A Look Back at Invincible - Season 2

 

Season three is on the way, so let's look back at the previous season.

Invincible is an adult animated series based on Robert Kirkman's hit comic book series with the same name. Amazon Prime Video distributed with production being done by Adelaide Productions, Sony Pictures Productions, Skybound North, Wind Sun Sky Entertainment, Skybound Animation, and Point Grey Pictures and Amazon MGM Studios. The show's created by Robert Kirkman and this season much like the previous one consist of eight episodes.

The story is, it's been a month since Mark's fight with his own father Omni-Man. Both him and his mother are trying to get their lives back together, but it's hard for them with the constant guilt and feelings of betrayal. But when someone from an alternate world seeks vengeance, Mark needs to get his head together if he wants to save and protect the ones he holds close.

Why The Delay?

If you read my Dog Man review then you already I should've had this uploaded yesterday. Well the reason for the delay was my dad needed my help fixing up my grandpa's car. And instead of being a dick and saying "no", it was best if I gave him a helping hand. So by the time I came home I was tired and didn't really want to work on this review or even upload it. So sorry if you had to wait one more day.

• Negatives

I've got nothing.

• Mix

The one and only mix bag comes from the storytelling. Let's start with the good. One being a lot of side characters get some really good stories. We got Debbie who's going through an absolute crisis because she never really knew her husband and it feels like there's almost nobody for her to talk to. Then there's Rex who goes through really good development. Hell, even Donald, a minor character from the last season gets a good story about trauma. The only okay stories come from Mark aka Invincible. He essentially has two stories. His best one is his inner conflict. Him holding back because he fears if he doesn't he'll become just like his father. The other half is all of the college and relationship drama. Now I didn't mind him struggling with college because that was naturally gonna happen. They planted the seeds for that in the last season. It's the relationship with Amber I grew tired of. Now Amber is better written this time around, the problem stems from the fact the writers were really stretching the whole "will they break up or stay together?!" Then there's the villains and their stories. Now we don't get too much of the Viltrumites but what we do get is good enough. The writers did a good job hyping up how evil they are and made us excited to see more of them. But then we have Angstrom Levy. There were moments where I completely forgot about him. The issue being despite being one of the main villains he doesn't appear very much. He appears in the first two episodes, disappears for awhile, makes appearances in episodes six and seven, but it was at the very end so those are basically cameos, and doesn't do anything until episode 8, the very last episode! I get there were other stories going on but they could at least shown us how he was preparing to fight Invincible. Then not only do we see him more often but then we get more hyped for his fight with Mark.

• Positives

Now to the good stuff. Starting with the bloody and gruesome action. Basically if you loved that stuff in season one then you won't be disappointed here. I especially appreciated it episodes 4-5 and 8. With four it made the fight on the planet Thraxa more badass. And with five the violent action made the Guardians of the Globe fight more intense and makes you feel bad when they get brutally kicked around or worse, killed. Then with episode eight, it added to Mark's struggles.

Then there's the animation. Once again the animation is great. While it can sometimes look off in some scenes, nine times out of ten it's great. I especially loved it in episode four, where we see where Omni-Man [Nolan] fly through space. Beautifully looking cinematography there.

The last thing I'll praise is the voice acting. The cast does it again. They were amazing, especially Steven Yeun, he has become the voice for Mark Grayson/Invincible. I mean it, he's become that just like the late Kevin Conroy is considered the voice to Batman or Peter Cullen is considered the voice to Optimus Prime. And as for J.K. Simmons, he again proves he's just as good at voice acting as he is to acting in live-action.

While the story was a bit rusty in some areas, season two was still an entertaining watch.

My final rating is, Great.

So yes, I can't wait for season three. Although let's hope it's not broken into two parts like this one was. That was still a stupid decision. But I digress. Due come back on Thursday, Feb 6th, for something special regrading the two True Grit films. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.