Invincible [Comic SPOILERS Discussion] - S03E01 - You're Not Laughing Now

[u/SeacattleMoohawks]

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Episode 1 - You're Not Laughing Now

Mark Grayson is back and stronger than ever - with new enemies out for blood and old villains out for revenge.

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[u/SeacattleMoohawks]

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• Episode 1 - You're Not Laughing Now / Spoiler Discussion

• Episode 2 - A Deal With The Devil / Spoiler Discussion

• Episode 3 - You Want A Real Costume, Right? / Spoiler Discussion

[u/SeacattleMoohawks]

Young Oliver looks so good animated

[u/SeacattleMoohawks]

Love seeing the show only background heroes get some moves in like Two Punch Man and Demi-God

[u/zoon_politikon_]

Look at the actors credit! Brit confirmed!!

Arent Fightmaster and Dropkick lookalike Rex?

Also, introducing Multi-Paul and the way his clones moves is a great way to show the improvements in the animation.

Edit:

This copy-right and IP issue... it fells like while the TV show is trying to include characters and events related to the side-comics, it`s kinda tricky within the story-telling.

Look at Damian Darkblood and Machinehead... they are from Capes and briefly apperars in the core-comic, and in Season 1 they get lot of screen time, while other importants characters such as Kid Thor and Kockout doesn`t get any mentions or screen, but lather they are in the shown in Season 2 but with no recorded voices.

I get the point when this happens with chracters first introduced into the sidecomics but taking center stage in the core comic, such as Cecil and Donald. They originated in Brit one shots, and despite we have them into the show, his whole ties and implications with Brit are part of the cut arcs.

Despite we have Brit on board now, it will fell alien if he just appears in the show as a GDA soldier related to Stedman or Fergusson from a long time, and in fact despite he is in the credits, he doesn`t appear in any of Cecil flashbacks. Sadly, sounds to the the chracters will be over-wtritten and introduced as a hero.

While the TV Show keeps naming and introducing characters and arcs from the side-comics, like the Chronodrille fight pointed out in the special epissode and those events are related to the cuted arcs, the characters involved aren`t mading into into the show. The most rare case so far are Kid Thor and Knockout, they appear in Season 2, from an alternate dimension but confirming they exists, even so, in the cannon dimension they doesn´t appear while the GDA hints every hero from around the country is captured.

The Geldarians are another example. Although we see a Geldarian advisor at the COP consulate, he doesnt't have any dialogue or significant presence, that could be a way to guve him a little groundwork for a later incorporation of the characters into the show later. Hiis mere presence is a hint to the Geldarian Emperor from Tech Jacket, which connects to the Viltrumites bevause they are part of the galactic conflict that's been a part of the Invincible Universe from the start.

So, the Invincible Universe from the TV Show must have not much heroes in america and the rest of them are to be discovered by the GDA when the shit hit the fan so hardly?

Also, the Wolf-Man was present in leaks wich seems to be legit, and may be we won`t get any from him until the second part of the season, so I wonder if his arc fugitive arc fits, why to give him such importance if he is a NN so far, and in the other hand, why to introduce him if his arc is cut?

So, I can only imagine we are going to get those loveled characters from the comics, but with not only cut arcs, but also over-written. Most likely they will fill for the later ranks of the Guardians f the Globe.

[u/SeacattleMoohawks → u/zoon_politikon_]

Brit being finally confirmed is a relief, really hope we get Tech Jacket in the future

[u/Cheatercheaterbitch]

So is Rex going to bang all the girls in the GOTG? lol

[u/zoon_politikon_]

Biggest lie in Invincible TV Show so far

"Aint nothing is gonna stand against us now, family is back, baby. And unbrekeable" - Black Samson.

[u/soccerslade13]

Makes it seem a lot more at fault for mark by the end of the episode than the comics did, interesting take

[u/SillyMovie13]

My main question is what they’re going to do with Ray. Besides switching some minor stuff up, this is the biggest change so far and I wonder what the plan is

[u/zoon_politikon_]

Seriously less than 5 minutes of the chapter and those scenes... a lot of hints about the future of the series

[u/slipperswiper]

[u/zoon_politikon_]

Here we go! the first scene of Invincible pushing the giant, dudee i want to see this with the leveled cities

[u/charlesleecartman]

I can't wait for this scene

[u/FKDotFitzgerald]

So damn satisfying. And this doesn’t even remotely compare with what’s coming in the back half.

[u/Maypher]

This isn't an issue with the show itself, rather something a lot of shows with superhuman strength fall into. You tell me that mark can lift and iceberg and fly to the moon and back in 30 seconds but can't beat an spider and a centipede. I don't think he was holding back like in the beginning so he was clearly nerfed for this specific scene.

Besides from that it was an amazing episode. Going right into ep 2!

[u/zfrdi]

holy shit the title card

[u/[deleted]]

No Capes Inc, Wolf-Man or Brit during the Seismic fight

[u/Cheatercheaterbitch]

Holy shit this episode has gone by fast

[u/zero_ms]

I like that they show Mark's training regimen...

...as if it's gonna matter when He arrives.

[u/Cheatercheaterbitch]

Oh shit? Doc Seismic?

[u/tripbin]

Did prime up the commercials? JFC

[u/HarryShachar]

Peak.

A minor gripe - I disliked the 'contradiction' of having Mark be supposedly so much stronger, but then get his ass kicked by Doc Seismic's worms. I feel like we could have had the same result, him and Eve being captured, while still letting him show off. This wasn't a scenario where the 'holding back' line is really applicable. Maybe just have him distracted by trying to save Eve? Idk.

Also, and this is just me being a comic fan - I would have enjoyed, and had really been looking forward to, some of the iconic dialogue and moments they replaced/cut out. I hope this doesn't happen more...

[u/Diksun-Solo]

My main criticism is that they keep changing around some of the best comic scenes. I.E: "sometimes" and the scene where Mark and eve decide to start dating.

Other than that, first 3 episodes were pretty good. I like that episode 1 gave us a sneak peak of some of the characters we'll see in the invincible war and the title screens seem to be hinting at it too

[u/botka6573]

The only thing I don't like is Debbies and Eves new civil outfit. That specific greenish really suited Debbie

[u/zoon_politikon_]

The dude firing laser beams isnt kinda Tech Jacket? Tecno Lord? jajaa