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Luke Cage Season 2 Review

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Marvels release schedule is like the WWE, there is no off season or off button either as they just keep hitting us with movies and TV shows left and right.

Not all have been winners but, the movies keep breaking records, smaller characters are getting TV shows on small networks (like Cloak and Dagger coming to Freeform) and the Netflix TV universe seems to get better and more expansive by the minute. That expansions next step is in the form of Luke Cage season 2.

Now, this season is a lot more complicated for Luke as we get to see more character development out of him. Instead of the steadfast always good guy we see the pressure of his new found fame, infamy, family (yep even more family issues for Carl),and even relationships start to place cracks in his seemingly unbreakable resolve. He has to deal with Mariah Dillard/ Stokes(who gets my vote as MVP of this season) still running around doing Mariah like things but,this time with Shades by her side as her right hand and her man.

It sounds weird but it was handled fantastically by the writers, actors and everyone else involved with the show as the showrunner said” We wanted to show mature sexuality but, not make it weird.” And Alfre Woodard brings that side of Mariah across on screen and she does an incredible job of it.The second villain of this season is Bushmaster who’s a Jamaican born gangster with incredible fighting skill, strength, and bullet resistance.He also,has an obsessive drive to take down Mariah Dillard/ Stokes,watch her empire burn and claim Harlem as his own because he believes it’s his birthright. He’s more than a formidable foe for Luke and Mariah alike.

Far less cartoony than Diamondback was in the latter half of the inaugural season of this series. The blaxploitation feel of the first season is gone too but, with numerous requests for “coffee” between characters and the emphasis on the soundtrack throughout this follow up season there’s still bits of that feeling floating around. Speaking of the soundtrack it’s better than ever with a far more varied selection this time around.

It starts off with the blues , veers into reggae (obviously, with Bushmaster playing a big part in the events of the season), and of course goes back to it’s hip hop roots. The music was integral for setting the tone the first time around and they continue that trend here. Pacing was a bit of an issue to me in the first season with the writers having to build the world of Harlem snDC introduce all the characters to the audience. This time they’re able to jump right in and tell the story they want and the show’s ability to get to the point and keep the viewer engaged benefits from this. The action is improved as Luke’s opposition (Bushmasterin particular)can take him on hand to hand but, still kind of lackluster as most guys still try to shoot a well known bulletproof man. You of course get your crossover appearances from across the Netflix Marvel shows and they all play as more than just throw away cameos for the sake of it. We even get our first real look at the legendary team up of Power Man and Iron Fist. I know they met in Defenders but, they venture off on their own and we get to see their friendship really begin to take shape in a meaningful way. It also serves as a bit of a way to redeem Iron Fist from his lackluster showing in his own first season of his series.

Overall, through the 13 episodes we get a massive amount of character development and backstory on various characters(with Luke and Mariah are especially affected by the events of this season). Improved villains, action sequences, and superior pacing make this season a vast upgrade from the initial showing and one to binge watch.

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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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