western-series

[foggy mirage]

Which is guess is the point

They dont really care about lanterns fans

[sage remnant]

I do have watched animated movies and shows

but again the one I remember is John Stewart Green Lantern movie

Which is a low bar...

[foggy mirage]

Saving grace is they cant pull this with booster gold

So happy about that

[foggy mirage]

Yeah but its mostly the true detective angle

I hope its good but currently most of my dc hype is on supergirl and clayface

[sage remnant]

This looks more interesting than Supergirl

[foggy mirage]

I disagree

[sage remnant]

Supergirl just feels more GoTG

[foggy mirage]

https://tenor.com/view/uncut-gems-disagree-i-disagree-adam-sandler-eye-glasses-gif-17788346

[sage remnant]

which is good ig, but again there's enough gotg

[foggy mirage]

People keep saying this

Legit mind boggling

[sage remnant]

and I don't like I am getting that vibe from a non-Gunn movie

[foggy mirage]

You can't do anything in space

Without someone saying your gotg

[sage remnant]

You can be Star Trek

you can be dune

[foggy mirage]

The run this movie is based on is full blast sci fi

They are being more tame than they could be going crazy

[modern lichen]

supergirl needs to remove that fucking brown filter

it looks so lame with that yellow-brown filter on

the comic is so colorful and whimsical

[foggy mirage]

Id they did that irl your retinas are going bye hye

Bye bye

In the theater

[modern lichen]

also not a fan of the composition of shots, it doesnt look adequately epic at all, superman felt like that, here it feels like the depth of field is just missing

[foggy mirage]

Also lanterns has pitch black filter on it

The only movie with good lighting so far is clayface

[modern lichen]

lanterns cinematography feels apt for the tone its going for

[foggy mirage]

Imma just crank up the brightness when I'm watching

[modern lichen]

supergirl, having read the run just feels inert

[foggy mirage]

Legit wondering why everyone is dog piling on supergirl

Of all things

[sage remnant]

When's lantern coming out

[foggy mirage]

August 16

[sage remnant]

and how long are the eps

[foggy mirage]

1 hour

8 episodes a season

1 hour each

[sage remnant]

so Spiderman, Odyssey, Supergirl, Lantern?

Are the upcoming big releases in order?

[foggy mirage]

For me heman is in there

Clayface in October too

[sage remnant]

Yeah its after lantern

I mean upto Lantern

[foggy mirage]

Plus in 2 weeks I'm watching the backrooms

[foggy mirage]

Show wise

[sage remnant]

Oh yeah Backrooms was also interesting

[foggy mirage]

The last big one so far

[sage remnant]

Any big new shows coming?

[foggy mirage]

House of the dragon

[sage remnant]

Dropped in s2

[foggy mirage]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-reverse-smile-ishowspeed-confused-gif-17362243368421867313

Literally only watching the show for ||aegon 2|| at this point house of the dragon

[sage remnant]

The first 3-4 eps of s1 had given me the vibe of GoT. Impeccable set designs, proper depth in culture and politicking. Then the politicking became uninteresting for me and other aspects didn't carry much

[foggy mirage]

Oh yeah my adventures with superman s3

But nobody in this server watches that anyways

[sage remnant]

Peeps did back when it was in s1

[foggy mirage]

I love both seasons

But again nobody but me watching s3 in here

So not as much of a mention for general releases

[sage remnant]

Is there a list for upcoming releases in any popular tracking site as there's like summer anime, winter anime list in MAL

[foggy mirage]

Nah sadly no Google is your best friend on this one

[sage remnant]

Thought do. Imdb seems to have only user created lists

[foggy mirage]

Discloser day

I just remembered

[sage remnant]

Oh yeah

[foggy mirage]

But im fairly certain its gonna be you, harsh and me watching that

And thats it

[modern lichen]

no

[foggy mirage]

For the server

[modern lichen]

its spielberg, a lot more people will be watching that than just us here, watch and see

[foggy mirage]

I hope so

But I can see some being put off

[sage remnant]

People seem to be uninterested from the trailer

I didn't watch it so idc

[modern lichen]

is it

i see people loving it

its praised all over film twitter and film reddit

[foggy mirage]

I have seen passing interest or just zero clue it was coming out

[sage remnant]

Then just my circles harsh. Almost every server I have asked what releases they are interested in, Disclosure Day seems to be one where they are less interested cuz of Trailer

That and Odyssey

[foggy mirage]

Film Twitter always gasing something up and never showing up

[foggy mirage]

Odyssey is just a hate train rn

Because a Greek myth isnt being historically accurate

[modern lichen]

right wing chuds giving more eyes to the movie

[foggy mirage]

"You telling me this Greek myth adaptation dint literally cast the real gods of Olympus ?"

[modern lichen]

if anything else, i will watch disclosure day for spielberg, williams and aliens, a match made in heaven

[sage remnant]

It's Nolan so even if it's bad, I am gonna watch it anyway

[foggy mirage]

I dont think it'll be bad

[sage remnant]

it would be one where most of my irl friends would want to watch

easier reason to meetup since college ended

[foggy mirage]

Show wise its dry rn I'm ngl

Besides lanterns what shows are even dropping

[sage remnant]

but yeah TV show wise, lanterns and Spider noir seems to be the only two things I will watch

[foggy mirage]

Reminded me of spider peak

I gotta be there day one

[sage remnant]

And maybe if I am craving some yearning/romance shows, off campus

[foggy mirage]

Gotta put a gun to the back of my head to watch romance

[sage remnant]

It's 8.2 in imdb and some scenes on my feed show real good chemistry between the leads

[foggy mirage]

Shogun

Shogun s2 we need you

😭

[sage remnant]

I am even more reserved on shogun s2 than minus zero

[foggy mirage]

Xmen 97

S2

[sage remnant]

If they aren't covering more of Asian saga, why continue that at all

[foggy mirage]

Is this year

Inshallah

I almost forgot

[foggy mirage]

We'll have to wait and see

[sage remnant]

Yeah you seem to be positive on these. Like you are way more positive on minus 0

[foggy mirage]

He already proved he can cook

Thats why I'm less apprehensive

Im gonna be found dead in a theater

Come December

Im gonna likely watch werewolf,dune and doomsday the same day

[sage remnant]

I won't be able to watch a movie in theatre this month. But well there wasn't any movie worth it anyway

[foggy mirage]

Backrooms is the only one

For me this month

[sage remnant]

not interested in devil wears prada 2 and Mortal Kombat 2 is lol

[foggy mirage]

Catch those streaming

Backrooms I have to go

@sage remnant s tier marketing

The backrooms

[sage remnant]

😭

[foggy mirage]

Shit made me smile

Some Kane marketing

[jolly ruin]

When does the odyssey release

[foggy mirage]

July 17

[jolly ruin]

Biiig

[foggy mirage]

Also obsession

But I legit dont know if any theaters near me are showing it

Might legit just watch them on the same day

Backrooms and obsession double feature

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/agraybee/status/2056477961000267877?s=46

Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) (@agraybee)

I didn't know Helen of Troy could generate so much conflict.

X · May 18, 2026, 8:52 PM

[foggy mirage]

They casted a beautiful woman

And they complain

I'm definitely just watching hope though

Director been on my list for a while

[frank rivet]

Ya I figured
Lanterns || and as I mentioned that when he meets sinestro it's way more withered and just degraded. But in this flashback to John's childhood. You can see it's a lot more vibrant, closer to guy Gardner ||

[foggy mirage]

Lanterns ||bleached suit||

[foggy mirage]

Also dcu lanterns ||got away with youth cgi using the static tv.||

[sage remnant]

@shrewd sigil a super shitty romance did epigraphs better than HoA btw

let that sink in

[toxic pebble]

Mandalorian and Grogu reviews out

It might bomb

[toxic pebble]

Dave Filoni falloff will be studied

[crimson bane]

Imagine if he could write another character other than Ashoka

[jolly ruin]

RoW 70 || ok LESHWI IS DO FUCKING GOATED

KAL X LESHWI top ship for me now ||

[arctic flax]

Theres like no hype for this. Im checked out of that series after the mid s3

[zinc trellis]

LESS THAN 24H

TIL HOMELANDER NUKES EARTH

[arctic flax]

He wont, they dont have budget 😭

Its a marketing lie

[cursive venture]

Seemingly yeah. Welp I know what I’ll be streaming once it hits D+

Mannnn Mando should be way more contained. It’s not a show to make a universe out of

[plain marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/copium-cat-gif-27161395

Even if he does, there's no way they will do it without rushing it

||it will bear no weight, just like when he killed the president, disbanded Congress, and the Seven, all this in less than ~10m. It felt inconsequential. It will be the same.||

(the boys)

There's literally no tension anymore lol

[humble gust]

no vaping!

