Secret Invasion Director LOSES IT Reviews DESTROY Finale 

Secret Invasion finale reviews caused multiple more interviews with the director to come out, so that even when I was out, I'm sucked back in. With the Marvel actors and the writers on strike, directors are the only ones still allowed out for promotion, but in this case maybe less is more. Every interview he gave came out with new pieces of information that made the show even worse. Whether it's him not understanding his own MCU show, or proving the most cynical assumptions an understatement. But what did you think of what you saw? Let me know your thoughts down below and as always, thanks for watching :)

They wrote themselves into a corner, by creating a Skrull with practically all the Avengers' powers - why would they need anyone else, now?

Disney's business model: Step 1. Pay billions of dollars for properties that only have value because of their fan bases. Step 2. Hire people to create content for said IP not based on merit but solely on their politics and their identity. Step 3. Create content that said fanbase doesn't like. Step 4. Blame or state you don't care about the fans when the content bombs. Step 5. ??? Step 6. Profit. I still can't figure out why Disney is having such a tough time financially. 🤔

What the show runner is describing isn't a dialogue. It's two entities talking past each other, and shouting into the void. It does explain why a lot of the dialogue in modern storytelling is two people talking past each other.

Star Trek Picard; a story with an impotent, depressed old man. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny; a story with an impotent, depressed old man. Nick Fury in Secret Invasion; a story with an impotent, depressed old man. Such entertainment we are getting from this ''modern creative'' pattern.

I love it when things get worse for Disney

The "I don't care" approach is fine for an indie telling a new story in their own world, not when you're burning up a pre-existing IP.

This Secret invasion writer has great power, but no responsibility.

I am absolutely sick and tired of action packed entertaining storylines being replaced with boring soap opera like drama series. It's absolutely ridiculous how out of touch those writers are with their core audience

Samuel l Jackson is wishing a shark would eat him from deep Blue Sea.

The director has nothing to worry about. NOBODY wants to make threats over Secret Invasion

It's so weird how Disney's whole reasoning for buying Marvel was they were tired of being known as the princess company and needed to expand their male audience, now after endgame they're doing a whole 180 and basically using Marvel to give the finger to that same male audience and wondering why these shows and movies keep failing

"Is it our job to fulfill their expectations?" Yes, yes it is. If you don't fulfill the audience's expectations, they don't watch. This is kind of a "duh" thing.

The more I hear about these writers, the more crazy it seems. They make movies and shows, without finishing the story first. They seem unable to tell stories not based on their own life. and they do not understand the meaning of basic words, like conversation. It seems, them having no morals, is one of their lesser problems.

🤔The ONLY way Netflix could save The Witcher would be to hand the series to Henry Cavill to Write, Direct and Lead in...👍

At this point I'm convinced they're trying to ruin the MCU on purpose. Absolutely baffling behavior.

In phase 1 Fury was a total badass who had the respect of the avengers despite the fact most of them could pummel him in an instant. Even as far as spiderman far from home mysterio was genuinely afraid of him. Now they reduced him to this 😬

He's not an artist, he's a product maker. This reminds me of Subway calling their workers sandwich artists. 😆

I'm not going to lie, I thought until the last episode that Fury being sick and old was just him being the best spy and leading them to think he lost his edge because he couldn't trust anyone and didn't know who was a shapeshifter. Seeing it like that gave it a lot of tension for me specially at the end of the penultimate episode, I got hyped for the final. Then the final hit and I realized all the excitement I felt wasn't because of the writing because the show stopper episode where I was expecting Fury to actually handle things and where I was expecting the budget to be with a massive finish, just fell completely flat. Turned out the story I was making in my head was better than the one they wanted to tell.

What could have potentially redeemed this show is sad befuddled Fury being a Life Model Decoy programmed by the real Fury to distract the main players while he uses the enhanced Widow's veil referenced in one of the episodes to infiltrate Gravik's organisation. The final reveal of Fury being Gravik's second in command, who was responsible for each of their failures would have been such an awesome Fury moment, too bad no-one working at disney marvel has ever read a single comic in their lives. Keep up the good work Disparu!

The Cope of the director is insane dude, I just can't stop laughing.

IGN attempts to be honest while protecting their access.

This is the actual consequences of a system where results just haven't mattered for TOO long. A LOT of actors and writers have the current mindset that it actually DOESN'T MATTER if a show or movie is successfull or not, they were secure in that they were going to get another project, another series, another job. Hopefully the strike situation shakes things up and gets the entertainment industry back on track of pleasing the fans.

