The Boys on Amazon - spoiler thread

[Scout]

I’m starting this just to let people know that after four episodes...

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This show is ****ing amazing.

I’ll be back when I’m done.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Agreed.
The previews and trailers didn’t do it justice.

 

[outofplace]

I thought the trailers were good, but it's tough to depict just how bonkers things get. I tried explaining the dolphin scene to a few people I knew wouldn't watch the series and you just have to see it in context to fully appreciate it.

The show truly is diabolical, and I mean that the way Billy Butcher uses the term.

I finished Season 1 already and the ending is fittingly twisted.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Already been picked up for S2.

 

[outofplace]

I thought I saw something about that in an online headline, but I avoided opening it because I was trying to stay away from spoilers until I finished watching the first season. I'm certainly glad to hear it. It was an excellent ending for a first season, but it would have sucked as the final episode of a series.

 

[Scout]

This is a great compliment to the MCU. Marvel is just so damn good and good. The Boys is just good and twisted. This is 10x better than anything DC has done.

I wonder if he saw dead people while he was eating that sink?

I am already looking forward to season 2.

There has to be a way to kill Homelander, right?

 

[outofplace]

Are we considering this a thread for only spoilers for what has happened on the show, or is it fair game to post about the comic as well?

That said, they've already made at least one very big departure from the comic and a few others that are smaller, but significant.

Supposedly, the creators were only told they had to cut one scene because it was too much. In it, Homelander would have been standing atop the Vought building masturbating while saying over and over again, "I can do whatever the **** I want."

 

[Regan MacNeil]

I haven't read the comic, so as long as you don't mention something far off that hasn't happened yet, I don't really care.

 

[outofplace]

I started reading the comic from the beginning. I hadn't realized just how much they toned things down for the show.

Also, I understand why fans of the book were disappointed that we only saw Billy Butcher's dog in a flashback in Season 1. Happily, there is a report that he will get more screen time in the second season.

 

[heyabbott]

Watched all 8 episodes this weekend, excellent show. I'm too old to ever have heard of the comic book which the show is based on.
Watchmen on HBO begins in October, probably before Season 2 begins on The Boys. Similarly dark?

 

[outofplace]

The source material is dark, but doesn't go quite as far over the top as The Boys.

 

[outofplace]

Yes, The Boys Will Film the Comic's Infamous Herogasm Storyline

I never imagined they would even touch Herogasm. I just read it for the first time last week and I have no idea how you properly translate that to television.

 

[Pilot]

Just finished and I loved it. Laughed out loud on a plane both times Deep inadvertently killed, first his dolphin friend then his lobster.

I'm not sure why Annie gave Hughie even as much of a second chance as she did, ESPECIALLY after Butcher shot her twice when they met up. Maybe I missed a little something, but that seemed farfetched.

I've never been a comic book reader, but maybe I'll give it a shot here.

 

[outofplace]

Just finished and I loved it. Laughed out loud on a plane both times Deep inadvertently killed, first his dolphin friend then his lobster.

I'm not sure why Annie gave Hughie even as much of a second chance as she did, ESPECIALLY after Butcher shot her twice when they met up. Maybe I missed a little something, but that seemed farfetched.

I've never been a comic book reader, but maybe I'll give it a shot here.

It's worth a read if you like the show. It's amazing how much they toned things down for the show.

 

[OscarMadison]

You can't go wrong with anything by Garth Ennis. The Preacher collections are also worth a look.

 

[swingline]

Holy ****. Just watched the first episode. Hooked.

 

[swingline]

I like that people aren’t black and white on the show, they’re all shades of gray. Even Homelander, who is evil, has some depth to his character, some early trauma that has informed his present.

But Deep is just a dumbass.

 

[swingline]

Oh, and I had no idea Bones was British.

 

[OscarMadison]

I like that people aren’t black and white on the show, they’re all shades of gray. Even Homelander, who is evil, has some depth to his character, some early trauma that has informed his present.

But Deep is just a dumbass.

Deep's ONS in Ohio made me physically ill, but then so did his scene with Starlight. Frenchie and Komiko kept me engaged during that stretch when Billy Buitcher got less than watchable. This is an Ennis thing, though. The protagonists have some sort of falling out, people part ways, then they get back together when their common enemy seems to be getting the upper hand. (Preacher 3:16)

 

[mpcincal]

I just finished the series tonight. God, that was great viewing. And if it was toned down from the comic, as OOP says, then that comic must be certifiably bat**** insane.