Official Episode Discussion S2 Finale: The Invasion

[Bry]

So that was pretty freakin' great. This season was a bit uneven at points, but it ended really strong.

This finale had huge stakes, great action (and both the larger-than-life stuff and the more "grounded" ninja battles), solid humour, actual character development, and lots of emotion and pathos. A certain movie producer should be taking notes.

Originally Posted by Vicky82

Got this from Tumblr

Comparing shots of The Invasion with Mirage Leo 1

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Originally Posted by evan2000

I went ahead and created more comparison shots with the Leo one-shot comic, in color! I also included all those posted by Vicky82 earlier.

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Originally Posted by evan2000

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SO GOOD. Just... wow. I like how Ciro and his team are folding in elements from the entire history of the franchise (like the Earth Protection Force - the 2003 series isn't forgotten!) while maintaining a really strong respect/reverence for the original comics. I was just stunned watching all of those individual panels come to life. This is a show basically custom-made for me to love.

Originally Posted by Powder

Why the HELL are their masks not red? Did IDW seriously print this? Holy sh*t.

Also this. I haven't been following their colour reprints (as I have the old First Publishing collections) but I thought they were preserving the red bandanas?

Originally Posted by Donatello19

Am I the only one who's disappointed about Irma? I actually really liked this new version of her...I was hoping that the robot was a decoy Irma and the the Kraang had kidnapped the real one or something.

I kind of loved that. It was totally unexpected. My wife was very upset about it. Always possible there's a "real Irma" still out there, maybe?

And I love how they're casting celebrities with famously annoying voices to be higher-level Kraang. Next season: Fran Drescher?

Originally Posted by Donatello19

I can't believe they lost Kirby AGAIN. April didn't even seem to really care this time...

Well, there was a lot going on. I'm sure they'll follow up with how she's feeling more next season. It's a time of crisis, so having to put her emotions aside in order to get through it makes sense.

And I thought Kirby's Kraang-related PTSD was a nice touch. He's been through a ton, and this sort of thing is still well outside of his "world", so that made a lot of sense.