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[Marvel TV] That Time I Was Reincarnated As A Skrull (There's a Secret Invasion??)
Local H Jay
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Disney had a big ass baby named Disney+ and then that baby had a bunch of marvel babies and no it's not the Power Pack it's MCU TV Shows! And this thread is about that
Thread is OPEN SPOILERS for all currently released episodes. Leaks should go in spoilers.
Moon Knight
https://youtu.be/x7Krla_UxRg
Ms Marvel
https://youtu.be/m9EX0f6V11Y
She-Hulk
https://youtu.be/PFpT5ZkuLlo
I am Groot!
https://youtu.be/D7eFpRf4tac
Secret Invasion
Iron Heart
????
Armor Wars
????
Untitled Wakanda Project
????
Echo
????
Agatha: House of Harkness
????
-Animated Content-
Spider-Man: Freshman Year
????
X-Men '97
!!!!!!
Also Loki and What If? Season 2 eventually. OP under construction
Thread is OPEN SPOILERS for all currently released episodes. Leaks should go in spoilers.
Moon Knight
https://youtu.be/x7Krla_UxRgMs Marvel
https://youtu.be/m9EX0f6V11YShe-Hulk
https://youtu.be/PFpT5ZkuLloI am Groot!
https://youtu.be/D7eFpRf4tacSecret Invasion
Iron Heart
????
Armor Wars
????
Untitled Wakanda Project
????
Echo
????
Agatha: House of Harkness
????
-Animated Content-
Spider-Man: Freshman Year
????
X-Men '97
!!!!!!
Also Loki and What If? Season 2 eventually. OP under construction
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The show left a lot open to interpretation or just flat didn't have consistent rules about things, and some of the time that was okay and sometimes less so.
A. For example, the hospital stuff was confusing and inconsistent and I suspect followed more the "rule of weird" than some sort of Inception-like puzzle where you can figure out what is what by the color of their eyes or whatever. But I never minded that because you didn't need to understand what was happening in the hospital to understand what it meant for the story. How did Steven and Marc get back to the apartment? Doesn't matter. We've established that Jake took control, did some stuff, and dropped them off at home, where as far as they know everything is done. Good place to be.
B. Moon Knight's power set was undefined and inconsistent but for some reason I am also okay with that one. Because despite it all, I felt like his power level was consistent. I didn't know what random bullshit he was going to pull out of his suit (get it?) but those surprises were fun. The final street fight was great even though it was short, and I have a general idea of what he's capable of. If he were to appear in the MCU more formally I feel like I know which heroes and villains he could take on in a fight. So I don't care that I don't know what his powers are because I get the idea of what tier he's in.
C. The rules for how the gods work are all over the place. This is the only instance of inconsistency and vagueness that I feel really hurts the show. And I want to be careful saying that because I actually love how nothing about the gods feels normal or mundane. I really, really liked the imagery of Khonshu casually sitting on buildings and knowing he wasn't exactly there. And I don't want the gods to just be more superheroes with defined rules. And yet, the lack of rules made the stakes in the last episode really confusing and removed some of the pressure. Do the gods need Avatars to manifest physically? What does the Ushabti actually do? Why could Khonshu do more after being freed than he could before being imprisoned? Are the other Avatars representing gods in Ushabtis or free (but absentee) gods?
As I was watching the street fight with Moon Knight that happened during the Kaiju fight with the gods, it occurred to me that I'd much rather if the street fight had been the only "real" part, and Khonshu and Ammit were fighting in the heavens somewhere, empowered by whoever was winning the fight below. That would have made the stakes more sensible, since as it was the rules were so undefined that I had no idea what the heroes actually had to do to win. Then by the end of the fight I realized that kind of was how it was. I don't think Khonshu and Ammit were really "there" on the side of the pyramid. But that could have been a little clearer. As it was, the gods interacted a bit too physically with the humans if they were trying to establish that they are on a slightly different plane. If they had been just a bit clearer about Khonshu and Ammit only being visible to Marc and Harrow, and not being able to interact physically with anything else (even after being freed), then I would have felt more like the stuff on the ground level mattered because it would have been clear that Marc's fight was determining who won Khonshu's fight.
Anyway that made the climax not so great for me, but everything from the blackout (which I thought was great, actually) onward was really good and I don't think I could be much happier with the way it all ended (though having stuff after the credits is still lame and means nothing anymore anyway so they should just put it in the stinking show).
The setting in and the portrayal of Egypt was really nice. It told a self contained story without having to set up another show. It didn't drown in MCU quipping. And Oscar Isaac is just a joy to watch.
