Amazon's Invincible - thoughts?

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Seminal Ointments Lain said:
They let Season 1 be good to sucker mouth-breathing capeshit fanatics into staying subscribed. Same with The Boys, same with Stranger Things. Hell, even the same with the X-Files and some may argue Twin Peaks.

Game of Thrones proved people will endure any trash as along as you can trick them into being invested. They also know smoothbrained cookie cutter weed addicts such as yourselves to suck off any decently acted fascist villain ala OmniMan, Homelander, Tywin, the Demongorgan, Dick Tremayne, etc.
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I’d say Invincible has even less going on because they have nothing going for them except OmniMan, the other shows mentioned at least have some interesting characters.

also jokes on them I torrented this shit
 
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It's a bit weird how most of the Mark and high school-centric scenes are so boring and just about everything else is at least somewhat interesting. Omniman and the Mauler Twins really steal the show. Title card gimmick is pretty good.
 
I enjoyed it. The violence was done well and many of the characters had fun gimmicks, and while I didn't care much for the romance drama or the small pc moments they wrote in, it wasn't too obnoxious to ignore.
The demon detective was fun, I hope he comes back at some point and the villians in general were all pretty interesting.
Pretty sure Golden Boy was in episode one, which was a pretty fun reference. Also, I wonder if they took some inspiration for Monster Girl from Darker than Black's Amber, who would also grow younger when she used her power.
 
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Atatata said:
I enjoyed it. The violence was done well and many of the characters had fun gimmicks.
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yeah, the 30 year old genetic abomination transplanting himself into the body of a 14 year old so he could fuck a 13 year old girl who is actually a woman in her 20s was definitely a very cool gimmick.
 
vulgar said:
yeah, the 30 year old genetic abomination transplanting himself into the body of a 14 year old so he could fuck a 13 year old girl who is actually a woman in her 20s was definitely a very cool gimmick.
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It reminds me of One Punch Man but even more grounded in reality. Wonder if this series will have a crossover with My Hero Academia?
 
vulgar said:
yeah, the 30 year old genetic abomination transplanting himself into the body of a 14 year old so he could fuck a 13 year old girl who is actually a woman in her 20s was definitely a very cool gimmick.
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I've read worse, and it's presented to be creepy. I haven't read the comic, but it would be surprising if his behavior doesn't become a point of plot down the road. I am legitimately interested in how they will go about it, yes.
 
Another show that portrays humanity as superior to overwhelming forces outside of the naive ignorant notion that humanity is better than order.

And that same plots come from the same leftist cuck writers who didn't resolved their teenage angst existencialism phase and push their dumb ignorant views on the entertainment industry.

I'm not saying you should go the nihilistic route and say humanity doesn't have a chance or is already fucked, but trying to appeal to OmniMan at the end of the show with something clearly human (like love) and working is like a deus ex to me.

OmniMan lived for millenias, and he says it. The fact that is moved by his bitch ass pussy son calling him "Dad" is ridiculous considering OmniMan isn't human and was just on earth for 17 years.
 
Chickenfoot said:
It reminds me of One Punch Man but even more grounded in reality. Wonder if this series will have a crossover with My Hero Academia?
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I was thinking the same thing actually, it's like One Punch Man, but with all the Chinky cutesy feel good, humble, charming aspects removed and replaced with self loathing western nihilistic cynicism instead.

so basically, the first season of One Punch Man except it's self hating and ultra violent and it focuses on the least interesting characters instead.
Atatata said:
I've read worse, and it's presented to be creepy. I haven't read the comic, but it would be surprising if his behavior doesn't become a point of plot down the road. I am legitimately interested in how they will go about it, yes.
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honestly, I wouldn't mind more genuinely fucked up things like that if the show is genuine in it's pursuit of morally gray hyper edgy content. The violence really loses a lot of it's shock value quickly, and Mark seems seriously unaffected by the fact his body was literally used by his father as a tool to murder thousands of people.

Maybe it's trying to present itself as a situation too shocking for him to process, but it feels like an incredibly inhuman and ineffective response to what should've been a moment that defined his humanity.
 
