"See, people love that cozy feeling Supes give them, but if you knew half the shit they get up to...Fuckin' diabolical. But then, that's where I come in -- to spank the bastards when they get out of line."
-- Billy Butcher, The Boys: "The Name of the Game"
Hello again, everyone! My co-host Jesse Jackson and I are back with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we review Season One of the Amazon Prime Video superhero drama The Boys, featuring a discussion of each episode, standout characters and actors, differences between the TV series and the original Dynamite Entertainment comic book series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, and more!
In this episode, Jesse and I talk about things like my being a fan of The Boys comic book series and Jesse coming into the TV series cold, Garth Ennis balancing the superviolence with dark humor, what interested Jesse in checking out the TV series, The Boys TV series essentially being a superhero version of the Preacher TV series, why changes to the original comic book source material make the TV show more unpredictable, changes to the Homelander and other characters, the Deep becoming the superhero of Sandusky, Ohio, Simon Pegg being cast as Hughie's dad instead of Wee Hughie, Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Erin Moriarty as Starlight, A-Train being a stereotypical wide receiver, Butcher taking Hughie to an underground Supes club, Butcher manipulating Hughie using Translucent's death, Karen Fukuhara as The Female, Frenchie's friendship with The Female, Homelander and Queen Maeve's big airplane rescue fail, the brilliant casting of Haley Joel Osment as Mesmer, Butcher's pathological hatred of Supes, Annie realizing her mom has been lying to her for years, Jesse and I jumping over to TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast to discuss Titans Season 2, and more!
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After Jesse and I review Titans Season 2 on TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast, be sure to come back as we review more great comic book TV shows, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!