1) He's about to launch a whole-cloth spinoff of The Boys, so ... too many what now?
2) Really? That's his takeaway from the MCU? Sit on your ass?
This fucking guy.
2) Really? That's his takeaway from the MCU? Sit on your ass?
This fucking guy.
https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1317556258040434688
The people who are supposed to represent "you" in The Boys are ... The Boys.
Who have superpowers.
Who are, in fact, grim-and-gritty superheroes no matter how much the material itself denies it.
So ... the fuck was your point, mate?
Who have superpowers.
Who are, in fact, grim-and-gritty superheroes no matter how much the material itself denies it.
So ... the fuck was your point, mate?
And then there's this bit.
If you react to the earnest with rage and the sentimental with anger, maybe what you're watching isn't the problem.
If you react to the earnest with rage and the sentimental with anger, maybe what you're watching isn't the problem.
I would like to point out that during his run on Supernatural, Kripke wrote a writer who was secretly God so make of that what you will.
Personally I'm waiting for the mature and thoughtful adaptation of the "Ladyfold" character, myself.
Look it up.
Don't eat anything first.
Look it up.
Don't eat anything first.
https://twitter.com/Mjolna/status/1317953240810618886
Yes, but the DCAU isn't popular *right now,* and therefore shitting on it won't get any attention.
You have to choose where you shit very carefully.
You have to choose where you shit very carefully.
https://twitter.com/adlerj/status/1317954079021166612
And they even made a joke about Batman's parents getting murdered.
And so help me god, it was actually *funny.*
And so help me god, it was actually *funny.*
https://twitter.com/August_Macias/status/1317954930242564096
Listen: if you want a show that takes the piss out of superheroes, The Tick comes from a heartfelt place and so does Harley Quinn (though it's a bit more ruthless about it).
They're obviously made by people who love the material but can still poke fun and crack a joke.
They're obviously made by people who love the material but can still poke fun and crack a joke.
Considering the entire G-Men arc is "HEY WHAT IF PROFESSOR X WAS REALLY A PEDOPHILE AND HE WAS FUCKING ALL THE X-MEN WHEN THEY WERE LIKE 9 YEARS OLD," I expect them to us it to teach us all to save ourselves or whatever.
https://twitter.com/FizzVsTheWorld/status/1317955363220631553
Also that arc was capstoned with a crate of 9 year olds superheroes-in-training being thrown out of a plane and was presented as humor.
The nine year olds died.
SATIRE!
The nine year olds died.
SATIRE!
PS Billy Butcher's endgame in The Boys is genocide.
Actual literal genocide. He attempts to murder everyone on the planet who has the chemical that causes superheroes in them, whether they have powers or not.
But if they adapt that, the audience rebels.
And they like money.
Actual literal genocide. He attempts to murder everyone on the planet who has the chemical that causes superheroes in them, whether they have powers or not.
But if they adapt that, the audience rebels.
And they like money.
I still can't believe they adapted that 9/11 shit (the ACTUAL 9/11).
Did they keep the part where Ennis Monday Morning quarterbacked that the President should have just shot down all the planes without hesitation and everything would have been fine?
Did they keep the part where Ennis Monday Morning quarterbacked that the President should have just shot down all the planes without hesitation and everything would have been fine?
https://twitter.com/dutchah/status/1317957454819446784
If you don't realize this for the cynical bullshit it is, let me lay it out:
1) Make repulsive comic.
2) Get attention.
3) Get movie/TV deal on the back of that attention.
4) Sanitize the adaptation to keep audiences from storming off.
5) Profit.
1) Make repulsive comic.
2) Get attention.
3) Get movie/TV deal on the back of that attention.
4) Sanitize the adaptation to keep audiences from storming off.
5) Profit.
https://twitter.com/KoiTrash/status/1317959497097355264
See also every goddamn thing Mark Millar did for over a decade.
They helped ruin comics, lower the bar and encourage the worst possible readers while making all the rest run for the hills.
They helped ruin comics, lower the bar and encourage the worst possible readers while making all the rest run for the hills.
I really can't wrap my head around "Yes I know the source material is repulsive filth and its message is terrible but you know this other thing derived from that filth and message is really good."
If you're working that hard to separate them, think about why you have to.
If you're working that hard to separate them, think about why you have to.
From the creator of The Boys comes Crossed.
Do you like zombies? Well, what if the zombies hold you down and rape you!
Graphically! On multiple pages!
I'm not kidding.
And I don't doubt it's been optioned.
Do you like zombies? Well, what if the zombies hold you down and rape you!
Graphically! On multiple pages!
I'm not kidding.
And I don't doubt it's been optioned.
https://twitter.com/luxshine/status/1317966273473437697
Yup.
The more you read it, and the more you take it in context, the more stupid it gets.
The more you read it, and the more you take it in context, the more stupid it gets.
https://twitter.com/WCReaf/status/1317968221958524928
That's the entire point.
People who option stories for adaptation apparently don't really care much what's in them, only that they're very buzz-worthy in their home medium.
And writers like Millar and Ennis short-circuit the process to cynically profit.
People who option stories for adaptation apparently don't really care much what's in them, only that they're very buzz-worthy in their home medium.
And writers like Millar and Ennis short-circuit the process to cynically profit.
https://twitter.com/dnckars/status/1317968340707573760
For the longest time, two books at Marvel topped the charts:
Ultimate Spider-Man, and The Ultimates (which was Ultimate Avengers but Millar hated the name "Avengers").
Spidey was kind of heartfelt and good.
Ultimates had the Hulk eat a bad guy alive then shit him out.
Ultimate Spider-Man, and The Ultimates (which was Ultimate Avengers but Millar hated the name "Avengers").
Spidey was kind of heartfelt and good.
Ultimates had the Hulk eat a bad guy alive then shit him out.
The Ultimates helped start a race-to-the-bottom in the 2000s. Comic books became more and more horrific.
Why?
Because Mark Millar was making an ungodly amount of money optioning his repulsive comics, so other writers attempted the same.
Why?
Because Mark Millar was making an ungodly amount of money optioning his repulsive comics, so other writers attempted the same.
By the end, lots of readers just noped out, the base audience for comics dwindled significantly and Millar has production credits and a big chunk of money from both his own adapted comics and the MCU.
And all they had to do was ruin comic books.
And all they had to do was ruin comic books.
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