Television The Boys: Season 3 (Amazon Prime, 03 June 2022) - Official Trailer

[Brick]

They needed it to look like an accident, without any sort of investigation. Sure Homelander could maybe have done that, but he's busy, so fuck it, send the fish fucker. 

[Greatoneshere]

4 hours ago, Brick said:

They needed it to look like an accident, without any sort of investigation. Sure Homelander could maybe have done that, but he's busy, so fuck it, send the fish fucker. 

 

Octopus aren't fishes, they're mollusks, clearly you aren't learning anything from the Deep! Dude is pro fighting climate change!  

[Greatoneshere]

5 hours ago, Kal-El814 said:

 

The Deep is a note note punching bag; he fucks fish. It wasn't super funny to begin with and it's been been beaten into the ground over three seasons.

 

Him murdering the VP is silly because Homelander could do have done that himself without The Deep having to take Amtrak from NYC to DC.

 

Currently he's fucking mollusks, perhaps he'll move on to fish? Just don't punch him in the gills. He also ate Timothy! I dunno, I'm always laughing.  Then again, I like the Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg produced series Invincible and Preacher, and while I agree you never go full Garth Ennis, I like his aggressive take on typical tropes. 

[skillzdadirecta]

On 7/9/2022 at 8:06 PM, Dre801 said:

Maeve put up a good fight.  Homelander is lucky to have the power advantage over. . .well everyone.

You can see her training paid off. She definitely had him on the ropes. He probably would have killed her, but she would have left her mark. In the comics, the Seven are the most powerful supes in the world... the only one coming close to them powerwise is Stormfront, who is a similar to the show but male.

[ort]

I blew through all 3 seasons in like a week and a half.

 

Season 1 was more fun than I remember it being... I remember it being more bleak. It's too goofy to really be bleak.

 

I thought season 2 was much more sloppy and all over the place. It picked up by the end, but it was really spinning it's wheels for the first half. The storytelling felt sloppy. It was the only time during the show when I ever felt lost or confused about what was happening and why.

 

Season 3 was very strong though. Best season for sure.

 

I know it has been renewed for season 4, but how long do we expect this show to go on? I feel like they have one or two seasons left to tell this story without really mixing up the formula.

 

I know this is pretty different from the comics, but how much more is there to go in the comics?

[ort]

Watching this also made me really want season 2 of Invincible... which apparently isn't coming any time soon. Booooo....

[Greatoneshere]

1 hour ago, ort said:

I know it has been renewed for season 4, but how long do we expect this show to go on? I feel like they have one or two seasons left to tell this story without really mixing up the formula.

 

The show is considerably different enough at this point to the comics that using the comic run as a barometer isn't too helpful. I'm not sure how many more seasons of the main show they've got in them, but there's already an animated spin-off show out called The Boys: Diabolical which is already getting a second season and another spin-off show of supes in college called The Boys: Varsity is also coming out, so The Boys train doesn't seem to be stopping any time soon in general.

[TwinIon]

I agree that season 3 is the strongest so far. I felt like the overall arcs were very solid and the now standard sex/violence/gore continues to be entertaining in its own way. I did have some quibbles with the end of the season though.

 

Starlight's big sequence was a complete bust. I don't know if it was meant to be such a let down, that with all that DBZ style powering up the best she managed was to shove Solider Boy to the ground, but I didn't think it was played that way. It was played like she took her best shot and it wasn't enough, but it was almost comically bad. Even the effects were cheesy.

 

I also wasn't a big fan of how they used the kid to get Soldier Boy and Butcher to fight and that the kid was why Homelander gets away. Just felt cheap and anti-climactic.

 

Still, overall a good season. Feels like Amazon is putting a lot of weight behind this show with the spinoffs and everything, so I wouldn't expect them to end it anytime soon.

[skillzdadirecta]

2 hours ago, ort said:

Watching this also made me really want season 2 of Invincible... which apparently isn't coming any time soon. Booooo....

Where did you hear this? 

[Spork3245]

17 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said:

Where did you hear this? 

There’s just no announcements, nothing saying soon or far off or if it’s even in production 

[Greatoneshere]

7 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

There’s just no announcements, nothing saying soon or far off or if it’s even in production 

 

It's in production, Steven Yeun announced he's started recording his lines in the booth. The showrunner has explained that Covid particularly affected them for whatever reason(s) but it is happening.

 

Steven Yeun is Back in the Recording Booth for Invincible Season 2

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Steven Yeun is working on his dialogue for the second season of Invincible in BTS footage posted by the show's social media channels.

 

[Dre801]

When does the spinoff ("Varsity")  come out?  

It's supposed to crossover with the main show.

[Massdriver]

Invincible is great. My wife randomly told me about it last year one day after work and I had NO IDEA how good it was going to be! Such a pleasant surprise.

