I'm hoping he comes back in season 4. And i wonder if they'll think about making a TV show about soldier boy. Sure he didn't fought in the war but i wonder what else he did.
Soldier Boy is an excellent representation of "not evil, just amoral" he doesn't want to hurt people directly unless they hurt him, but he also cares very little for the collateral damage he causes.
I mean that’s not exactly true, I think he just represses the guilt and distraught he feels, he lets those feelings slip here and there but quickly buries it behind a facade because what he thinks a man is supposed to be and how a man should feel like many men from his time, I think if he was allowed to live in the world left alone with his long life span he’d eventually change, which honestly wouldn’t turn out to bad, give him some land, income, and keep him in the loop, I don’t think SB cares to be in the spotlight anymore after what he’s been through and how the world has evolved without him
He felt guilty for killing those people when he blacked out tho? It’s very obviously him trying to repress things “like a real man”. He is a good guy who’s out of time and has PTSD and childhood trauma. Legit would be one of the good heroes had he come up in the modern day imo
He actively bullied and beat his own team members. There was a reason why nobody wanted him around anymore. He probably feels bad for killing those people (maybe, he sure didn't seem to care when he killed MM's family) but he's still far from a good person.
@@milliondollarmistakeHis team was pretty pathetic, he probably knew right off the bat, they were scheming scum bags and he took the ultimate Alpha Toxic Male approach to them. Instead of teaching them to be a cohesive team, he beat them senseless thinking it would harden them. SB has a lot of repressed anger because of his own dad, who saw him as a disappointment. His ego got out of control working for Vaught. He’s not necessarily a good guy, but he has more balls, and honor than Payback, who were small timers that unfortunately got in his way. Still doesn’t give him a right to abuse other supes like that, but in this universe it’s almost better off seeing a guy like Soldier Boy beating on super powered losers as opposed to regular civilians who he never intentionally harmed.
An interesting thought I never considered. They spent a good portion of this season exploring how Soldier boy's father influenced his path in life. The only "positive" example of fatherhood Soldier Boy ever references is Bill Cosby, who turned out to be a rapist. His perceptions are severely warped and perverted. When confronted with the opportunity to be a father figure to Homelander, he steps into his own father's shoes and calls his Homelander, his own "son", a disappointment. Does Soldier Boy see himself in Homelander and that's why he decides to kill him? Extreme narcissism mixed with self loathing forces him to attempt a kind of surrogate suicide. He sees his own reflection and tries to destroy it.
@@Shane-un8peYou raise a very interesting point. If there's anyone on the planet that could have influenced Homelander at this point to be a better person, it was Soldier Boy. I actually felt sorry for him when SB called him a disappointment.
@@Shane-un8pe Well even Bill Cosby is a rapist he was a good father model from outside. That was I started to disgust by every actor even the likes of Bill Cosby are like this who knows what f..ked up things other ones do.
A good father and a good mother should be the gold standard for every kids upbringing. Unfortunately, life isn't always fair and not every kid gets that.
Hughie's father could only stay because he was incapable of ever leaving. He did well nevertheless. He's clearly on one side of the question, "Are you peaceful or are you harmless?"
The juxtaposition of Soldier Boy’s realizations, anger and disappointment coming out while he’s remembering and talking, with the shots of the meter counting was brilliant.
@@SwornHeresy I could be wrong about the incriminate of time or they might not be perfect about enforcing it but my source is a mutahar video which is Bascailly THE source if your not gonna look up TOS
The complexities of these characters are amazing, here you think Solider Boy’s just a good guy deep down who lost control, and then you learn about Black Noir’s origin and it completely changes it
Meh I think it would’ve been so much more interesting to have Solder Boy be that actual poor kid from Phili and who actually fought in WW2 and the only reason Vought wanted to get rid of him was cause they couldn’t control him like the rest of payback and had Homelander on the way. Having SB be just another fake super hero in the show filled with bunch of fake super heroes is just tired and cliched at this point.
@@J10005eh he was a bully and manipulative, he had more of a conscience than homelander yeah but was still a psychopath and showed a lack of empathy. Plus he was way to powerful and uncontrollable to be left alone at the same time because the dude was basically a walking nuke that could go off at anytime. Homelander is a man child yes and manipulative as well as a bully but he’s also more in control in a sense. He won’t kill an entire city full of people that worship him he’ll kill one or 2 people and try and take full control yes but he wants to be a leader in a sense.
@@leviuzumaki3903 Soldier Boy more controllable. He won't kill a bunch of people to make a point or keep them in line. He won't threaten to literally destroy the planet if his public reputation is ruined. You give Soldier Boy drugs and his vengeance he is actually a very manageable person to deal with.
Well he is still written by weak activists weirdo writers/show runners who are massive hypocrites at the end of the day so wouldn't look to much into it.
@@pimbiezogman2312Bill Cosby was a (very) famous actor throughout the 60's-90's, and he was always known for his righteous morality. Apparently, however, it's alleged that he drugged women to sleep with them.
2:18 is "why" the boys rules. A superhero honestly grappling with his powers and the destruction he accidently left in his wake. The same shame he feels about the lack of control of his powers.
He’s a saint compared to many of the super on this show. I believe he’s more down to earth than homelander seeing as he came of age before getting his powers.
@@inevitable934 To be fair, he does most likely has PTSD from WW2 plus his crappy childhood. Not defending all the crap he did, but he’s MILES better than most of the supes on this show, and he’s more down to earth since he held a civil conversation with Hughie and Billy, plus he did end up sealing the deal and try to kill homelander even though he knew the truth. So all in all, Soldier Boy is not a good guy, but he’s not a villain either. Also yeah he ruined some lives but the people he killed before Nicaragua were most likely accidents, with Black Noir he was defending himself since they were trying to knock him out and they succeeded and he was tortured for around 40ish years.
@@bryantmonge1972 when you say "Sealing the deal even though he knew the truth" don't you mean "He tried to kill hisn own son and used his grandson as a distraction"? And yes he IS a villain. He wanted to kill his whole team when he got back and don't say *ruined some lives* when he physically abused his girlfriend, and much younger team mates and caused the trauma and smashed out part of a young mans brain.
I like the dichotomy of Soldier Boy pre and post-capture. He's clearly a broken man, and which each member of Payback killed he regains some clarity. He ended S3 as the sanest man in the room. He was there to do a job, the only sensible job, and he had the clarity to recognise the bigger picture (Ryan is not worth the potential millions Homelander can hurt). Part of me hopes he comes back, but i also recognise he was a piece of gold that the writers would likely dull.
When Solider boy calls Homelander a disappointment is because he was a disappointment. Thats what’s his father called him. (The way he treated his team) However, he felt like he stilled owed them for double crossing him. Solider boy see's Homelander as a splitting image of the man he once was and needs to end the cycle. At least at the end of the day Solider boy admits it. This is why he didn’t side with Homelander.
@@edenramos9686Kid was trynna hurt him and Soldier just didn’t really care whether he was a kid or not. It’s pretty clear he’s an amoral/pragmatic guy.
