The Boys | Season Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- The Soup Gang reviews THE BOYS, the irreverent & satirical dark comedy from Amazon.
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It was funny seeing the deep tryna get with sea creatures and they kept dying haha
Also when he gets violated by that girl. He sure got what he deserved!
Danilego I had to look away!
The part where he got gill-raped almost made me puke. That scene was very uncomfortable.
Lord Vulcan I’ve only seen the first 2 episodes of the show and really hope this isn’t true lol
Enzo Cittadino i would suggest not reading comments, or watching spoiler reviews
This and chernobyl was the best tv this year. This was so refreshing especially being oversaturated with superhero stuff
No such thing as being oversaturated by superhero stuff.
I would add The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and Good Omens to that list. Yeah, 2019 has been a great year for TV (Game of Thrones not withstanding)
Netflix Dark Season 2!
The deeps subplot didn't really redeem him to me but it did mean that I understood him more. Furthermore, I don't think he deserved being assaulted himself as some sort of karmic justice. It would have been better if they got him to understand the effect of his actions through character development and gaining empathy for Starlight instead.
That being said, the deeps assault did show that other side of the superhero coin, that some people viewed lesser heros as freaks. It could be interesting to follow this bit closer next season, maybe by investigating the kids that were given the serum but didn't become heros or who didn't develop 'cool' powers.
I hope you guys put out your thoughts on Chernobyl, next.
I thought homelander looked like a mix of Jason Bateman and Bradley cooper. But the Chris pine comment is pretty accurate too
For me, I thought a mix of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chris Pine
My friend said he was mix of bateman and pine
For me he looks like Antony starr
Nah bradley cooper and will arnett
Go see Anthony Starr play the lead in Banshee
Not a fan of the Deep’s plot-line? I really enjoyed it in a manner of speaking, made me sympathise with a bag of shit
Imma be real, I loved the stuff with the deep. Him with the dolphin and lobster was hysterical.
The kid from the 6th sense has really let himself go.
Right? Although I've seen worse.
Philly B OMFG!! Was Mesmer that kid from 6th Sense?!? I thought he looked familiar!
@@LordKlektar yup.
@@LordKlektar He's basically playing himself in the show :P
@@LordKlektar He actually looks like he's lost a little bit of weight since his recurring character in Silicon Valley a season or two ago. He even had much longer hair then. But yeah he's looked this way for awhile, was even part of Kevin Smith's "Tusk".
Did you guys watch Dark on Netflix? You'd enjoy all the twists and turns. Love to hear you review that one. It's in German, but worth reading subtitles, I promise :)
A E that show is absolutely fantastic!
Damnit that show is awesome!
No mention that Anthony Starr is *Sheriff Lucas in **_Banshee._*
I mean, goddamn... You guys did watch _Banshee_ ? *You should go watch **_Banshee_** - like, right now!*
What the deep scenes weren’t that bad
The rape scene was gross
Fairly Literary it was supposed to be though.
Funny bc I think right after the deep gill scene was the Butcher vs Mesmer murder and that was the scene my dad and I couldnt handle lol
I thought the character development was good but the comic stuff was a bit silly at times. Talking to lobsters? Seriously?
I also found parts with Deep and A-Train, Queen May personally really good. These actually made them characters not just som "bad guys". Well they showed that even these bad sups are well humans.
Been waiting for the boys to review the boys! Dope show brah!
You guys should watch Banshee with Antony Starr it's absolutely fantastic. I think you guys would really like it.
i love how there‘s a spoilers discussion when you already discussed homelander going nuts and melting faces, bringing down planes and similar stuff😂
Best quote to sum up this series: *Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely*
I dont get the Deep hate, I thought he added a lot to the series
I don't think it was consensual between homelander and butcher's wife. No one consensually cheats on there spouse and then goes to a park and sits in silence for HOURS.
Yeah plus she looked fucked up when she stepped out of that office. I think homelander was just lying
@@alexarias5717 But thing is if it's legit he raped her, I'm not sure ultimately that paints her character too well overall. Because then she seems to so quickly completely cut her own husband entirely out of her life, without another word? Hell even plenty of the people in our society who are more pro-life, they agree with exceptions for rape. Not saying that she HAD to do that of course, but it would've been more than understandable. It's always a devastating concept, a married woman being assaulted by another guy but then never bothering to report it, but THIS was a mega-extreme kinda decision to pull. I could see Butcher being a mixture of mad and disappointed at her.
She was pregnant.