[toxic pebble]

That’s the thing asthmatics need

My older sister needed it as a kid

[zinc trellis]

S5 is a 6,5 for me

too many mistakes have been made by the writers

[toxic pebble]

Most of my concerns with season 5 is that everything would be fine if there were 8 episodes left instead of one

There’s no urgency in the writing

Boys season 5 ||the finale seems like it’s gonna be “oh shit we have an hour left time to wrap everything up!” instead of doing it properly. Like I just know some things are gonna be rushed.||

[spiral quest]

It's called a nebulizer

I was one of those kids

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/hdwmovies/status/2056743858323718514?s=20

Harry (@hdwmovies)

we're all gonna be 60 years old and they'll still be setting shit five years after Return of the Jedi

X · May 19, 2026, 2:28 PM

[toxic pebble]

Waiter waiter more Old Republic content please!

[spiral quest]

Ofc dont you know that only the original star wars trilogy was good!!

just ignore that most of it was on par with the prequels but because it was made in the 70s, people are weird about it

[modern lichen]

that's just wrong

[spiral quest]

Nah not really

Empire stands above the rest sure

But the og trilogy is over rated imo

[modern lichen]

original star wars trilogy is great because they told a cohesive story, well rounded and ended on a conclusive well executed note

[spiral quest]

If you say so

[toxic pebble]

Tbh only boomers and gen Xers hate the prequels

Most people today are fine with them

Compare to the mid 2000s where fans were making songs like “George Lucas r worded our childhood”

[modern lichen]

prequels are bad because lucas writes wooden dialogue and cannot pace well for the life of him

[main lion]

thats just like the baseline for any story in general idk if that makes it great

it just makes it not horrible

[modern lichen]

i think only return of the jedi is slightly weaker in the original trilogy

[toxic pebble]

Tbh I think some people hated ROTJ a lot

[spiral quest]

Saying this as if the og trilogy didnt have bad dialouge

[toxic pebble]

Like JJ Abrams IIRC said he only liked A New Hope and Empire in an interview

[modern lichen]

yeah because they knew those films were expressly for kids

[toxic pebble]

Which explains a lot about the sequels

[modern lichen]

like come on

[main lion]

wait so its ok to have bad dialogue if its for kids

[modern lichen]

the prequels were supposed to be george lucas' riff on a serious tragedy

[toxic pebble]

The prequel dialogue isn’t too bad tbh like I’ve seen worse

Also a big part of AOTC ||Anakin is kind of an emotionally stunted teenager so of course he’s gonna be super awkward when talking with a hot girl||

[modern lichen]

no, the charm and characters of the original trilogy uttering those dialogue was in line with the tone of the first film, the rest of the trilogy has mature dialogue, at least in the standard of understanding the space opera flash gordon roots of the inspiration of it

the prequel trilogy's tone and intention is different, which makes the dialogue stand out

and the sequel trilogy is a whole different beast, where its just sheer incompetence in writing

[toxic pebble]

Sequel trilogy ||I think the biggest issue I had with the sequels is that it felt like an overcorrection to the prequels. So that means the same premise as the originals, nostalgia baiting, zero politics so you don’t even know the deal about the first order, and almost every character has an analogue to a character in the OT||

[modern lichen]

in the first film, even the actors working at the time, especially harrison ford made fun of lucas for writing stupid shit for kids but lucas held on and made the film anyway, but then the audience matured by the time it came to empire but the fun aspect of it was still maintained due to the nature of context that the narrative was operating in

[main lion]

I havent rewatched the original trilogy since 2014~ drunk in a college dorm so I cant really speak much to specifics anymore. I grew up with these movies but Ive always been in the same camp as sab

I just find star wars in general overrated

[modern lichen]

i watched it last year

rewatched

after andor ended

and i went into a deep dive behind the scenes to connect andor and the original trilogy

[toxic pebble]

One thing I’m happy about for Mandalorian and Grogu is my goat Steve Blum is one of the main stars

But other than that… ehhhhh

[main lion]

ill watch andor one day and thatll probably be the last star wars media I ever watch. Just no real attachment. Maul was my favorite character from the prequels and even that new maul thing Im not interested in

[modern lichen]

star wars was not supposed to be this decades spanning juggernaut of a franchise, lucas wrote this one film as an homage to the flash gordon serials of the past that he grew up on, he planned it to be a one off adventure film which he developed secretly into a mythology to help anchor the world of his films, he explicitly made the first film for kids as a sort of adventure serial mythological space opera that had dumb dialogue and cheesy characters who were charming and fun to folllow

[toxic pebble]

I still read some older Legends books and play some of the games

[modern lichen]

legends are all over the place

kind of a mess

[toxic pebble]

Like I’ve read Plagueis and it’s probably the best Star Wars novel ever. Plus I’m still excited for Fate of the Old Republic

[main lion]

if you lose the visual aspect of star wars then you've lost its only real saving grace for me

the visual style is like 90% of the enjoyment

[modern lichen]

the novelization of revenge of the sith is better than the actual movie for me

[toxic pebble]

Andor ||I soyfaced every time they mentioned the Rakatans||

[modern lichen]

the movie is clunky and overbearing, despite some moments but the novelization goes hard for some reason

[main lion]

yeah but revenge of the sith || you lose out on grievous vs obi wan||

[toxic pebble]

It’s really good with its prose but for the ROTS novelization ||it has some weird choices like making Dooku a human supremacist. Like the CIS is made up of 90% aliens||

[main lion]

make sure to put series/book/movie name outside all tags

[toxic pebble]

yes daddy

[main lion]

ew

[modern lichen]

buddy

[toxic pebble]

It was a joke it was a social experiment

This book is required reading for all Star Wars fans. That’s my hot take

Tho tbh lately Star Wars fans are overlapping with Disney adults now

[main lion]

always have been

at least as long as Ive been alive

star wars fans were MCU fans before MCU existed

[toxic pebble]

Idk I’ve noticed it after the start of Mandalorian ||and the introduction of baby yoda||

[main lion]

I mean im 30 years old and its been like this as far back as my memory goes

[sage remnant]

Time to reread Metamorphosis. Need smth short to read on Kindle

[white smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-birthday-gif-13378990998640212415

[spiral quest]

I ditched my kindle for a kobo not long ago

Been happy with it. A bit smaller, color eink too

[brazen shale]

This is unironically one of the best pieces of Star Wars media

[spiral quest]

I dislike what happened to Star Wars after Disney's buyout

Makes me sad tbh

[toxic pebble]

It’s a damn shame it came out right before Disney reboot the canon

[frank rivet]

Lanterns News - || https://vxtwitter.com/homeofdcu/status/2056791126435094753?s=20 ||
|| Already a Season 2 writing room ready to go ||
@foggy mirage

Home of DCU (@homeofdcu)

DC Studios has hired Christopher Cantwell [Halt and Catch Fire] for Lanterns Season 2 as a writer and executive producer!

(via @TheInSneider | https://www.theinsneider.com/p/lanterns-season-2-adds-christopher-cantwell-writer-halt-catch-fire-aaron-pierre-dc-tv-series-hbo)

vxTwitter / fixvx · May 19, 2026, 5:36 PM

[frank rivet]

is that megaman?

[jolly ruin]

RoW part 3 || great part, loved Dalinar defying the laws of what the stormfather thought possible to help Kaladin. Loved seeing Navani become the engineer/scientist she always admired in others. Gavalir you were wrong about her, she’s a brilliant innovator and the rest of the book will surely prove it.

I am still confused how Raboniel was able to spy on Navani/Sibling convos? It was stated clearly no voidsprens were around to spy. Maybe sleepless cremlings? But iirc there was no mention of cremlings anywhere around Navani. I hope it’s not a corrupted Dabbid 💔 this will hurt Kaladin a lot

Looking forward to the interludes and part 4 ||

[main lion]

yuh

[sage remnant]

Man I wonder if AI detector tools would call this 90% AI || The proper way the em dashes are used feels so refreshing atp its crazy... || Metamorphosis 62%

[sage remnant]

|| There were cremlings near Navani, and Nikli had mentioned of some who turned to Odium's side. But yeah RAFO || RoW p3

How are you feeling about || the magitech parts || RoW p3

[sage remnant]

I got this as a gift so yeah I would have gotten a kobo too

[frank rivet]

Megaman NT Warrior - || legit i thought with the state of AI we were close enough to having a PET 😭 obviously not alive but a assistant close enough ||

[sage remnant]

my reading was so mostly physical and phone based that I have to specifically have some kindle specific reads

[jolly ruin]

Row p3 || ever since DS I have been paying a lot of attention to cremlings I guess some of them slipped past me sneaky cremlings ||

[jolly ruin]

Row p3 || I assume you meant fabrial science? I enjoyed it quite a bit, I guess the engineer in me clicked with it lol. Imagining kaladin flying with the new fabrial was a fun exercise in imagination. ||

[toxic pebble]

Lanterns

[jolly ruin]

@sage remnant what is the chapter you said was your least favorite? Is it in part 3?