[ort]

Invincible isn't delayed or anything, but apparently they just recorded the voices in April, which means it's more likely to be a 2023 release. There are rumors that they are doing seasons 2 and 3 at the same time. There should be less of a gap between them.

[ort]

2 hours ago, TwinIon said:

I agree that season 3 is the strongest so far. I felt like the overall arcs were very solid and the now standard sex/violence/gore continues to be entertaining in its own way. I did have some quibbles with the end of the season though.

 

Starlight's big sequence was a complete bust. I don't know if it was meant to be such a let down, that with all that DBZ style powering up the best she managed was to shove Solider Boy to the ground, but I didn't think it was played that way. It was played like she took her best shot and it wasn't enough, but it was almost comically bad. Even the effects were cheesy.

 

I also wasn't a big fan of how they used the kid to get Soldier Boy and Butcher to fight and that the kid was why Homelander gets away. Just felt cheap and anti-climactic.

 

Still, overall a good season. Feels like Amazon is putting a lot of weight behind this show with the spinoffs and everything, so I wouldn't expect them to end it anytime soon.

 

Yeah, the final showdown felt a little forced. I feel like Homelander's power level was too low. I don't care how much temp V butcher shot up, him being able to go toe-to-toe with Homelander feels out-of-whack with how powerful they've established him being. Same goes for Maeve. Maybe Soldier Boy sapped some of his power? I know Soldier Boy hurt him for the first time, but did he also weaken him permanently? If that was established I missed it.

 

Sometimes, for a show about the most famous/powerful people in the world, it feels very small. I kind of like it sometimes, but the idea that Starlight or Hughie could just walk around NY is a little silly. The idea that security in Vaught tower or Vaught anything is so low that it can be broken into by a drugged out French guy, a social worker and a Best Buy employee is a little goofy. But, I understand the tone they're going for, so I can let it slide.

 

I feel like if this goes on for more than 2 more seasons, it will either have to start really spinning its wheels or just go completely silly. I'm down for spin-offs. That could be a good way to keep it going. I've watched some of Diabolical. It's okay, but not really blowing me away.

[Kal-El814]

Invincible is really good. Super curious to see where they end up going with it; as I said in the thread we had on it, a lot of stuff in the show hits way harder than it did in print. I dunno that a straight adaptation would work.

 

As far as The Boys goes... I just don't know how they keep it going for more than a season at this point. I guess they could permanently power up the team but it really feels like a decent amount of the team wouldn't be up for it. And I'm really interested to see if they give Homelander a reason to not just find and murder The Boys? I guess Neuman could find it useful to have them around?

 

2 hours ago, TwinIon said:

I agree that season 3 is the strongest so far. I felt like the overall arcs were very solid and the now standard sex/violence/gore continues to be entertaining in its own way. I did have some quibbles with the end of the season though.

 

Starlight's big sequence was a complete bust. I don't know if it was meant to be such a let down, that with all that DBZ style powering up the best she managed was to shove Solider Boy to the ground, but I didn't think it was played that way. It was played like she took her best shot and it wasn't enough, but it was almost comically bad. Even the effects were cheesy.

 

I also wasn't a big fan of how they used the kid to get Soldier Boy and Butcher to fight and that the kid was why Homelander gets away. Just felt cheap and anti-climactic.

 

Still, overall a good season. Feels like Amazon is putting a lot of weight behind this show with the spinoffs and everything, so I wouldn't expect them to end it anytime soon.

 

Between that Starlight scene and her tossing her costume, I think they intended her to level up permanently, or at least give her a way to do that. The team needs SOMETHING to stop Homelander from just yeeting the team into the ocean or deep space

[ort]

I'm guessing Homelander's kid will ask him not to hurt them? ...or Homelander will decide it's more fun to keep them alive? At some point, just killing them all would have to be boring for him. He'll want them to wallow in defeat and helplessness more than he simply wants to laser their faces off.

[SoberChef]

While season 4 will begin filming in August, we have a new spinoff series set in college titled "Gen V" greenlit for production

[Dre801]

Yeah, the Starlight scene made me chuckle.  She was glowing like the damn sun , and freaking levitated and after all that, she merely knocked Soldier Boy down; he got right back up, lol.

 

 

[Spork3245]

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

This video encapsulated my feelings about Season 3 of The Boys perfectly.

 

 

The "moment to moment" of the show is absolutely fun and fantastic, but the overall narrative momentum is stuck in neutral.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

On 7/11/2022 at 4:24 PM, Dre801 said:

When does the spinoff ("Varsity")  come out?  

It's supposed to crossover with the main show.

 

"Gen V" (its new title) started filming in May and will wrap in October, but there is no release date.

