One of the most bizarre aspects of the second season of AppleTV+’s sci-fi series Invasion is how the pacing turns out to be random and all over the place. While the first and third episodes accelerated the narrative by deftly handling multiple storylines at once, the second and fourth episodes dedicate entire episodes to rather inconsequential segments that barely move the plot forward, if at all. Especially the fourth episode, The Tunnel, tries to put a survival horror twist in the narrative flow, and in doing so, it not only disrupts the pacing but also goes way off course with the central plotline.
In the previous episode, Mitsuki’s maneuver involving the formless alien entity disabled the cloaking mechanism of the invading alien attack vessels, which gave the Wdc a brief window of time to shoot the majority of them down. The collapse of attack vessels rendered the invading alien life forms inactive,...
In the previous episode, Mitsuki’s maneuver involving the formless alien entity disabled the cloaking mechanism of the invading alien attack vessels, which gave the Wdc a brief window of time to shoot the majority of them down. The collapse of attack vessels rendered the invading alien life forms inactive,...
- 9/13/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
After a steady start to the second season with Something’s Changed, which showcased the new world order of a post-invasion dystopia, the second episode of Apple TV+’s Invasion, titled Chasing Ghosts, brings the narrative flow to an abrupt halt. Information that could have easily been added to any other episode with two additional narrative segments is needlessly stretched out to almost an hour-long episode, as it seems the makers are wilfully shackling down the otherwise strong potential that the first episode promised.
In the previous episode, viewers learned that four months after the invasion, the world government has mingled into a single overseeing organization named the Coalition, which is facing adversity in the presence of an insurgence group known as the Movement. The Coalition is also working with the eccentric, fabulously wealthy investor Nikhil Kapur, who abducts Mitsuki and requests that she venture into the alien mothership in...
In the previous episode, viewers learned that four months after the invasion, the world government has mingled into a single overseeing organization named the Coalition, which is facing adversity in the presence of an insurgence group known as the Movement. The Coalition is also working with the eccentric, fabulously wealthy investor Nikhil Kapur, who abducts Mitsuki and requests that she venture into the alien mothership in...
- 8/30/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
Apple TV+’s Invasion season two kicked off with an episode that confirmed humans pose as big a threat to each other as the invading aliens. Season two episode two, “Chasing Ghosts,” will stream on August 30, 2023, with new season two episodes arriving on Wednesdays leading up to the October 25 finale.
Golshifteh Farahani stars as Aneesha Malik, Shioli Kutsuna is Mitsuki, Shamier Anderson plays Trevante Ward, India Brown is Jamila Huston, Billy Barratt is Caspar Morrow, Azhy Robertson is Luke Malik, Paddy Holland is Monty, and Tara Moayedi is Sarah Malik. The cast also includes series newcomers Enver Gjokaj, Nedra Marie Taylor, and Naian González Norvind.
“Chasing Ghosts” Plot: At home in Miami, Trevante struggles with returning to day-to-day life. Similarly, Jamila feels an unceasing pull to search for Caspar.
Paddy Holland, India Brown, and Louis Toghill in ‘Invasion’ season 2 episode 2 (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Apple)
About Invasion, Courtesy of Apple...
Golshifteh Farahani stars as Aneesha Malik, Shioli Kutsuna is Mitsuki, Shamier Anderson plays Trevante Ward, India Brown is Jamila Huston, Billy Barratt is Caspar Morrow, Azhy Robertson is Luke Malik, Paddy Holland is Monty, and Tara Moayedi is Sarah Malik. The cast also includes series newcomers Enver Gjokaj, Nedra Marie Taylor, and Naian González Norvind.
“Chasing Ghosts” Plot: At home in Miami, Trevante struggles with returning to day-to-day life. Similarly, Jamila feels an unceasing pull to search for Caspar.
Paddy Holland, India Brown, and Louis Toghill in ‘Invasion’ season 2 episode 2 (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Apple)
About Invasion, Courtesy of Apple...
- 8/28/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
This post contains spoilers for "Invasion" season 1.
Hold on to your humanity, because "Invasion" season 2 is on its way. The Apple TV+ series' combination of epic high-stakes action and intensely personal human stories was clearly successful enough for Tim Cook's streamer to give co-creators Simon Kinberg and David Weil another run of episodes. Apple renewed "Invasion" for season 2 ahead of the season finale back in 2021, with Kinberg saying at the time, "I'm super excited about what we're planning for season 2, expanding our universe in the most intimate and epic ways."
Intimacy and epicness was the Usp of "Invasion" season 1, and while not every critic was convinced — turns out the alien invasion is a languorous affair for some — Apple obviously felt differently. Or at least, enough viewers did that the company felt it was worth renewing. And why not? Though it's undeniably a slow burn, that's kind of the point. Kinberg...
Hold on to your humanity, because "Invasion" season 2 is on its way. The Apple TV+ series' combination of epic high-stakes action and intensely personal human stories was clearly successful enough for Tim Cook's streamer to give co-creators Simon Kinberg and David Weil another run of episodes. Apple renewed "Invasion" for season 2 ahead of the season finale back in 2021, with Kinberg saying at the time, "I'm super excited about what we're planning for season 2, expanding our universe in the most intimate and epic ways."
Intimacy and epicness was the Usp of "Invasion" season 1, and while not every critic was convinced — turns out the alien invasion is a languorous affair for some — Apple obviously felt differently. Or at least, enough viewers did that the company felt it was worth renewing. And why not? Though it's undeniably a slow burn, that's kind of the point. Kinberg...
- 3/18/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
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