The Boys: 19 Differences Between the Show and the Comics

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  • Опубликовано: 17 окт 2020
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    The Boys is a darkly satirical hit for the Amazon Prime streaming service, a brutal send of superhero life as depicted in blockbusters like The Avengers and Justice League. It makes sense that the satire is so dark and biting when you realize that the show is based on a comic book series by none other than Garth Ennis. Ennis’ other popular title was the joyfully blasphemous Preacher and his follow up takes an unflattering picture of what a world of superheroes might more likely turn out to be like. From the petulant Homelander for whom the only thing keeping him from just murdering all of humanity is the need for approval, or the revenge crazed Butcher who will stop at nothing to get his revenge on Homelander for killing his wife. While the series retains a number of big hallmark moments in the comic series like A-Train running through Hughie’s girlfriend or Homelander and Queen Maeve’s failure to save the passengers on the plane, there are some key differences. In some cases it’s in the form of a character in one medium but not the other, like Translucent who only appears in the show, taking the place of Jack from Jupiter who doesn’t appear in the show. Main characters like Hughie and Annie, otherwise known as Starlight, are given a little more agency and decisions in what they do next while other characters, like The Deep, take on the sins of characters like Homelander, A-Train, and Black Noir. Regardless of what shade of dark you like your series in, the show continues to impress. Let’s look at some of the changes that have happened.
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  • @sawyer6264
    @sawyer6264 3 года назад +12796

    I like how they changed Stilwell to a woman. It makes Homelander’s relationship with her more interesting and uncomfortable

    • @satellite3253
      @satellite3253 3 года назад +513

      But comic book Stilwell seems more interesting cuz of him not being scared of Homelander

    • @teiadam134
      @teiadam134 3 года назад +1762

      @@satellite3253 I think that's the role Edgar takes tho, so that's fine

    • @samuelwood8010
      @samuelwood8010 3 года назад +306

      See i disagree. Stilwell as a man acts as Homelanders father figure, and goes quite a bit into Freudian psychology. Their dynamic is far more interesting than the shows I feel

    • @thomasstewart1380
      @thomasstewart1380 3 года назад +572

      @@samuelwood8010 Idk man. In the show, they delve deep into the Oedipus complex. To the point of being incredibly uncomfortable.

    • @samuelwood8010
      @samuelwood8010 3 года назад +35

      @@thomasstewart1380 for sure but even so, it's a totally different sort of breakdown. Still interesting but not what it should be y'know?

  • @ndowroccus4168
    @ndowroccus4168 3 года назад +3838

    I definitely like how they just took the comic, and formed new stories,characters, and all around basic universe instead of direct convert.

    • @benyspensierijr.5973
      @benyspensierijr.5973 2 года назад +167

      They kind of had to. There is no way they could put the comic to screen as it was. It's just so gross and hateful.

    • @Wizard_Pikachu
      @Wizard_Pikachu 2 года назад +8

      @@benyspensierijr.5973
      Hateful in what way?

    • @mackshearer974
      @mackshearer974 2 года назад +66

      @@Wizard_Pikachu I read that The Boys creator is cynical and while the core story of the colic is good, it’s too dark.

    • @bradley8258
      @bradley8258 2 года назад

      @@mackshearer974 how you gonna diss his writing if you’ve never read his work. Fucking ignorant prick

    • @brandonscott5544
      @brandonscott5544 2 года назад

      Differences between the show and the comics lol @

  • @aswallace88
    @aswallace88 3 года назад +3920

    A-Train doesn't run through Hughie's girlfriend in the comics. He throws a bad guy hard enough to rip her arms off and slam her into a wall, turning her into a pancake.

    • @deathserpent9747
      @deathserpent9747 3 года назад +326

      The show was more brutal with it tho

    • @pandogstudios1512
      @pandogstudios1512 3 года назад +143

      @@deathserpent9747 I mean you literally see her smushed body in the comic

    • @deathserpent9747
      @deathserpent9747 3 года назад +434

      @@pandogstudios1512 you also see her broken bones and intestines in the show. Atleast she had a body to bury in the comics

    • @pandogstudios1512
      @pandogstudios1512 3 года назад +111

      @@deathserpent9747 Oh my bad, I thought by brutal you meant like more gory or unsettling or whatever, from like a reader’s pov. Getting obliterated like that is more brutal, fair.

    • @Daveskiis_
      @Daveskiis_ 3 года назад +58

      Also a train is black in the show and he's white in the comics lol

  • @Better_selection
    @Better_selection 3 года назад +2063

    RUclips is getting real comfortable with these double unskippable ads. Huh

    • @grxzzly94
      @grxzzly94 3 года назад +38

      Soundcloud and Spotify as well smh

    • @gj9157
      @gj9157 3 года назад +28

      They're trying to make us buy YT red

    • @Quottidomin13
      @Quottidomin13 3 года назад +44

      Note, if you foward the video until the end and then rewind and foward and so on, all the ads go away or you will only get one but its a small price to watch without other ads

    • @tripttwe
      @tripttwe 3 года назад +1

      @@Quottidomin13 thanks!

