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The Boys - Amazon Prime Original - (**Spoilers**) (No Comic Spoilers!)

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    #62
    scooby77
    Registered Users Posts: 394 ✭✭scooby77


    Myself and the wife finished this last night. Excellent show, a real breath of fresh air. We recommending it all round.


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    #63
    Drumpot
    Registered Users Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    Loving this show, god what an age of TV. Dark as f**k but equally funny.

    One character to a dolphin “ok if I touch it will you just **** up!” . That sounds but but it’s hilarious and actually makes this show even more enjoyable. It shouldn’t but it does!!


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    #64
    Sleepy
    Registered Users Posts: 24,150 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Got up to episode 6 last night. Don't tell me if it's a spoiler for the last two episodes and I'll put the theory in spoiler tags since I'm basing this on info revealed in episode 6 but:
    Does it seem likely to anyone else that Butcher's wife isn't dead but got pregnant when Homelander raped her and the "sitting for hours" was her response to a failed attempt to abort some kind of super-powered baby?


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    #65
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Finished this last night,an amazing show. Butcher was meant to have a dog too but the makers decided working with animals is too much hard work.
    Dark,gory,funny with liberal use of c*nt throughout.


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    #66
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Sleepy wrote: »
    Got up to episode 6 last night. Don't tell me if it's a spoiler for the last two episodes and I'll put the theory in spoiler tags since I'm basing this on info revealed in episode 6 but:
    Does it seem likely to anyone else that Butcher's wife isn't dead but got pregnant when Homelander raped her and the "sitting for hours" was her response to a failed attempt to abort some kind of super-powered baby?

    Yikes

    but given this show.. maybe

    (also up to ep 6)


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    #67
    Sleepy
    Registered Users Posts: 24,150 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Finished it last night. Delighted to see it's been renewed and filming was already underway this summer so Season 2 might not be as far away as you'd imagine.

    Have turned so many people on to this and everyone I know that's seen it has loved it!


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    #68
    Sleepy
    Registered Users Posts: 24,150 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Slydice wrote: »
    Yikes

    but given this show.. maybe

    (also up to ep 6)
    As a teenager I read the Preacher trades instead of paying attention in Irish class... as dark as my imagination can get, I know Garth Ennis's can get darker!


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    #69
    ilovesmybrick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭ilovesmybrick


    Cantona's Collars wrote: »
    Finished this last night,an amazing show. Butcher was meant to have a dog too but the makers decided working with animals is too much hard work.
    Dark,gory,funny with liberal use of c*nt throughout.

    They did slip a dog into the background of his flashback in episode four, and there's dog stuff left around his flat, which I thought was a nice touch.


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    #70
    youngblood
    Registered Users Posts: 1,768 ✭✭✭youngblood


    Didn't see that ending coming at all, love the short season, little or no filler, action, fun, development, repeat, it's the watch of the summer


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    #71
    EoinMcLovin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,893 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    ilovesmybrick wrote: »
    They did slip a dog into the background of his flashback in episode four, and there's dog stuff left around his flat, which I thought was a nice touch.


    The dog's name is Terror and one of the producers has said he will be in an episode next season


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    #72
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,144 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Think I'll binge the comics before next season. I read a good lot of them back when they first came out but hadn't gotten as far as the revelation at the end of this season (assuming that's even in the comics).

    Really hope they introduce the other superhero team that featured next season, The Deep name checked their leader at one stage this season
    Tech Knight
    , he had a particularly hilarious subplot from what I remember.


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    #73
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    1.7: Woah that was a lot! Think they've got a decent checkpoint here. Feels like I can take a break and brace for the finale.
    I think we're in for more flashbacks with Laila Robins and John Doman. They really fit in some roles and they definitely feel like the right fit here.
    They should totally have some senior authority positions in some kind of mission impossible / secret agent films
    The deep gills scene!
    :eek:
    I had to hold on to my ribs!
    :eek:
    Naqib! Well. There's season 2 right there! Looks like some really heavy powered stuff.
    Look at that imdb page:
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10858907/
    First ever role in any way in the business?
    :eek:
    but like, it also says it's:
    Actress (1 credit)
    I think that's just a typo. I'm guessing the imdb isn't complete.
    It'll probably be very complete after season 2!
    Sleepy wrote: »
    Got up to episode 6 last night. Don't tell me if it's a spoiler for the last two episodes and I'll put the theory in spoiler tags since I'm basing this on info revealed in episode 6 but:
    Does it seem likely to anyone else that Butcher's wife isn't dead but got pregnant when Homelander raped her and the "sitting for hours" was her response to a failed attempt to abort some kind of super-powered baby?
    Close
    :eek:
    I was reminded of Alien / Aliens Vs Predator 2
    I still don't know what Butcher knows. Like, he knows something and Mesmers reaction clearly shows it's enough for Butcher to kill for