She didn't immediately go to the park. When you chest on your husband and find out you are pregnant with a superhero's baby.. I'd say yeah, you might go sit somewhere in silence for hours..
You dont say "no" to homelander. I doubt she wanted it but, like everyone else, shes scared of him.
That Giancarlo Esposito cameo has me hoping for more of him in future seasons. Dude is a beast at villains!
Since y’all love “Game of Thrones”, I recommend you watch “Yellowstone” on Paramount. It’s great. Family drama, cooperate maneuvering, uneasy alliances, etc. It’s Yee Haw Game of Thrones. Kevin Costner stars in it. It’s in the middle of its second season right now, so you guys can catch up quick!
Dragons?
Any wildlings?
You don’t get to pick your powers at least that not the impression I got, that’s why you had “Popclaw” who was a b/c level hero. They inject as many prospects as they can and groom the ones that will be most profitable
Yeah, obviously if they are given the powers as babies they're in no position to choose anyway - and if parents chose they'd all want the Superman powers. I mean, who would actually choose for their power to be talking to Lobsters?
I love how black noir the most good one and just doing his job and yes I read the comic and I know he different in the comic
Hes not that much different. He said nothing and did barely anything. When he found frenchy in that ally, i totally thought he was going to put his thumb in his ass lol.
I was waiting for Aaron’s “they were boys” 😢
This would have been great!!
Good soup 😊 The Boys is such a good show. It definitely has the potential to be one of the greats
Just an 8.5?
That's too low of a score to give such a ballsy show.
Change that vote to a 9 right now.
its an easy 10. name one flaw i dare you
@@Blackhawk211 Not enough screen time for Black Noir, hat's about the only thing potential flaw haha A tad too much screen time for The Deep and a tad too little for Noir.
And even then, I still say it was the perfect amount because he's like Boba Fett now and the moments he did see him were bad ass/funny as shit.
"Not you Noir, you've been great."
@@ericeast7860 there is a very specific reason for not seeing much noir.... you will see, you will see. Lets just say he is one of the biggest and most unexpected twists in recent history
@@Blackhawk211 Heard the writes weren't really going to follow the comics on that, read it in a comment on another vid
Finally ,y favourite new show in a long time especially considering it was a relatively unkwon cast bar Elizabeth Shue and Karl Urban.
Best line of the video..."that boy homelander, he was littlefingering." Dude that shit had me rolling. Love ya Reuben
The dialogue at 8:20 combined with the animation is comedic gold
20:37 When Starlight is talking to her mom her mom seems to indicate that there were no guarantees about what powers your child would have. Like she said, its just a _chance_ for greatness.
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Omg the picture with A -train & the needles in him 😂😆
Homelander was lex luthor and superman combined. They did a great job with that character.
I could be wrong but Homelander PLANNED to take that plane down before going up there, and Maeve knew it when they were in the cockpit and he made the plane un-flyable. It allowed him to control the narrative... that is instead of using “saving the passengers” to gain congressional support he ensured their deaths to induce FEAR of terrorism, which is far more persuasive in the argument for getting them the access they wanted.
This show of deadly ruthlessness was when Homelander really scared me.
As an actor who basically always plays villains/assholes, the bit about how difficult it is to play a villain well was really nice to hear.
I don't think the Deep is meant to be sympathetic at all. Eric Kripke said that the only reason there's any charm to the Deep is because he's played by a fantastic actor in Chace Crawford. I think that the writers intended his pathetic decline to be schadenfreude, because he's really the first villain we see act in an outright aggressively villainous way, and because he traumatized Starlight, the moral center of the show. You're supposed to laugh *at* him.
I was laughing. His little journey is hilarious. Though i dont know why he lets that chick finger fuck his gills? And i dont know why she would think he would find getting jabbed in his fish lungs erotic?
Eh... I'd agree we're mostly meant to be laughing at him, but only up to a point. I mean, the way that gill-rape scene was written, acted and shot made the whole thing seem just as disturbing as when he assaulted Starlight in the first episode (and I mean that even just ignoring the inherent body horror; a scene of a female sexually assaulting a male is normally played for laughs or at least not being as bad as the other way around - both those scenes would have still been disturbing if the genders were flipped). The Deep's been a pretty pathetic character (and that was entirely intentional) throughout the entire series - he's bullied by the rest of the Seven, he's well aware that his own superpowers are weak at best and downright useless at worst, he's actively forbidden to do anything that *he* wants to be able to do to actually help (and every time he tries, he fails pretty spectacularly), it's implied he's the most prone to objectification, and no one really hesitates to kick him out as soon as they're given an excuse to do so, and then once he is kicked out he's sent somewhere where he is essentially completely useless.
