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S3 of THE BOYS is here and it is still as unhinged, unapologetically depraved and unyielding in its humor and depravity.
Joining the cast this season is Jensen Ackles, late of CW’s SUPERNATURAL, which was created by THE BOYS’ creator/showrunner Eric Kripke.
Sadly Ackles won’t let the show die. He’s a producer on the prequel series for THE CW focusing on the parents of Sam and Dean Winchester.
This season Tomer Capone is being credited with his actual surname Capone, whereas in previous years he’s worked as either Tomer Kapon or Tomer Capon (S1 and S2 of THE BOYS).
He follows with other actors who have gone back to their roots like Thandie Newton who now goes by her real name Thandiwe, A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES Greg Chilling who now acts under his real surname Chillingrian and A MILLION LITTLE THING and PSYCHE’s James Roday who added his real surname Rodriguez to his stage name.
I’m just waiting for THE VAMPIRE DIARIES Paul Wesley to see the light and return to acting as Paul Wasilewski.
The first three episodes have dropped and what nonsense did THE BOYS bring to the yard?
SPOILERS
-While we have to wait until episode six to get the fabled “Herogasm” episode, episode 1 was likely a teaser of the insanity that will unfold in that episode. The first episode finds Frenchie and Kimiko after an Atom/Ant-Man-esque Supe named Termite who, in uses his body as a sounding device to give pleasure to his hook-up. Nostrils smarting from the lines he was snorting he sneezes while inside his partner effectively exploding him.
The Ant-Man v. Thanos fans got their wish.
There were other things that were cribbed from fan culture like -
-The Bourke Cut with DAWN OF THE SEVEN director Adam Bourke having fans hashtagging his crap, which is a direct nod to JUSTICE LEAGUE’s SnyderCut fan campaign. Which was so annoying, but I do doff my cap to the SynderCut zealots who rigged the Oscars’ Favorite Moment campaign and got a Flash scene from JUSTICE LEAGUE to best SPIDERMAN: NO WAY HOME. Not all heroes wear capes. Literally. Barry doesn’t wear a cape.
-The line from Allison telling Bourke that Tony Gilroy’s reshoots saved his film is a nod to Tony Gilroy having to step in to save Star Wars’ ROGUE ONE. It could be a nod to Joss Whedon having to step in to finish JL, but c'mon, he didn’t save that film.
-Jensen Ackles being cast as the show’s version of Captain America is, to me, a nod to how Ackles (and his fans) swears up and down that he was up for Captain America but couldn’t do the film because of his SUPERNATURAL schedule.
-Sean Patrick Flanery playing Gunpower when Flanery played the titular character Powder in the 1995 film.
-Homelander with the suicidal girl is a popular panel from a Superman comic. Of course, it ends waaaaaay differently.
Other things I liked about the first three episodes:
- The brief return of Simon Pegg as Hughie’s dad.
-The before and after of Hughie’s life when he realized the truth about Victoria Neuman. One day he’s making smoothies, fixing the perfect breakfast; the next smoothie’s splattered in the sink, food’s rubbish.
-Characters letting their freak flag fly. The Deep drawing an octopus (the ill-fated Timothy??) into his sex life. Confirmation from what fans gathered from S2 that Frenchie is not just for people sexually open but he is, as well. Vincent Cassel as a safe word is a sexy choice.
-I love when a Nazi decides to k-word themselves but it’s funny that Stormfront put up with giving Homelander handy js because she still had hopes that he was on the same Aryan wave she was but when she realized that he’s only focused on himself that’s what pushed her over the edge.
-Just when I thought Homelander couldn’t be any worse of a person he does something nastier and meaner and cruel beyond comprehension. Antony Starr is remarkable because Homelander is truly frightening and almost stomach turning but I can’t look away because Starr is so incredible as this character.
-If Hughie and Starlight break up it will be for the best. I’m not 100% convinced that her ex Supersonic is truly there to have her back, but if they got back together that would make perfect sense. She and Hughie are on different paths and as much as she was down for vengeance last season she’s easing off it because - while she knows the inherent risks of trying to tangle with Homelander - she’s not willing to lose her soul for the cause. Hughie is, though.
-What I didn’t like is that Nate Mitchell who plays Black Noir didn’t play the young Black Noir. We will never see this poor man onscreen.
Nate next to Karl Urban.
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