Spoilers forward for Secret Invasion’s season finale.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a giant place, due to new content material coming within the type of films and reveals on Disney+. The most recent of those live-action TV initiatives got here within the type of Secret Invasion, starring Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. The six-episode season simply ended, and the ultimate episode arrange some thrilling narrative threads for the way forward for the shared universe. And Marvel followers are making the identical ending joke after Secret Invasion‘s finale.
Secret Invasion lastly put Nick Fury within the spot gentle for these with a Disney+ subscription, but in addition launched a variety of newcomers. Chief amongst them was Emilia Clarke’s G’iah, who appeared as a baby in Captain Marvel. The finale noticed her changing into a Tremendous Skrull, and battle Gravik with the assistance of varied heroes’ powers. The combat was excessive, and lots of followers are seeing parallells with how the finale of She-Hulk poked enjoyable at this trope final 12 months. Living proof: the next tweet:
I truthfully couldn’t consider it. I saved ready for She-Hulk to pop up on my display screen and be like “Ha! May you think about? Now again to the true present” after which the episode would restart and be…not no matter this was. #SecretInvasion pic.twitter.com/fc8j2aCP6tJuly 26, 2023
Photographs fired. She-Hulk: Legal professional at Legislation was a hilarious meta romp that took the piss out of typical Marvel finales/battles throughout its final episode. She poked enjoyable on the concept of an excessive CGI combat, which is strictly what we acquired when Gravik and G’iah got here to blows in Secret Invasion. Collectively we noticed powers from the likes of Drax, Groot, Ghost, Ebony Maw, The Hulk, and Captain Marvel.
Secret Invasion via a ton of twists into the better MCU, particularly associated to Skrulls and the true id of Rhodey. It additionally seemingly made Emilia Clarke’s new character into probably the most highly effective presence within the shared universe. In spite of everything, she’s acquired mainly each superpower, together with the harmful energy of Captain Marvel. May she come to blows with Brie Larson someday sooner or later? Solely time will inform. One other tweet identified the She-Hulk connection to Secret Invasion, it reads:
The #SecretInvasion finale mainly ended up being what the She-Hulk finale was making enjoyable of💀 pic.twitter.com/etIdQJVH2zJuly 26, 2023
One other grievance in regards to the finale of Secret Invasion was its runtime. Whereas the primary two episodes have been 55 and 58 minutes respectively, the final batch have been a lot shorter. Actually, the finale clocked in at 38 minutes, together with the credit. Mix that with the contents of the episode, and people acquired on-line to complain. Test it out:
secret invasion finale being beneath 40 minutes lengthy and being the EXACT factor she-hulk mocked a 12 months in the past…these marvel d+ reveals gotta GOOOOO pic.twitter.com/W5gJOlPTQOJuly 26, 2023
Nobody might have predicted the tip of Secret Invasion when it strated, particularly the reveal that have been there so many Skrulls hiding in plain sight. However the invention of Tremendous Skrulls is one other enormous fold, particularly now that Emilia Clarke’s character is strolling in regards to the MCU with each superpower within the ebook. And it additionally pivoted the motion from espionage to an additional super-powered brawl between the 2 Tremendous Skrulls. One other fan identified how this was the antithesis of She-Hulk, posting:
Keep in mind the scene the place She-Hulk made enjoyable of the silly mcu endings? Yeah, that was precisely the #SecretInvasion ending… pic.twitter.com/TGydiqfQsMJuly 26, 2023
In fact, those that have been watching the Marvel films so as (plus the TV reveals) is likely to be stunned by the sudden love for She-Hulk: Legal professional at Legislation. The collection had a bonkers tone, and acquired loads of criticism upon its launch… particularly associated to the lengthy anticipate Matt Murdock/Daredevil.
Because of this it is shocking that She-Hulk is being given a lot love at this second, particularly when in comparison with the finale of Secret Invasion. One particular person on Twitter identified this shift, saying:
The place did all this ‘She-Hulk: Legal professional at Legislation’ love randomly come from?I might’ve sworn that majority of y’all hated this undertaking’s mere existence & made it your mission to crucify it every likelihood you bought.In the event you hated the undertaking earlier than & prefer it now, what modified your stance? pic.twitter.com/IlliKCm0EhJuly 27, 2023
Factors have been made. Perhaps She-Hulk is a type of initiatives that may get higher with age, particularly when in comparison with different live-action Marvel reveals. I am additionally curious to see if the variety of reveals is decreased, since Bob Iger claimed that Disney+ reveals have been negatively affecting main film franchises.
Secret Invasion is streaming in its entirety now. The subsequent Marvel film hitting theaters is The Marvels on November tenth. You’ll want to take a look at the 2023 film launch dates to plan your subsequent film expertise.
