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Watched first 2 episodes last night.  I'm in.  I like the whole superhero as asshole concept. 

I remember when I was a little kid thinking if I had been born with Clark Kent powers I'd use them just enough to run a 4.3 40 and win 4 Heismans without giving up the secret that I actually had superpowers.  But then, I'm an asshole, so I guess that's why I'm enjoying this.  

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I just binged it on a business trip this past week.  Really, really well done.  We've seen the "super hero grows old" troupe with Logan, but this is a new spin on it. The casting and editing is really good, the guy they got for Homelander plays his part well - every scene with him feels like it's on a knife's edge, like he could snap at any moment and kill everyone in the room.  He plays the sociopath really well.

Elizabeth Shue is hot.  Starlight is hot.  Maeve is old-hot.  They changed some stuff from the comics but it's already been renewed for season 2 so we'll see where they go from here.

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  On 8/2/2019 at 5:57 PM, Horn of Gabriel said:
I just binged it on a business trip this past week.  Really, really well done.  We've seen the "super hero grows old" troupe with Logan, but this is a new spin on it. The casting and editing is really good, the guy they got for Homelander plays his part well - every scene with him feels like it's on a knife's edge, like he could snap at any moment and kill everyone in the room.  He plays the sociopath really well.
Elizabeth Shue is hot.  Starlight is hot.  Maeve is old-hot.  They changed some stuff from the comics but it's already been renewed for season 2 so we'll see where they go from here.


It’s been said before, but if you haven’t seen Banshee go watch it. The guy that plays Homelander basically is in the same form the entire series and he does snap - over and over and over again.


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  On 8/2/2019 at 5:47 PM, Not a cat said:
I like the whole superhero as asshole concept. 


Same here. I’m not into most superhero stuff but I‘m enjoying this spin on it.

I’m 6 episodes in thanks to the hype on the Amazon Prime thread.
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I watched it.  I was entertained.  It has flaws, of course.  But it delivers enough to sustain interest.  Acting is good to great (Homelander as HoG mentioned earlier is outstanding, Starlight is a delight, Butcher is on point, Hughie walks the razor edge nicely). Some plot points are pretty predictable, but the pacing is fast enough where it doesn't really lessen the enjoyment.

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Observations....

Hughie sees his dead gf routinely in a show that features HJO

Does it almost appear like Homelander constantly has a dip in?

Annie is a doppelganger for a blonde Selena Gomez

Shue looks fantanstic in some scenes but really old/aged in others.

Is the female FBI agent the same woman who played Steve Martins wife in PTA?

 

 

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Hughies dead gf is one of the female hockey team chicks from Letterkenny

So weird seeing Simon Pegg play the father of an adult too


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Not sure why this show isn't popping. It's on par with Umbrella Academy imo.

I made the mistake of looking into the background of one of the characters, one of the 7, and I basically got spoiled on the whole thing. At least for the comics. Like I know how everything ends.

I won't tell you the spoiler or the ending but I'll tell you which character the whole comic story revolves around.

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Really want to get to this, but I’m currently working through deadwood and the new season oitnb, and there’s new Derry girls and mindhunter on Netflix too. Too much has dropped over the last couple of weeks. I think the watchmen series is this month too, but at least that’s one ep a week. 

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I finished it last night and really enjoyed it. I'll keep questions/comments in spoilers in case anyone hasn't finished:

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Excellent show, love the cast. But I can't help but think of Bill Hader as Hughie. Maybe that's intentional like with the supes.

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  On 8/11/2019 at 4:27 AM, Pato del Muerto said:

Was the George w bush 9/11 grounds speech borrowing strange to anyone else?

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Fuck yeah I did, seemed like they were mocking it.  If you want to make a statement about GWB, so be it, but that was the wrong way if what was intended.

  On 8/11/2019 at 11:23 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said:


I really thought she was going to whip them out to nurse Homelander in that one scene.

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Oh hell yeah, sure felt like it. 

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  On 8/12/2019 at 11:16 PM, GottaB said:

Homelander is a poor mans Bradley Cooper

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  On 8/13/2019 at 12:10 AM, RPM said:

I was thinking a poor man's Chris Pine, but you're not wrong.

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You two cunts are both wrong. Homelander is played by Anthony Starr. He played Lucas Hood on Banshee. Those two pussies nor any character they have ever played could hold a candle to Lucas Hood. 

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  On 8/6/2019 at 5:12 PM, wild_turkey said:
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  On 8/13/2019 at 1:15 AM, Neonmoon said:
You two cunts are both wrong. Homelander is played by Anthony Starr. He played Lucas Hood on Banshee. Those two pussies nor any character they have ever played could hold a candle to Lucas Hood. 

 

 

I have not seen banshee but it’s not like Bradley Cooper hasn’t played any really good roles in the 50 movies he has been in including some Oscar nominations.

 

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This show is great, and I hate comic book movies.  Maybe that's why I like it so much.

Also, csb: I downloaded the first couple of episodes on my ipad for a trip and I was really intrigued by the flat, montone voiceover throughout every scene.  It seemed ironic and satirical and fit so well with the overall theme of the show. "two boys step into the street; an armored car roars around the corner with police in pursuit.  The boys watch in awe; the truck crashes into a cab, but continues on."  I thought it was playing the role of the reader of the comic book and satirizing how formulaic comic book storytelling has become.

Anyway, when I searched online for discussion of this narrative style (a boring montone voiceover for every scene) for this show, or for who the narrator was, I found nothing.

I then realized I had the audio on for the visually impaired.  oops.  Anyway, I highly encourage you to watch the first couple of episodes this way.  

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