
It has taken over 15 years, but Samuel L. Jackson finally got his own Marvel show. Marvel Studios, Secret Invasion (2023) puts Nick Fury firmly in the spotlight. The Skrulls, a shape-shifting alien species, plan to take over Earth by stealing the faces of humans (I never thought that would ever be a sentence I write).
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Their dastardly plan is to use the faces to infiltrate the Earth’s militaries and governments. Fury teams up with his allies as they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity.
What’s not to love about that intro? We love Samuel L. Jackson, and saving the Earth against evil face-stealing aliens just oozes suspense, excitement, and great visuals.
Fans are Divided
The first thing I stumbled across when looking at how this series is being received was a 5-star review from a fellow MCU lover, who opens up by stating:
“Thrilling, mysterious, and so much fun. Bringing back the spy/espionage themes that we got way back with Cap America: Winter Soldier (2014), as well as Black Widow (2019), Secret Invasion, has a certain tone that makes the MCU feel more grounded and thrilling.”
Great! But then I saw that the overall rating was 3 out of 5. When I stopped for a second a looked, in fact, as many reviewers gave the new addition to Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) a score of 1, as many gave Secret Invasion the top score of 5.
Confusing.
So I headed off to the town square that is X (the platform formally known as Twitter) to hear what good everyday folk had to say, and it was abundantly clear that fans are equally as conflicted. Here’s just a snapshot.
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The Secret Invasion Lovers
“I watched it all as a movie instead of weekly and it honestly slaps as a movie. They shot it as a movie you can tell, and then released it in short parts for 6 weeks. So glad I did because I enjoyed it 1000x more 7.5/10.”
A lot of love, plenty of positivity. The comments seem pretty balanced. But there are the haters.