lol not for neo fash dorks like yourself. It definitely could be better but it’s easily one of the top 5 best shows running rn. You guys don’t like it cuz it’s too mean to corporate power and American exceptionalism it’s pathetic. Cry pssy 😂🤡😘
@@mrcrabs9296 It wasn't played for laughs at Starlight and she wasn't victim-blamed or had her life put in danger for ten days while also being SA'd that whole time, then had to apologize for it. Imagine if they had a man yell at a woman for being SA'd and having to apologize to her selfish male partner while portraying him as being the "victim." What's worse is, Annie knew the Shapeshifter could steal memories and thoughts too, and she never once apologized to Hughie, instead saying "Your SA and life being put in danger better not affect me with STDs." She became a complete POS with that scene and a reflection of the writers.
Tek Knight was arguably one of the few legit heroes in the comics. His problem was a fixation on sex stemming from a tumor afflicting the part his brain responsible for lust and attraction. But he would deny any immoral feelings and would do his best to be a legitimate hero. And the show made him a grape lover
Foreal, I didn’t read the comics but I did enjoy Tek Knight in Gen V. Super cool character despite lacking any physically imposing powers but in S4 of The Boys he’s just a racist and a sexual deviant who gets clapped after 90% of his screen time was just over the top, played out shock value sex stuff. What a waste.
A big one I noticed is how un-terrifying homelander is this season. In previous seasons the main thing that made him terrifying is the unpredictability. The moments where you didn't know what he was gonna do, if he was gonna kill someone, or attack them, that's what made scenes tense and drew you in. Every scene with him this season made me roll my eyes. You went into it already knowing what he was going to do as soon as he entered the room.
*in my best The Deep voice*: "See bro, the reason the writing is all scatter plotted bro, and inconsistent bro, is because if all the characters had a shared goal bro, the story would be over in 3 epsidoes. Bro. We gotta keep this shit making money for as many seasons as possible bro. Really gotta enlongate these "story arcs" bro. Otherwise we're all out of a job bro. And what's especially important bro, is if the show were to end bro, our ugly ass, bald, lead writer wouldn't be able to stuff the show with his political rhetoric bro. God is he ugly but he keeps ME PAID BRO!"
Especially that disgusting human train scene… And also the guy showing off his dong just for the sake of showing off his dong… We all know who’s behind all that… Seth Rogen is a bit of a pervert
The older seasons the writer’s message were subtle and not overpowering the show to the point where some characters do or say irrational stuff. Why do we need Tek knight to stare at A train for 5 seconds, talk about slave catching and saying his great great grandpa would’ve Catch A-train’s ancestors for us to know his wealth was built off of slave catching? They Could’ve added like a picture of an old man and tek knight describes him as his grandpa to A train before Atrain looks to his right and notices a display of a whip and Tek knight blocks his views, assuring him it’s for BDSM and not what he’s thinking of. You can add your message without making it insufferably annoying
The point was to be overt and to “put him in his place” aka no matter how super he is - even if he’s the greatest runner ever - there’s no outrunning his inferior station. It goes with the theme of the entire season of escaping the past etc.
Great point, it annoys the hell out of me when people think that we dislike the new season because of it being political because it somehow “hurts our feelings” lmao. Like nah bro go ahead and push whatever political agenda you want but at least make it subtle or entertaining ffs. A 30 second long racist tirade from Tek Knight and a drawn out speech from Sister Sage talking about “they wouldn’t let a little black girl blah blah blah” is just exhausting to watch and not well woven into the storyline at all. It’s barely above Disney levels of forced PC cringe.
Something I've been thinking about recently is that maybe the reason theres plenty of filler and scenes that don't matter is because the writers chose to focus on the 7 which means the world of the show has less heroes so they can fit the structure of a seasonal series. The boys comic has the main cast go up against more popular and "stronger" heroes so the comic has more oppurtunities to kill off badguys as they work up to homelander and the other heroes that are left alive in the ending. With less characters in the show its harder to write climactic battles and confrontations with consequences that matter. I know the show has other problems but I think less supes(badguys) is also a factor.
(SPOILERS) The Boys season 4 is woke and that sucks yes, but the writing is also really bad as well, and there's plot holes and contrivances everywhere. Like how dumb Sage is despite being "the smartest person in the world." How Butcher's cancer could decimate an Alpha Level supe like Victoria. Like how Annie is called out for being selfish and malicious by both Firecracker and the Shapeshifter and she only proves them right by dismissing Hughie's double-S.A and making it _all about her_ despite being graped several times and his life being in danger all that time. How Ryan cares about his mother, but could off Mallory, who's basically like his grandmother. Turning Frenchie gay for an NPC nobody even remembers the name of, only to un-gay him for Kimiko, despite Kimiko permanently putting him in the Friend Zone since season one. The Deep being set up for a redemption arc considering he's living his life in fear, but then denied it for A-Train, who's been a douche the entire series, yet suddenly deserves "redemption." Or the several gross out genitalia scenes they have on the show, but showing Firecracker's breasts was "too obscene" for them (not that we needed to see that either, but the hypocrisy is insane.) I made it to the end of season 4 and will not be returning for season 5. And I almost never say that about a show. I'm not even conservative, but there's only so much mean-spiritedness and the writers being assholes to 50% of their audience, I can take. She Hulk already did that in 2022.
Well... the season was pretty good imo. Lots of character development everyone having their own major dilemmas, but the first 3 episodes weren't great. The finale was almost perfect.
Probably Seth Rogen’s doing that it’s so corny now. He is incapable of writing villains without him making them unlikeable over the top cartoons representing people who disagree with him. Good shows have likable villains with nuance. Also Starlight is always a jump scare now from the surgery.
Not to mention, the guy is a perverted, sexual deviant, the fact that they show that disgusting human train, and then the guy is showing off his dong, just for the sake of showing off his dong, yeah, typical Seth Rogen humor that he thinks everybody’s just gonna laugh at, I personally wanted to puke
The only memorable scene from Season 4 was when Homelander grabbed the shoulder of that green dude with the goo running out and just tearing him appart. There was something perverse, disgusting and horrible about that scene that grossed me out
yeah the plot really sucks this season. The best episode is Homelander returning to the Vault.. but even that is just entertaining. It doesn't really drive the story forward. Love the show, but this season is by far the worst. Hoping the last episode goes out with a bang, but I hear it ends on another cliffhanger.
The stuff they did with Tek Knight legit pissed me off. They went out of their way to make their world's version of Batman as comically evil as possible. Wealth coming from Prisons and Slave catching, making his Alfred equivalent an angry borderline slave, making his Robin little more than his gimp, his Batcave is a Sex Dungeon, and he's a sex obsessed, racist, elitest prick who everyone views as a joke and dies as part of a BDSM gag. So much potential with said character and they threw it all away to make a bunch of painfully obvious and heavy handed jabs at Batman, the rich and the like.
Couldn't agree more, I will be going over that in a few videos, so much crap to get through. The politics in that episode is so heavy handed, so painful.
