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Post by Blue_Mike on Jun 16, 2024 11:02:14 GMT
Marathonned all of Gen V and then the first three of The Boys season 4 yesterday.
That was a lot.
I enjoyed Gen V, although it was a bit sad knowing that Chance Perdomo died so soon after it.
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quadfather
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Jun 16, 2024 11:03:19 GMT
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Post by quadfather on Jun 16, 2024 11:03:19 GMT
Watched ep 1. Good senseless fun as usual
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Post by Mr Wonderstuff on Jun 16, 2024 15:12:14 GMT
The guy that plays Homelander is such a good actor. Teetering on the edge of a complete meltdown every scene.
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Post by dfunked on Jun 16, 2024 15:13:43 GMT
Watch Banshee if you haven't already. He's not as OTT as Homelander in that obviously, but still a great watch.
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Post by Mr Wonderstuff on Jun 16, 2024 15:16:24 GMT
Watch Banshee if you haven't already. He's not as OTT as Homelander in that obviously, but still a great watch. Will check it out, thanks. |
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Post by cristar on Jun 17, 2024 14:03:05 GMT
I only watched Banshee in the last year or two. Best thing I watched in a long time.
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Post by Whizzo on Jun 17, 2024 15:05:43 GMT
All this talk about Banshee has me thinking about Lili Simmons and I zone out...
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jun 18, 2024 6:45:19 GMT
The biggest problem with the season so far for me - aside from "I took the word 'race' from real life and replaced it with 'supe' and that's satire right" approach to political commentary - is that I just. Do. Not. Give. A single. Fuck. about Frenchie and Kimiko. They're great characters, and the individual scenes are fun, but I don't care about their B plot in the slightest.
Tbh, I don't really give a shit about Hughie either. It's sad that Simon Pegg's character had a stroke, but (so far) it's got nothing to do with anything.
Of course that could all change in the second half of the season - maybe Hughie's mum is a secret villain mastermind or something. But right now, every time I see Kimiko and Frenchie doing a thing, I'm thinking "can we please get back to Butcher and Homelander please". Even more A-Train content would be fine. More Octo-Tilda.
It's another reason why I'm happy for the show to be ending next season. Because I can't imagine the rest of the team carrying it once the Butcher/Homelander thing is over and done with.
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Post by cristar on Jun 19, 2024 8:32:41 GMT
Yeah I really still enjoyed the first 3 episodes, some bits were great and hilarious (the 7 on ice lol). But hoping that US politics isn't going to be shoved in our face all season, and that this Hughie story with his mum is actually going somewhere. I just want mental anti/superhero shenanigans.
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MolarAm🔵
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Jun 20, 2024 11:50:21 GMT
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jun 20, 2024 11:50:21 GMT
Well, that was pretty fucked up.
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Post by Whizzo on Jun 20, 2024 14:19:23 GMT
As someone who is very squeamish with eyes I had to look away for a bit. Enjoyable episode and Antony Starr was superb but some did feel like it was spinning its wheels a bit as mentioned before the Frenchie and Miko stuff just seems superfluous (Miko's "death" was pretty extreme this week) and just WTF is going on with the Hughie's Dad plot, it was obvious they weren't going to get Simon Pegg just to lie in a bed and die but Super Hughie Sr on the way? |
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Jun 20, 2024 19:11:54 GMT
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Post by baihu1983 on Jun 20, 2024 19:11:54 GMT
Episode 4...
Maybe some of Starrs best work in the role.
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Post by minimatt on Jun 20, 2024 21:45:48 GMT
i'm so glad i'm not the only one who hides behind the sofa any time eyes are involved my pet theory on the hugh thing is that his mum is some OG superhero shit |
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Post by MysteryLamb on Jun 20, 2024 21:58:29 GMT
4:4 was great.
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Post by baihu1983 on Jun 21, 2024 4:37:07 GMT
i'm so glad i'm not the only one who hides behind the sofa any time eyes are involved my pet theory on the hugh thing is that his mum is some OG superhero shit Pretty sure she picked his pocket and used the serum. Be good if she just turned out to be trying to make things right.
