It’s almost as if they’re looking at current events and satirising them!
It’s almost as if they’re looking at current events and satirising them!
I just finished Gen V and I think I preferred that, maybe I just found the characters more likable?
That’s the point of The Boys, though.
The 7 are about as despicable as humans beings get. Homelander is just a representation of the right-wing nutjobs that have infiltrated American political society. He’s everything that Trump embodies amongst his supporters.
The rest of the 7 are not good people; but there’s elements to them that shows they’ve been corrupted by the system which has turned them into the people they are.
Even the good guys aren’t “good”. They’ve all done pretty atrocious stuff and are just spiraling out of control.
I wouldn’t say there’s any “likeable” characters in the show, but that’s the point.
Simon Pegg was doing ok until recently
Its a very typical Garth Ennis story and characters, he also wrote Preacher and Hitman both full of ambiguous characters. He also had runs on Punisher and Hellblazer with two lead characters defined by their ‘good people doing bad things’ storylines.
It’s not unusual.
Bryan Cranston’s two biggest roles were playing unlikeable people.
For me The Boys suffers a bit coming right on the heels of Preacher.
Preacher was just so gloriously fun, it was a rollercoaster ride to hell and back and the other side of the apocalypse and was just a joyful fucked up adventure from start to finish.
The Boys is fantastic, clever and entertaining, but it doesn’t give me the same satisfaction as Preacher did.
He was pretty likeable in Malcolm in the middle.
Nope. Hal is a terrible person.
Me too.
Lizze Broadway and Asa Germann’s scene was some superb acting.
Severance season 2 release date confirmed for January 2025.
6 month wait… Looking forward to it though!
I feel like season 1 was almost 18 months ago?
I reckon it was longer. Maybe 2 and a half years back?
Oh wow really? Time to google
Edit: Feb 2022! Yikes
Just watched the Law & Order episode of Community again. Always makes me laugh. Top notch parody & homage.
As usual I’m absurdly late to the party, but just binging my way through The Bear S1 and fuck it’s giving me PTSD from my days as a professional chef… and that was 30 years ago!
Took note of the comments up thread about S3 not being so great, but I really enjoy a show where the episodes are only 30 minutes (see: Mr Inbetween).
I have given S3 so many chances but aside from the brilliant photography and acting, the plot and general story arcs are a firm a 2/10.
Due to kids on holidays, a new dog, work etc its taken us 4 nights to get through the last 2 eps (we completely skipped an ep also)… for a 10 episode season it feels like getting through 15 seasons of Neighbours.
I thought some of the critiques in here were being dramatic but ‘self indulgent’ has never been more appropriate.
So having just finished the season finale of The Boys, I’m torn between being happy with the ending, amd the fact there’s no way there can’t be a fifth season.
But given how the sesson panned out, it’s fitting that they lost, the future is unknown and somewhat dystopian.
Fifth season is on the way? Along with at least 1 more Gen V