I don't give a damn about my job, but I still show up every day and perform. I still care about the final product because I conduct myself as a professional. This guy's attitude is half the reason why Hollywood is burning

As a director, the right to tell your story comes well after you've had many successful stories of others told first.

"I made marvel flavoured dog mess for you and plated it up!... Well!" "And I don't like it in the slightest." "You're the problem!!!!" "Keep telling yourself that. I'm not the one losing money by you doing this."

I watched a video talking about the start of the MCU and it came from a genuine desire to not just bring these characters to life, but also to tell stories people would enjoy. I feel like this franchise would have benefited from having dedicated writing teams and directors along with catalog of important narrative notes to help maintain continuity.

This show was what you get when you have a room full of hacks sniffing each others farts and saying how great they smell directed by someone who made a bunch of stuff I've never heard of, never mind watched. You know... thinking back to when my daughter drew on the wall with the contents of her diaper, She was pretty proud of the results too.

Imagine if a chef at a restaurant had the same attitude as a Disney Hollywood director and youll see just how insane the directors comments are. Disparu, you subtly made a brilliant point. They only are able to justify their entitlement...only because they are cashing a paycheck

There seems to be a major disconnect between the production companies who want money, and the creatives who say they don't care about making it.

"The fans' expectations are too high." It's like ordering a custom birthday cake. You go to pick it up. Instead of the fancy chocolate gateau you ordered with "Happy birthday, John" written on it in frosting, there is a rice crispy square drenched with maple syrup. Aghast, you say, "This is supposed to be the custom cake I ordered?! I am not paying for this abomination." The baker throws a tantrum, shouting, "Your expectations are too high! Why can't you appreciate my art? You must be a bigot! Everything is your fault!"

I feel sorry for Disney. It's like watching someone you love slowly dying in front of you while claiming "It's alright! I'll just rub some cream on it!"

So they're telling their story? I had no idea they created Nick Fury, or Skrulls, or the Secret Invasion arc.

Disparu, the usefulness you got from the "reptilian ass mind" clip far outweighs the mental trauma from watching Secret Invasion. 😂 Nice job on the editing.

I bet Disney will make season 2 and blame the fans for being toxic

So do these directors like Ali Salim, Rian Johnson and Taika Watiti just go through life loving every TV show and movie they see? And if they don’t do they critique it in any way? And how would they like it if their critiques were shunned and poo pooed like this? It’s just interesting to see: rules for me but not for me.

I remember the old days of school and seeing those nerds in computer class editing other people's work and calling it their own "character" with their poor edits, poor taste, and basic malice towards characters they edited because they didn't like something about it. Always wondered what happened in their lives. Well, apparently, they went on to work at Hollywood and making shows like this.

I wasnt able to finish the series (gladly) since I saw you and nerdrotic destroy the finale. I didnt even watch your or his video but it was all I needed to finally put Marvel to rest. (I was holding out hope Samuel wouldnt allow Nick to be castrated) . So far I have laid many childhood friends to rest...Starwars, Indiana Jones, Disney itself, even Pixar (Toy Story and all) and now finally Marvel. Is this what growing up is supposed to be like. I guess I should thank Disney for being that H.S girlfriend that rips your heart out and makes you grow up. Growing up sucks. Thanks Disney.

I'll say it's not his responsibility to fulfill my expectations, but it is not my job to pay for their trash either. So when it crashes and burns and they loose mountains of money, they don't get to cry about racist, it sexist or hostile or insert whatever "nonsense phrase" fans who didn't sound any money on their trash!

The Director broke the story from the get go because Fury never promised anything. I'm supposed to believe this story is dealing with natural consequences of Fury's behavior, but we're literally retconning what happened. They even changed dialogue in previous films in the flashbacks to make this work. This guy makes Uwe Boll look talented.

The director Selim has like 10 titles under his belt. Nothing I've never even heard of, and has been a director for 18 years. That is like half a career. I swear it's like Disney is selling Director contracts to the lowest bidders like a Government contract.

I like the part where he says he's worried about death threats. I think people (other than Disparu) would have to actually watch the show first.

Once in college i was assigned an assignment. I turned in a different assignment and the prof got pissed. I just calmly told him that i was telling my story and if he doesn't like it he can suck it. Got suspended from College and then immediately hired by disney.

Imagine if after the strike they agree to bigger residuals but also to de-siduals forcing writers and directors to pay money when their tv show/movie bombs.