To be fair, the entire premise of the show is a real world take on common hero archetypes - we can point to countless examples of filthy rich and ruthless pervs in reality because that’s far more likely of an outcome than getting selfless billionaires that work to undercut their own interest for the common good of society - in service to their absolute devotion to justice, disciple and restraint 😂
Surprised you didn't use The Walking Dead as a comparison. That show started out really well, but in later seasons they had a season finale in mind (in line with the comics), and the rest of the season was a slow plod towards it, padding the season out with lots of filler episodes that had no bearing on the main story. That is what The Boys season 4 reminds me of. They have a finale in mind, to set the stage for the final season, but they can't write a story to get there as it would be too short, so they are padding the season with filler (not necessarily filler episodes, more as you described them, side quests). And as you said, these side quests have no bearing on the main story arc, they are just there to give the characters something to do to fill in the first half of the season, while drip feeding the story arc, in preparation for the second half of the season leading up to their desired season finale. I suspect the ending of season 4 will be the death of Robert Singer, the President, with the final shot of the episode being Homelander sitting in the Oval Office with his feet up on the desk, contemplating his victory and what he should do next, and probably also Butcher getting his hands on a version of the virus that is strong enough to kill Homelander but also every other supe as collateral damage, and his face showing he is going to use it (maybe showing imaginary Kessler killing imaginary Rebecca to show his dark side killing his good side etc).
Judgin by the like to dislike ratio (I'm using the Return the Dislike Button addon for firefox) it feels like some comments that disagree with your review are deleted. Is that true?
I agree with your statement about everything just happening with no real purpose, and that's how the show felt to me in the first few episodes. This is the most direct the show has been about its politics, which can get tiring. It also feels like The Boys took exactly what made the show popular and just went fucking nuts with it at the expense of good writing. There has been a lot of ad placement too (which is exactly the type of shit they make fun of earlier in the show). But its getting more direction after the last few episodes and I still think the overarching story is good. I have also enjoyed MM's character. I really liked the show when I first watched it so I am trying to stay hopeful about it. It just feels different now.
Even the good parts of this season are suffering, Homelander yet again kills off another group of people *off screen* just like he did in season 2 and despite not being human *at all* he’s gone back to being season 1 Homelander controlled level with Firecracker now. Butcher and Ryan could’ve been a great storyline but they rushed Ryan into being sadistic so whenever Ghost Becca constantly brings up Ryan as a way to convince Butcher not to unleash the virus who cares, the Homelander spawnling is already on the way to become evil.
You're right. They keep saying "He has no rules now" but then having him chasing his own tail for the season. Season 2 and Season 4 are pure water treading.
@@blurtam188 Um... list them yourself...? You watched the show right? Season 3 was absolutely amazing up until the finale. Season 4 was utter dogshit until the finale. Like, so much happened last season, but nothing happened until the finale this season.
Also, yeah Starlight was crying while looking at an older photo of herself. What the hell was that about? You know what's funny, the character development of this show reminds me The Walking Dead where it was so bad that they would devote all this time to a character you'd never heard over, just so they could kill that character off later in the episode and HOPE you felt something for them. It was done like clockwork. There was an actor on that show that starred on HBO's The Wire for a few episodes and he had more development in The Wire than 2 or so seasons of The Walking Dead. Anyway, that show's rise and fall...and spinoffs are just something I'll never understand.
What’s even happened this season. 2 “evil” supes have been added to the Seven but are write offs and basically irrelevant, Hughies dad died, The Boys have gotten “SLIGHTLY” closer to the virus, Edgers still in prison, not much has changed for MMs family,not much has changed with Kumiko and Frenchi, Hughie and Starlights relationship are basically the same. Butcher has gotten a slightly bit closer to dying. So what could have been accomplished in two episodes in season 2 takes up the entire season
Every episode from 1-7 was just random things ending with 'shock values', while main plot inched only in the last episode that too as a step up to season 5, I mean think about sister sage, you could remove the character from the plot and nothing would change, starlight's whole activist group had no real consequence on 'the boys', the virus was nothing new they already introduced it in gen v so it had no plot advancement, Butcher had very little significant screen time apart from the ones with Kessler that actually focused on the main goal, I mean honestly it was really poor, they pulled off the last episode at least, someone can just watch the last episode and move on to season 5 and they would be more or less good. Edit: And my god they need to tone down their political pandering, I get it kripke is a lefty but his obsession has ruined the show
Let's also add that this show has gone so hard left it sacrificed any story telling. I started this well after its debuted and two scenes got me hooked. Homelander abandoning those passengers on the plane and Homelander destroying the private jet carrying a senator or something like that. The story was about the anti-superhero and corporation controlling them and a lot of other weirdness. It's devolved into TDS.
This whole season is about each character's struggle..Starlight's energy, Hughie's parents, MM's family, Butcher's cancer, Deep's mental struggles, A-train's loyalty struggles, Homelanders power, Frenchie's relationship, and NO ONE care's about most of these characters. It's experiencing the same problem The Walking Dead did because it's not killing these characters off. These actors are like family now and they're too afraid to kill them off. All the interesting characters have been "killed off" while all the lame characters have remained. Homelander is this show. The more Homelander, the better. He's an anti-hero if you ask me. I actually can't stand the team, even Kimiko is annoying. Holy shit, SPEAK ALREADY! I bet there will be a severe ratings drop because many viewers didn't make it to that finale. It took a nosedive in season 3 with the story. Anyway, watching this now is like watching MSNBC. Next season will be like watching the news. People don't watch these shows for that purpose. Stop the anti-conservative agenda and worrying about diversity quotas and just focus on entertaining the audience. This season is at the level of something filmed during the pandemic or the product of a show that returned after a 2 years writer's strike. This is season 4 and it feels like it's already out of steam with filler. Maybe they're intentionally tanking it now because they don't know how to end it and want to work on spin-offs? Seriously, with TV shows now, it's a weak idea that gets a season, since a season is just 8-10 episodes, and if that season is a hit they have to make 4 more seasons and they have no idea how to do it. Back in the day TV shows went 24 episodes a season every year. They can't come close to that now. They know how to start a hit show, but that's pretty much it, and the streaming services don't care. They'll start a thousand shows and cancel them after 2 seasons. They got their views and that's all that matters. Then they'll make 5 spin-offs and comic book shows sell like drugs regardless. It's late and I'm rambling again. haha I just with HBO got this show, because I know they'd have given the fans what they want.
The reason The Boys didn't try to kill Neuman again, when they ran into her again (no pun intended) was, because they made a temporarily alliance with her to do something.
3:28 they don't make any attempts maybe aw just maybe because she can one shot anyone with a clean head shoot duuuu did you skip on this part in season 3 and 2 they revealed her ability really early on in the show even in gen-v
They traded their soul for politics and the monkeys paw is they flipped who is who. Yes. Literally. Everything each side does meta ethics wise is flip flopped lol.
They did the same thing that alot of the dc tv shows did end the season on a major cliff hanger bring it up in the season premiere then Ignore it after that did homelander get in trouble for killing that guy at the end of last season who knows and clearly the writer don't care
At this point it's better to watch Banshee instead. It has Homelander (Antony Starr) as a main character and all four seasons are well written. (Main story ends with season 2 though)
The problem with the Boys is that it is a parody of real life American politics. That's why there are so many stuffs happened at once, those things need to be passed to parody real life. Homelander being Trump is an example. That being said, you have a point in the subplot. Kimiko and Hughie scene is so dumb.
