With season four on the way, it's time to look back at season three.
The Boys is a comic book web show based on the Garth Ennis comic book series of the same name. It's produced by Amazon Studios, Sony Pictures Television, Kripke Enterprise, Point Grey Pictures, Original Film, Kickstart Entertainment, and KFL Nightsky Productions and distributed by Amazon Studios. The Boys was developed by Eric Kripke, and this season consist of eight episodes.
The story is, it's been one year since the event with Stormfront, and The Boys are now working with Victoria Neuman and her Bureau of Superhero Affairs to capture problematic Supes. But this seemingly peaceful days are soon gone when something from Neuman's past comes back, which soon leads to The Boys investigating the supposed death of Vought's first superhero, Soldier Boy. Meanwhile, Homelander continues his decent into insanity.
- Negatives
I've got nothing.
- Mix
The biggest mix bag lies in the writing. The story started off really good, but then just went to being okay by the end. The one of two reasons being Hughie's story. Basically Billy Butcher was giving a serum called Tempt V, this drug gives you superpowers for 24 hours. Now what the writers were trying to do was making it look like Hughie was becoming the new Butcher. The problem however is the people criticizing him was the other members of The Boys (those being MM, Frenchie, and Kimiko) and Starlight. Now the other members of The Boys can't act all high and mighty because they're not good people, they've got lots of blood on their hands. I get maybe that's why, because they know what it's like going to dark places, but the execution was just a miss. Then there's Starlight. She has done some shady stuff herself but Hughie does this one thing and she treats it like he immediately turned into a different person. What also made this frustrating was she criticized Hughie for teaming up with a murder [Soldier Boy], yet she's worked with Kimiko. A character who's murdered God only knows how many people. There's also the fact she saw her ex's corpse (take a wild guess who killed him), so you'd think she'd want Hughie to have some sort of edge to keep himself safe. So because of this poor execution MM, Frenchie, Kimiko, and Starlight all looked like hypocrites.
Then there's the comedy. Now don't get it twisted, there were just plenty of funny moments. But where it falls is when they tackle politically correct stuff. At one point they make fun of it, by showing how it's commercialized pandering (which it is), but then the show it's self will treat this stuff seriously. So you're left wondering which is it? Is being woke just for good PR & companies don't actually believe this stuff (answer, yes & yes) or should you be part of "the cause"?
- Positives
Now there is some positives, one of those being the fight scenes. While I don't find them mind blowing, that didn't change the fact they were really entertaining. There's one really fun fight between Soldier Boy, Butcher, Hughie and Homelander, and it's really awesome.
Then there's Soldier Boy. He was a great addition to this season. He's got some pretty funny lines like "First off, I don't have shell shock. F*ck you". But he was also a really good anti-villain. What that means is it's a villain who has a drive to do things that isn't about causing chaos for the sake of chaos. In Soldier Boy's case, sure he does want to be the hero, but it's mainly driven by ego rather than doing the right thing.
The last thing I'll praise is the performances from Anthony Starr, Karl Urban, and Jensen Ackles. While Karl is still playing the charismatic badass, he also did a great job showcasing Butcher's more saddened side, and some of his characters regretful moments. Jensen gave the perfect balance to Soldier Boy's comedy bits and his more serious moments, I especially loved his acting during those moments. Then there's Anthony Starr. This guy needs to be in the next big blockbuster, or at least some big named movie. He's great! He has this one scene where Homelander is talking to himself in front of a mirror, and I got chills watching it, even though I saw that scene twice before.
While I didn't hate this scene, I do believe it's the weakest so far. I'm hoping season four is better, but considering they're doing an election storyline, I'm a bit worried. Worried but, still hopeful.
My final rating is, Okay.
That's all for now. Come back on Saturday, Jun 8th, for my review of Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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