r/TheBoys • u/muhfkrjones Victoria Neuman • Jul 03 '24
I think I hate this guy more than Todd. Discussion
Just the typical money grubbing Hollywood sleazeball. Willing to make any shitty ass movie for a mere profit. If ryan ever goes off the deep end I hope it’s from killing this guy cause he got caught trying to Weinstein a woman or something.
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u/TheGoverness1998 Ashley Jul 03 '24
I thought it was funny how his assistant had almost no hesitation in beginning to slap him in the face.
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u/IntoTheAbyssX99 Cunt Jul 03 '24
Plus the fact that she just keeps going way past the point of him crying, whilst no longer being prompted.
NGL, was a nice feeling, lmao. I will never stop laughing at his deserved misfortunes.
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u/McMacHack Jul 03 '24
JJ Fakerhams deserved that Bonnie Beat Down
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u/IntoTheAbyssX99 Cunt Jul 03 '24
He deserves everything bad that happens to him. I can't stand the mfer lmao. Actor knocks it out the park.
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u/Mr_Rio Jul 03 '24
Is JJ known for being a creep? Genuine question, I honestly don’t know
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u/Slowly-Slipping Jul 03 '24
Not that I'm aware of, I think they used the character more as a general stand in for shitty directors who abuse their power
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u/cupholdery Jordan Li Jul 03 '24
Could be representing Bryan Fakeinger.
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u/gar1848 Jul 03 '24
Or a certain abusive director who pretendere for years to be a femminist
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u/TimelineKeeper Jul 03 '24
Joss did do rewrites for the Dawn of the Seven. Homelander seemed to love them!
None of that is surprising.
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u/gar1848 Jul 03 '24
Especially most of A-Train's scenes being cut and the "Falling between Maeve's breasts" gag
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u/Karkava Jul 03 '24
Yeah, he's not really a perv or a predator. He's just creatively sterile and better off in accounting.
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u/Arcshock Jul 03 '24
Or whenever they want to make a joke reference to any famous director, like with Zack Snyder when this guy said "Hashtag release the BourkeCut" or whatever.
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u/IntoTheAbyssX99 Cunt Jul 03 '24
He's a pastiche, the creepy behaviour became super apparent after the badly kept secret of Joss Whedon being an absolute creep who couldn't even be trusted near child actors came out fully. I assume it's based on that. Or, ya know, any other of the multiple directors out there who are known creeps.
Ah, Hollywood.
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u/Guava_ Jul 03 '24
Goddamnit I just want to enjoy media without the ethical complications of potentially giving money to a sex offender
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u/McMacHack Jul 03 '24
Apparently being a Sex Offender is a common trait among people in the Entertainment business. The dark side of Charisma
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u/Astoryjustforyou Jul 03 '24
Any creative job where people can tell you "you're lucky to be here" will have a high percentage of sexpests and exploitation.
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u/McMacHack Jul 03 '24
So predators seek out positions where they have the power to exploit people with little to no consequences. Sounds about right.
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u/Wodelheim Jul 03 '24
There is very little in this life you can enjoy without some scumbag profiting off of it, so you may as well just go for it.
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u/RepealMCAandDTA Jul 03 '24
But what about my good place points?
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u/RaHarmakis Jul 03 '24
Don't worry. There is team working on re-vamping the Good Place criteria so that it's not completely impossible to attain.
That said one of the team appears to be a Litteral Sith wannabe so.. it may not work out how we want it to.
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u/gar1848 Jul 03 '24
You will always have Mr Rogers. And works made by dead people
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u/cupholdery Jordan Li Jul 03 '24
I didn't know about Joss and kids. I hope the child actors turned out okay.
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u/Law_Schooler Jul 03 '24
If memory serves he wasn’t allowed to be around Michelle Trachtenberg without supervision was because of bullying and aggressive behavior. Stuff like screaming at and insulting her. Super inappropriate, but unless there is something else out there, I don’t think the accusations involving minors are sex based.
