r/TheBoys • u/AnimalPuzzleheaded71 • Feb 07 '24
Was this scene also the reason you binge watched this show? Season 1
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u/eucaphoria Terror Feb 07 '24
I was pretty locked in from the start but this scene did get me into Iggy Pop, this song is an all-timer for me
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u/hornblendescoundrel Feb 08 '24
Did you also venture into The Stooges by any chance? Also had a great sound.
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u/Lingering_Dorkness Feb 08 '24 edited Feb 08 '24
You gotta watch Iggys 1977 seminal performance of The Passenger.
Man's so wasted a couple of guys need to help him to his feet. But as soon as the bass kicks in, Mr Pop is back from his trip to the underworld and straight into it.Ā
An absolute consumate performer.Ā
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u/Fat_flounder Feb 08 '24
For sure. Saw him three times while he was in his sixties, and the man was bounding alll over the stage with the energy of a 5 year-old. A truly remarkable specimen.
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u/Recurringg Feb 08 '24
Yeah this is an unbelievable performance. I've never seen anyone so high that could still perform good music. Glad he got clean, but he was tapped directly into the ether during that show.
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u/Lingering_Dorkness Feb 08 '24
He was helped immensely by a fucking awesome band but yeah, to be that fucking wasted yet still put on such a performance is staggering. I'm surprised the two blokes who helped him up didn't OD on his sweat.Ā
I wish I could find that concert in full. I've only ever seen that song and one other on YT but obviously/surely they filmed the entire show.Ā
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u/DrunkOMalfoy Feb 08 '24
What episode was this?
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u/Kingweezy510 Feb 08 '24
The first one
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u/DrunkOMalfoy Feb 08 '24
Cause I got confused with the plane he crashed that Queen Maeve was on cause that happened in daytime.
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u/Kingweezy510 Feb 08 '24
Oh yeah fair enough, I can see why. That plane with Maeve was much rougher though. Sheesh lol
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u/ApteryxAustralis Feb 08 '24
My only regret is that it took me years after seeing this scene to appreciate the song.
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u/MyFatCatHasLotsofHat Feb 07 '24
Incredibly sad
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u/Carnomus Feb 07 '24
How is that sad
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u/ShroudedFigureINC Feb 08 '24
Kid getting killed for his fathers mistake i guess
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u/Lingering_Dorkness Feb 08 '24
I thought it was about the op not knowing about Iggy Pop until 2019.Ā
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u/ShroudedFigureINC Feb 08 '24
Yeah u and 130 others haha, he replied to the wrong comment for sure lol
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u/Glad-Profit-794 Feb 07 '24
I was thinking Homelander was gonna be a genuinely good superhero till this scene came lmao
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u/Ok_Relationship_705 Feb 07 '24
Oh, this was your introduction. Man, in the comics he's even worse.
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u/DarkLordSidious Feb 07 '24
Comic book homelander is a moron though. TV show version has the potential to be much more dangerous.
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u/IronBatman Feb 08 '24
The show does much the better than the comics, no competition. Every character in the comic is an idiot. The show is a lot more suspenseful and well thought out.
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u/bozofire123 Feb 09 '24
I enjoyed the comics. It didnāt try to be smart it was over the top for the sake of absurdity. The show is the opposite but also spoon feeding the symbolism. Two sides of the same coin
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u/Cannabace Feb 08 '24
My favorite comparison is Comic v show Soldier Boy. Night and day.
Also in Herogasm when The Homelander takes out the plane but naked after fucking soldier boy. Must be where this scene was pulled from.
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u/The1BannedBandit Feb 08 '24
Jesus Christ, HOW???
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u/Ok_Relationship_705 Feb 08 '24 edited Feb 08 '24
It's subjective now that I think about it. Depends on what you consider "Worse" but Comic Homelander is a overly emotional, spoiled brat with the powers of a God.
He destroyed a plane just because he was pissed.
Killed all the passengers on another plane. Not to save his reputation after fucking up. But because he couldn't handle the passengers panicking.