I don think he wanted to kill him, at first at least, but Ryan attacked him and with soldierboy ego he wasnt going to take it, when he be at Ryan a dont think he tried to kill him but more of a hoy beat me i beat you kinda thing@@edenramos9686
i think if he knew what Cos really did with the drinks, he would have despised the man. a real man doesn't need a woman asleep to get laid. that's just fucking weak.
Im gonna be honest, I really hope we get to see Payback fight against Soldier Boy, without it being shown in a looney toons format, which was still brutal and gory but... it'd be nice to see it live action, not the aftermath of it.
@@clikzip you sound like a spectacle over substance kinda person the fight scenes are a break from the real dramatic core of the show, may as well make them fun and unique
@@clikzipso you hate artistic expression? In both of those scene’s they’re depicted the way they are because the person is mentally ill and we’re viewing a situation from their pov, both shows are riddled with blood and gore…youll be fine for one scene
@@anousagizu I’m expressing my opinion. We all have one. I love the show and appreciate any episodes that come out. I personally don’t like it, obviously they film it for people like you. Nothing wrong with that.
@@maxotto9877He’s a villain but his goals aren’t world ending. Homelander and Stormfront wanted control of the company and possibly the world. Soldier Boy’s only goal was to kill his old crew and Homelander, after which he would retire. He’s a bad guy, but he’s not very ambitious. Vicky Newman is definitely 3rd place.
I wouldn't call Soldier Boy a villain. His goal is to get revenge on those who betrayed him. Pretty much any man whose worth his salt would have the same ambitions if they suffered from a similar series of events. As for killing homelander, that's a blessing for the world. So that's something that makes him good. People who say he's a bad guy do so because they can't get past their modern sensibiltiies. Specifically regarding the fact that Soldier Boy used to discipline his team with violence. But if you truly want to understand his actions, then you have to understand that Soldier Boy has the mentality of a soldier, and not some modern they/them tiktok soldier but an old school killl or be killed kind of soldier. It was his entire persona, and he lived up to it. Back in the day, if someone in the unit you were in command of mouthed off to you or disobeyed orders, you would hit them with the butt of your rifle stock. So, in all fairness, he's just living up to the era he was raised in. Which isn't a bad thing, in fact I'd argue the world needs more men like Soldier Boy, or at least Western Civilization.@@Pioneer5118
@@maxotto9877 Stormfront was right. 111 Countries, all I'm saying. Homelander is a product of his environment. A real American hero, in the most American way possible.
@@michaelsouslin891 he regretted doing that though, the buster beaver characters said that they helped him cope with that massacre. While soldier boy here seems soo entitled.
He's proud, insecure, powerful, violent, mentally ill and reminisces nostalgic for a history that's literally fabricated to make him look good while soldierboy only perceives himself as a saviour that others are persecuting. Oh and his special ability is a nuclear bomb. He really is the perfect all American hero, what a fun character to watch.
He’s insecure because of childhood trauma and mentally ill because, well, he was a soldier before anyone cared about ptsd. Best hero in the show other than like starlight lol
@@oldyladHe's the 2nd most powerful supe on earth. He was never in any real danger. He's not brave and doesn't have PTSD from war, it was from his time with the Russians.
I love all of the old sayings/references soldier boy has, like stuff only your grandpa would say. Like “Christ on a cross” and the Hoover deluxe reference 😂
@@lukeherbst7931 Why would they even bother with the normal soldiers, though? Just let soldier boy go rip the defenses apart for a few days, even if it's just a small landing strip for the others. So, maybe less selective outrage and more so just stupidity.
Everyone's forgetting what Soldier Boy has said and done in the show. When MM confronted him about his family slaughter "You killed my family", Soldier Boy coldly responded, "Which one?". I believe in this scene he probably was trying to manipulate Hughie, or he was a sociopath who didn't realize what he was.
Its also what an honest killer who knows he has been responsible for the suffering of innocent people says when a person he doesn't recognize calls him out over bodies that have been cold for 20 years. There's isn't much to say in such a circumstance. You're face to face with someone who is here to kill you as part of a vendetta. This is the crop sown in ages past, the innocent child in a house with the dead, now here as a man to end you. You have to expect such things in that line of work. If you understand what "Live by the sword, die by the sword" really means then you'll understand why this was the only proper reaction from Soldier Boy.
I think it's important to remember that the Soldier Boy that we see walking around in S3 in 40 years of torture removed from the Soldier Boy that committed all the evil acts. That likely notably shifted his personality and is why so many comments think he's not that bad of a guy.
What you mean the ending? Mate he was getting swarmed and they were putting the mask back on him, his ptsd was probably through the roof since he knew they wanted him back in the box after 40 years in there. He’s probably telling the truth in that he didn’t mean to do it and does feel bad since they did nothing to him, but at that moment his brain went from rational thinking to survival mode to try escape.
Honestly i can relate to soldier boy because when people see you get angry and dont want to help you they just want you gone,when in reality your not a bad guy and you dont want to hurt people but you'll stand and fight for what you believe in and sure sometimes you can go overboard but thats why you have a team who can help you work through it and become better but his team didnt want to help him they wanted to kill/replace him so yeah it was a little fucked up
Which is kind of scary, Stormfront was humanized by her relationship to her daughter but she was still a rotten irredeemable pile of crap. Soldier Boy is literally no different.
@@tuckernutter She was a NAZI that wanted to take over the world with Arian supermen. Soldier Boy fought against NAZI's and just wants to be left alone with weed and some slutty older women. If you think they are the same you are the one with morality problems.
I always liked how soldier boy is more of an anti-villain yet still way more likeable than Homelander if you had to chose, I’m hoping prime can do him somewhat of an arc without making it corny, could be either helping butcher or making it up to MM by saving his family and repenting for what he did. He’s not a bad guy, but he’s in no way a good guy either. But hey, this is the boys, who knows
The reason i like Soldier Boy is because it is a depiction of the reality for combat vets who have been disenfranchised and discarded. Treated like trash when they get home and have things they need help with that they can’t talk to anyone about cuz their records are blacked out. They exhibit all the signs of PTSD but can’t explain how they got it because of a NDA that will have consequences for breaching. I know cuz I watched it happen. I’ve been third party to this kind of shit for a long time.
