The Boys

Lanx said:

why would that happen? lobster meat deteriorates the second it dies, man guess i have to rewatch.

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yeah, it was a gag. that's not how they do it in real life and anyone who cooks lobsters would know that. it was much more that deep just can't catch a break.

i also don't think it was a revenge fantasy against jocks. he's shown too much to be sympathetic. like i said before, he's not a GOOD guy, but he's not evil either. he's wrapped up in a world that operates on a COMPLETELY different level and it's tainted how he interacts with people. you kind of get the impression that when he tells starlight that he's basically number 2 around there, he wasn't lying. he BELIEVED he was number 2 because they carted him around on a platter. but behind the scenes everyone thinks he's a joke. when starlight calls him out on it later, there isn't a sense that she caught him lying, it was more that when she said everyone thought he was a joke, she gives enough proof that she might be right. honestly, outside of homelander dressing him down in that meeting, not a single other super interacts with him (other than starlight of course). they just... ignore him.

If you read some of the interviews with the showrunner, he also mentions they had debated about how to handle that scene and Starlight's reaction to it and eventually landed on how they presented it after all the Weinstein stuff came out. Honestly the whole "Superhero = Hollywood" thing was a good turn given how all the Vaugh Corporate shit was handled, so adding the "blow me to get this job" was exactly on theme.

yeah, from what i've seen/heard of the comics, i love the idea, but i also think it's just too over the top. the show has a sense of reality to it (for the most part).

starlight walking into a super bukake right out of the blue would just be too much. there'd be no reason for that kind of character to do anything but sit in a corner and cry.

Kiki said:

As long as they kill some of the supers (except starlight, she's hawt), that's fine. Mac can eat a dick.

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They better not ever kill Starlight. That sex scene where her eyes light up as she orgasms was straight up one of the hottest orgasms on screen.

Yeah Starlight is ridiculously attractive.

In the trailer there was ant man character jumping in to a bag, did I miss that scene?

Finished it and it’s a great show.

If superheroes really existed? I think it’s exactly how they would be. Homelander is a good character. His narcissistic sociopath behavior just makes him interesting. As character he is being built up extremely well.

I was never a big fan of Karl urban. But in this? He is solid. He says cunt every third word.

Season 2 please!!!!

Homsar said:

In the trailer there was ant man character jumping in to a bag, did I miss that scene?

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ep1 iirc. in the sex club. tiny guy runs and dives into a ladys crotch. I didnt rewatch the trailer to match. but, they probably edited two scenes to make the crotch dive sfw.

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He also played Caesar in that show, lol.

Sentagur said:

Im still fucking salty they canceled Almost Human!

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Ya, Almost Human was decent and had a lot of potential. Would have liked to have seen another season.

Cybsled said:

Ya, Almost Human was decent and had a lot of potential. Would have liked to have seen another season.

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They killed it with the procedural/episodic format. =-/ You can get away with procedural stuff for Law and Order franchises because the characters never change...But the whole premise of Almost Human was about the arcs of both characters as they dealt with the robotic shit. Having an episodic format for that should have been a crime, especially with an actor as good as Urban.

Loved the show, but god damn did the network fuck the dog given the premise.

Finished s1.

yeah, theres this "I want x from the comics" but, this is just going in its own directions, totally ignoring the comic story, and backgrounds. If you haven't read the comics go do so.
It should be noted, The Boys is a #72 issues comic run. (not including miniseries.) Compared to like say, The Umbrella Academy, which was like 12 issues,.

In general, don't expect clandestine secrets and the like. No deep conspiracies. The basic idea of The Boys is Corporate shortsightness, Amorality, and banal evil.
Its a story about incompetence, not shadow governments.

I think, despite the knife fight, Black noir is the same as the comic.

s2, will probably dive into the history. Nazi scientists, and Voughts attempts at trying to get super heroes into the military ever since. Super heroes as a product they are trying to sell, and keep offering new improved models, every few years..

They have got to have the scene of sending superheroes into war, as untrained civilians, that get themselves killed, or do more harm then good.

Regarding the choice you mentioned

Butchers wife, Becca... Fuck that bitch, she deserves to die gang banged by a bunch of monsters. How the fuck could she do a thing like that to her husband ?
Poor her, she struggled with it for 3 hours... fuck that, she thought about it for three hours and this was the choice she made ?
The most abhorrent and cunty solution of all ?
Not caring at all about her husband ?
Not even a ”Bye, sucker, I cheated on you ?” Arghhh

She is the real villain of the show.