Frenchie didn't turn gay suddenly tho, that boy has been kissing men and women since season 1, what they did fail at was adding some random dude we never seen before for his subplot
@Anthony20603 I know it was hinted that he was bi but it's the build up of his love story with Kimiko that gets destroyed all because they wanna force this gay shit onto people nd frankly it's getting tiresome. Season 4 is 💩 nd from the looks of it the show is a train wreck now.
I accepted after the 2nd episode that this wasn't for me anymore. Erase that shit and never look back. Luckily I had lot's a training thanks to Disney.
Now.... Ever since that handicapped scene with the downsyndrome superman..where they let a plane filled with people die. This show has been worse than lost. Its like the ball sweat of tv shows like grays anatomy. With awful actors, awful story telling and really bad dialog.
has homelander lost his humanity or not? is sage smart? is ryan turning evil? can homelander tell when someone's lying? is anyone even trying to kill homelander? is homelander trying to kill anyone? is the death of innocents a bad thing? is butcher trying to save ryan? the writers can't seem to decide.
"is sage smart" yes. she's. always been. wtf are you talking about? "is homelander trying to kill anyone" first of all, he's killed a tonne of people this season, and secondly, if you watched the show, you'd know that homelander is apathetic about everything, he has no real motivation because nothing makes him happy, and he emplyed sage so he could get some of that meaning and purpose in his life "Is the death of innocents a bad thing?" okay, you clearly don't watch the show, there's many scenes in this season where an innocent is killed, or has been killed, and characters experience extreme guilt over it. you're just lying here about the writers not making up their minds. "Is ryan turning evil?" THAT's THE POINT! he's an ultra powerful, hormonal teen who has complexity and isn't just one character description. You bitching about writers is just you not understanding nuance "if butcher trying to save ryan" LITERALLY EVERYTHING butcher has done has been to save Ryan, that explicit. How did you miss this? You've clearly not watched the show, no one with 2 brains cells or more could watch this show and be as confused as you are. Do better, Freak
Lol it’s actually hilarious since the shows been pretty much the same the whole time. They can’t make you people happy and still stay true to the anti fash anti unchecked power of the comic. Every episode I said to my gf this is really gonna piss off all the neo fash gamer dweebs….and I was right. You guys should make your own show where corporate monopolies and billionaires are the good guys that would be so awesome 🥴😆😂
Homelander is not a nuanced at all. Powerful character with a tragic backstory. That has been so many times. Madara , obito, broly ,thanos. Lets get real now. People like this show because they think it's edgy and violent. That makes people feel mature. Starrs performance is severly overrated. The facial expressions he makes are so forced and down right stupid. He looks like me in the fourth grade when i huffed and puffed to try scaring my bullies. None of these characters are actual characters. Theyre tropes. Theres no characterization moments. We don't even know what they want anymore. In s1 they were trying to get revenge for robin. Idk anymore. Its no better than CW flash
This season was a longer, bigger budget version of Gen V. Multiple episodes to end up eerily close to where it started. It was lazy, boring and dumb. Even without Kripke saying the show is his way of shitting on conservatives, it made not want to watch it any more.
Totally agree, I am going to go over Kripke in my next video, watching him rant about politics in all of his interviews in cringy. He is absoloutly biased.
2:53 ugh yeah figures that the French stereotype from the comics will be gay wash and not have a relationship with a Japanese girl like in the comics xd got push that woke agenda guys
Season 4 is clearly setting up for season 5. Whilst it hasnt been the greatest season (most likely the weakest) i think the plot advances will catch up in season 5 due to the events in season 4. As for the political agenda, its way more clear than it was yes but the show has always showed a political commentary on modern society. However, i expect better next season
Of course you have Mark as your profile pic... Allow me to guess, you used the exact same excuse for season 2 of Invincible? You consumers are really out here telling us to wait 2 whole years to get nothing and be fine with it.
@kalb390 what does invincible have to do with anything lmfao, op isn't defending the season, they even said it's the weakest and hopes they do better on the next one
@@kalb390 or maybe i just like the character? As a matter of fact, i found the release schedule of Invincible to be inexcusable. However, people are far too whiny with The Boys.
@@rogerroger2514 Aaaaand of course you also believe that the issue with Invincible season 2 is the release schedule... They must be cloning you people or something, you're all the exact same.
I got through the 4th and my last season. It's just there for the idiotic TDS mania. It's fine to dislike any politician and especially that clown, but to watch a show that literally shoehorns every trope believed to be Trump related is just silly and lazy. There is no story. There's a sequence of loosely tied events and NOTHING gets resolved.
the boys always suck even in season 1 ugh the comics where edgy yes and they did have there woke moments but the writing was still batter then this b.s
Thanks for the bad take recomendation RUclips, here ya go lil guy, a downvote and a comment! Now run along back to not having any kind of impact on the site ya lil incell
your criticisms are so nitpicky T_T kimiko and hughie going together wasn't detrimental to the plot in any way :// remember that the boys are a team, the pairing makes sense and its really not that deep lol. while there are a lot of plot points going on, it's still well written (being properly connected to one another and addressed in universe) and is obviously leading to converge in the final season. there is a plot and its in the boys vs homelander as both sides continue to develop their identity and goals. to say the show sucks now while being dismissive of the fact that there has been so much actual development and payoff this season. ryans back and forth between homelander and butcher, kimiko actually addressing her past, hughie tying ends with his family, starlights continuous fight for justice, and best of all atrains redemption arc.
Seasons over and they didn't converge. Most of the stories sizzle out on their own. Hughie killed his dad, Frenchie was forgiven by Kimiko but her own story wasn't resolved. MM had his family story off to the side pretty much except one scene with A-Train. I could keep going but my point being that most of the season did not have central narrative. While the characters all ended up in the same place, it was hardly due to their own stories leading them there. It just happened.
@@generationoffended4003 brother they didnt sizzle out they got resolved T_T all the characters having different plot points was also an ok direction to go with. since its been well established that they all have their own goals apart from taking out homelander or other supes. kimiko for example, isn't with the boys because she has a personal vendetta against homelander, therefore most of her personal story was addressed this season. not having a clear central narrative doesn't necessarily mean that it's all filler or useless subplots. again, a lot of development still happened this season, and the s4 finale sets up a lot of stakes for the final season. the way i see it, the writers dedicated this season to better flesh out their central cast before the finale (which i feel they did so they could go all out on the action in s5). ig everyone has their own opinions regarding the direction they went with the "filler" moments, but to say that the show sucks now is a crazy overstatement.
Bro's living still in a 2016 culture war 😭 Edit: After watching past the intro, this video is actually pretty good, though. Some genuinely funny bits in there, well edited. You made some valid points about the flaws of this season and although I do think the politics have been a little bit on the nose this latest season, I don't believe politics in The Boys is the main issue. Great video critique.
Comparing it to Infinity war didn't help. The "side quests" they do, sets up for the next season which will probably bring them together, u did make a few good poins like hughie and Kimiko but its only a few minor problems in this season.