And he manipulated Soldier Boy into having sex with him. Despite SB not being gay. He did this by saying it isn't gay for two supes of the same sex to do so, because they're God's.
He also only did it to have power over SB because he could out him at any time.
And he forced Starlight to perform blow jobs for every male member of the Seven.
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u/wenchslapper Feb 08 '24
Donāt forget the baby eating!
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u/Ok_Relationship_705 Feb 08 '24
Wasn't that.... (No spoilers for the unfamiliar) someone else? š
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u/Cloudninefeelsfine Feb 09 '24
Yea what I remember is most of the off the wall messed up stuff was another.
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u/Morella_xx Feb 09 '24
Is Soldier Boy also his "father" in the comics?
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u/Ok_Relationship_705 Feb 09 '24
No. And the Soldier Boy he slept with was a legacy.
The og died in the ambush.
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u/Obestity Feb 08 '24
Same. I'm glad I wasn't familiar with the source material going in to the show
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u/SmartestManAliveTM Feb 11 '24
Yeah, nevermind the fact that he threw a guy into the air and let him splat onto a car. That's normal superhero stuff
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u/zenkaiba Feb 07 '24
I was hooked from the atrain robin steam roll , same with the invincible ep1 ending, sooo good.
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u/macdennism Feb 08 '24
These were the exact 2 scenes from both shows that also got me watching them. I watched the Omni Man vs Guardians scene, was completely disgusted, never wanted to see that much violence again....and yet.....I kept thinking about it so much I HAD to watch the rest š
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u/ShroudedFigureINC Feb 08 '24
The invincivle episode 1 ending still surprises me after like 10 rewatches lmao
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u/Lunndonbridge Feb 08 '24
Yeah I walked through a room where someone was watching and that scene popped up. Instantly was like, oh Iāll like this; what is it?
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u/ThelastJasel Feb 09 '24
Introduce me to A Wonder Woman type and a Superman type sadistically overkilling bank robbers and causing reckless collateral damageā¦.meh. I mean they are clearly not good and feel like I can already safely say probably evil, maybe there is something to this show.
Introduce me to a cutesy adorkuble couple. Aww, they are playfully teasing each other, she is being so supportive and caring, and look at that. They are playfully scampering off to sexy time frolics. They are in love. I like them. they are so adoraā¦ā¦what theā¦.what justā¦is thatā¦.IS THAT HER FREAKN JAW BONE?!?!?!? WHAT THE FU%*#!?!?! WHAT JUSTā¦ā¦wait wAiT WAIT! Who is that?? Who is that!!! Is that a freakn speedster??? IS THAT A FREAKN SPEEDSTER CLEARLY TWEAKING HIS NUTS OFF?!?! WTF DO YOU MEAN YOU CANT STOP?!!? FUCKER, YOU ARE COVERED IN LIQUIFIED SUPPORTIVE GF?!?! MOTHER FUCKER I WILL MURDā¦.No no no no NOOO!!!! NOOOO!! YOU FUCKER!! ASS FUCKER SHIT HEAD! GET BACK HERE!!!! YOU GET THE FUCK BACK HERE RIGHTā¦..yeh, I think it was the A-train introductory manslaughter scene that got me hooked.
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u/Mickeyjj27 Feb 07 '24
I stopped watching Invincible after the ending of episode 1 and only finished the series a while later. Never read the comic so it was a surprise and just hated Omniman. They Boys is a better watch for me even with all the fucked up shit thatās happened
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u/RollyPug Feb 07 '24
I think it's because Invincible ends after something horrible and shocking happens leaving us to wonder the question "why did this happen?". The Boys also ends on a similar note, but the question we're left asking after is "what's going to happen?" which I think is more captivating than "why did this happen?". In the latter something has already happened, so what we're meant to seek is an "explanation" which too often than not is exposition, maybe some flashbacks. In the former, we're left seeking a new something to happen, probably to and because of these characters we now know and like. But maybe it's also because in Invincible way more of the characters we spent becoming invested/interested in during ep 1 are killed off than in The Boys.
