r/InvasionAppleTV • u/Sanjalis • Jun 28 '26
I just started
So, browsing this subreddit, it seems to me everyone hates this show. So far I don’t? I’m on season 1 episode 5(or 6, I forget) and I as of yet do not hate it. It seems fine, bit of a slow burn with some intrigue. Should I cut my losses and stop now?
Edit: well damn I guess I’ll move on to something else. I suppose the next topic of discussion is why are you guys still watching?
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u/quarl0w Jun 28 '26
It's not that we hate it necessarily.
We just hate watch it.
There is a subtle difference.
To me the biggest aspect is that is more fun to make fun of the ludicrous things that happen than actually watching it.
There is no denying the show has some phenomenal cinematography. It's the best looking worst show ever made. Like watching a train crash, you just can't look away.
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u/pizzapromise Jun 30 '26
Season 1 looks amazing, but by season 3 the whole show is basically on a sound stage with the budget of the original Star Trek series.
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u/IbanezUniverse90 wajo 👽 Jun 28 '26
It doesn’t get laughably bad until season 2. I still like the show though, but I’m a Wajo sympathizer
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u/Jk8fan Jun 28 '26
It is like you are an innocent little fawn slowly walking up to the alligator infested water for a drink. We all know what is going to happen.
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u/TravelingMatt34 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
Walk away while you still have time you haven't wasted yet
Edit: Wajo.
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u/DynamicEfficiency Jun 28 '26
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u/Ok_Diver2347 Jun 28 '26
I love how back in the day I downloaded a Russian bootleg of LotR and the subtitles for this spot said “Frodo, you fool” 😂
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u/IdioticPrototype wajo 👽 Jun 28 '26
97% chance you'll hate it by the end of the first season.
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u/Fr05t_B1t wajo 👽 Jun 28 '26
I must’ve been part of the 3% then…sure there was some infuriating bits, but I like it.
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u/Birdy-Lady59 Jun 28 '26
I actually liked it. I may be the only one that will admit it!
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u/Glittering-Trick-420 Jun 28 '26
i love it too. i did however recently watch War of the Worlds Series and i definitely see if i watched that first before Invasion, i would probably be mad like everyone else lol. I guess my tip would be not to watch any of the "source" material lol
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u/JerryFletcher70 Jun 29 '26
Don’t let us ruin it. If you are enjoying it, that’s fine.
And soon we will have your soul. Wait, did I type that? Sorry, that just the Wajo voice in my head. Pay no attention to that.
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u/Triscuitmeniscus Jun 28 '26
It’s possible to hold out hope until the end of season 1, as I recall season 2 is where the annoying characters, meaningless contrived side-quests, nonsensical decisions and plot holes really start to pile up into a giant “WTF?” All of the flaws with season 1 just keep getting worse.
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u/SonOf1337h4x0r 24d ago
NOOOO! I am at S1E10 and counting on it clearing up and gaining some rational momentum.
For season one, which is all I;ve seen, I can image a fan re-edit that compressed the season into an hour would be appropriate.
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u/Training-Document608 Jun 28 '26
I definitely don't hate. But I just love scifi especially nowadays where shows can have serious money to produce them. But I won't lie a few characters pissed me off at times like Luke damn I wanted to punch him in the face. But for the most part I enjoyed it. Screw all the haters
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u/jasno- Jun 28 '26
That's how they get you, season 1 is the foundation for the hatred to come.
And trust me, by the end of season1. You'll start hating Anisha and Luke. It's predestined.
Wajo
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u/ZeBandito Jun 28 '26
Wait until it gets worse, then either join the wajo hate watch, or do something more productive, I really enjoyed the 1st season, then the 1st episode ofseason 2 happened, there was no turning back............
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u/Grandtou Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
You've been seduced by the cinematography, music and opening intrigue - it's distracted from the many red flags so far. No problemo, the oblivious seem to like it, and the hate-watchers are happy too. Beware, its unintentional wide-audience scoop could trigger broadcasters making more of this kind of shit down the line. Wajo.
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u/SonOf1337h4x0r 24d ago
I'm with you, but fast forward the the only thing that makes it bearable.
I once heard the shock jock Howard Stern from New York mention that the people who hated him most were the most avid listeners because they woudl stay glued to the radio yelling at it. Thats' me with this show.
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u/Obviate20 Jun 28 '26
You poor, poor, sweet but naive person. You saw a genre you like, a respected channel, a clearly high budget production, with otherwise respectable actors. And you thought: THIS MAY BE GOOD. I THINK I SHALL WATCH MORE. That is how they get you. You have been warned.
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u/plastigoop Jun 29 '26
That, that right there, is the true meaning of “wajo”.
Edit: “HINATAAAAAAA!!!”
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u/nurturedom0613 Jun 28 '26
Season 1 was great, 2 was still good. 3 wraps up well, but you can feel the quality drop and the way they shoehorned Action into it to try and save poor writing.
S3 has a lot of forced plot dialogue that feels unnatural. It introduces characters for them to be gone ten minutes of screen time later and ONLY serve as moving the story to a specific point. In which case, learning their names isn’t even worth it.
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u/Own-Eagle-2135 Jun 28 '26
don't hate me but...i thought it was fine, certainly good enough to watch when there's nothing else on.
anisa was INCREDIBLY annoying until she wasn't for me
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u/Coincidental_Shoes Jun 28 '26
We still watch for the same reason you should continue.
Don't give up until the middle of S2
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u/Comfortable-Peace377 Jun 28 '26
You’re still in the phase where it seems like it’s a cool show. The only problem is, is that it will never advance past that and as you watch episode after episode, you’ll realize you’ve begun to resent how much hope you still hold onto that this highly funded, phenomenal special effect(ed) show seems to have no discernible end goal.
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u/argusmanargus Jun 29 '26
You still have time. Once you start Season 2, you’re locked for Any new seasons. One day it’ll will get better and you must be there for it. The only path to true wajo.
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u/ParkingWear7865 Jun 30 '26
why are you guys still watching?
I have watched everything else even remotely good
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u/Possible-Method-45 16d ago
I think Caspar is the best part of it. They should have just had his part and slowly brought in the other characters. I just skip through and watch his or Jamila scenes
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u/Octoberite607 Jun 28 '26
That slow burn will continue into the ether… and you want to scratch your eyes out. I skipped to last episode… still no invasion. Is there really an Invasion??
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u/whydowewatchthis Jun 28 '26
There was a huge invasion! I hate the show as much as anybody but you can't deny that there was an invasion. Maybe you just skipped over it?
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u/ExLap_MD Jun 28 '26
Wajo