The TV adaptation of the Garth Ennis–Darick Robertson comic book series has the challenge of distinguishing itself in an overcrowded field of superhero TV shows and movies. "But that sense of wide familiarity, of a culture oversaturated with superheroes, is also a necessary precondition for The Boys to exist at all," says Kathryn VanArendonk. "Like so many of its dark and gritty cohort, The Boys takes the idea of a world where superheroes are real and follows it to the logical extension of superheroes who are human. They are flawed, messy, often egotistical, cruel people who wreak untold havoc in the guise of doing great deeds." VanArendonk adds: "The Boys imagines a world where fantasy characters with superhuman powers exist and are mostly villains. But the show’s best idea is its ultimate antagonist: The ceaseless working giant of corporate capitalism and the people who enable it. Those criminals are all too real, which is exactly The Boys’ point."
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TOPICS: The Boys, Prime Video, Darick Robertson, Eric Kripke, Garth Ennis