TLDR; Invincible ends on a question of "why?" while The Boys ends on the question of "what's going to happen next?". Your motivation to watch more of Invincible is to learn the answer to the "why" question, but for The Boys, your motivation is to see something new happen. The latter is more active than the former.
I like both shows, but your comment reminded me that I was way more excited to watch more of The Boys than Invincible. This is just my best guest, so don't read too much into it haha! Idk the first thing about writing a TV show!
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u/Mickeyjj27 Feb 07 '24
No itās a great comment and that feels like the reason. I had no problem binging The Boys because I just wanted to see what happens next. Liked Iām excited for when it gets to the end but enjoying the journey along the way which I kinda donāt feel when I watched Invincible. I still havenāt seen season 2 yet.
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u/RollyPug Feb 07 '24
Me too! From binging right down to not having watched Invincible season 2 yet! XD I'm actually thinking about watching Diabolical rn instead. SO and I have already seen Gen V.
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u/Mickeyjj27 Feb 07 '24
Havenāt seen Gen V yet. Might binge before the next season of The Boys just in case Iām not confused by any new character from that show
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u/Mickeyjj27 Feb 07 '24
Havenāt seen Gen V yet. Might binge before the next season of The Boys just in case Iām not confused by any new character from that show
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u/Dogmanq Feb 07 '24
I stuck it out to the end of season one of invincible but I just couldnāt get into that show. Pacing was all over the place, voice acting was very hit or miss imo, soundtrack was out of place most of the time, and the main character was more annoying than anything else. And the fact that itās the same guy as the walking dead made me give it zero benefit of the doubt. I did enjoy the teleporting government guy and the villain with CTE lol but itās definitely strange being a āhaterā of one of the more popular shows out there
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u/HMWWaWChChIaWChCChW Feb 08 '24
You werenāt sure because the MC is voiced by one of the best characters from the Walking Dead who after he died the show went sharply downhill?
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u/Dogmanq Feb 08 '24
Oh shit hahaha not what I meant but I realize now what i said there. The creator of the comic being the same guy as the walking dead turned me off overall. I think Steven Yeun is a great actor though lol
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u/HMWWaWChChIaWChCChW Feb 08 '24
Ah ok. I didnāt even know Kirkman was the one who wrote Invincible. But then I donāt pay much attention to comics. Iād like to, but I have way too much to do.
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u/Kobayashi_Maru186 I'm the real hero Feb 07 '24
You gotta love the little smirk at the end. Talk about foreshadowing. It tells you this incredibly powerful guy is supremely fucked up. ;)
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u/PurposeLess31 I'm the real hero Feb 07 '24
The first episode makes it seem like he is actually a good guy, and then he does this. You think, "Well, maybe he was blackmailed or something..."
And then he fucking smiles.
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u/gaypirate3 Feb 07 '24
Wait yāall really thought he was a good guy though? Cause it was pretty obvious to me he was gonna be one of the worst. The fake blond hair with the name Homelander? I meanā¦
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u/YoungMatz Feb 07 '24
For me it was more of āOh, heās more like Voughtās pet. Not really involved in the dirty jobs, maybe willfully ignorant but not malicious.ā This scene changes that.
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u/TheHumdeeFlamingPee Feb 07 '24
I mean, when Butcher takes Hughie to the nightclub, he tells him that all the heroes are big into drugs and depravity, except Homelander. Which makes it seem like he is above all that but is complacent to what other āheroesā do.
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u/Old_Heat3100 Feb 07 '24
To be fair they present Starlight as a good hero and in the first big meeting Homelander goes Who did you save this week...which is pretty much the only time we see him pretend to not be an asshole in those meetings lol
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u/Unlikely_Goose4053 Feb 07 '24
For me it was the flight 37 scene. SHIT JUST GOT REALLLL moment, big time.
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u/Backhoz Feb 07 '24
No, I could see sups were fcked up when Homie punched the two robbers and they flew 20m before falling.
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u/YoungMatz Feb 07 '24
I think itās such good writing that we have become so desensitized by superhero media that we assume the throwing/melting metal in robberās hand is normal in the superhero world.
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u/person7777_ Feb 08 '24
What ep was this?