So, god rules, piecing things together:
Except for the last battle, which I'll get to in a second, it appears that while Gods can exert some will within their domains (Tawaret using dead bodies to speak, Khonshu messing with the night sky or lights in dark buildings) they can't directly appear or speak except to their avatars (possibly to other avatars, but we don't see a time when a god manifests in front of another god's avatar, except that final battle which is different). We see Khonshu speak to Marc before he becomes an avatar, but he doesn't manifest and the conversation appears to take place in a holy place of some sort dedicated to Khonshu, so he may be more powerful in such a place than elsewhere, or the rules may be slightly different when a god without an avatar is extending the offer to a candidate.
Now, the chamber where they had the little summit is a special place. It's said to be somehow tied to the dimension where the gods normally reside, Both the gods and their avatars have powers there they do not elsewhere. I believe this place also is why Ammit and Khonshu could physically manifest there and not elsewhere. My speculation is that once fully manifest, however, they aren't tied to the place and can leave, which is why Harrow wanted to specifically release Ammit *there* and not just smash the statue on the spot.
He probably did view it as a betrayal. Harrow seemed to want to just be eaten and done with.
I actually respect Harrow for his commitment to his ideals. He’s crazy, but he’s not a hypocrite. Him submitting to Amit does not diminish his commitment, even after he sees her be a hypocrite. When an ancient croc god lady tells you to do something, you just roll with it.
Superhero Layla as Tawaret’s avatar is yes, give it to me. Why wings? Why not! They’re cool! I’m guessing this is already a comic character with a name?
The finale being mostly a big action set piece with kaiju fighting in the background was good. Felt like the series earned a big, superhero blowout.
The way Tawaret flicks her ears is cute. Never thought I’d say that about hippo ears, but here we are.
Overall I enjoyed it. Certain sections felt really disconnected, like it was a bunch of cool ideas just kind of stapled together, but the actors for the main characters all did a really good job so I dug it. Isaac especially is really, really, good.
Scarlet Scarab is a pretty obscure character that only appeared like three times, and doesn't much resemble this, besides an Egyptian thing giving an Egyptian person powers.
Copper Plover
Captain Jaeger
Tawaret's Storm Petrel
Yeah, I got the feeling they were going for scarab wings, since aren't scarabs strongly related to death, which is kinda Tawaret's thing?
TLDR: Marc wasn't blipped because it would have complicated the story too much. Also originally there were going to be teasers of Gorr the God Butcher in the series but they decided not to do it. Really curious what those would have been.
Yeah honestly just searched for birds native to Egypt, but I liked the jaeger and petrol - looks small but will still mess you up:
Could have been when the different avatar’s got together. I don’t think every possible god was in attendance, so you could have laid some crumbs there in asking where they were.
I like the idea teased by one of the headlines below the article - what if one or two personalities were blipped, but not all?
Also a flashback where they were fighting alongside some Eternals.
I think they made the right choice not to muddy the waters with cameos and MCU references.
Then wondering what happened as a couple gods were snapped.
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970666737/
The name also gets bonus Moon Knight points for a sideways callout to Stained Glass Scarlet.
I wonder if Scarlet Scarab was a riff on Blue Beetle originally.
…wait, yeah looked it up, and it totally was lol.
Originally, Mark and Stephen would have met Isis in the underworld, who would have taken them to her husband, Osiris. And then Layla would have become the avatar of Isis, a goddess with wings.
They wrote it that way, shot it that way, and then found the entire thing to be way too serious - Isis was serious, Khonshu was serious, Ahmet was serious...so they went back to the gods and found a more lighthearted one.
But, they already designed her costume around Isis. They figured it was too cool to throw out, and just rolled with it.
Ok, Furry.
Yeah the actress and the CGI team did a great job of giving her a lot of personality.
I always wonder how much of the hippos kill count is from innate blood thirstiness, and how much is dumbass tourists wanting to play with the cute wildlife.
I mean, a croc or a gator looks like it'll kill you, like they're designed to not be bothered. They're swimming "don't fuck with me" signs with armor plates claws and teeth.
But a hippo? It looks like a big cow floating happily in the water. Surely it would like a little scritch behind the ears... And then the tourists find out.
They're also way faster than you think, either on land or in the water they are faster than you. If you're close enough to hear its threat noise you are too close to ever outrun it.
Change my mind.
See, I originally thought she was just supposed to be an oxpecker (one of those birds that plucks parasites off the hides of hippos and other such animals).