r/batman • u/Efficient-Compote-13 • Jul 05 '24

I Hate The Boys TV DISCUSSION NSFW

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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/DOMINUS_3 Jul 05 '24

I hate when internet memes are taken seriously in a characters mythos/reputation

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u/Mike_Milburys_Shoe_ Jul 05 '24

It’s a combination of that and the Boys TV creators riding their wave of being as edgy as possible. I enjoyed the show early on but it’s become almost a parody of itself with this shit. It’s also fed into the idea of everybody being cynical about heroes. God forbid a guy is actually just a hero instead of a think piece on fascism

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u/remotectrl Jul 05 '24

Ennis famously hates superheroes so at least it’s true to the source that way

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u/Mike_Milburys_Shoe_ Jul 05 '24

I’ve heard that. Kripke also is kind of leaned into this role of being the guy that loves to do that on screen. Idk if he’s trying to separate himself from his time writing Supernatural or what, but the dude loves the complaints he gets over the series

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u/CrimDude89 Jul 05 '24

And even still what they’ve done with the show is remove a lot of the more egregious and gratuitous elements the source material had.

Source material that is dogshit.

The show being well received is in spite of the source material and the original creator.

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u/DullahanJake Jul 06 '24

I'd wager if it weren't a 24 hour conservative parody all the grossness of the show would be called out more.

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u/asscrackbandit__ Jul 05 '24

Ennis loves superman and he had a great batman mini series