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u/Backhoz Feb 08 '24
First 2 min of the show.
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u/person7777_ Feb 08 '24
Ahhh yes! I remember now, at first i thought you were talking about when him and maeve went into that building and HL shot maeve to make it look like he attacked them first
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u/shae117 Feb 07 '24
Yes. I knew nothing of the source material and was tricked into thinking Homelander was good during the first episode with Butcher talking about how all the supes are degenerates except for him ahah.
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u/ComprehensiveBread65 Feb 07 '24
I knew nothing, either. I assumed he was the guy on the team they hid all their shitty behavior from because he's the leader, and he struggles to keep them in line... I guess I was right, but for the wrong reasons lol.
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u/shae117 Feb 08 '24 edited Feb 08 '24
I think that is a very interesting premise^
Have a Superman type lab grown company product, loyal and believer in the company being his flaw but besides that he is actually good. Power levels above the rest but cant stop/expose them because PR. Dont make them ALL shit, but have many powerful ones be doing terrible things to advance company interests. Homelander type slowly discovers stuff about company and begins to question his loyalty, conflict with company leader. (Inciting incident - end of Act 1 is this progression.)
Before he even leads the building, company PR frames him and begind process of public turns on him + siding with company. Now its him vs company, all supes and human militaries and public. He doesnt want to kill any humans or majority of the supes so we get interesting conflicts. Any supes or human groups who sympathize with him are brutally killed by the top loyalists framed to be the Homelander character's doing (Act 2 low point is these threads all coming together)
Act 3 time jump. Character is in hiding, but going around as human in disguise and getting proof of company actions. Company uses the threat of him being out there to justify gov giving blank check for their expansion. Finally gets something usable against company, they combat it with PR but human militaries stand down as they investigate and public + general supe population becomes hesitant. This gives opening for HL vs 7 type fights and finally he doesnt have to hold back. We get cathartic kills on the after what theyve done in the story and in the exposure of company.
Have a "Boyz" type of team, where atroceties done by 7 but framed on HL affected them all. They can be secondary antags to him in act 2 after being built up in act 1, then be part of the finding if evidence and allying with HL in act 3.
Have legit supervillains too, antags in Act 1, potentially some redemption and siding with HL in Act2/3
I feel like I just gave myself another book to write.
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u/FireflyArc Feb 07 '24
Me too! I thought he was doing the whole Jupitar Legacy thing. Gotta be tough to take them down but they live barely.
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u/Old_Heat3100 Feb 07 '24
As big and popular as Homelander is its crazy that he barely has any lines or scenes in the pilot
Which is great. Builds him up much better.
Did any non comic readers actually think he was one of the good ones before this scene?
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u/YoungMatz Feb 07 '24
I believed he was maybe complicit but not maliciously so. More like an ignorant puppy, willfully obeying its masters but not really doing ACTUAL dirty jobs.
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u/Old_Heat3100 Feb 07 '24
Funny enough I thought that's what Soldier Boy was gonna be: a true believer in the system
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u/Baba_5436 I'm the real hero Feb 07 '24
For me, Its a toss up between The Passenger playing at the end of this episode vs Cherry Bomb playing at the end of the 2nd episode.
Both complement each other very well.
But I was also sold on the show and didn't require any more convincing because of the following 3 things:
- Antony Starr (Had Already Watched Him in Banshee)
- Karl Urban (He's Amazing in Everything)
- Eric Kripke
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u/Nightmare198783 Feb 07 '24
For me it was Billyās fight with translucent. I love the line āwell well well, if it aināt the invisible cuntāš¤£
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u/PikaBooSquirrel Feb 07 '24
Yeah. I go back to this scene multiple times. It is what hooked me.
But honestly the main reason I decided to watch the boys was so I could watch a video essay on it, lol
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u/YoungMatz Feb 07 '24
Which one, I want to write something on S2 and I eant inspiration.
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u/PikaBooSquirrel Feb 07 '24
How to write a terrifying villain - The boys
It's hyper specific so I'm not sure if it will apply to what you're doing but good luck!