    • @nottoofast
      @nottoofast 3 года назад +11

      Bruh can you not copy comments word for word though

  • @comicsevolved1464
    @comicsevolved1464 3 года назад +4405

    I just want to see Billy Butcher take some Compound V and watch him throw Homelander around in an episode.

    • @iamrenvik1522
      @iamrenvik1522 3 года назад +27

      @patrick hizkia yeh that would be great

    • @VAIS2show
      @VAIS2show 3 года назад +184

      Even in the comics where butcher is op af no amount of compound V will put him on even terms w homelander it’s not happening

    • @sanguinius3938
      @sanguinius3938 3 года назад +43

      well, no way, in the comics where's he's much more powerful he didn't do it, imagine in the TV show, not happening

    • @VAIS2show
      @VAIS2show 3 года назад +46

      Like in the comics everyone has access to compound v and use it to fight on even terms so they don’t need supers unlike the show, also most of the heroes on the show are pretty true to the comics in terms of strength, with the only exception being the boys (who are so much stronger and also act as an actual CIA branch in the comics, they can take out B tier teams like nothing).

    • @lianaint1178
      @lianaint1178 3 года назад +6

      Isnt compound v only possible on babies tho?

  • @yucas8387
    @yucas8387 3 года назад +3941

    I just finished every single comic book of the Boys and trust me, everything is different. But I got to say I love them both, the show and the comic.

    • @DailyDoseofShortsVideos
      @DailyDoseofShortsVideos 3 года назад +166

      I low key perfect the show because of the darkness and it tells a bit of a better story where comics are just random most of the time

    • @yucas8387
      @yucas8387 3 года назад +99

      @@DailyDoseofShortsVideos I agree to that, I also love the fact they have zero powers on the show, what makes the threat even greater.

    • @aguyinabox5098
      @aguyinabox5098 3 года назад +16

      Tell me about mommy milk

    • @hiimfrank3336
      @hiimfrank3336 3 года назад +16

      @@DailyDoseofShortsVideos yeah I couldn't get into the comics that much, but the show is legit all around great

    • @Leprutz
      @Leprutz 2 года назад +42

      I tried to read the comic. It was unreadable for me. Horrible comic. The art style was all over the place and I didn't really like the storys either. The series on the other hand is amazing.

  • @BuildinWings
    @BuildinWings 3 года назад +3910

    In the comics, "compound v" is reserved for the Boys only. They take it. It makes them more super than the supes, making them feel weak in comparison to The Boys. It's just a completely different story, more about revenge than satire.

    • @doomdude3034
      @doomdude3034 3 года назад +99

      So is this basically how season 3 will play out? I'm guessing they'll find some way to get ahold of some super-er version of compound v. I kinda figured, at some point, they would do something like this i'm just surprised Butcher didn't inject any yet.

    • @FragmentedR_YT
      @FragmentedR_YT 3 года назад +190

      @@doomdude3034 I think it’d be more shocking if tv-Butcher did, considering he’s not just anti-corrupt supes, but anti-superpowers in general.

    • @mrpepper1743
      @mrpepper1743 3 года назад +42

      @@FragmentedR_YT but just like in the comics, the comic butcher is way more anti super than the tv show, and in the comic book he took the v, so I think it would make sense

    • @jancarlosmanon4556
      @jancarlosmanon4556 2 года назад +19

      @@mrpepper1743 yeah because he realize that need he needs to become one if he wants to beat one

    • @Grayto
      @Grayto 2 года назад +30

      I dont think the boys are stronger than the 7 in the comics. The 7 overall are more powerful, but the boys have actual strategic planning and coordination that make them more effective overall. Its discussed directly in the comics when some organization (i forget which) is theorizing over who would win a Boys vs 7 conflict.

  • @jay21597
    @jay21597 3 года назад +1201

    "No one stays dead in comics except Uncle Ben" hilarious

    • @barricadethedecepticon1350
      @barricadethedecepticon1350 2 года назад +8

      What If Uncle Ben survived: @Jay J hold my beer...

    • @parkermielke5328
      @parkermielke5328 2 года назад +21

      Don’t forget Batman’s parents

    • @sleyaraze8916
      @sleyaraze8916 2 года назад +16

      @@parkermielke5328 Thomas Wayne has his variations. But not Uncle Ben.

    • @frankrecinos7158
      @frankrecinos7158 2 года назад +11

      A version of Uncle Ben is out there where he became Spider-Man. He comes out in the spider-verse storyline. He ends up becoming Grandpa Ben and taking care of baby Ben in marvel universe 2 also being there for spider girl.

