Marvel's Secret Invasion

Ok we can skip right past the fact that this has little to do with the story found in the comic book evet of the same name except for Skrulls being the focal point. It feels this is the epilogue to the Captain Marvel movie, which might have worked better than the story the Marvels is going to try to tell. Rhodes and Fury are the only two superheroes that are involved three episodes in and it is evident that this is not the story they were meant to support. They do bring up why they are not involving the Avengers, and while the real reason is budget and contracts, the in story reason makes sense as well., But what does not work is suggesting that the Avengers are the only super-heroes in the universe. This could have been a good spot to bring in Nova or other New Warriors. How would this effect the Winter Guard?  The Secret Invasion could bring up Secret Avengers, though really what this feels like is it should have been a season of   Agents of SHIELD. 

Instead we are having the character discuss a civil war amongst aliens with an action to discussion ratio that adds up to the most bring thing Marvel has put out so far. The writing is better than when it comes to dialogue, but the over plot pacing is at a crawl that makes it hard to watch. The interesting elements is the fact that this gives a clear cut example of what it might look like for reptilian shape shifters to pull the strings on the world from the background, but we already see enough of that on CNN and Fox, we watch Marvel shows and movies for the escapism of it.  Watching politicians argue and Russia threatening to launch World War 3, well that is everyday life these days, and it bores me when it's one the news now day, we have already seen Skrulls so trying to set an entire series on their shoulders, feels like what we have already seen on the various incarnations of "V".

This series is only going to be six episodes long, so it is more of a mini-series, there is no time for a slow burn, we are half way through it and nothing has happened. Marvel is releasing another clunker, when they need a win more than ever. Sure Guardians was great , but that is another chapter closed . It is unlikely the new Captain America movie without Steve Rogers is going to help the big picture, This us putting all the chips on Fantastic Four and X-men. Why is another failure such a big deal? It is time and resources that could have been better invested in bringing to life characters that matter more. Daredevil could have been fast tracked. The Punisher could have been invested in. Where is Ghost Rider?   A actual Hulk show ? More Were-wolf by Night? But as I have said all eras of a genre come to an end