Frito_Pendejo
Member
I wasn’t specifically referring to this show but meant in general as far as many shows are starting to go.
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The Boys: Season 2 Tackles White Supremacy, Systemic Racism
I wasn’t specifically referring to this show but meant in general as far as many shows are starting to go.
Werewolf Jones
Member
Oh so it's a white woman playing the new character? Damn. Either way Homelander does need to be reeled in ASAP otherwise this show would be trash, how would they even compete? (Outside of them doing things in the comics I ain't mentioning for spoiler reasons.) Them making his competition a woman is a little bit telling but it might be done well. Only time will tell and if it ends up like WestWorld I'll just bounce.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Covid was the best thing to happen to it becauase it's really messing traditional Hollywood up right now.
captainraincoat
Banned
Wouldn’t write it off just yet on the woke angle....it’s possible to have a good story and still have the white supremacy angle although history does tell us that when someone starts pushing the woke train along before something releases it’s usually gonna suck
I like the idea of a rogue black homelander type character to counter him as that’s probably the only way you could actually kill him
But I do hope they keep he dolphin rape and c4 enemas in the mix
I like the idea of a rogue black homelander type character to counter him as that’s probably the only way you could actually kill him
But I do hope they keep he dolphin rape and c4 enemas in the mix
Rean no Kiseki
Banned
captainraincoat
Banned
The parts from the comics are still in there but in a jumbled sort of way from memory so if it plays out in a similar sort of way I’m guessing
they are going to have black noir be the secret clone of homelander and instead of the angles of necrophilia and cannibalism it will be killing black people
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
It's all in the execution, we will see.
Texas Pride
Banned
Good thing Bezos has money to burn. What a waste.
Reptars Revenge
Member
The real news is no full season episode dump on the first day like the first season ugh
"Oh no people aren't excited to watch left wing propaganda preach and lecture about evil whitey, and evil capatalism and evil America and blah dee fucking blah."
It's always the same old shit with you people. "White supremacy" is not interesting anymore. It's boring and predictable
bitbydeath
Gold Member
Cast is still aces.
Imagine how much better Captain Marvel would have been if we got someone as charismatic as Starlight in the role.
Imagine how much better Captain Marvel would have been if we got someone as charismatic as Starlight in the role.
DunDunDunpachi
Banned
Isn't there a
so maybe that is what they refer to when mentioning nationalism.
Nazi version of the Homelander that they get tangled up with? His name is Stormfront
But Season One already had this and there's plenty of people in this thread who enjoyed that but are now angry at this news???
Armorian
Banned
Entire baltic region
Light eyes supremacists
Yep, I hope S2 will be good but it's 2020 now...
buizel
Banned
Yeah it kinda seemed all over the place.
I just remembered A Train ran fast through a girl because hes addicted to drugs? Did that story go anywhere? I know that was the original reason for main character to have a purpose to join 'the boys'. also that feral wild cannibal girl got turned into manic pixie girl pretty fast.
starlight is a much better character for the audience surrogate, but we barely saw any of her. did she turn into an evil whore yet? i should just read the wiki.
Season One ended on a cliffhanger after she confronts A-Train and he starts to have a heart attack.
funkygunther
Banned
And Picard was supposed to be about Trump and Brexit. It still turned out shit but the marketing was way off so I'll reserve judgement until the first or second episodes.
Did they enjoy that, or did they put up with it because their are other elements of the show they liked?
And this news is just signaling that what they liked will be lessened, and what they they rolled their eyes at before will just increase.
EverythingsOverrated
Member
It seems like damn near every new show over the last few years tries to integrate contemporary issues into their stories in a heavy handed on the nose way.
A few weeks ago my girlfriend was watching some new show, I forget which one, but they all have the same pseudo woke archetypes. Oh here comes the old white guy boss that's going to say something in appropriate about his attractive co worker. Oh cool, here's the gay person that hasn't come out yet. Sweet! Another almost fourth wall breaking reference to something from last months headlines!
A few weeks ago my girlfriend was watching some new show, I forget which one, but they all have the same pseudo woke archetypes. Oh here comes the old white guy boss that's going to say something in appropriate about his attractive co worker. Oh cool, here's the gay person that hasn't come out yet. Sweet! Another almost fourth wall breaking reference to something from last months headlines!
Armorian
Banned
I just finished Umbrella Academy (and I think it's great) and interestingly the most "evil" character there was black woman, they didn't get the memo
SidViscous
Member
Remember that Watchman series that tried this?
Neither does anyone else.
Neither does anyone else.
The fuckers that are the consumers of this shit have so little brain cells that they won't understand it if it's not ham fisted.
SurprisedPikachu
Member
And just like that I have lost all interest in ever watching the show.
