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[Werewolf Jones]

Damn show is woke as fuck. Stormfront is trans what the FUCK? Can't believe Butcher said Black Lives Matter after he got introduced into the show. Show is complete garbage now. Ugh.

Nah just kidding shit is fire. A woman getting her head blown clean off her shoulders wouldn't happen in a woke show. Can't believe y'all were worried. About to start up episode 3.

 

[Cunth]

Am I the only one who skips most of the scenes that aren’t of the boys

 

[Manus]

Am I the only one who skips most of the scenes that aren’t of the boys

No way. Homelander is the best thing about the whole show.

 

[Cunth]

No way. Homelander is the best thing about the whole show.

Yeah his stuff is ok, but the fish man and the lesbian woman is skiparoo

 

[Manus]

Yeah his stuff is ok, but the fish man and the lesbian woman is skiparoo

Yeah the Deep stuff so far has been really strange. I only just finished episode 2.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Cunth is a normie who doesn't like character development.

 

[HoodWinked]

i dont know why i continue to watch this show its so fucking garbage.

 

[Cunth]

I just like the ultra violence

 

[fran.fernandez]

2 episodes in, season one was a lot better

 

[-Arcadia-]

That, um, explosive moment in the first episode.

I literally almost dropped my tablet. In disgust or shock, I’m not sure, lol.

I feel pretty positive about the first episode. Nothing big is happening, it’s more just the world of ‘The Boys’, for right now, but that’s fascinating enough to make for an entertaining episode.

 

[mortal]

lol I'm guessing Stormfront is named after the white supremacist message board?

I recall reading that about her character in the lead up to S2, but I wasn't so sure until her "fucking yellow bastard" line whew.

 

[888]

lol I'm guessing Stormfront is named after the white supremacist message board?

I recall reading that about her character in the lead up to S2, but I wasn't so sure until her "fucking yellow bastard" line whew.

Did you notice

Spoiler: Spoiler

She has only killed minorities so far, 4 black people for no reason

. Generally tho she is gonna be a good character that you love to hate.

 

[mortal]

Did you notice

Spoiler: Spoiler

She has only killed minorities so far, 4 black people for no reason

. Generally tho she is gonna be a good character that you love to hate.

Considering how reckless Homelander was, I just assumed she was another reckless and violent super human.
I'm not familiar with the comics so I just learned she's actually a gender swapped version of the Stormfront in the comics, but less overtly Nazi.

 

[HoodWinked]

Considering how reckless Homelander was, I just assumed she was another reckless and violent super human.
I'm not familiar with the comics so I just learned she's actually a gender swapped version of the Stormfront in the comics, but less overtly Nazi.

it's kind of hacky they gave her the white supremacist haircut, and gave her the american flag arm bands, they're getting ready to beat you over the head that America is racist and white supremacist. but i guess the writers may have just been forced into a corner cause having her have nazi symbols like the comic would look stupid as hell.

 

[-Arcadia-]

The gills in episode 2.

The absurdist humor is in pitch-perfect form.

 

[nkarafo]

I didn't think it was woke. It touches on a few woke issues but it's more

lol I'm guessing Stormfront is named after the white supremacist message board?

The name in in the comics too

 

[Pumpkin Seeds]

Yeah the Deep stuff so far has been really strange. I only just finished episode 2.

I was laughing pretty good at his gills singing to him.

 

[Cunth]

First 3 eps didn’t seem woke, but I can see it knocking at the door

 

[nkarafo]

First 3 eps didn’t seem woke, but I can see it knocking at the door

So far i felt the wokeness was treated as it should. The whole girl power thing being treated as a corporate PR (which it is), the "different able" hero also being for PR and having his whole career ended at the same time, how the strong, independent woman with the woke girl power message is also a hardcore nazi...

I don't think a woke person would be happy with all these.

 

[kingbean]

I didn't get any wokeness out of the show. Maybe I don't read into it like some people do.

I'm only half way into episode 1 of season 2 and I'm enjoying it so far.

 

[888]

I didn't get any wokeness out of the show. Maybe I don't read into it like some people do.

I'm only half way into episode 1 of season 2 and I'm enjoying it so far.

Yeah I feel the same. There were moments of it coming and then homelander and even stormfront smacked it down.

 

[JLMC469]

People in here are a bunch of pu*****

Everything is woke by Gaf’s standards.

Like it so far.

 

[Javthusiast]

People calling everything woke immediately is getting to same levels of sjws getting triggered by every little thing. No fucking middleground anymore.

 

[isual]

not woke fron what i saw. but theres a few more episodes for us to decide

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Just watched ha;f of season 1 and will watch the rest maybe tonight. Good show.

Only annoying thing so far is the PR person coming in every 20 minutes talking about ratings and demographic appeal. I can understand the show doing it to set up the satirical corporate setting in the first few episodes, but gets repetitive and annoying after a while.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Only watching for Erin Moriarty.

Never knew who she was until this show.

Got to say she might be among my top hottest actresses ever. The girl I always dreamed of getting.

Just needs a bit bigger tits. She's got small ones if you google her. lol

 

[Teslerum]

People calling everything woke immediately is getting to same levels of sjws getting triggered by every little thing. No fucking middleground anymore.

To be fair interviews prior to Season 2's release implied lots of wokeness. That's were the skepticism came from.

That hasn't come to pass and already quite a few people that were skeptical have said so.

 

[MrS]

Never knew who she was until this show.

Got to say she might be among my top hottest actresses ever. The girl I always dreamed of getting.

Just needs a bit bigger tits. She's got small ones if you google her. lol

She's a snack, no doubt about it.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Finished season 1. Liked it.

On the surface, this franchise seems weird. A satirical take on Superheroes, corporate greed, blood, probably 98% of the show is serious, cheesy costumes and hero names, but somehow it pulls it off.

