DogsInSpace! posted:

No idea where Stormfront is headed... I mean we know some things and she doesn't seem stupid enough to push HL but Homie is not exactly known for restraint. Something has got to take Homelander down a peg as he just seems way too close to saying "gently caress the normals - we are your new Gods". Stormfront might be Edgar's attempt. edit: Outing Stormfront as a literal Nazi might hurt that control Edgar was going to put in place.

moist turtleneck posted:

https://i.imgur.com/q91g7si.gifv

Zaphod42 posted:

They linger on him being completely still and the mom running out and screaming "he's not breathing!" just long enough that you're like HOLY gently caress

spacetoaster posted:

If she's really the ORIGINAL super who was working with Mr. Vought she might have some kind of controlling share of the company.

eSporks posted:

Big pharma won't let him.

Tenzarin posted:

Super boring episode, they have the super heroes act in all their movies also? That's pretty lame.

AtraMorS posted:

I'm not going to rewatch it right now, but I bet that the kid's toy in the early episode was a Vought-branded product. In which case, he wasn't interacting with the child; he was loving advertising.

etalian posted:

Panfilo posted:

I got a question about costume design. What do they call it when they give a costume a 'texture' by having tiny repeating patterns all over it?

First time I noticed it was the Raimi Spider Man movies, then you saw something similar in the more recent Superman movies. In the Star Trek reboot they took the old style uniforms and had tiny starfleet patterns all over it.

In some cases, the pattern is some shape in a raised relief, sometimes it's just a simple pattern to emulate fabric while other times it's more intracate. For instance Homelander's costume has little eagles over it, similar to the repeating 's' symbols on superman'.

Orange Carlisle posted:

Homelander's suit is dirty unlike the rest of the team's costumes and we've seen scenes of him refusing to take off his suit

I guess what I'm asking is are we also to assume compound V also prevents body odor because he has to be extremely dirty by now having not taken a shower in years

Or is his suit meant to allow him to shower in it nevernude style and it just air dries

ptkfvk posted:

how many people do you think HL knows the lasers wont just chop in half? he so overpowers all the other supes its probably uncommon that he cant just toast some guys nuts with the lasers.

Zazz Razzamatazz posted:

Homelander is wearing a stillsuit- is HL a Fremen?? Really blue eyes, stillsuit, haven't seen him take a shower yet...

[Dune snipe]

etalian posted:

Look Who's Back was a amazing comedy film.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUZi67BmY_M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiuesTpIPVQ

seaborgium posted:

I was thinking one of the original test subjects in the camps that they somehow managed to brainwash or something like that, but that seems weird and off.

Zazz Razzamatazz posted:

My theory is that she was given the 1.0 version of V and it gives you next level powers and longer life (and maybe you develop new powers as you age?)

Maybe Vought figured out that really really powerful supes were too hard to control, and that "weaker" supes would still make them just as much money, so they switched to dosing babies with a weaker V 2.0.

And after the Nazi founder of Vought died, the scientists who took over for him started messing around with the more powerful 1.0 version, making Homelander, before realizing that it was a bad idea.

(If true it means Homelander could live for a very long time and get even more powers which would be even more terrifying.)

Megillah Gorilla posted:

The most frightening thing was his mouth. Antony Starr really knows how to mouth act.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2jYuv5hhf4&t=10s

jabby posted:

Did anyone else notice when Doppleganger became Homelander he was still a fair bit shorter than the real one? Thought that was a nice nod towards realism despite the universe, he can take someone's appearance but he can't generate mass out of nowhere.


That was some drat good acting. The sheer open-mouthed joy during the lasering followed immediately by the terrified-child look when he realises what he's done.

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:

iirc there was a new report saying there was an explosion at Stillwell's house. So unless he did what you said then want back and set it off, that seems unlikely.

Homelander force: I ain't gotta explain poo poo

ynohtna posted:

Oh, c'mon now, be fair. Who here hasn't had a bad day and lasered a large crowd into smoking carcasses?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2jYuv5hhf4

e: the post-lase glowing eyes and concerned eyebrow bit is giving me strong Dr Manhattan vibes for some reason.

etalian posted:

The whole Marvel movie parody episode had so many hilarious gags:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj6wKp1CPfQ

Like in the above how A-Train was giving his cheesy movie retirement speech to a stunt double but you don't realize till the end of the speech.

As Nero Danced posted:

This reminds me of a question of mine from season 1 that seems a bit unimportant overall. When we first meet Starlight, there is a short shot of her doing a drug test. At the time it's reasonable to think they're testing her for drugs. I wonder now if they were really testing how much compound v she had, and if they were seeing if she was a good fit for the top tier.

Zazz Razzamatazz posted:

So apparently a spin off series is in the works?
https://deadline.com/2020/09/the-boys-spinoff-fast-track-development-amazon-record-season-2-launch-ratings-1234584256/

Can't say that description really grabbed me, but I guess we'll see.

Supreme Allah posted:

Why was Kimiko so happy to see Starlight? Did she remember her as the one who saved them at end of Season 1, or did they have another interaction I'm forgetting

When Stormfront was showing those pics I really thought she was going to say 'that's my daughter... your mother'

Panfilo posted:

You think they seriously are going to dress Shockwave up as A Train or were they just loving with him?

