Rewatching Invasion on Apple+

Yeah I remember enjoying season 1, and started losing interest in season 2. It just felt like the show was treading water. Doubt I’ll ever watch season 3.

I have a vague memory of watching this series. How long has it been between seasons?

I remember wanting to like it, but damn, it got so annoying in parts. Really dumb stuff that happened. S3 cranked up again? Guess I'll give it a look.

Didn't Sam Neil appear in the 1st episode? If we get a follow up to his disappearance, that would be possibly epic?

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where they try to make Naomi a character you give a shite about

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Valid point. However, I've rewatched it again (in fact, just picked up the blue-ray set) and the problem wasn't that her antics were so bad, it was just carried on waaaay too long! Her getting stuck on that ship after taking the free walk in space was actually pretty impressive. But against the rest of the show, it just felt bogged down in knee high mud, I wish they'd have not dragged it out so long.

Invasion has gotten zero play or advertising, it seems. Out a month ago? And I'm just hearing about it now. Weird. It can't be a cheap series either.

I keep watching Invasion and it keeps torturing the shite out of me. I’m determined to get through this last season without killing myself.

It’s really a bad show, but I can’t help myself.

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Invasion has gotten zero play or advertising, it seems. Out a month ago? And I'm just hearing about it now. Weird. It can't be a cheap series either.

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Apple doesn’t seem to really advertise anything outside of Severance and a few of their original movies. The only reason I knew anything about Invasion was that it popped up as suggested forever.

I decided to give it a try when S3 came out. Binging the first 2 seasons, I didn’t think it was nearly as bad as people made out when it was first released. In fact I thought season 1 was actually better than season 2. Maybe I’m crazy, idk.

But now that I’ve been watching season 3 in real time, I think I see the biggest issue. It’s painfully slow in a weekly release format. You don’t notice it as much when you binge but it’s tough watching week to week.

It also seems like they are really making it up as they go. I think that’s probably my biggest gripe with mystery box shows. I understand that writers don’t know whether a show is going to be renewed, but it’s like they had no plan for character development at all beyond season 1. It’s very disjointed.

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It also seems like they are really making it up as they go. I think that’s probably my biggest gripe with mystery box shows. I understand that writers don’t know whether a show is going to be renewed, but it’s like they had no plan for character development at all beyond season 1. It’s very disjointed.

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I just wish they'd write characters who'd react to things like normal people. There's too much forced drama, and based on what the entire PLANET has gone though, the return of Trevante Cole was super cringe. No one listened to him, and of course, they suspect he's an alien or alien influenced. Yet they still decide he's good, but they really don't?

And what the hell is up with labeling everything 'former' Tokyo, London, or whatever. Why would countries all collapse and not exist anymore but people still live in cities and life carries on pretty much unchanged? This 'after' world is

2 eps down, and this is really a slog.

And I forgot the biggest gripe!


Aside from the 'former' crap, they end every location with 'Earth'!!

Umm, what other planets have we been to ? And if we're CLEARLY in Japan, there's no need to add the further qualifier of 'Earth' when of COURSE it is. It comes off as pretentious and excessive.

This isn't freaking Star Wars, or Dune, where the story spans multiple planets, systems, etc... it's Earth. It's ALL on Earth. And when there's some alien ship scene, the viewer understands all this. It's such cringe.

E5 - Somehow, this show keeps getting worse.

Helicopter goes down, plot armor for everyone except the toss away characters (both pilots - because there's no helo to fly now, they can die)

One idiot soldier pops out and starts yelling up at the other helicopter, as if they can't see him but yelling will help?? A fire fight breaks out, & head DIC (director in charge) guy, 200+ feet above in the working helo covers his EARS with both hands (not wearing a headset, ffs) I guess because the gunfire down below is so loud?? This show makes no fricking sense!


So the good helo sees and opening to land, so they can try to pick up survivors. We don't see it land, but somehow it's right next to trees, like basically IN the forest, engines off. blades not turning. Pilot lady - "It's dead". Why? Don't know. REASONS! Landed just fine, no hint of a problem getting 3 feet away from those massive pines, but the plot needs the 2nd helicopter to be dead so the story can be more dramatic.



And nobody can use their damn words for anything. Time after time, " What happened? " I can't say...it's hard to explain." fricking cheap arse cop out lame writing. I don't know if I can finish this one.

Just got to that episode. Every white person is spineless,incompetent, or evil

I agree. I was laughing at the "elite group of soldiers" that acted nothing like a tier one group but they nailed the diversity