Anyone else creeped out by the scary depiction of MAGA in the Amazon series The Boys?

[RAB910]

It's scary and frightening how the series was able to use the same dangerous deranged hero-worship we witness with Trump and show the same type of cult worship for the bad guy "heroes" in The Boys.



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It chilled my blood to see the cult followers cheering Homelander after he murdered a heckler... It brought me back to Trump's none hyperbolic claim about shooting a man on 5th avenue

[viva la]

1. I thought of that too

"I could kill someone on 5th Avenue."

[RAB910]

2. you could picture Trump pulling out a gun and doing the exact same thing

and getting the exact same reaction

[BlueTsunami2018]

3. I'm not creeped out, I already know how those people are.

They’re the same people who are happy when the cops gun down a child. That same people who screamed for President Obama to be killed when Idiot Palin called him a terrorist in one of her speeches. The same people who attacked the police on January 6th.

Don’t think for a second that if Piss Wig or any of those loony toon pols publicly executed a protestor on stage that they wouldn’t get that same reaction.

That character Todd is a pretty spot on depiction of a cultist. Fully manipulated by propaganda. When MM knocked him out, I feel like the whole audience cheered. He’s probably the most hated character on the show now.

[RAB910]

4. I wonder if any MAGA cultists are watching the show and how they view this depiction

I agree, the Todd depiction was spot on.

[BlueTsunami2018]

7. From what I see on social media they're very unhappy with the show.

They identify with Homelander and feel that the show unfairly depicts him (and ultimately them) as a fascist. The weird thing is that they only started noticing this by the third season. Homelander revealed himself to be a true scumbag right off the bat. There was never any ambiguity about him.

[RAB910]

8. Kind of scary that it took 3 seasons to see Homelander's true nature

like you said, you could tell he was a baddy right out of the gate

[Sympthsical]

5. The writers are very pointed about Homelander being a Trump figure

I think the spoiler you mention was meant to be exactly what that was.

The rallies, the cable news appearances, etc. The bit about SB just being a media creation that doesn't really exist.

It's not subtle, and I think the writers have come out in interviews and openly said that's what they were doing.

I just binged the whole series over the past month and caught up in time for the season finale.

Such a great show. One of my favorite things about it is their complete willingness to absolutely roast celebrity culture. Brave Maeve, the Deep doing Gal Gadot's horribly tone deaf celebrity "Imagine" video, A-Train doing Kendall Jenner's Pepsi commercial.

Again, they are not subtle.

[RAB910]

6. I agree, they are not being subtle (although I wonder how MAGA views those scenes)

[Sympthsical]

9. There was a bit with rally goers

And they were saying things like, "He is so authentic. He speaks his mind. He doesn't let anyone control what he says."

And it's just like, "Yep. Heard that before."

They could have just spliced in 2016 campaign footage, and I don't think anyone would notice.

[RAB910]

11. not just 2106 footage, it could work with his current rallies as well

doesn't matter what he says or do they find a way to twist things into a positive

[MuseRider]

10. Interesting.

I will read what you and others say about it. I have little taste for watching anything entitled "The Boys" as I have little interest in anything they may want do or say at the moment.

When I saw it come up on Amazon I thought I would check it out but decided it will always be there and I need some downtime from "Boys and Mens" right now. I will keep it in mind as it does sound rather interesting but I hardly think the time will come in my remaining years that we will see the foot removed from our bodies by "the boys".

What a horrible time to have something to release named that. Probably just me but also probably not.

[Deep State Witch]

13. Summary of the show

It's a sendup of superheroes and superhero culture. It is actually a takedown of toxic masculinity. Everyone in the show is screwed up, except for the lead female character. But, fair warning - there is a lot of extreme violence in it right from the start. If you don't like that kind of thing, you won't like it.

[Bettie]

22. If you won't watch anything with men in it

you'll have very little to watch. They are about half of the population.

But, whatever, The Boys is intense, well-made, and funny in a dark, dark way.

[Deep State Witch]

12. Homelander is based on TFG

Kripke confirmed it. I know that Giant Freakin Robot is clickbait, but they did carry this story.

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/the-boys-homelander-donald-trump.html

“(Homelander has) always been a Trump analog for me…He has this really combustible mix of complete weakness and insecurity, and just horrible power and ambition, and it’s just such a deadly combo. Of course, he would feel victimized that people are angry that he dated a Nazi…All he ever wants is to be the most powerful person he can be, even though he’s completely inadequate in his abilities to handle it…And those issues just happened to reflect the guy who…was f-cking President of the United States…And it’s a bigger issue than just Trump. The more awful public figures act, the more fans they seem to be getting. That’s a phenomenon that we (The Boys) wanted to explore, that Homelander is realizing that he can actually show them who he really is and they’ll love him for it.”

[RAB910]

14. thanks for sharing the article. The frightening thing is that this is all based on a comic that

pre-dates Trump. Scary how easily it was able to adapt the evils of Trump and his movement

[Floyd R. Turbo]

15. Series lost me when the fish guy forced the new female recruit to give him a bj!

[RAB910]

16. That is sort of the point of the whole series. The "good guys" are the "bad guys"

rape is just typical for them (and not unlike many right-wingers)

[Midnight Writer]

17. "The Boys" was written by Garth Ennis 2006-2012

I've only watched the First Season, but it seems to follow the source material reasonably well.

[RAB910]

18. In seasons 2 and 3 they really start to connect the Boys universe with the Trump one

with frightening results

[Duncan Grant]

19. There's only so many exploding and crushed heads I can view, ya know?

It’s a show designed to feature grotesque FX, not insightful cultural/political parody, imo. I was in for two seasons but season 3 was the stopping point. I find the over reliance on “shock gore” to be — frankly, beneath me. The show could be so much better than it is. Alas.

Tomer Capon is a great actor. I hope he has a career worthy of his talent (after this excess).

[RAB910]

20. If you're sensitive to those sort of things, I could see there being an issue

This may be funny to say about what is essentially sci-fi/fantasy, but I think the gore actually adds a touch of realism. The reality is if people had the sort of superpowers that we see in comics and movies, the injuries would be as grotesque as what we see on the show. The bloodless depictions in comics and movies are pretty silly if you think about it.

It's a shame the gore has turned you off, as there is some keen cultural and political parody that you are missing out on.

[Duncan Grant]

23. S3:E1 "ant-man"

I want to honor the no spoilers code and also point out the ant-man gratuitously-over-the-top-exploitation scene.

That was my breaking point. An unredeemable transgression.

[RAB910]

24. I will concede that and a few other things are clearly being done for shock value only