tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post250619306649085402..comments2024-03-28T23:03:57.917-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: The Boys: Season ThreeBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-86021764495951924752023-04-15T16:00:43.582-04:002023-04-15T16:00:43.582-04:00Billie, most of the time, I think that I am hate-w...Billie, most of the time, I think that I am hate-watching The Boys, but then something comes along that I like. For example, the musical number in the hospital. But so much of the show is terrible people doing hateful things to each other and avoiding consequences.paladinteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12332845034159632611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-80703213222632820832023-04-15T09:39:35.408-04:002023-04-15T09:39:35.408-04:00No worries, Josie.
Anonymous, I'm with you t...No worries, Josie. <br /><br />Anonymous, I'm with you that they never manage to sell Soldier Boy as being worse than Homelander (Stormfront was a better example of that), but I like how they illustrate that one's brand of badness sort of begets the other's. That said, I don't think Soldier Boy needs to be as evil or powerful as Homelander in order to be an effective antagonist; I think Stan Edgar is a better villain than both of them, but he's neither as cartoonishly evil or as powerful (in the show at least).<br />I think the Trump parallels are incidental and largely unnecessary since Homelander was already a Trump-class NPD case; there's no need to make him say or do Trump things for the comparison to be drawn. Doesn't really matter to me, since I take Homelander about as seriously as Raul Julia's Bison from the Street Fighter Movie; he's just a wacky, vain, evil guy. The most interesting thing about Homelander, to me, isn't that he's so powerful or threatening, it's that he's this walking time-bomb of unchecked neuroses and impotent rage. For all of his superpowers and low cunning, he's still so ridiculously insecure and limited.<br /><br />Onigirli, I do agree that the show is still very entertaining despite the flaws I've pointed out. <br />What's even more egregious to me than the ones saying it exceeds the source material are the ones touting it as the "best superhero series" or "best show on TV." Neither is accurate, in my opinion.Logan Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927158558530539708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-35453056065089074942023-04-14T16:49:43.505-04:002023-04-14T16:49:43.505-04:00I'm fond of this show because it's the onl...I'm fond of this show because it's the only clearly shitty show I can still feel compelled to watch as it airs. I don't know what that black magic is, but it's got it. Also I absolutely loved the season 2 poster for it with Homelander's extended jaw<br />But I'm surprised people use this show as example of adaptations that exceed the source material... I checked out the comic after watching the show and it is obscene and too much for me but Mr Cox already explained what's essentially respectable about it that the show lacks.<br />I want end-of-season-1 Homelander back. That guy was really coolOnigirlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070327483035350298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-1082397853185614632023-04-14T15:51:11.449-04:002023-04-14T15:51:11.449-04:00Good review, Logan! It’s refreshing to see a revie...Good review, Logan! It’s refreshing to see a review that isn’t heaping glowing praise on this show. I like it and all, but the the flaws in this season were too glaring to overlook. Here’s a couple of my own issues:<br />1. Not enough of Jensen Ackles and his magnificent voice. He’s only of prominent focus as Soldier Boy in episodes 6-8, which really stands out when you remember that Stormfront, a character far less interesting than Soldier Boy in my opinion, had prominent focus in almost every season 2 episode.<br />2. In the end, I feel the show utterly failed in portraying Soldier Boy as the greater evil compared to Homelander, even though Eric Kripke explicitly said before the season started that he was worse than Homelander. He’s a villain in his own right, don’t get me wrong, but he’s not Homelander-level, especially since the latter seemed to be at his absolute worst this season. When Soldier Boy casually threatens to roast the planet alive if he loses the public’s shallow love, then we’ll talk. It was for that reason that I was annoyed that most of the titular team (I’ll give MM a pass, of course) was adamantly against using him to kill Homelander even when it was basically their only option, especially since he’s Homelander’s kryptonite and has an exploitable weakness of his own whereas Homelander has none. <br />3. While I can appreciate what the show is going for, I was actually not a fan of the overt parallels between Homelander and Donald Trump. Mainly because basing Homelander’s lines and actions off of an imbecile diminishes his threat level and makes it hard to take him seriously, as is the case with most shows who use this type of overt comparison with their villains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-46287342829808636882023-04-14T14:19:02.711-04:002023-04-14T14:19:02.711-04:00Oh, the character! I get it now. I'm so sorry....Oh, the character! I get it now. I'm so sorry.<br /><br />Josie Kafkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-35080594711851374152023-04-14T10:24:17.553-04:002023-04-14T10:24:17.553-04:00Thanks, Billie.
I get watching this season purely...Thanks, Billie.<br /><br />I get watching this season purely for Jensen Ackles; that pretty much was the only real draw for me to come back and watch Season 3.<br /><br />Great performances aren't enough for me anymore, though. The show is just too damn cynical without much of a point. Its pros don't outweigh its cons, in my opinion. I try to make a habit of quitting shows when they get like this.Logan Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927158558530539708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-85741362860045894742023-04-14T09:36:51.995-04:002023-04-14T09:36:51.995-04:00Logan, thanks so much for this well-written review...Logan, thanks so much for this well-written review. I so agree with pretty much all of it.<br /><br />There's a lot that is really appealing about this show, and a lot that is truly revolting as well. I go back and forth. I started this season when it dropped, stopped almost immediately (you probably know where) and eventually went back and finished it, probably because of Jensen Ackles. <br /><br />I'm worried that I'm hate-watching. I don't like to hate-watch. Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-6608770670747644632023-04-14T07:24:53.904-04:002023-04-14T07:24:53.904-04:00I meant the character, not the actor. Soldier Boy ...I meant the character, not the actor. Soldier Boy is a literal Cap knockoff (super soldier from the WWII-Cold War era), but with more overtly stereotypical boomer tendencies in place of all-American heroics; Ackles described him as a "grandpa." He plays it very well.<br /><br />Thank you as always for the comment, though, Josie. Glad I'm not alone in feeling this way about it. The actors in this are so damn solid, I just wish they were in something better. It irritates me that shows like this are what's popular and successful, but something truly ambitious and meaningful like Westworld gets axed.Logan Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927158558530539708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-28952250264600461242023-04-14T01:14:32.317-04:002023-04-14T01:14:32.317-04:00I tried a few episodes of this show when it premie...I tried a few episodes of this show when it premiered and couldn't get into it. Your review--and the way you riff on the great Ebert quote--really helped me understand why it didn't work for me.<br /><br />That gift of Jensen, though, is lovely eye candy. (Although I think I'd call him Gen X rather than a boomer.)Josie Kafkanoreply@blogger.com