Streaming Standard: Marvel's Secret Invasion- Episodes 1 - 3

 A very popular, if uneven Marvel Comics Event is coming to Film...er, TV.
It's Disney +, so it is kind of a blurry line, to be fair.

Without the big Stars and a $300 million budget to make the Event happen, can an in-name only inspiration match up?

Let's look at Part 1 to see...

Nick Fury is back, after being dusted/blipped and then disappearing for an unknown reason.

His return is sparked by a new threat...from a long-time resident of Earth.

He's joined by Talos (aka Ben Mendelson finally getting to play a good guy twice), a fellow Skrull and long-time (as we learn later) ally.

Why is family brought into this?

A new Skrull is taking the lead and he plans to turn the whole world against itself.

Can he succeed?

Via flashbacks we learn a bit about why he is the way he is.

Does that redeem him?  No.
Does it make you understand him?  Yes.

Will Don Cheadle get another Emmy Nomination?

Well, he's in this, so probably.  He's also in it for more than one Scene, so he's got this in the bag!

With a hidden threat revealed, it must grow stronger.

Can it be stopped?

Talos and Nick must put their past behind them and work together if they want to keep us from blowing each other up.

Can they or will the bodies pile up?

To find out, stream the Show (which now has Episode 4 out) now.

A strong Show, even if it is quite different from recent fare.  It's a bit of a 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' situation sometimes, isn't it?

If Marvel makes everything to similar, they get criticized.
If Marvel makes everything different, they are bound to make certain people unhappy and want 'the usual stuff.'

The key thing to understand is that this is Nick Fury's Marvel Show.  You're not going to get a big battle with a CGI Army anytime soon.  You aren't going to get lots of explosions all of the time.  You aren't going to get the massive battle that the Comics gave us.

Hell, many of the key players- like Norman Osborn, The Wasp and Iron Man- are either not introduced yet, not the same or not available.

While I don't necessarily agree with every choice made, I'm also willing to see how things play out.  They have 3 more Episodes to change things for better or worse.  With this roll-out, we just need to be patient.  There are only 6 Episodes, so just enjoy yourself like she seems to be.

A very different Marvel project in many ways.  I'm not asking you to love or hate anything- just watch it and decide for yourself.