    • @pnut3844able
      @pnut3844able 2 года назад +2

      And Batmans parents, and Jean Grey

  • @offspring8995
    @offspring8995 2 года назад +167

    Just a quick correction. Simon Pegg is English, not Scottish. However the character of Hughie in the comics is Scottish. Only his likeness was based on Pegg

    • @kfrenzy666
      @kfrenzy666 Год назад +8

      Glad someone else picked up on this Ha Ha Simon Pegg is a pretty well known English actor

    • @RafaelMunizYT
      @RafaelMunizYT Год назад

      well, we can say they both are british

    • @User556q
      @User556q 7 дней назад

      same shit

  • @hopefulhyena3400
    @hopefulhyena3400 3 года назад +506

    Him: "Stretchiness is the worst superpower"
    Me: "I'll let Arm-Fall-Off-Boy know he's off the hook"

  • @trashy2086
    @trashy2086 2 года назад +423

    It’s kinda crazy how half the stuff on here is being implemented in season 3. It makes me even more excited to see what they do going forward

  • @jordanwilliams7631
    @jordanwilliams7631 2 года назад +682

    This is such a base level understanding of the boys, it’s not just a satire/ parody of superheroes but also a satire of how the worlds run today. We put celebrities and people in charge on such a high pedestal that we turn a blind eye to when they abuse their power, just like in the boys.

    • @salmanrafi3921
      @salmanrafi3921 2 года назад +14

      Very true! That's why I love it.

    • @gplgs4640
      @gplgs4640 2 года назад +20

      Base-level understanding is CBR’s speciality

    • @jordanwilliams7631
      @jordanwilliams7631 2 года назад

      @@gplgs4640 lol word

    • @saikikusuo7937
      @saikikusuo7937 2 года назад +9

      That’s true for the show but the comic is more parody like. Honestly the show is wayyy better than the comic in that aspect

    • @tomasaldinio2295
      @tomasaldinio2295 Год назад +4

      yes! I can also add that it satires modern media superheroes too, look what they did with she-hulk, they created a garbage product and will try to defend it, no matter how bad it is, they go balls deep into trying to convince you thay it's good, and slowly turning al super hero content into a money producing machine instead of dedicating enough time for to be good

  • @youarenowawarepodcast8896
    @youarenowawarepodcast8896 2 года назад +105

    The Stilwell change was fantastic. They gave the cold unfeeling calculated nature that affects Homelander to Edgar, while giving the closeness and this uncomfortable intimacy with Madelyn and Homelander.
    I also really like what the series did for Starlight. Watching the series of unfortunate events in one character is far less gripping than what they did with her in the series

    • @Fledhyris
      @Fledhyris 2 года назад +11

      Totally! Starlight from the comics sounds a lot like a passive victim, which is grating on several levels. Having her actively try to fight for what she believes is right, but still suffer the indignities of having to work with this bunch of crooks, is much more relateable.

  • @sasakikojiro9258
    @sasakikojiro9258 3 года назад +2403

    It's one of the first times where I can say I don't mind the changes, the comics are great, the series is grate, I just hope they don't screw it up like always

    • @TomAndersonn
      @TomAndersonn 3 года назад +95

      The changes are pretty grate.
      I'm grateful 🙏

    • @Metalffe
      @Metalffe 3 года назад +68

      Yes. Grate.

    • @whysosadmayn5013
      @whysosadmayn5013 3 года назад +35

      best show going grate actors!

    • @kuramai4707
      @kuramai4707 3 года назад +33

      Very grate

    • @mikesullivan1197
      @mikesullivan1197 3 года назад +46

      I clicked just to see if anyone corrected the spelling, glad no one did. That's pretty grate.

  • @oiooi6460
    @oiooi6460 3 года назад +2865

    I think changing Stormfront to a woman was a stroke of genius.

    • @metaouroboros6324
      @metaouroboros6324 3 года назад +472

      Interesting that Homelander has a relationship with both the gender swapped characters.

    • @chudchadanstud
      @chudchadanstud 3 года назад +55

      I'm ok with the gender swapp8if they stayed faithful to the character. This wasn't it chief. She was just another boink partner for Homelander.

    • @Micolashcage1
      @Micolashcage1 3 года назад +15

      They should have made Maeve a dude

    • @metaouroboros6324
      @metaouroboros6324 3 года назад +66

      @@Micolashcage1 considering they left out the propaganda that was in the comics, it makes no sense to call her "queen". The shock of compound V being public wasn't so bad in the show as it was in the comics.

    • @splash_067
      @splash_067 3 года назад +53

      @@chudchadanstud of they change the gender/race of a character it damn well better change what happens story wise because if it doesn't, what's the point?

  • @devin9559
    @devin9559 2 года назад +91

    How is Black Noirs drastic character change not mentioned? It completely changes the story

    • @DrkEmotionless
      @DrkEmotionless Год назад +9

      I was looking for this as well. I only watched the series, so I’m pretty interested if they will actually use the Cloned Homelander as Black Noir. It’s been said that we haven’t seen the last of him.

    • @devin9559
      @devin9559 Год назад +3

      @@DrkEmotionless The series is great. I think they will bring back Black Noir as homelanders over powered and over psychotic clone. It would fit as no one would recognize the difference.
      But the stories changed drastically so who knows. Looking forward to see where they take it

    • @infrn_0
      @infrn_0 Год назад +1

      I'm sure it's because it's an old video

    • @kronickruesader
      @kronickruesader 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@DrkEmotionlesshomelander mentions he can see though his mask and see his face, he would’ve mentioned their similarities. Also, he’s black in the flashback before he gets his face melted.

