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this is the funniest loving thread tonight omfg
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I don't think Stan Edgar has a secret contingency to use against Homelander, I think he was just very confident in his ability to leverage control of Vought's PR machine to keep him in line. He's still confident that Homelander can't handle it, but he's annoyed that Homelander picked the MAD option. He has the Comics Stillwell quality of being thoroughly unimpressed by Homelander and not having a fear response that he expects from everyone else, we see the same thing as he's intrigued by Hughie in their last scene. Homelander's just not used to people who are able to genuinely hold things together around him: he can hear people's heartbeats pick up whenever he's even remotely menacing. He's always messing with people and pushing their buttons to see what provokes them. Being immine to that was Stan's leverage. Morrow fucked around with this message at 07:30 on Jun 12, 2022 |
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Jun 12, 2022 07:27
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unlimited shrimp posted:I don't trust the showrunners to be that anti-capitalist. It's a pretty direct adaptation of the character he draws heavily from in the comics with a speech not unlike the one Stan gave coming right at the climax of the series.
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Jun 12, 2022 07:30
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unlimited shrimp posted:I don't trust the showrunners to be that anti-capitalist. This show has been quite savvy, with regard to both internet/pop culture and politics. Being anti-capitalist is absolutely permitted in our society, and among significant portions of the culture is even an encouraged attitude. What you cannot be is materially working against its interests, ie union organizing. That capitalism is admittedly imperfect and open to criticism and attack from both academia and popular media is a sign of how near-absolute its dominance is in the western world. Capitalism does not need to be perfect if it is inevitable.
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Jun 12, 2022 08:05
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Make a season where Butcher and the boys just hunt down a different hero each episode, instead of monster of the week they can call it supe of the day.
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Jun 12, 2022 08:05
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I’m sure that Edgar has some contingencies, he would’ve wasted 40 years of his life if he didn’t. He knows the company basically exists because of operation paperclip. There’s a reason every episode summary is an in universe ad: he’s continued his company’s rise to global hyper-dominance. What’s fascinating is Stan’s Homelander’s creator and father, and he has nothing to gain from him that he hasn’t already gotten. He would probably much rather that he has a lovely seven led by The Deep then have Homelander in charge. And Stan tells Dakota Bob Vought would rather sell superhumans than hire them. Homelander doesn’t kill him because doing so would prove a point Stan made*. Stan won’t grovel, outside of extraordinary circumstances; he’s abusive, and while Homelander may obliquely diss him on television, even that doesn’t work. He’s a stage father that won’t even acknowledge that he’s a father, a Joe Jackson that never needed to raise a hand. What’s fascinating is he seems to be a much better father to other people: Victoria and him get along, and he’s proud of her, even when she betrays him. Homelander can brandish fear, right wing alarmism, and charm for the cameras. None of that poo poo works on Stan. *Not on camera, I believe, but I haven’t seen season 1 lately. Golden Bee fucked around with this message at 08:10 on Jun 12, 2022 |
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Jun 12, 2022 08:08
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homelander standing before stan, in stan's home begging him to come back
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Jun 12, 2022 08:22
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Shima Honnou posted:supe of the day. 
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Jun 12, 2022 08:35
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best part of that pepsi ad is still the protest sign saying "join the conversation"
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Jun 12, 2022 08:36
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I think the problem vaught has, and has always had is Varience. You sell a tonne of v-speed or v-strength or v-hypermobility(lol my fellow ed sufferers) to anybody, especially specops. But when there is no certainty in the outcome of the dose. Politicians may like the idea, but actual generals would recoil faster than a slug facing salt.
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Jun 12, 2022 08:54
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Things like the pilot killing jet and the god of war ammo and Iraq prove the military will buy things, even if they’re not good.