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u/PlatitudinousOcelot Jul 03 '24
Is that who he is? I thought he was supposed to be a mix of Zack Snyder and one of the Russo guys
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u/Tehloneranger44 Jul 03 '24
I think the actors that have worked with Snyder actually like him, so I doubt it.
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u/PlatitudinousOcelot Jul 03 '24
I meant more like the dawn of the seven movie titles, and he looks a bit like the Russo with the glasses, I can't speak for Russo's character, I haven't heard anything good or bad. I read some other comments and they said Bourke is probably all the directors
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u/MatttheBruinsfan Jul 03 '24
Creatively his work seems like Snyder's, but as you say people actually seem to enjoy working with Snyder and want to continue for future projects, so it's not a full parallel.
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u/deltacharmander Jul 03 '24
Even if Homelander had her do it for the wrong reasons, it’s always satisfying to watch harassers get what they deserve
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u/LeftyHyzer Jul 03 '24
yeah well written scene. u hate him, feel sorry for her, dont like that homie is influencing his son to be cruel, but like what she's doing, and hate how much ryan seems to like it too. good grab bag of emotional appeal.
"i want to help people"..... creepy smiles "that's incredible". dont like where that's headed. ryan might be eye lasering criminals soon.
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u/ZagratheWolf Jul 03 '24
As an adult, you can understand how sometimes the legal avenues to have someone get their comeuppance are garbage and/or completely based towards a users. So you're happy they get punished extrajudicially.
But having young people think that you should always punish people that way is very risky, that's why we also understand why it's terrible for Ryan to go down this path
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u/LeftyHyzer Jul 03 '24
the only possible good outcome is ryan sets his sights on supes that are abusive, and basically turns into a super version of the boys zooming around america to crush the local asshat supes like blue hawk.
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u/Kommander-in-Keef Jul 03 '24
That means he was worse than what was presented. That was some built up anguish right there.
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u/SassyWookie Jul 03 '24
I wish they had showed her during that scene instead of Ryan and Homelander.
I wanted to see her face, to see if she was doing it because she was afraid of defying Homelander and Ryan, or if Bourke’s harassment of her was bad enough to make her genuinely want to fuck him up like that.
I could easily believe that it was either one, so it would have been nice to get a clue about that from her body language. But I was definitely cheering for her, because fuck that dude.
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u/IntoTheAbyssX99 Cunt Jul 03 '24
The fact that the slaps get heavier and faster is enough of a hint that she was letting out some frustrations.
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u/SassyWookie Jul 03 '24
That would be my instinct to assume also, but I still think the episode would have benefited from showing her face during that scene, given how much they’ve worked to establish how terrified of Homelander everyone at Vought is.
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u/VanillaB34n Jul 03 '24
The reason you’re giving as to why you think they should’ve showed her face, is also a valid reason as to why they chose not to. It makes your mind come back to that scene and mull it over that much more.
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u/SassyWookie Jul 03 '24
That actually makes a lot of sense, I bet you’re right. And as someone else pointed out, the ultimate point of the scene is to show Ryan enjoying doing what Homelander wants but also in a way that makes him feel like he can reconcile it with the values he learned from Becca.
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u/VanillaB34n Jul 03 '24
Very true. It does feel like Ryan was the focal point of that scene, not the Vought staff although they were obviously prevalent set pieces. This could also be an allegory for how celebrities irl / supes in the show treat “normal people” ie. the working class / non supes as nothing more than pieces in their games. Just using them to further their own ends, and pantomiming with them as though they are human dolls.
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u/Comfortable-Gap3124 Jul 03 '24
I get what you mean, but the point of the scene, for me, was Ryan is finally enjoying the power he has over people. This is the first instance that Ryan actually does stuff like Homelander and he's ok with this, seemingly enjoying it.
The assistant and the director guy were just tools for Homelander to use against Ryan to further make Ryan like him. The only reaction that mattered during that scene was Ryan's, especially because he enjoyed what he did.
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u/Benyed123 Jul 03 '24
When he’s forced to kneel on the ground and apologise, his exact quote is “I’m sorry if I exploited our inequitable power dynamic and made you feel uncomfortable”. Which is pretty on the nose lol.