It’s hard to have sympathy for people who treat others like trash tho, while soldier boy isn’t a villain, his old conservative views, and insecurities make him lash out and appear toxic. But yeah ppl who aggressively project their insecurities like he did in the clip don’t deserve support or sympathy until they’ve decided to stop punching down on others, then we can help them no longer punch down on themselves. For more context: he projected onto the man with the baby holder bc hes confused why men aren’t afraid or insecure of being perceived that way, bc soldier boy would def be insecure if he had to wear one, instead of insulting the entire generation of men for ‘not being man enough” (which btw isn’t a real thing, there’s no such thing as masculinity nor a real man bc they’re made up social constructs), he could of just acknowledged the insecurity within him, he has redeemable qualities and was def screwed over a lot but until he stops with the homophobia, toxic/insecure comments and other typical conservative prejudices like the way they treat women, he ain’t getting my sympathy
You know what bugged me about this season. We were told Solider Boy was worse than Homelander but we were never shown that. Worst he did, he did while having PTSD. The entire episode was to get a weapon to use against Homelander only to not use him when facing Homelander. And they don’t even get the excuse that Solider Boy is the worse evil cuz he wasn’t even taken care of by Homelander. They could of let him take out Homelander first then deal with him after. But the dude came off so done with life that I don’t think he was going to be a threat even if they let him go. He’s an *sshole and a threat when under stress cuz he can’t control his chest cannon but he acted like he was retired the whole season
Oh he might not be worse but he is on par terrible with Homelander. You can see a guy that bullet or other supes can't stop and would explode if put in a stalemate or when PTSD hits out of nowhere, topping that off with toxic masculinity, heightened sense of misogyny and no sense of morality. He would do damage if let go just by arguing with another man or dads that look off to his eyes or girls who reject him. Don't forget he is a literal walking human-vest too. At least Homelander has some social ratings number to care about, but this man only fight for his own twisted sense of righteousness.
@@domovoibutler42 At the end of the season Homelander took a guys head off in public. Which for some reason made people cheer. He is officially off his social media leash
@@anotherfool9278 homelander respects his team to a certain extent, or at least he did at the start of the show…he kills criminals and innocents yea but he doesn’t know them personally which is why i think what soldier boy did to black noir and the rest of the team is way worse than anything homelanders done in the series so far. Even when homelander killed noir he did it bc he felt like he had to and if I remember correctly he cried a bit or at the very least was sad about it. Homelander thinks that supes are superior to humans so he treats them like less than him, soldier boy was just a bad person and a bully but with that much power hes way more dangerous and worse than homelander overall. (Thats just my opinion tho, i can understand why people argue homelander is worse//we also got to see a more human side of soldier boy we dont get from homelander so it makes sense)
I don’t know. Looking at how he is here, it really doesn’t feel like he’s a bad guy. Sure, he has his superiority complex, and why not since he’s one of most perfect supes created, but then he isn’t evil in the way he was depicted in Black Noir’s flashback. 🤷🏻♂️
Creo que no entendiste, el tipo usa la violencia en ese caso como forma de reprimenda para sus compañeros, el tipo lo hace entre sus traumas y su sentido trastornado de moralidad, en su época la cadena de mando lo era todo y que noar le respondiera sus actos se consideraba subordinación, por eso lo patea, el realmente no es malvado al nivel de homelander, es más bien una persona con una aguja moral equivocada, graciosamente lo venden como fuente de pura maldad cuando en realidad solo es un tipo con muchísimos problemas mentales y educacionales, si hubiera Sido instruido en valores correctos probablemente hubiera Sido buena persona, pero acabo siendo sociopata
@@juanpablogarcia6293El mayor problema...es que Soldier Boy SABE que lo que hace esta mal y aun asi lo hace. No se cuestiona asi mismo y sus ideas lo hacen aun peor. No es "Villano quiere controlar el mundo" nivel de malvado pero si es "Se que esta mal pero aun asi lo hago" nivel de maldad. El golpear a Noir no fue por insubordinación como tal, fue su narcicismo tomando control y rechazando la idea de "Alguien mas que no sea yo quiere brillar". Al golpearlo solo queria asegurar su fama y que este siempre sea el centro de atencion.
Because he spent the last 40 years caged, he's obviously not gonna be in the same mindset. If he was back with Vought in the same position of power as before he'd probably go back to his old ways
Yea evil isn't always an overt thing. Ever heard the phrase, "the path to hell is paved with good intentions?" Kind of the same concept. In The Watchers, Ozymandias was a similar villain type where you could find yourself agreeing with him in certain contexts. Those are the best kinds of bad guys imo, the ones that make you pause when you really think about the outcomes.
While definitely not a "bad guy" in the true sense of the word, Soldier Boy is definitely not a good person. However, compared to his son, he's an absolute saint. While Homelander is a complete monster who will murder people because he felt like it, Soldier Boy is just a colossal douchebag.
Soldier boy isn’t killing people intentionally it’s his PTSD kicking in which causes the explosion I mean sure he Definetely has a lack of remorse but when you’ve been tortured for 40 years what can you expect
Glad people who didn't watch Supernatural are seeing how talented Jensen Ackles is. As an older brother, his performance as Dean Winchester resonated so much with me. I knew he would kill it doing anything he did after that
Soldier Boy did turn out to be more of a villain in the end but looking at the bigger picture, Homelander is still the much bigger threat. Soldier Boy has no aspirations to take over the world or any desire to rule humanity. He also has a code, twisted as it may be, but it’s better than having none at all like Homelander. I think the team lost sight of who needed to be stopped in the end. Homelander is a raging psychopath that unchecked, could wipe us all out while having a big grin on his face.
It’s because of Ryan in the new season you see butcher throw away the cookies because he loves Ryan. He wants him to live because he’s the last part of his wife that left.
As much as he’s a total piece of shit by today’s standards - Soldier Boy at least regulates his emotions to a point where you almost feel bad for him. Granted , he was still a total douchebag to literally everyone on his team and in general back in the day , but at least he made decisions based on some form of logic. Homelander is just a kid in a candy store mad they don’t have the brand he wants.
“by todays standards” makes it sound as tho these standards are merely ‘the court of public opinion’ rather than an objective discovery humanity has made and radicalised. Bc by today’s standards, we no longer let casual bigotry like homophobia, racism and misogyny fly bc we’ve improved our human rights. This comment is basically just me confused by what you meant and assuming you mean what I’m saying
They have no long term plan just winging it at this point every season end restarts itself, thats what happens when they go off script/canon and also combine activists agenda nonsense.
im new to amazon. is the title always so click baity for their own work? i didn't see no differences being had. just a respectful conversation between 2 people. what am i missing?
If you understood Huey you would get the scene. He's horrified by what he's hearing. He's just super polite and doesn't want to offend. Also, is Soldier Boy gets too upset he explodes.
Yes. The Boys is based on a comic by Garth Ennis, a writer who notoriously hates superheroes. Nearly every superhero and superhero team in this book is a parody of a preexisting property. Homelander= Superman, The Deep = Aquaman, Atrain = is a parody of the Flash and other speedsters, The Seven = The JLA, etc. The TV show is much better and actually explores the concepts in more depth than the comic books. The comic books are about as deep as a puddle and relies more on shocking their audience than asking them to think.
@@alphanerd7221 Yeah that's the whole thing what happened to Midtown It's just like the radiation man from heroes if he gets overly emotional he can explode After all a lot of the concepts from the boys most of it is adaptions from the show heroes it's very similar
I have to say, I am really impressed with Jensen Ackles here. He is an underrated actor. He is the perfect man for this role. You learn so much about Soldier Boy just from this brief scene.
Jensen Ackles really nailed the delivery on this one. I can't imagine anyone else playing Soldier Boy
I'm hoping he comes back in season 4. And i wonder if they'll think about making a TV show about soldier boy. Sure he didn't fought in the war but i wonder what else he did.