[sage remnant]

Nice

[sage remnant]

It requires full book context

but you have already read it

[jolly ruin]

Gotcha

[shrewd sigil]

rhythm of war is a romance?

[sage remnant]

No. A random shitty romance I read today

How did you connect that sentence to RoW tho

[shrewd sigil]

ohh

i read super shitty and just assumed you meant rhythm of war

[sage remnant]

Also I got Era 2 boxset gifted in my birthday 4 days ago

[jolly ruin]

RoW part 3 || Kal and Leshwi is NOT shitty romance ||

[shrewd sigil]

yoo finally

[sage remnant]

so I would now need to read it

Tho when idk

[shrewd sigil]

goat whoever gifted you

[sage remnant]

I am so out of shelf space that I can't even unpack it

[shrewd sigil]

row p3 ||no interspecies relationships ❌||

[sage remnant]

Not in big 2026...

-# I want to make a bad joke now...

[pale trellis]

|| so her name is Evi. And he finally remembers her. || Oathbringer 16

[foggy mirage]

We will see the last comic I read from him was plastic man no more and that was bad

[foggy mirage]

Hopefully he's just better at tv

[foggy mirage]

https://fixupx.com/coreybrennanff/status/2056504587528404993?s=46

Corey Brennan Of Fightful.com (@CoreyBrennanFF)

Yeah I'm not worried about Daredevil: Born Again going anywhere lmao.

Quoting Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave)
︀
Brad Winderbaum has been promoted to Head of Marvel Television, Animation, Comics & Franchise

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FixupX · May 18, 2026, 10:37 PM

@frank rivet

Actual good news

Pushed for daredevil to come back and the fact they need to have consistent shows running not just big budget slop

@frank rivet first lanterns trailer was 5/10 this one was 9/10.

Only real live action hero shows we are getting is spider noir and lanterns that's about it

Rest is animation locking in

[spiral quest]

Fair enough, Kobos way better imo if you get a chance. Amazon does have more selection but if I am picking a company it's Rakuten. That and Kobo is a lot better for Canada

[foggy mirage]

Sabble you a fan of the 2 animated hellboy films ?

[spiral quest]

Never watched em

[foggy mirage]

I reccomend them for sure then

[spiral quest]

I am a big fan of the Del Toro films, after that, I kinda only can hear Ron Pearlman as Hellboy

So I just avoided everything beyond em

[foggy mirage]

Its pearlman as him

For both animated movies

[spiral quest]

Ah then might be worth checking out

I just assumed it wasnt him

[foggy mirage]

Nah they knew how popular he was

So they made sure to get him

[spiral quest]

Considering that the movies dont exactly follow the comics

But are still cool as shit

[foggy mirage]

John hurt is back too

[spiral quest]

Yeah that is impressive

Nice

[foggy mirage]

And doug jones as abe

[spiral quest]

Doug Jones is the only Abe I can hear tbh

Ron ans Doug were so good

[foggy mirage]

Even selma came back

[spiral quest]

Selma Blair was okay as Liz Sherman

[foggy mirage]

I dint even noticr

Notice*

[spiral quest]

Like

[foggy mirage]

It seems everyone from the main cast stuck for both films

[spiral quest]

Hellboy Del Toro ||The love interest thing between Hellboy and Liz is. Odd. But it is mostly fine I suppose||

[foggy mirage]

I definitely enjoy 1 and golden army

[spiral quest]

Shoulda had a third

Alas

[foggy mirage]

Sadly the third movie we got was not it...

[spiral quest]

If you are referring to the David Harbor disaster

[foggy mirage]

It wont be overbearing for either film so I wouldn't worry

[spiral quest]

I dont even see that film as a Hellboy property

Harbor regrets it big time

[foggy mirage]

Yeah it was a catastrophic blunder

If you enjoy hellboy and the cast these movies will hit the spot

[spiral quest]

Overall the comics are obviously the best but it would be nice if the animated movies work

[foggy mirage]

Mike master class

[spiral quest]

Do they adapt conic lines

Comic*

Or is it og

[foggy mirage]

He wrote for both these movies

Mike magnolia I believe

[spiral quest]

I love how Mike is so cool with adaptations of his work while also being involved

[foggy mirage]

Blood and iron

Sword of storms

I legit need to get back into hellboy

[spiral quest]

I just reread Wolves of St August

[foggy mirage]

It was one of those comics that stayed consistently great but I'm definitely starting from issue one when I get back into it

[spiral quest]

I never finished all of the bprd stuff

[foggy mirage]

I'll let you know what I think on my reread, hopefully you do the same if you hit up both animated films

[spiral quest]

I shall def do so

Need to find where I can watch em

[foggy mirage]

Definitely should be easily available

I remember catching them both streaming

[frank rivet]

ya but the animation we are getting is so beyond peak

[spiral quest]

Ill take a look around after work

[frank rivet]

its about to feed multiple seasons

[zinc trellis]

https://youtu.be/mtN8GyDrhlo?si=uSjez6Qu-5wIWbFw

This is how The Boys S5 vibe shouldve been

[foggy mirage]

Xmen97, friendly neighborhood spiderman s2 and my adventures with superman s3

So im cool animation wise

Besides the laika movie coming up

[frank rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/eating-starving-gif-26035414

[foggy mirage]

They need to drop that s2 trailer earlier

[spiral quest]

I am beyond excited for Wildwood

Studio Laika is my jam

[foggy mirage]

The trailer legit made me cry

That's how good the quality was for me

Love to always see them come back

[spiral quest]

They had a bit of a misstep with Missing Link, even if I liked the movie

[foggy mirage]

I need to rewatch

[spiral quest]

But Coraline, ParaNorman, and Kubo are all bonafide classics

[foggy mirage]

But this one looks like a home run

[spiral quest]

Wildwood looks like it will join those 3

[foggy mirage]

Absolutely

[spiral quest]

And not the Missing Link or Boxtrolls category

[foggy mirage]

I was so glad to see it got out of development after almost a decade

[spiral quest]

So MoPop in seattle had a studio Laika exhibit one year my gf and I went

And it's just

Insane

[foggy mirage]

Lucky trip

[spiral quest]

The detail that goes into it. It makes sense how long it took to make

[foggy mirage]

Its just pure love and dedication for the craft

Made by human hands

[spiral quest]

I dont go to MoPop often but I def wanted to for that one

It was worth seeing

That and they had a history of Hip Hop around the same time

So it was sick

[foggy mirage]

Something about the process is just magical to see

If i ever get the chance I need to check it out

[spiral quest]

I love stop motion with all my heart. Wish I had the ability and patience for it

[foggy mirage]

Yeah genuinely seeing the behind the scenes work that goes into it is next level

[spiral quest]

So, Fantastic Mr Fox has bts books I really recommend

It's my favorite movie ever and I super dig it

[foggy mirage]

That's a great pick for favorite movie

If we are talking purely animated its prince of egypt

Idk if thats gonna make me look like a picked something generic. But really love the film

But I'll see about those books

The behind the scenes made me laugh

||https://youtube.com/shorts/8jBajZP1VNs?si=cqZz5jFNH3gRyN1m|| fantastic mr fox using the real actors moving like this got the best out of their performances

[spiral quest]

Thank you, Prince of Egypt is a great pick itself, dont degrade that

[foggy mirage]

Remember watching it and it blew me away from the first song

Which is guess its really the first couple of seconds

[spiral quest]

Hell yeah that's how you know

Fantastic Mr Fox did that for me with the color pallette. It is perfect

[foggy mirage]

For me its just a movie that knew exactly what it wanted to be and did that perfectly

On every level

Having watched it recently it hit just as hard if not better

[spiral quest]

There arent a ton of movies that do for me, but it says something that multiple of them have been stop motion

I rewatched Scott Pilgrim not long ago and it does it too

Edgar Wright's best film, I am not sorry

[foggy mirage]

https://tenor.com/view/that's-not-ridiculous-to-say-that's-not-ridiculous-chilltownhoops-playerschoice-unc-gif-17749542178366202764

[spiral quest]

Hell yeah

I know some violently passionate Shaun of the Dead fans

And one Hot Fuzz fan

Like really likes Hot Fuzz

[foggy mirage]

