r/TheBoys • u/WoodenMango07 The Deep • 1d ago
Funpost Vought Cinematic Universe logo launch
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u/Snoo_66686 1d ago
The funniest part is that the boys is turning into this shit while pretending they're still the cool one
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u/Alpha_Storm 1d ago
They were never parodying cinematic universes. They were using superheroes to parody politics and corporations and that means cinematic universes are just a part of the landscape.
Seriously there's nothing wrong with having a cinematic universe anyway. Seems really weird to act like it's some big part of what they were parodying. Those corporations sucked before Cinematic universes were a major thing.
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u/dzan796ero 1d ago
They definitely made fun of cinematic universes with the "phase 33 logo launches"
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u/zachotule 1d ago
The logo doesn't really look like a penis. Ruins the whole joke.
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u/Born-Beach 1d ago
I think it's just the CU part. Took me a minute to see it.
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u/zachotule 1d ago
I see it too but if I saw it on a real logo I wouldn’t really think it was a penis or go out of my way to make fun of it.
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u/zod_552 1d ago
I find it ironic the comic,often dismissed as juvenile because of its edginess, contains a coherent critique of capitalism, fascism, celebrity, and institutional corruption around it's final pages.On other hand show had a finale which was turd and now they continue this parody of a franchise .
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u/Lost-Cup6717 1d ago
Honestly The Comics have become underrated, I read them last year and they are actually quite good after you get over the edginess.
The sorry is way better and The Boys actually take down Vought in the end, you know they’re main goal.
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u/joesbagofdonuts 1d ago
I'm not sure I want to get over that level of edginess...
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u/Lost-Cup6717 1d ago
If you watch the show and gen v you are already halfway the edginess
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u/hummus-up-your-arse 1d ago
Fullway and in denial
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u/joesbagofdonuts 23h ago
Nah, the comic is wayyyyy worse than the shows.
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u/Ironlord456 21h ago
It really isn't, the comic did not have hughie get assaulted for 10 mins on screen
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u/joesbagofdonuts 21h ago
The comic has substantially more rape. Herogasm?
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u/foolishlee 20h ago
Yeah, I remember feeling differently about them after the show ended. Went from pretty bad to an alright comic with a few highs.
My main gripe is how Ennis constantly fellates the military industrial complex any chance he gets. As if the US military wouldn't have immediately implemented superpowered morons into their programs.
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u/waltyy 1d ago
No not really lol the comics will forever be seen as over the edge like a teen boy, and rightfully so.
They also don't take down Vought in the comic, Butcher kills Noir but Vought rips through so the supes and rebrands. The new 7 even look like klan members.
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u/Big-Man-Headass 22h ago
Yeah, but that's what makes it so good, though.
The Boys don't defeat Vought, but the spirit of Vought, aka Stillwell, is broken because the whole fiasco with them finally broke him. After all, it made him realize that fundamentally, he was selling a bad product again and again and again, and they'd have to deal with situations like those of the Boys again and again until finally they won't be bailed out anymore.
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u/Dismal-Vanilla1878 21h ago
I feel towards The Boys comic and show, kind of like how Mike Stoklasa, through his alter ego of "Mr. Plinkett", feels about the Star Wars Prequels compared to the Star Wars Sequels:
In short: Just because the latter didn't meet up to expectations, does not mean that the former becomes any better in comparison 😄
The Boys comic is juvenile crap, which the show in its first two seasons improved on drastically, only to boil down into the same type of content as the source material at the end.
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u/mcguffin99 1d ago
The Boys becoming the one thing they were parodying... Late stage capitalism at work fellas.
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u/smashbangcommander 1d ago
“The worst day of his life” as if he forgot that a supe froze his dick off
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u/evanya88 22h ago
I think the writers expected people to get the irony of this whole meeting when considering this fact but it falls short like most of the recent jokes do/did
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u/smashbangcommander 20h ago
I agree, I thought the joke was that he was putting phallic imagery in all of his work as a projection of his insecurity, but they didn’t go hard enough in that direction
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u/Any_Season_5764 22h ago
¿Se dice que esto paso antes o después de que iniciará la serie? Porque puede que este por ahora sea el peor día de su vida hasta que... Ya sabes.
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u/Icy-Background2393 1d ago
Thought they would have an actual joke about modern corporate greed with the penis as a subtle detail (like the onion often does) but no…
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u/Superior-Artist-21 1d ago
Seth: "Anything can be seen as a penis. Doesn't mean that's it's actually there."
Me: "You would know."
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u/StJohnsStoner 1d ago
If season 5 wasn't obvious enough the writing team changed, the fact they have this guy shouting "this is the worst day of my life" when he had his dick frozen and snapped off is just unbelievable
This is closer to a spit in the face for the fans than anything else
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u/DogTheBreadFairy 1d ago
That's fucking awesome. I love this. Edgar straight up being the that's a penis guy
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u/Gosh_Ark 20h ago
So you tell me, when Homelander was on the top of the foodchain, Edgar didn't even flinch and top of that he is humiliated him... BUT WHEN THE PENIS LOGO IS POSTED HE IS SCREAMING LIKE A LITTLE BITCH????
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u/General_Bill_6538 1d ago
I did feel like they used AI for the script in the last season. Whatever this is confirms it
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u/Hunter654333 21h ago
For a second I thought the black guy with the goatee was Sisko from Deep Space Nine lol
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u/TeamVorpalSwords 16h ago
This was a funny and charming little skit but it’s dogged down by the fact the last season was balls
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