During my recent burn-out phase, I ended up binging on all three current seasons of the television show The Boys to kind of refill my batteries. 24 episodes of superheroes being evil.
It was the first show I watched since finishing up Succession. I don't like The Boys comic but I actually liked the show a lot.
Anyone else watch it?
My favorite show
Great show!
Can’t wait for the next season.
It’s soooo good!
Though, the whole race baiting thing in season three was pretty annoying.
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Great show! Awesome that you binged three seasons! Hope it helps to relax a bit
That show was buckets of fun ngl
Anthony Starr is phenomenal in that show.
Yeah, I remembered him from Banshee ten years ago
No, didn't watch it. Hope all better at the burn-out front?
Yeah I think I caught 2 seasons. Does the series come to a conclusion or just stop abruptly?
I'd love to, but never got to it.🤔Thanks for the reminder, it always looked promising. Last "new" thing I binged through was Downton Abbey two years ago, absolutely off my usual scifi/fantasy/comedy picks. But I had a baby in the basket and basically just cried through the whole show.😂
It’s amazing!
Its a great premise, but the last season was a little too much...
If you like that check out Invincible on Amazon prime.
It’s animated but similar vibes. Very good
Havent seen it but I'll check it out. Mostly just been watching b level sci-fi lately. Mixed in with the occasional foundation or start trek episode as they come out.
Yes! I watched it and it was very watchable. Nice antidote to the Marvel hero worship thing. Good fun
I was done with it when I noticed they pushed near subliminal garbage like this.
Because, you see, violent nazis care about freedom, guns and god.
Spoiler alert.
For balance, keep in mind that the show’s direct AOC-equivalent is secretly a violent assassin.
But more broadly, that’s not the point. The Nazi character was an expert in messaging and social media, and was purposely wrapping Nazi ideology in a broader message that appealed to the political right; it wasn’t saying that those broader things are Nazi ideology.
I generally liked the show, but I felt like it got a bit messier in the later seasons, and the underlying meanings and messaging became more distorted in my opinion. There was a lot of grey area going on which made it hard to identify with characters, and overall I thought it lost some of its wit and edge. Still very enjoyable though and will definitely be watching again.
I thought the message was pretty clear. Violent supporters of a psychopath value these things.
I saw someone manipulating a crowd with social media but definitely not an Aoc-equivalent.
Spoiler alert.
Keep in mind that after Homelander outed Maeve’s sexuality, Vought Corporation purposely pushed all sorts of fake pride stuff. Their theme park was a pride/woke fest. Their media had unnecessary rainbows on all sorts of shit. They even had like Woke Cafe in the theme park or something with Woke in the name. The point is that it was all fake to appeal to a base for that character. The same was true for the right- the Nazi character was pushing her extreme ideology but with careful language to appeal to the right.
I view the main point being around the topic of misinformation. It’s easy to propagandize the masses, easy to spread false info and make echo chambers, and those expressing the information often have different goals than the ones absorbing it, unknown to the ones absorbing it.
I don’t think everything has to be seen through a political lens. I view it more through character development. A majority of screenwriters broadly as a profession lean left. A rated R violent kill fest is nowhere near the left end of the spectrum overall.
Thanks for taking the time giving me your perspective. (I'm kind of jealous of the innocence)
As a note, another comment or in my thread pointed out that one of the reasons they liked the show was due to the *lack* of “SJW” themes.
So one commentor thinks it’s too socially anti-right, and another commentator appreciates it because it didn’t go too socially left.
If we step outside of viewing all art through a political lens, I consider this to be signal.
It's one of my favorite shows from the past 5 years despite my Marvel fatigue. The satire of modern American culture keeps me coming back
I had so much Marvel fatigue. From Iron Man to Endgame I finished much of that big story, only missing a few standalone movies. I have a lot of criticisms but liked the core plot. I am not watching any more Marvel post-Endgame.
I prefer DC to Marvel but DC dropped the ball on their movie cinematic universe. They did, however, nail that animated universe that I grew up watching in the 1990s and 2000s, so I guess these things come in eras.
“The Boys” tv show scratches my superhero itch after the DC animated universe and random movies, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Makes sense I guess. Began with kids DC animation and the handful of good DC movies. Then went to Marvel movies with mixed results but overall into it. I aged out of what Marvel was doing mid way through but stuck with it to finish the plot. And now watching The Boys, an adult show, to scratch that same superhero itch.
You lasted longer than me lol, I was checked shortly after Age of Ultron--the peak was Winter Soldier for me. I've enjoyed some DC shows when I was younger though I've always preferred anime
Like this take +3000 and agree.
No love for Daredevil TV series? Felt a lot more like DC universe to me in its style/approach.
