever and tell them to find the cheapest and most boring way to present way more interesting comic storylines and cram them into 6 episodes. And every Disney Plus show is like this with the exception of Andor which has actual professional writers. They have some of the most interesting stories with Marvel comics and they choose the lazy and boring route every single time. I swear they purposefully choose creatively bankrupt people for their D+ shows.
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- MamadNobari97
- Jun 21, 2023
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- Runtime53 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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