  • @MikeySmithRuinMikeysLife
    @MikeySmithRuinMikeysLife 3 года назад +336

    Simon Pegg isn't Scottish; his wife is. He's English

    • @lochmoigh1
      @lochmoigh1 3 года назад +30

      the simplest of Googles bears this out. Lazy editing.

    • @unfortunatewitnessX
      @unfortunatewitnessX 2 года назад +3

      Question: Why wouldn't they put Simon Pegg in The Boys? It would feel like a match made in heaven.

    • @spacefootballer
      @spacefootballer 2 года назад +17

      @@unfortunatewitnessX he was drawn as a young simon pegg (yep he was the real inspiration) but now he became to old to play "himself"...the relationship with him and starlight would be a bit weird a la "whos your daddy?" style xD but (i think it was kripke) they still wanted him to be part of the show so they made him hughies dad ;)

    • @PrinceIsot
      @PrinceIsot 2 года назад +1

      But........wasn't that why he played "Scotty" in the new Star Trek?

    • @rehabwales
      @rehabwales 2 года назад

      @@PrinceIsot No.. James Doohan wasn't Scottish either.

  • @sheriedaley
    @sheriedaley 3 года назад +485

    The actor that plays the fire dependent hero in “The Boys” played Iceman in the X-men movies

    • @rittis013
      @rittis013 3 года назад +38

      I knew it his face look super familiar

    • @jaycutler4013
      @jaycutler4013 3 года назад +39

      Lamplighter is same as pyro in x men and the actor who plays as lamplighter plays as iceman in the x men

    • @itwontcomeout5678
      @itwontcomeout5678 3 года назад +9

      @@jaycutler4013 lol that’s crazy how I just realized it’s Bobby from X2 using a Zippo and projecting fire just like Pyro lol

    • @cleanercomet8455
      @cleanercomet8455 3 года назад +2

      Obviously, Who would forget this?

    • @SeanORaigh
      @SeanORaigh 3 года назад +11

      @@cleanercomet8455 most people forget that Shawn Ashmore exists.

  • @themiz3321
    @themiz3321 2 года назад +202

    Funny how 1 year later we would get introduced into some things from this video, like The Legend, Maeve Alcoholic, MM true reason to hate Vought, etc.
    This show is so good. Can't wait to see more.

    • @atanaZion
      @atanaZion Год назад +1

      Is The Legend in the third season??

    • @themiz3321
      @themiz3321 Год назад

      @@atanaZion Yes

    • @RafaelMunizYT
      @RafaelMunizYT Год назад +1

      I didn't realize this video was pre season 3 so I was like "what? but the legend is on the show" it took me until I read your comment to realize

  • @XGCHEAVYFIRE1
    @XGCHEAVYFIRE1 2 года назад +56

    “The legend doesn’t exist”
    The legend-And I took that personally

    • @baraki808
      @baraki808 2 года назад +4

      I feel like they should have worded that diffrently like "The Legend hasn't made an apperance"

  • @jj_is_ponytaku
    @jj_is_ponytaku 3 года назад +335

    Don't forget that instead of Black Noir being the contingency plan for when Homelander goes rouge, Ryan Butcher replaces him as the contingency plan in the show.

    • @romellpoellinetz7435
      @romellpoellinetz7435 3 года назад +27

      Idk black noir had a few moments where I thought he was gonna fight homelander but hes just waiting on him to cross that line in front of him because there was one scene in particular with starlight where black noir started to get up like he was gonna do something to homelander

    • @jancarlosmanon4556
      @jancarlosmanon4556 2 года назад +13

      @@romellpoellinetz7435 no i dont think so, he knows he isnt strong enough. bullets can hurt so that means hl can laser him

    • @jancarlosmanon4556
      @jancarlosmanon4556 2 года назад +2

      and he may be not strong as him because he hasnt developed his powers yet

    • @Jacksabbath44
      @Jacksabbath44 2 года назад +16

      @@jancarlosmanon4556 at least in the series he's significantly older than anyone in the 7, he was in the original Payback team along with Soldier Boy, so he couldn't be Homelander's clone

    • @etherr6461
      @etherr6461 2 года назад

      well as of right now, its Soldier Boy thats the contingency for Homelander

  • @cameronharvey4746
    @cameronharvey4746 2 года назад +17

    this show is a fantastic example of how you can take a piece of media and adapt it differently to improve it. The Boys is great as a loose adaptation, mostly because the story in the show is so much more compelling and better.

  • @zachjackson390
    @zachjackson390 2 года назад +35

    This is a rare case where i agree and think every change is for the better.

  • @justinmoody9164
    @justinmoody9164 3 года назад +936

    Honestly, it’s amazing how there are so many Gender swaps from the comics, yet the show handles all of them so well.

    • @justinmoody9164
      @justinmoody9164 3 года назад +85

      @LioSlayer Stilwell, Stormfront, Neumann and Malory. That’s quite a few.

    • @mokie7421
      @mokie7421 2 года назад +54

      Ya, it literally never mattered. It's almost as if it's the writing that matters.

