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Seanny One Ball 08-01-2019 01:08 AM

Okay so the show must be diverging slightly on some points just to keep it surprising for fans of the comic book yet to retain the theme for the fresh audience.

I can dig it and despite how fanboy I am about "my things" I am reaping the benefits of how well prepared this is without being so into the comic that the slightest change annoyed me.

Very glad I read the Wiki before the spoiler tag, now I'm kinda just waiting...

Fignuts 08-01-2019 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Seanny One Ball (Post 5274002)
Okay so the show must be diverging slightly on some points just to keep it surprising for fans of the comic book yet to retain the theme for the fresh audience.

I can dig it and despite how fanboy I am about "my things" I am reaping the benefits of how well prepared this is without being so into the comic that the slightest change annoyed me.

Very glad I read the Wiki before the spoiler tag, now I'm kinda just waiting...

Yeah, the thing is, while it does go well off the rails in a number of ways, I'm not bothered because they absolutely fucking nailed the characters. That's what's most important, imo. You can tell your own version of events as long as you capture what made the characters great in the source material.

That's why The Boys is awesome, and Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique is worthless garbage.

Damian Rey 2.0 08-01-2019 03:30 AM

This show was awesome. Finished it up today. So fucking good. Seanny is right, every time you think you're going in one direction, they make a hard turn in the opposite.

The zingers and comedy bits are great. Karl Urban is so damn good. Absolutely magnetic as Butcher.

The season finale really ramped it up. Wasn't expecting the ending at all. I'm excited for the next season. But it sucks we have to wait.

Seanny One Ball 08-01-2019 04:00 AM

Karl Urban brings gravitas to the whole thing before you've even seen it. Then he has the humility not to steal the show.
I think Elizabeth Shue just had the best role of her life.

Destor 08-01-2019 08:46 PM

104


Spicegirls. Lul to the Nth


This show needs to be careful. Im begining to think there will be no bad eps.

Damian Rey 2.0 08-02-2019 05:43 PM

Spoiler alert: there aren't.

Seanny is right. Starlight is everything Captain Marvel should've been as a character.

Seanny One Ball 08-02-2019 06:13 PM

There really aren't. I can't think of an episode that wasted any of its run time.

RP 08-13-2019 04:50 PM

I got Prime now so i might watch this soon.

GD 08-13-2019 06:10 PM

Thoroughly enjoyed the show. Karl Urban and the person who plays Homelander were amazing. Can't believe I had some sympathy for The Deep after the first episode. Quality stuff.

Tom Guycott 08-13-2019 11:36 PM

I'm super late to this party, but still glad I came all the same.

Tom Guycott 08-14-2019 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 5273949)
It has an ending and it’s an awesome twist, though developments in the show kind of contradict it.

BIG TIME SPOILER FROM THE COMIC
SPOILER: show
In the comic Homelander has no recollection of raping Becka because it was actually Black Noir. But here he doesn’t seem confused at all and seemingly did do it. Which begs the question what their plans are for Black Noir.

So far, seems like background comedy foil until some serious shit goes down. He did go all Snake-Eyes when he needed to, but then you have other shit like with the piano player.

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 5273997)
MORE BIG TIME COMIC SPOILERS SERIOUSLY BIGGEST PLOT TWIST OF THE ENTIRE SERIES HERE

SPOILER: show
Black Noir puts on Homelanders suit before he does it. He also takes a bunch of pictures of himself slaughtering an entire family, and eating their baby. As fucked up as the show is, the comic is really vile. Anyway the fact is, Black Noir is a stronger clone of Homelander whose entire purpose is to be a killswitch for Homelander if Vought American ever feels it's within their best interest to off him. Supposedly they used their experience of raising homelander to better control Noir. But they still didn't get it quite right because the guy obviously goes insane. Because his entire purpose of existance is to kill Homelander and it's looking like it's never going to happen. So he does a whole bunch of awful horrid shit while wearing homelander's costume to try and trigger Vought into giving him the order.

So the footage of Homelander entering the room with Becka makes sense because it could still be Noir. What doesn't make sense is the actual Homelander reacting like it was him. If it was Noir, he should be confused and have no recollection of the encounter. I dunno we'll see where they go with it.

Having not read the comic, I'm guessing:
SPOILER: show
that was the idea they were going for with the kid... raise him in secret with the "love" that Homelander never got in the lab, and hopefully he will be Plan B in another decade or so when or after John went off the rails, which the doc sounded like he was suspect of being an inevitability. Homelander was never supposed to find out about the baby until it was too late to stop him or at least not have any sort of formative influence in that kid's life. But now that he knows, we get wacky hi-jinx for additional seasons and the added bonus of significantly less baby eating.


You say Starlight is what Captain Marvel should have been; I say this is the douchebag Injustice Superman we deserved to get in the movies instead of wasting effort in edited mustaches.

Unrelated to anything mentioned in the thread: I wonder how many times Billy Zane is going to pop up? Also, he's another guy who doesn't age along with Karl Urban. Throw them in a Highlander reboot with Paul Rudd.