By the end of the series (after said gill-rape scene and certainly by the end of his breakdown), I don't think we're meant to still be thinking of it in terms of "oh he's just getting what he deserves" and more that what's happened to him is horrifying in its own right. In a way, they've already used his character to touch on satirising another aspect of the "celebrity culture" they've got going on with the Seven: that ordinary people feel as though they have some kind of ownership over them and don't really care about them or, in extreme cases, even see them as being real people with thoughts and feelings, and personally I think that's an angle I'd love for them to keep exploring and using his character to do that makes a lot of sense. It's difficult because the creators have also got to navigate the fact that if they give him a redemption arc of any kind, a significant portion of people will inevitably get up in arms that a character whose entire introduction essentially consisted of embodying one of the most red-button issues of the day will be being made too sympathetic and therefore will be sweeping said red-button issue under the carpet, but I do think he already stopped being someone the viewers should actively want to see bad things happen to. Full-on redemption/sympathy arc or not, I betting he's still going to be much more of a neutral character from here on out.
Kind of wish y'all had down an episode by episode review. I loved this show, it deserves even more hype than it's getting.
22:36, Aaron (edited cause I put Teddy originally in error) if you're talking about Black Noir, I think they are going to go in a different direction with him for the show, especially since when he fought The Female he got hurt and bled. Read the comics, I've only read Volume 1 but I am hooked
The aeroplene event and the Rebecca rape have been played out in such a way that makes it impossible for the Black Noir from the comic books to have the same story or indeed the same importance. In the comics his secrets are revelatory and explosive, but they have already been ruled out by the way the show has gone so far..
@@noneofyourbeeswax01 not necessarily. They could change thr arc, but it still might land in the same spot. The means to get there might be changing, but homelander is surely going to get out of control at some point and thats ultimately the point of black noir.
@@kreiyu Yeah I've had a rethink and while of course it can't play out the same they can get to a similar conclusion - and on further reflection something the boss woman said seems to be a big clue as to where they're going.. I'm still kinda sad that Homelander is pretty much what we see and he'll never have that moment when he realises he's acted out his life based on an horrific deception.
@@noneofyourbeeswax01 oh i hear you. He's definitely lost complexity and any hope of sympathy at the moment.
I did have a theory though. Homlander admited to sleeping with becka. But do we know that was homlander in that video billy saw? Hmm? Lol just a playfull thought, but i think it could make an interesting twist.
@@noneofyourbeeswax01 i found video that talks about this exact subject lol. The comment section is a decent place to toss around ideas of what they might do with black noir. th-cam.com/video/MVNKPD4_Bm4/w-d-xo.html
Nitpicking- A-Train would himself explode into pieces by running into stuff. This is an obvious plot hole. He is not impervious to harm. He had his leg completely broken in half. He seems to heal fast, but he can clearly be damaged. When he ran into Robin, it would’ve done the same to him that it did to her.
The hardest part about talking to people about the show, but who are unfamiliar with comic, is not just screaming what's up with Black Noir. He's just so damn important to the overall story of the comic. But seeing has how the show changed certain things, he may end up not so important.
The way the show has gone already means that we can't get the original Black Noir story. That seems odd to be, given how important it was.
The Deep was my favorite part of the show. Felt like a Jamie Lannister-type character. I guess you have to decide if sexual assault is more despicable/unforgivable than murdering little children. The stuff with him trying to save the sea creatures had my gf and I dying. And they very Ohio-specific humor is hilarious if you are from or know someone from there. We have Cedar Point, guys! So yeah, totally disagree that he was the worst part of the show. They could go some very interesting places with him.
I have a question about homelanders heat vision. I know the boys are trying to get an r rating out of the show, but wouldn’t homelander’s vision immediately cauterize the sliced body from bleeding?
Without going into spoilers Black noir isn't exactly the batman of the boys a character named tek knight is more of the batman character based on the comics and his little quirk is interesting to say the least
Given the aeroplane and the rape storylines it seems clear that they're not going to use the same storyline for Black Noir as the source material. Which is a shame because that is some deep shit. It's also rather curious considering it's really the basis for everything that happens - the killing of Robin is just our entry point in the story.
So they'd better have something pretty good up their sleeves for Noir - I shall be hugely disappointed if he is merely reduced to a running joke of the one who never talks.
