The Boys (Amazon Prime)

PlacidCasual · 12 Jun 2021 at 16:02

If he's as powerful as Homelander that would further bork any remaining shreds of the comics central plotline. I enjoy the show but it uses the comic as a wardrobe department and barely seems to be holding any of the central themes or plot devices of the comic. Admittedly the comic was not suitable for TV and needed heavy rework but they have ploughed many of the supporting elements of the overarching plot into the ground, I worry that without a sustaining overarching plot some of these shows come seriously unstuck and would prefer that not happen to The Boys

Uncle Petey · 12 Mar 2022 at 18:45

Season 3 June 3rd

Looks like we're getting a bit more in line with the comics

PlacidCasual · 12 Mar 2022 at 19:32

Uncle Petey said:
Looks like we're getting a bit more in line with the comics

I think the horse may have bolted on that one. Hard to see how you can get back to the slowly ratchetting Cold War of the comics from this. I loved the way the comic plot dripped in the details all leading to the final act. If that's what they're doing on this show it's passing me by.

Uncle Petey · 12 Mar 2022 at 19:32

PlacidCasual said:
I think the horse may have bolted on that one. Hard to see how you can get back to the slowly ratchetting Cold War of the comics from this. I loved the way the comic plot dripped in the details all leading to the final act. If that's what they're doing on this show it's passing me by.

I only really meant in terms of them getting V.

PlacidCasual · 12 Mar 2022 at 19:34

Yeah, sorry. Here's hoping they can find a bit of direction this season the premise deserves a build up to something special.

Uncle Petey · 12 Mar 2022 at 19:45

Agreed.
I'd also really like it to have been a fair bit closer to the source material, but I think they've managed to somehow retain the general essence, despite all the changes.

jonneymendoza · 12 Mar 2022 at 21:59

Nice trailer but revealed quite a lot!

Dave85 · 13 Mar 2022 at 14:29

Cannot wait for this as really enjoyed series 1 and 2 having known nothing about it before hand some of the scenes where pure insane.

kinetic747 · 13 Mar 2022 at 17:03

I feel almost lucky that I haven't read the comics. As pure entertainment, it's been fantastic so far. :cool:

CaptainRAVE · 13 Mar 2022 at 17:04

Really looking forward to this. One of my favourite tv series.

fez · 13 Mar 2022 at 17:06

Season 2 was weak compared to season 1 but hopefully this will be a cracker. Looks good. Can't wait to see butcher with powers.

Rifte · 14 Mar 2022 at 09:31

(Never read the comics so I have nothing to compare it to)

Really looking forward to this.

I am not sure what I think about Billy and the boys getting into Compound V, part of the thrill was their vulnerability to the supes.

However regardless this is a must watch.

The season 2 ending was fantastic, and the whole other tangent that Victoria Neuman could bring to Season 3 could make it brilliant TV.

C Kent · 14 Mar 2022 at 11:06

Looking forward to this, was never interested in the comic book. S2 was weaker than the 1st one for me but the trailer looks great.

IvanDobskey · 14 Mar 2022 at 21:19

Enjoyed season 1, but lost interest halfway through season 2.

One More Solo · 14 Mar 2022 at 21:58

IvanDobskey said:
Enjoyed season 1, but lost interest halfway through season 2.

I stuck with season 2 but it was always going to be hard to live up to season 1.

Kainz · 15 Mar 2022 at 08:28

I wonder if taking V means Butcher uses the C word more frequently….

SixTwoSix · 15 Mar 2022 at 09:15

IvanDobskey said:
Enjoyed season 1, but lost interest halfway through season 2.

Rested on the success of S1 too much without writing any real development on any characters, majority of it was empty filler.

IvanDobskey · 15 Mar 2022 at 11:29

SixTwoSix said:
Rested on the success of S1 too much without writing any real development on any characters, majority of it was empty filler.

I think if I hear good things about season 3, will go back and grind through season 2

I have a feeling they didn't really have anywhere left to go with it though.

SixTwoSix · 15 Mar 2022 at 12:07

IvanDobskey said:
I think if I hear good things about season 3, will go back and grind through season 2 I have a feeling they didn't really have anywhere left to go with it though.

Wrote themselves into a corner with the end of S1 and effectively took a huge swathe of story they could use from the comics out of action, very short sighted.

I genuinely feel S3 will get it back to what it's needs to be, I am ready to be disappointed though.

Glanza · 16 May 2022 at 21:05