Might be his 2nd best for me

[young compass]

https://tenor.com/view/jordan-diel-ridiculous-gif-5172917175730715803

[spiral quest]

I am sticking by it

[modern lichen]

Scott Pilgrim is 3rd best

After Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead

[spiral quest]

I disagree

But

Thats what I said earlier. Most will take Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead

[young compass]

millennials would agree

[spiral quest]

I am one lmao

[young compass]

I think Scott pilgrim is the most millennial coded movie

[modern lichen]

Hot Fuzz has imo the perfect script for a comedy film

Scott Pilgrim is the most millennial coded comic book

[young compass]

Mean girls and Scott pilgrim

[spiral quest]

Yeah you aint wrong but I am not gonna apologize for being of my generation

[young compass]

Oh Juno too

[modern lichen]

Mean Girls has aged well

The musical remake sucks ass

[young compass]

I feel ashamed to wear this badge….. I wish I was Gen Alpha……

[spiral quest]

I am not ashamed of being a millennial at all

[modern lichen]

You Americans and your fucking generations

[spiral quest]

You just said Scott Pilgrim is the most millennial coded comic book lmao

[modern lichen]

It’s the joke

[young compass]

Americans talk about it like the weather, it’s mostly taking the piss

[modern lichen]

Everything after millennials is a haze in my head

[spiral quest]

Tbh being a millennial doesnt really come up that often for me

It's only online when someone complains about doggo, mustaches on fingers, and media we liked that I am ever reminded of it

[modern lichen]

Millennial cringe is real

Grown ass people acting like idiots online

[spiral quest]

It really isnt that big of deal

I think people take themselves a bit too seriously online

[modern lichen]

Its not a big deal but cringe is far more wide reaching than genuine expression on the internet

[spiral quest]

Eh again I think the issue is a bit overblown

[modern lichen]

You might think so

But it’s undeniable that cringe content is far more susceptible to virality than genuine human expression

[spiral quest]

I mean I guess so?

Idk I dont really watch much content either way

If by content we mean youtube and tik tok

And all that

[modern lichen]

Everywhere: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, hell even Discord and Reddit

[spiral quest]

I do often times see more people complaining about cringe than the actual cringe itself

But that doesnt mean it isnt happening

[modern lichen]

I get tons of cringe content on Instagram that has millions of views and thousands of comments on single posts, it’s a cynical cycle

[spiral quest]

Idk I think if someone wants to say doggo or pupper or merry chrysler, it's not that big of a deal to me

I would like there to be genuine human expression as well and I dont think someone acting as they would have on vine negates someone else's ability to express themselves

[modern lichen]

Merry Chrysler is a funny vine, it’s not as much cringe

[spiral quest]

Ive seen people complain about it

It's why I say as much

Ive seen it lumped in with the finger mustaches and the fake nerd glasses and bands that went HO HEY and clapped

[modern lichen]

Star Wars || https://x.com/sundragonheartt/status/2056820016511652230?s=46 ||

jake ꩜ 🍉 (@sundragonheartt)

gonna start saying all Vader haters are ableist. Oh ur gonna be mean to the quadruple amputee with burn scars? Real classy

X · May 19, 2026, 7:31 PM

[foggy mirage]

https://x.com/thealexrossart/status/2056818842895106069?s=46

Alex Ross (@thealexrossart)

X · May 19, 2026, 7:26 PM

This piece is fantastic

[celest quest]

Yeah, they killed the boys

so many good shows with miserable fucking endings

[unkempt agate]

thinking of rewatching gravity falls

[modern lichen]

Do it

[sage remnant]

Watched Don't Look Up

Cinema

[modern lichen]

The boys finale || a decent episode to end a dogshit final season ||

[sage remnant]

It's out or u speculating

[modern lichen]

?

[sage remnant]

Not opened tag

[modern lichen]

Why would I speculate on something so definitively, I watched that shit

Its out

[sage remnant]

Okay

I knew it was today but didn't know what time

[zealous thicket]

The boys finale ||they didn't even try, tsk what a disappointment||

[scenic hedge]

The boys finale ||okay i actually liked this episode and that makes it so frustrating. Some slightly better decisions and maybe a couple more episodes could've actually saved this shitshow||

[zealous thicket]

The boys finale || tsk, the theory of terror getting compound V and humping homelander would've been a better pull off than kimiko's last minute radiation asspull ||

[scenic hedge]

The boys finale ||The boys is ignoring the consistent issues like rapidly changing plotlines though. To me something like a finale should have a longer setup and you can't be doing "oh lets try this, didnt work, lets do this other thing, didnt work, lets do this thing then, didnt work, what about ..."||

but yeah

[scenic hedge]

The boys finale ||i actually don't think its a big asspull, it just needed some more setup rather than being something they introduced in the penultimate episode of the final season.

The fact that this show ended like this also tells me that Season 3 might've actually been the original true ending point of the show, and they just expanded it for profits / or they envisioned a bigger story that interweaves gen.v (which didnt end up happening)||

[zealous thicket]

yeah, i agree.

[scenic hedge]

The boys finale ||that scene of butcher repeatedly punching homelander is so satisfying though||

[sage remnant]

The previous ep had ended in || Frenchie's death, right? || The Boys semifinale

[zealous thicket]

The boys finale || I bet he held back a little because of Ryan being in the room xd ||

[zealous thicket]

yeah

[scenic hedge]

yes

The boys finale ||i did like the fact that the final fight was just between butcher and homelander, and without his powers, Homelander really is nothing, something that's been reinforced quite a lot but actually seeing it is so satisfying||

[zinc trellis]

the boys ||butcher punching homelander was so good fkkk||

[lusty wren]

they boys finale ||"scorched earth" he said lmao||

[scenic hedge]

The boys finale ||im not a powerscaling kinda guy but I think it's hilarious how V1 homelander wasn't really much stronger at all, he didn't even do anything special after getting it.

And Ryan and Butcher were actually able to fight him pretty well, he wasn't really destroying them at all. He couldn't kill them instantly like he does all other supes and they were able to fight him pretty well. The powerscaling is kinda fucked but I don't really care that much about it. I think the action was pretty good.

Also the deep getting definitively the worst death in the series.||

[lusty wren]

the boys finale ||I can't decide how I should feel about this ending. it's definitely not what I expected, it has good parts but I cannot help but feel robbed. there could be so much more, this final season was all over the place and felt like 99% hot air. the soldier boy plot was the worst, and what about him and MM anyway? MM just forgets about him or what?||

[scenic hedge]

the boys finale ||the final season overall is a clown show but i think the last episode was good||

[zinc trellis]

agreed

kinda liked the last ep

[zealous thicket]

The boys finale || i was just waiting for annie to throw him in the water 😭 it was funny seeing her unknowingly bring him to a shoreline to fight ||

was she aware? idk.

[zinc trellis]

||seeing homelander begging was satisfying||

[scenic hedge]

the boys finale ^ -> ||actually thats one thing i wanna nitpick, I think they were doing a bit too much with his begging, He should've been miserable and pathetic but I feel like they did a bit too much there||

Antony starr is such a great actor though

the only consistently good thing about this series all the way through

[lusty wren]

the boys finale ||his acting is definitely great, how HL tries to fly after getting depowered lul||

[zinc trellis]

damn

its really over

we came a long way since 19'

[zealous thicket]

the boys finale || ashley the real mvp this ep fr ||

the boys finale ||oh father dying was probably the most satisfying this episode for me.. he had to go🙏 ||

[sage remnant]

The Boys Finale 20 mins in || That Homelander Deep convo. Perfect ||

[sage remnant]

Wym
2019 was 2 years ago

[scenic hedge]

The boys finale ||quality of the series aside, I think this is definitely up there as one of the most satisfying villain deaths out there||

[zealous thicket]

the boys finale || kinda bummed that we didn't get to see anything on soldier boy towards the end ||

[scenic hedge]

the boys finale ||fuck that bum||

[zealous thicket]

the boys finale || it would've given the audience to look forward to vought rising i suppose, like a cliff hanger feeling ||

[zinc trellis]

i wish nico

i wish

[main lion]

the boys finale ||I defended the final season for the first half when I thought it was going somewhere with what it was setting up. But then the second half didnt go anywhere and started shoehorning more and more vought rising bs. Soldier Boy's character ruined, the fucking Frenchie ghost speech was corny, Homelander not doing anything major that acted as a catalyst for the finale (we honestly should've gotten the start of the massacre before he died, rather than just having him exclaim hes GOING to massacre). And a bunch of other bullshit. Pure disappointment. The final fight happening exclusively within a tiny room is also insane. ||

[scenic hedge]

no money

poor kripke

[zealous thicket]

🙏 gen v

[scenic hedge]

the boys major

[sage remnant]

