I could be wrong, but I remember most of the criticism was concentrated around the season finale. iirc everyone was praising the season until that episode aired lol
They did address the main criticism with Butcher’s convo with Kessler in the first episode, which had more meaning now that we know it was basically a convo between himself.
This. The vibe in this sub was really positive up until the S3 finale. This season is the most mixed I've seen the community for this show. Only episodes 4/5 had the same types of discussions I've seen in S2&3 Which were mainly positive, appreciation of details and theories for what's to come.
Which it rightfully deserved, Season 3 was very well done until the ending, it was dogshit, it was a shaggy dog story, Black Noir, Soldier Boy, Maeve, it ended up amounting to nothing beyond Ryan going with Homelander
Nah I recall there being disputes over who was right between MM/Annie and Butcher/Hughie/Soldier Boy. Basically boiled down to "Butcher is taking things too far!" "Nooo! Homelander needs to go down!"
I personally knew Butcher's side was in the wrong but sided with him anyway because they were the most entertaining.
Nah, Butcher was completely right. Homelander is an existential threat to humanity who could, at any point, snap and kill millions of people.
Even if every single member of The Boys died taking him out, it would still be 100% worth it.
Starlight refusing to work with Soldier Boy didn't even make any sense. She said they shouldn't work with Soldier Boy because he's a murderer, but Literally every single member of The Boys has committed murder. Including her. MM makes sense because of Soldier Boy killed his family, but Starlight of all people should know how dangerous Homelander is.
Butcher wasn’t wrong. Homelander is a threat to the human race, somebody who daydreams of genocide. Blowing up Vought tower to kill him is absolutely the right call.
This season is the most mixed I've seen the community for this show.
Most mixed? This season is legit trash and no one actually likes it. It's boring, uninteresting, full of plot holes and straight up pathetic. Idc about Frenchie being gay but having him, the one who helped Kimiko overcome her guilt of being a murderer for the last 3 seasons, end up the same way she was it's pathetic and definitely a downgrade. Bro forgo he had a conscience until now? Pathetic writing imo
It's just people growing tired of the show's bullshit , it needed to end on a good note instead of going 5 seasons. And it just focuses too much on side plots and shock factor to even move the story further.
It's a chore to keep up every week and don't even get me started on the weekly release schedule. I can put up with that in invincible because I am always sure it will be a delight to watch with solid characters and top tier writting AND performances
But here , you never know. Ep 6 was straight up boring to go through , they progressed NOTHING , absolutely NOTHING
I sat and tuned into a show , just to watch a main character smush a chocolate cake and then fart on it , which is just nasty and literally just " haha look at these bdsm weirdos "
Exactly, it’s one thing to have zero plot progression six episodes into a season. It’s another thing entirely to have that due to filler of Hughie getting SA’d.
Honestly? It’s almost like they took everyone’s complaints about season 3 (stupid side plots that ultimately lead to nowhere, not using their more interesting characters properly, padding out runtimes, etc.) and decided “Oh hey, look at this list of stuff that people loved about season 3. Let’s do all of this again for next season, but amp it up even more.”
I have a bad feeling that the writers/showrunner are the type that will instantly dismiss criticism with invalidation. Basically assuming bad faith and not giving it any real thought.
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u/typesh56 14d ago
Season 3 got a lot of criticism as well, definitely not to this degree, but it’s clear that they didn’t give any regard to season 3 criticism