@@noneofyourbeeswax01 theres still time for them to work in black noir s reveal i think. I think his purpose his still the same as in the comics, but hes just not been trying to speed it up by framing homelander for awefull shit. But i do agree that changing beckas rape and death changes things in a big way. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Is it me or does Homelander feel like Zack Morris?
When I saw the ads I genuinely thought it was Zack Morris.... sidenote... Zack Morris is traaaaassh
I thought it was him for a hot minute
It's bizarro Zack Morris!
Zack Morris is trash lol
This is the best season of a show that I've seen in a while, maybe the best first season ever. It's not very faithful to the source material, but I've understood and enjoyed most of the changes. I think season two is going to touch on more elements from the novels. Anthony Starr should get an Emmy. What he has brought to the role is astonishing. Perfect sociopath that makes you nervous when he's on the screen, but you always want him to be on it at the same time.
He's absolutely fantastic in banshee too!
how do yall at nerd soup not know that Mesmer is the kid from the 6th sense?
The Rock and K-pop bits absolutely killed me. Great stuff guys!
Thank you! This Hughie reminds me of Bill Hader.
Don't know if you know this but he's the son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan
The Deep were great wtf are you talking about, those scenes were hilarious
Antony Starr as Homelander reminds me more of Michael Fassbender--they can both smile charmingly and yet eyes remain empty and sinister.
How can you not love the Deep scenes though?
This was uploaded exactly 1 year before Season 2 comes out.
Comic is Dope and the show was a 10
Who knew Oliver knew so much about kpop
There’s a really brief mention that Teddy (Stillwell’s baby) was found blocks away on the news, and it was considered an unsolvable mystery of the case. It’s really blink and you might miss it.
I wish you would have touched on Huey’s performance. This actor was the d bag in Hunger Games 2 and is so likable in the Boys. I hope he gets more roles after this.
Homelander reminded me of a cross between Paul Rudd and Zach Morris
Why would the Teddi/Munki guy think Homelander's sex with Butcher's wife was consensual? What evidence other than the word of a psychopath do you have? Against the video of Rebecca coming out of the room dishevelled and distressed, then sitting on a park bench for hours before disappearing forever? You appear to assume some kind of relationship exists between them, but this is the first time Homelander has seen her since the rape. And her reaction upon seeing him was hardly one of delight, just as she was clearly in distress when Butcher last spoke with her and tried to find out what the problem was.
Lamp Lighter is without a doubt a green lantern clone too
Chris pine and Jason Batemans lovechild = homelander
The fact that Aaron says Voit even though he knows it’s Vought makes me think he does it on purpose to spite everyone.
the homelander actor anthony star he played a good role in a showtime show call "banshee" as a ex con turn sheriff is a good show about four seasons and this guy he sells everything he plays.
Go watch Banshee he Homelander is dope in that show on Cinamax really good
Agreed it is fantastic!
I highly recommend the comics. After watching the show, I read all the comics in a week. Trust me, you will not be disappointed.
Blew your mind didnt it? Lol.
I love Noir'a piano solo!
Starr is no Pine, you got to review little the series Banshee with Starr.. Brutal and awsome
wow. that kpop metaphor was a unexpected left turn.
I guess a lot of people complained because when I logged into Prime it automatically gave me a month long free trial
Lol Sanchez posters. They should make one showing the butt fumble
I love how you guys are getting better at the animations, it’s a small touch that adds a lot
Karl urban NEEDS to play wolverine
I was not expecting an actual production. Since GOT ended I was getting worried. No disrespect , I love the podcast....but I donate for the ANIMATION. jk good to have ya back. West world is coming yo
I was beginning to think you guys wouldn't talk about this. It would be awesome if you guys went over the episodes like you did GoT since they already got the green light for season 2
So glad you all brought up the disturbing industry surrounding K-pop 👏🏽👏🏻👏🏾
I kinda liked The Deep's side-plot. Its basically making fun of Aquaman. 😅
Just finished the series and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Glad you guys reviewed this show and I'm looking forward to season 2. Favorite scene is my boy Frenchie hanging on that rope without a doubt
So great to see the more animated style! Would love to see this stuff with the payoff of more waiting. Keep up the awesome work!
You can say that A-train turned Robin into NERD SOUP!!!
