Tag: Comic Book
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Review: The Boys, Season 3, Episode 7
After last week’s “Herogasm” blowout (blow-up?), The Boys took things down a notch this week to spend an episode focusing on how the various characters deal with the fallout from. Homelander, ego (and face) bruised, pays a visit to the (unsurprisingly) still-alive Maeve, who’s been imprisoned in a room similar to the one Homelander was…
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Review: The Boys, Season 3, Episode 6
This was a good episode – great, even. Of course, in many ways, it was also mind-scaldingly disturbing. Let’s dive in. Starting with the odd plot out: the Frenchie/Little Nina conflict escalated this week, with the Russian gangsteress chaining our boy to a pole with a bike lock like she’s Walter White. Instead of offering…
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Review(s): The Boys, Season 3, Eps. 4 & 5
Episode Four: “Glorious Five Year Plan” The Boys stayed on-trend in Episode 4, with a collection of good performances, well-defined characters, and gruesomely funny action that was somewhat marred by the show’s odd pacing and occasional tendency to overemphasize tangential side plots. Butcher’s over-the-top management methods bore predictably poisoned fruit this episode, although the team…
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Review: The Boys (Season 3), Episodes 1, 2, & 3
I don’t consider myself to be someone who shocks easily; I could give any number of examples of nasty-ass gross-out horror movies I’ve gotten through with no problem, but I’ll just say that I made it through Martyrs without vomiting more than twice and leave it at that. That said, this season of The Boys…