The Biggest MCU Disney+ Bomb Still Isn"t As Bad As Marvel"s Worst Flop
Summary
- Secret Invasion received mixed reviews but still fared better than Inhumans, which is considered the worst-received MCU series.
- Secret Invasion holds a 54% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while Inhumans only has an 11% rating, indicating a significantly more negative response to the latter.
- Many criticisms of Secret Invasion centered around the convoluted plot and portrayal of Nick Fury, while Inhumans faced harsh criticism in various aspects including storytelling, spectacle, and visual style.
Marvel's Secret Invasion was an unfortunate letdown but still came out well above the Marvel Cinematic Universe's worst disaster, Inhumans. Based upon the eponymous Marvel Comics story of the shape-sifting Skrulls covertly infiltrating Earth, Secret Invasion arrived on Disney+ in the summer of 2023, only to see a very mixed reception. The response to the show was also an even bigger bruise for Marvel when factoring in tthe story being such a pivotal and iconic Marvel Comics story.
Still, even with Secret Invasion's rougher reception on Rotten Tomatoes and among general audiences ,Marvel's ABC series Inhumans was received far, far more poorly. The 2017 series was the first Marvel show to release its first two episodes in a two-week theatrical run (in IMAX, no less), before debuting on ABC, but Inhumans was and is still the worst-received MCU movie or TV series by far, with plans for a season two being canceled. Comparing the reception of Secret Invasion and Inhumans also reveals a few factors that help explain why Secret Invasion dodged the negative reception that Inhumans was subject to.
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