It would be cool if they gave him his own spin-off show just like peacemaker ☝️😎🙌🔥
@@selenarodgers5667 Exactly dude. 1959 he funded herogasm, his thing. For final episode: where his team Payback betrayed him.
@@arturourbina6656They gotta test the supe killing virus on someone nearly as powerful as Homelander before they use it on Homelander.
I'm shocked at the difference between him now and in early shows like Dark Angel.
Hard to recognise, but yes, it's him.
Soldier Boy is an excellent representation of "not evil, just amoral" he doesn't want to hurt people directly unless they hurt him, but he also cares very little for the collateral damage he causes.
I mean that’s not exactly true, I think he just represses the guilt and distraught he feels, he lets those feelings slip here and there but quickly buries it behind a facade because what he thinks a man is supposed to be and how a man should feel like many men from his time, I think if he was allowed to live in the world left alone with his long life span he’d eventually change, which honestly wouldn’t turn out to bad, give him some land, income, and keep him in the loop, I don’t think SB cares to be in the spotlight anymore after what he’s been through and how the world has evolved without him
He felt guilty for killing those people when he blacked out tho? It’s very obviously him trying to repress things “like a real man”. He is a good guy who’s out of time and has PTSD and childhood trauma. Legit would be one of the good heroes had he come up in the modern day imo
He actively bullied and beat his own team members. There was a reason why nobody wanted him around anymore. He probably feels bad for killing those people (maybe, he sure didn't seem to care when he killed MM's family) but he's still far from a good person.
@@milliondollarmistakeHis team was pretty pathetic, he probably knew right off the bat, they were scheming scum bags and he took the ultimate Alpha Toxic Male approach to them. Instead of teaching them to be a cohesive team, he beat them senseless thinking it would harden them. SB has a lot of repressed anger because of his own dad, who saw him as a disappointment. His ego got out of control working for Vaught. He’s not necessarily a good guy, but he has more balls, and honor than Payback, who were small timers that unfortunately got in his way. Still doesn’t give him a right to abuse other supes like that, but in this universe it’s almost better off seeing a guy like Soldier Boy beating on super powered losers as opposed to regular civilians who he never intentionally harmed.
Soldier boy Is EVIL bully his team he also doesn't like to take responsability for his actions at first was Better but he became corrupt
I like how they highlight the importance of Fathers. Hughie at 1st thought his Dad was soft but he was the 1 that stayed
An interesting thought I never considered. They spent a good portion of this season exploring how Soldier boy's father influenced his path in life. The only "positive" example of fatherhood Soldier Boy ever references is Bill Cosby, who turned out to be a rapist. His perceptions are severely warped and perverted. When confronted with the opportunity to be a father figure to Homelander, he steps into his own father's shoes and calls his Homelander, his own "son", a disappointment. Does Soldier Boy see himself in Homelander and that's why he decides to kill him? Extreme narcissism mixed with self loathing forces him to attempt a kind of surrogate suicide. He sees his own reflection and tries to destroy it.
@@Shane-un8peYou raise a very interesting point. If there's anyone on the planet that could have influenced Homelander at this point to be a better person, it was Soldier Boy. I actually felt sorry for him when SB called him a disappointment.
@@Shane-un8pe Well even Bill Cosby is a rapist he was a good father model from outside. That was I started to disgust by every actor even the likes of Bill Cosby are like this who knows what f..ked up things other ones do.
A good father and a good mother should be the gold standard for every kids upbringing. Unfortunately, life isn't always fair and not every kid gets that.
Hughie's father could only stay because he was incapable of ever leaving. He did well nevertheless. He's clearly on one side of the question, "Are you peaceful or are you harmless?"
The juxtaposition of Soldier Boy’s realizations, anger and disappointment coming out while he’s remembering and talking, with the shots of the meter counting was brilliant.
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lmao they forgot to sensor Hughie saying “holy fucking shit”
RUclips only cares if it’s in the first minute they super weird
@@GrogedUpOh really?? I didn’t know that
@@GrogedUpWell Hughie said that at 0:40
@@GrogedUp I think it's actually the first half-minute, which makes it even weirder.
@@SwornHeresy I could be wrong about the incriminate of time or they might not be perfect about enforcing it but my source is a mutahar video which is Bascailly THE source if your not gonna look up TOS
The complexities of these characters are amazing, here you think Solider Boy’s just a good guy deep down who lost control, and then you learn about Black Noir’s origin and it completely changes it
Amen
In soldier boy’s defense, black noir wasn’t funny.
@saltysailor3009there is nothing in the show that hints Soldier Boy might even kind of be a good guy lol
@@811chelseafcguys more of an antihero
Meh I think it would’ve been so much more interesting to have Solder Boy be that actual poor kid from Phili and who actually fought in WW2 and the only reason Vought wanted to get rid of him was cause they couldn’t control him like the rest of payback and had Homelander on the way. Having SB be just another fake super hero in the show filled with bunch of fake super heroes is just tired and cliched at this point.
You can tell he’s trying really hard not to laugh when he says Bill Cosby makes some strong drinks 🤣🤣🤣
He’s not wrong. And I’m sure plenty of people who knew him back then would say the same.
@@jvanimation9520 LOL "the worst part was the hypocrisy." - Norm MacDonald. Look up that stand up bit from Norm right now.
@@PillageMontage Aww your comment got hidden. I guess the J word is censored on this channel lol.
They'd have to be pretty strong to get a reaction from a Supe who can breath halothane like it's tabaco.
@@mkultra2456 a mike Tyson mysteries fan I presume.
Soldier boy is more of a mean bully but he still has a conscience and knows right from wrong homelander is an insane man child with infinite power
Insecurity. Classic bully who turns their unfulfilled weakness on others because of what they faced at home.
@@Bman32xHe still treats Hughie and Butcher with respect (relatively speaking)
It's always about Homelander, when the video is not even about him. Rent free
@@J10005eh he was a bully and manipulative, he had more of a conscience than homelander yeah but was still a psychopath and showed a lack of empathy. Plus he was way to powerful and uncontrollable to be left alone at the same time because the dude was basically a walking nuke that could go off at anytime. Homelander is a man child yes and manipulative as well as a bully but he’s also more in control in a sense. He won’t kill an entire city full of people that worship him he’ll kill one or 2 people and try and take full control yes but he wants to be a leader in a sense.
@@leviuzumaki3903 Soldier Boy more controllable. He won't kill a bunch of people to make a point or keep them in line. He won't threaten to literally destroy the planet if his public reputation is ruined. You give Soldier Boy drugs and his vengeance he is actually a very manageable person to deal with.
That Bill Cosby joke was great.
"Lots to unpack there". Hughies delivery is great too.
"Holy shit did he make some strong drinks."
"Holy fucking shit."
Is it wrong I laughed at that?
@@juliagoodwin9510it’s a joke you’re supposed to laugh
It was a poor example un purpose. Like if he used Audi Murphy wouldn’t have the same ring.