That eye scene was nasty but had the right amount of funny to make up for it. |
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Post by Whizzo on Jun 21, 2024 15:59:19 GMT
VS5 with another exclusive title.
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Jun 23, 2024 21:21:01 GMT
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Post by dfunked on Jun 23, 2024 21:21:01 GMT
Just catching up on this. Can't help but feel a bit sorry for the actor who plays Ryan with his breaking voice.
Excellent stuff so far.
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Binky
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Post by Binky on Jun 24, 2024 9:17:34 GMT
Watching Homelander (sorry, Anthony Starr) out of character was really jarring.
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Post by Whizzo on Jun 24, 2024 9:56:47 GMT
That was a lot of fun. The writer of the pick up lines obviously didn't realise Kiwis pronounce "tulips" properly as that pick up line doesn't work if you do. Although it'd probably not work even if you said "too-lips".
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jun 27, 2024 13:01:21 GMT
Pretty patchy newest episode. I don't even think it's satire at all when you're just copying things from IRL and not even putting a twist on them. And they're laying it on pretty thick with Jeffrey Dean Morgan's character pretty clearly being a figment of Butcher's imagination. It's so, so very obvious that I'm half expecting the twist to be that he's real after all. The Hughie bits were actually pretty moving, though. And I did love Frenchie's line about fucking a sheep. |
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Post by baihu1983 on Jun 27, 2024 17:49:25 GMT
Pretty patchy newest episode. I don't even think it's satire at all when you're just copying things from IRL and not even putting a twist on them. And they're laying it on pretty thick with Jeffrey Dean Morgan's character pretty clearly being a figment of Butcher's imagination. It's so, so very obvious that I'm half expecting the twist to be that he's real after all. The Hughie bits were actually pretty moving, though. And I did love Frenchie's line about fucking a sheep. yeah the look the scientist gave when butcher said "we'll patch you right up" pretty much confirmed they are going that route with JDMs character. Enjoyed it but the Marvel/Disney like stuff should have just been a one scene and done. |
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Jun 28, 2024 8:27:33 GMT
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Post by cristar on Jun 28, 2024 8:27:33 GMT
I know the show is far from being the most realistic thing ever, but the sheep thing was ridiculous and the CGI looked really ropey I though.
I thought it was a good episode though.
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Jun 28, 2024 9:29:25 GMT
This season feels like it's strayed from the previous 3.
Hugh snr storyline came out of nowhere and felt unnecessary. The farm idea was fun but a bit predictable with the inevitable red shirts getting mulched.
The issue for me is suddenly the team are petulant teens. Their reactions seem to be tailored to fit the story rather than the characters, there is no development or growth.
Sister Sage is the most interesting addition, interested to see what the arc is for her.
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Post by dfunked on Jun 28, 2024 12:43:24 GMT
Yeah, feels a bit like it's just treading water a bit this season, and I could've happily done without the Hugh Sr storyline. Frenchie and Kimiko are probably two of my fave characters, so no objections to more of their backstory at least. Top marks for "This man is clearly in no condition to fuck a sheep!!!" |
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Post by baihu1983 on Jun 30, 2024 19:31:05 GMT
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MolarAm🔵
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jul 4, 2024 12:18:50 GMT
So, I think I'm actually starting to hate this show now. It's just too close to reality, and I'm not enjoying it very much at all.
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Post by Frog on Jul 4, 2024 12:24:31 GMT
I'm glad I can switch off from that side of it and just enjoy it for the over the top stupid shit that it does so well.
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Post by PatrickEwing on Jul 4, 2024 12:27:33 GMT
sort of agree, the enjoyment factor has definitely waned.
On plus side I chuckled at Ronaldo being referred to as Homelander the other day, that's also probably too close to reality though.
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MolarAm🔵
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jul 4, 2024 12:39:17 GMT
I did like the Zendaya line.
But yeah, even the fun stuff the show usually does well, just isn't as fun to me right now. The tone is shifting all over the fucking place, there's too many storylines they're unsuccessfully trying to juggle, And it's just getting nastier and nastier.
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Post by Whizzo on Jul 4, 2024 13:10:06 GMT
Well I'm fucking loving it, what an episode!
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