Feel the same. A lot of garbage coming out from Marvel, but here and there are some gems like the Spiderman/verse movies, GotG 3, etc.
DC's forte imo is their dark stuff: Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Joker, The Batman (surprised me positively), etc. That's where it's at for DC imo, and they should drop their dreams of a cinematic universe, which could pay off once Super Hero movie fatigue reaches critical mass.
Marvel fatigue is real.
I couldn't even be bothered to watch the last GotG, hav never seen a Spider Man or Ant Man or Cumberbatch Man.
Never heard of it.
Excellent tv show, but I think they are kinda lost on what to do next. Homelander is the most evil bastard ever, and I love the animosity between him and Butcher.
I liked season 1 but was meh on season 2
A woman that's neither psycho nor uptight. What gives?
The Boys is incredible. Herogasm is one of the best episodes of TV out there.
I've heard it's extreme, but am willing to give it a shot! Especially with your endorsement and the fact that I don't have to buy another subscription for it.
The comic is too extreme imo. It was shock value for the sake of shock value. I don’t like it.
The show was good, imo. Violent, gory, harsh, funny, but with emotional depth and great acting. A handful of scenes I don’t appreciate, but that’s true for any show.
The Boys show is to the Justice League as Game of Thrones is to the Lord of the Rings.
There are some Watchman vibes but with way more humor.
What was your take of Succession? I really liked it and thought the last season was reallu good. I haven't watch the boys but my friend has recommended it to me multiple times. Next time I'm in a funk I'll binge it.
I liked it overall (which is why I watched it, given how little tv I watch in the past decade) but felt it to be anti climactic and ultimately unsatisfying.
Maybe that is the point, but ultimately it limits its memorability.
This scene is all I’m gonna remember from the finale 
Yea the way they ended was not the best I can see why you might of ended up not satisfied with it. Its sad because I thought the last season was good but I agree with how they ended it being anti climatic. I guess Logan was right and there was no other way for it to end.
I have not watched it but the last series i have watched was Russian Doll on Netflix. Good 🤙
I stopped watching it immediately when it became obvious the main nerd character was going to use his growing feelings with that chick to manipulate her and then he would be torn between his feelings and his objective. I don’t know maybe that was episode four. I can’t stand formulaic TV. 🤙
was amazing, reminds me that ultra rich people think they are super.
The Boys is amazing. Such dark comedy.
The Boys are amazing! Watched all of it. Fantastic script. Very realistic if it would be real life, because of the insane marketing show.
Did you watch GoT?
Yeah. Great show. Dropped the ball on the ending due to 1) the author not having finished and 2) trying to rush it.
Game of Thrones is the only show I ever thought was too short.
Hey Lyn, have you seen the Bear on Hulu? 2 seasons so far with a 3rd supposedly on the way
It’s been on my list for a while… Need to go ahead and watch.
One of the best and less SJW-compliant shows out there these days. 🙏❤️
Loved the premise, thought ut was both hilarious and frightening
Hoping for another season
I was amazed each season was fascinating Kept thinking what else could happen
Watched it. Liked it. Loved Ted Lasso. He filled the cup. 😉
Love it so much and succession too!
It's sitting in my Jellyfin, just waiting to be played! I'm getting to that burn out phase, so this is a very timely recommendation! Thank you Lyn! 💜
Ready to go...
Nope. I'm not a fan of the marvel/super hero genre.
I didn't mind Heroes & this seems a little similar. Might give it a go later.
I've been enjoying "From" & just started S4 of Succession.
So good, so disturbing
Yes. It was quite dark IMO. Well done, but dark. Lyn, will your new book be available on Amazon anytime soon? Really looking forward to reading it!
Need to finish up season 3. Been stalling on it.
Yeah, fun show!
I think it’s a good example of how to create something appealing to a broad, modern audience without veering into the lazy, cynical token-based diversity casting and writing that is so prevalent these days.
Reading the replies do remind me of a few spots in later episodes where it didn’t *quite* hit that mark…
Perfect. Been looking for a good binge to try.
I loved it! Especially Stormfront. Didn’t see that coming when she appeared.
Just started it a couple days ago; so far so good. It's an interesting take on disillusionment. Starlight is me about when I turned 50😅
It’s great on so many levels.
Well
The last season delivered. It continues its satire of superheroes. Which for sure it would be like that in real life xD.
I was just remembering the scene from episode 4 of season 3. Here I leave a meme about it and that I posted here on Nostr:
https://nostr.band/note1c9shq0k3c9ekky83a0h27lms64zhh7ruf4sqj662sm7ykpjehh0sq20q6n
It's fantastic. Probably the best fictional treatment of modern culture
Yes, its great. Refreshingly raw and brutal.
