The Boys Episodes 1 Season 1
I’m getting tired of superhero stuff. Honestly, Avengers Endgame kinda ended it for me. It was fun, I liked it, but it kinda felt like the end of that round of stuff for me. So going into this I am not expecting much. That said, this is a take on the genre that is generally good. So far, at least. We shall see as things proceed. It’s cynical and superheroes, two things that tend to turn me off but the story and characters are interesting enough to keep me going. This episode seems to introduce the main characters Starbright seems to be the portal character. I use that term since I don’t know a better one, but by it I mean the character that the audience kind of enters the series through. She is the wide eyed and innocent character thrust into a world of self absorbed superheroes. Let’s be clear - none of this is new. Depicting superheroes as self centered and psychopathic is about as old as comic books. Or at least as old as the 80’s. And it’s been done better - mainly by Warren Ellis ...