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vulgar said:
I was thinking the same thing actually, it's like One Punch Man, but with all the Chinky cutesy feel good, humble, charming aspects removed and replaced with self loathing western nihilistic cynicism instead.
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That's America for ya. If it's not Stan Lee era comics its real-world style doom is gloom crap. Then again? My Hero is in its final arc so we may not see it last as long as OP sadly. :/
 
vulgar said:
I was thinking the same thing actually, it's like One Punch Man, but with all the Chinky cutesy feel good, humble, charming aspects removed and replaced with self loathing western nihilistic cynicism instead.

so basically, the first season of One Punch Man except it's self hating and ultra violent and it focuses on the least interesting characters instead.
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Have you read the Murata version of One-Punch Man?
As for Mark's behavior, it'll hopefully show up in season 2. His behavior doesn't seem too unreasonable yet imo.
 
Atatata said:
Have you read the Murata version of One-Punch Man?
As for Mark's behavior, it'll hopefully show up in part 2. It doesn't seem too unreasonable yet imo.
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I read some of One's webcomic and watched the anime, so I'm not sure if the tone dramatically shifts later on or if I misinterpreted/misremembered the series.

I just find the difference in approach to invincible superheroes striking, and how both series approaches the nihilism that accompanies invincibility. There felt like a lot more heart and compassion in One Punch Man compared to Invincible, which approached the subject grotesquely and cynically.
 
vulgar said:
I read some of One's webcomic and watched the anime, so I'm not sure if the tone dramatically shifts later on or if I misinterpreted/misremembered the series.

I just find the difference in approach to invincible superheroes striking, and how both series approaches the nihilism that accompanies invincibility. There felt like a lot more heart and compassion in One Punch Man compared to Invincible, which approached the subject grotesquely and cynically.
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The past few years have been bogged down with contant rewrites and side character fights, getting their asses kicked constantly.
 
I watched this show and I actually enjoyed it even without Omni-Man around (who even then was one of the best characters of the show) since some of the other characters were pretty fun, but the main character Mark is just decent at best while his black love interest is probably the worst character in the show for being inconsistently written (it says a lot about her that Reddit, 4chan, and even Tumblr all agree that she is shit) especially for this scene which makes her look like a selfish bitch who is a borderline narcissist.


One thing I like about the show is that it both subverts some superhero tropes but still seems to actually embrace the genre and isn't taking the hack approach of just shitting on everything.

Omni-Man himself is also really great for not only being a genuine badass but he is the best version of the evil Superman trope by actually being a more layered character with human traits than just being evil like most Evil Supermen (even DC itself falls in this trap). I hope the show continues to be good but I have a feeling there could be a decline.
 
Atatata said:
The past few years have been bogged down with contant rewrites and side character fights, getting their asses kicked constantly.
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OPM manga gets completely sidetracked. It’s not that there isn’t good stuff there, but Saitama gets forgotten in all of this. The manga stopped being about him a long time ago in favor of focusing on other, less interesting characters who I frankly just do not care about. It started off as a parody of Shonen manga but now it just plays it straight and IMO is worse off for it. I really hope that after the Garou arc, they wind back into a smaller scale and put the focus back on Saitama himself.

If you like OPM, just read/watch Mob Psycho 100 instead. It’s pretty much the same story by the same guy, but told in a concise manner without losing sight of the main character.
 
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Gar For Archer said:
OPM manga gets completely sidetracked. It’s not that there isn’t good stuff there, but Saitama gets forgotten in all of this. The manga stopped being about him a long time ago in favor of focusing on other, less interesting characters who I frankly just do not care about. It started off as a parody of Shonen manga but now it just plays it straight and IMO is worse off for it. I really hope that after the Garou arc, they wind back into a smaller scale and put the focus back on Saitama himself.

If you like OPM, just read/watch Mob Psycho 100 instead. It’s pretty much the same story by the same guy, but told in a concise manner and never losing sight of the main character.
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It feels like it'll finally wrap up soon, the moment when Saitama finally just finishes with everything will be carthatic but it been way too long to be justifiable.

I've heard that its been mostly an issue with the adaption, so I'm planning on reading the original webcomic, but I agree its probably a better choice to watch Mob Psycho.
 
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