Um… are they actually watching the show? @antonystarr #TheBoystv #theboys @PrimeVideo @TheBoysTV #SPNFamilyForever https://t.co/wJPNjJf0Bj
— Eric Kripke (@therealKripke) November 15, 2020
Explainer: ‘The Boys’ is an Amazon Prime streaming series adapted from a comic book of the same name about a team of superpowered crime fighters managed and merchandised by a large corporation. The leader of the ‘heroes’ is the Captain America/Superman-knockoff ‘Homelander’ (blue costume pictured above) who to the public is outwardly just and virtuous, but in private is a sadistic mass murderer. Very sadistic.
Seriously, some of the stuff in this show is fucking disturbing, especially with Homelander. Overall it’s really worth watching, if often painfully uneven in quality and storytelling. The real world political parallels are kind of shallow for the most part of the first season, though they get smarter in the second. One thing is for certain though: This jackass with the Homelander/Trump costume might as well be wearing a Darth Vader/Trump costume.
Actually scratch that: Darth Vader is an honorable knight who just has a different opinion than the Jedi do when you compare him to Homelander.