I promised new changes to the Rounder segment of our posts and here it is right down below. We've decided remove Saturday and Sunday because there's barely anything great news at comes out on the weekend these days. Now we can focus on news stories that pop out during the weekdays, Monday through Friday. From now on, this will be the 5-Day Rounder.
How long has it been since the Olympics came to the United States of America? Fun fact: It's been 27 years since the US hosted the Summer Olympics and 21 years since it hosted the Winter Olympics. Five years from now, Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Olympics, something that hasn't been seen since 1984 back when people were hip. The real question is: Does Disneyland Resort in Anaheim have anything planned for the Olympics? In a possible Sneak Peek of the Week, YouTuber Orange Grove 55 and a few of his friends discuss what could be in the pipe lines for Disneyland Resort in 2028.
Our Inside Scoop this week is the continuing review of Marvel Studios' Secret Invasion starring Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. Everyone is still in shocking over the "death" of Maria Hill in the first episode, it's one of those moments on television that you never see coming or never thought in your wildest dreams was possible. Episode 2 explains why Skrulls have invaded the planet Earth and whose fault is it, plus, we discover what Gravik is planning and trust me when I say: it ain't good nor fun.
WARNING: This piece may contain spoilers, so if you haven't seen Secret Invasion Episode 2 yet, stop reading now. If you would like to continue at your risk, be my guest. Picking up from where we left in Episode 1, the fallout of the terrorist attack in Russia is ridiculous, but at the same time it explores how this international incident leads to war between the humans and the Skrulls and things could get much worse. We see more of Sonya Falsworth played by Olivia Colman and get a glimpse of Gravik's master plan, which may involve the creation of Super Skrulls, But even as the narrative picks up and marches steadily towards the battlefield, we learn in this episode that it's all Nick Fury fault.
The episode begins in 1995, exactly where Captain Marvel took place and when Fury first encountered the Skrulls, including Talos. He promised to find the aliens their own home which leads us to Brixton, London in 1997, where Fury is building his first network of Skrull agents. A female Skrull called Varra introduces Fury to a young Gravik whose parents were killed by the Kree. The young lad was able to pilot a ship on his own and made it to Earth. Varra thinks he could be a good fit for their network and asks Fury to talk to him. Fury forms a bond with Gravik, bringing him into the fold. Later, Talos addresses the Skrulls, reiterating his faith in Fury, and Fury in turn promises the Skrulls that in exchange for their help working as his spies, he and Carol Danvers will find them a new home, and the Skrulls agree and wholeheartedly join him. Back in the present, Gravik and G'iah leave the site of their terrorist attack while the Skrull Brogan, pretending to be an American, is arrested by the Russians just as Talos manages to get Fury away.
On a train ride from Moscow to Warsaw, Talos reveals to Fury that a million Skrulls are living on Earth. Fury is angry that Talos lied to him, but Talos argued that his people were being hunted across the universe and that summoning them to Earth was the only way to keep them safe. Talos hopes that with Fury's help, humans and Skrulls could co-exist on Earth, but Fury doesn't think that's even remotely possible. Fury decides to continues alone and meets with Maria Hill's mother Elizabeth, who is angry in her own right for losing her daughter and has to take her home in a casket. Despite holding Fury responsible, Elizabeth asks him to make sure her daughter didn't die for nothing.
Next, we see that Skrulls' terrorist attack in Russia is breaking news all over the world, with the UK Prime Minister and the NATO secretary-general sharing a words of their own on TV. As the U.S. is implicated in the bombing and Russia looking poised to declare war with the U.S. despite American authorities insisting that they had no involvement, Gravik meets with the Skrull Council and gains majority support to lead the Skrulls in a new war. In the beginning of the meeting councilwoman Shirley Sugar wanted to punish Gravik, but he argues that they were abandoned by Fury and the humans. Gravik thinks that declaring a war that he's so sure they will win is their only hope for survival. The NATO secretary-general asks him what he'll do if the Avengers return, but Gravik says he's thought of that already, asking the council to put their faith in him.
All but Shirley does, and after leaving the meeting, contacts Talos to arrange a meeting between him and Gravik. In London, the European Union heads of state and the UK Prime Minister call an emergency security summit, which Rhodey attends as a representative of the United States. Rhodey does his best to keep his composer whole answering the other nations' questions. He tells them that there's no evidence that prove the U.S. caused the bombing in Moscow before leaving the summit, then he gets a call from Fury and agrees to meet him for a drink. Fury does his best to explain the situation, but Rhodes discharges and blames him for the bombing and Maria's death. Keep in mind, Rhodey had suggested calling in the Avengers, but Fury insisted it would be too dangerous to drag them into this. If the Skrulls could duplicate the Avengers and their powers, that would be game over for humanity, which is why Fury wants to fight this war on his own.
Towards the end of the episode, Falsworth interrogates Brogan, who is imprisoned and reveals that Gravik is building a machine capable of strengthening the Skrulls with help from a scientist couple, the Daltons. Gravik and his men arrive, casing Falsworth to make a quick escape before she is seen. Gravik then rescues Brogan and ask him if he said anything, Brogan denies it but Gravik can tell that he's lying. G'iah discovers that the rebels are experimenting with foreign DNA, such as Groot. Yes, Groot! Also with the DNA of the Frost Beast from the first two Thor films and Cull Obsidian from Avengers: Infinity War. G'iah accompanying Gravik to kill Brogan for giving away their secrets. In the last scene of the episode, Fury returns home and is met by his wife, Priscilla, who is a Skrull.
Whether or not he knows she's a Skrull can be discuss for another time, maybe next week. I can see that Fury will have to rest if he wants to end this war. Two big highlights I wanna put out are with the FXN News scene, looks like Disney and Marvel Studios wanted to do their own parody of Fox News Channel and it worked. Next, the second highlight I found interesting was Skrull Council meeting, they're all Skrulls posing as political figures on Earth, that's certainly crazy. The UK Prime Minister was revealed to be working with Gravik and turned the Council over to his side, naming him General and giving him complete, unchecked power. We can be sure to see him abuse that power in the next episode of Secret Invasion.
That's your Celebrity of the Week, and this has been the Wkly Hit List.
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