Why is “the boys show is far better than the comic” such a common opinion when the shows writing is trash?
It doesn’t even have the balls to be edgy. Instead it’s a faux edginess that they can be sure won’t offend the viewing audience, it’s pathetic
Why is the boys show is far better than the comic such a common opinion when the shows writing is trash?
The show and comic both suck.
To be fair Hughie is a total homosexual and when Starlight almost kills him in season 2 I was actually excited to see him go.
>It doesn’t even have the balls to be edgy. Instead it’s a faux edginess that they can be sure won’t offend the viewing audience, it’s pathetic
This can also be said about the comic.
Homelander says Black person. Which is already more than the show has ever done. Even their Nazi character wasn’t allowed to say any racial slurs past PG13
Black person is baby's first edgy word.
Yeah, which is why the show is so scared of it. Because it’s sooooo not edgy and common.
Might just be American audiences tbh. They can handle seeing black people killed but would cry if the no no word was said
Your world revolves around the word Black person. Let that sink in for the rest of your life.
Not that anon but I don’t think that’s what he means. He’s just saying the show doesn’t take it to extremes because it’s lowkey woke
Frick you chud
People still hate and look down on comic books despite their contents being made into massively popular tv shows and movies
How will they explain Starlight becoming so bogged in season 4? Be funny to see her botoxed, facelifted expressions struggling to act while the other characters pretend she’s the same as always
AI filters
What the frick Happened to her face
botox
bad plastic job gone wrong.
For me? Its the writers actively choosing to keep Maeve alive after she’s depowered, blown up and dropped out of a skyscraper solely because she’s bisexual
Modern writers are clowns
This trope sounds entirely made up. Just like the “black people always die first in horror movies” one
Just because you don't know about something well known and uncontroversial doesn't mean it's fake. Killing off gay characters in stories was common in the past, either because they were the villains or because they invariably got saddled with the tragedy/weepy subplots that usually resolve with someone dying.
Yeah you can tell it’s hard for people to make shows when everything is woke and the woke mob wants any reason to cancel something
Tvtropes is your god now.
>faux edginess that they can be sure won’t offend the viewing audience
None of that is evident from your image. What are you even trying to show the class? Sit down.
>bad writing is actually edgy
Last refuge of The Boys fan
>everything is meant to be edgy
have a nice day, moron.
Why are you so desperate to defend the boys lol
Yes it was meant to be edgy. Its entire advertising campaign was around how “edgy” it is. The writers personally hyped up Herogasm episode as being so edgy it’s disgusting
If you like the show that’s fine, don’t know why you’re angry at people who pay attention to the show you like and the writers intentions
The comic is garbage
This. The show isn't great but it's miles better than the comic, which is just typical Ennis trash.
Only the 1st season.
If the show had a charisma vaccuum playing Chudlander there would be far less people sucking its wiener to hell.
>faux edginess
Needless redundancy is needlessly redundant.
Hughie was traumatized over the fact that his last girlfriend died as he could do nothing to stop it, and Starlight 200% needed his help as she was very clearly outmatched dealing with Homelander, yet she started b***hing about the power-up that made him strong enough to nearly kill Homelander and stop being useless for no reason, until they threw in "brain damage lol" to make her correct. These pure evil man-hating goblins really took the mask off here.
>Me reading a Garth Ennis comic where the villain gets violently raped
>faux edginess
I agree. They won't even make the Legend a Stan Lee caricature
>You ain't no hero," Mother's Milk tells Soldier Boy. "You just another racist piece of shit we can't seem to get rid of. This is for my family."
I don’t understand this scene, Soldier Boy was shown to have killed MM’s family accidentally as collateral damage and previously praised Bill Cosby of all people. Even his flashback with Black Noir came across as him not wanting a teammate to potentially outshine him and strike out on their own. He acted the same with his entire team hence why they betrayed him.
Did they leave out the racist parts for some reason? Were they too offensive for the writers to put to paper without fainting?
They realized that they needed to make him a worse threat than Homelander too late. Hence why there's dialogue trying to set him up as racist, homophobic, etc while Homelander was doing more horrible things.
I mean, it's part of why the season finale falls apart. All of sudden everyone turns on him when he was the lesser of two evils
Because the comic is far, far worse. Probably bottom 3 Ennis work in general.
Hard disagree. Relationships between the characters are far better. The world building and overall story makes way more sense.
The only real complaint is the excessive Ennis edginess, except the show tries to use this and falls short.
What worldbuilding? What story?
It is just shit happening with barely any coherence.
mothers milk is a better character with a better story than his comics counterpart
>doesn’t have any reason to even be called mothers milk
>hates Todd for complaining about fake news when he himself knows the news is fake
>assaults him because violence is the answer (unless you’re a white chud like butcher then it’s wrong)
yeah, mms tragedy makes him a more distinct character and proves again why vought was garbage
Wowwwww. Chudcels are really this upset because the show mocks their god king drumpf, you lost. Homelander is drumpf and he will LOSE
People who like bland, shitty TV shows and have never read a comic watch the show and then try the comic and don't know what they're looking at
The comic is too edgy for normalgays. They need safe-edgy corporate approved edge.
Frick off leave. Just because it uses the N word it doesn’t make it good. The show is actually deep, the comic is shallow as a puddle
>The show is actually deep
>uses Trump rally metaphors
Because Americans can't read. Don't believe me? Look up subs vs dubs arguments, and you'll see how many choose dubs because they are unable to read.
Hmmm strange
The TV show ruined Stillwell
The comic is just that bad!
because the comic really, really sucks
The comics sucks, but is mostly unremarkable.
The show is legit one of the worst things ever created by human beings.
The boys show is shit, comic is good. Only morons disagree because they lack the attention span to read comics
>complain comic is "too edgy"
>show has shit like termite exploding someone's dick
Who complained the comic is too edgy? All the posts ITT are people complaining the show isn’t edgy
The show has Jensen Ackles and the comic doesn't. I rest my case.
The CW Network is for queers and fat women.
You'd know all about that wouldn't you anon
Your average 2000AD comic from the 80's would probably brainmelt your typical youtube reviewer. handing them America might make them declare Judge Dredd a fascist propaganda
The people who parrot that opinion are unironic morons.
"source material sucks actually" is the quintessential shill argument
The show has genuinely surpassed the original material in pretty much all fronts, and I like the comic book.
But I get that none of that matters to you if you hate the show, OP.
The show mogs the comics for sure
Why samegay? Frfr no cap
They're too different to really compare. The comic has a ton of flaws but it does have some strengths that the show doesn't have - in particular I think starting out with the surveillance on the smaller teams was a good idea. Outside of Popclaw I struggle to think of a super outside of the seven in season 1, so the world feels a lot smaller.
The comics have a couple of this that the show lacks, a world that actually feels big and alive, some characters that are better than in the show, some decent storylines, etc.
But I'm general the show has far more quality and cohesion, conflicts resolve on a more satisfying way, we can actually like some of the protagonist, and The seven in general are a huge Upgrade compared to the comics.
Yes, the show was some progressive writing problems, but if you can look past those it is still enjoyable, even if sometimes very moronic.
Also the ending on the comics is horrible, abhorrent, actual shit on comic format. I ended up feeling like I lost my time reading this shit.
>Also the ending on the comics is horrible
the ending is the capstone to the thematic points of the story, and the show being unwilling to go there is why its a diluted take on the comic's themes.
1. The comic is “problematic”
2. Normies parrot what casuals who run YouTube accounts say and casuals don’t read comics.