Good finale. Me likey

[sage remnant]

I think rather opposite

it could have been a 2 and half hour movie

The Boys finale || Half the season was promotion for Vought Rising ||

[sage remnant]

That would have been an asspull instead of what we got lol

the bad part is || Why they never thought of it until now. Why didn't they start with the radiation experiment || The Boys Finale

[zealous thicket]

i really prayed for that to happen

cause we had a terror poster for s5

possibility😔

[sage remnant]

|| I think they needed one more season to have the other Boys Members be characters instead of just teammates || the Boys all

|| Like s4 has some really strong parts too. I like Butcher's character arc and Homelander's acceptance of what he would be and him going back to the lab || The Boys finale

Overall 5/10 final season. 8/10 finale

[scenic hedge]

Agreed

[sage remnant]

Don't regret the show. Also funny I started the show in first year of college and final season came in the final exams of final sem

[zealous thicket]

The boys Season 5 || i really think the V1 plot wasn't necessary ||

[sage remnant]

Haven't followed anything for long post Covid other than this ig

Well in western series part

[median nova]

the boys season 5 || not bad finale, wish soldier boy was there but the build up sucked and overall was an okay conclusion to the series. im not looking forward to wtv the prequel is gonna be of tho ||

the boys finale || homelander with v1 didnt even look much different ngl ||

[sage remnant]

This season could just be very truncated

this was a movie length finale padded to 8 fucking eps for me

[sage remnant]

Why were people expecting it to

|| like I never expected anything other than immunity to virus || The Boys Finale

||it was just first iteration that was made stable, and just the first iteration had elements that gave you immortality ||

[zealous thicket]

cause the plot just hyped it

[median nova]

the boys s5 || v1 was a main subject every episode until homelander claimed it and its almost fuck all if theres a radiation blast like how kimiko somehow has it ||

[sage remnant]

|| Yeah for Immortality and immunity, not for other random power increase || The boys finale

[sage remnant]

I don't understand the second sentence

[zealous thicket]

||cause at that point we didn't know about the possibility for kimiko to gain the same ability as soldier boy||

||so, him getting the v1 just fails the point of making the supe virus||

[sage remnant]

|| yeah but how does that tie to fucking power scaling lol || The Boys finale

The point in hand is || No power increase despite V1 ||

The boys finale

[zealous thicket]

oh ok finale uhh 🗿

[median nova]

the boys end || kimiko getting radiation blast ||

[sage remnant]

I mean || If Russians managed to do an experiment, it could be replicated. And they had Sage to do it || the boys end

|| Sage could have created the V1. She just didn't want to cuz she was against Homelander getting that ||

[zealous thicket]

|| the russians were testing it on soldier boy who already took the V1, kimiko here was running on just compound V, so yeah||

[sage remnant]

The only asspull regarding this is || why did it take them 2 whole seasons to think of trying it || The Boys End

[sage remnant]

|| which the russians didn't know lol. If there's any difference between V1 and this. ||

Heck most people didnt

the boys finale

[split radish]

The boys finale ||only good thing was Butcher beat the living shit out of Homelander and he weeps like a little bitch||

[pale trellis]

Cook

|| the final fight between homelander literally was that ai meme minus hughie 😭 || the boys finale

[main lion]

the boys finale ||the final fight is mostly fine in terms of the writing, its really the escalation up to it and the setting that was iffy||

[outer tulip]

thanks I went with fmovies.gd

[modern lichen]

the boys season 5/series finale ||homelander immortality lasted 2 episodes, this should've been a thing since last season but instead we went on pointless digressions with sage's stupid ass, the show ends where the comic does, in the oval office but somehow it doesnt feel impactful at all||

[near pewter]

The Boys series finale || Very misleading posters, and when there's a lack of build up and the plot is literally handed to them on a silver platter, it lead to this abomination of the ending lol They should have kept Homelander alive so he can continue to live his miserable existence because he is nothing without his powers ||

[main lion]

The Boys finale || V still exists. If he survived then he has the potential of regaining powers. Not worth the risk||

[near pewter]

The Boys finale || oh mb but it was hilarious when he was pleading for his life and the whole thing was broadcasted live and he became a meme ||

[copper phoenix]

how was the finale

[valid hamlet]

The Boys series finale ||its obvious kripke just wanted to finish this show and move on to other projects||

||this season was basically a teaser for vought rising||

[scenic hedge]

the boys finale ||they used the same trick as the russian, and supposedly with sage's help they were able to recreate it really fast. It's not great but it is something.||

[outer tulip]

I havne't watched ityet

[copper phoenix]

thanks

[toxic pebble]

the boys finale ||this fucking shitpost about the final fight was 95% accurate 😭 ||

[scenic hedge]

its okay

[toxic pebble]

the boys finale ||I think this season would have been better received if they didn't have posters of homelander glassing the earth||

[sage remnant]

So not seeing the marketing material turned out to be a W for me

[scenic hedge]

Lmfao

[toxic pebble]

the boys season finale ||also I am 90% certain butcher was gonna release the virus but amazon vetoed it so there would be more spin-offs||

[sage remnant]

💀

[worthy matrix]

Saw the leaks for the TADC finale online and HOLY CRAP IT IS SO BUNS. 💀💀
Thank god I never picked that show up.

[toxic pebble]

don't say anything i wanna watch it blind

[hard reef]

the boys season finale || Seeing Homelander depowered and cry like a bitch was so satisfying ||

[copper phoenix]

are shows not allowed to have good endings anymore

[sage remnant]

It's a good ending

Just an awful final season

Literally everywhere I have talked has it at 8-9/10 ep in a mediocre season

[toxic pebble]

the boys season 5 all ||if the plot was more focused, cut stuff like soldier boy and bombsight which added almost nothing, and focused more on homelander's fascist regime and its effects, it would have been better. I think amazon only saw this as a vehicle to promote more spin-offs then tell a satisfying ending||

[sage remnant]

It should have been a 3 hour long movie finale which is padded into 8 eps

[valid hamlet]

||i believe this season wouldve focused more on the virus and homelander if it wasnt for the reception of season 4||

[toxic pebble]

the boys all seasons ||I think the reception to soldier boy being a breakout character was also an effect. hes like sugar, best in small doses but too much makes you sick||

[sage remnant]

Supernatural simps effect couldn't be achieved

[valid hamlet]

||he has no purpose this season apart from teasing vought rising||

[toxic pebble]

the boys all seasons ||it doesn't help soldier boy is canonically a racist piece of shit. I think this season they tried to sanitize that to make him more appealing to the tumblr crowd||

[subtle python]

TheBoys season 5 finale ||5 GODDAMN SEASONS FOR A FINAL BATTLE AND YOU GIVE US THAT For YEARS, this show built Homelander up as the ultimate threat; “Superman, but evil,” a man obsessed with absolute power and capable of becoming a dictator. The show constantly reminds us he’s practically unstoppable, powerful enough to wipe out Washington, D.C. in minutes if he wanted to. But that’s exactly what makes the payoff so hollow. If he’s truly this terrifying, why do we barely see the destruction he’s supposedly capable of? After seasons spent hyping his godlike power and instability, the show keeps pulling its punches, even in the final season, even in the finale!!

||

My review of the boys.....watch invincible instead.

[subtle python]

||Corporate ass ending||

[subtle python]

||Would have been so much better if Butcher actually won. The whole show has been about how the hero fantasy is a myth and how hero worship leads to moral decay. When humans are given that level of power, by a fucking corporation of all things, only the worst people reign. It would have been 100 times more satisfying, and a fitting conclusion to The Boys's overall satire if instead of the kumbaya ending we got an ending where the hero fantasy legitimately dies. Literally since episode one all we have been shown is how nearly every supe is the picture of depravity and selfishness. But no, we needed Boys Mexico.

Also, Vought still being allowed to even exist after everything (concentration camps, the death of thousands, a supe declaring himself fucking God from the Oval office) is an actual joke. The US government would 1000% nationalize Vought, and take over compound V, administering it themselves and controlling all supes. Continuing to allow Vought to exist is like giving a private company the monopoly over the manufacture and deployment of nukes. It would never happen.||

[toxic pebble]

i think it also helps that invincible's comic is pretty good and the show is faithfully adapting it, compared to the boys comic being a hot mess and the show having to freestyle

[main lion]

invincible sucks too bro

both ass shows 😔

[subtle python]

Hey it's white peoples dragon ball

We judge it by a curve

[main lion]

dragonball is white people's dragonball

😭

The Boys Finale ||One more complaint that I didn't mention earlier. Why the FUCK did starlight take Deep to the ocean. That was such a forced way to let him get destroyed by the ocean. One, theres no longer electricity around for her to absorb there, so shes handicapping herself. Two, deep thrives there and she doesnt know he has beef with the fish. And Three, why would she outright push him INTO the water intentionally||

stupid ah season

||well, wait, maybe she can do sunlight idr, so maybe point 1 is wrong. Its been a while||

[subtle python]

||Starlight was such a jobber for 5 fucking seasons||

[main lion]

The Boys Finale ||idc about jobbing Im not a powerscaler. Im just complaining about internal consistency ||

[subtle python]

This season was rushed as fuck

I'm so sick of shows having rushed endings like god damn do writers for shit just get bored.

