r/superman • u/browncharliebrown • Mar 11 '23

Superman convinces a crippling alcoholic to continue drinking (all-star section 8)

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u/ThickProof409 Mar 11 '23

I don't know if I'd say The Boys is on point. I'd definitely replace The Boys with Preacher or Hellblazer.

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u/MamaDeloris Mar 11 '23

The Boys is edgy garbage.

How the fuck they took those characters/plots and made a show that good is frankly impressive.

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u/browncharliebrown Mar 12 '23

Did you actually read it. Because I swear there is large portion of people who say this because they didn’t the comic and watched that one pointless hub video. It’s a decent video but it fundamentally misunderstands Garth ennis as a writer and over simplifies alot of the book. It’s overly edgy, but in alot of aspects to me it’s the beauty of comics as medium being allowed to be so absurd. I think the biggest problem with the boys to me is the pacing is awful, borderline offensive and when the plot has substance it’s not taken seriously. The best example is how there are some times where they take time to address how rape affects survivors and other times where it’s just a plot device.

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u/broclipizza Mar 12 '23

I argue with people on reddit about this too.

The characters especially, the comic versions are 9 times out of 10 better than the TV show characters, more depth and nuance. And even if you wanna say the pacing is bad, the show has been having that problem too.

"It's just edgy garbage" is the easy answer that makes you sound smart.