07-02-2022, 12:58 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Wow, this show is so good.
How do they keep going though, ultimately things have to get back to some sort of status quo. Homelander can't lose, the show would be a shadow of itself without him. But if he wins the show turns into some kind of Injustice: Gods Among Us storyline doesn't it?
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07-02-2022, 01:23 PM
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#242
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by photon
Wow, this show is so good.
How do they keep going though, ultimately things have to get back to some sort of status quo. Homelander can't lose, the show would be a shadow of itself without him. But if he wins the show turns into some kind of Injustice: Gods Among Us storyline doesn't it?
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I think there's room for a full season under some type of Homelander driven autocracy with the boys becoming truly underground.
Loved the way they did the stuff with Noir. What a fabulous change made from the comics. Such an interesting character without saying a word so far.
It looks like they are going to have to take our both Soldier Boy and Homelander somehow. And odds on Huey dying or becoming some sort of mutant monster thing?
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07-04-2022, 01:41 PM
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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The Noir stuff was excellent. Definitely makes you feel bad for him, even though he's a complete psycho. This season has just been excellent so far. Each episode is over an hour but goes by quick.
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07-05-2022, 03:40 PM
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#244
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I want more of The Boys as each episode goes by. What a great show.
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07-07-2022, 11:35 PM
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#245
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Nachodamus.
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Holy forking shirt balls what was this episode even!! I am absolutely gobsmacked.... Definitely gonna need a rewatch, my god...
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07-08-2022, 08:27 AM
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#246
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Gonna be a long day.. maybe I'll watch it during lunch.
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07-08-2022, 12:43 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Shanghai
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07-08-2022, 12:56 PM
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First Line Centre
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07-09-2022, 07:13 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Great season but kind of disappointed with the final episode. Homelander has felt really weak this season, it seems like all they need to do is catch him on a bad day and he could be defeated. I hated how the crowd cheered on HL after blowing the guy's head up, the core of the show has always been bombastic action mixed with brutal realism, no ones going to cheer on HL after someones head blew up 5 feet away and they have brains drippong on them.
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07-09-2022, 08:13 AM
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Ben
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: God's Country (aka Cape Breton Island)
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Great season but kind of disappointed with the final episode. Homelander has felt really weak this season, it seems like all they need to do is catch him on a bad day and he could be defeated. I hated how the crowd cheered on HL after blowing the guy's head up, the core of the show has always been bombastic action mixed with brutal realism, no ones going to cheer on HL after someones head blew up 5 feet away and they have brains drippong on them.
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07-09-2022, 09:13 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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The only problem i had with the Season 3 finale is that there hasn't been much or any progression for the major characters since the season 2 finale. If you cut out the entire 3rd season, the characters are in a similar position as they were at the end of season 2 with maybe a few differences. Almost like an alternate ending for season 2.
The show is still great though.
IMO to go to the next level storywise, they have to deal with Homelander. Problem is that Antony Starr does such an amazing job as Homelander, the show might not be the same without him.
Tough problem for the producers and writers to solve.
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07-09-2022, 09:59 AM
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Uncle Chester
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I was hoping Homelander would lose his powers and we'd see him trying to live amongst the great unwashed and deal with things like traffic, bad neighbors, dating, etc.
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07-09-2022, 04:18 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Just because Trump said he could shoot someone in the street doesn't mean it's true. Or can you think of any other examples of public figures brutally murdering people in public? The shows been great for being even-handed in the political commentary, so it was pretty disappointing to see it go full "orange man bad".
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07-09-2022, 07:46 PM
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#255
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Red Deer
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Just because Trump said he could shoot someone in the street doesn't mean it's true. Or can you think of any other examples of public figures brutally murdering people in public? The shows been great for being even-handed in the political commentary, so it was pretty disappointing to see it go full "orange man bad".
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I think if you got "orange man bad" from that scene you should expand your lens a bit.
What we're dealing with in The Boys is the current socio-cultural environment juxtaposed with humans harnessing the power of gods. Trump is a god within his own mind, but he's seen as some kind of perverted, patriotic, racial savior by a larger group of people than we'd care to admit.
However, even if we just took that iconic savior aspect here, you need to keep in mind that the extreme right is made up of the Kyle Rittenhouses and James Fields' of this world. I think it's awful naïve to think if a god-like being, dressed like Homelander and spouting the same #### descended from the heavens in Washington on January 6, 2021 and laser-eyed Nancy Pelosi, AOC, or even Mike Pence, a significant portion of them wouldn't have cheered. Hell, I fully believe if the mob had gotten their hands on any of those three (or countless others) we would have seen a live lynching.
Maybe they would be like the proverbial dog that actually catches the car, but it feels like the only difference between our universe and The Boys is Compound V.
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07-10-2022, 09:11 AM
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Ben
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: God's Country (aka Cape Breton Island)
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Just because Trump said he could shoot someone in the street doesn't mean it's true. Or can you think of any other examples of public figures brutally murdering people in public? The shows been great for being even-handed in the political commentary, so it was pretty disappointing to see it go full "orange man bad".
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I find it hard to believe that during a violent riot or protest that if one "team" shot one of "them" that it wouldn't be celebrated.
Look how popular George Zimmerman was, Kyle Rittenhouse, etc.
The mob on January 6th.
My point isn't "Orange Man Bad" this is "Us vs Them Mob Menality" and getting swept up in the hysteria.
It's how protests and celebrations spin out of control.
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07-11-2022, 03:01 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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My only complaint about the show, isn't really about the content, but the format in general. I remember when most series were 12-13 episodes, then they slowly started scaling back to the point most are 8 episodes. I understand there are budget and time commitments of personnel are likely a factor, but it feels like such a short ride now and you have to wait what feels like forever for another season. Part of the experience of following a series was to be invested over a fairly long time. At least with a feature length film, you usually get some closure at the end. With a series, you get cliff hangers and are left dangling.
I will say though that 8 quality episodes is better than 8 quality episodes and 4 filler episodes, which also used to happen quite a bit.
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07-11-2022, 03:48 PM
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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My only complaint about the show, isn't really about the content, but the format in general. I remember when most series were 12-13 episodes, then they slowly started scaling back to the point most are 8 episodes. I understand there are budget and time commitments of personnel are likely a factor, but it feels like such a short ride now and you have to wait what feels like forever for another season. Part of the experience of following a series was to be invested over a fairly long time. At least with a feature length film, you usually get some closure at the end. With a series, you get cliff hangers and are left dangling.
I will say though that 8 quality episodes is better than 8 quality episodes and 4 filler episodes, which also used to happen quite a bit.
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Each episode is about 1:04 long. In the past we would have gotten an hour long episode, but that would have included about 15-20 minutes of commercials.
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07-15-2022, 06:52 AM
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#259
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
I find it hard to believe that during a violent riot or protest that if one "team" shot one of "them" that it wouldn't be celebrated.
Look how popular George Zimmerman was, Kyle Rittenhouse, etc.
The mob on January 6th.
My point isn't "Orange Man Bad" this is "Us vs Them Mob Menality" and getting swept up in the hysteria.
It's how protests and celebrations spin out of control.
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Every example you listed as a bad protest was from the right wing. No sympathy for the billions of damage inflicted on poor, minority communities by the BLM protests? This "preaching to choir" stuff only works if your already in the choir, to me it looks like lazy, crappy writing that betrays the brutal realism they spent so much time establishing. Equating Trump to basically a living god, yeesh.
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07-15-2022, 07:55 AM
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#260
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Just finished the 3rd season. I think the funnest part was when Blue Hawk said he was attacked by antifa.
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