[sage remnant]

Rushed?

How is it rushed

It's opposite of rushed

[subtle python]

Boys season 5 Finale|| It felt like they tried to cram like 2 seasons worth of plot in two episodes near the end cuz they realized they only had a few episodes to solve each character's motivation, especially when homelander gets taken out halfway through the finale and the final exchange between hughie and butcher was less than 10 minutes long ||

[hybrid oak]

@cunning ginkgo Have you seen the boys finale yet

[hybrid oak]

||They actually did btw the final season was supposed to be 13 episodes 😭 ||

[sage remnant]

The Boys finale || She's just taking Deep away from White House and with what her initial speed and direction was, she landed near Ocean. I can accept that as reason.
I don't think I have understood how her power works in any season and I just handwaive that in this show since the start ||

[subtle python]

https://tenor.com/view/how-paapabutterfly-gif-22583765

[main lion]

an element of it IS rushed imo.

The Boys finale ||I think if we didnt get the needless soldier boy/vought rising setup stuff, we wouldve been able to get half a season where everyone being captured at the end of season 4 actually mattered. Them being in a generic camp in the middle of nowhere and being rescued in the very first episode is definitely rushed. The end of season 4 made it seem like a big idea, and it was solved with ease. ||

[sage remnant]

I mean I don't agree with any of that point. They seem ample enough time for me

[hybrid oak]

the boys finale ||I hated the dialogue, like does everything have to be an analogy cant these niggas talk properly 😭 ||

[sage remnant]

Yeah if that's the rushed aspect, then I'll give you that

[subtle python]

||Executives need more jensen ackles||

[sage remnant]

Again, I don't see it as rushed but just a rather lackluster imagination.
I don't see any need for this season to be more than 3 hour long movie

[main lion]

the boys finale ||shes capable of seeing where shes flying. She doesnt jump, she intentionally flies. Its just extremely contrived even if its possible to handwave it. This entire season had a lot of little contrivances here and there that just add up to feeling annoying. ||

[subtle python]

That being said, god bless daveed diggs.

Amazing actor

[hybrid oak]

the boys finale || I love soldier boy, but having him suddenly become head over heels for stormfront and making it his motive to allowing homelander to become immortal was idk lazy writing like it didnt feel authentic ||

||I hated the action too, why do homelanders punches have the same power as hughies , i mean come on we gotta put some more oomph on supe physical attacks||

[sage remnant]

The Boys Finale || Yeah well, it worked enough for me to not bother me

I think she just wanted to get them away from WH asap that she didn't concentrate on flying/navigating as much as reaching somewhere far enough ||

To red's msg

[subtle python]

The boys finale|| I mean it kinda checks out cuz didn't they say they were in love in season 3?||

[main lion]

the boys finale ||because it is inauthentic. He mentioned her once in season 3 but it was just in a passing "ye this hot girl I used to talk to" way. Never implied any deeper love for her like that||

[subtle python]

Oh also

The boys finale ||Frenchies force ghost scene was cheesy as fuck||

[sage remnant]

Meh. It was nice

[main lion]

nah goro

that was straight ass

[sage remnant]

I will stand by that scene.

[main lion]

worst scene in s5 unironically

[sage remnant]

It's a case where if it wasn't in a season that was this disliked, it would be a loved scene for people

[hybrid oak]

the boys finale || The only time i remember him mentioning her was when he talked about starting herogasm with her, like i didnt expect him to be so passionate about a girl who he started an orgy with, they just seemed like a fling to me||

[subtle python]

Also Karl Urban top-tier actor.

[main lion]

thats a loaded argument

presumptuous af

I dont agree

[copper phoenix]

anyywa I hope anthony starr doesn't get giancarlo esposito'd

[main lion]

I just think it was corny

[copper phoenix]

hes a good actor

[sage remnant]

Anthony Starr is already being espositod spice

lol

[main lion]

I hope anthony starr performs despacito at the superbowl

[subtle python]

I don't think i've seen him in anything besides this

[hybrid oak]

the boys finale || I mean i kinda like that she felt sad instead of enraged, her whole life she thought being angry was what her source of power was. I didnt like frenchie appearing out of nowhere but having her supe blast without her temper was nice||

[subtle python]

Everything else in the cast i've seen them in a tons of other shit except starr

[hybrid oak]

the boys finale || also s5 sister sage is geniunely the worst character ever on the show ||

[sage remnant]

To each their own idk. It was nice. Same with the || Frenchie's funeral scene. Reddit seems to hate it, but the butthole joke and using that to show how close they were to him is perfect Frenchie || The Boys finale

[copper phoenix]

he was the mc in banshee

but I only watched like 3 episodes

[hybrid oak]

wdym by esposito'd

[subtle python]

Honestly, i actually liked that scene alot

[hybrid oak]

espositos a renowned actor

[subtle python]

Typecast

[sage remnant]

Typecasted role

[main lion]

the boys finale ||no she didnt. The "getting angry" thing was related to soldier boy's power, not hers||

||"her whole life" lmfao||

[hybrid oak]

ah okay

gotcha

[subtle python]

Kinda like how aaron paul is always the damaged guy in shows or how sam jackson is always the angry dude.

[hybrid oak]

the boys finale || I mean yeah dont you remember how shed always crash out back before the boys freed her from the terrorists?||

[sage remnant]

Rock is always hulky guy

[hybrid oak]

the boys finale ||shes always been a ball of rage imo ||

the boys finale || Gen V got written out of the story so badly yo 😭 ||

[subtle python]

Actually @main lion hard disagree, The boys finale ||worst scene in the series was everything to do with sister sage in this season, how you gonna make the smartest person in the world so stupid||

[hybrid oak]

irrelevant asf

[subtle python]

Honestly seemed like budget concerns.

[sage remnant]

I don't know what I think of that character

The Boys finale || Unable to understand "romantic love" and in general not finding people more than logical pieces is what led to her failure ||

[hybrid oak]

the boys finale || also didnt she enjoy being a smartie on s4, like whyd she go back to homelander, and if it was her wish to get rid of her superpowers she could have attempted to get rid of them with soldier boy like...||

[sage remnant]

Not really

[hybrid oak]

the boys finale ||felt cliche ||

[sage remnant]

Felt logical for that sort of stupid power

[main lion]

the boys s5 || The butthole joke went on far too long. But I dont have anywhere as much of an issue with that as I did the actual force ghost shit. The butthole joke is just not how frenchie talks about anything the entire show so shoehorning the "sex joke" dialogue onto his character like that at the very end feels like another contrivance. Not natural for his character.

That said, my issue with the force ghost is just how cliche it is. In a show that in its earlier seasons made fun of a lot of media cliches, the fact that they leaned into it earnestly in a moment like this, portraying it in such a cheap looking way, with the corniest "your hate isnt your strength" dialogue possible (wasnt even like a thing with her character, thats just soldier boy's way he uses his power), it comes off as really really shitty||

[sage remnant]

The Boys Finale || Her plan was to have total annihilation just for the love of the game ||

[subtle python]

I've never watched supernatural but did it have a better ending?

[main lion]

no

[sage remnant]

Lmaoo

[main lion]

havent watched it just saw people here say later seasons were ass

[hybrid oak]

85% of good shows dont have a good ending

[sage remnant]

Supernatural final two eps were Nice.
But last 3-4 seasons were ass

Last 3-4 seasons were 3/10 at best

[subtle python]

of a 10+ season show?

[hybrid oak]

3/10 is crazy

[sage remnant]

Yea

[main lion]

anyway, I was a defender of season 5 in the first half when I thought they were going somewhere with it. So please dont project that "if it wasnt in a scene that was disliked, it would be a loved scene for people" thing onto me 😔

[subtle python]

But ladies, gentleman, non-binaries and everything in between, we can all agree about this

Wayyyyy better than the source material

By a long-shot.

[sage remnant]

|| it has already embraced cliches and all that since a season or so ago, and it made sense for Kimiko in that moment for me. She has her strength remind her her strength hasn't been on anger so not use Soldier Boy's way and do it in her own || The Boys finale

[subtle python]

Also, glad karen fukuhara and laz alonso got steady checks for so long.

