The Boys Hughie killed Translucent Scene S01E02 2019
Picture it: a world obsessed with superheroes. OK, that’s not too hard. Instead, picture a world where people have superpowers, and a lot of them happen to be awful. That’s the distinction made by “The Boys,” the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series which debuted Monday at the Tribeca Film Festival. The first episode, written by Eric Kripke and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, posits an alternate universe where superheroes protect cities, while their personas are monetized to the extreme by the Vought corporation. There are dozens of superheroes working for Vought, branded and packaged for public consumption, with their real-life s*xual deviances and accidental murders treated like any other public relations issue. Yes, “The Boys” sets itself the challenge of being edgier than your typical superhero fare, leaning on the original comics created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson to make sure the s*x and violence are dialed up to 11. Or at least that’s the goal — when the intention is to shock and awe, it creates a level of expectation that’s sometimes hard to meet, especially when equally gritty and graphic franchises like “Deadpool” and “Kick-Ass” precede it. Source: https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/the-boys-review-amazon-superheroes-tribeca-1202129468/
