[Music] thank you what is going on to all my Marvel MCU scroll secret Invasion fans
out there we are here the aliens have arrived Amanda it's perfect timing uh to say the least
but myself and Amanda who you all can see on the screen now who we have Scrolls we
got Nick Theory back it's an invasion going on and we are here to talk about the first episode
before we get into it I want to thank y'all for clicking on the video do us a favor if you're
enjoying the conversation if you enjoyed this episode give it a thumbs up consider sharing
comments I want to know what y'all thought about this episode we open up in Moscow present day
which I think they've clarified online it takes place after She-Hulk which I think is we're we're
in the Institute timelines all over the place I think we're 20 25 2026 sure to go with it we'll
just say present day and they already showed the scene online where we get agent Ross who is
kind of you know behind the corners being very you know against spy Espionage she's meeting with this
other agent by the name of Adrian Prescott who I believe first time we've met this character and
he has some information for Adrian Ross Amanda and that is there's a conspiracy that he has involving
Scrolls and as he's detailing this information he gives us kind of exposition for those that might
forgot that Nick Fury and Captain Marvel back in their film established they were promised to
give the Scrolls a place to live which just kind of thinking about it man it's like you want two
people to find a settlement for a million people it's like that's a lot of pressure it's a lot of
pressure on two people but we'll get into that but just that first scene of man again we talk about
the grittiness the the Spy espinoz what did you think about this opening scene as it is before we
get to the ultimate reveal how did you feel about the tone and the scene and did it work for you
just kind of setting the stage I love this opening I loved it I think we don't give credit to Martin
Freeman um because he's such a minor character but he's been so consistent throughout the the MCU and
I really love that we saw him uh in this opening but the tone is much it's so different than what
we've seen with other shows and almost in line with black widow but I think it's a bit darker
uh which I can appreciate and it just even like the score creeping in coming out of the Shadows
the action in this opening it felt a lot like our favorite film The Winter Soldier so I think that's
why like it it clicked for me I think like it clicked for you as well because it just has that
that hint of something so familiar and I think that's what I've personally been missing from the
MC the phase four MCU films is that familiarity of what the MCU was that's what I got here and you
got the information that you needed even though it was a little bit you know there was Exposition
um I don't think a lot of people are that tied to Captain Marvel to remember that's a great one
Amanda yeah I want to say it like I said it in my review I'm like no one remembers Captain Marvel
I had to be like rewatchable it's not I'm being honest not to cut y'all I might revisit Captain
Marvel sometime in the middle of this this show or maybe at the end of the show because they
were like oh yeah that did happen in that movie yeah exactly you just there's so many right and
then the placement I'm getting off topic but anyways this opening I really liked it gave
me even the the title for Moscow yeah I gave him Civil War Vibes at the same time so it falls in
line with what we're familiar with with Captain America so if you are a fan of Captain America
like everything to do with cap then I'm pretty sure people will like secret Invasion especially
because of this opening I agree uh the tone uh the seriousness which just initially not only in
this episode episode 2 as well there's no jokes there's no gangs being played of course there's
like a ton of tongue-in-cheekness to Nick Fury and his kind of banter and Olivia Coleman's banter but
this is a very serious show which I very much so appreciate him getting the information Ross
is being very dismissive which it played before we get to reveal who Ross was but it plays into
his character because when we first met Ross in Black Panther he was very dismissive to to claw
when he told him about wakanda he was like really so it plays well it's like okay this might be Ross
but as he goes on Prescott shows him that he has something that will set the world on fire because
he discovers these plans which is later revealed in this episode to be the dirty bombs but Prescott
senses now I don't know again I'm gonna have to I've seen episode two times Amanda I don't know
if it was something Ross said or if it was just Prescott knows him so well because he seemed to
you know they seem to have already established relationship that he trusts Ross only but did Ross
say something that made him trigger that he knew it wasn't him or it was just a sense of like oh
yeah I'll give this to feel like it wasn't he was so nonchalant about it like was there something
that I missed that made Prescott know that he was ultimately a scroll I think for me it was what was
I don't remember exactly what was said about Nick Fury but it was I think that's what set press got
off because because it didn't make sense for Ross to either say that about Fury or like want that
information for Fury so it was like really weird um and that's when I kind of knew I picked up on
like it shifted in the room like you could feel that and that's something that they do extremely
well in the show really impressed with but I think that was the switcheroo and I was like
my God what's happening yeah to that point that's what the I think there's going to be the
the brilliant kind of capturing of the audience moments like who's a scroll who do we know because
that again when we probably revisit it from once they release all the six episodes there might be