... ok I'll let myself out now
Definitely one of my favorite shows of the year
I just knocked out this show all this past weekend. I'm SO GLAD I went into it knowing as little as I did. I knew it was supposedly like a meta, subversive take on superheros, but that's all. Never saw a trailer or a clip, just a couple unofficial set photos and tons of praise. I didn't even know the heroes would be the BAD GUYS. I knew they wouldn't be perfect people, but not that our protagonists were regular dudes. My jaw was on the ground after the Robin obliteration. But I did know a s2 was coming, so expected a cliffhanger.
You're talking about similar actors, Huey felt to me like a mix of Adam Brody & Joshua Jackson. But I get Hader, too. By episode 7 when we still hadn't seen Black Noir's face, I either thought it was eventually going to be some major plot reveal (maybe someone else we already knew), or it was some joke itself, like "there's already one black guy who's got a story, the second one's just to fill the roster so who cares what he looks like".
I don't think Homelander took down the plane on purpose. It's a pretty consistent theme in the show/comicbook that humans aren't coordinated or disciplined enough for that kind of power (and the world is too fragile for it, too). His eye-lasers literally shoots where he is looking and I know my eyes are very quickly and easily distracted by shiny things and will briefly jump in whatever direction they want. Just think how many times a year you accidentally bump into someone, step on their feet or stumble and nearly fall. When superheroes to that they wreck shit.
The end left my jaw on the floor.
I am so glad you guys have decided to review The Boys!! The show kicks major ass I so love it!
The Race was on ESPN+ like the big UFC fights
9:00 I think that's the big thing about Homelander. I thin he possibly COULD have saved the entire plane if he actually exerted himself, but he's so fucking lazy that he didn't feel like it. We never see him actually putting in any effort, ever. Even in combat he just calmly walks around cutting people in half with his laser eyes, we've never seen him strain or use even a fraction of his full strength. He's like Joe DiMaggio, where he won't even make an attempt to catch a fly ball, unless it's a situation where he can make it look completely effortless.
You guys should watch the extra scene in the x-ray tab of Amazon Prime which shows Homelander as a youth in the lab being tutored. It shows his rise to sociopathy and his need for a mother dynamic. As Butcher would say, F'ing Diabolical.
Homelander is an interesting character in that when we are first presented to him he seems to be the one good upstanding guy who is extremely naive about what everyone else is doing.
We later find out that no only is he complicit in their crimes, he's the worst one of them all.
Just like the *actual* United States Government!
Homelander looks like Mark Paul Gosselar
Guys, there was nothing consensual about what happened to Becca. Remember, she had hidden away from him to raise her child. She'd even hid away from her husband. Nothing consensual about that situation...
The wizzer was by far the best super being on screen ever. They finally realized if you have super powers you don't have to look like you have muscles. Best done character yet. Followed by fish Mooney for scary and the daughters of the dragon. Loved the boys by the way.
The pregnancy was hidden from Both of them. That was the secret!
There is videos on youtube of summarisations of the volumes. I found a really good one by Dannymalt
Screw Kit. I love him, but Karl Urban would be a better Wolverine.
Kits already confirmed to be someone else in the MCU so his chances of being wolverine is practically 0
I also kept thinking that Karl Urban would make a GREAT Wolverine while watching The Boys!
No spoilers but oh man you guys are wrong on black noir.
These characters aren't manipulated in to being evil. Their powers reveal their desire for tyranny. All the world is not a victim.
I love that intro every time
Stillwater's and Homelander's relationship was def creepy. Mommy issue-vibes all over that.
Saying Homelander "reminds you of Chris Pine" just tells me you've never watched Banshee, and that's pretty embarrassing on your part.
A few years ago Antony Starr played one of the most ass kicking characters in the history of television. And I mean that completely literally...he would have kicked the shit out of any other character on television.
Such a fantastic show!
@@m.m4226 One of my fav things is if you go on the fan wiki, he's only known as "unnamed convict". But I guess you refer to him as Lucas Hood still.
I have a free trial right now after I placed an order through Amazon, did Prime for free shipping... just finished The Boys and watching Hunters now.
still waiting for that "it's a binary world, folks"
In complete agreement. The costumes are designed to be more silver age, and the fictional character backstories created by Vaught are all designed to be closer to Silver age comic hero backstories. The story however is postmodern blended with bronze and steel age comic books. It's more reminiscent of a mutants and masterminds campaign with is a house rule that real physics needs to be calculated in and the character complications in flaws have to be portrayed realistically.
I genuinely enjoyed the series, but as a fan of the comics i have to say that they missed a lot. Not just about content that they couldnt fit in, but about the characters, their personalities, the roles they fill, and the connection they all have with eachother. If you watched this and liked it, please read the comics. They are 10 times better.