SummaryEric Kripke and Evan Goldberg's superhero series, based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson focuses on a group of vigilantes that include Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Female (Karen Fukuhara), and Frenchie (Tomer Capon).
SummaryEric Kripke and Evan Goldberg's superhero series, based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson focuses on a group of vigilantes that include Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Female (Karen Fukuhara), and Frenchie (Tomer Capon).
It felt like a show that was running out of ideas by the end of year three. One of the greatest TV surprises of 2024 is that the opposite is true. “The Boys” may finally be growing up.
Enjoying it a lot and feeling the actors are having a blast with it. Build up to the end feels like it's happening. Then I come on here and see how butt hurt people are about their political standing being mocked by the show. It's fun seeing who has been paying attention and who hasn't in the last seasons since the show has always made it obvious where it stands and the hate Homelander represents. Since the show progressed and Vaught has been hallowed out by Homelander, their hate is no longer subtle -it's center stage and bubbling over, in your face. Which is the point, Homelander can't lead effectively and all the best of his are gone. Vaught cant do politics effectively anymore andthey're pandering to the worst crowd. Bravo for getting these types so worked up
The Boys combines sledgehammer political commentary, thrilling and macabre action, and a cynical deconstruction of heroism. For all the underlying gloom, a gleeful irreverence is The Boys’ own superpower.
"The Boys," quite simply, is back like it never left. The two-year wait was worth it, the cast is still giving it everything they've got, and this show refuses to let up even for a second. It's still one of TV's wildest rides, and its superpower seems to be never losing that gift.
“The Boys” grapples with a certain pressure to fulfill those expectations for the faithful. In its totality, the eight-episode season largely manages to clear that bar (or should one prefer, limbo under it), including a few explosively funny (and not incidentally, grisly) visual gags.
We mostly watch The Boys for gnarly violence and otherwise graphic material. While the show still leans too hard on that aspect—there are so many floutings of taboo that it all begins to feel curiously banal—much of its excess is guiltily appreciated. One watches the series eagerly awaiting the next gruesome thing. Such anticipation goes a considerable distance in covering up season four’s erratic plotting. There are myriad story threads tangled together, longer arcs and shorter digressions that, in their abundance, try patience.
It takes real skill to take what is essentially the same story and disguise it as a fresh idea. That gambit has served The Boys well before, but Season 4 may be the weakest so far. Jagged stakes have been softened from season after season of repetition; the series has now been completely overwhelmed by its nihilist themes.
It never goes to th places it went to before, lot's of boring filler, suddenly a character is **** - why not make him **** from the start? Big reveals that everyone sees coming episodes before.
And it feels like the outlandish moments are just to shock rather than plot driven. I'm 6 eps in and not really clamouring to see ho it ends.
Talk about a series that went to crap. I broke my rule about not watching any series till it was complete with this one. I have that rule because I have seen enough series that start off great and completely fall apart and become complete trash to many times. everyone told me its great and a must see and the first two seasons were great, season 3 was ok and season 4 is just complete garbage and I'm done with it.
The Boys did a good job taking shots at both sides. not any more they ditched that and went hard left and now it just feels like far left propaganda. They ruined characters, They had Frenchie who was in love with Kimiko and spent 3 seasons trying to build a romantic relationship with her just all of a sudden become **** out of the blue.
Its just all over the place and it has gotten extremely stupid and unwatchable. I gave up after just two episodes it was that bad. Amazon cant repair this mess. I'll be canceling my prime and skipping season 5
Season 4 has devolved into not so subtle propaganda. The show always parodied beliefs and supporters on the political right. A few times they did ridicule the left but the ratio was certainly lopsided. However, they have now gone full lunatic left calling people who are pro-life ****, men bad..women good, white man is the cracker devil, leftist protestors good, conservative protestors stupid and bad, etc.. Vought News Network is essentially a parody of Fox News which is fine but of course there is no satire of CNN or MSNBC. At the end of one episode they even imply that BLM, Elizabeth Warren, and The Innocence Project are noble causes. Oh, you mean the mobs that took over cities across the U.S. and burned businesses and police stations, intimidated everyday citizens, and whose leaders stole all of the donations? Or how about Project Innocence where an attorney knowingly had a convicted killer set free by using sex and having another man who was already serving a life sentence take the fall for it and then defrauded taxpayers out of $8 million payout to the (not) innocent murderer who was set free.
There is plenty to mock on the left, yet The Boys chooses to ignore it and almost exclusively ridicules conservative or middle of the road positions. It is no longer funny or entertaining when it sadly has become just another indoctrination mechanism.