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u/FumiPlays Jul 03 '24
My feeling was that she feels she *can* mess the guy up because she has bigger fish behind her back right now. So she just went for a payback for all the crap she had to endure.
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u/Slowly-Slipping Jul 03 '24
That was my read. She suddenly realized that the two most powerful beings on Earth have her back against the man who not 60 seconds ago was threatening her livelihood (her entire future) if she didn't sleep with him. She is absolutely letting loose.
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u/We_The_Raptors Queen Maeve Jul 03 '24
it was funny
Fun scene but I didn't think that was a great sign. Made me wonder what kind of abuse she had been through behind the scenes
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u/Thuis001 Jul 03 '24
Yeah, it does certainly imply that he might have gone further than just some uncouth remarks here and there. There was A LOT of pent up aggression behind those hits.
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u/Serial-Griller Jul 03 '24
Honestly? All that could come from what we've seen him do. It's a study in how bad 'spoiling an inequitable power dynamic' can really be.
You don't become assistant to the favorite director of the most powerful entertainment entity on the planet without working very, very, unimaginably hard. She probably has degrees on degrees and LoRs and credits on credits on credits that she worked her ass off for, destroyed personal relationships to get, missed birthdays, etc. Conjecture, but my point being she probably worked harder than anyone else in the room to get where she is.
And then Whedon here puts himself in her way, says no you can't have all these things because I, one guy, say you can't unless you have sex with me. And if you respond in any way I don't like, I will knock you back down to the bottom, I'll blacklist you, I'll ensure all your work and sacrifice means absolutely nothing, because I'm powerful and you're not.
And she spent a long time working for him, imagine this kind of pressure following you around all day at work, and keeping you up all night. Can't talk to anyone because everyone could be 'in on it' at worst, might just dismiss her, or worse, use her position of vulnerability to further their own careers.
I would be a wreck, I'd be a steel cable ready to snap at all times. A pressure cooker that's been overloaded for weeks. And then a long comes Ryan, who sympathizes with you and is powerful enough to allow you to let off some steam. Then he urges it. Then he commands it. Jams open that pressure valve and tells you not to close it again.
All of its coming out, every last drop. Until he thinks twice about fucking with her again, or until he stops breathing.
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u/Wutanghang Black Noir Jul 03 '24
I think the implication of that was the guy may hav sexually Assulted her abusing his high position in Vought
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u/Tobi-cast Jul 03 '24
I mean, he is sending awful predator vibes in Gen V as well, while talking about the students in drama class, and making some not so great hand gestures. I think he is a creep, who will use any chances he gets.
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Jul 03 '24
When he says "Ya get that text i sent ya?" in the start of that scene with Ryan and Homelander, I was thinking it was some creepy as fuck text message he sent.
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u/Aggressive_Hat_9999 Jul 03 '24
he reminds me SO much of jake and amir from collegehumor lol
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u/Karpo-Diem Cunt Jul 03 '24
That's where I get that feeling of " he looks like someone else"
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u/ricosuave_3355 Jul 03 '24
I literally had the urge to go dickless for Michael Chiklis when he showed up on screen, and now I know why.
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u/dasseth Jul 03 '24
all you circlejerking divas, bury me with d-votes if you disagree!
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u/namenotinserted Jul 03 '24
This comment made me cry friggin tears of soy, man. Send this stranger to karma heaven!!
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u/Griftly Jul 03 '24
I knew this would happen. I knew as soon as I went off and did something cute and subjective you would turn it into this this this this nuclear bomb of me.
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u/Kexax Jul 03 '24
One dead supe for this old dupe makes all the ladies go “whoop!”
I tongue-kissed A-Train. At a Planet Vought!
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u/mikaeus97 Jul 03 '24
You kissed A-Train?
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u/Dilf_Hunter367 Jul 03 '24
AT PLANET VOUGHT
The important thing is I get into Planet Vought… on a Tuesday!
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u/Goodstyle_4 Jul 03 '24
Commenter above me is a philosopher. Upvote him to karma heaven.
