The Boys (2019)

Best superhero show on TV.

Well, I think I would rank Invincible just as high. But everything else is playing for second place.

17 minutes ago, SympathysSilhouette said:

Best superhero show on TV.

Well, I think I would rank Invincible just as high. But everything else is playing for second place.

have you looked at the Comics for both before?

The invincible comic is very good, overall better than the Boys in quality.  But I enjoy the Boys more.  

The Boys is the only superhero stuff I'm into, mainly because it poops on the genre lol.

Well both play with genre conventions.

And both Omniman and Homelander use a concept that is older, which is "what if Superman was evil?".

But The Boys tone is lighter and more irreverent.

40 minutes ago, SympathysSilhouette said:

Well both play with genre conventions.

And both Omniman and Homelander use a concept that is older, which is "what if Superman was evil?".

But The Boys tone is lighter and more irreverent.

Both series have enormous amounts of gore.  I see Invincible as an evolution of the Superman concept, it is much wider in scope.  I would have preferred an adult (rather than a boy) as the main character though.

The Boys' comic had an insane ending and if the show survives, it will too.

I don't like how they made Billy Butcher so powerful and Homelander less dominant.  In the comic he knows that Homelander can easily tear him limb from limb and doesn't engage.  Billy butcher is more like an in-between superperson, he's better than most superheroes in hand to hand fighting but lacks superpowers.

A big appeal of the comic was how insane and demi-god like Homelander was compared to the other superheroes.  This framework was very important for the series.

So it gave the "boys" an underdog/resistance fighter vibe.  They had to hide from and outsmart this monster.

I like the final scene of the season.