Speaking to Collider, Kripke says, "The thing about The Boys is that it’s punk rock, and it hurts extra hard when punk rockers sell out. I'm really working hard not to sell out." He's speaking about the various spin-off shows that are in the works. Gen V is currently awaiting its second season, out sometime in 2025, and a new prequel show is in the works starring Soldier Boy and Stormfront titled Vought Rising. It will detail the early years of the company.

They could all be great but, at this point, you aren't the scrappy underdog, you are a multimillion dollar superhero franchise and when he walks they'll keep milking the cow until it dies.

[–] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

And the company he partnered with was

Amazon

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

Too late

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That’s a good thing to be conscious of! I know I’ve completely dropped off most Star Wars and Marvel content

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 19 points 10 months ago

But what about the origin story of that obscure character you never heard of? Omahgunnus is going back to the Big Bang to recreate the entirety of time to make himself the ruler of everything! The stakes couldn't be higher! Benefactor Cucumberpatch makes a cameo, but it takes place in the Phase III timeline, so you gotta watch for his cameo in the off-season 4 episode She-Hulk mini series to fully get the context of why he can't help.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Honestly I’ve loved the boys. But it’s bought up by amazon and corpified. That’s done and dusted, you can’t pretend it isn’t.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Just wondering when Sam is gonna be on the show since Dean was on it last season, and how about some Crowley and Trenchcoat Angel too

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[–] nick@midwest.social 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That’s how the source material is. That’s the whole point of the show.

You missed the entire point

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

The source material sucked, the show absolutely polished a turd into a diamond.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

and all the characters moral base were so ugly their actions so contrived to ellicit a negative response

The show holds a mirror to Republicans and corporate America, so yeah. Even then, hardly any of the characters are actually just evil. They're a product of their environment. I won't go into details in case someone hasn't watched it all yet, but even the most idealistic supes were broken down by institutional rot like lies and coercion.

I couldn't get into it's always sunny in Philadelphia because every character is a terrible person. But then I realized that's the point. They all suck and they all deserve whatever horrible things happen to them (except maybe Charlie, he's the purest of heart and dumbest of ass). Once I stopped trying to find someone to identify with and root for, the show became amazing.