Ever since this gruesomely entertaining show ended its first season last April, fans have been pining for any sort of update on Steven Yeun’sInvincibleseason 2. They’ve gotten tidbits here and there, but no real concrete evidence from Amazon Prime that season 2 is underway. Until now.
Amazon Primeposted a video of Yeun, who voicesthe titular character Invincible/Mark Grayson, in a recording booth, indicating that they have begun recording lines for the show’s second season. However, in this teaser, they managed to keep (as well as satirize) the show’s tradition of cutting off someone before they say the word “Invincible” by displaying the show’s title card.
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“Wait a minute… that’s INVINCIBLE TITLE THEME BLARES ON SPEAKERS,” reads the caption for the Instagram teaser. The video itself starts with Yeun saying, “Can’t wait to make more-” beforeInvincible’s title cardappears on-screen with its soundtrack playing in the background. Yeun appears to not be on the same page as the production crew, as after the title card disappears he orders, “Cut me off there, or leave that, or leave this. Or leave this whole thing in there. Do this whole part, and then cut me off now! Now!… Now,” before ultimately getting crickets as the teaser ends.
Evidently, this teaser does not reveal a lot, like most teasers. However, what it did reveal is that the show will probably continue its tradition of cutting off characters who are about to say the name of the show before the show itself displays its title card. Considering that’s one of the most clever twists we’ve seen a show do when it introduces its title, it’s probably in their best interest not to fix what isn’t broken. Although it remains to be seen if they will include the pattern of adding more and more blood spatter to the title card as the season goes on.
No matter what direction they go in, one thing is for sure. The fans are absolutely ready forInvincible’s next chapter to begin. The brutally refreshing material this show brought to the superhero genre is what inspired fans to tune in every week. Unlikethose family-friendly Marvelmovies or even those dark DC movies,Invincibledoes not pull any punches with its audience when it comes to applying real-world consequences of being a superhero. And what’s even more exciting is that the show promised in its first season that what happened then was only the tip of the iceberg.
Now some may say that whatInvincibledoes as a show is nothing new since there is another brutal superhero show based on a graphic novel that’s also hostedon Amazon Prime titledThe Boys. WhileThe Boysalso brought fresh material to the superhero genre - and they did it first - what these shows are trying to say are vastly different from one another.The Boysis a show that basically explains why superheroes would suck if they were real.Invincibleon the other hand explains why living the life of a superhero would suck. The one commonality between these two shows is that their not-so-flattering portrayal of superheroes brings down a genre of entertainment that’s very much glorified by its fans.
