The Boys (Amazon) C: Rogen, Goldberg, Kripke -- based on the comic -- S: Karl Urban -- premieres 7/26/19
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DVD Talk Legend
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I'm surprised it beat Jack Ryan just due to that being a more universal theme.
#177
Banned
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The baby scene was still the best by far.
Nobody has discussed the use of practical effects in the show which is amazing (and disgusting).
Nobody has discussed the use of practical effects in the show which is amazing (and disgusting).
#178
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#179
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So do we know, based on the last episode:
I guess we will find out a definitive in season 2 maybe?
Spoiler:
I guess we will find out a definitive in season 2 maybe?
#180
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
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I'm upto Episode 5 (trying to drag it out and savour it)
Best new show for a long time
Going to be hard to watch the arrowverse shows after this
Every performance is top notch
Best new show for a long time
Going to be hard to watch the arrowverse shows after this
Every performance is top notch
#184
DVD Talk Legend
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Neat seeing a lot of scenes filmed in my city.
So many damn shows and movies filmed here, I'm wearing out the pause/ rewind buttons when watching stuff to recognize the locations.
I chuckled when Giancarlo Esposito's character said he was taking a vacation to Belize. That couldn't have been a coincidence.
So many damn shows and movies filmed here, I'm wearing out the pause/ rewind buttons when watching stuff to recognize the locations.
I chuckled when Giancarlo Esposito's character said he was taking a vacation to Belize. That couldn't have been a coincidence.
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#186
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We don't know this. All we know is Homelander is such a sociopath, he is capable of anything, including extorting/forcing any woman to have sex with him.
#187
DVD Talk Gold Edition
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The menace is a tangible thing.
Kudos to the actor and his brilliant realization of the character.
Homelander is one of the scariest guys to hit the screen in a very long time.
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#189
DVD Talk Legend
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Homelander is truly terrifying. Even tho I really liked Banshee, I always thought Antony Starr was a rather mediocre actor. But holy shit, he is amazing in this.
#190
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
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just finished, great show and a great ending, show of the summer for sure....
#191
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I think he is terrifying because there is almost an expectation that is super heroes existed in the actual world, it is very likely some would be like Homelander. Scary indeed.
#192
DVD Talk Legend
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He is essentially a god that walks among man but with the unpredictable temperament of an alcoholic parent.
#193
DVD Talk Gold Edition
#194
Banned
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I read Mark Waid's Irredeemable so none of this is shocking to me. Homelander is mild in comparison to the lead character in that story.
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Re: The Boys (Amazon) C: Rogen, Goldberg, Kripke -- based on the comic -- S: Karl Urban -- premieres 7/26
Not only is this show brutal and graphic, but it’s also fun. The Boys, with The Female are these bunch of misfits who work so well together. Held greatly together by an as usual top notch Karl Urban. Using the baby as a weapon was so great. This show is such a refreshing take on a genre we all love. Such good, fun stuff.
#196
Banned
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In the comics, "The Seven" were an explicit analogue to the classic Justice League lineup.
Homelander = Superman
Queen Maeve = Wonder Woman
Black Noir = Batman
Lamplighter = Green Lantern
The Deep = Aquaman
A-Train = The Flash
Jack from Jupiter = Martian Manhunter
When the comics started, Lamplighter was dead and Starlight was brought in to replace him, though she's not really an explicit analogue to any major superhero. Transluscent (who is a character unique to the Amazon series) can sort of pass for a Martian Manhunter analogue, as invisibility is one Martian Manhunter's abilities.
Homelander = Superman
Queen Maeve = Wonder Woman
Black Noir = Batman
Lamplighter = Green Lantern
The Deep = Aquaman
A-Train = The Flash
Jack from Jupiter = Martian Manhunter
When the comics started, Lamplighter was dead and Starlight was brought in to replace him, though she's not really an explicit analogue to any major superhero. Transluscent (who is a character unique to the Amazon series) can sort of pass for a Martian Manhunter analogue, as invisibility is one Martian Manhunter's abilities.
#197
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The power that idiot Donald Trump has is scary. He could easily get away with rape, murder and worse
#198
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Everybody and their brother has done their version of "dark superheroes in the real world" (Alan Moore has done it at least three times), but this series is it's own thing, and a good thing at that.
#199
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Re: The Boys (Amazon) C: Rogen, Goldberg, Kripke -- based on the comic -- S: Karl Urban -- premieres 7/26
Honestly though, this is a pretty loose adaptation, and I may have said it before but it makes me like it a lot more. The comic was really really over the top and disgusting at times in a way that there's no way I could stomach in a live action show. This is way different than Irredeemable where from jump you know that the Superman analogue is evil and doesn't even try to hide it. It does make me curious how Millar's Jupiters Legacy will turn out.
I like that everything is going to be pinned on Butcher since he destroyed the house. Homelander basically toying with him made what happened even more insidious.
There are obviously different levels of supes but most have some level of super strength and invulnerability. But obviously not anywhere near that of Homelander. I'm really curious how they're going to do the flashback to Lamplighter and Mallory because it plays out in the comics in a way that it can't in the show.
How did Starlight know where to go in the last episode? Also why did she stay behind when it's pretty obvious she's going to be implicated? To save a life?
What's amazing to me is that to my recollection there are really only two "fights" between superheroes: the Female vs. Black Noir and the last episode.
I like that everything is going to be pinned on Butcher since he destroyed the house. Homelander basically toying with him made what happened even more insidious.
There are obviously different levels of supes but most have some level of super strength and invulnerability. But obviously not anywhere near that of Homelander. I'm really curious how they're going to do the flashback to Lamplighter and Mallory because it plays out in the comics in a way that it can't in the show.
How did Starlight know where to go in the last episode? Also why did she stay behind when it's pretty obvious she's going to be implicated? To save a life?
What's amazing to me is that to my recollection there are really only two "fights" between superheroes: the Female vs. Black Noir and the last episode.
#200
DVD Talk Gold Edition
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I'm not comic book guy, but I do know, in terms of what has been applied to the Silver Screen, The Boys has succeeded far better than anything in this sub-genre(?) I have seen.