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Owlbear Camus posted:Any intelligence agency worth a fart would have moved heaven and earth to recruit translucent or dopelganger. The problem is Translucent is completely unstable and untrustworthy. A regular, well trained and loyal spy with some electronic recording equipment can do a better job of surveillance than a naked lunatic. The same is true for a lot of the supes, you could have a howitzer in human form (and severe emotional issues) or you could just...train a regular crew to use a howitzer massive spider fucked around with this message at 14:32 on Aug 6, 2019 |
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massive spider posted:The problem is Translucent is completely unstable and untrustworthy. Yeah same w a drug addict mind reader who could easily lie about what he was seeing for personal gain
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Aug 6, 2019 15:28
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https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/6/20747593/the-boys-amazon-politics-hard-to-watch Ben Kuchera is consistently one of the dumbest voices in nerd media. Here’s AV Club with its weird “the satire doesn’t go far enough” take https://www.avclub.com/amazons-the-boys-illustrates-the-limitations-of-satiriz-1836960144/amp Bust Rodd fucked around with this message at 15:35 on Aug 6, 2019 |
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Aug 6, 2019 15:31
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massive spider posted:The problem is Translucent is completely unstable and untrustworthy. I think the unspoken caveat here is that the government/military would have gotten them before they became power-drunk unstable assholes and such.
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Aug 6, 2019 15:42
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Bust Rodd posted:https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/6/20747593/the-boys-amazon-politics-hard-to-watch A good thing about the article is that it has this video embedded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bbINn6FRZU
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Aug 6, 2019 15:53
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Oof thanks for reminding me of the scene where A-Train meets the Make-A-Wish kid Probably the best scene in the entire show. The loving emoticons changing from happy to sad as the whole thing plays out was such a beautiful touch.
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Aug 6, 2019 16:24
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Bust Rodd posted:https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/6/20747593/the-boys-amazon-politics-hard-to-watch I literally have not thought about him since before 2016 and don’t particularly care to put him in a box now
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Aug 6, 2019 16:51
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I'm not sure how supportive police would be about supes- seems like the supes would be stealing their thunder a lot of the time and if the public sees supes that could just, say, teleport suspects into jail or turn their bullets into steam or something then there's little need to have cops doing a whole bunch of things. Not to mention countless undercover cops that will get maimed or killed by accident from supes intervening by accident.
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Aug 6, 2019 17:16
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Panfilo posted:I'm not sure how supportive police would be about supes- seems like the supes would be stealing their thunder a lot of the time and if the public sees supes that could just, say, teleport suspects into jail or turn their bullets into steam or something then there's little need to have cops doing a whole bunch of things. Not to mention countless undercover cops that will get maimed or killed by accident from supes intervening by accident. They would be mollified by Homelander's insistence that it is they who are the real heroes.
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Aug 6, 2019 17:42
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Owlbear Camus posted:They would be mollified by Homelander's insistence that it is they who are the real heroes. And any doubt would be dispelled with some judicious eye glows.
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Aug 6, 2019 18:05
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In the real world every cop I’ve ever met would take any and all opportunities to shirk their responsibility and lets someone else get shot at.
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Aug 6, 2019 18:19
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Panfilo posted:I'm not sure how supportive police would be about supes- seems like the supes would be stealing their thunder a lot of the time and if the public sees supes that could just, say, teleport suspects into jail or turn their bullets into steam or something then there's little need to have cops doing a whole bunch of things. Not to mention countless undercover cops that will get maimed or killed by accident from supes intervening by accident. Literally a plot point in Watchmen (with the police strikes) and the Comedian going ballistic on the protesters.
