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Originally Posted by PilotMan
Anyone have thoughts on the new Amazon show The Boys? I've seen some of the previews, not sure it'll make my hit list, but I'm curious to see what the opinions are of people here if they watch it.
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I've watched the first three, it's well done. It's one of the few comic books I'm aware of, I generally like Garth Ennis's stuff for its mixture of dark humor and ultra-violence, so I've read a few of these. It's fairly faithful to the books, other than the main character Wee Hughie Campbell being an American, and not looking like a stunted Simon Pegg anymore. I should be boycotting for the offensive cultural appropriation of a Scottish character.
The real main weakness is Karl Urban as the main character Butcher, he's awful. His attempt at an English accent is Dick-van-Dyke-in-Mary-Poppins bad, and he's not menacing enough to carry off the main role of a violent hardman who kills superheroes. And they seem to have written out Terror, the fornicating bulldog for some reason.
I'll be sticking with it, though.