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    #74
    sweetie
    Registered Users Posts: 9,791 ✭✭✭sweetie


    Mickeroo wrote:
    Think I'll binge the comics before next season. I read a good lot of them back when they first came out but hadn't gotten as far as the revelation at the end of this season (assuming that's even in the comics).

    Me too, they seem to be free with prime.


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    #75
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    :eek:

    ..

    Finished!
    I did not at any point see that coming. Well played!

    What a season! I'll definitely check out season 2 if there is one.

    1.8:
    Alright, let's see, really what's it leading to in season 2.
    I guess they are going to have A-Train spy for them.
    Homelander is gonna be busy fighting the Supers he created around the world.
    Giancarlo Esposito has got to return as Edgar .. still not accepting he didn't have some big plan in all of this.
    I can see Starlight and Kimiko team ups to take down some of the bad supers.

    Just.. just..
    I can't for the life of me imagine what Butcher is gonna do.


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    #76
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Shockin this is still on my mind!
    Slydice wrote: »
    Slydice wrote: »
    a pitcher of Guinness!
    Seriously yuck! and the speed of it like! eeeeewwwwee


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    #77
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Also still so hard to see the same guy there even at the end of the season!
    Slydice wrote: »
    CastorTroy wrote: »
    Only one I really knew was in this was Urban. Didn't realise Sheriff Hood was Homelander.
    No way? :eek:
    ( his wiki if anyone wants it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Starr )

    I didn't even see it!


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    #78
    Drumpot
    Registered Users Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    How much fun was that? Did not see that ending. Some really memorable moments with a dolphin and somebody using a baby in a way that was horrifyingly hilarious.

    Have to say I really thought homelandee wasn’t
    the sharpest
    but as it went on you could see that he was a
    cute f**ker and more intelligent then people were giving him credit
    . The way he
    killed or let people on plane die
    was quite savage but brilliant at showing what a
    psychotic
    super hero will do. Also loved how the show showed how he ended up like that. I actually felt a bit
    sorry for that character , little baby in a room and a blanket!

    Can’t wait for next season.


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    #79
    Heckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭Heckler


    My everyday use of cvnt, while generally high enough anyway due to the amount of them i meet, has gone through the roof. Thanks Butcher.


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    #80
    sweetie
    Registered Users Posts: 9,791 ✭✭✭sweetie


    Heckler wrote:
    My everyday use of cvnt, while generally high enough anyway due to the amount of them i meet, has gone through the roof. Thanks Butcher.

    What about twat? I loved Hughie's line about cvnts and twats.


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    #81
    Heckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭Heckler


    sweetie wrote: »
    What about twat? I loved Hughie's line about cvnts and twats.

    Yeah but you're a good cvnt.


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    #82
    2smiggy
    Registered Users Posts: 19,942 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    After watching it all, Homelander is some character !!


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    #83
    darced
    Registered Users Posts: 7,056 ✭✭✭darced


    This is the best thing I've watched in a long time.


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    #84
    Heckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭Heckler


    All done. Fantastic stuff. Butcher is my new hero. Props to Anthony Starr. Homelander is all sorts of a prick.


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    #85
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 13,984 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    Finished it last night, absolutely brilliant, so well acted, such likable characters some bastards that are brilliant too! Raging it’s only 8 episodes.


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    #86
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,574 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    I don't think I've ever watched another TV show where I've disliked and found the characters actions so frustrating but absolutely loved it and probably why I enjoyed watching it so much. Butcher sounded like he was just out of eastenders or something. To me it felt at times like they were poking fun at the whole superhero stuff. Can't wait for a second season!