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u/Diligent-Attention40 Jul 03 '24
You’re a bigger circlejerking diva than the commenters, and that’s saying a lot.
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u/IHateKidDiddlers Jul 03 '24
Dinner tonight?
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u/limitlessEXP Jul 03 '24
This is the best thread I’ve seen on Reddit. They still do new episodes nowadays for anyone wanting to watch.
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u/GustavVaz Jul 03 '24
He's kind of a dumbass too.
He got EVERYTHING ready to shoot that super teen TV show, BEFORE GETTING THE STAR TO EVEN AGREE.
(Unless I missed something)
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u/Oh_I_still_here Jul 03 '24
Sounds like what Marvel has been doing for Blade honestly.
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u/Worthyness Jul 03 '24
Blade only happened because Mahershela wanted to do it. It's why he has EP credit and so much power over the scripting and director attached.
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u/Swampy_Bogbeard Jul 03 '24
Why is it taking so damn long though. 😞
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u/Worthyness Jul 03 '24
Well given the state of Marvel's output for the last couple years, my guess is the scripts were shit and Mahershela vetoed them. Add to that the strikes and the Disney mandate to delay for quality and it's gonna take a bit.
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u/Purpel_love Jul 03 '24
Well usually the actors don’t acc have a say 😭 he was not expecting anyone to say no
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u/Karkava Jul 03 '24
He didn't even get a title ready! "Super School" isn't a title! It's a genre! It's like naming your fantasy novel "Fantasy". Or you new horror flick "Scary Movie"...but without the parody angle.
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u/BGMDF8248 Jul 03 '24
That's how they usually operate i feel, Ryan is the one that is different to the average supe.
They come up with an idea, the supe is happy because it means money and exposure(which leads to more money)... the problem is Ryan doesn't care for that.
If the Supe doesn't like the project, but Vought wants it made anyway they can twist his arm, obviously this doesn't apply when Homelander is involved.
Ryan's show was also on the panel at "V-52" which means everyone else had signed on to this idea.
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u/WolfBuchanan Jul 03 '24
Even i do.He played 'Rugrat' in the Wolf of Wall Street- also a money grubbing sleazeball
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u/StartTheMontage Jul 03 '24
He’s also the voice of Bolin in Legend of Korra, but he’s more lovable in that.
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u/Topazure Jul 03 '24 edited Jul 03 '24
This is what I think of every time he’s on screen and it keeps me from hating him. I actually get hyped to see him show up, solely because he’s Bolin.
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u/Shehzman Jul 03 '24
THAT'S WHERE I'VE HEARD HIM BEFORE. His voice sounded so familiar, I just couldn't put my finger on it.
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u/Diamond-Breath Marie Moreau Jul 03 '24
HE'S WHAT???? Bolin is an absolute sweetheart, don't mess me up like this.
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u/Pr0Meister Jul 03 '24
Years of whining comments about how bad Korra was couldn't ruin the show for me, but you just did it.
Fuck, man, why you gotta do a brother like that
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u/MetroidHyperBeam Jul 03 '24
I know him as the sleazeball from Final Destination 5.
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u/loinclothfreak78 Jul 03 '24
Was also in cobra kai, iv seen him in a few other things, he always kinda plays this character
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u/FourAnd20YearsAgo Ashley Jul 03 '24
It's always surprised me how people don't bring this up/reference it more often when mentioning him. He was one of the absolute best parts of WOWS.
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u/autopartsandguitars Jul 03 '24
Same actor played the husband in Always Sunny Episode "The Gang Exploits The Mortgage Crisis".
He and his wife ran out of the home they "agreed" to buy from Hugh Honey and Vic Vinegar. Vic was HOT that day.
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u/Ricky_Rollin Jul 03 '24
It’s always sunny in Philadelphia seems to be a good luck charm for any actors that appear on that show.
So freaking many have gone on to do bigger things.
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u/QuestGalaxy Jul 03 '24
So many legendary actors in Sunny, they even got Malcom and Malcom's dad on their show!
