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22. "RE: Antony Starr is literally scary good in this"
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>I'm a huge Banshee fan from pretty much season 1 so I have
>always liked Starr but had NO idea his abilities extended this
>far. In a just world this should be a career/star-making
>performance for him.
>
>In fact, the entire cast is uniformly excellent in this. I
>read the comic in prep for this and absolutely hated it. It's
>chock-full of mean-spirited cynicism but devoid of any
>substance or useful commentary on pretty much anything. It's
>the kind of white male rage that I have absolutely zero
>tolerance for. Thankfully, the show takes the premise and
>molds it into something that, while not perfect, at least
>attempts to have something to say about power and celebrity
>and what it means to be a good human being much less a hero.
>
>It's gory and problematic no doubt but there's a humanity at
>work here that the comic never had and frankly Ennis, from
>what I've seen, is utterly incapable of.
>
>This is basically what I wanted from the film adaptation of
>Watchmen. It's faithful but not slavish and understands what
>the source material is ultimately getting at all and therefore
>ends up being vastly superior to the source material.
>Thankfully they have a great creative team involved in this
>instead of a Randian moron who can only ape but not interpret.
>
>
>I'm very much look forward to season 2.


I wanted to read the comics after binge watching the first season, but the less than stellar art style that I saw on various youtube reviews for the show turned me off. I also am a little disinterested after hearing some of the differences between the comics and the show from some Youtube comments as well. It seems as if the violence in the comics is there for shock values sake and I dunno how much of that I can stomach before getting too bored. The comics don't seem to have the nuance that the show has. I'm of the opinion that the show will be worthy of watching even if you have full knowledge of the comics since I have the feeling the show will diverge a ton from the original source.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

  

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The Boys (2019 Amazon Video) [View all] , Numba_33, Sat Aug-03-19 04:28 PM
 
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Antony Starr is literally scary good in this
Aug 03rd 2019
1
I enjoyed this and Umbrella Academy.
Aug 05th 2019
2
Oh fuck
Aug 13th 2019
17
      Absolutely skip the comic
Aug 19th 2019
24
3 eps in and I am loving it.
Aug 05th 2019
3
this was really well done.
Aug 05th 2019
4
This show succeeded where those Marvel Netflix show failed.
Aug 05th 2019
5
      agreed and its unfortunate.
Aug 05th 2019
7
      which is insane because Amazon's original programming is vastly superior
Aug 05th 2019
8
      I don't think that's true
Aug 06th 2019
10
      nah its got great word of mouth. it should be popular.
Aug 07th 2019
11
Really good show, great premise.
Aug 05th 2019
6
*spoilers****
Aug 06th 2019
9
damn this show is GOOD!!
Aug 07th 2019
12
Best show I've watched in a while
Aug 07th 2019
13
solid work, all around...
Aug 12th 2019
14
This show shouldn't be as good as it is.
Aug 13th 2019
15
which one lol
Aug 13th 2019
16
not a comic book person and can tell u i absolutely loved it
Aug 14th 2019
18
YES!....landing STUCK!!
Aug 14th 2019
19
Halfway through and I love it
Aug 15th 2019
20
I was in after episode 1
Aug 15th 2019
21
well shit...
Aug 19th 2019
23
For starters
Aug 19th 2019
25
      they film in Toronto and I couldn't stop seeing
Aug 20th 2019
26
I stopped halfway through Ep 1
Aug 21st 2019
27
i mean what else would happen if the flash ran into someone
Aug 21st 2019
28
There is more gore/violence
Aug 21st 2019
29
it sounds like you see this as some boondock saints type shit
Aug 21st 2019
30
      not at all
Aug 22nd 2019
31
           i haven't read the comics but my friends who have
Aug 22nd 2019
32
it was pretty fuckin great, cunts
Aug 22nd 2019
33
Out of curiosity
Dec 13th 2019
34
oddly enough i fell of Watchmen after the first 2
Dec 13th 2019
35
Interesting answer
Dec 13th 2019
36
      I watched all of Leftovers
Dec 14th 2019
38
Watchmen has a lot on its mind, The Boys has very little
Dec 13th 2019
37
^100% on-point
Dec 14th 2019
39
love them both but they are wildly different.
Dec 15th 2019
40

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