$1082 is more than I make a month working 40 hours a week in Scotland. Must be nice to live in Hollywood. 😂

And the worst part is, it’s not going to get any better for Disney.

How did an entire generation of writers come to the conclusion that to write what's important to them they must jettison all of the rules and principles of a character, narrative, and storyline? Writers, since time immemorial, have always used their own concerns and lives when writing. "High Noon" is a classic Western that's about the McCarthy era and what was going on in modern culture and politics at the time (the writer was blacklisted). The writer was limited by the tropes of the genre and, boy, did he and the director create something memorable (and personal). By the glorious grace of the Muses, the greatest creativity and satisfying entertainment happen within strictures, limits, and expectations New writers, however, appear to be lazy, self-indulgent and obtuse. They don't have a handle on the concept of creativity. If an audience is not grabbed by the throat by your efforts, it is up to you to figure out how to do better. It's not the audience's job to do your work for you. It's common sense that if your work doesn't speak to an audience YOU need to reassess, because snaring the audience is your one and only job. (Although it would be nice if you also add something glorious to the culture with your efforts.)

"Ever so slightly less pretentious" - Well, you are British, what's his excuse? The fact he beats standard level of British pretense is a hell of a feat even for a Disney Director.

This is why contemporary movies are schizophrenically written, excessively expensive, and badly received. All Hollywood types, from the writers and directors, through the actors, right down to the chick who paints a bit of mud onto the hem of a costume dress, think they are top-notch *Artistes* who deserve top-notch pay. Not for making anything good that earns money, but simply for pursuing their True Artistic Vision. And seriously, if Hollywood cannot rein them in to reality, then Hollywood might actually be doomed.

5:45 “You can tell the story you want to tell, but if it’s not one the audience wants to hear, I wouldn’t expect to tell one twice.” That is such a great statement!

Well, in "Logan" you saw a broken old Charles Xavier and it was great, well done, because the story was well written for him. Charles suffers from dementia that causes him to have destructive telepathic seizures, and this is just a great idea for that is really possible for an old man (however powerful his mutant ability might be) to have dementia at such an old age (he plays an 97 year old man there). So, you could have a broken Nick Fury here in the show, but at the same time be STILL the powerful hero if the situation calls for one. But that would have required professional writing skills which Hollywood seems to avoid these times.

"Lower your expectations and enjoy the ride." The road to exellence: others putting up with you.

I remember when that episode of the simpsons with Side Show Bob aired I found that scene with the garden rakes absolutely hilarious as a kid and was laughing my head off lol

I’m hard pressed to think of any recent public statement that less self aware and more narcissistic than this guy. A dialogue requires two people. This isn’t a dialogue. This is a therapy session that cost $200M that you just slapped onto Disney Plus and threw duces. 🙄🤦‍♂️

Secret Invasion was really unexplainably bad. They fundamentally didn’t understand the Nick Fury character or what it means to be a veteran spy. They have a very superficial understanding of how a spy operates, like planting small cameras in secret places. Sure, spies use gadgets but that’s a very shallow understanding of what spying is. They don’t understand the psychological aspects of espionage. At several points Nick Fury loses his temper and f*cks off his relationships with people. A veteran spy would never do that. When Talos reveals that there are millions of Skrulls and Nick Fury throws a tantrum about it, and stops talking to Talos, it shows that the show runners don’t even understand that espionage is about gaining and leveraging information. Even if the information was very bad news, a good spy wouldn’t turn on someone who was giving them important information. They can feel a certain way about it, but they wouldn’t lose their sh!t and have a piss party about their emotions. Don’t creat a spy thriller if you don’t understand what spies do.

how is it possible that the director of this show doesn't even know what year he was born?!

Obviously his pay packet didn't include any residuals, maybe all these creatives should get their wish and have their whole pay package based solely on residuals and ratings, maybe then the quality of what we're offered will improve

Probably it was 2 different persons at IGN who wrote those contradictory reviews. One of those cases of the left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing or whatever the expression is. Thanks for the video!

This reminds me of the Rian Johnson approach to Star Wars. "I want to tell my own story in a property i don't care about with no regard for what came before or what will come after and anyone who doesn't like it can kick rocks" is what it amounts to.

I just could only laugh in disbelief when he said that action scenes don’t need any emotion… like, wtf?? Action scenes can, and I think actually should, have heart and soul to them!! What planet is this dude even from??

If that guy was a CEO, he'd literally be legally culpable for violating his fiduciary responsibility. Ultimately it is on the corporation for hiring someone to both make and market something where they don't care about success, but damn.