On paper, it sounds like a disaster trying to blend in too much, but it works.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

She's a snack, no doubt about it.

Last episode of season 1 at that political party. Best ever. Had a hot 90s hair I like.

Good to see she's actually 25 years old as of season 1. She looks like a grade 12 student in the show. So I'm no cradle robber!

 

[-Arcadia-]

It’s definitely woke, and a part of that entire culture, but it’s 2020, and the entire film and TV industry is mind-virused.

You take what you can get, in terms of entertainment, if it’s not completely obnoxious. As far as woke goes, this is at least a lot more subtle for now, and is an entertaining show in a lot of other ways, as well as having some actual sensible social commentary (supers are basically celebrities; this world’s sick pop culture is essentially ours through a distorted mirror) that hits.

 

[Rickyiez]

Fuckin woke show and I can't wait for the rest of the episodes

 

[captainraincoat]

Have been reading through the comics and the storylines of the series vs the books are allover the place but appear to work quite well

Im pretty sure that they have stuck with

Spoiler: Spoiler from Comics

Black Noir is Homelanders clone and he was the one that raped butchers wife...Black Noir also Kills Homelander in the comics and butcher kills Black Noir

Be interesting to see what they adapt from the books as there is alot of fucked up shit

 

[Insane Metal]

I like it a lot so far, S01 seemed better but whatever. It's pretty good.

 

[SirKicksalot]

I'll keep watching for Homelander, Karl Urban and Stormfront, who did nothing wrong. I guess A-Train has potential too. Everything else was a waste of time, despite Deep's actor being really good.
Looks like it's a classic case of showrunners disappearing up their own asshole after being renewed for season 2. See Mr. Robot for another horrible example.

 

[Cunth]

everytime i look at the deep, all i see is thestradman from youtube

 

[RedVIper]

The show looked like it was going to be woke but it just denied it in the same episode.

Stormfront whole "who gives a shit if I'm a girl" thing and calling out the PR stunts is anything but woke.

 

[PhoenixTank]

Has the Butcher focused "what he was doing" mini movie/cut episode surfaced anywhere yet? I thought it was due before the main season. I swear I posted about it too, but that could have been a fever dream.

Edit: Somewhere around the middle of season 2.

 

[captainraincoat]

I'll keep watching for Homelander, Karl Urban and Stormfront, who did nothing wrong. I guess A-Train has potential too. Everything else was a waste of time, despite Deep's actor being really good.
Looks like it's a classic case of showrunners disappearing up their own asshole after being renewed for season 2. See Mr. Robot for another horrible example.

i had high hopes for season 2 and then they spent more time being stylish instead of telling a coherent story

 

[MasterCornholio]

Homelander never ceases to freak me out.

 

[DarkestHour]

Homelander never ceases to freak me out.

Dude is weird looking. Like something with his mouth. Looks like he is always chewing on tobacco.

 

[MasterCornholio]

Dude is weird looking. Like something with his mouth. Looks like he is always chewing on tobacco.

There was this part that really disturbed me and that's when he drinks the breast milk. He's got some serious issues

 

[xrnzaaas]

Am I the only one who skips most of the scenes that aren’t of the boys

In my case all of the scenes with The Deep make me roll my eyes. Not to mention I'm very much against

Spoiler

killing whales

in real life so his latest scene was pretty tough to watch.

Episodes 1 and 2 were pretty slow, the story finally picked up in episode 3.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Unless that Deep character picks up, he's dragging the show down. His dopey side side story is a distraction vs. the main plot and characters.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Homelander never ceases to freak me out.

Easily the weirdest character. No doubt selfish and evil most of the time. But sometimes tries to have a good heart. Although most of the over the top things he does could be argued he's just emotionless and ignorant as opposed to having a methodically evil intent.

 

[Ironbunny]

So far a good new season. Homelander is such a badass character that I'd happily just watch him doing hes missions and antics with Stormfront. Crazy that I didn't recognize the actor playing Homelander as Antony Starr from Banshee. Hes like a completely different actor here. Such an awesome casting choices with all the cast. The plot itself is nothing write home about but the execution of the show in all more then makes up it.

 

[Valonquar]

Fuck Amazon and thier one-episode-a-week releases. Just put it all up at once, this isn't 1995. That whale scene LMAO

 

[StreetsofBeige]

So far a good new season. Homelander is such a badass character that I'd happily just watch him doing hes missions and antics with Stormfront. Crazy that I didn't recognize the actor playing Homelander as Antony Starr from Banshee. Hes like a completely different actor here. Such an awesome casting choices with all the cast. The plot itself is nothing write home about but the execution of the show in all more then makes up it.

I'm assuming more plotlines are coming, but so far Deep, Black Noir and the Japanese mute are useless. They could get rid of them and still have a coherent plot.

(I didn't read the comics though, so maybe there are big plots coming involving them).

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Unless that Deep character picks up, he's dragging the show down. His dopey side side story is a distraction vs. the main plot and characters.

His whole character arc is that he's a fucking loser who is trying to crawl his way back to the top while also dunking on him for being Aquaman who was also shit on for years until DC made him BAMF in the last decade or so. There must be a point to the show focusing on him.

Easily the weirdest character. No doubt selfish and evil most of the time. But sometimes tries to have a good heart. Although most of the over the top things he does could be argued he's just emotionless and ignorant as opposed to having a methodically evil intent.

Pushing someone off a building isn't exactly an act that someone with a "good heart" would do. lol.

 

[Insane Metal]

Easily the weirdest character. No doubt selfish and evil most of the time. But sometimes tries to have a good heart. Although most of the over the top things he does could be argued he's just emotionless and ignorant as opposed to having a methodically evil intent.

?? He tries to have a good heart? When? WtF?