    • @JowoeBunchaNumbers
      @JowoeBunchaNumbers 2 года назад +12

      Damn, it's almost like they're the same characters just with a different gender... How would they handle that poorly? How does one handle that poorly?

    • @11274reece
      @11274reece 2 года назад +22

      @@JowoeBunchaNumbers Marvel and DC have and are about to again.

    • @jdogg448
      @jdogg448 2 года назад +8

      I've only watched the tv show so can't imagine Stillwell and Stormfront being men, I think them being women makes far more sense. Plus from his description in this video there's a male stillwell anyway when Giancarlo is introduced.

  • @hamzah465
    @hamzah465 3 года назад +522

    You forgot to mention how in comics Black Noir was an evil clone of Homelander, prepared to kill him if things ever went out of control. He was also stronger than homelander.
    Whereas in the show black noir appears way weaker than homelander and has an allergy to nuts. He also doesn't seem like a clone.

    • @Zenocius
      @Zenocius 3 года назад +96

      He's an actual black dude

    • @ringofdreal1374
      @ringofdreal1374 3 года назад +53

      @@Zenocius Well, that's just outside of the show. In the show, they haven't revealed his true identity. He could even be an alien for all we know.

    • @didac3859
      @didac3859 3 года назад +150

      Worst part is, they literaly have this comparison on the thumbnail.

    • @andreadarlow5778
      @andreadarlow5778 3 года назад +1

      @@Zenocius how? It’s just a really messed up chine area

    • @sambeer9265
      @sambeer9265 3 года назад +2

      Spoiler alert... jeez dude

  • @jaydez5698
    @jaydez5698 3 года назад +183

    I think the legend got a throw away line by Maeve. When she was telling Elana about this producer who sat next to her at a premiere or something and was talking to her all night but Homelander killed him? Idk sounds pretty plausible to me

    • @joyc9844
      @joyc9844 2 года назад +9

      I know you probably know by now but the legend is introduced in season 3

    • @Somethingaweful
      @Somethingaweful 2 года назад

      @@joyc9844 The perks of living in the future.

    • @nelsonsham2368
      @nelsonsham2368 Год назад

      Legend is back in S3, though he talk more about Soldier Boy and snorting cokes occasionally

  • @corrine5403
    @corrine5403 3 года назад +44

    I’m pretty sure A-Train knew Popclaw in the comics because he was formally on the same team as her which is “Teenage Kix”. But hey we don’t know we have no evidence.

  • @martinmorande657
    @martinmorande657 3 года назад +71

    Mothers Milk story in the series could still be the same as the comic (or almost) as he didn't explain it much, he skipped the issue that got his father making a lawsuit against Vought.

    • @aguyinabox5098
      @aguyinabox5098 3 года назад +2

      What is his story in comics tell

    • @billyd-fr7fl
      @billyd-fr7fl 2 года назад +3

      @@aguyinabox5098 I’m pretty sure his mother worked in a factory and was exposed to compound v causing MM to develop powers and also become addicted to his mothers breast milk hence the name (will actually die without it) his mentally handicapped brother also had powers but died brutally due to them manifesting, this made his dad file a lawsuit against vought basically solidifying them onto their shit list

    • @leadpaintchips9461
      @leadpaintchips9461 Год назад +2

      @@billyd-fr7fl It was less he got addicted and more like when they tried multiple times to wean him off of it as a baby he almost died every time.

    • @billyd-fr7fl
      @billyd-fr7fl Год назад

      @@leadpaintchips9461 I would say that qualifies as being addicted no?

    • @leadpaintchips9461
      @leadpaintchips9461 Год назад +4

      @@billyd-fr7fl That's dependent, not addicted. If that was the case, we're all addicted to water and air.

  • @sammysamiam5219
    @sammysamiam5219 3 года назад +67

    I still want to see the legend played by Danny DeVito

  • @hawk8492
    @hawk8492 3 года назад +206

    Simon Pegg isn't Scottish 😂

    • @sichiu
      @sichiu 3 года назад +13

      No he isn’t, but he has a Scottish wife!

    • @urekmazino6800
      @urekmazino6800 3 года назад +2

      @@sichiu close enough

    • @unfortunatewitnessX
      @unfortunatewitnessX 2 года назад

      Why wouldn't they put Simon Pegg in The Boys?

    • @Spideysqn_
      @Spideysqn_ Месяц назад

      @@unfortunatewitnessXsimon said he was too old to play hughie so he played his dad

  • @thatneli
    @thatneli 3 года назад +390

    I would Love To see a Black Noir Spinoff or something 🤔

    • @imreadyt0g0h0me
      @imreadyt0g0h0me 3 года назад +40

      I don’t think Black Noir could carry a spin off unless it’s something like the Mandalorian but I think the creators said that Black Noir would not have his identity revealed

    • @deadlyninja112
      @deadlyninja112 3 года назад +33

      @@akshaykumarbagh8737 fuck no

    • @Black0utDayz
      @Black0utDayz 3 года назад +15

      I’m if he’s anything like the comic Black Noir, no you wouldn’t lol

    • @genericstaticshock705
      @genericstaticshock705 3 года назад +3

      I swear. Like a silent Deadpool

    • @Mxchemba_
      @Mxchemba_ 3 года назад +3

      @LioSlayer a spin off has been announced

  • @KivellOrr
    @KivellOrr 2 года назад +30

    "The Legend doesn't exist" didn't age well 😂. They've introduced him now. Thanks for making the video by the way, because I was never going to check out the comics myself.