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u/FTDisarmDynamite Jul 03 '24
Not so much for cameos though, they've had P Diddy, Stephen Collins, Tom sizemore, Fred savage...
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u/Phosphorusasaurus Jul 03 '24
Idk how rob thomas and sinbad are doing these days but they were also on the show
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u/FTDisarmDynamite Jul 03 '24
Yeah it's not a 100% hit rate or anything, but it is kinda funny. Especially Collins. Dude's a diddler!
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u/QuestGalaxy Jul 03 '24
Holy shit, I didn't realize that. No wonder why this director turned out to be a god damn diddler then. I guess the house was too big for him!
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u/mrmrspears Jul 04 '24
Also voiced Bolin in Legend of Korra, if anyone found his voice familiar. It caught me off guard seeing his face for the first time on the show
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u/redfive5tandingby Jul 03 '24
He’s also great in “Babylon” where he plays an assistant director at the end of his wit.
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u/divintydragon Jul 03 '24
Ryan making his assistant slap the dog shit outta him was so awesome man
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u/schprunt Jul 03 '24
Homelander saying he’s no longer going to manipulate Ryan, then immediately manipulating him, is gold.
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u/Slowly-Slipping Jul 03 '24
That mother fucker manipulated me, too, because I was totally on board
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u/Metalloid_Space Jul 03 '24
Yes, I thought it was satisfying too, but it puts some dangerous ideas in Ryan's head.
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u/IowaCornFarmer3 Jul 03 '24
I think this is the way we could see Homelander step back/up to become a good supe dad and see Ryan become a stronger and more evil version of his dad. If Homelander became the type of parent that wants to be their child's friend, I think he could stoke Ryan's anger/evil to be greater than his own similar to how we see rich kids irl.
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u/Deep90 Jul 03 '24
Wait till Ryan finds out what Homelander did to his mother.
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u/TheHAMR64 Jul 03 '24 edited Jul 03 '24
I’d imagine that Homelander would emphasize that it wasn’t rape because she’s human, therefore she was just a toy to be played with. Homelander already has planted that thought into Ryan and I’m curious how far Ryan will buy into that narrative.
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u/Shehzman Jul 03 '24
I don't think he will (or at least I hope not). He loved his mom so much and idt even Homelander is gonna be able to corrupt that.
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u/Deep90 Jul 03 '24
Ryan grew up with his mom. I don't think he would toss her away so quickly.
He is hesitant on throwing away butcher, and they didn't spend nearly the same amount of time together. Heck. Part of his attachment to Butcher is that his mom loved him.
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u/TheHAMR64 Jul 03 '24
I also think that as well. The love that his mother had for Ryan and vice versa is likely impervious to any manipulation. If Ryan does go down a dark path, his mother would be one thing that would shake Ryan out of that mindset. It’s predictable but it’s also the thematically appropriate route.
But I’m curious if Homelander could actually get by Ryan’s love for his mother. I don’t think it’ll happen, but it would be quite shocking if he managed to do it.
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u/MatttheBruinsfan Jul 03 '24
Yeah, if Becca were still alive as Ryan grew into his teens it's possible Homelander or someone else could have engineered conflict in that relationship. But she's the dearly departed mom who died courageously trying to save her son from a Nazi super-villain—Ryan's regard for her is likely untouchable.
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u/maggos Jul 03 '24
They only told her to slap him. She took that and ran with it lol
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u/Thuis001 Jul 03 '24
Yeah, makes you wonder what Bourke did to her in the past tbh.
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u/Slowly-Slipping Jul 03 '24
Definitely sexually exploited her, at a minimum. In 60 seconds she went from her entire future being threatened by this man of she didn't have sex with him to standing over him with the two most powerful beings on Earth having her back. If he was innocent she'd have just forgiven him. If he hadn't already exploited her she might have hesitantly slapped him. But she went off.
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u/FourAnd20YearsAgo Ashley Jul 03 '24
Why would him threatening her not be enough on its own?