@@ryanreylondsthesecond2796 They have lots of little storylines. U may not like it but it sets up for the next season, plus it still gives you tid bits of story inbetween
@@chlorisc6078 I lowkey don’t even know the story anymore. It’s like invincible season 2, an epilogue of season 1 as well as a trailer for season 3, but not really its own story for season 2
Now that the season has ended I think its safe to say that most of this was filler, Kamiko and Frenchie's romance is a good example of this. Just random drama only to bring them back together when they could have done it in season 3.
@@AhmadMohammadi-tc6mo Who's coping? It's always been in your face with the political shit, always based on shock value and always had so so writing. Cry more.
@@davidblank420No one is crying, but people like you are coping. This season is not only politically bad but also poorly written. Did you not watch this video? It literally criticizes The Boys S4 writing without being political.
Respectfully, this review is all over the place. The message constantly vibrates between "The main characters don't have any goals" and "There are too many characters who have goals" so quickly it's entered a new realm of blind confusion without addressing what's actually wrong with the show aside from minor nitpicks. All good characters have clear motivation with clear goals, and when there's not a big mystery unravelling the show will enter a state of all the characters being more free with what they get up to and explore what they want. This seasons them appears to be escaping your past, where each character has a different reaction. Homelander literally kills his past, Frenchie tries to punish himself for his crimes, Kimiko chooses to fight back against those who caused her pain, Hughie chooses to forgive A-Train for Robin and move on while Butcher confronts his violent past personality through his shattered mind. Choosing what questions to face your audience is just good writing, mix it in with uncertainty and surgical characterization.
Ngl idk what ur on about dude. How about u wait until the seasons actually done? Aswell, its setting up for season 5 and giving the backlash from season 3.
I have a lot of problem with it. I don’t enjoy a lot of the woke shit and stuff done w the plot but I do enjoy the show. I’m a fan of the comics. I read them before the show ever came out.I think the comics are superior.
I have a lot of problem with it. I don’t enjoy a lot of the woke shit and stuff done w the plot but I do enjoy the show. I’m a fan of the comics. I read them before the show ever came out.I think the comics are superior.
season 4 only had 2 good episodes so far. episode 4 and episode 7. hopefully episode 8 is good as well and i think it will be. the animal supe episode was interesting but could have been better. and web weaver was cool but kind of wasted protentional cause they could have done more with him. Tek Knight was super wasted protentional they didnt even show him in his suit and just died in a really weird way. all and all 6/10 season so far but episode 8 might push it to a 7/10 season. so the season is a little bit above mid but not terrible but still pretty bad
Wow. People really are missing how the Boys was parodying all the woke shows, and what people say about them. Like how are you all missing this? The last 2 episodes are great. Can’t wait for the finale.
@@generationoffended4003 if you’re talking about the one with him bashing people calling everything woke, I agree. All people do is talk, yet they still hate watch. That’s half Disney’s viewership. This season of the Boys was off putting at first, but I love it now.
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New season of the boys is literally just "Conservatives BAD!! Conservatives BAAAD!!" it's really not fun to watch in any way
Yeah the politics were so heavy handed. Kripke has admitted it himself that he attacked the right way more yet some people think its still satire.
@@generationoffended4003 I wonder what happened to him from season 5 of Supernatural. He used to be good at these things.
lol not for neo fash dorks like yourself. It definitely could be better but it’s easily one of the top 5 best shows running rn. You guys don’t like it cuz it’s too mean to corporate power and American exceptionalism it’s pathetic. Cry pssy 😂🤡😘
And that's why you're crying LOL
@@blurtam188 Because nobody likes politics forced down they're throat...? My god, you suck this show off harder then a pornstar.
Hughie got SA’d twice and it’s all jokes and banter but God forbid that happens to any woman in the show
That is my only gripe tbh... everything else was great
It happen to starlight in the first episode of the show
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It wasn't played for laughs at Starlight and she wasn't victim-blamed or had her life put in danger for ten days while also being SA'd that whole time, then had to apologize for it. Imagine if they had a man yell at a woman for being SA'd and having to apologize to her selfish male partner while portraying him as being the "victim." What's worse is, Annie knew the Shapeshifter could steal memories and thoughts too, and she never once apologized to Hughie, instead saying "Your SA and life being put in danger better not affect me with STDs."
She became a complete POS with that scene and a reflection of the writers.
@@mrcrabs9296 Nobody forced her. She could have walked away any time.
She was forced retard@@cortesimerci35
Tek Knight was arguably one of the few legit heroes in the comics. His problem was a fixation on sex stemming from a tumor afflicting the part his brain responsible for lust and attraction. But he would deny any immoral feelings and would do his best to be a legitimate hero.
And the show made him a grape lover
Foreal, I didn’t read the comics but I did enjoy Tek Knight in Gen V. Super cool character despite lacking any physically imposing powers but in S4 of The Boys he’s just a racist and a sexual deviant who gets clapped after 90% of his screen time was just over the top, played out shock value sex stuff. What a waste.
no such thing as 'morality' - buddy...
He even sent his kid side kid away because of that
@@godzillazfrictionwhat a retarded thing to say.
@@godzillazfriction What are you talking about?
My only thought after every episode has been “so nothing really happened”
A big one I noticed is how un-terrifying homelander is this season. In previous seasons the main thing that made him terrifying is the unpredictability. The moments where you didn't know what he was gonna do, if he was gonna kill someone, or attack them, that's what made scenes tense and drew you in. Every scene with him this season made me roll my eyes. You went into it already knowing what he was going to do as soon as he entered the room.
The boys basically became “and then this happens” the show.
Pretty much, yeah.
@@mcsavi1538 exactly
LOL That's been the whole show - you just don't like that it's making more fun of you snowflake
@@blurtam188 Keep coping. This show's season whilst having some good highlights, has some really, really bad lows.
What do you mean basically became “and then this happens” the show?
This season has literally gone nowhere
Its really frustrating watch a show die out like this, since season 1 was so good.
A train is redeeming himself
Homelanders son is standing up
And more
@@user-rp9yh4th2uA train is still redeeming himself after 4 seasons
@@CJ_YT96 any long tv shows has long character arks
@@CJ_YT96you know what character arcs are?
*in my best The Deep voice*:
"See bro, the reason the writing is all scatter plotted bro, and inconsistent bro, is because if all the characters had a shared goal bro, the story would be over in 3 epsidoes. Bro. We gotta keep this shit making money for as many seasons as possible bro. Really gotta enlongate these "story arcs" bro. Otherwise we're all out of a job bro. And what's especially important bro, is if the show were to end bro, our ugly ass, bald, lead writer wouldn't be able to stuff the show with his political rhetoric bro. God is he ugly but he keeps ME PAID BRO!"
@@drcox012 bro…
Madelyn Stilwell was more a MC than Becca
Feels like 80% of scenes this season wete filler or stuff we didnt need
It was only in episode 6 that any form of a main plot started happening.
Literally stuff we didn't care about.