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Aug 6, 2019 18:29
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Isn't Translucent's superhero outfit a flasher-trench coat? I thought that was highly appropriate for the guy who inadvertently stops home invasions when he's tugging one out on a sleeping family
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Aug 6, 2019 20:54
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https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/1157846994980937728
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Aug 6, 2019 21:25
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Collateral posted:Speaking of which, Homelander's suit was very badly fitting, especially around the arms. Also speaking of arms, do veins normally stay popped like on The Deep? Mine usually go down not long after a workout, perhaps the producers forced Chase to do a full arm set before every scene. The monsters Haha yeah sometimes his suit looked great but especially towards the later episodes of the show there were parts where the foam muscles were comically obvious and just free floating while he moved around. There’s also a scene where queen Mauves suit is way too tight and her back skin is just spilling out. I was like drat, someone loosen that up for her.
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Aug 6, 2019 21:32
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massive spider posted:The problem is Translucent is completely unstable and untrustworthy. He also abuses his super power for mundane things like hiding out in the women's bathroom.
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Aug 6, 2019 21:51
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etalian posted:He also abuses his super power for mundane things like hiding out in the women's bathroom. It's a unisex bathroom so what is even the point?
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Aug 6, 2019 22:06
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Bananaquiter posted:It's a unisex bathroom so what is even the point? He's a poorly socialised idiot on a teenage power trip?
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Aug 6, 2019 22:37
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Retrowave Joe posted:It’s funny, you see Pine and Fassbender and I see Jason Bateman and Bradley Cooper, but I can see Pine and Fassbender too. Jack Quaid could be Michael Shannons kid
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Aug 6, 2019 23:01
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I see a perfect mix of Fassbender and Bradley Cooper to the point where it tripped me up occasionally. I don't see Chris Pine at all.
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Aug 6, 2019 23:17
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Bananaquiter posted:It's a unisex bathroom so what is even the point? You're not supposed to stare at people's junk and listen to their private conversations, even in a unisex bathroom...
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Aug 6, 2019 23:51
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McSpanky posted:I think the unspoken caveat here is that the government/military would have gotten them before they became power-drunk unstable assholes and such. Yeah but that relies on them being able to reliably raise them to behave and play nice, which is exactly what Vaught tried to do with Homelander and look how that turned out. How many people in 1000 people have the personality to be a decentl spy? its the kind of role you really need to choose yourself.
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Aug 6, 2019 23:55
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:You're not supposed to stare at people's junk and listen to their private conversations, even in a unisex bathroom... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cP8Rg4jth0
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Aug 7, 2019 00:06
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Really the whole problem could be solved by keeping a can of Silly String in the washroom.
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Aug 7, 2019 01:49
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Disconnecticus posted:Really the whole problem could be solved by keeping a can of Silly String in the washroom. Fog machines and grocery store misters everywhere
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Aug 7, 2019 03:05
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To be fair it was a very short lived problem.
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Aug 7, 2019 03:11
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:You're not supposed to stare at people's junk and listen to their private conversations, even in a unisex bathroom... I guess the real bathroom trans everyone should have been worried about was translucent
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Aug 7, 2019 04:23
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I almost feel bad for what they did to translucent but then I remember the movie Hollow Man and figure he was probably up to that kinda poo poo anyway
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Aug 7, 2019 04:25
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I'm working my way through this and every episode I think to myself "that has to be the most Garth Ennis thing ever" and then the next episode always somehow manages to top it
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Aug 7, 2019 04:32
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This show is so well done, it makes me hate the new season of Preacher even more. Only two episodes in and it's a disjointed mess, and "God" doing an in-show ad for Diet Dr. Pepper is a little much.
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Aug 7, 2019 05:35
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BIG HEADLINE posted:This show is so well done, it makes me hate the new season of Preacher even more. Only two episodes in and it's a disjointed mess, and "God" doing an in-show ad for Diet Dr. Pepper is a little much. Preacher and The Boys exist in the same universe. Don't ask how.