[sage remnant]

Idk the source material

The final ep was a strong 8/10 ep

[subtle python]

https://tenor.com/view/you-dont-wanna-know-george-zax-jk-simmons-goliath-s4ep4-gif-23201964

[sage remnant]

even if the rest of the season was barely passable

[subtle python]

Honestly the first episode of the season was my fav

[sage remnant]

I didn't like it either

it was okay

[main lion]

The Boys Finale ||yeah and season 4 was the worst season prior to this one 😭 . I mean you're free to like it ig but shit was booty ||

[sage remnant]

It was good 😔

[subtle python]

||Needed more Kessler||

[sage remnant]

also I would expect you to like s4 tho

|| It had more character introspection, which you liked no? || The Boys end

[main lion]

the boys end ||I liked elements of s4, but it was a mixed bag. Hughie and his father were great. But Hughie being a sex toy was shit. Stuff like that||

[sage remnant]

Oh yeah they really went far fucking much in that

the Boys end || I really liked Homelander and Butcher's arcs in s4 ||

[subtle python]

I wonder what jack quaids checks were for this fucking show

[sage remnant]

Who's that

which character

[subtle python]

||Oh yea, all the butcher shit in season 4 i dug||

[vast root]

The finale is out?

[sage remnant]

yea

[subtle python]

Hughie

[cunning ginkgo]

unfortunately

[sage remnant]

Oh yeah was surprised to see him in Oppenheimer

[hybrid oak]

thoughts kun

[sage remnant]

I Didn't know then he was in anything other than Boys

[vast root]

How is it

[sage remnant]

8/10 ep for me

[hybrid oak]

had potential but its ass

not too ass but ass nonetheless

i gotta improve my vocabulary 😭

[vast root]

I see

[cunning ginkgo]

i might discuss it in length later but all i can say rn since i just woke up... shit was ass

[sage remnant]

It delivered in the aspects i would want a final ep to deliver

[hybrid oak]

alrighty when you're wakey tag me

[sage remnant]

the other aspects is the problem with the entire season, and not just final ep

which I separate

I don't dislike s4 as much as other people ig. And I found s5 to conclude rather strongly even tho it was a subpar padded season

Overall don't regret watching this show

[subtle python]

He's shockingly versatile.

[main lion]

The Boys end ||season 1 and 2 kept a lot of the sex joke stuff a little more tasteful. It was there, but it didnt go overboard showing us grotesque things. The tone of the show overall remained extremely serious with elements of satire along the way. Season 3 is when it started going into like full on pure parody mode with elements of serious things happening. Season 3 was still good, but things like herogasm were the beginning of the end as far as grotesque visuals go. Finale of season 3 was really cool, but things like the introduction of superpowers etc started getting iffy. Things started feeling less dangerous, Butcher's character started getting much more incosistent in his develpment. It felt like the series kept resetting his character and his "mistakes" in being a father figure to ryan felt more contrived at this point.

Season 4 continues all of those bad trends but had elements of brilliance like with Hughie and his family. Frenchie's side plot came out of nowhere as well for needless drama between him and Kimiko, probably to extend the conclusion to their relationship until this season.

And then season 5 maintained all of those issues, but I saw potential in something they could set up with it even with my issues I had regarding the early prison escape. But, unfortunately, it just continued down a path of characters making decisions inconsistent with how they've been portrayed up until this point, forcing in vought rising bs, etc. Gross jokes were a little less than season 4, but they were still there. And they talked about dicks or other sex jokes needlessly. As if the way to endear you to a character is for them to see a penis in the sky||

||introduction of the boys getting superpowers*||

[subtle python]

The boys season 4 ||https://i.redd.it/2cd1k5haokad1.png||

[sage remnant]

Damn I liked that last part

[subtle python]

This sums it up right

[sage remnant]

Other than that I agree with most points, but pros outweigh the cons for the most part for me

[main lion]

I love season 1 and 2, I like season 3, I think season 4 is decentish, and I dislike season 5

[sage remnant]

the boys s4 || Like Frenchie part was forced and Hughie's twice sexual assault was really worse, but the highs were very high. Everything to do with Homelander, Everything to do with Hughie and dad, and then Butcher's downfall and stuff with Kessler, and that twist ||

|| which take majority of the season so the bad parts take it down to idk 6/10 or 5/10 for me ||

[main lion]

ye season 4 isnt outight bad but it has a lot of bad

season 5 to me atp is just bad though

season 2 of gen V was actually really good imo

so I had hope for this season

[sage remnant]

I ain't watching Gen V

[main lion]

no reason to now

[sage remnant]

or any of the sequel series or w/e

even the whole reason I started Boys was cuz my friends in Uni were talking about it

and I had fomo

[main lion]

I wasnt gonna watch gen v but my irl friend gassed it up

[sage remnant]

Always them irl friends

[main lion]

Season 1 was better than season 4 of the boys at least

and season 2 might be better than s3

of the boys

[modern lichen]

@sage sleet you excited for Supergirl?

[main lion]

ofc he is

[sage remnant]

When's it

[main lion]

bros a gunn glazer

[sage remnant]

This month?

[main lion]

next

[valid hamlet]

||i feel like they tossed aside that entire season because it was all about marie learning to use her powers||

||just for annie to come in and say shes not ready||

the boys s5^

[sage remnant]

Spiderman first or supergirll?

[main lion]

season 3 of gen v was cancelled so

[main lion]

supergirl

[sage remnant]

Noice

[valid hamlet]

i mean what were they even going to do in that season

[sage remnant]

Hopefully the plaster would be removed till then so I can catch on opening day

[toxic pebble]

the boys all ||dont worry, kripke and the writers think its hilarious||

[sharp carbon]

No spoilers pls is the boys finale good?

[hybrid oak]

not as good as the 1st season imo

the boys finale ||https://fixupx.com/7Spideycomics/status/2057013546395799788?s=20||

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[toxic pebble]

i think the funniest part about the new boys season is karl, antony, and laz are all trolling and baiting on reels

the boys s5 general ||like what does this even mean||

[hybrid oak]

is he defending eric or making fun of him im crine 😭

[toxic pebble]

as much as he is contractually allowed to

[sage remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/the-road-to-el-dorado-both-both-is-good-gif-8304204

[hybrid oak]

the boys finale ||allat hype just to make her an uber driver||

[valid hamlet]

i think they cut some stuff out of the finale

[hybrid oak]

they 100% did

[valid hamlet]

boys s5||anthony starr said homelander does his worst thing ever in the finale||

[hybrid oak]

the boys finale ||first of all gen v getting cancelled prolly affected the finale, and the final season was supposed to be 13 episodes long ||

[hybrid oak]

i actually believe him too

[sage remnant]

Seems like my approach of not caring for interviews and shit allows me to enjoy stories more

[plain marsh]

The boys ||Skipped most of the episode, only watched the fight, and what a disappointing one||

[sage remnant]

idk any of these statements

[toxic pebble]

the boys finale ||begging to suck butcher's dick?||

[hybrid oak]

oh shit

[limber urchin]

Is that series finale? Is the Boys Season 5 done and I can finally watch it?

[toxic pebble]

yep

have fun!

[limber urchin]

whoo hoo

[hybrid oak]

HUH??????????? OMG

the boys finale ||also i really thought starlights father was going to die, like theres no way that trooper didnt report sighting starlight, and homelander is depraved enough to kill her family to taunt her||

[toxic pebble]

the boys finale ||it felt like the v1 barely made any difference after homelander got it. i feel it was just there to set up vought rising||

[white smelt]

Oh the boys ended

Did people like it lol

[main lion]

@valid hamlet @hybrid oak series name outside every single tag

[sage remnant]

not really

[valid hamlet]

mb i thought since i replied to a tag i didnt have to do it

[main lion]

nope, still do

[sage remnant]

@white smelt what was the post 2020 murakami adaptation that you had recommended me like 4-5 years ago do you remember

found it. Drive my car

~~ the whole reason I started don't look up was I confused it for Drive my car and saw it on netflix ~~

[hybrid oak]

yes sir

[toxic pebble]

the boys finale ||im seeing people online say homelander lost aura after losing his powers. when did this dude have aura this dude was beefing with a newborn and was getting breastfed in season 1||

[sage remnant]

people be having 0 media literacy istg

[main lion]

real

[modest canyon]

Absolute Wonder Woman ch 4 ||LETS GO MEDUSA DIANA also the art in these comics might be the greatest I’ve ever seen||

[main lion]

@plain marsh series name outside all spoiler tags

[plain marsh]

bro 💀 you could've just told me to edit it

[main lion]

skill issue

if you're on PC you can ctrl Z to get it back

[plain marsh]

the boys finale ||I can think of many moments where homelander had aura. But the thing is, the aura he had was because of the overconfidence he had gained solely because of his superpowers. Once they were removed, of course his ego disappeared with them too. The ending is still shit, though, and I will not argue about that.||

damn

i didn't know that

[zinc trellis]

vought rising trailer looks sick asf

[plain marsh]

thats good to know

thanks

[main lion]

they put the trailer at the end of the boys finale in the theater showing? Yeah fuck this show lol

we will NOT be watching

[plain marsh]

Yeah I'm not wasting my time anymore on any future series kripke will write

[sage remnant]

Supergirl/man of tomorrow @foggy mirage @modern lichen

we getting || braniac is responsible for krypton's destruction?||

[modest canyon]

Absolute Batman 6 ||Idk why but I find it so fitting Ozzy/Penguin is the one who seems to check Bruce and knows the group dynamics the best LMFAO||

[sage remnant]

[toxic pebble]

man i need to pick up volume 2 of absolute batman after i get off work

[main lion]

is the italicizing, bolding, and changing font on words just kinda a thing they keep around in modern comics as relics of the past/for the culture?

