March Climber
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Looks like an interesting setup with some plot threads and cameos that will lead into the final season of The Boys.
R.I.P. to actor Chance Perdomo (Andre in the show).
(The Boys) Gen V Season 2 Trailer
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Looks like an interesting setup with some plot threads and cameos that will lead into the final season of The Boys.
R.I.P. to actor Chance Perdomo (Andre in the show).
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
This looks great!
wipeout364
Member
I heard the first season was terrible is this still the general consensus?
Paasei
Member
To me both these shows are nothing more than gore entertainment. No holding back or pulling punches. It does that very well and I don't seek too much if anything besides that.
bitbydeath
Member
GenV is better than The Boys, IMO.
Its quality is more consistent across every episode where The Boys has a rough mix of highs and lows.
Rockondevil
Member
I was thinking about this earlier today and was wondering when it was releasing. What a nice little coincidence.
Not really necessary but doesn't hurt to have something for those that want more.
It's fine filler between The Boys. Has some nice gore and pretty good scenes.
Not really necessary but doesn't hurt to have something for those that want more.
Critical Hit
Member
If you love black girlbosses, then it's good. Last season of The Boys was terrible too, imho. Soldier Boy returns in the final season, so it has some potential to be less terrible.
DKehoe
Gold Member
I think people who watched it generally liked it.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
I remember enjoying it, but I can barely remember anything that happened. Hope they have a good recap.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
She wasn't a girl boss, tho. She spent most of the season with low self confidence. She made plenty of mistakes and got knocked around plenty. Unless you're talking about her tanking Homelander's heat vision in the finale
Critical Hit
Member
imho, she's not a good actress, so it didn't work for me.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Oh well. More Jaz for me, then!
March Climber
Member
It took place at a university full of supes, meant to train them and market them towards different parts of society so that they would be the next generation of 'The Seven' or in another job that would be Vought Adjacent. It had a secret experimental lab/prison where a brother of a main character escaped in the first episode, and everything started to unravel from there.
It also showcased the problems of randomly injecting kids with formula V which caused some of them to exhibit really bad side effects (or amplify them), like rage issues, schizophrenia, depression, suicidal tendencies, killing their own parents by accident, etc. (which was also showcased in The Boys: Diabolical animated show).
Thus, putting them all into one spot together with only two safeguards in place (and Homelander now behind the wheel of Vought), meant that everything was likely to erupt, crash, and burn at any moment anyway.
Anyone who watched the show knows that the girlboss comment was incorrect, as nearly every person in this show took losses, were betrayed, lost, self-harmed, or were taken advantage of. The one moment where they could have 'won' something, Homelander swooped in and essentially said
That's why he quickly backpedalled to 'She's not a good actress' because it's an opinion that can't be put into question.
Critical Hit
Member
I didn't, I commented "the most of the season" part.
March Climber
Member
This is also not true though. I don't even like this show as much but I at least want to call out what's true and what's not about it.
There are many other issues with it you can easily point out than the usual culture war topics, which would be near the very bottom of the list.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Nah it was pretty good. Better than the last couple seasons of The Boys.
SILKYSMOOTH30FPS
Member
There's no The Boys without Antony Starr. The first three seasons of the boys were amazing. The forth was dogshit, and only had a few good mements. Haven't watched this spinoff, and each time i see the zoomer actors, i don't feel like wasting my time.
bitbydeath
Member
GenV is better than season 3 and 4 of The Boys.
Season 3 was doing well until the finale, where it destroyed everything it was building towards.
SILKYSMOOTH30FPS
Member
I loved everything about season 3 so there's no way i am seeing it being inferior to genv that i hear a lot of negativity about.
March Climber
Member
To be fair, in today's world you can hear negativity about anything.
It's why most things are simply worth checking out yourself if you're a little bit curious, just to be sure.
bitbydeath
Member
Even when they teamed up with Homelander to double-cross Soldier Boy? That was ridiculous even for the shows standards.
GenV has a story that moves from beginning to end. The main criticisms come from having a younger cast.
SILKYSMOOTH30FPS
Member
I love the boys quite a lot, so when they released genv, i did check a bunch of clips on youtube to see if its worth watching, and i haven't seen a single one that is even decent. The original cast for the boys is awesome, and in genv, its just whatever.
I had no issues with them teaming up. The only thing i disliked about season 3 is that soldier boy went back to bed by the end, which kinda sucked because his character is almost as good as homelander's in my opinion. Would've liked seeing him in Season 4, and instead, it will filled with random ass characters that waste a bunch of screen time.
I hear they're doing a spinoff with soldier boy, and if that's the case, that is a show i am very interested in seeing.
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bitbydeath
Member
Soldier Boy showed up in GenV but it was very brief.
SILKYSMOOTH30FPS
Member
Wasn't this the case with homelander as well? Wish he just killed every single one of the genv's, and the show was all about him now.
Critical Hit
Member
The blonde girl who can shrink in size is great, everyone else is meh at best.
Yeah, and he should be in the final season afaik. But I doubt is would be as good as his appearance in s03.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
That would be incredibly boring. A show all about a crazy villain
SILKYSMOOTH30FPS
Member
How so? I consider him as the best character in any superhero movie. His craziness is what makes him interesting. Wouldn't mind him milk titties for the whole season
bitbydeath
Member
You should watch it first, the cast might surprise you.
SILKYSMOOTH30FPS
Member
Will watch the first episode. Zero expectations, but who knows.
My problem with Gen-V is that is shows that these kids are all running around with loaded weapons and they kill random people ALL THE TIME and it's only sometimes that they seem to give a shit. The amount of casual murder these kids commit is off the charts and it shows that the only real solution is to terminate all of them with extreme prejudice.
Except the shinking girl...she fine.
Except the shinking girl...she fine.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
You could say the same about The 7. They kill Innocents ALL THE TIME, too and really DO NOT give a shit. The lead girl (I forget the character name but she's played by Jaz Sinclair) actually wanted to save people... Instead of running in that first episode, like everyone else, she did just that.
Oh, I criticize The Boys writing team for the same stuff.
The main girl has this power that would presumably make her the single best trauma doctor ON THE PLANET as understanding and controlling blood flow is like 90% of that job. So why waste her time and talents on learning how to throw blood knives at people? This is a larger critique of the superhero genre in general, outside of some very specific examples like Hard Magic or Wild Cards, where powers lead more to occupational status than crime fighting. In stuff aimed at kids the crime fighting is obviously a draw, but for these adult superhero things it would be nice if they were more intelligently written to encompass ALL uses for these powers, not just "commit crime" and "i fight crime".