>>106382955It's an interesting exploration of what would happen if normal people would get superpowers, things would probably go the way they do in that comic. It's not as much the subversion that I like, but the fact that it parodies the companies making the comics more than just the characters themselves. One of the major characters is a Stan Lee parody for example.
I can live with the violence, it gets so over the top that that sometimes it's more funny than disgusting. People today want to sound sophisticated so they'll keep saying it's cringy or edgy, but when faced with superhuman power in the hands of incompetent, untrained people, who are put in basically showbiz from childhood, you get pretty much the cast of this comic.
The two things I dislike is that
- given how common supers are in the world, they should've had at least a couple who took the time to train themselves, hone their powers, and actually try to help the world. Either as capes, community workers, or just inside normal police or emergency/rescue crews. The only ones we see in this capacity are Superduper (they are legit retarded people) and the blonde chick who hooks up with Hughie.
- Ennis has a tendency to foreshadow major plot twists too much. Everyone figured out the twist with Homelander and Black Whatshisname, weeks before the issue with the reveal came out. Sometimes he is too predictable like that.
That and if you read Hitman, then you realize that he recycles a lot from that. Not just the basic premise, but other storylines like "why do immigrants bring their hate into America" stuff.
In case I haven't mentioned, The Boys is also a treasure trove for reaction images, even though those threads have been banned on 4chan for a while (they haven't been when the comic was still going on). As for live action adaptation, I'm hoping that it'll be successful enough, and they learn enough from it, that they can then make an even better Hitman series.