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Jun 12, 2022 09:02
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Collateral posted:actual generals would recoil faster than a slug facing salt. lol they'd be injecting it into every new enlisted and telling them it's a vaccine
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Jun 12, 2022 09:19
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Collateral posted:I think the problem vaught has, and has always had is Varience. You sell a tonne of v-speed or v-strength or v-hypermobility(lol my fellow ed sufferers) to anybody, especially specops. But when there is no certainty in the outcome of the dose. Politicians may like the idea, but actual generals would recoil faster than a slug facing salt. I don't get this reasoning at all. You have a bunch of highly trained spec ops. You give them a single dose of V and see what powers manifest. If their powers are useful, great. They can continue to get doses and train to use their powers. If not, too bad they don't get anymore V. I really doubt they would be popping V for the first time in a combat situation. Wheeee posted:lol they'd be injecting it into every new enlisted and telling them it's a vaccine Actually it would probably be this haha
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Jun 12, 2022 09:19
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Shima Honnou posted:Make a season where Butcher and the boys just hunt down a different hero each episode, instead of monster of the week they can call it supe of the day. Excuse me, I believe you mean supe de jour.
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Jun 12, 2022 10:50
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Technically supe de semaine.
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Jun 12, 2022 10:56
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Wheeee posted:homelander standing before stan, in stan's home Homelanders hair is a mess,his cape has a big hole in it and he’s missing a shoe lol.
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Jun 12, 2022 11:20
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Homelander runs afoul of the only thing more depraved and uncaring for human life than he is: shareholders.
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Jun 12, 2022 11:21
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The Zombieland show was going to have a "zombie kill of the week" every episode and it sounds like a great idea with supes. No capes!
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Jun 12, 2022 11:48
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I think what’s gonna happen is Homelander is either gonna force Starlight to do sex stuff at Herogasm OR he’s gonna just break into her apartment in the 7 tower and force Hew and Starlight to gently caress in front of him
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Jun 12, 2022 12:00
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i kinda wanted to see a group of them try to kill Homelander
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Jun 12, 2022 12:10
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I think it would be hilarious if Homelander just burst into tears or something if somebody/something actually does manage to hurt him, even if only a little bit. As far as I know he's NEVER felt physical pain in his life so the sensation would probably be terrifying to him.
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Jun 12, 2022 12:56
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Is Becca Homelander’s only SA victim? If he can have super babies why aren’t their dozens of Ryans? Do we ever get the full story of him & Becca? What made her different or special to Homelander, why her and not, like, Ashley or one of his other peons?
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Jun 12, 2022 12:59
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Here's a thought: Homelandet in a blue line American flag cape. A bit on the nose, but nothing like hammering on that metaphor button until the irony is so thick you could cut it with eye beams.
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Jun 12, 2022 14:09
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BurritoJustice posted:
Yeah that's it  Now we know what it was for. Shima Honnou posted:Make a season where Butcher and the boys just hunt down a different hero each episode, instead of monster of the week they can call it supe of the day. 
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Jun 12, 2022 14:33
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SpeakSlow posted:Here's a thought: Homelandet in a blue line American flag cape. The blue hawk plotline is playing out pretty well.
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Jun 12, 2022 14:51
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drat, love this show. I'm getting the impression Temp-V's powers aren't random, but depend on the person using it. I thought at first Hughie got speedster powers, which seemed interesting considering his history with A-train, but I guess it is teleporting. He's enjoying it way too much. I was actually thinking maybe this'd be the final season, from the way things are escalating. I don't see Homelander getting ended before a final season, so I guess Soldier Boy will at least partially depower him and hurt him for a while. I don't think that's the most interesting way to take things, but I trust the writers to handle it well. People wondered why Homelander lets A-train hang around, I see it as a sadist liking to have a familiar target around. One where he knows which buttons to push. I... really like Victoria, even though she's monstrous. The scene of her injecting her daughter was hard to watch, for how non-visceral it was. Man, the Prime app on my TV still sucks at buffering, which sucks double because the image quality is far better than if I watch it in a browser window. Every time I start an episode, it goes at like 3fps and often freezes on a frame while the sound continues, and I have to restart the episode to get normal playback. Netflix had this poo poo figured out years ago, but I bet my TV's version of the app doesn't get updates anymore.
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Jun 12, 2022 15:29
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Bust Rodd posted:I think what’s gonna happen is Homelander is either gonna force Starlight to do sex stuff at Herogasm OR he’s gonna just break into her apartment in the 7 tower and force Hew and Starlight to gently caress in front of him settle down Bust Rodd
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Jun 12, 2022 15:36
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I wonder if there is any rhyme or reason to how people get powers beyond "whatever seems coolest for the plot". I was thinking that maybe it's a subconscious thing. Butcher hates Homelander, and he ends up getting Homelander's powers when he's dosed with temp V. But then I don't know why Hughie would get teleportation, unless he subconsciously desires to teleport away from things. Maybe it's just based on genetic traits.