[Brian]

 

[Pikachu]

I hope he brings Lucille with him

[Brick]

Now they just to cast Jared Padalecki to complete the family. 

[Greatoneshere]

12 minutes ago, Brick said:

Now they just to cast Jared Padalecki to complete the family. 

 

I wish, but they've said in interviews he's running the reboot Walker: Texas Ranger empire (it's apparently pretty big?) so it's unlikely.  

[Brick]

1 hour ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

I wish, but they've said in interviews he's running the reboot Walker: Texas Ranger empire (it's apparently pretty big?) so it's unlikely.  

 

Misha Collins, maybe? 

[Greatoneshere]

28 minutes ago, Brick said:

 

Misha Collins, maybe? 

 

Yes this needs to happen asap.

[Anathema-]

On 7/11/2022 at 5:39 PM, Kal-El814 said:

As far as The Boys goes... I just don't know how they keep it going for more than a season at this point. I guess they could permanently power up the team but it really feels like a decent amount of the team wouldn't be up for it. And I'm really interested to see if they give Homelander a reason to not just find and murder The Boys? I guess Neuman could find it useful to have them around?

 

I thought it was obvious he was moving into politics? Political considerations wouldn't be a stretch to narratively limit his ability to punch his way to a solution.

[Ghost_MH]

Not the interaction I was expecting to see, but I still approve wholeheartedly.

 

 

[Remarkableriots]

 

[SoberChef]

Due to the ongoing WGA strike, season 4 of The Boys may be postponed indefinitely.

[Bacon]

I'm finding Season 3 to be very grating.

The entire series has been misery porn and then season 3 decides to flanderize itself with this aspect.

I kinda just wish Homelander would go apeshit and kill the world. Feels like the ending this series deserves.

[Kal-El814]

8 hours ago, Bacon said:

I'm finding Season 3 to be very grating.

The entire series has been misery porn and then season 3 decides to flanderize itself with this aspect.

I kinda just wish Homelander would go apeshit and kill the world. Feels like the ending this series deserves.

 

Misery porn is a good way of describing it. I like The Boys moment to moment but I don't always feel as though I like the show broadly, and I think that vibe is why.

[Bacon]

Yeah, I don't like The Boys. I have finished Season 3, and I am not watching Gen V. I will also not be watching Season 4 when it releases, but I will once the series is over. This is definitely not a show I wish to keep up to date on but I would like to see how it ends.

 

There are just a few things that I really don't get tho. Like, why the fuck is A-Train still alive? Kimiko broke his leg in Season 1. Perfect time to off him while he was just there. It feels like the show just forgets that he should be dead.

 

Why in the world did Becca keep the rape baby? I don't get it. And there is no reason to make any excuses like "oh Vought would have made her do it" or whatever when, 1, we never actually got the full honest story about Ryan's birth, and 2, Becca said she was scared to go to Billy because she was scared at what Billy might do. Like, look, it's her choice, but I really don't get why the super-powered rape baby wasn't aborted the moment she found out. She was worried about bringing another Homelander into the world? Well, there was a really good way to prevent that. Like, man I really just don't get it.

 

Is this a fuckin' teenaged drama show? What the fuck is up with every motherfucker having Mommy and Daddy issues? Like, is this a parody? Am I supposed to take this seriously? Like, I don't know why it bothered me so much but it fuckin' did. Like, god I hate when shows/books/games do this shit. The "everyone had parental issues" shit. It is so fuckin' common and awful. God I hate it.

 

Frenchie's plot in season 3 was just utterly pointless. All it does is keep help keep the status quo by regressing character progression just so it can end up in the same place it was when season 2 ended. Honestly, that pretty much describes the whole of Season 3. There are some important things, but man it is fuckin' annoying for the character growth to be "we are fine just the way we are" because it doesn't feel like anything has changed. It just feels like the writers need to keep the characters from changing rather than the characters coming to terms with themselves. But Hughie needs to get his powers back. Like, how in the fuck are you going to introduce one of the more interesting powers and then just axe it?

 

Overall, this just isn't a show for me. I think most of the above are objectively bad, but I'm not sure I'd still really like the show even if those issues weren't present. I'm just not a fan of shit when it's like 90% misery. Each season I felt like I was just waiting for an ending "happy" enough to make up for all the misery but it never happened. I realized that I have even more issues with the show now that I am done writing, but I'm not going to bother.

 

I will give the writers props for the, uhhhh, irony(?) of Hughie's and Butcher's powers. Hughie gets the ultimate run-a-way power, and Butcher gets parts of Homelander's powers. It's like poetry, it rhymes. Love that kind of trope.  I also like most of the boys. I mean, fuckin' hate Butcher and hope he dies like how Gunpowder died, but I'd really like the rest to get a happy ending. I have looked up the ending to the comics, but the show is so vastly different from what I can tell.