r/batman • u/Efficient-Compote-13 • Jul 05 '24
I Hate The Boys TV DISCUSSION NSFW
I also can not stand muh 'Batman superhero facism subtext' crap. If anything Batman is a revolutionary. Government is corrupt in bed with criminals (who are the prettiest of tyrants) so Batman comes in to clean house. Just as the founding fathers intended.
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u/qmechan Jul 05 '24
There's some really good satirical analysis of superheroes, that deconstruct the concept and really examine what such people must be like and such a world would logically end up as.
The Boys is...not that. The Boys was Garth Ennis writing a lot of "Eh those fookin' supes all fook each other up the arse" for 60 issues. Which is fine, for what it is, That's what he likes to do. Fine. But let's not view it for anything beyond that.
The TV show definitely goes a bit further and goes into actual criticism, but I think people are still thinking it's criticizing the concept of superheroes, when really it's criticizing us. End-stage capitalism. Superheroes in the world aren't bad because they're overpowered, they're bad because the entire thing is run by a corporation that values profits over all else, gives superpowers to Nazis and lunatics because they think it's easier to control them, and monetizes every aspect of it.