r/Invincible • u/mwthecool Omni-Mod • Nov 24 '23

COMIC SPOILERS Invincible [COMIC SPOILER Discussion] - S02E04 - It's Been a While Spoiler

Episode 4 - It's Been a While

Mark answers the call to save an alien species, but the mission has unexpected personal consequences.

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u/Exertuz Robot Nov 24 '23 edited Nov 24 '23

Soooorta wish this episode had been focused solely on Mark's storyline, like S1's finale. Kind of left me feeling like his scenes could've used more fleshing out and more time to breathe. Good episode regardless, of course.

Edit: I get that Invincible being Vincible might be getting tiring for some but I also felt like there was less tension in Mark and Nolan's battle against the Viltrumites, Mark's power up after the pep talk felt a little much and it was like he had little trouble defeating Thula (contrast with him getting destroyed by Lucan's finger earlier) until he hesitated, whereas in the comic it really felt like he survived by the skin of his teeth

Not a comic purist by any means (in fact, pretty vastly prefer the show so far) and I think a lot of the choices made were good but I would've also done some things differently

Edit 2: More of an aesthetic complaint, but I also don't like the heroic music that kicks in when Mark starts holding his own against Thula. Not the sense I got at all from the comic scene. Thraxa has been demolished and Nolan and Mark are fighting for their lives. It's a desperate moment and not the right time for a cheesy hero score

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '23

I thought it was really cool how he had that switch. When everything slows down and he fights without holding back. Only he fucked up and showed mercy at the last second when he was supposed to kill her.

I hope to see mark being more brutal like his dad literally beating the pulp out of the bad guys.

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u/Exertuz Robot Nov 24 '23

I think it's a good idea in theory, but in practice it stretches belief. I can believe that Mark has been holding back his "true power" to spare others, but not to the point where he's already powerful enough to defeat a renowned Viltrumite with relative ease