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Note that the original, adult comic book version of The Boys started in 2006 and ended back in 2012. Long before Trump became POTUS. Its creator Garth Ennis also introduced Preacher back in the 1990s (which was likewise turned into a TV series). Kripke's adaptation does fully retain The Boys' nature as an antihero saga that cynically depicts super-powered vigilantes or crimefighters as they would probably actually be if real. Homelander and other costumed crusaders in general are only revealed as immature "villains" behind the corporation-doctored public perception of them.
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"The Boys" is 'more realistic than we ever intended' says creator as Trump beefs with the Pope
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/...r-AA20ZVXI
EXCERPT: The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke has demonstrated an uncanny ability to predict the darkest and strangest turns in American politics. The season 4 finale was almost pulled by Prime Video because it involved an assassination attempt on the president of the United States and was scheduled to air less than a week after Donald Trump was shot at a campaign rally.
Unsurprisingly, Kripke has done it again in season 5, with a new plot for the Trumpian villain Homelander (Antony Starr) that parallels the AI-generated image Trump posted and then deleted on Monday showing him as a Jesus-like figure.
“I am really tired and weary of the world reflecting the show before we get a chance to do it,” Kripke tells Polygon in a video interview. “I appreciate the marketing. I’m just like, can you just please give us a chance to put some absurd satire out there before you prove that it's more realistic than we ever intended?”
In The Boys season 5 episode 3, “Every One of You Sons of Bitches, which is streaming now on Prime Video, Homelander has a vision of an angelic version of the deceased Vought International vice president Madelyn Stillwell (Elisabeth Shue). She assures Homelander that he is about to ascend and become an immortal god. “Who is more loved than Jesus?” she asks. “And why should he have more love than you?”
Back when they were writing and shooting the final season of The Boys, Kripke felt confident that this was one plot twist the real-world wouldn't one-up.
“This is the episode where Homelander decides he’s going to be God and 48 hours before it, Trump releases an image of himself as God,” Kripke says. “A month ago when we were talking about marketing, I was like, Homelander saying he’s God is so out there. We have to be careful about how we even introduce the idea to the public because they’ll say he’s gone too far and here we are. It’s just really hard to out-satire this world.” (MORE - details)
SPOILER ALERT
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"The Boys" is 'more realistic than we ever intended' says creator as Trump beefs with the Pope
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/...r-AA20ZVXI
EXCERPT: The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke has demonstrated an uncanny ability to predict the darkest and strangest turns in American politics. The season 4 finale was almost pulled by Prime Video because it involved an assassination attempt on the president of the United States and was scheduled to air less than a week after Donald Trump was shot at a campaign rally.
Unsurprisingly, Kripke has done it again in season 5, with a new plot for the Trumpian villain Homelander (Antony Starr) that parallels the AI-generated image Trump posted and then deleted on Monday showing him as a Jesus-like figure.
“I am really tired and weary of the world reflecting the show before we get a chance to do it,” Kripke tells Polygon in a video interview. “I appreciate the marketing. I’m just like, can you just please give us a chance to put some absurd satire out there before you prove that it's more realistic than we ever intended?”
In The Boys season 5 episode 3, “Every One of You Sons of Bitches, which is streaming now on Prime Video, Homelander has a vision of an angelic version of the deceased Vought International vice president Madelyn Stillwell (Elisabeth Shue). She assures Homelander that he is about to ascend and become an immortal god. “Who is more loved than Jesus?” she asks. “And why should he have more love than you?”
Back when they were writing and shooting the final season of The Boys, Kripke felt confident that this was one plot twist the real-world wouldn't one-up.
“This is the episode where Homelander decides he’s going to be God and 48 hours before it, Trump releases an image of himself as God,” Kripke says. “A month ago when we were talking about marketing, I was like, Homelander saying he’s God is so out there. We have to be careful about how we even introduce the idea to the public because they’ll say he’s gone too far and here we are. It’s just really hard to out-satire this world.” (MORE - details)