For guy that is suppose to be a representation of "toxic masculinity" he sure doesnt have a problem sharing some vulnerability here and them.
He’s *DRUNK.* You put enough alcohol in someone and their frontal lobe just shuts off.
@@MegamiShin
Can he get drunk? Doesn't his powers stop that or something?
@@MegamiShin can he get drunk?
@@raulbetancourt5795
Maybe in combination with drugs. Or he just downs a whole bottle of hard liquor super fast
Well he is still written by weak activists weirdo writers/show runners who are massive hypocrites at the end of the day so wouldn't look to much into it.
Hughie not even getting into the Bill Cosby remark and just breathing "holy fucking shit" is priceless
can you explain that joke, idk who Bill Cosby is (not American)
@@pimbiezogman2312Bill Cosby was a (very) famous actor throughout the 60's-90's, and he was always known for his righteous morality. Apparently, however, it's alleged that he drugged women to sleep with them.
oh boy😂@@pimbiezogman2312
@@pimbiezogman2312He another Harvey Weinstein in this day and age. Imagined if George Clooney turns out to be a grapist.
@@pimbiezogman2312 Just search his name on google.
2:18 is "why" the boys rules. A superhero honestly grappling with his powers and the destruction he accidently left in his wake. The same shame he feels about the lack of control of his powers.
him showing remorse over this makes him better than 90% of the other supes weve seen
He’s a saint compared to many of the super on this show. I believe he’s more down to earth than homelander seeing as he came of age before getting his powers.
Black Noir is also nice too, the majority of Payback members were good guys (with theirs flaws, of course)
He abused his own team and ruined many of their lives
@@inevitable934
To be fair, he does most likely has PTSD from WW2 plus his crappy childhood. Not defending all the crap he did, but he’s MILES better than most of the supes on this show, and he’s more down to earth since he held a civil conversation with Hughie and Billy, plus he did end up sealing the deal and try to kill homelander even though he knew the truth. So all in all, Soldier Boy is not a good guy, but he’s not a villain either. Also yeah he ruined some lives but the people he killed before Nicaragua were most likely accidents, with Black Noir he was defending himself since they were trying to knock him out and they succeeded and he was tortured for around 40ish years.
@@bryantmonge1972 when you say "Sealing the deal even though he knew the truth" don't you mean "He tried to kill hisn own son and used his grandson as a distraction"?
And yes he IS a villain. He wanted to kill his whole team when he got back and don't say *ruined some lives* when he physically abused his girlfriend, and much younger team mates and caused the trauma and smashed out part of a young mans brain.
@@inevitable934why do you have his pfp than?
I like the dichotomy of Soldier Boy pre and post-capture.
He's clearly a broken man, and which each member of Payback killed he regains some clarity.
He ended S3 as the sanest man in the room. He was there to do a job, the only sensible job, and he had the clarity to recognise the bigger picture (Ryan is not worth the potential millions Homelander can hurt).
Part of me hopes he comes back, but i also recognise he was a piece of gold that the writers would likely dull.
The fact you equate killing a kid who has no interest in harming anyone with sanity, shows how untrustworthy your stance on the situation is.
@@EmptyMan000 one child cannot be worth the lives of thousands.
@@EmptyMan000you will be the one to get bashed by people like homelander if u were in that universe
@@EmptyMan000 That kid is a supe. And Homelander level supe that can kill another sup with ease. And being taught values by Homelander.
@@EmptyMan000c×ck spotted
0:35 the fact halothane didn’t affect him but Bill Cosby’s drinks did is brilliant 😂
it didn’t affect him it’s just that they were so strong even he felt it a little but he still stayed sober
@@NoobMaster-vc7ox you must be fun at parties
When Solider boy calls Homelander a disappointment is because he was a disappointment. Thats what’s his father called him. (The way he treated his team) However, he felt like he stilled owed them for double crossing him. Solider boy see's Homelander as a splitting image of the man he once was and needs to end the cycle. At least at the end of the day Solider boy admits it. This is why he didn’t side with Homelander.
I get that but was the excuse for trying to kill his Grandson Ryan?
@@edenramos9686Kid was trynna hurt him and Soldier just didn’t really care whether he was a kid or not. It’s pretty clear he’s an amoral/pragmatic guy.
@@edenramos9686 killing his dad would mean killing his son in a way imagine watching your grandpa kill your father
I don think he wanted to kill him, at first at least, but Ryan attacked him and with soldierboy ego he wasnt going to take it, when he be at Ryan a dont think he tried to kill him but more of a hoy beat me i beat you kinda thing@@edenramos9686
@@CD-zi6rbFacts
"Did he make some strong drinks"
fucking lol'd
i think if he knew what Cos really did with the drinks, he would have despised the man. a real man doesn't need a woman asleep to get laid. that's just fucking weak.
I love Jensen Ackles. I'm glad he got this role
Me too!!! He’s an amazing actor and his first name is very similar to mine. My name is Jantzen. 😄😄😎😎💯💯💯✨✨✨
@@JSGaming0327I wish you long life and good health and wealth jantzen
@@JSGaming0327 god bless you Jantzen
Im gonna be honest, I really hope we get to see Payback fight against Soldier Boy, without it being shown in a looney toons format, which was still brutal and gory but... it'd be nice to see it live action, not the aftermath of it.
i hate the loony toons stuff, or in gen z the sesame street stuff. I get what they are trying to portray but i would rather see the actual fight.
@@clikzip you sound like a spectacle over substance kinda person
the fight scenes are a break from the real dramatic core of the show, may as well make them fun and unique
@@clikzipso you hate artistic expression? In both of those scene’s they’re depicted the way they are because the person is mentally ill and we’re viewing a situation from their pov, both shows are riddled with blood and gore…youll be fine for one scene
@@anousagizu I’m expressing my opinion. We all have one. I love the show and appreciate any episodes that come out. I personally don’t like it, obviously they film it for people like you. Nothing wrong with that.
@@clikzip
We can all just be thankful you didn't go into a career as a writer or show runner 🙏🙏🙏
Compared to Homelander and the other more current "superheroes" at Vought, Soldier Boy really ISN'T that bad.
he is really bad
not stormfront or homelander bad but an easy third place
Yeah, he’s a piece of shit but he’s not a villain
@@maxotto9877He’s a villain but his goals aren’t world ending. Homelander and Stormfront wanted control of the company and possibly the world.
Soldier Boy’s only goal was to kill his old crew and Homelander, after which he would retire. He’s a bad guy, but he’s not very ambitious.
Vicky Newman is definitely 3rd place.
I wouldn't call Soldier Boy a villain. His goal is to get revenge on those who betrayed him. Pretty much any man whose worth his salt would have the same ambitions if they suffered from a similar series of events.
As for killing homelander, that's a blessing for the world. So that's something that makes him good. People who say he's a bad guy do so because they can't get past their modern sensibiltiies. Specifically regarding the fact that Soldier Boy used to discipline his team with violence.