  • @JonEmmy
    @JonEmmy 2 года назад +19

    The Legend is now in The Boys.
    He was in the new episode 5 that just came out

  • @officialtwizztv143
    @officialtwizztv143 3 года назад +262

    Stretching isn’t the worst power ask luffy

    • @iggythedog3549
      @iggythedog3549 3 года назад +20

      Then again luffy is made of rubber

    • @truestory7823
      @truestory7823 3 года назад +4

      When he was talking shit about stretchy powers all I could think of was Luffy’s KKG like sure, ‘worst power’ that can fold a fucking island

    • @Mr.Monacle
      @Mr.Monacle 3 года назад +4

      Eh, in the context of One Piece it actually doesn’t offer much of anything in terms of additive ability outside of being all but immune to blunt force attacks. *Luffy* (who is a super prodigy according to Reileigh) spent 10 years learning to make them usable.

    • @lianaint1178
      @lianaint1178 3 года назад +3

      Not bad in bed too

    • @davidwuhrer6704
      @davidwuhrer6704 3 года назад

      The superpower that made the pirate captain unable to swim.

  • @ahmadkaien
    @ahmadkaien 2 года назад +10

    They went and made an irredamble character in the comics one of the MOST tragic characters in the series. I felt so bad for what happened to Noir, he was arguably one of the few 'good' supes in the series

  • @AdarshKumar-nj7rp
    @AdarshKumar-nj7rp 2 года назад +13

    Frenchie, in the series, calls Hughie as Petit Hughie in the first season even though Jack Quaid is over 6ft tall. He even retorts, "I am not that short.". This is because comic book Hughie is a short, portly man.

  • @saiyandna2368
    @saiyandna2368 3 года назад +249

    Bruh this thumbnail is such a spoiler for the comics lol like I’m glad I read it already

    • @phaldaz
      @phaldaz 3 года назад +45

      It's a very very very stupid decision on their part. Who tf approved this? Smfh

    • @saiyandna2368
      @saiyandna2368 3 года назад +25

      @Owen Wijaya ignorant lol my comment literally says the thumbnail is a spoiler for the COMICS

    • @saiyandna2368
      @saiyandna2368 3 года назад +13

      @Owen Wijaya learn how to read LMAOOO

    • @nottoofast
      @nottoofast 3 года назад +5

      @Owen Wijaya small brain

    • @martial8574
      @martial8574 3 года назад +13

      If you didn't go to that point in the comics you can't understand the spoiler, hence it's not a spoiler, it like saying a photo of luke and darth vader is a spoiler

  • @blitzer12x
    @blitzer12x 3 года назад +14

    "Nobody in the Comics is dead except Uncle Ben"
    Peter Parker: I know, I know...

  • @BranceCrantly
    @BranceCrantly 3 года назад +399

    In the comics, as opposed to just The Deep sexually assaulting Starlight, the other men of The Seven do so as well. I believe it was Homelander that initiated it in the comics, as well. The comics are way too wild to be adapted more directly. I think one of the biggest differences is the relationship The Boys have with Compound V in the comics. I enjoy the comics and the show, but they are almost as different as they are alike.

    • @samuelwood8010
      @samuelwood8010 3 года назад +32

      Well. In the comics its just the 3 guys, Black Noir, Homelander, and A-Train. True though, where I think the comic series is infinitely better, its way too wild to have a direct adaptation. Homelander (cough) devouring a baby is kinda intense.

    • @akshaydasari5153
      @akshaydasari5153 2 года назад +22

      @@samuelwood8010 that was not homelander ...., it was black noir

    • @spideyguy3315
      @spideyguy3315 2 года назад +15

      How can u enjoy something so terribly written and disgusting?

    • @BranceCrantly
      @BranceCrantly 2 года назад +4

      @@spideyguy3315 What are you talking about?

    • @awesomedog1415
      @awesomedog1415 2 года назад +1

      @@BranceCrantly the comics

  • @nathanhayes1091
    @nathanhayes1091 3 года назад +17

    The single biggest difference which was also included in the thumbnail of black noir not being a clone of homelander is somehow not in this video but the fact that terror is present in the show...less than in the comics is

  • @seandoyle6104
    @seandoyle6104 3 года назад +16

    I'd like to throw in that A Trains side effects from abusing Compound V are all things that would technically make him faster

  • @TheCoffeeFiend
    @TheCoffeeFiend 3 года назад +46

    Side note: In context the female's origin in the comic is presented as anything but a reliable narrative, especially since it is related by Frenchie (and take a look at his origin tale).

