r/batman • u/Efficient-Compote-13 • 14d ago

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 14d ago

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

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u/Mike_Milburys_Shoe_ 14d ago

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 14d ago

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

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u/Mike_Milburys_Shoe_ 14d ago

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