Secret Invasion opens with a sleek intro sequence washed with a sinister green hue. It initially appears rather artistically impressive, but look a little closer and you might grasp that it’s actually AI-generated. It is machine-created art. It is soulless. And it’s arguably the perfect metaphor for the show itself.
As the latest Disney Plus TV show set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Secret Invasion packs a cast of recognizable names and a budget larger than many blockbuster movies — rumored to be $212 million for six episodes — and yet it feels creatively bankrupt. While watching it, I couldn't shake the feeling it was a show made primarily to fill a gap in Disney’s streaming content schedule. It’s quite possibly the least engaging show about a supposedly global threat I’ve ever tried to watch.