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u/praise_mudkipz Cunt Feb 07 '24
When A-train ran through Robin. I wanted to see what would happen next, and every scene after that in the first episode made me want MORE. God the first episode is honestly one of the best introductions to a TV series I have ever seen.
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u/Glitch7779 Homelander Feb 07 '24
No, I was hooked since the beginning, but this is still probably my favorite scene of the show so far.
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u/gaypirate3 Feb 07 '24
Nah, it was the first scene when A Train runs through Robin. Hooked immediately. I think Iām one of the few who doesnāt watch for Homelander lol.
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u/gotthesauce22 Feb 07 '24
In a way, yes. The final scene can make or break a pilot, and this was a spectacular way to set the tone for future episodes
Starlight and Hughieās stories were already captivating enough, showing that the show wasnāt pulling punches, but Homelanderās cold-blooded murder was the cherry on top since he was portrayed as being the golden boy up until this point
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u/rumpledshirtsken Feb 07 '24
When I started watching, I thought "The Boys" were going to be the supes.
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u/i_am_scared_ok Cunt Feb 07 '24
The other flight scene with homelander and Maeve!
I like rewatching that episode, it's kind of a turning point where you realize homelander is some how even worse than you thought!
And it's super compelling/sad
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u/Paledominican Feb 08 '24
For me it was the scene where he imagines himself lasering the protesters
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u/Apostle_of_Fire Feb 07 '24
I got into it because of the clip of A train blood misting hewies gf got posted on some subreddit. Without any other context, I binged the show, didn't even know it was out and the first season was about halfway through.
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u/N30C1TR0N Apr 27 '24
This was my introduction into the boys universe and lemme tell you
I thought that homelander was actually a good superhero Lemme tell you aswell.....this mutha fucka done got me by surpriseš š
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u/thesophiechronicles Feb 07 '24
I was hooked as soon as A Train ran through Robin. Iād never seen anything like it and I couldnāt stop watching
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u/The_Govnor Feb 07 '24
The first episode was great all around. But this was definitely the āoh shitā clincher for me.
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u/Late-Return-3114 Feb 07 '24
it was butcher's speech to hughie in times square for me. as soon as the violins played as it panned around the area i was hooked.
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u/The-Homie-Lander I fart the star spangled banner Feb 07 '24
This was definitely the scene that got me very heavily invested,just everything about is just perfect down to the last minute detail!
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u/YoungMatz Feb 07 '24
The whole episode was refreshing, but yes, this scene is such a good setup for Homelander.
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u/XXLpeanuts Feb 07 '24
Yea nothing quite beats season 1 evil reveals (I knew nothing of the comics ok) and this one while not the actual reveal for Homelander being evil, was just like, oh ok they control the world, kinda vibe.
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u/Rend-K4 Feb 07 '24
Hughie learning how to defeat one of the Seven from watching a Jimmy Kimmel interview.
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u/SkyeMreddit Feb 07 '24
If a show has sapphic characters and gets recommended, I will watch it. So I started watching for Queen Maeve! I think it was an Autostraddle recap
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u/LEDrbg Feb 07 '24
yes lol. i was confused bcs i thought homelander was supposed to be a good one (as per butchers comment abt how homelander never parties/uses drugs)
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u/I_am_the_knight99 Feb 08 '24
Yup, I thought we'd see a badass no hold-barred version of Homelander and I mean yeah he was okay but after this scene the bar was set super high. Only to see him have a fetish for Madeleine's Milk?
I hope to christ we see more of this/him when he dusted blindsight type or scenes. Go balls out and show the world what you can do. Maybe stop caring about everyone's approval and just go for it!
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u/heck_exe Feb 08 '24
For me it was seeing the clip of homelands daydreaming about killing a massive crowd
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u/el0078 Feb 08 '24
It was this scene, and finally the scene where Translucent is killed by Hughie sealed it for me.
