This article contains spoilers For “invincible”.
A superhero is as good as their bad guys. “Invincible” knows this and produced memorable enemies for Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun)-of his own Omni-Man father (JK Simmons), an extraterrestrial invader disguised as superheroes, the female to draw dimension (Sterling K. Brown). The sixth and last episode of season 3 “invincible” – “all I can say is that I am sorry” – presents another enemy worthy of invincible, the one who asks the questions that Mark must ask himself.
Now, the creator “Invincible” Robert Kirkman has so far failed to get Bryan Cranston in the series, but the former Co-Star of “Breaking Bad” by Cranston, Aaron Paul, is another story. Paul was announced to join “invincible” in January, shortly before the first of the season, and his character is Scott Duvall / Powerplex.
“Invincible” draws a lot from the stories of Spider-Man. Mark does not do what a spider can, but like Peter Parker, he is a young man who tries to find his place in the world. His normal stress, like family and work, are even more difficult because he has the weight of the world on his shoulders. Since season 3, Mark has now had his own Rousse girlfriend in Atom Eve (Gillian Jacobs) too.
Some of the wicked of invincible also reflect those of Spider-Man; The elephant (John Dimaggio) is a clear replacement for the rhino. PowerPlex, which can generate and breathe electricity, is the proper electro of invincible. One of Spider-Man’s oldest enemies, Max Dillon was originally represented as a simple thug; A line player who had a very lucky shock and tried to enjoy. Certain electro representations later, such as the max of Jaime Foxx in “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”, made him a more pitiful character. PowerPlex goes beyond that, being a villain who really hurts the heart.
Aaron Paul’s powerplex is the new, the saddest villain of invincible
“All I can say is that I am sorry” opens for invincible and the fight of Omni-Man in the final of season 1, which leveled Chicago and killed thousands. Among these victims were the sister and niece of Scott, Jessica and Gretchen. Worse, Scott saw They die when Omni-Man threw invincible in their building, making him collapse.
Scott is invincible responsible, believing that he is not a murderer not better than IMNI-Man, and conspires with his wife Becky (Kate Mara) to see “justice”. We Know Mark is not really responsible, but the episode itself and Paul make you feel for Powerplex. Even if it is wrong, you spend the episode hoping that he can get a catharsis, or that he and Mark can reach an understanding. Unfortunately, this does not come.
Thanks to its day job at the Global Defense Agency (GDA), Scott can steal certain disks improving power to increase its light energy capacities. He tries to call invincible by disturbing peace; After two unsuccessful attempts, he only obtained it by pretending to hold Becky and their baby Jack hostage. While PowerPlex roast invincible, his powers strike and accidentally kill his family; He is imprisoned at the end of the episode, but even locked up, his hatred for invincible still crosses him.
Now, this episode is a faithful adaptation of the original appearance of Powerplex, the “invincible” number # 59. The major rhythms are all there but stretched a little to fill 50 minutes (not that it does badly or drag the episode). This comic strip was published in 2009, but looking at the episode now, we can’t help thinking about the two biggest superheroes in 2016: “Batman V Superman” and “Captain America: Civil War”.
Invincible lesses his hero to be imperfect wisely
These two films were focused on how superheroes should be governed to limit collateral damage and ensure the surveillance of beings with power. Omni-man vs invincible is particularly similar to that of Superman and Zod from “Man of Steel”, with two flying extraterrestrials and super strong demolishing a city. Like Batman, PowerPlex thinks that invincible is too powerful to exist above the law, and like Zemo of “Civil War”, he lost a loved one thanks to the failure of a hero and came out for revenge.
Aaron Paul has a limited vocal actor experience, but he is excellent as Powerplex. Scott has this trembling cry of anger and despair that Paul used during the lowest moments of Jesse Pinkman on “Breaking Bad”. (These moments that made Jesse the soul of the show.) Let’s go back to the original comparison, Paul as a Powerplex reminded me of the incredible vocal work of Crispin Freeman as a capricious electro in “The Spectacular Spider-Man”.
The great theme of “invincible” this season is responsibility – and how Mark can take it for himself. He cut the links with the head of GDA Cecil Stedman (Walton Goggins), but despite the functioning of Shady Cecil, person Can call it completely badly by fearing the power of Mark. Mark also feels the need to be his best me because he has to give a good example to his little brother Oliver (Christian Convery), and see that even if a good heart directs you on the right path, that will not give you all the answers on how to follow this path. PowerPlex is there to remind the invincible that his failures have consequences, and ultimately, Mark cannot give Scott an answer beyond promising to be better and to remember his loved ones – which gives no comfort to Scott.
The characterization of Mark is one of the reasons why “invincible” beats “your Spider-Man neighborhood” to his own game. Mark Grayson is perhaps invincible, but it is not perfect.
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