The Boys - Série 2

Last season's winner on the series front is back, and once again, it's the biggest series splash of the year, and probably nothing will top it. The second season is more fateful, more heated, more emotional, it's packed with iconic scenes and adds a few new characters, with Storm Front in particular being the most intriguing, a sort of female version of Homelander who plays the uncompromising racist bitch to perfection. I found the lines with The Deep, A Train and Queen Maeve a bit annoying and not very interesting, while Black Noir has minimal space again, as all the attention is focused on Homelander, Starlight and Storm Front. Maybe we'll see some new faces in the third season. Butcher is classically the most entertaining of the good guys, and his famous “cunts” already carry a similar weight to Samuel L. Jackson's “motherfucker”. The best episode are the definitely the sixth, where we get a look at the madhouse and the weird experiments of the superheroes, and then of course the fateful finale, which is packed with emotion and a decent dose of a superhero brawl we all wanted to see. The Boys takes superheroes to the next level after The Avengers, it shows what it would probably look like if they lived among us. PS: If gore looked like this in horror movies, my horror heart would be happier. Story****, Action****, Humor****, Violence****, Entertainment*****, Music****, Visuals*****, Atmosphere****, Suspense****. 85%. (13.10.2020)

Rather toned down compared to the comic book but, in terms of TV shows, this is still way better than what we’re used to. Season 2 is more serious, fatal and menacing… which is fine, but at the expense of humor. In the end, only the useless Deep and his sect remain. Homelander has lots of flashbacks. Starr is excellent. If it weren’t for a few complete lapses in logic, I would give it the highest marks. (10.10.2020)

I don’t think as highly of the second season as the first, because the quality was somewhat fluctuating until the fourth episode (including), so at times I was afraid I would be severely disappointed. It wasn’t the case. From the fifth episode on, it was one hell of a ride with blood splashing around, parts of human anatomy flying in various directions, and a good dose of cynicism and black humor. Call me a sick bastard, but it’s just my idea of a good time. (08.03.2021)