cues to what an audience can know like I don't know if it's like uh what Ross is wearing the
color scheme like when you mentioned he was walking the Shadows I don't know if it was like
a tent because when he was being chased by who we later find out to be Talos there's like this green
tint or a purple tint when he was like running away from him so I'm wondering if there when we
again we re-watch the entire series if there will be like oh that's how you can distinguish when
it's like a scroll or not but so far I I couldn't tell you who was the scroll and I didn't know it
was going to be Ross to be a scroll because as we see Talos well we don't know him to be tell
us at first but we have a person chasing them and we see Ross jumping into another building
and he falls is the well he injures himself and we like oh my goodness we're about to witness the
death of Ross but as it's revealed that it is in Ross that it is a scroll but the question I have
for you Amanda and this is where the speculation and the whole theories come into play how long do
you think that Ross was a scroll because again going back to the last time we saw agent Ross
was in Black Panther wakanda forever and we know that he was broken out by Okoye and and
things like that so are we under the impression that Ross was a scroll from well like the first
black panther wakanda or we're just assuming that Ross was just a scroll for this particular scene
that is an excellent question because now I'm like doubting everything yeah so that's the you know
that's I guess let us know in the comments guys how long do you think boss was a scroll and are
we assuming that he's been in Scrolls because as this episode alludes to Atlanta we uh Amanda when
we get to a later Exposition scene they harvest the humans like it's not like when we saw them
in Captain Marvel it was just like they take their identity and they just move on to the next
and you can't see who it are but now they're like using them as shells and we find out later in the
episode the longer you stay in the Shell the you know the longer it's hard to disguise them and all
that different stuff so again this is interesting have we been witnessing a raw scroll this whole
time from his introduction to MCU or like you just mentioned was it between black panther or
if it was just the scene are we assuming that Ross is held up in one of these Harvest places
so we'll find out we will find out uh but that's the beauty of the show so far is making you wonder
who is this because and that's a get back into because now I'm just thinking about that [ __ ]
seen when Ross calls the agent healed how would that scroll had to have access to Agent Hill
without having stolen Ross's identity completely to have access to a cia's you know Agent Hill is
like Undercover on the cover undercover so it makes you even think more that yeah maybe Ross
has been a scroll this whole time if he has Maria Hill on like speed dial undercover oh my goodness
Amanda but I will say something I did love not only from the Soapy scene was opening credits
I'm a fan of a good opening credit of man and I think from the MCU shows there hasn't been many
of them no Loki had a you know they did the changing letters one didn't really have one
Hawkeye yeah none of them I think Moonlight but not to the extent of this this is like full-on
credits who's in the show and I saw your review on this which again guys check out Amanda's Channel
um you had mentioned how the the title sequence plays into the narrative we're seeing the kind
of invasion s nature of the show with the whole title card of them taking over the White House and
taking the world and the green colors taken over the the the atmosphere of the Earth so I love a
good opening credit uh a man and I and again to elaborate on her more what do you think about the
open credits I loved it I think um I'm a massive fan of the Daredevil Netflix show opening credits
so anything that comes close to like that or you know that just pay attention to the comic book
run they pay attention to that like the source material and I think that Joe runner's here you
can tell just by that opening credit that they care about the material because for me like you
said when you just see the green kind of taking over places that is tying into the narrative
and it's foreshadowing what could possibly happen because the last the last shot technically before
um secret Invasion comes on like the actual title yeah the entire Earth
is green so like I don't it's not like spoiling anything but that's just something to like keep
in mind that that is a looming threat it's a it's a it's a fear from an audience perspective
that this world MCU world has been uh or being infiltrated from these from a big threat which
in this episode and we'll get into some of my criticisms I didn't really feel and I didn't
really feel the threat of the Scrolls in Captain Marvel um but in this episode they did more leg
work to make me as an artist be like this they're no jokes like they're they're serious they kill
some people thousands of people in this episode which we'll talk about so I definitely agree
with you on that title sequence of matter that it shows this looming threat that these aren't
just wash away throw away uh villains they're gonna be here they have been here for a while
and they they want to take over the Earth let us know again talked about uh Ross how long is that
mandling scroll tease is he being held somewhere at a harvest Bay but let us know in the comments
and again Amanda and I I really appreciate [ __ ] you all listen to today's review we're actually
going to talk about episode two after this but it'll be released next week so keep an eye out
for that but again like share comment Amanda if you want to let people know where they can find
you whether you have we're pre-recording it so what do you have lined up for this week leading
into the weekend for the people to enjoy yeah well this is fun as as usual uh it always is
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