Especially that disgusting human train scene… And also the guy showing off his dong just for the sake of showing off his dong… We all know who’s behind all that… Seth Rogen is a bit of a pervert
Either you like the characters or not I really think Hughies story was amazing
Like episode 5, a bad rip off of Stranger Things
The older seasons the writer’s message were subtle and not overpowering the show to the point where some characters do or say irrational stuff. Why do we need Tek knight to stare at A train for 5 seconds, talk about slave catching and saying his great great grandpa would’ve Catch A-train’s ancestors for us to know his wealth was built off of slave catching? They Could’ve added like a picture of an old man and tek knight describes him as his grandpa to A train before Atrain looks to his right and notices a display of a whip and Tek knight blocks his views, assuring him it’s for BDSM and not what he’s thinking of.
You can add your message without making it insufferably annoying
Pretty sure I will need to make a whole video on that episode. Its so painful though I am not excited
The point was to be overt and to “put him in his place” aka no matter how super he is - even if he’s the greatest runner ever - there’s no outrunning his inferior station. It goes with the theme of the entire season of escaping the past etc.
Great point, it annoys the hell out of me when people think that we dislike the new season because of it being political because it somehow “hurts our feelings” lmao. Like nah bro go ahead and push whatever political agenda you want but at least make it subtle or entertaining ffs.
A 30 second long racist tirade from Tek Knight and a drawn out speech from Sister Sage talking about “they wouldn’t let a little black girl blah blah blah” is just exhausting to watch and not well woven into the storyline at all. It’s barely above Disney levels of forced PC cringe.
@@RiceQube21 I guess they were trying to fully characterize him before they foolishly killed off what could've been a great character.
@@RiceQube21 reddit being so negative against this season is real surprise for sure
The whole of the boys can be summed up as waiting for a sneeze to come but it never comes
Nice haha
The actress for Starlight looks like she's dying.
Something I've been thinking about recently is that maybe the reason theres plenty of filler and scenes that don't matter is because the writers chose to focus on the 7 which means the world of the show has less heroes so they can fit the structure of a seasonal series. The boys comic has the main cast go up against more popular and "stronger" heroes so the comic has more oppurtunities to kill off badguys as they work up to homelander and the other heroes that are left alive in the ending. With less characters in the show its harder to write climactic battles and confrontations with consequences that matter. I know the show has other problems but I think less supes(badguys) is also a factor.
Yare yare
@@youtubevideos3227 good grief
For me its too political and also too much plot armor, if you don’t want a character to die why write them into a situation where it’s unbelievable
Kimiko went with Hughie to be be his bodyguard. That was pretty clear. I'm not saying the season makes any sense, but... yeah.
(SPOILERS)
The Boys season 4 is woke and that sucks yes, but the writing is also really bad as well, and there's plot holes and contrivances everywhere. Like how dumb Sage is despite being "the smartest person in the world." How Butcher's cancer could decimate an Alpha Level supe like Victoria. Like how Annie is called out for being selfish and malicious by both Firecracker and the Shapeshifter and she only proves them right by dismissing Hughie's double-S.A and making it _all about her_ despite being graped several times and his life being in danger all that time. How Ryan cares about his mother, but could off Mallory, who's basically like his grandmother. Turning Frenchie gay for an NPC nobody even remembers the name of, only to un-gay him for Kimiko, despite Kimiko permanently putting him in the Friend Zone since season one. The Deep being set up for a redemption arc considering he's living his life in fear, but then denied it for A-Train, who's been a douche the entire series, yet suddenly deserves "redemption." Or the several gross out genitalia scenes they have on the show, but showing Firecracker's breasts was "too obscene" for them (not that we needed to see that either, but the hypocrisy is insane.)
I made it to the end of season 4 and will not be returning for season 5. And I almost never say that about a show. I'm not even conservative, but there's only so much mean-spiritedness and the writers being assholes to 50% of their audience, I can take. She Hulk already did that in 2022.
Season has been a WASTE of the years we waited for it.
Well said.
Well... the season was pretty good imo. Lots of character development everyone having their own major dilemmas, but the first 3 episodes weren't great. The finale was almost perfect.
What developments?
Probably Seth Rogen’s doing that it’s so corny now. He is incapable of writing villains without him making them unlikeable over the top cartoons representing people who disagree with him. Good shows have likable villains with nuance. Also Starlight is always a jump scare now from the surgery.
Not to mention, the guy is a perverted, sexual deviant, the fact that they show that disgusting human train, and then the guy is showing off his dong, just for the sake of showing off his dong, yeah, typical Seth Rogen humor that he thinks everybody’s just gonna laugh at, I personally wanted to puke
The only memorable scene from Season 4 was when Homelander grabbed the shoulder of that green dude with the goo running out and just tearing him appart.
There was something perverse, disgusting and horrible about that scene that grossed me out
yeah the plot really sucks this season. The best episode is Homelander returning to the Vault.. but even that is just entertaining. It doesn't really drive the story forward. Love the show, but this season is by far the worst. Hoping the last episode goes out with a bang, but I hear it ends on another cliffhanger.
Yeah exactly it’s just filler
The stuff they did with Tek Knight legit pissed me off. They went out of their way to make their world's version of Batman as comically evil as possible. Wealth coming from Prisons and Slave catching, making his Alfred equivalent an angry borderline slave, making his Robin little more than his gimp, his Batcave is a Sex Dungeon, and he's a sex obsessed, racist, elitest prick who everyone views as a joke and dies as part of a BDSM gag.
So much potential with said character and they threw it all away to make a bunch of painfully obvious and heavy handed jabs at Batman, the rich and the like.
Couldn't agree more, I will be going over that in a few videos, so much crap to get through. The politics in that episode is so heavy handed, so painful.
That's my only grip with the season so far
bro they didn't have enough budget to actually make his suit and that. plus in gen v they go more in depth on the character
@@hime3384 Then don't use him.
To be fair, the entire premise of the show is a real world take on common hero archetypes - we can point to countless examples of filthy rich and ruthless pervs in reality because that’s far more likely of an outcome than getting selfless billionaires that work to undercut their own interest for the common good of society - in service to their absolute devotion to justice, disciple and restraint 😂
I wanted to argue this, but my guy does have a bit of a point. Think it's a bit hyperbolic, but not wrong.
Surprised you didn't use The Walking Dead as a comparison. That show started out really well, but in later seasons they had a season finale in mind (in line with the comics), and the rest of the season was a slow plod towards it, padding the season out with lots of filler episodes that had no bearing on the main story. That is what The Boys season 4 reminds me of.
They have a finale in mind, to set the stage for the final season, but they can't write a story to get there as it would be too short, so they are padding the season with filler (not necessarily filler episodes, more as you described them, side quests). And as you said, these side quests have no bearing on the main story arc, they are just there to give the characters something to do to fill in the first half of the season, while drip feeding the story arc, in preparation for the second half of the season leading up to their desired season finale.
I suspect the ending of season 4 will be the death of Robert Singer, the President, with the final shot of the episode being Homelander sitting in the Oval Office with his feet up on the desk, contemplating his victory and what he should do next, and probably also Butcher getting his hands on a version of the virus that is strong enough to kill Homelander but also every other supe as collateral damage, and his face showing he is going to use it (maybe showing imaginary Kessler killing imaginary Rebecca to show his dark side killing his good side etc).