GimpInBlack posted:

I feel like it was already at some point recently, but I might be misremembering.

Unrelated, but it's kind of funny that the specific details of the Stormfront Nazi reveal turned the Pippi Longstocking comment from a clever hint into an anachronism: Pippi Longstocking was first published in 1945, so if Stormfront was a married adult in Nazi Germany, it seems unlikely she'd be dressing up as Pippi or getting teased about it by "girls dressed as Disney Princess sluts."

DogsInSpace! posted:

My exact face.

Agreed but he's not going anywhere. I hate keep adding to the pile of Bio posts but, if it makes you feel any better, your gift a few pages back is perfect


This is people like him talking to people like us. They say shite to get us mad and smugly quip "oh I'm sorry you were offended" and hope we get madder. We explode and they can point out how people like us really are the real problem and he is the cool guy just asking questions. They play it cool for a little while and then back to mind games. Not unique nor few in number. Funny thing is... they can't get off unless we engage them. They need us to get mad and pay attention to them so they feel powerful. We got friends and family because we we don't obsessively puppet master everyone around us and cynically wonder what we can gain. Nazi trolls are alone, we ain't. See them for who they are, call them out on their poo poo but don't let it hit you inside. Enough about online Nazis and on to show Nazis. Let's talk about how great that last episode was....

Non spoilers for guys yet to watch. Really liked the Kimiko and Frenchie payoff. Hoping it can go forward with being mates and avoiding any more cringe. Please no romance. Just please. Really, really like the flashbacks to Mallory's Boys. The old Mallory was a great insight to where Butcher gets some of his mannerisms which made me feel more conflicted about Butcher. Season 1 I had my mind made up about the guy: Butcher was a psycho getting off on all of it and playing everyone. Almost as bad as Homelander. This season made me see small bits of humanity in him and now I want those part to win. Good writing complimenting the always superb Karl Urban. Makes the show far more engaging. Funny enough this worked even better with A-Train. All the scenes with Homelander and Stormfront (especially Stormfront) really have me hoping he makes it. Starr kills it every time he is on screen but the entire casting of this show is solid. Even Cash playing Stormfront is good as she is so spot on at capturing the modern Nazi that I hate her. Still think she isn't going to be around much longer. I see her overplaying her hand and Homelander being Homelander. Still, the metaphor going on is hilariously on point and very much capturing the proper Zeitgeist. I wonder about the Church being the next season's big bad. They picked another good veteran actor for the head of the church and just don't see them wasting him. The Deep is such a twit and perfect in as a tool for a church to use. "Everyone loves a comeback!"

Love Sausage?!? Now I want to read the comics. The whole Asylum scene was good. MM's look after realizing what grabbed him was so hilarious I can't wait till MT makes a gif of it. Lamplighter was interesting and want to see how it goes from here. I know the supes do horrible things in the show but it is nice to see them act human. Makes the monsters more monstrous when not everyone can murder a bunch of people and pretend it's just Tuesday.

Still don't think Starlight is exactly a villain now or going hard. She was raised in this closed Southern American Churchlife and didn't even have a kiss till what? 20? They tried to force her to be this lie of what a hero was supposed to be. She gets in the 7 and finds out it's all bollocks and still tries to do what a hero would do and they almost yell at her for it until it becomes something they can use for PR purposes. She gets brought up as she's special and God chose you then finds out: nope, your mom made a deal with Big Pharma to use you as a guinea pig. Her choices are to keep going with the literal evil supercorp that houses monsters and rapists, experiments on children and profits off the misery of others or fight it and she chooses to fight it the right way. It doesn't do more than cause a little bad press that is quickly swayed into yesterday's bad news and handled. A counselor once said to me, in a very similar moment, that I was "unmoored". Starlight feels used and is "unmoored". She's trying to find who she is after a lifetime of following orders and doing what others told her was right. I think her killing that guy was accidental and some of what she says to Butcher is bluster or what she is telling herself to make it through that moment, but we've seen her before trying to help and save people. She wants to find her new home as she is lost. Earlier she told Butcher she didn't really care what he thought but, if you truly don't care what people think you don't get emotional about it or even talk about it. You just don't say much and avoid. I think that is partly why both Butcher and her like Hughie so much. He's genuinely nice. He's not passive like his dad and can fight or even kill but he knows who he is, fights to help yet remains a guy who wants to do the right thing. I think Starlight and Butcher see a bit of who they'd like to be, even if Butcher will never admit it.

I think I love you

PostNouveau posted:

Anthony Starr is so good that I felt growing anxiety about the wellbeing of his scene partner, a bouquet of roses.

Megillah Gorilla posted:

One thing is bugging me - before the revelation of compound V, how did Vought explain to the world that every single supe worked for them?


The obvious answer of course, is "It's just a show; I should really just relax".

davidspackage posted:

Anyone have a link to this, or can you find it on Prime? I'm already imagining Starr's expressions.

