Prime Video series Invincible don finally drop season 4, and e dey pack plenty changes wey even fans wey sabi comic well-well go find interesting. Di show wey start for 2021, based on comic wey Robert Kirkman write since 2003, dey follow di original story but add new twists wey make am fresh.
Mark Grayson, wey Steven Yeun voice, still dey struggle to balance im life as superhero and im personal life. After di events of season 3, e don harder for am to keep everything together. Di Viltrumites dey out there, and sooner or later, Mark go need to carry di fight go meet dem.
One of di biggest changes na di character Conquest, wey Jeffrey Dean Morgan voice. For di comics, Conquest be one of di most dangerous villains, but e only fight Mark two times before e lose. Fans hope say di show go give am more time, and Robert Kirkman even tell Variety say e get plenty left wey e want to do. But for season 4, although Conquest get more screen time, e no get di expanded story wey fans expect. We see im dramatic escape from Earth and im reunion wit di Viltrumites, then we jump straight to im rematch wit Mark. Di battle play out different from di comics, wit some fans saying di show cut dialogue wey explain how Mark fit defeat am, and others saying di gore too much.
Another change na di character Tech Jacket. For di comics, Tech Jacket be teen boy named Zack Thompson wey get alien suit from Geldarians. For di show, Tech Jacket be young girl named Zoe Thompson, wey Zoey Deutch voice. E don already know di powers of di suit and dey active as hero for Earth. Also, im father Ed, wey Bobby Moynihan voice, dey coordinate missions from orbital base. Dis new dynamic make di character more interesting.
Season 4 feature one whole episode wey comic readers never see before. For episode wey dem call ‘Hurm,’ Mark take trip to Hell, literal underworld full of demons. Damien Darkblood, wey Clancy Brown voice, call am to help fight powerful being called Volcanikka, wey Indira Varma voice. Mark succeed, but di experience make am question some of im assumptions. Robert Kirkman tell ScreenRant say dis story do a lot of work for Mark’s character and set up things for di Viltrumite War.
Di Viltrumite War itself be climax of season 4, and di show handle am similar to di comics but wit compressed timeline. For di comics, Mark dey space for over 10 months, but for di show, di whole war take just few months. Dis make Mark’s transition back to Earth more believable. Eve, wey Gillian Jacobs voice, still dey recover from im decision to get abortion, and Mark now dey part of im healing process.
Di relationship between Nolan and Debbie also dey different. For di comics, dem almost explicitly back together at end of war, but for di show, Debbie still dey adjust to fact say Nolan dey alive and no be villain. Because of timeline change, we go likely see her feelings develop more slowly for season 5.
Di big moment for season 4 finale na when Thragg, wey Lee Pace voice, appear before Mark and reveal say di remaining Viltrumites don dey Earth since di war. Mark reluctantly agree to let dem stay for exchange for peace. Di show make Mark’s fear of Thragg manifest through hallucinations of im killing im loved ones, wey make im decision harder. For di comics, dis happen quicker.
Di end credits scene reveal posthumous message from Thaedus to Allen, wey tell am about perfected Scourge Virus wey fit kill all Viltrumites, even if e affect humans because of similar DNA. Dis set up next big arc for season 5.
Nolan and Debbie no dey back together, but dem head to Talescria together to check on Oliver. Debbie’s walls dey come down slower than for di comics, but we predict dem go be together by end of season 5.
Robot and Monster Girl still dey trapped for Flaxan dimension, and attempts to retrieve dem fail. Dem go need to find dia own way back, just like for di comics.
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