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Jun 12, 2022 15:39
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Wheeee posted:lol they'd be injecting it into every new enlisted and telling them it's a vaccine No. They'd be injecting officers. Because much like a fighter jet, you only trust that kind of power to nobles.
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Jun 12, 2022 15:47
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Cojawfee posted:I was thinking that maybe it's a subconscious thing. Butcher hates Homelander, and he ends up getting Homelander's powers when he's dosed with temp V. But then I don't know why Hughie would get teleportation, unless he subconsciously desires to teleport away from things. Maybe it's just based on genetic traits. I do think it's this. Teleportation powers are basically just speedster-like, take the Nightcrawler attack on the White House from X-Men 2 you could do a similar looking fight with the speed powers. So I still think it's a parallel to A-Train.
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Jun 12, 2022 15:52
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Season 3 ending with The Boys version of The Snap and Season 4 dealing with the entire world vs a snapped Homelander and killing him makes every bit of sense. You don't want that to be anticlimactic and there's plenty of 3rd act MacBeth scene chewing Starr can do. Also, besides this Amazon doesn't really have a break out hit.
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Jun 12, 2022 16:00
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nobody has mentioned it yet but I don't think its an accident that Butcher got almost the same powerset as Homelander, the only thing he hasn't used yet is flight which might just be because Butcher hasn't thought to try yet\
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Jun 12, 2022 16:04
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Thundercracker posted:Also, besides this Amazon doesn't really have a break out hit. Bosch, Reacher, Mrs. Maisel
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Jun 12, 2022 16:05
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AnEdgelord posted:nobody has mentioned it yet but I don't think its an accident that Butcher got almost the same powerset as Homelander, the only thing he hasn't used yet is flight which might just be because Butcher hasn't thought to try yet\ Also, flying when you've got an unpredictable power is a very bad idea.
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Jun 12, 2022 16:06
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AnEdgelord posted:nobody has mentioned it yet but I don't think its an accident that Butcher got almost the same powerset as Homelander, the only thing he hasn't used yet is flight which might just be because Butcher hasn't thought to try yet\ Imo they seem to be two sides of the same coin. They share powers, a lover, and basically a son. Both of them are willing to engage in heinous acts to pursue their goals. The more interesting part for me is where they differ. Homelander is fundamentally incapable of making friends. He is so viscerally repulsive that even his own son hates him. Meanwhile, Butcher is a pretty likable guy. He'll put you through hell, but there are plenty of people who would go to bat for him including that same child and his mother. Now, you could take all this and claim that the only difference is that Homelander is a god and butcher isn't, that the power has shaped who they are and if Butcher were to have the power Homelander had he'd act in the exact same way. I don't think it's as simple as that, though.
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Jun 12, 2022 16:16
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zoux posted:Bosch, Reacher, Mrs. Maisel Also Wheel of Time. And I’m sure the new Lord of the Rings show will be popular. Not to mention old episodes of the cultural lynchpin that is Psych!
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Jun 12, 2022 16:26
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Mu Zeta posted:I never actually saw the pepsi ad until now it's pretty astonishing to realize this wasn't a joke i loved the cheers when the cop drank the pesi. everyone so loving pumped YES HE DRANK THE BEPIS THE PEPSI HAS BEEN DRANKED
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Jun 12, 2022 16:36
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lol that the Pepsi ad also had a march so generalized their signs say "peace" and "join the conversation". Just barely political I didn't realize it was so 1-to-1. I assumed The Boys were cranking the parody up, but nope
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Jun 12, 2022 16:54
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i'm anti-peace but pro-conversation so i don't know where to drink my pepsi
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Bust Rodd posted:I think what’s gonna happen is Homelander is either gonna force Starlight to do sex stuff at Herogasm OR he’s gonna just break into her apartment in the 7 tower and force Hew and Starlight to gently caress in front of him when homelander said she was a deep sleeper, seemed like he was implying he comes in and does stuff to her, probably just reading into things though.
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