'Invincible' has been renewed for Season 4 at Prime Video, creator Robert Kirkman revealed at Comic Con

‘Invincible’ has been renewed for Season 4 at Prime Video, creator Robert Kirkman revealed at Comic Con

    • batmaniam@lemmy.world
      471·
      2 months ago

      That split entirely ruined the season for me. There’s way to much time between seasons, which I get, animation takes time, and they have some big names voice acting. But that split in addition with the long season time meant I could barley remember what was going on and then it was over.

      I don’t know, it’s a great show but I’ll probably catch it 5 years from now when it’s done. Just boneheaded producing decisions.

      • MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world
        20·
        2 months ago

        I can almost excuse a mid season break if the season were more than 8 episodes. I really miss the days of 26 episode seasons of shows. You really got to get to know characters back then. Now I feel like I watch a whole season of a show and then forget almost everything that happened in it as soon as it’s over.

        • batmaniam@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 months ago

          Right?! I also think those “filler” episodes gave writers an opportunity to try to stuff out and see what stuck. I get that that’s way more costly in animation but… Yeah. Like both chunks of this season I kept thinking “I know this is really cool but I entirely forget why”

      • MindTraveller@lemmy.caEnglish
        12·
        2 months ago

        I had a good sense of the story, but season 2 part 2 was just completely underwhelming. If they’d released it all at once, it would have been setup, payoff for all the season 2 stuff. Instead, we get setup, giant wait to build hype, mediocre payoff.

  • Dagnet@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 months ago

    My comment has some spoilers on the story so far (for the animated series), you have been warned.

    Is it just me or does it feel like this entire series is about teaching the viewer that no good deed goes unpunished? I love invincible but every single good thing heroes do always becomes something bad somehow, it gets tiring. Also it feels like his strength lv fluctuates like crazy, from being a punching bag to any villain then accidentally killing another without any training.

    • JayTreeman@fedia.io
      71·
      2 months ago

      He’s incredibly powerful for an earthling. He’s a weak viltrumite. Ircc viltrumites get stronger with age until there’s a steep decline, and he’s around 20. I’m pretty sure Nolan is close to 1000, and hasn’t hit his decline yet. The whole season we watched him get beat up while he tried to do the right thing. That’s largely the theme of the story. Doing the right thing is often harder than not. I loved the comic. I really like kurtzman as a comic writer. Invincible is his love letter to the super hero genre. Later storielines play with a lot of tropes in fun ways. If it’s not your thing though, maybe just drop it?

      • Dagnet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        And yet, in the series, he beats this lady vitrumite when apparently he stops holding back, which is absurd considering how many times earth was close to being destroyed and he ‘held back’. This is my issue, at least from what I saw, he either is super strong and holds back all the time or his power changes with the moon

        • John_McMurray@lemmy.world
          52·
          2 months ago

          That’s actually a key plot point. Mark comes back more durable every time he gets his ass put in hospital. What doesn’t kill him literally makes him stronger. Because he is constantly losing to galactic level threats instead of working with them, eventually he becomes the strongest one out there. (Also that scene meant to imply he had to quit acting like it was a boxing match and get vicious if he wanted to live)

        • JayTreeman@fedia.io
          2·
          2 months ago

          Key point here is that he lost decisively to the pony tail, and was wrecked by Anissa. He momentarily held his own against a relatively weak, and past her prime viltrumite, and didn’t stand a chance against an elite like Anissa. @John_McMurray also makes a good point about Mark’s abilities.

          However, I will concede that this is a piece of pop culture, and you shouldn’t have to be a big fan of the comics in order to understand why the cartoon isn’t inconsistent. THAT is bad writing.