The Boys Season Four is a Mixed Bag of Brutal Humor and Stagnant Storytelling
The Boys has always been synonymous with excess, a reputation that remains intact as we enter its fourth season. This anti-superhero saga continues to revel in its audaciousness, delivering the kind of brash, in-your-face storytelling that has become its hallmark.…
The Boys is More Entertaining than Ever with an (Almost) Perfect Third Season
In a time when superhero fatigue is starting to become a reality, The Boys continues to tell perhaps the most entertaining and consistently great mainstream superhero story on both the silver and TV screens. While some shows, like Doom Patrol,…
The Boys Continues its Charming, Irreverent Streak in Second Season, Building upon New Themes and Characters
When The Boys premiered last year, it’s irreverent take on superheroes soon gained a strong following. Using superheroes as a filter, the show took on the entertainment industry, celebrity culture and the military industrial complex. In the second season, it…
The Boys is a Violent, Subversive Twist on the Superhero Formula
The Boys is a great antithesis of the golden age of superheroes: it dives deep into a world where superheroes are adored by the masses, humanizing characters who were previously more one note in the source material. Most of the…