I think that it's fair to say that the MCU has been a bit rocky as of late with alot of the movies and TV shows genuinely not being all that good. Well the house of ideas is now back with a new live action TV series which until recently ha been promoted very well and well you all just knew that I have t check out the show the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED first impressions of the show that brings some old characters back into the fold with the show in question being called simply just "Secret Invasion" enjoy.
The plot of this is episode is Nick Fury learns of Skrull activity taking place on earth and so sets of on a mission to stop it before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but at the same time it's plot that also feels very generic as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is this shows executive producer Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn as Talos. Also starring in this episode is Kingsley Ben-Adir as Gravik , Killian Scott as Pagon , Samuel Adewunmi as Beto , Scream VI star Dermot Mulroney as Ritson , Richard Dormer as Prescod , Game Of Thrones star Emilia Clarke as G'iah , Olivia Colman as Sonya Falsworth , Don Cheadle as James Rhodes , How I Met Your Mother star Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill and Sherlock star Martin Freeman as Everett Ross.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. Which isn't really a surprise given who is starring in not only this episode but in the show as whole but the issue is tho is that this films script doesn't really give the actors alot to work with interms of what their respective personalities even are.
Doing the CGI for not only this episode but also for the show as a whole is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Luma Pictures. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honest not that band granted we don't get alot of CGI in this episode but based on what very little CGI we did get the CGI in this episode looked not that bad.
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The tagline for this show "Who Do You Trust" is very fitting because within the first ten minuets of the episode we find out that Everett Ross has a Skrull doppelganger. This right here shows us that no character is of limits and it means that anybody that we think is a hero could infact turn out to be one of the villains my only real issue with this is is that they did the reveal of Everett Ross's Skrull doppelganger far to early on in the shows run as it would have made for a really shocking plot twist if it happened say half way through this shows run instead of within the first ten minuets of this shows opening episode.
I find it very hard to believe that Nick Fury would straight up ignore Maria's calls for help as he is someone who would do the right thing. He is not someone who would ignore a friends plea for help no matter how trivial it is and this is something that the makers of the show should have addressed as it's something that really doesn't mesh with the character that we've seen since 2008's Iron Man film where he only got involved because of Tony announcing that he is Iron Man and heck in Avengers Assemble he openly ignored orders to blow up New York because it was the right thing to do.
Speaking of Maria Hill this episode straight up kills her off at the end of the episode which I will admit is something that I didn't see coming. However it doesn't have that same impact for the exact same reason that the Everett Ross doppelganger reveal doesn't have the same impact because it was done far to early as a death of a legacy character like Maria Hill would have had much more of an impact if it happened later on this shows run and heck they could have had Everett's Skrull doppelganger be the one to kill her and that would give you a nice double plot twist reveal.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty two minuets and forty four seconds. Which I will admit was not the running time that I was expecting this episode to have as alot of these Marvel Cinematic Universe shows have running time of around thirty minuets and to see one that's nearly an hour long really did shock me and it;s helps this episodes has more then enough story there to cover that running time and this episode really does have some really great pacing to it as well.
So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty pretty bad. As you could very easily tell when they were and weren't using stunt doubles and it doesn't help that the action was generic at best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
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Overall this really wasn't that bad of a first episode as it does a really good job of setting up the plot of the show but at the same time it's not as good as perhaps could or even should have been in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very post in this post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if i'm still watching this show when this shows final episodes airs or is released and then i'll give this a show review and a rating as well.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.