It's Jeffrey Dean Morgan. That guy ruins shows for a living.
I stopped watching after season 2.
That is fair, Season 2 was also garbage.
You sound like Alan from Smiling friends
I also look just like him
Judgin by the like to dislike ratio (I'm using the Return the Dislike Button addon for firefox) it feels like some comments that disagree with your review are deleted. Is that true?
Nope
Makes absolutely no sense
I agree with your statement about everything just happening with no real purpose, and that's how the show felt to me in the first few episodes. This is the most direct the show has been about its politics, which can get tiring. It also feels like The Boys took exactly what made the show popular and just went fucking nuts with it at the expense of good writing. There has been a lot of ad placement too (which is exactly the type of shit they make fun of earlier in the show). But its getting more direction after the last few episodes and I still think the overarching story is good. I have also enjoyed MM's character. I really liked the show when I first watched it so I am trying to stay hopeful about it. It just feels different now.
how do you sound like the nerd emoji its lowkey insane
Gotta admit that you're right
He does sound like the nerd emoji
He literally does lmao. "Erm actually, the shows shit 🤓" soundin ass.
Even the good parts of this season are suffering, Homelander yet again kills off another group of people *off screen* just like he did in season 2 and despite not being human *at all* he’s gone back to being season 1 Homelander controlled level with Firecracker now. Butcher and Ryan could’ve been a great storyline but they rushed Ryan into being sadistic so whenever Ghost Becca constantly brings up Ryan as a way to convince Butcher not to unleash the virus who cares, the Homelander spawnling is already on the way to become evil.
You're right. They keep saying "He has no rules now" but then having him chasing his own tail for the season. Season 2 and Season 4 are pure water treading.
With everything happening, nothing is happening in the grander scheme of things. Last season was too good to top even though it had its own flaws.
Soldier Boy saved the show, the need to bring him back.
List the great things that happened last season that moved the story way further than this season?
@@blurtam188 Still doesn't concede the fact this season was mediocore.
@@blurtam188 Um... list them yourself...? You watched the show right? Season 3 was absolutely amazing up until the finale. Season 4 was utter dogshit until the finale.
Like, so much happened last season, but nothing happened until the finale this season.
@@kalybgamingsummers So no actual things to list - just big boi tears LOL
Also, yeah Starlight was crying while looking at an older photo of herself. What the hell was that about?
You know what's funny, the character development of this show reminds me The Walking Dead where it was so bad that they would devote all this time to a character you'd never heard over, just so they could kill that character off later in the episode and HOPE you felt something for them. It was done like clockwork. There was an actor on that show that starred on HBO's The Wire for a few episodes and he had more development in The Wire than 2 or so seasons of The Walking Dead. Anyway, that show's rise and fall...and spinoffs are just something I'll never understand.
What’s even happened this season. 2 “evil” supes have been added to the Seven but are write offs and basically irrelevant, Hughies dad died, The Boys have gotten “SLIGHTLY” closer to the virus, Edgers still in prison, not much has changed for MMs family,not much has changed with Kumiko and Frenchi, Hughie and Starlights relationship are basically the same. Butcher has gotten a slightly bit closer to dying. So what could have been accomplished in two episodes in season 2 takes up the entire season
They are trying to drag their heels until the last season for sure.
The season was still good they just needed a better setup.
Every episode from 1-7 was just random things ending with 'shock values', while main plot inched only in the last episode that too as a step up to season 5, I mean think about sister sage, you could remove the character from the plot and nothing would change, starlight's whole activist group had no real consequence on 'the boys', the virus was nothing new they already introduced it in gen v so it had no plot advancement, Butcher had very little significant screen time apart from the ones with Kessler that actually focused on the main goal, I mean honestly it was really poor, they pulled off the last episode at least, someone can just watch the last episode and move on to season 5 and they would be more or less good.
Edit: And my god they need to tone down their political pandering, I get it kripke is a lefty but his obsession has ruined the show
i stopped watching last weeks episode when there was the fuckin web weaver ass scene
Its sad what Hughie has become in this show.
The Comic story is a hundred Times better, they butchered everything about it.
The comics are way worse no one likes the comics
@@Slam24 You are stupid as fuck the comic ending is glorious
@@Slam24 The comics were a different kind of story entirely. Better or worse is subjective. Personally I didn't really enjoy them much either.
@@Slam24I'm surprised suddenly there's people saying the comics are better like it wasn't badly written to all hell 😭
@@Anthony20603you're too indoctrinated & polarized...
Let's also add that this show has gone so hard left it sacrificed any story telling. I started this well after its debuted and two scenes got me hooked. Homelander abandoning those passengers on the plane and Homelander destroying the private jet carrying a senator or something like that. The story was about the anti-superhero and corporation controlling them and a lot of other weirdness.
It's devolved into TDS.
Season one was peak The comics are better
The comics are mid
The comics aren’t better huh?
@@Alter106wtf
The comics are garbage
@@Invincible554 just like the show
I really enjoyed the first couple seasons but it’s sooo boring now. Couldn’t even finish episode 7 I think I’m done.
This whole season is about each character's struggle..Starlight's energy, Hughie's parents, MM's family, Butcher's cancer, Deep's mental struggles, A-train's loyalty struggles, Homelanders power, Frenchie's relationship, and NO ONE care's about most of these characters. It's experiencing the same problem The Walking Dead did because it's not killing these characters off. These actors are like family now and they're too afraid to kill them off. All the interesting characters have been "killed off" while all the lame characters have remained.
Homelander is this show. The more Homelander, the better. He's an anti-hero if you ask me. I actually can't stand the team, even Kimiko is annoying. Holy shit, SPEAK ALREADY! I bet there will be a severe ratings drop because many viewers didn't make it to that finale. It took a nosedive in season 3 with the story. Anyway, watching this now is like watching MSNBC. Next season will be like watching the news. People don't watch these shows for that purpose. Stop the anti-conservative agenda and worrying about diversity quotas and just focus on entertaining the audience. This season is at the level of something filmed during the pandemic or the product of a show that returned after a 2 years writer's strike. This is season 4 and it feels like it's already out of steam with filler.
Maybe they're intentionally tanking it now because they don't know how to end it and want to work on spin-offs? Seriously, with TV shows now, it's a weak idea that gets a season, since a season is just 8-10 episodes, and if that season is a hit they have to make 4 more seasons and they have no idea how to do it. Back in the day TV shows went 24 episodes a season every year. They can't come close to that now. They know how to start a hit show, but that's pretty much it, and the streaming services don't care. They'll start a thousand shows and cancel them after 2 seasons. They got their views and that's all that matters. Then they'll make 5 spin-offs and comic book shows sell like drugs regardless. It's late and I'm rambling again. haha I just with HBO got this show, because I know they'd have given the fans what they want.
The reason The Boys didn't try to kill Neuman again, when they ran into her again (no pun intended) was, because they made a temporarily alliance with her to do something.