But if you truly want to understand his actions, then you have to understand that Soldier Boy has the mentality of a soldier, and not some modern they/them tiktok soldier but an old school killl or be killed kind of soldier. It was his entire persona, and he lived up to it. Back in the day, if someone in the unit you were in command of mouthed off to you or disobeyed orders, you would hit them with the butt of your rifle stock.
So, in all fairness, he's just living up to the era he was raised in. Which isn't a bad thing, in fact I'd argue the world needs more men like Soldier Boy, or at least Western Civilization.@@Pioneer5118
@@maxotto9877 Stormfront was right. 111 Countries, all I'm saying.
Homelander is a product of his environment. A real American hero, in the most American way possible.
I love how the Geiger counter goes up as he walks up to Hughie. Really nice detail.
Soldier boy : I’m not a bad guy
Black Noir : are you sure about that?
Black Noir: also responsible for the Lagos incident🤔
@@michaelsouslin891 we saw him crying because of that lol
@@michaelsouslin891 he regretted doing that though, the buster beaver characters said that they helped him cope with that massacre. While soldier boy here seems soo entitled.
Soldier Boy is such an amazing character you have to bring him back and somehow make him a permanent part of the show.
He really can't, he's too much of a threat. Him being gone is quite literally Homelander's plot armor 😂
Looks like you're getting your wish in a big way.
The self righteous conviction that soldier bou has makes this scene even more intriguing
He's proud, insecure, powerful, violent, mentally ill and reminisces nostalgic for a history that's literally fabricated to make him look good while soldierboy only perceives himself as a saviour that others are persecuting.
Oh and his special ability is a nuclear bomb.
He really is the perfect all American hero, what a fun character to watch.
Imagine thinking in 2024 that any nation has the benefit of moral superiority.
He’s insecure because of childhood trauma and mentally ill because, well, he was a soldier before anyone cared about ptsd. Best hero in the show other than like starlight lol
@@oldyladHe's the 2nd most powerful supe on earth. He was never in any real danger. He's not brave and doesn't have PTSD from war, it was from his time with the Russians.
"only perceives himself as a saviour that others are persecuting"
WHEN DID HE EVER SEE HIMSELF AS BEING PERSECUTED???
@@InitialPCEvery single word out of his mouth.
Seeing a Millenial like Hughie interact with a 100 year old who hasn't seen the world in the last 30 years was gold
I need more Solider Boy
Definitely, they should give him his own spin-off show, that would be cool 🙌😎🔥
@@selenarodgers5667 a soldier boy spin off would be epic.
You and I are in luck for the next season of The Boys
@@selenarodgers5667he will get his own
Holy shit did he make strong drinks💀🤣
Did Soldier Boy get butfyugged by Bill Cosby?
It took me a hot minute to realize what that meant 💀
@@copeman1183 A Hot Cosby.
I love the implication that Cosby tried to drug him but since he’s a supe all it did was make him really drunk 😭
I don't get it
Could you imagine Solider Boy's reaction to modern day simps on the internet?
Christ on a cross…
Honestly, he would say they are stupid (Which I agree)
@@andrewkomaniecki480it's true then. The Boys fans have no media literacy
Bro gals have legit started to expect simp behavior from all guys now
@@seansingh4421 by "simp behaviour" you mean not being treated as kitchen slaves and trophies?
I love all of the old sayings/references soldier boy has, like stuff only your grandpa would say. Like “Christ on a cross” and the Hoover deluxe reference 😂
"You're bleeding... Not mine🌚"
God I wish I can say that without being watch by the feds 😤
oi oi
🗿🗿
The difference between Homelander and Soldier Boy is, that Soldier Boy was a normal Human before.
1:02, "I led the 116th onto Omaha beach..." Sure, with a bullet proof body and super strength. But, LOVE the selective outrage.
It's obvious that it's more about 100s of his men getting slaughtered around him
@@lukeherbst7931 Why would they even bother with the normal soldiers, though? Just let soldier boy go rip the defenses apart for a few days, even if it's just a small landing strip for the others. So, maybe less selective outrage and more so just stupidity.
@@danieldaring9032 they had super soldiers too
Lmao, i always laugh so much when Butcher comes in and says: Oi Oi😂😂😂
Jenson Ackles is Soldier Boy. Anthony Starr is Homelander. Karl Urban is Billy Butcher.
Everyone's forgetting what Soldier Boy has said and done in the show. When MM confronted him about his family slaughter "You killed my family", Soldier Boy coldly responded, "Which one?". I believe in this scene he probably was trying to manipulate Hughie, or he was a sociopath who didn't realize what he was.
Its also what an honest killer who knows he has been responsible for the suffering of innocent people says when a person he doesn't recognize calls him out over bodies that have been cold for 20 years. There's isn't much to say in such a circumstance. You're face to face with someone who is here to kill you as part of a vendetta. This is the crop sown in ages past, the innocent child in a house with the dead, now here as a man to end you. You have to expect such things in that line of work.
If you understand what "Live by the sword, die by the sword" really means then you'll understand why this was the only proper reaction from Soldier Boy.
I think it's important to remember that the Soldier Boy that we see walking around in S3 in 40 years of torture removed from the Soldier Boy that committed all the evil acts. That likely notably shifted his personality and is why so many comments think he's not that bad of a guy.
@@conormccue2871it only takes an ounce of common sense to understand that “which one” was said bc he obviously wants to trigger/mess with MM
@@cortesacrawfordhe is a redeemable character, his political believes might be vile and prejudiced but he has a good heart
Wrong. Soldier boy's a pretty chill guy outside of his mission
Ah yes the walking power plant talking to a (temporary)compound v head
Butcher helping Homelander at the end was f@@@ing dumb.
Then season 4 just went off the rails in terms of quality. Maybe they got they got.
Lol they censor everything except Hughie's reaction to Bill Cosby
I like how we all missed the red flag of "Why would Bill Cosby be trying to give Soldier Boy his special cocktail?"
the look of guilt in his eyes....he convinced me. Until the next time he freaks out and takes out an entire city block
What you mean the ending? Mate he was getting swarmed and they were putting the mask back on him, his ptsd was probably through the roof since he knew they wanted him back in the box after 40 years in there.
He’s probably telling the truth in that he didn’t mean to do it and does feel bad since they did nothing to him, but at that moment his brain went from rational thinking to survival mode to try escape.
@@Kingsaxxy3872 lol. I was just being silly
@@seanahmed9079 And I was a bit drunk so couldn’t tell, my bad lol.
“oi oi” caught me off guard
I refuse to believe this is the same man who voiced Jason Todd in "Under the Red Hood".
Honestly i can relate to soldier boy because when people see you get angry and dont want to help you they just want you gone,when in reality your not a bad guy and you dont want to hurt people but you'll stand and fight for what you believe in and sure sometimes you can go overboard but thats why you have a team who can help you work through it and become better but his team didnt want to help him they wanted to kill/replace him so yeah it was a little fucked up
Tbh hearing soldier boy feels like he was actually patriotic and loved his country unlike homelander who is a narcissist and only cares about himself.
The Cosby line gets me everytime bc if he says their strong drinks, imagine what normal ppl think about them if they even remember them like he does.
