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gregs656

11,205 posts

187 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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Watched the first 3 on a flight yesterday. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Some good clear shots of Toronto at the end of episode three from the rooftop.

MOBB

3,757 posts

133 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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Loved the way Homelander dealt with the blind potential Hero.

The Rotrex Kid

31,189 posts

166 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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MOBB said:
Loved the way Homelander dealt with the blind potential Hero.
He’s an utter bd isn’t he? rofl

130R

6,844 posts

212 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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The new series is great but I wish they released all the episodes in one go

Clockwork Cupcake

75,686 posts

278 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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130R said:
The new series is great but I wish they released all the episodes in one go
I don't agree. I like it when episodes are released weekly as it gives us time to discuss each episode, and for articles and reviews to be written about each one, etc.

Otherwise you have to binge the whole lot before going anywhere near a thread on the subject for fear of spoilers.

Pesty

42,655 posts

262 months

Saturday 5th September 2020
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The Rotrex Kid said:
MOBB said:
Loved the way Homelander dealt with the blind potential Hero.
He’s an utter bd isn’t he? rofl
Yeah he’s awesome


defblade

7,584 posts

219 months

Sunday 6th September 2020
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PaulWoof said:
I need more karl urban and his terrible british accent.
Seems a little more stable this time around, even if still a bit wide of Cockney.

Stormfront 100% more psycho than Homelander.
(Also, Homelander manages to continue with "bitty"!)
The Deep's duet.
Black Noir in tears.
But I do think we should have been given a little more time to become attached to Lucy...


BIRMA

3,845 posts

200 months

Sunday 6th September 2020
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defblade said:
Seems a little more stable this time around, even if still a bit wide of Cockney.

Stormfront 100% more psycho than Homelander.
(Also, Homelander manages to continue with "bitty"!)
The Deep's duet.
Black Noir in tears.
But I do think we should have been given a little more time to become attached to Lucy...
I must admit at times I've thought he was portraying an Australian, but this along with the Hunters are my all time favourites at the moment. Money well spent Amazon, unlike some of your decisions about series.

motorizer

1,502 posts

177 months

Sunday 6th September 2020
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defblade said:
PaulWoof said:
I need more karl urban and his terrible british accent.
Seems a little more stable this time around, even if still a bit wide of Cockney.
To be fair, a ropy accent on a character that is supposed to have lived away from his home country for years isn't a massive suspension of disbelief... witness celebrities and F1 stars with their wandering accents, would people say they were unbelievable if they were in a fictional show?

pidsy

8,157 posts

163 months

Sunday 6th September 2020
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“It’s just a 20ft drop! It’s nothing”.

hehe

quigonjay

661 posts

227 months

Monday 7th September 2020
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Watched the first three of season two, yep, still got it!!
Had a thought about Homelander while watching these. Did anybody see the film Brightburn? Think it was out last year or year before. Anyway, kid in that could easily grow up to be Homelander.

Mojooo

12,973 posts

186 months

Monday 7th September 2020
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S2 so far doesn't seem like it has the same zing as S1. So far feels much much like, this is going to be S2 of many to come.

Smollet

11,382 posts

196 months

Monday 7th September 2020
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I’m liking it but it seems to be lacking the impact the first series had. Having said that ep3 showed signs of ramping up the ante.

motorizer

1,502 posts

177 months

Monday 7th September 2020
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quigonjay said:
Watched the first three of season two, yep, still got it!!
Had a thought about Homelander while watching these. Did anybody see the film Brightburn? Think it was out last year or year before. Anyway, kid in that could easily grow up to be Homelander.
Yeah Brightburn even had a couple of the same death scenes as season one
laser face melt, running through someone, not to mention covering up his misdeeds with a plane crash


I doubt it would ever have the impact of series ones, we know what kind of stuff to expect now.

Edited by motorizer on Monday 7th September 08:37

ajprice

28,939 posts

202 months

Monday 7th September 2020
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motorizer said:
I doubt it would ever have the impact of series ones, we know what kind of stuff to expect now.
I knew the gore was coming, and Butcher's inventive swearing hehe , I didn't expect Stormfront's "fking yellow bd" line though.

Pesty

42,655 posts

262 months

Monday 7th September 2020
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ajprice said:
I knew the gore was coming, and Butcher's inventive swearing hehe , I didn't expect Stormfront's "fking yellow bd" line though.
My only issue was with the Writing seemed a bit lazy, a bit Ryan johnson.

Is the same writer as the last season?

For instance they are going to hand the brother in that would seem bad so let’s make it so he actually is a terrorist etc We need to hate her so make her racist etc It was just a bit too thickly laid on.
That same thing happened Multiple times.
Also not sure why he’s so bothered about his wife, who not only cheated on him but had a child from another man.but we have to have season two so he has to care about her.

Still the way homelander drank the milk made up for it.


ajprice

28,939 posts

202 months

Monday 7th September 2020
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Pesty said:
ajprice said:
I knew the gore was coming, and Butcher's inventive swearing hehe , I didn't expect Stormfront's "fking yellow bd" line though.
My only issue was with the Writing seemed a bit lazy, a bit Ryan johnson.

Is the same writer as the last season?

For instance they are going to hand the brother in that would seem bad so let’s make it so he actually is a terrorist etc We need to hate her so make her racist etc It was just a bit too thickly laid on.
That same thing happened Multiple times.
Also not sure why he’s so bothered about his wife, who not only cheated on him but had a child from another man.but we have to have season two so he has to care about her.

Still the way homelander drank the milk made up for it.
I haven't read the graphic novel but in that he's a Nazi supe (yes they gender swapped) https://the-boys.fandom.com/wiki/Stormfront/Comics . So Amazon Stormfront is in keeping with that.

The quote in that page might be a spoiler to the series, or not, I don't know what they're going to do, it looks like there are a few differences between the original and the series.

TimmyMallett

2,971 posts

118 months

Monday 7th September 2020
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I'm mostly interested in how they'll portray Herogasm



smile



They have utterly destroyed Hughie though. Did they think a scots accent would not sell well to the US viewers? I mean, I wasn't expecting Simon Pegg but they've cast someone so far from the character it's somewhat ruined.

Edited by TimmyMallett on Monday 7th September 11:58

Rumblestripe

3,141 posts

168 months

Monday 7th September 2020
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defblade said:
Seems a little more stable this time around, even if still a bit wide of Cockney.
That was my thoughts on Mr. Urban's accent, it wasn't that it was "wrong" (it was and still is) but that it jumped about, one minute Aussie/NZ the next Cockernee.

Enjoyed it pretty much Ep2 was a bit quiet but Ep3 has got things moving nicely now.

The Rotrex Kid

31,189 posts

166 months

Monday 7th September 2020
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One question I do have....



We know that people aren't born with powers, all are given by Compound V..... How about Homelanders kid? It's suggested he's in hiding with some kind of compound/secure area that he doesn't know about...... are they/have they been giving him Compound V?


Thoughts??