They should make the sode quest into a spin off
3:28 they don't make any attempts maybe aw just maybe because she can one shot anyone with a clean head shoot duuuu
did you skip on this part in season 3 and 2 they revealed her ability really early on in the show
even in gen-v
They traded their soul for politics and the monkeys paw is they flipped who is who. Yes. Literally. Everything each side does meta ethics wise is flip flopped lol.
They did the same thing that alot of the dc tv shows did end the season on a major cliff hanger bring it up in the season premiere then Ignore it after that did homelander get in trouble for killing that guy at the end of last season who knows and clearly the writer don't care
At this point it's better to watch Banshee instead. It has Homelander (Antony Starr) as a main character and all four seasons are well written. (Main story ends with season 2 though)
the season is repeating the same stuff again thats why it's so boring to watch now. Hopefully Soldier Boy will come back and save it
He saved Season 3, miss Jensen Ackles
There was nothing wrong with season 3 💀💀
The season ended really strong but yea most of the season felt filler.
The problem with the Boys is that it is a parody of real life American politics. That's why there are so many stuffs happened at once, those things need to be passed to parody real life. Homelander being Trump is an example.
That being said, you have a point in the subplot. Kimiko and Hughie scene is so dumb.
They are just cash grabbing, keeping this thing going as long as possible.
They made Frenchie gay the show fuckin sucks now.
Frenchie didn't turn gay suddenly tho, that boy has been kissing men and women since season 1, what they did fail at was adding some random dude we never seen before for his subplot
@Anthony20603 I know it was hinted that he was bi but it's the build up of his love story with Kimiko that gets destroyed all because they wanna force this gay shit onto people nd frankly it's getting tiresome. Season 4 is 💩 nd from the looks of it the show is a train wreck now.
@@In_Gods_Handsyou'll make Vought great again with that informal labelling of Frenchie...
@godzillazfriction 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮 that's what I think of Frenchie nd his gay love nd the writers destroying the romance between Him nd Kimiko
@@In_Gods_Hands just of Uslef at this point...
I accepted after the 2nd episode that this wasn't for me anymore. Erase that shit and never look back. Luckily I had lot's a training thanks to Disney.
Very true haha
Now.... Ever since that handicapped scene with the downsyndrome superman..where they let a plane filled with people die.
This show has been worse than lost. Its like the ball sweat of tv shows like grays anatomy. With awful actors, awful story telling and really bad dialog.
has homelander lost his humanity or not?
is sage smart?
is ryan turning evil?
can homelander tell when someone's lying?
is anyone even trying to kill homelander?
is homelander trying to kill anyone?
is the death of innocents a bad thing?
is butcher trying to save ryan?
the writers can't seem to decide.
Its the same as Season 2. Everyone's arc's are just on hold until Season 5.
"is sage smart" yes. she's. always been. wtf are you talking about?
"is homelander trying to kill anyone" first of all, he's killed a tonne of people this season, and secondly, if you watched the show, you'd know that homelander is apathetic about everything, he has no real motivation because nothing makes him happy, and he emplyed sage so he could get some of that meaning and purpose in his life
"Is the death of innocents a bad thing?" okay, you clearly don't watch the show, there's many scenes in this season where an innocent is killed, or has been killed, and characters experience extreme guilt over it. you're just lying here about the writers not making up their minds.
"Is ryan turning evil?" THAT's THE POINT! he's an ultra powerful, hormonal teen who has complexity and isn't just one character description. You bitching about writers is just you not understanding nuance
"if butcher trying to save ryan" LITERALLY EVERYTHING butcher has done has been to save Ryan, that explicit. How did you miss this?
You've clearly not watched the show, no one with 2 brains cells or more could watch this show and be as confused as you are. Do better, Freak
Lol it’s actually hilarious since the shows been pretty much the same the whole time. They can’t make you people happy and still stay true to the anti fash anti unchecked power of the comic. Every episode I said to my gf this is really gonna piss off all the neo fash gamer dweebs….and I was right. You guys should make your own show where corporate monopolies and billionaires are the good guys that would be so awesome 🥴😆😂
I honestly gave up right before the last episode of season 4 just not worth
Homelander is not a nuanced at all. Powerful character with a tragic backstory. That has been so many times. Madara , obito, broly ,thanos. Lets get real now. People like this show because they think it's edgy and violent. That makes people feel mature. Starrs performance is severly overrated. The facial expressions he makes are so forced and down right stupid. He looks like me in the fourth grade when i huffed and puffed to try scaring my bullies. None of these characters are actual characters. Theyre tropes. Theres no characterization moments. We don't even know what they want anymore. In s1 they were trying to get revenge for robin. Idk anymore. Its no better than CW flash
How can you look at homelander’s relationship with Ryan and Stan Edgar and say he’s not nuanced?
This season was a longer, bigger budget version of Gen V. Multiple episodes to end up eerily close to where it started.
It was lazy, boring and dumb. Even without Kripke saying the show is his way of shitting on conservatives, it made not want to watch it any more.
Totally agree, I am going to go over Kripke in my next video, watching him rant about politics in all of his interviews in cringy. He is absoloutly biased.
2:53 ugh yeah figures that the French stereotype from the comics will be gay wash and not have a relationship with a Japanese girl like in the comics xd got push that woke agenda guys
What to expect from a WOKE garbage show. It just been more apparent now.
“Woke” just seems to mean anything that isn’t racist pro-republican propaganda nowadays
Glad none of us listen to you whackos
@@YodaOnABenderCope
@@IDKSS note coping tho am I :)
7:14* OOF 😮🤣🤣🤣
good job love it
Like the comics, this isn't meant to be approved by, or impressive to you. It's all a sad mess that has to come to an end. 😄
Season 4 is clearly setting up for season 5. Whilst it hasnt been the greatest season (most likely the weakest) i think the plot advances will catch up in season 5 due to the events in season 4. As for the political agenda, its way more clear than it was yes but the show has always showed a political commentary on modern society. However, i expect better next season
Of course you have Mark as your profile pic... Allow me to guess, you used the exact same excuse for season 2 of Invincible?
You consumers are really out here telling us to wait 2 whole years to get nothing and be fine with it.
@kalb390 what does invincible have to do with anything lmfao, op isn't defending the season, they even said it's the weakest and hopes they do better on the next one
@@kalb390 or maybe i just like the character? As a matter of fact, i found the release schedule of Invincible to be inexcusable. However, people are far too whiny with The Boys.
@@rogerroger2514 Aaaaand of course you also believe that the issue with Invincible season 2 is the release schedule... They must be cloning you people or something, you're all the exact same.
@kalb390 okay and? Maybe i am not always negative like others. Maybe i enjoy what is given, even if its not the greatest. Is that a problem?
Bro it didnt change! Its always been political!!
great video, thanks
Womp womp
8:47 i think you contradicted you self on this one
I got through the 4th and my last season. It's just there for the idiotic TDS mania. It's fine to dislike any politician and especially that clown, but to watch a show that literally shoehorns every trope believed to be Trump related is just silly and lazy. There is no story. There's a sequence of loosely tied events and NOTHING gets resolved.