It always makes it read awkwardly to me as someone used to manga

[sage remnant]

I mean they do on manga too?

Jojo does the bolding of letters a lot

[toxic pebble]

depends on who's doing the translation

[main lion]

not in the same sense. Its pretty much every sentence in comics

jojo does it for important story words/buzzwords

western comics do it for like everything

[sharp carbon]

The boys finale was good ngl people hating it? One of the few really good episodes of the season

[sage remnant]

people accept it's the good ep of the season

but for most, that's still a bad ep

[sharp carbon]

Ah it wasn’t bad to me tbh

[sage remnant]

that absolute batman issue seems to do it for emphasizing, which is same for jojo

or ig it's just hi wa ma ta noboru's scans

[main lion]

literally nothing like how jojo does it. Jojo will sometimes do it for a single word every like, 3 or 4 chapters

[toxic pebble]

decent finale to a mess of a final season

[main lion]

this is just how they do it for every speech bubble in western comics

the batman comics I read last year did it too so its not just absolute

[sharp carbon]

Yea ig people are always looking for reasons to get mad at a tv show💀 a satirical show at that

[toxic pebble]

the only issue I had when reading absolute batman was in issue 4 ||the thought captions bruce had were in a weird font so it was hard to read||

[main lion]

ok this is just a western comic thing

Im not crazy

[sage remnant]

you aren't caught up to jojolands but a few chapters ago or w/e, it was multiple words every single page or w/e lol

so it bothered me the same amount it did on absolute batman

[toxic pebble]

tbh i kind of like the emphasis and bolding of some words, makes it easier to create voices in my head while reading

[main lion]

yeah maybe that translator does it weirdly goro

but either way its definitely not the norm in manga

[tawny grotto]

"the only issue"
4 issues

[main lion]

and its definitely the norm in western comics

[sage remnant]

yeah but I think it could be too much

[main lion]

it just feels really random sometimes

[toxic pebble]

i've read comics for a while so im kinda used to it

[sage remnant]

yeah there's like 3-4 every single page in a near recent chapter

[main lion]

I'm usually able to tell the intended inflections based on a sentence's structure alone. So when they start bolding random stuff it often times feels weird

[sage remnant]

the above absolute batman example doesn't bother me, but there were instances that did in that comic

[main lion]

doesnt bother me there either, just reminded me

still needless

but it doesnt bother me there

[spiral quest]

It took me time to get used to

I also have horrible eyes so I assumed for a long time my vision was just blurrin

[sage remnant]

also I think t*b's chapters also did them

apparently not

[spiral quest]

It's the compromises ya make ya know?

[main lion]

Batman and Robin: Year One

[spiral quest]

Comics has this stuff, manga has tsunderes and isekai

[main lion]

opened a random comic

and there it is

lol

it bothers me in this page

[sage remnant]

Viz OP does as well but for certain terms like || Omen|| and some emphasis on words

[spiral quest]

Even knowing it is there, I still blame my eyes on a base level lmao

[sage remnant]

I think it's too much here

like || only "Do" needed ||batman and robin year one

[spiral quest]

Wonder if there was like complains about readability

[main lion]

not even needed, but yeah

itd be fine if it was just those words

[sage remnant]

batman and robin year one || I think with just Do, it would work to the positive. ||

[toxic pebble]

we are ALL reading all star batman and robin

[spiral quest]

According to the all knowing reddit

[toxic pebble]

all star batman and robin ||IM THE GODDAMN BATMAN||

[spiral quest]

This is done for emphasis and inflection

Not sure the validity or really how well it works

But there ya go

[main lion]

it is definitely for that reason

I coulda said that before googling it, but me googling it just shows it wasnt just the few comics Ive seen

[sage remnant]

I mean that does seem like the most obvious reason

[main lion]

and is just an overall western comics thing

[sage remnant]

cuz it's done in books and manga too

in dialogue and w/e

[spiral quest]

Makes sense

[sage remnant]

italicized and all caps for different kind of emphasis

[spiral quest]

I am just glad novels dont really do this all the time

[main lion]

italicizing/bolding/etc in comics isnt an issue.

Its the verrrry specific way western comics seem to do it

[sage remnant]

latter for shouts and earlier for emphasis

[main lion]

that feels like intentionally unnatural

in a way

lol

[spiral quest]

Maybe they are written by people like me Red who use anymore in a way that makes you do a double take

And thet just have a different way of speaking

[main lion]

[spiral quest]

[main lion]

I almost feel like its intended to make it more fun or something. Like to set comics apart

[sage remnant]

also I think sometimes those italicized for emphasis when applied to the wrong word than what I would have used takes me out

I had that issue with something I read last year tho Idr what

[main lion]

yeah like the word "experience" being italicized/bolded in the above picture

is ridiculous

0 justification for that

[sage remnant]

it feels unnatural while speaking

like feels over patronizing with that much emphasis back to back

😭

[spiral quest]

Who knows, maybe they think we are all morons

[sage remnant]

I know that you were the one who did that intentionally

like feels so unnatural

[main lion]

yup

at this point it feels to me like a relic of the past type of thing

but idk anymore

[sage remnant]

why would old comcis do it

if not for emphasis

[main lion]

old comics seem a lot more cartoony so maybe that was part of the vibe

and then maybe now when comics have been more serious, they still kept it

idk...

[pale trellis]

I’d pull my hair out if they did

[sage remnant]

yall are scared of reading garbage smh

read bad stuff so you can enjoy peak!

[pale trellis]

Time is sacred

[spiral quest]

I am not scared of it as much as just Id rather read things I enjoy

[main lion]

Im at the point where Ive seen/read enough bad stuff to where I dont need more "frames of reference" for peak

but I do still read some bad stuff for culture

like jjk

!

[sage remnant]

I read a bad book yesterday hoping atleast it had good scenes, but it disappointed even in that so it ended up being just bad bad

😔

caught so many typos...

[pale trellis]

https://tenor.com/view/death-note-misora-naomi-misora-naomi-death-stare-gif-7312237509524715724

[sage remnant]

balanced it today by rereading Metamorphosis

romance readers are a different breed cuz how in the world is this book a near 4 star

[foggy mirage]

Man of tomorrow ||no, in the comics he takes a city just as krypton is destroyed. It tends to be her home. But unless its changes for the movie. Its the classic "I'm gonna preserve a city and everyone in it as miniatures while the planet goes boom."||

[spiral quest]

It does what they want it to

[pale trellis]

Romance is the one genre I don’t plan to read much of

[sage remnant]

hmm

[sage remnant]

I read it for that aspect and it disappointed even in that

😭

[spiral quest]

Then it wasnt built for ya my guy

[sage remnant]

and it had typo and grammar issues every other sentence...

and it was a reprint...

[spiral quest]

There are tons of people who do not care about that at al

All

Not saying I am one of them

[sage remnant]

yeah that part is where it's wild for me lol

any of those really take me out

[pale trellis]

I can get what I want out of it in other genres anyhow

[spiral quest]

Nor am I saying it should be that way. But people really just want content sometimes

[pale trellis]

Slop has a market

Audience*

[sage remnant]

and I am a slop reader when it's about romance slop

[pale trellis]

All power to ya

[sage remnant]

when goodreads tag has forbidden romance twiice, then I hope it's worth it

(of Heartless, my next slop whenever that will be)

[pale trellis]

Enjoy

I was wrong about audiobooks

[sage remnant]

my goal is to listen to 6 audiobooks this year

i haven't even finished 1

cooked

[pale trellis]

I know when I finish book 5 of stormlight im gonna feel empty