The Boys - An Amazon Prime adaptation of the Ennis comic series

[Awilix]

Am I the only one who thinks the show could of earned the tiniest bit of my respect back if they had of just ended with Butcher getting shot, somewhat matching the ending of the boys comic. But no, we needed a "happily ever after" ending with Hughie getting the girl & his life getting back to normal.

 

[Zenos Yae Viator]

Exactly. That is how V1 Homelander should have been. Not this pathetic farce that was weaker than Homelander at Herogasm.

What the fuck was the V1 plotline even for? If he's not going to be ten times as strong (remember, that is Sage's exact description for V1 when compared to regular V) then Homelander getting the V1 is completely pointless.

the fact the plan was the same from when they had Soldier Boy on their side.. just hit him with the Radiation Beam, and it just works, is so baffling it really has to be studied.

Mind you, the plot of Homelander's might being overcome is the entire point of the whole series, and he's done in by something anyone could have cooked up at any time by studying what they did to Soldier boy, making all the tension of it moot.

and he's never even depicted as this world ending threat anyways, in terms of Marvel Scaling, Homelander would be a 2-10 ton range character.

Someone Spider-man could whoop.

 

[Tyronneasaurus Rex]

The Boys TV series isn't even a deconstruction of superheroes. That whole concept went right out the window by season 2.

On-the-nose political "commentary," endless pop culture references, modern slang ... It's one of the most "Current Year" shows ever made, and it's already aging like an avocado.

"OH MY GOD! THIS SHOW IS REGURGITATING MY POLITICAL BELIEFS AND IS DEPICTING MY VIOLENT REVENGE FANTASIES! OH MY GOD IT'S SO FUCKING REVOLUTIONARY! EVEN IF THERE'S 90 OTHER SHOWS WHERE THE WRITERS CIRCLEJERK EACH OTHER OVER HOW LEFTIST THEY ARE!"

- Some TDS-riddled faggot on X somewhere, likely Kripke.

 

[Samuel Fuller]

Am I the only one who thinks the show could have earned the tiniest bit of my respect back if they had of just ended with Butcher getting shot, somewhat matching the ending of the boys comic. But no, we needed a "happily ever after" ending with Hughie getting the girl & his life getting back to normal.

You are the only one, because it’s “could have” and “had have”

 

[Buckaroo]

Am I the only one who thinks the show could of earned the tiniest bit of my respect back if they had of just ended with Butcher getting shot, somewhat matching the ending of the boys comic. But no, we needed a "happily ever after" ending with Hughie getting the girl & his life getting back to normal.

I think the funeral scene for Butcher was worse than that. Annie, Kimiko, and MM all should have been beyond fed up with him after his plan.

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

The fact that the final battle caused even less damage than a battle from Season 3 is baffling.

Hell, you want scorched earth? Here's a guy who managed to do that by just yelling:

And he's not even a bad guy. He's just powering up so he can face a villain with regenerative powers. Yet he caused more damage in that 5-minute warm-up than Homelander did in his entire career, despite the fact that Homelander promised scorched earth to Butcher and even described to Starlight how he could easily decimate the United States if he wanted to, which was why she couldn't release the flight video, because he'd fucking end her world if she did.

the fact the plan was the same from when they had Soldier Boy on their side.. just hit him with the Radiation Beam, and it just works, is so baffling it really has to be studied.

Mind you, the plot of Homelander's might being overcome is the entire point of the whole series, and he's done in by something anyone could have cooked up at any time by studying what they did to Soldier boy, making all the tension of it moot.

Even with the V1, Homelander was so retardedly easy to kick the shit out of. Hell, remember Season 3, where a mid-tier supe like Queen Maeve could hurt him and make him bleed?

Get a couple dozen Starlighters, give them physical combat training, dope them up on Temp V, then lure Homelander to them. He'll be torn to pieces, V1 or not, and you can have an even bigger propaganda win by saying that the Starlighters took on Homelander at the peak of his powers and won. It's a more sure-fire victory than beating a man to death after he begs for his life.

and he's never even depicted as this world ending threat anyways, in terms of Marvel Scaling, Homelander would be a 2-10 ton range character.

Someone Spider-man could whoop.

More than half the playable cast of Marvel: Cosmic Invasion can rip Homelander into shreds in a 1v1 fight. Not just Spider-Man. I'm willing to wager that even Iron Man or Wolverine can kill him, much less Jean Grey or Storm.

Hell, if Homelander was in that game, he'd be one of the punks that Annihilus would take control of with a psychic control slug, and the heroes would have to beat the shit out of him to free him.