{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdont-encourage-us.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Famazon-original-series-invincible-lwGf5Tz2","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Invincible: Why Omni-Man's Logic Is Harder to Argue With Than You Think","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ed574ad1-a2e9-4817-b068-309fba6885cb/ecc504ea-b855-4e14-b453-85b00169f8fa/the_dont_encourage_us_show_youtube_thumbnail_2560_x_1440_px.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Invincible Season 1 looks like a superhero cartoon. It's not. We break down Robert Kirkman's Amazon series — how it uses DC analogs to set expectations it then destroys, why the ultraviolence serves the story instead of replacing it, and the moral problem at the center: Omni-Man's argument that humans are insects isn't wrong by his civilization's logic. The episode covers the show's multi-threaded structure, why it works more like a soap opera than a superhero show, the Robot clone body decision as a study in character complexity, Cecil as the most interesting government handler in the genre, and the production story behind how one Hollywood executive's relationships with Kirkman created Walking Dead, Outcast, and Invincible across three different networks. Plus: we pitch Cocaine Werewolf, which is exactly what it sounds like."}