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Aug 7, 2019 08:22
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Panfilo posted:I'm not sure how supportive police would be about supes- seems like the supes would be stealing their thunder a lot of the time and if the public sees supes that could just, say, teleport suspects into jail or turn their bullets into steam or something then there's little need to have cops doing a whole bunch of things. Not to mention countless undercover cops that will get maimed or killed by accident from supes intervening by accident. The police have higher ranks and specialists who no doubt steal the thunder of lots of beat cops all the time. Supes would just perform specific roles to do with their particular powers. I'd imagine that the more combat oriented supes would just be doing the job of SWAT. The way they behave in these situations would also be toned down, they are going to be responsible for the damage they cause, have to do all the paperwork and face investigations by internal affairs. Just like any other cop. (OTOH it's not entirely unknown for police organisations to coverup misdeeds done by cops).
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Aug 7, 2019 08:39
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I'm only on episode 6, but I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying this. I've never read it, but I've heard The Boys described as the most Garth Ennis comic book ever, and so I figured this would be too over-the-top to be a very good show. But no, the violence and sexual stuff actually plays pretty well on a screen -- I'm actually wondering if it's better that it's on screen rather than in a comic book. Scenes like the super who accidentally crushes the guy's head under her rear end -- even without seeing it, I can picture the comic book Garth Ennis version of that, and it's gotta be a big gratuitous splash page with tits on display and gore flying everywhere, the sort of thing that I'd be kinda embarrassed for people to see me reading. On TV, you can do a gory scene like that in a split second, then the gore isn't front and center anymore and the girl grabs a shirt to cover up. In the comics, you have to spend a few minutes just taking in that horrible image, then it just sits there on the page while you're reading the dialogue. That sort of thing put me off reading anything from Ennis, but it feels a lot less gratuitous in a TV show.
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Aug 7, 2019 13:48
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Phenotype posted:Scenes like the super who accidentally crushes the guy's head under her rear end -- even without seeing it, I can picture the comic book Garth Ennis version of that, and it's gotta be a big gratuitous splash page with tits on display and gore flying everywhere, the sort of thing that I'd be kinda embarrassed for people to see me reading. :Shh: That exact scene is exclusive to the show but there are plenty of worse scenes with tits and gore galore in the comic to make up for it.
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Aug 7, 2019 14:49
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I liked season 1, I had a couple of theories while I was watching that turned into deadends and some new ones after I finished and read about the differences with the comics. I thought the reason that A-train never recognized Hughie was because they used Doppelganger to do the apology and handshake instead of wasting A-trains time. Im also wondering if it was indeed black noir who raped Becca, just because of how virginal Homelanders experience with Stillerman was.
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Aug 7, 2019 20:39
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Rubellavator posted:I liked season 1, I had a couple of theories while I was watching that turned into deadends and some new ones after I finished and read about the differences with the comics. This wouldn't really make any sense considering Homelander admitted to having sex with her. Then he went and found his kid.
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Aug 7, 2019 20:43
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:This wouldn't really make any sense considering Homelander admitted to having sex with her. Then he went and found his kid. I haven't read the comics but it was my understanding that homelander really thinks that he's the one who is doing all these bad things when it's really black noir. Also, black noir is his clone so the baby looking like him is not surprising.
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Aug 7, 2019 20:50
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Rubellavator posted:I haven't read the comics but it was my understanding that homelander really thinks that he's the one who is doing all these bad things when it's really black noir. Also, black noir is his clone so the baby looking like him is not surprising. Yea but iirc in the comics he's not really sure what he has or hasn't done. In the show, he was bragging to Butcher that he hosed his wife. It definitely seems like the show is going in another direction than the comic.
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Aug 7, 2019 21:01
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Alan Smithee posted:I almost feel bad for what they did to translucent but then I remember the movie Hollow Man and figure he was probably up to that kinda poo poo anyway   
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It seems like Doppelganger should be kept under a pretty strict watch and using them for something sensitive like Hughie's handshake deal would be a bad way to let them get tons of incriminating poo poo. As for Homelander it's possible he was lying because he pieced together Butcher blamed him for something involving Becca and was just twisting the knife, but I'd rather that sequence not be a fakeout of death's door dream even if it does upend the trajectory of the comics
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