0:48 I just noticed that they were playing the commercial for the A-Train drink, that parodies the pepsi ad.
When someone says “I’m not a bad guy.” They’re usually a terrible person lol.
The fact that Cosby made drinks that affected SOLDIER BOY of all people 😂
Soldier Boy has the reaction of any American dead soldier who died in battle in WW2 or earlier wars. Classic!
I like how Amazon tried to portray this guy as toxic and evil, but everyone ended up loving him.
Which is kind of scary, Stormfront was humanized by her relationship to her daughter but she was still a rotten irredeemable pile of crap. Soldier Boy is literally no different.
@@tuckernutter You gotta stop saying literally for no reason.
Because he wasn't toxic OR evil. That's just what the agenda heads thought of him. Only the insane wokies think so.
@@tuckernutterStormfront was an actual nazi... Soldier Boy was a violent a-hole, but that doesn't compare to that Stormfront had in mind.
@@tuckernutter She was a NAZI that wanted to take over the world with Arian supermen. Soldier Boy fought against NAZI's and just wants to be left alone with weed and some slutty older women.
If you think they are the same you are the one with morality problems.
I always liked how soldier boy is more of an anti-villain yet still way more likeable than Homelander if you had to chose, I’m hoping prime can do him somewhat of an arc without making it corny, could be either helping butcher or making it up to MM by saving his family and repenting for what he did. He’s not a bad guy, but he’s in no way a good guy either.
But hey, this is the boys, who knows
No Supe is good. But Soldier Boy feels pain and regret for his actions. Something most Supes don’t have.
SB was nicer to Hughie than Maeve
Or Annie in season 3&4
The Bill Cosby strong drinks line, absolutely brilliant 😂
The bill Cosby bit has me rolling 💀💀💀
The reason i like Soldier Boy is because it is a depiction of the reality for combat vets who have been disenfranchised and discarded. Treated like trash when they get home and have things they need help with that they can’t talk to anyone about cuz their records are blacked out. They exhibit all the signs of PTSD but can’t explain how they got it because of a NDA that will have consequences for breaching. I know cuz I watched it happen. I’ve been third party to this kind of shit for a long time.
*an NDA
@@tivednagol9127oh get a fucking life.
It’s hard to have sympathy for people who treat others like trash tho, while soldier boy isn’t a villain, his old conservative views, and insecurities make him lash out and appear toxic. But yeah ppl who aggressively project their insecurities like he did in the clip don’t deserve support or sympathy until they’ve decided to stop punching down on others, then we can help them no longer punch down on themselves.
For more context: he projected onto the man with the baby holder bc hes confused why men aren’t afraid or insecure of being perceived that way, bc soldier boy would def be insecure if he had to wear one, instead of insulting the entire generation of men for ‘not being man enough” (which btw isn’t a real thing, there’s no such thing as masculinity nor a real man bc they’re made up social constructs), he could of just acknowledged the insecurity within him, he has redeemable qualities and was def screwed over a lot but until he stops with the homophobia, toxic/insecure comments and other typical conservative prejudices like the way they treat women, he ain’t getting my sympathy
@@Tsunai *could have
You know what bugged me about this season. We were told Solider Boy was worse than Homelander but we were never shown that. Worst he did, he did while having PTSD.
The entire episode was to get a weapon to use against Homelander only to not use him when facing Homelander. And they don’t even get the excuse that Solider Boy is the worse evil cuz he wasn’t even taken care of by Homelander. They could of let him take out Homelander first then deal with him after. But the dude came off so done with life that I don’t think he was going to be a threat even if they let him go. He’s an *sshole and a threat when under stress cuz he can’t control his chest cannon but he acted like he was retired the whole season
Oh he might not be worse but he is on par terrible with Homelander. You can see a guy that bullet or other supes can't stop and would explode if put in a stalemate or when PTSD hits out of nowhere, topping that off with toxic masculinity, heightened sense of misogyny and no sense of morality. He would do damage if let go just by arguing with another man or dads that look off to his eyes or girls who reject him. Don't forget he is a literal walking human-vest too. At least Homelander has some social ratings number to care about, but this man only fight for his own twisted sense of righteousness.
@@domovoibutler42 At the end of the season Homelander took a guys head off in public. Which for some reason made people cheer. He is officially off his social media leash
You didn’t see the noir flashback?
@@anousagizu Solider boy beat people up. Homelander kills everyone. Who's worse?
@@anotherfool9278 homelander respects his team to a certain extent, or at least he did at the start of the show…he kills criminals and innocents yea but he doesn’t know them personally which is why i think what soldier boy did to black noir and the rest of the team is way worse than anything homelanders done in the series so far. Even when homelander killed noir he did it bc he felt like he had to and if I remember correctly he cried a bit or at the very least was sad about it. Homelander thinks that supes are superior to humans so he treats them like less than him, soldier boy was just a bad person and a bully but with that much power hes way more dangerous and worse than homelander overall. (Thats just my opinion tho, i can understand why people argue homelander is worse//we also got to see a more human side of soldier boy we dont get from homelander so it makes sense)
I don’t know. Looking at how he is here, it really doesn’t feel like he’s a bad guy. Sure, he has his superiority complex, and why not since he’s one of most perfect supes created, but then he isn’t evil in the way he was depicted in Black Noir’s flashback. 🤷🏻♂️
Creo que no entendiste, el tipo usa la violencia en ese caso como forma de reprimenda para sus compañeros, el tipo lo hace entre sus traumas y su sentido trastornado de moralidad, en su época la cadena de mando lo era todo y que noar le respondiera sus actos se consideraba subordinación, por eso lo patea, el realmente no es malvado al nivel de homelander, es más bien una persona con una aguja moral equivocada, graciosamente lo venden como fuente de pura maldad cuando en realidad solo es un tipo con muchísimos problemas mentales y educacionales, si hubiera Sido instruido en valores correctos probablemente hubiera Sido buena persona, pero acabo siendo sociopata
@@juanpablogarcia6293El mayor problema...es que Soldier Boy SABE que lo que hace esta mal y aun asi lo hace. No se cuestiona asi mismo y sus ideas lo hacen aun peor.
No es "Villano quiere controlar el mundo" nivel de malvado pero si es "Se que esta mal pero aun asi lo hago" nivel de maldad. El golpear a Noir no fue por insubordinación como tal, fue su narcicismo tomando control y rechazando la idea de "Alguien mas que no sea yo quiere brillar". Al golpearlo solo queria asegurar su fama y que este siempre sea el centro de atencion.
media literacy of a tin can
Because he spent the last 40 years caged, he's obviously not gonna be in the same mindset. If he was back with Vought in the same position of power as before he'd probably go back to his old ways
Yea evil isn't always an overt thing. Ever heard the phrase, "the path to hell is paved with good intentions?" Kind of the same concept. In The Watchers, Ozymandias was a similar villain type where you could find yourself agreeing with him in certain contexts. Those are the best kinds of bad guys imo, the ones that make you pause when you really think about the outcomes.
