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In reality, Secret Invasion is a Disney+ show attempting to ape the “adult” fare over on the brand where the monopoly’s “non-family-friendly fare” goes to stream. It looks a little lost with the Marvel logo brand slapped on it, sitting next to The Falcon and The Winter Soldier trading gossip with She-Hulk and her crew of guest stars. (An ironic problem, as FX’s one attempt at a Marvel show, Legion, was well-lit.)ĭisney CEO Bob Iger recently confirmed plans were underway for Hulu subscribers to access the service via Disney+ Secret Invasion would appear to have arrived early. Secret Invasion looks like it was designed to imitate shows found on the Disney-owned FX brand, with tight close-ups, drab surroundings, and scenes that aren’t just dark in theme, but dark in a “please turn on the lights” way. Years of critics pointing to Captain America: The Winter Soldier as a superior comic book film because it had that “1970s Cold War thriller” feel instead of being a CGI-fest have evidently left a mark. If this sounds straight out of FX’s The Americans, it’s supposed to.

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As the stakes skyrocket, series lead Nick Fury (Samuel L. Their shapeshifting abilities mean no one is who they seem anyone could be the enemy. Said war is being spurred on by the not-actually-villains of 2019’s Captain Marvel, the Skrulls, to use as cover for their Terran Takeover To Be. War with Russia is looming, triggered by a surprisingly realistic scenario, considering the current war in Ukraine (an invasion that had not occurred yet when the show was conceived and written). That's the case of the heart we see in a calendar.In the opening scenes of Marvel’s Secret Invasion, the franchise sets up the darkest premise yet for the brightly-colored comic world of The Avengers. Even so, since Wanda changed Westview subconsciously, her mind used multiple real-life elements to build the Scarlet Witch's fantasy life.

Instead, she was born a magic wielder since she's the all-powerful Scarlet Witch, capable of using Chaos Magic to change reality itself. That's because, as the series tells us, Wanda didn't get her powers due to Hydra's experiments. Unfortunately, life in Westview is nothing but an illusion, a mirage conjured by Wanda's innate powers. In this new reality, Vision is alive, married to Wanda, and the two even have a couple of children.

Consumed by grief and unwilling to accept that she lost everyone she has ever loved, Wanda creates an alternate dimension where everything works well at the end of the day.

So, right from the first episode, it's clear Westview has become its own pocket dimension, different from the rest of the world.Īs the episodes go by, we learn that the magic holding Westview's citizens hostage comes from Wanda herself. It doesn't take long for the series to reveal there's something weird going on in Westview, as the Vision should be dead after Thanos' ( Josh Brolin) attack in Avengers: Infinity War. Set in the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame, WandaVision takes MCU's fans to Westview, a charming New Jersey town where Wanda Maximoff ( Elizabeth Olsen) and the Vision ( Paul Bettany) are living a perfect sitcom life.

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