I'll never not laugh at Emilia Clark with Drax arms, he got me there

This is why I think that salaries for these jobs should be like 60/40 split between residuals and up front pay, respectively. If most or all of their pay was reliant on performance then these jokers wouldn have to choose making between something the people want or starve.

As a writer myself, you occasionally have to take a step back and ask yourself a hard question: "I like how this is origressing, but will anybody else?" I've had to delete or change lots of material that I really liked but knew wouldn't work in the story I was trying to tell. The director here seems to have forgotten that.

Great video; extremely well-said!! 7/10

When you have a story to tell you should be able to tell that story. At the same time when you are dealing with an established IP you have a certain obligation when it comes to staying faithful to the spirit of it. So yes, tell your story but you also have to acknowledge that certain IPs have a fan base and have a right to be vocal when they feel you are not respecting that IP.

The best advice I saw about reviews was someone who said take the best/worst reviews, erase them and focus on the midrange ones. The middle of the road ones tend to be the majority view, and by paying attention to those you gain the highest chance of "doing right" by your audience. Endgame was the end for me as far as Marvel goes, but Guardians 3 I considered the ending to their trilogy , and outside the "wider world" of the MCU. Everything since Endgame has been a dumpster fire, and thanks to Disparu "taking one for the team" I haven't had to suffer thru the stupidity. I hoist my whisky to you lad, thank you for doing the dirty work and enduring this drek.

Give this Selim some credit - Marvel didn’t want him reading the comic because the director might’ve wanted to work some of the actual Marvel heroes in. Pretty convenient that Thor fucked off to the far side of the galaxy, and Banner left Earth for the 12th dimension or whatever. I mean, even Dr. Strange could’ve been in it. (I’m just naming characters that could’ve potentially been used.) Disney got cheap.

What character is Disney-Marvel gonna destroy next? I wouldn't be surprised if they screwed up the Fantastic Four and Blade the same way they screwed Secret Invasion

These people are the ones who fail to color between the lines but think they are special because they can't do a basic task.

Similar thought. As a fan, I'm not particularly bothered by the attitude of "if you don't like it, whatever, don't watch" or "this wasnt made for you" Im "ok, then I won't watch. No skin off my butt" But if I was the studio's dropping 100, 200, 300 million into these projects I'd be super pissed at that attitude. If they're too stupid to be, not my problem

You've built more rapport with your audience than all these crap journalists drinking coffee with 20 prefixes while having the humor and sarcasim of the great Jeremy Clarkson. Thank you. Thank you for entertaining us. Thank you for bringing words to what we all were thinking but couldn't articulate about the swamp of ticks known as Hollywood.

I cackled at seeing the Rotten Tomato scoring of 7%. It’s pathetic and kinda funny at the same time. 14:39 The sad thing is that 20 or more years ago, Marvel would have _never_ said that. Now they’re bowing down to “The Message” and insulting the fans.

Yes but why does Emilia Clarke super Skrull not just immediately do Captain Marvel powers and light the other guy up? Then slaughter all her other enemies

I love how, to Trollywood, being pure evil comes in second to a woman not getting credit for her work, even when did nothing positive nor serviceable.

THE WITCHER SEASON 2 , one of my biggest problem with season 2 was that i was looking for character interactions & some good dialog but nobody talked about anything except for some witty small talk. i blame the writers because they had an opportunity for some character development & wasted it. they didn't development CIRI & GERALT relationship in the right way when they had the opportunity. the writers rushed to get to KAER MORHEN when they didn't need to. they should have taken their time to let CIRI & GERALT build a relationship. don't even get me started on the on the fact that they skipped the time when CIRI was a child [ 6 or 8 years old ] & GERALT saved her. it was the first time , they met. how could the writers skip that. the writers completely character assassinated YENNEFER by having her betray CIRI & GERALT. i don't care if she changed her mind & saved her in the end. none of YENNEFER choices or actions make any sense in season 2. there no way that YENNEFER would ever allow any child to get possessed just to get her magic back. she might do something like that to an adult but never a child. i can't understand why YENNEFER would save CAHIR , i can see someone like TRISS not wanting to murder CAHIR but i don't see YENNEFER being bothered about killing some Nilfgaardian she doesn't know or care about. plus i'm shocked that GERALT didn't kill YENNEFER for putting CIRI in so much danger. that's really out of character for him. its really weird that he's so forgiving at the end of season 2. i will be the first to admit i don't like YENNEFER after she left her magic school. i really liked her character when she a hunch back. she interesting & not such a bitch. it seems like instead of trading her womb for her looks , she traded her ability to have kids to be a bitch. i don't have a problem with her being sassy & a slight bitch but her being queen bitch all the time makes it seem like her only character trait. i don't know what GERALT see in her honestly. even in the books & games , they have nothing in common other than CIRI. a child is not enough to make a relationship work. i have no clue why the writers killed ESKEL. they brought in a bunch of new witchers in season 2 but choose to kill ESKEL. instead of killing a new witcher off. that's nonsensical

11:00 "having lived through the blip" This proves the director is moron. How is being blipped out of existence 'living through the blip'??