Eric Kripke posted:

"There was ONE SCENE that Amazon said gently caress NO, you have to cut," Kripke wrote when asked what scene was cut that he wish had stayed in. "I couldn't quite understand why considering everything else we have in the show, but: Homelander, after being dressed down by Stilwell in episode 2, was standing on one of the Chrysler building Eagles. He pulled his pants down and started jerking off, mumbling 'I can do whatever I want' over and over again until he climaxed all over New York City. We shot it! Oh my God, Anthony was the BEST in that scene. Amazon seemed to think it wasn't necessary. I thought it told me something about his psyche. To be clear, they've been great, that may have been the ONLY fight I lost in Season 1."

Dracula Factory posted:

I bet the cult is behind the headsplosions, and I really hope it's the fly that's been on camera doing some crazy ant-man stuff to kill everyone. Edgar not being at the hearing does seem important though, so he might be a secret supe.

RVT posted:

The head popper is definitely not Cindy. Like someone said upthread, she was still in lockdown for the first one. Plus, the way she makes people explode has been consistently different then the way head popper does. No idea who head popper actually is, it's just definitely not her.

Something I couldn't understand. So, step one for Stormfront's is to get HL on board for the coming culture/race war she wants to start. Step two of that plan is making various moves that result in the creation of a bunch more supes, to provide an army that she believes is necessary for that war.

(1) Once she has HL on board, why exactly do they need anyone else? As he's said himself - he's functionally a god. There are no weapons on Earth that can hurt him, and he can laser down humans a football field at a time, as fast as he can fly, which of course is insanely fast.

(2) Why would HL further a plan to create any more supes? Isn't the birth or creation of a supe with powers even stronger than his the lone threat to his godhood?

HL is an amoral psychopath. It would seem like day one of becoming HL would be killing everyone with any ability to create any more supes. This would include everyone at Vought and any other company that might be working towards it, as well as all other currently existing supes, now that we know supes can make more supes. At that point you've ensured your godhood remains unchallenged until you die of old age, assuming he ages.

Now, I get why HL doesn't immediately murder all of Vought and all the other supes. That would be a very different and less fun show. But to see him sign onto a plan that is basically the only thing he can actively do against his own self-interest was really hard to understand.

Elephant Ambush posted:

She had him in a choke hold. He had to open his mouth to try to breathe. And like someone else said, if the allergy was bad enough just touching his teeth and lips might be enough.

I wonder how Maeve knew about his allergy. And what else she knows.

Romes128 posted:

Too bad Annie can't fly like she can in the comics. Would have been cool to get some DBZ fights in where they just tear apart a whole city full of people.


I know it doesn't really apply to the show, but in the comics it was Homelander, Maeve, and Black Noir that are the strongest supes around. Someone said even the rest of the 7 doesn't come close to those 3. Maeve VS Homelander would be good.

ghostwritingduck posted:

She’s strong enough to stop an armored vehicle by standing in front of it, appearing unfazed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iYV6PJmcaI

Tenzarin posted:

Does homelanders suit have the fake muscles or is that outfit supposed to be skin tight?

My next question is that if the outfit is skin tight, is it awkward to wear?

BurritoJustice posted:

So, Maeve running on walls. Are we feeling it's a speed thing or is a Jessica Jones style "almost flight" jumping

What's the over/under my goon friends, I need to have correct superpower summaries for my pogs collection

etalian posted:

Zaphod42 posted:

What if Alistair is a Supe and his power involves Fresca?!

PostNouveau posted:

I think the writers are better than that, but it's not guaranteed. They might, like, end the season with the Collective guy getting a big villain speech or whatever, but it wouldn't be a good direction to go in.

alexandriao posted:

Also, on topic: I really really hope that isn't the end of Black Noir.

He deserved better

etalian posted:

Would be even more chaos if all the guys ended up being cursed by Love Sausage Tapir like super power.

Sio posted:

Maeve teleporting into scenes directly behind people was really strange for this show's normal level of quality and reminded me of the way Zombies would show up on The Walking Dead.

The whole central confrontation felt a bit like it had been edited a little too much for time given the episode's already extended length and some connective tissue was lost.

Cael posted:

"People LOVE what I have to say. They BELIEVE in it. They just don't like the word Nazi." I dunno . . . there could still be some areas of gray to examine in this. (kidding)

Also lol at them lampshading the use of Billy Joel.

loving amazing finale and season.

Blind Rasputin posted:

I have to say starlight seems to be a fairly weak supe. Her power just kinda bounces off everyone it hits and a whiff of some lightening and she’s knocked over like a kicked tent.

I was surprised by Maeve and Hewie’s interaction the most? She called him a twink? I had to ask someone what that meant. I mean wow you know Maeve is defo the hottest girl in the show to me so her turning out to be anti gay men is upsetting.

ElBrak posted:

I figure Starlight actually believes in being a Super Hero, so all her practice with her powers is for nonlethal takedowns. Just knocking people over or blinding people like a flashbang. She never had to think about how to use her powers to cripple or kill someone.

Automatic Slim posted:

Best case scenario, Stormfront slowly recovers with her super healing.

Worst, she’s a charred amputee for the rest of her long, long life.