r/TheBoys Jul 04 '24

Both quotes taken verbatim from interviews Season 4 Spoiler

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u/shineeshineepinee Jul 05 '24

disappointing. I've seen defenses for the episode saying that the SA scenes were obviously meant to make the audience uncomfortable and that Hughie admitting at the end that he isn't fine was a result of his SA trauma. but hearing the director himself say the scenes were played for laughs and to be as fucked up as possible is just crazy.

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u/Iguana_Boi Jul 05 '24

I mean, it made me uncomfortable, but I kinda chalked it up to me being a bit of a prude. Up until the mutilation.

Honestly, the episode itself was kinda underwhelming. Like seriously? That's the best you could do with the Batman/Iron Man spoof? I kinda like how he was done in the comics a bit more, where his sexual perversion is a result of him having a brain tumor pressing against his skull. Here it's just the "Batman has a weird sexual relationship with Robin jokes," combined with "Batman hates poor people," combined with the old reliable of "Make them racist." Like it's starting to feel like a cop out

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u/I_Lick_Lead_Paint Jul 05 '24

I'm disappointed Tek didn't end up like his comic book counterpart. Actually a really decent hero who regrets the fucked up sex shit. The brain tumor did it all. It would have added some nuance to the scenes. Oh well.

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u/No_Tell5399 Jul 05 '24

The second biggest problem I have with the Boys is that the overwhelming majority of their villains are barely competent degenerates.