I haven’t even watched the show just watched it though RUclips because it’s filled with so much filler
Literally all I heard: ☝🤓
I enjoy it
the boys always suck even in season 1
ugh the comics where edgy yes and they did have there woke moments but the writing was still batter then this b.s
Your voice, i cant
Thanks for the bad take recomendation RUclips, here ya go lil guy, a downvote and a comment! Now run along back to not having any kind of impact on the site ya lil incell
And you go back to begging people to donate to your patreon, tough guy.
You are a furry. 😂
wtf are ur videos bro
animators poorly disguised fetish ahh
cry loser
The end of season 3 was the beginning of the downfall of this show with how dirty they played the viewers.
Speak for yourself I'm relishing Atrains redemption
A Redemption that is going on forever.
Do make a part 2 please lol. I like this season in moments it seems but have several problems with it
Just released the second video!
your criticisms are so nitpicky T_T kimiko and hughie going together wasn't detrimental to the plot in any way :// remember that the boys are a team, the pairing makes sense and its really not that deep lol. while there are a lot of plot points going on, it's still well written (being properly connected to one another and addressed in universe) and is obviously leading to converge in the final season. there is a plot and its in the boys vs homelander as both sides continue to develop their identity and goals. to say the show sucks now while being dismissive of the fact that there has been so much actual development and payoff this season. ryans back and forth between homelander and butcher, kimiko actually addressing her past, hughie tying ends with his family, starlights continuous fight for justice, and best of all atrains redemption arc.
Seasons over and they didn't converge. Most of the stories sizzle out on their own. Hughie killed his dad, Frenchie was forgiven by Kimiko but her own story wasn't resolved. MM had his family story off to the side pretty much except one scene with A-Train. I could keep going but my point being that most of the season did not have central narrative. While the characters all ended up in the same place, it was hardly due to their own stories leading them there. It just happened.
@@generationoffended4003 brother they didnt sizzle out they got resolved T_T all the characters having different plot points was also an ok direction to go with. since its been well established that they all have their own goals apart from taking out homelander or other supes. kimiko for example, isn't with the boys because she has a personal vendetta against homelander, therefore most of her personal story was addressed this season. not having a clear central narrative doesn't necessarily mean that it's all filler or useless subplots. again, a lot of development still happened this season, and the s4 finale sets up a lot of stakes for the final season. the way i see it, the writers dedicated this season to better flesh out their central cast before the finale (which i feel they did so they could go all out on the action in s5). ig everyone has their own opinions regarding the direction they went with the "filler" moments, but to say that the show sucks now is a crazy overstatement.
Bro's living still in a 2016 culture war 😭
Edit: After watching past the intro, this video is actually pretty good, though. Some genuinely funny bits in there, well edited. You made some valid points about the flaws of this season and although I do think the politics have been a little bit on the nose this latest season, I don't believe politics in The Boys is the main issue. Great video critique.
@@bowlofcereal4701 Thanks man!
Generation offended
Image Kripke face, when he ruined his own show.... perfect wokenism strikes back at it's creator.
woke
“blah blah blah blah i dislike this show because my prime video subscription stopped” 🤓👆
Comparing it to Infinity war didn't help. The "side quests" they do, sets up for the next season which will probably bring them together, u did make a few good poins like hughie and Kimiko but its only a few minor problems in this season.
You’re telling me you have to sacrifice the whole seasons story just to add little hints of set up for season 5
@@ryanreylondsthesecond2796 They have lots of little storylines. U may not like it but it sets up for the next season, plus it still gives you tid bits of story inbetween
@@chlorisc6078 I lowkey don’t even know the story anymore. It’s like invincible season 2, an epilogue of season 1 as well as a trailer for season 3, but not really its own story for season 2
Now that the season has ended I think its safe to say that most of this was filler, Kamiko and Frenchie's romance is a good example of this. Just random drama only to bring them back together when they could have done it in season 3.
@@generationoffended4003 yeah
I hated how they made kimiko a whiny teenager who texts the whole season. Literally what has she done?
Disagree. Loving this season
You should get a netty pot
Its literally the same fuckin show 😂😂😂😂
No it's not stop coping
@@AhmadMohammadi-tc6mo Who's coping? It's always been in your face with the political shit, always based on shock value and always had so so writing. Cry more.
@@davidblank420No one is crying, but people like you are coping. This season is not only politically bad but also poorly written. Did you not watch this video? It literally criticizes The Boys S4 writing without being political.
Me when the boys was always political: 🤯
Respectfully, this review is all over the place. The message constantly vibrates between "The main characters don't have any goals" and "There are too many characters who have goals" so quickly it's entered a new realm of blind confusion without addressing what's actually wrong with the show aside from minor nitpicks. All good characters have clear motivation with clear goals, and when there's not a big mystery unravelling the show will enter a state of all the characters being more free with what they get up to and explore what they want. This seasons them appears to be escaping your past, where each character has a different reaction. Homelander literally kills his past, Frenchie tries to punish himself for his crimes, Kimiko chooses to fight back against those who caused her pain, Hughie chooses to forgive A-Train for Robin and move on while Butcher confronts his violent past personality through his shattered mind. Choosing what questions to face your audience is just good writing, mix it in with uncertainty and surgical characterization.
Well said.
@@archo_tech Their goals do not impact the main storyline or bring about any meaningful change; they are cringe and pointless.
Ngl idk what ur on about dude. How about u wait until the seasons actually done? Aswell, its setting up for season 5 and giving the backlash from season 3.
dont care, im still enjoying this season
I have a lot of problem with it. I don’t enjoy a lot of the woke shit and stuff done w the plot but I do enjoy the show. I’m a fan of the comics. I read them before the show ever came out.I think the comics are superior.
I have a lot of problem with it. I don’t enjoy a lot of the woke shit and stuff done w the plot but I do enjoy the show. I’m a fan of the comics. I read them before the show ever came out.I think the comics are superior.
RUclips made me comment twice
@@DvoTee-un9hwyou say this with a confederate flag… that already shows a lot about who you are and maybe why you don’t like the show…
It’s fine. Every long running show has a season that was not great. Even breaking bad.
i actual enjoy this season mane ionk if its jus me
season 4 only had 2 good episodes so far. episode 4 and episode 7. hopefully episode 8 is good as well and i think it will be. the animal supe episode was interesting but could have been better. and web weaver was cool but kind of wasted protentional cause they could have done more with him. Tek Knight was super wasted protentional they didnt even show him in his suit and just died in a really weird way. all and all 6/10 season so far but episode 8 might push it to a 7/10 season. so the season is a little bit above mid but not terrible but still pretty bad
Nah bro s4 is great. Characters are being fleshed out and it’s really refreshing compared to most other stuff.
exactly
What was flushed out?
Wow. People really are missing how the Boys was parodying all the woke shows, and what people say about them. Like how are you all missing this? The last 2 episodes are great. Can’t wait for the finale.
Watch an interview with Kripke, you might change your mind.
@@generationoffended4003 if you’re talking about the one with him bashing people calling everything woke, I agree. All people do is talk, yet they still hate watch. That’s half Disney’s viewership. This season of the Boys was off putting at first, but I love it now.
😭😭😭😭 bro mad he gettin made fun of
How you know hes a conservative?
I hope that this video is just ironi, a joke or sarcasm because season 4 is still good
sadly, no.