The Boys: Season 2 Tackles White Supremacy, Systemic Racism
During The Boys' panel at Comic-Con@Home, showrunner Eric Kripke spoke Boys Season 2 and its commentary on real-world issues.www.cbr.com
It's a good show and people are just hyperbole-ing this.
Shai-Tan
Banned
yeah, it's kind of clumsy on every issue it touches because of how cartoonish and symbolic the characters are but it's still decent
FactoryOfDeception
Neo Member
What a bunch of offended babies in here. S1 was great I'm confident S2 will be as well.
GeorgPrime
Banned
Its the "Loser Patrol" xD
RadAndrew502
Member
Aww, all the snowflakes here got offended before they even watched it? Not surprising.
It was a damn good Season. Best part was when the literal Nazi bitch was getting stomped.
It was a damn good Season. Best part was when the literal Nazi bitch was getting stomped.
Davey Cakes
Member
If anything, Season 2 poked fun at woke culture and SJW bullshit. It wasn't even a significant part of the plot.
One of the characters is a
so some social commentary of this type was to be expected. We can't expect television shows to completely ignore the zeitgeist.
At this point, people are just looking for reasons to hate things.
One of the characters is a
literal Nazi
At this point, people are just looking for reasons to hate things.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Oh shit bro, welcome back!
Watched the 2nd season and glad to see I was right. Boring, predictable and stupid.
But hey, it had a Nazi and she name-dropped pewdiepie. Such amazing social commentary.
Have some standards.
Davey Cakes
Member
Glad? You revel in the idea of predicting that you won't like something? You enjoy fulfilling your own prophecies?
It's not a matter of standards. A lot of people find The Boys entertaining, flaws and all. Some consider it middling, others consider it excellent and one of the best shows on TV.
Not everything can be Breaking Bad or The Wire.
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Haribokart
Banned
Just finished season two, I thought it was as great as season one. Homelander is such an enjoyably evil cunt to watch! Hope the wait for season three isn't too long.
Kadayi
Banned
I thought it was ok, just a tad wallowing. They need to sort their power levels out though, because they're all over the shop with that stuff in terms of whose tougher than who I mean We saw Stormfront take being lasered by Homelander like it was nothing, yet his son (who should at best be half his strength) apparently was able to carve her up like nothing....
I'm up for more seasons, but I didn't care for the tidy reset everyone's off the hook ending either
Also Hughie... let's be honest that dudes a nebbish charisma vacuum, I buy him as Starlights love interest about a much as I bought Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim having a bunch of eager bitches chasing after him in Vs.The World. Not At All. I'm not saying they needed to cast some supermodel looking dude, but someone with some actual charm to them wouldn't have gone amiss.
I'm up for more seasons, but I didn't care for the tidy reset everyone's off the hook ending either
Also Hughie... let's be honest that dudes a nebbish charisma vacuum, I buy him as Starlights love interest about a much as I bought Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim having a bunch of eager bitches chasing after him in Vs.The World. Not At All. I'm not saying they needed to cast some supermodel looking dude, but someone with some actual charm to them wouldn't have gone amiss.
Reptars Revenge
Member
Its more of a nihilistic take where everyone is pretty much evil and they poke fun at both sides. For instance the problems with diversity for the sake of diversity haha.
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People can enjoy trash. Nothing wrong with that.
I just don't pretend the trash I like is profound or deep.
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Davey Cakes
Member
Fair enough!
Liljagare
Member
I enjoy the show, and your post..
Homelander is just such a perfect cunt, we all know he going to be allowed to go bonkers next season.
Stiflers Mom
Banned
I still enjoy the show, but acknowledge that the quality has gone down a good bit.
Everybody back to square one in the end is kind of lame.
Why did we even watch this season if nothing we have seen had any consequences.
Everybody back to square one in the end is kind of lame.
Why did we even watch this season if nothing we have seen had any consequences.
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oagboghi2
just hates anything that dares even joke about the precious right. Even though this entire season poked fun at everything he's here crying before and after about some "woke" propaganda. I'm sure he would've had no issue with all the jokes poked at SJW culture, forced Diversity, etc, but OMG, they joked about right wing stuff too???? This show is too woke SJW propaganda for his mighty taste and he beats his chest, proclaiming proudly that he called it, because he can't take a joke like the people he accuses of not being able to take a joke.
Davey Cakes
Member
The Boys themselves are kind of at square one, plus some character development. I don't think we can just ignore Homelander's son, though. He had his "Gohan moment" so that's going to be important later on.
bitbydeath
Gold Member
Yeah, I’ve finished it now too. It isn’t woke like this thread was alluding too.
Great season, Umbrella Academy has far better writing and intrigue but still a fun show.
Great season, Umbrella Academy has far better writing and intrigue but still a fun show.