  • @spartandumpster1158
    @spartandumpster1158 2 года назад +158

    So far I feel most of the changes work very well, especially Hughie being American, cause it just cuts out the middle man of him needing to then go to America after his girlfriend's death.
    I'm going to spoil the comics a lot now, so Spoiler Warning. I doubt Black Noir is still going to be a Homelander clone in the show, which he was in the comics. The thing that makes me sure about that more than anything is Diabolical, since Black Noir went out of his way to help Homelander and protect his image, potentially being the only person Homelander can actually trust. In the comics, Black Noir was created to stop Homelander in case he went off the rails, and went crazy from being told "kill this man but only when we tell you to" then being kept in close proximity to him. I believe Black Noir does end up killing Homelander, and he's left damaged enough (literally torn apart) from the fight to then be killed. I think Homelander's son will be filling in for this role, since he will also have Homelander's powers, and has the potential to become just as, if not stronger than Homelander, though hopefully won't be insane.

    • @wushulion
      @wushulion 2 года назад

      Homelander clone black nior version is stupid anyways. Doesn't make sense, vaught thought "ohhh we are going to make a super un-killable insanely powerful evil Superman that can wipe out the human race if he wanted to, and our contingency plan is to make 2 of them!!! " Dumb plan

    • @lilricebowl9731
      @lilricebowl9731 2 года назад

      With season 3, they confirmed your suspicions with Black Noir literally being black

    • @aarnavchaturvedi2552
      @aarnavchaturvedi2552 2 года назад

      @@lilricebowl9731 didn't the original black noir die in Nicaragua?

    • @lilricebowl9731
      @lilricebowl9731 2 года назад

      @@aarnavchaturvedi2552 no you see him still alive, he just can’t talk and it seems like he got brain damage too

    • @nelsonsham2368
      @nelsonsham2368 Год назад +1

      Welp, the opposite happened in the serie, Homlander killed Black Noir, the serie gonna have different ending after season 3, I mean, having Becky alive and the Ryan already changed the story permanently

  • @danielsass1826
    @danielsass1826 2 года назад +7

    MM not having powers makes things a lot different but the whole soldier boy thing now has given him a nice new arch

  • @thenintenbrogamer6022
    @thenintenbrogamer6022 3 года назад +23

    Cbr: he has the worst super power stretchy powers
    Luffy: am I a joke to you

  • @majorramsey3k
    @majorramsey3k 3 года назад +14

    The Hulk was not the result of super soldier serum - He was bombarded with Gamma radiation.

    • @fox2569
      @fox2569 3 года назад

      That’s Comic Hulk. MCU Hulk was the result of both.

    • @kingRukus39
      @kingRukus39 2 года назад +2

      Hulk was an attempt to recreate the "effect" of the super soldier serum. Not the exact formula. As was Luke cage, wolverine (as well as everyone else in weapon x) and most other government experiments

    • @majorramsey3k
      @majorramsey3k 2 года назад

      @@fox2569 The default cannon for super heroes as far as I'm concerned is their original appearances. In this case, the comics.

    • @elihenline6089
      @elihenline6089 2 года назад

      He was exposed during a job he was doing for Gen Ross to recreate the super soldier serum.

  • @madjimjaspers7603
    @madjimjaspers7603 3 года назад +69

    Hope they get a boost in funding for season 3! I feel we’re in for a big supe fight soon

  • @MrRonald327
    @MrRonald327 8 месяцев назад +2

    This deconstructs the superhero genre with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer.

  • @lordgmlp
    @lordgmlp 3 года назад +70

    The only thing you need to know is that the comics is disturbing enough that no studio would dare touch some of its subject matters, not even Amazon.

    • @BJVA85
      @BJVA85 3 года назад +4

      like Tek Knight getting it on with a meteorite

    • @ThePipojp
      @ThePipojp 3 года назад +21

      It's more that the comic is honestly pretty edgy and convoluted

    • @bananatiergod
      @bananatiergod 2 года назад +9

      @@ThePipojp My problem with Ennis' work in general. He does a great work with some of the pre-existing characters (Superman, Punisher, Wonder Woman), but his original work is most gross, disturbing stuff for the sake of shock factor and the story isn't always flashed out enough

  • @wymg4480
    @wymg4480 2 года назад +9

    "Ezekiel had the worst powers known to superpowers, stretchy."
    I mean, One Piece makes having a rubbery body seem pretty sick.

    • @aaryasharma4940
      @aaryasharma4940 2 года назад +1

      Well after the reveal his main powers are not just a rubbery body but the powers of Sun God Nika too

  • @basvandiepen2772
    @basvandiepen2772 2 года назад +2

    8:50 it looks more like: what if celebrities got superpowers.

  • @micab7660
    @micab7660 3 года назад +17

    These ads keep messing up my comment reading....

  • @brynnamoran4320
    @brynnamoran4320 3 года назад +249

    The Boys isn't really a critique of superheroes or the superhero genre, it's a critique of American capitalism

    • @diesemautokerl2181
      @diesemautokerl2181 3 года назад +15

      If it really were accurate there'd be a socialist superhero simping for megacorps

    • @brynnamoran4320
      @brynnamoran4320 3 года назад +25

      @@diesemautokerl2181 What is Queen Maeve if not a neoliberal girlboss?