They seem to assume fans only want vapid power fantasies (or use that assumption to deflect criticism.) But most fans only want good products that fit reasonably within the existing lore. That's their expectation and it's not mutually exclusive artistic endeavors.

If something requires large money investment and expected to turn profit, and if your consumer expects to get their money's worth, then it's definitely not art, it's a product.

Can you imagine being in a business and not knowing it’s the main goal to please the people that love your product? If people love your product, it creates demand. I literally learned this in business class in MIDDLE SCHOOL

Delighted to see another new video from you, Disparu! Yes, this SI fellow is certainly far less than respectful to his audience - and without ANY good reason.

I bet Secret Invasion's showrunner, Kyle Bradstreet (who developed the story and was the head writer), is relieved he has an excuse to not give interviews for this flop! Selim incidentally was not supposed to be the only director; he was originally hired along with Thomas Bezucha (whose credits include The Family Stone). They were supposed to split the eps, but Bezucha left before production- maybe after he saw the scripts, lol. In a The Direct interview, SLJ said him leaving was good because 1 director would give the show more consistency- turned out that didn't happen at all!

I keep thinking back to the witcher petition that got 300k signatures but wanted an express action and was ignored by netflix. Is there a petition to tell the boards of all these productions companies that the signers swear to never watch another thing this guy is involved in since he has openly stated we aren't part of his process?

Is it your job to fulfill our expectations? No. It's your job to exceed our expectations.

The most incredible part of the article was the part that mentioned that Ms. Marvel had a rating of 98%. How did that beat Hawkeye, let alone Loki??

Seriusly at this point the memes and the quotes are the best things that came out from most of the series or movies for a few years now.

These hollywood writer screams about AI stealing their job but it's clear that they are the one who accelerating it as they are incapable of writing a good story

The whole point of a jester was to keep the king grounded, to have at least one person that will mock his stupid ideas without impunity. Hollywood should consider hiring comedians to do the same thing so they can know in real time exactly how their stupid ideas are gonna get ripped apart.

I couldn't finish the video. I was too distracted by the teeth.

Everyone who plays video games knows about IGN. We go there for walkthroughs, not for their opinions about anything.

Hollywood directors are ruining superhero films with their arrogance. How TF are you going to ignore THE source material that fans have grown to love, write your own version without regard to anyone but yourself, and then expect it to be revered or profitable?!

Show should never have happened. Skulls should have cameoed in other shows or movies. Skrull steals mGuffin, Skrull randomly dies in firefight, Skrull setups ambush for characters. Skrull dies live on new channel. Build up interlinked back story over the next phase.

_Director can't keep his mouth shut._ Just like Michael Waldron who trashed Dr. Strange and Wanda. Just like Jeff Loveness who trashed every single character in Antman 3. This is what GUILT sounds like. It gets defensive.

Ya know, a good director can meet fan expectations AND tell the story they want to tell. Just saying.

An artist takes full responsibility for the cost of their art. They pay for all the materials and time. If someone wants to buy their art afterwards, then that is how they get paid. When an artist is commissioned, then they are responsible to the vision of their employer. Directors and writers like this seem to forget that they are employed to create profitable products.

"Testicular fortitude" lmao 😂 I love it

I think rather see things getting for the people who are making trash shows than the company as they say cut of one head two more take it's place if the people who are making the shows to spite the fans things will never change

Marvel are nothing but a complete joke these days and it won't be long until they ruin Deadpool and wolverine. They've already said that Scarlett witch and dark Phoenix will be in it and that's just because you can't have two middle aged white men as the stars of the show in this day and age, hence the sheer amount of cameo's flooding the movie. It was always obvious they would insert some annoying females into it just like they do in everything. The M She U isn't slowing down anytime soon!!

Weird how we keep hearing "their stories" and not the "the story"

Super skrull fight was the marvel equivalent of an 8 year old smashing action figures together