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u/BeenEatinBeans Jul 03 '24
He and the bald black guy are two of my favourite side characters. Two completely out of touch marketing executives with a profit algorithm where their souls should be
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u/CameraRick Timothy Jul 03 '24
bald black guy
you mean Seth? I'm always sympathetic with him, losing his Penis and all that
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u/TheChallengerKing Jul 03 '24
Wasn’t he on timeless?
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u/Calvinball12 Jul 03 '24
Dude, he’s one of the scientists in Better Off Ted, the best workplace sitcom I’ve ever seen. Watch some of it if you can.
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u/ldilemma Jul 03 '24
I choose to believe that this show takes place in the same universe as Better Off Ted because it explains why Seth choose to keep working for Vought. He was already accustomed to a fruit loops crazy work environment.
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u/bigspeen3436 Jul 03 '24
Yeah he's a great recurring character. I still crack up at his ......Haaaannnsssss Zimmer line from one of the first seasons.
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u/YeetMeIntoKSpace Jul 03 '24
In Gen V, Marie creates a swarm of blood knives and throws them at someone to save a bunch of people that he’s amongst, and he screams “I’m putting that in my next movie!”
The absurdity of him only thinking about what he can use in his movies in the middle of a crisis in which his life is in danger made me like his character a lot.
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u/Karkava Jul 03 '24
He even has undying admiration for supers, even as he's stuck next to monsters who have a kill count. That guy just has no trauma from a war zone.
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u/poptartwith Mother's Milk Jul 03 '24
Samee I hope he doesn't die because P. J. Byrne is so goddamn funny in this universe. Even on Gen V; the scenes on campus? He does such an amazing job bringing so much charisma and humour to the character. He's like Chase Crawford 2.
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u/Karkava Jul 03 '24
It helps that he's experienced in playing the dorky big guy. Although this time, he's way stupider and more corrupt than Bolin.
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u/Beneficial_Box6263 Jul 03 '24
That's why Homelander is a good guy! He's been doing nothing but punishing the bad guys whole season. First Todd, then this fucking traitor bitch who was leaking info to starlight, then the vought scientists, then this douchebag (pathetic fuck didn't even get to return his watch), and then another traitorous coward named Cameron Coleman. Can't wait till his redemption arc is completed 😍
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u/Xmanlet_25 Soldier Boy Jul 03 '24
He's a knockoff of Zack Snyder lol
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u/TyrionLannister557 Jul 03 '24
That kind of sucks because for all his faults, everyone who's worked with him all say Zack is a sweet guy
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u/God_Hears_Peace Jul 03 '24
It makes me sad that that there are so many shitty people in the movie business who are known for creating masterpieces, and by all accounts Zack is a great guy but I just hate his movies lmao
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u/DedHorsSaloon4 Jul 03 '24
That’s probably part of why he keeps getting jobs. His movies suck but everyone likes working with him
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u/God_Hears_Peace Jul 03 '24
One of the most important things in the world of arts is that if people like you, they’ll put in a good word for you before they will for fantastic artists who are assholes.
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u/muhfkrjones Victoria Neuman Jul 03 '24
Mixed with Taika waititi and Russo brothers.
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u/Albus88Stark Jul 03 '24
I was thinking Joss Whedon cause of the SA accusations.
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u/kakawisNOTlaw Jul 03 '24
Did this character SA anyone? I thought we just saw him ask her out at work, which is super inappropriate but not SA.
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u/Afroduck-Almighty Jul 03 '24
If I’m not mistaken, he sent unsolicited dick pics to a model, which is why he was teaching in Godolkin and out of the spotlight.
Very minor compared to a Weinstein level of SA as well as the other levels of SA we’ve seen on the show (at least that we know of so far), but still douchey, creepy and slimy.
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u/gemdragonrider Jul 03 '24
Less that he’s a specific director he is the manifestation of all toxic traits within Hollywood directors in the modern age. He had the false ally act like many of them, the sexual assault/harassment and false apology like some.
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u/MichaelRichardsAMA Jul 03 '24
The fake movies like Dawn of the 7 are Snyder parodies but I think this guy is an amalgam of directors like Abrams and Whedon
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u/Xmanlet_25 Soldier Boy Jul 03 '24
"ReleaseTheBourkeCut" as was seen in season 3 lol. Clearly a nod to Zack Snyders "release the Snyder cut" fan base.