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    #87
    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    Really enjoyed it and I'm not into much of the comicbook stuff

    Just clicked on it on Prime video yesterday bored out of my head.
    Finished it over the day/night


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    #88
    [Deleted User]
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    Really enjoying it so far, proper adult violence and humour.


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    #89
    Homelander
    Registered Users Posts: 4,348 ✭✭✭Homelander


    Really great show. Great job of adapting the comics, is kinda a bit different in parts but without shying away from the sort of spirit of the source material (was so disappointed with Preacher, it's fine and even sometimes good but leaves out all the controversial stuff in the comics).

    Queen Maeve is actually an Irish actress too which is cool. Amazon are good for knowing when to stop a good thing so I would be really hopeful it will get a few seasons and be wrapped up rather than dragged out unnecessarily or turn into a car crash.

    Anthony Starr is amazing as Homelander. Thought I would find it hard to seperate Lucas Hood from the role but he's really done it justice.


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    #90
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,869 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Enjoyed it but I also think it really suffered by not having The Boys
    superpowered themselves like in the comic, it would help to make them interesting (why the feck did they call MM Mothers Milk if they're not going to give him his arc from the comic? Thats just stupid.) In the books Butcher is so menacing and mysterious yet likable, but in this he's just a guy with a dodgy Eastenders accent.

    I also preferred in the comics that Compound V
    was just floating in the environment randomly effecting babies, not fully controlled by Vought.
    Again it would have made things more interesting.

    Another thing that annoyed me is that in such a short series they wasted a huge chunk of it in the dragged out
    kidnap/killing of Translucent
    , an incredibly boring and bland character who didn't deserve that screentime in any way whatsoever. The time could have been way better spent just showing The Boys day to day work like they did in the comics, messing with Teenage Kix etc, investigating etc.

    The worst thing about it I think would be the actor and character of Hughie, compared to the funny and sarcastic Wee Hughie from the comics we get yet another bland weedy nerd character that so many American tv series and writers seem to love, stuttering and bumbling along with nothing of interest to add at all. His scenes with Starlight were just wasting big chunks of the episodes all over the place. I absolutely despise this type of character especially when they give it a love interest to stutter at and be all "cute" with in a way we've seen 1000X before, it must have its own TVtropes page at this stage.

    I did enjoy the series and devoured it in a couple of days but with what Ive listed above and a lot of niggles its definitely a wasted opportunity. Anthony Starr was sublime as Homelander though.


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    #91
    Drumpot
    Registered Users Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    Thargor wrote: »
    Enjoyed it but I also think it really suffered by not having The Boys
    superpowered themselves like in the comic, it would help to make them interesting (why the feck did they call MM Mothers Milk if they're not going to give him his arc from the comic? Thats just stupid.) In the books Butcher is so menacing and mysterious yet likable, but in this he's just a guy with a dodgy Eastenders accent.

    I also preferred in the comics that Compound V
    was just floating in the environment randomly effecting babies, not fully controlled by Vought.
    Again it would have made things more interesting.

    Another thing that annoyed me is that in such a short series they wasted a huge chunk of it in the dragged out
    kidnap/killing of Translucent
    , an incredibly boring and bland character who didn't deserve that screentime in any way whatsoever. The time could have been way better spent just showing The Boys day to day work like they did in the comics, messing with Teenage Kix etc, investigating etc.

    The worst thing about it I think would be the actor and character of Hughie, compared to the funny and sarcastic Wee Hughie from the comics we get yet another bland weedy nerd character that so many American tv series and writers seem to love, stuttering and bumbling along with nothing of interest to add at all. His scenes with Starlight were just wasting big chunks of the episodes all over the place. I absolutely despise this type of character especially when they give it a love interest to stutter at and be all "cute" with in a way we've seen 1000X before, it must have its own TVtropes page at this stage.

    I did enjoy the series and devoured it in a couple of days but with what Ive listed above and a lot of niggles its definitely a wasted opportunity. Anthony Starr was sublime as Homelander though.

    You may be correct on all that but I think this shows why fans of comics/books can sometimes be disappointed with what they get on screen due to expectations. That’s not an insult, I’m delighted I knew nothing about this show before I saw it because I have none of the negative sentiments that you have shared. Lucky me, I loved this show


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