The Boys - An Amazon Prime adaptation of the Ennis comic series

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Oh yeah, you really can't go full Ennis. It would just simply not work and I don't think it would translate. Its going VERY different from the comics, but still keeping the core themes, so its an adaption in the sense its staying true to the themes and source and characters, but its doing its own plot. Which I think is really good.
 
eldri said:
Finally, a more accurate depiction of superheroes with the combined clout-chasing narcissism that comes with being a celebrity and the corporations that would own them.
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SteelPlatedHeart said:
Eh, I’ve never been too big a fan of the whole “WHAT IF HEROES WERE JERKS?!” deconstructions that pop up all the time. Some are good, but a lot of times people just go to the other extreme of “everyone is an evil racist rapist that eats babies” instead of striking a balance between the two.
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You're both talking about Hancock, for different reasons.
 
The Vinyl Solution said:
I read every single issue of the comics. The edge factor that previous kiwis are referring to is intentional by the author, and is an integral part of character development throughout the story. I'm just hoping amazon doesn't fuck it up because the moral of the story is very anti-Amazonesque. The comic called out the blatant degeneracy of people in positions of absolute power and is focused on class warfare rather than any sort of race warfare tropes that amazon is so keen on displaying.
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Secret Asshole said:
Amazon literally put every single warning they had on content. Like, every single one. It filled up the entire screen. It was hilarious. Got to give them props for going balls fucking out with it.
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Just to add a reference point for ppl, this is the content warning screen you get before the 1st ep starts, they're seemingly pulling no punches here.

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It was a decent time waster, but nothing to get hooked on.

Interesting take on the comics, but it seemed too watered down on practice.

One of the interesting things of the comic book was the bombastic absurdity of it all, such as the Deep's refusal to remove his helmet, the ridiculous pauldrons on Homelander, MM's entire family situation, etc.

Not to mention the removal of the Boy's abilities, which had its moments such as Hughie being terrified to masturbate.

And

No Terror...
 
The Great Chandler said:
Getting a kinda tired of the gritty bleak settings, especially since Game of Thrones started the formula.
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If your concern is cinematography, it's actually very reminiscent in looks to modern superhero movies, just way fucking darker.

There's also a heavy dosage of black comedy in there, there's what I believe to be a TV-original scene in ep 2 where A-Train has to sub in for another hero on some poor cancer kid's make-a-wish and it's pitch perfect and hilarious.

I'm 2 episodes in, and I think it's really taken on the best qualities of Ennis's writing while dumping the excesses. Couching the series in Celeb-business lingo and culture was a genius move too.
 
neural said:
If your concern is cinematography, it's actually very reminiscent in looks to modern superhero movies, just way fucking darker.

There's also a heavy dosage of black comedy in there, there's what I believe to be a TV-original scene in ep 2 where A-Train has to sub in for another hero on some poor cancer kid's make-a-wish and it's pitch perfect and hilarious.

I'm 2 episodes in, and I think it's really taken on the best qualities of Ennis's writing while dumping the excesses. Couching the series in Celeb-business lingo and culture was a genius move too.
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Hadn't looked into it, but the warning before looks pretty hilarious for all the things to come.
 
The Great Chandler said:
Hadn't looked into it, but the warning before looks pretty hilarious for all the things to come.
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Oh the series can be darkly hilarious. You know you're in for great TV when you see a crazy frenchman in full delight-mode after finally figuring out how to kill a person with impenetrable skin by shoving a fucking plastic bomb up their ass.
 
Extremely watered down and soulless. All they had to do was tone down the edge and toilet humor but instead they just rewrote most of it and made it really generic.

Someone on /co/ said this might be because an actual close adaptation would mean having to pay Ennis more money, which would explain a lot.


BrunoMattei said:
Finished the 1st episode. Really good. Does it

Tackle 9/11 like in the comic? In the comic, it's revealed that the Superman stand-in is responsible for 9/11.
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It's there but it's just a non-flashback plane hijacking and the scene is completely butchered since the show seems to have dumped the "superheroes are fuckups" theme the comic had (lack of budget didn't help).
 
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