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Big Mouth Season 2 – Things Continue To Get Weird

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I caught up on season one of Netflix’s Big Mouth a few weeks ago and now that I have seen the first seven episodes of season two I can honestly say that you are getting more of what you got in season one, for better and for worse.

This animated show about children going through puberty gets weird in some of the best ways but also in some not so great ways. Season two continues to have some brilliant moments of relating the experience of growing up via crude animation and dick jokes. This season introduces some new elements and characters that continue to capture the adolescent experience.

The “Shame Wizard” in particular really captures that intense feeling of self-hatred one only experiences during their most formative years. Our personal shame wizard may not be voiced by the amazing David Thewlis, but we have all had one whisper in our ear from time to time. The show is really at the best in these moments where it not just being funny but truly trying to say something. There is a segment of a contraception reality show that depicts all of a females options for protected sex better than any health class video or PSA I have ever seen.

Unfortunately, for every spa disco about body positivity there is a decision that feels out of place if not outright wrong headed. The rules of the universe seem to be broken at the drop of a hat for the sake of a joke. It is never really explained who can see the puberty monsters at what times or if they can actually affect the world around them. This may seem small, but it’s important to know what on screen is actually affecting the story overall in order to establish stakes in the plot. Also their are some decisions made this season in regards to Coach Steve’s character that I found kind of upsetting.

Coach Steve has always been my least favorite part of the show. His character seems to only be there for so he can be the punchline of a bunch of “Look! Isn’t it funny this grown man doesn’t know what sex is?” jokes. The problem here is that they depict Coach Steve in such a way that he seems to be towing the line between developmentally delayed and developmentally disabled.

Put into this context, his scenes feel distinctly mean spirited in a “punching down” kind of way. Not to go too much into it, but this season goes the extra mile by having Coach Steve lose his virginity while still being disturbingly confused on the concept of sex. A character later jokes “I think whoever had sex with you committed a crime”. The joke here being that Coach Steve is so ignorant of sex and everything the act implies, that he can not truly give consent for the act of sex. The disturbing thing about this line of dialogue is that it doesn’t really come off as a joke but more just a statement of fact. So even the show seems to recognize this is weird and decides to play it off as a joke. I realize that comedy is about pushing boundaries but scenes like these just feels wrong and tonally inconsistent with the rest of the show.

In summary, Big Mouth still seems to be trying to find it’s voice in season two. I hope it finds it season three because this show has some real potential. With the right shift in focus, it could rise to the likes of South Park or BoJack Horseman. But it is not there yet.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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