Warning to the careless: shortly after starting its third season, ‘The Boys’ (Friday 3, Prime Video) transcends all boundaries of bad taste and offers one of those occasions they can’t forget if they wanted to. “This isn’t just the craziest thing we’ve ever done, it’s probably the craziest thing anyone has ever done.”says the series creator, Eric Kripke, in an individual interview with this newspaper. “People think I’m exaggerating until they see the episode. Then they text me ‘You were right’.” In a way, it makes Gaspar Noé’s most important bullshit almost childish. Seeing is believing.
From something like this, can everything usually go down? Not really. This satirical attack on the Marvel and DC universes will then also feature a superhero realm, a particularly beloved plot from the Marvel comics (look for the ‘Herogasm’ miniseries). Garth Ennis (dash) and David Robertson (She drew). “I’ve seen copycats and they’re absolutely insane,” says Kripke. “I saw them cover my mouth with my hand,” he promises.
Regardless, ‘Kids’ has become a phenomenon not only because of its shocking and indelible main trend (some of us still think of a certain whale), but also because of its clever combination of nihilism. original comic with well-absorbed sincere doses of emotion. Characters are not just pawns in a game of cruelty. Kripke, the old wolf of television fiction, admired above all ‘Supernatural’He’s managed to add multiple dimensions to The Seven’s new heroes and villains, namely the bandit bandit in the title, and The Seven’s super little superheroes.
These last, released celebrities who turned the world into a playground were born artificially, not naturally. Vought International, a corrupt conglomerate whose tentacles reach every industry imaginable, starting with film and television. This third season begins with a trailer for a troubled “blockbuster” “Dawn of the Seven”: After the controversy over Stormfront’s (Aya Cash) Nazi past, some episodes had to be re-shot, now especially the famous actress in her role. (We won’t reveal who he is or the name of the director responsible for these ‘reshoots, a great joke for those more into cinema).
be bad and you will love
We met again with the Patriot (Anthony Starr)At a sensitive moment, the absolute leader of the Seven (for a short time) had to reveal that he had sneaked in with the wrong Nazi. In order to get out of the crisis, he will not have to lower his psychotic side, he will have to show it more clearly. Kripke tells us, “The overall plot of ‘The Boys’ chronicles the Patriot’s fall into madness and the looming threat: If Superman loses his mind, we face the problem of apocalypse. Until now, the character hasn’t let go. Due to some obstacles, a hero to survive like I should look like and be liked by people.
In this season, Patriota discovers that being bad makes her better in the eyes of many. “When he unwittingly reveals some of his madness to the public, the majority of the public begins to like him even more. Parallels can be made with some former presidents of the United States. These are purely purposeful parallels. It doesn’t take to be nice to be loved, throw away all the fences of protection.”
Far from the suffocating inbreeding of many superhero projects, ‘The Boys’ is an exuberant reflection of a real world where fame and authoritarianism are more intensely intertwined every day. “We use the concept of the superhero to reflect people’s appeal to the strongman figure,” explains Kripke. “The world is a complex place, and people need to follow someone who simplifies the complexity, saying that the only person who can help them is himself and that there is no problem he can’t solve with a clean punch. That’s why people surrender to liars as well as very dangerous people. Or harmful: just look at the Ukrainian drama.”
A Captain America like no other
While Patriot goes into overt psychosis, Butcher (karl urban), the leader of the real good guys, looks more focused than usual: he doesn’t kill supers, doesn’t drink, and even follows Hugh Campbell’s orders (Jack Quaid) from the Federal Office for Superhuman Affairs. But Vought’s new formula that allows anyone to be a superhero 24 hours a day could allow him to fight the Patriot on equal terms. Soon Breast Milk (Laz Alonso), Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) and the French (Tomer Capon), the rest of the team gets dragged into the same good old explosive mess.
One of the main hooks of the season will be on Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles, ‘Supernatural), The Patriot Before Patriot is a parody of Captain America. According to Kripke, he chose his old acquaintance, Ackles, because they agreed to give him half of his salary. Kidding aside, “I knew Soldier Boy had to be attractive but also scary, and he can do all that,” he explains. “After seeing him in a few scenes, I couldn’t remember one day being Dean Winchester; now I can only call him Soldier Boy.”
‘The Boys’ is a unique series for several reasons to evoke an anti-corporate message from the streaming platform of one of the biggest companies on the planet, Amazon. “I don’t usually talk about it much, but ‘The Simpsons’ made a big impact“says Kripke. “Because their stance is clearly anti-corporate. [aunque después se cruce en forzadas sinergias con marcas de Disney, todo sea dicho] and his satirical jokes about our world are top notch. Being able to play with this tone was truly a turning point in my career. I’ll never have a better time.”
Source: Informacion