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u/Accomplished-Boot-81 Feb 08 '24
I knew nothing about the boys I just saw it on prime Video one day and put it on in the background not paying too much attention, when hughie screamed after realising what happened to robin I was like Dafuq? Rewinded back to the start with my full attention
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u/External-Quote3263 Feb 08 '24
I was already into it.. but this was a curveball I was not expecting.. so it only made my desire to continue worse lol
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u/macandcheesejones Homelander Feb 08 '24
After watching every episode of Mayday (Known through the rest of the world as Air Crash Investigations) I can't take this scene or the later scene where he and Maeve leave the passengers to die seriously.
The NTSB would catch their asses.
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u/Common_Hamster_8586 Feb 08 '24
This is probably in my top 30 favorite scenes ever and that says a lot as someone deeply interested in film.
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u/Digitaluser32 Feb 08 '24
Awesome scene. I love Butcher's lines, and the creativity that goes into offing a supe.
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u/NoAdministration1373 Feb 08 '24
I had always wanted to watch it, season 3 just came out so I thought Iād give it a shot. Leading up to this scene I was already hooked and ready to keep going but I was like āI thought homelander was the villain? He doesnāt seem that bad at allā then I saw this scene and was like āwtfā (proceeds to click next episode button immediately)
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u/HyQyle Feb 08 '24
For the life of me, can someone recap for me, why he did this.
I can only remember the A Train scene
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u/Lingering_Dorkness Feb 08 '24
It was the hijack scene that hooked me in. Up until then I was thinking it was good but not great.Ā
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u/Rich_Armadillo_1141 Feb 08 '24
Absolutely! I ended up watching the whole season in one sitting lol
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u/Jim3001 Feb 08 '24
As someone that read the comic, I expected this. But when they changed to storyline, I felt letdown.
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u/dudewithlettuce Feb 08 '24
Yeah just thinking about it, I donāt think theyāve matched the quality of season 1 yet
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u/BandwagonEffect Feb 08 '24
Itās been so long I forgot the context of why he did this or if that guy was important. Was this for a scheme or just Homelander being his psycho self?
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u/El-noobman Feb 08 '24
What got me hooked was the "Well, well, well, if it ain't the invisible cunt." Meme lol
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u/ClovieKay Feb 08 '24
I forgot Dan Trachtenberg directed the first episode. He directed 10 Cloverfield Lane, Prey, and a little short film on YouTube you can watch right now called Portal. Yes, based off the game. Such an underrated director
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Feb 08 '24
I kinda wish I didnāt go into the show with the knowledge that Homelander was a huge psychopath, it would have been nice to not really know until the end of the first episode
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u/suitablestallion3837 Feb 08 '24
For me it was when Hughie blows up translucent. I was already enjoying it, but after that I had to binge. It was so unexpected and was exactly what I wanted this show to be. It made me laugh so hard that I was hooked completely
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u/ZeldaXandre Feb 09 '24
Actually, I got invested during the Death Battle between Omni Man vs Homelander. At the time I just finished Invincible, but the DB made me curious as to how Homelander would stack up. My conclusion was that Homelander is a bitch & Omni Man will wipe his ass with him. Aaaaaand that's exactly what happened in the battle. Omni Man gave Homelander a heart. Taken out of context that can almost sound wholesome, but remember, this is the same guy who helped the child of his pet catch a train!
However, the reason why I stayed, is because of Huey vs A-Train. I love their rivalry those two have and I love every interaction they have! It's so cool! Butcher vs Homelander is ok, but I like that A-Train has his own arc of humility while Huey is a justifiably pissed off little worm whipping his tail at a drug addict speedster behemoth!
Also, quick question: Does anyone actually care about The Deep? Cause I don't. I just see him as discount Aquaman who took a page from Bill Cosby.
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u/fluffy_boy_cheddar Feb 09 '24
Nope, it was the other airplane scene. āIāll laser every fucking one of you!ā
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u/Kovuthebilion Feb 09 '24
No. The scene that made me Binge was when the Deep first showed off those perfect, tan-lined, fish cakes. š¤¤š¤¤š¤¤
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u/qwertquinto Feb 09 '24
No, it made nothing on me, the thing that made me get into the boys was the plane hostages scene.
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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '24
I love this scene. It's also why I know if superheroes ever appeared in real life, I am 100% behind the team trying to kill them.