Fignuts 08-14-2019 01:12 AM

OH MY GOD THE PALM READING GUY WAS HALEY JOEL OSMENT IM SO FUCKING OLD KILL ME NOW

GD 08-14-2019 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 5277603)
OH MY GOD THE PALM READING GUY WAS HALEY JOEL OSMENT IM SO FUCKING OLD KILL ME NOW

Wouldn’t have know if I hadn’t seen “Sex Ed”.

Tom Guycott 08-14-2019 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 5277603)
OH MY GOD THE PALM READING GUY WAS HALEY JOEL OSMENT IM SO FUCKING OLD KILL ME NOW

I realized it was him pretty quick... no matter how much he ages, his eyes/nose area still looks like he's 8. It's weird.

Also of note on Billy Zane again... he plays himself.

And he plays himself in Zoolander...


Zoolander and The Boys share universes, and you can't tell me otherwise. If one of the Supes busts out the tiny cell phone next season, I told you so!

Also also, I like that this universe subtlety dropped that 9/11 never happened in it.

Fignuts 08-14-2019 04:35 AM

He seemed familiar but I couldn't place it. Wasnt an important enough character that I felt like looking it up.

Destor 08-14-2019 06:50 PM

I've him in other works so there was nothing to be shocked by.

Destor 08-14-2019 06:51 PM

For me.


Plus he does voice work for Sora so he was all over the place promoting that earlier this year

Tom Guycott 08-15-2019 11:31 PM

I had to watch it again. I mean that as complimentary as I possibly can.

Seanny One Ball 08-16-2019 12:26 PM

I firmly believe The Boys to be Elizabeth Shue's greatest performance.
That was inspired casting.

DrA 08-17-2019 06:26 AM

I heard that Jack Quaid is in this so I want to check it out at some point.

Seanny One Ball 08-17-2019 06:26 PM

You will not regret it

RP 08-24-2019 04:19 AM

Just finished episode 2. Elizabeth Shue still has it! All those 80's boner memories are coming back. The Karate Kid boners. The Adventure's of Babysitting. I think I once jacked off to her banging the Thor guy in that. Cocktail... hard to jackoff to because Tom Cruise is being all weird flipping bottles and smiling and shit. Leaving Las Vegas... who doesnt want to drink themselves to death with Elizabeth Shue riding your limp dick?

Jordan 08-24-2019 04:49 AM

Just started watching this, it's really good.

El Vaquero de Infierno 12-15-2019 07:27 AM

I'm four episodes into the series; I don't know why I held off from watching this show, as it is fantastic. Karl Urban, Elizbeth Shue and Erin Moriarty are owning it.

The Deep having a lover's quarrel with the dolphin in the back of a van was priceless.

Damian Rey 2.0 12-15-2019 11:35 AM

That scene with the dolphin was amazing.

And this series just further endeared me to Karl Urban.

Sixx 12-16-2019 09:36 AM

I thought Karl Urban was bad casting, but I only hear good things now. Huh.

Seanny One Ball 12-16-2019 10:11 AM

Karl Urban is never bad casting

Sixx 12-16-2019 10:19 AM

Shut your fucking face, Butcher looked way different in the comics.

Seanny One Ball 12-16-2019 10:38 AM

https://static3.cbrimages.com/wordpr...ured-Image.jpg

Way different...
They may as well have cast Tony Cox

Seanny One Ball 12-16-2019 10:40 AM

His forehead vein isn't even in the right place.

Sixx 12-16-2019 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Seanny One Ball (Post 5308627)
His forehead vein isn't even in the right place.

Right? that's my reason for not watching this show.

El Vaquero de Infierno 12-18-2019 01:16 PM

I've finished the first season; I want more you glorious fucks!

El Vaquero de Infierno 06-28-2020 02:01 PM

The new season starts on 4 September, with the first three episodes to be released that day, and then one episode a week until 9 October.

I'm ready you glorious fucks!

Seanny One Ball 06-28-2020 03:57 PM

Should be good.

New Umbrella Academy is out next month too.

Damian Rey 2.0 06-28-2020 06:36 PM

Boourns at releasing it weekly. Ah well.

El Vaquero de Infierno 07-08-2020 01:47 PM

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Fignuts 07-09-2020 01:16 AM

Stormfront looks....different

SPOILER: show
Hopefully she's still a Nazi.

Tom Guycott 07-09-2020 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 5356908)
Stormfront looks....different

SPOILER: show
Hopefully she's still a Nazi.

Normally, that's not something I'd cosign IRL. Especially in "these troubling times".

However, in the bounds of this show, I'm like "Why the fuck not?"

Bobholly138 07-25-2020 12:12 PM

Boys is the best comic based show since Constatine.

Seanny One Ball 07-25-2020 01:22 PM

I was swaying between it and The Umbrella Academy for my top comic book show. They are both outstanding so either way the viewers win.


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