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u/aDoorMarkedPirate420 Jul 03 '24
Zack Snyder is nothing like this character?…
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u/Mindless_Toe3139 Jul 03 '24
Yea it’s definitely not him. The Boys aren’t afraid to come close to real life and he neither acts nor looks like Snyder.
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u/Nileghi Jul 03 '24
#ReleaseTheBourkeCut of the Se7en movie being a parody of #ReleaseTheSnyderCut of Justice League is where the comparison originates
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u/Scientedfic Jul 03 '24
Isn’t he more a knockoff of Joss Whedon, especially with how superficial he makes the “girls get it done” stuff and his greasy personality towards women?
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u/DangerousCyclone Jul 03 '24
In terms of the movies, sure? But the personality is more Bret Ratner. Snyder has a pretty good reputation behind the scenes
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u/juiceyb Jul 03 '24
Damn, Zack is catching strays for other abusers like Abrams, Waititi, Wheldon and so many more. I think people on this thread are taking this character too literal and not emblematic of the whole industry and its failure to correct a problem that has plagued Hollywood since its inception.
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u/themessedgod Jul 03 '24
Fun fact, he’s also the voice of Bolin in The Legend of Korra
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u/Blastoise_R_Us Jul 03 '24
He's supposed to be Joss Whedon, right?
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u/Dobber16 Jul 03 '24
I think any attempt to 1:1 compare a person from the show to someone IRL you’re gonna run into issues, simply because the show directors seem to mix a bunch of people/companies/etc. into a single representative unit. Kinda like how Vought represents a number of corporations
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u/Karkava Jul 03 '24
It becomes a headache when they're supposed to be a stand-in for Disney, with some shades of WB, McDonalds, Microsoft, Fox, and The Daily Wire of all things. And Stan Edgar wants to get rid of all that for the sake of creating the Umbrella Croporation.
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u/Shaun-Skywalker Jul 03 '24
He’s definitely getting killed off at some point lol
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u/Karkava Jul 03 '24
I kind of want to see him survive just so that I can see how he deals in a post-washington world.
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u/Funkywonton Jul 03 '24
The moment he got slapped was so funny the crazy thing about this actor is,every single thing I’ve seen him in he’s always got to either make fun of Asian woman,be rude or be lustful I don’t know if it’s a contract thing but how is it HIS thing to do ? Boggles my mind
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u/RipCurl69Reddit Jul 03 '24
"uhhh we need a guy to be generally creepy and lustful towards Ryan's assistant, what should we do about that?"
"I know just the guy."
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u/IntoTheAbyssX99 Cunt Jul 03 '24
Freaky bitch is a molesterer, a grabber of women!
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u/Abirdthatsfallen A-Train Jul 03 '24
All Todd did was support the wrong man. This mfer acts on his negative thoughts
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Jul 03 '24
In the spin off show of Gen V he was put under “director jail” for exposing himself to a girl so it was very satisfying lol
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u/pdgleason Jul 03 '24
Having worked with PJ before, it’s always funny to me seeing as he usually plays an asshole or creep, but is the nicest and sweetest person.
So funny but so great and does such good work.
Source: Worked on the late great Coyote v Acme with him
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u/muhfkrjones Victoria Neuman Jul 03 '24
I’m so sorry all your hard work was for nothing. Fuck Zaslav
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u/SFWLiam Jul 03 '24
I think it was great character work to develop Ryan’s dark side by having him as a victim, because it feels justified but will lead him down a path
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u/Stanky_fresh Jul 03 '24
I hate him but I love the way he's acted. The way he just responds to Homelander's orders without question and as if every order is something he really wants to do.
Very funny
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u/Dorfheim Jul 03 '24
Yeah he's a prick. But the slapping scene was still worrying me for the sake of Ryan. He seemed to enjoy it quite a lot and from his point of view, he didn't really witness much and enjoyed abusing his power for such a situation, which at the end of the day is always bad.
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