While definitely not a "bad guy" in the true sense of the word, Soldier Boy is definitely not a good person. However, compared to his son, he's an absolute saint. While Homelander is a complete monster who will murder people because he felt like it, Soldier Boy is just a colossal douchebag.
Yeah soldier boy would rather just be at the shit out of you, rather than kill.
1:00 why does his face look like an eagle
because he's the most American american there is
@@MrSandy28 😂😂😂
😂this scene is happily terrifying.
The line about bill Cosby will never make me not laugh especially Hughies reaction to it
I hope they make Soldier boy story as a show.
The censors not catching Hughie makes it so much better. 😂😂😂😂
Soldier boy isn’t killing people intentionally it’s his PTSD kicking in which causes the explosion I mean sure he Definetely has a lack of remorse but when you’ve been tortured for 40 years what can you expect
Soldier boy really wasn’t expecting butcher to be that brutal ☠️
Glad people who didn't watch Supernatural are seeing how talented Jensen Ackles is. As an older brother, his performance as Dean Winchester resonated so much with me. I knew he would kill it doing anything he did after that
Ya’ll forgot to beep Huey’s F-Bomb after the Cosby drink’s line. Might as well take them all out of the video.
I love that Soldier Boy’s having this talk with Hughie.
I like how they tried to make him seem like a villain but he was actually pretty reasonable to most people, the end of season 3 was terrible
Soldier Boy beat the hell out of his teamates in the old days. What the hell do you mean he's a good guy?
@@TheStormbringer8751Yeah, but his teammates were also piece of shit too, so who cares ?
@@JesusChrist-lh1gcnot necessarily. This guy is no better than homelander.
@@footballfan283 Disagree. Soldier Boys wasn’t a man-child, so that’s definitely better.
@@JesusChrist-lh1gc They have different personalities but both are bad people.
I don’t think I ever noticed A-Train’s commercial playing in the background lol (at 0:50)
Soldier Boy did turn out to be more of a villain in the end but looking at the bigger picture, Homelander is still the much bigger threat. Soldier Boy has no aspirations to take over the world or any desire to rule humanity. He also has a code, twisted as it may be, but it’s better than having none at all like Homelander. I think the team lost sight of who needed to be stopped in the end. Homelander is a raging psychopath that unchecked, could wipe us all out while having a big grin on his face.
It’s because of Ryan in the new season you see butcher throw away the cookies because he loves Ryan. He wants him to live because he’s the last part of his wife that left.
Okay, I'm starting to show some sympathy for Soldier Boy.
Soldier boy i miss you 😭
I would kill to see soldier boy as a permanent character, dude can single handedly carry the show for 10 seasons.
yeah right its a shame they didnt use him in s4
Haven’t seen this show but Jensen Ackles is fucking OWNING this role.
I don't remember the Geiger Counter sound when he start getting upset. That's a hell of a small detail to include.
As much as he’s a total piece of shit by today’s standards - Soldier Boy at least regulates his emotions to a point where you almost feel bad for him. Granted , he was still a total douchebag to literally everyone on his team and in general back in the day , but at least he made decisions based on some form of logic. Homelander is just a kid in a candy store mad they don’t have the brand he wants.
“by todays standards” makes it sound as tho these standards are merely ‘the court of public opinion’ rather than an objective discovery humanity has made and radicalised. Bc by today’s standards, we no longer let casual bigotry like homophobia, racism and misogyny fly bc we’ve improved our human rights. This comment is basically just me confused by what you meant and assuming you mean what I’m saying
@@Tsunaibecause it is a court of public opinion. Morality is not chemistry, you do not make discoveries in it
Homelander acts like a liberal,
"not mine" LOL
"I'm not a bad guy," so say countless bad guys.
They bleep the f bomb and soldier boys’ swears then you can hear Hughie say holy fucking shit aha
They shelfed soldier boy way to soon . Still could of squeezed a few more episodes out of his character. Before putting him back on ice..😒
@@MelanciaaaaaaJensen only confirmed that he'd shot a few more throwback Soldier Boy clips (like the Solid Gold and PSA ones)
*too and could have
They have no long term plan just winging it at this point every season end restarts itself, thats what happens when they go off script/canon and also combine activists agenda nonsense.
@@danielhicks4826 I'm so glad they decided to go offscript from the comics, they suck.
It’s literally an infinite safer world with SB around rather than homelander
HES BACK BABY
i would watch a soldier boy spinoff, man i love Jensen on this role
What passes as a man today is hilarious and relatively true
he wasn't bad guy, he didn't kill or torture for no reason like homelander
im new to amazon. is the title always so click baity for their own work? i didn't see no differences being had. just a respectful conversation between 2 people. what am i missing?
You're missing a lot 😂😂
This is season 3 of The Boys. so you’re missing quite a lot.
If you understood Huey you would get the scene. He's horrified by what he's hearing. He's just super polite and doesn't want to offend. Also, is Soldier Boy gets too upset he explodes.
@@alphanerd7221literally
The amount of beeps in this video is insane
So this dude like version of Captain America?
Yes. The Boys is based on a comic by Garth Ennis, a writer who notoriously hates superheroes. Nearly every superhero and superhero team in this book is a parody of a preexisting property. Homelander= Superman, The Deep = Aquaman, Atrain = is a parody of the Flash and other speedsters, The Seven = The JLA, etc. The TV show is much better and actually explores the concepts in more depth than the comic books. The comic books are about as deep as a puddle and relies more on shocking their audience than asking them to think.
@@positiveecho326 Oh! Thank you for that explanation and for teaching me something new! I’ll give the show a try.
@@AnastasioCostaMenoIt’s a good show but fair warning, it can get pretty raunchy and violent.
Soldier Boy was not pure evil he was just broken
You are bleeding
Not mine. 😂😂
SB: coz, now there’s a guy…he really makes some strong drinks.
Hughie: (whispering) holy fucking shit…
Does anyone else see Jenson Ackles playing Batman or is that just me 😅
Guy would be a badass older Batman. Feel the same way about Karl Urban
He did voice him in long Halloween.
I prefer an older jason todd
Imagine Jensen as Bruce Wayne... So many Batman actors really neglect the Bruce Wayne part of the character's identity.@@soko9984
Jensen would do a great job, as long as they’re looking for someone a little bit older
I wish more people were like solider boy
what's the radiation from the soldier boy
Unclear, probably some kind of Biological Superwepon.
possible another person living inside his chest.
Soviets pumped him full of radiation when they were experimenting on him.
@@alphanerd7221 Yeah that's the whole thing what happened to Midtown It's just like the radiation man from heroes if he gets overly emotional he can explode After all a lot of the concepts from the boys most of it is adaptions from the show heroes it's very similar
I have to say, I am really impressed with Jensen Ackles here. He is an underrated actor. He is the perfect man for this role. You learn so much about Soldier Boy just from this brief scene.
Soldier boy definitely has toxic masculinity, but he is much more than that. He's got more depth than that. I think that's why people love them.
If Homelander is the villain you love to hate, Soldier Boy is the villain that's hard to hate