This post includes spoilers for Season 3 of The Boys. I wasn’t familiar with The Boys before it first aired on Amazon. It’s based on a comic, because what isn’t these days, and to say it’s cynical is like saying BTS is popular. Accurate, but doesn’t really do it justice. The Boys is the world of superheroes seen through a jaded — and it must be said, realistic — lens, and as a result, it’s often incredibly nasty. Here’s an example from the funnier end of the nasty spectrum: normal guy Hughie is talking to his girlfriend out on the street, when suddenly she explodes in a shower of blood and flesh, leaving him holding her now dismembered hands. Superfast superhero A-train, high on a drug called Compound V, has run straight through her, disintegrating her as surely as if she’d stepped in front of his namesake. At the other end of the spectrum is something that happens in Episode 3 of Season 3, and it has me wondering if I’m willing to keep watching.
Excellent overview of the show's dark heart. The 'he's praying ' bit got me in the feels as well. I think the show's last 2 series were excellent, but I am struggling with the sharp increase in the gore & cruelty factor this season. No mean feat, considering its worst moments in Seasons 1 & 2 were already pretty hard to watch. Termite's snuff porno-sneeze-plosion may rank as the most 'What the fuck?' thing I 've ever seen on tv. & then the Deep's book is called 'Not Without My Dolphin' & I laugh so hard I forgive the show its worse transgressions. The plot is dragging a little bit imo this season which makes the gruesome bits harder to stomach, but I'm hoping we get some interesting payoff from the Black Noir/Homelander storylines. And yes, Antony Starr is amazing. To give it its due, I must say there isn't really anything else like it on tv atm.
Excellent overview of the show's dark heart. The 'he's praying ' bit got me in the feels as well. I think the show's last 2 series were excellent, but I am struggling with the sharp increase in the gore & cruelty factor this season. No mean feat, considering its worst moments in Seasons 1 & 2 were already pretty hard to watch. Termite's snuff porno-sneeze-plosion may rank as the most 'What the fuck?' thing I 've ever seen on tv. & then the Deep's book is called 'Not Without My Dolphin' & I laugh so hard I forgive the show its worse transgressions. The plot is dragging a little bit imo this season which makes the gruesome bits harder to stomach, but I'm hoping we get some interesting payoff from the Black Noir/Homelander storylines. And yes, Antony Starr is amazing. To give it its due, I must say there isn't really anything else like it on tv atm.