    • @diesemautokerl2181
      @diesemautokerl2181 3 года назад +54

      @@brynnamoran4320 She's meant to be like some kind of satire of strong female characters being used for nothing other than to be a feminist icon for the masses is she not? Like a whole point of the show is that she is much more as a person deep down than what public image she entails

    • @aaronhangshing5976
      @aaronhangshing5976 2 года назад +7

      feel like it can be both

    • @andryuu_2000
      @andryuu_2000 2 года назад +3

      @@diesemautokerl2181 socialism isn't the only criticism of capitalism

  • @neveronhereXD
    @neveronhereXD 3 года назад +193

    Actually, villains can also go through tragic losses. Villains aren’t just evil by default, something terrible must happen to them as a reason. Example, a bully intimidates others to avoid getting bullied again :/

    • @TomyDayos
      @TomyDayos 2 года назад +15

      Fun fact: Different from media shows, bullies usually are surrounded by friends, they always act in group. The bullied is always the quiet person, with no friends and who dont punch back.

    • @xeox4280
      @xeox4280 2 года назад +6

      Not true

    • @emackenzie
      @emackenzie 2 года назад

      He's talking about villains in the sense of superhero media. The classic villain is generally someone who comes into great power and abuses it. (and the first definition for 'villain' is literally 'a wicked or evil person' so one can argue they ARE evil, if not by default then by definition lmao)

    • @misterboxhead3045
      @misterboxhead3045 Год назад +1

      Jack homer breaks that rule

  • @GabsDabs9000
    @GabsDabs9000 2 года назад +5

    I like how in season 3 they introduce The Legend

  • @fieryspysixty9711
    @fieryspysixty9711 3 года назад +14

    Im happy they changed homelander's son's actor from season 1 to 2. The one from season 1 looks like a bully you'd see in disney movies. It's a lot easier to sympathise with the one from season 2

  • @aidanhughes5664
    @aidanhughes5664 2 года назад +8

    Also, Hughie's dad says "Jinks" at some point in the show, referencing some of the very first pages of the comic, where Hughie says it and the soon-to-be dead Robin brings it up.

  • @lilybolanos9301
    @lilybolanos9301 2 года назад +4

    I think our "Kevin Feige" character is the little director guy ashley fcked in the bathroom s3 ep 1

  • @ethancaldwell3682
    @ethancaldwell3682 2 года назад +1

    The legend made his way into the series now, love the video

  • @milkman4640
    @milkman4640 2 года назад +1

    Black Noir in the comics: Literally dismembers Homelander, eats a baby and kills Butcher's wife and is a clone of homelander.
    vs.
    Black Noir in the live-action series: Schizophrenic dude, not homelander.

  • @blackiechan6078
    @blackiechan6078 2 года назад +5

    Crazy the legend just appeared this season

  • @aldenbomb3189
    @aldenbomb3189 2 года назад +3

    Bro just spoil the ending of the coming in one image why dont you

  • @Lukas-cp6ke
    @Lukas-cp6ke Год назад +1

    When you wanna combine Superman and captain America but the machine wasn’t ready

  • @DollaKamalaSwalla
    @DollaKamalaSwalla 11 месяцев назад +4

    Every change they did was remarkably well done.. usually you get hundreds of thousands of angry people when you change anything but The Boys is the 1 outlier

  • @89five3five
    @89five3five 3 года назад +143

    If Starlight turn electric energy into light energy. Why then didn’t she use Stormfront’s power to charge herself?
    And to add she should be able to use electrical energy humans produce to charge her power.

    • @gerardlacroix6015
      @gerardlacroix6015 2 года назад +9

      Humans doesn't generate nearly as enough energy for it to be interesting to her. At ease, we generate the EQUIVALENT of 100W, but almost none of that is actual electricity. You couldn't light a bulb with that... Even less so recharge a supe.

    • @XanVicious
      @XanVicious 2 года назад +5

      I was literally thinking of this as they were fighting, like shouldn’t pure lightning be more than enough to like supercharge her powers??

  • @curlyhairedgamer
    @curlyhairedgamer 2 года назад +3

    12:30 now we know the legend DOES exist

  • @nikhilpavitran3257
    @nikhilpavitran3257 2 года назад +24

    Watching this after season 3 has started makes me realise what new things they are bringing into the show and their origin.. the legend, temporary V and a few other points have seeped in.

  • @kassi420
    @kassi420 3 года назад +10

    You didn’t even get into Stormfront being a dude in the comics

  • @DonovanAenslaed
    @DonovanAenslaed 2 года назад +13

    4:14 and what a turning point that was! It really caught me off guard... Rarely I have felt disgust and anger watching a scene play out, and oh boy how this one delivered! Definitely a scene worth an award for the show.

  • @the324slayer4
    @the324slayer4 2 года назад +8

    Anthony Starrs acting as Homelander is the second best acting I’ve seen in Comic book media

  • @ivurivurivur
    @ivurivurivur 3 года назад +13

    11:40 queen maeve rounds out the holy 'trinity' of the 'seven'? There is a lot of things wrong with this sentence 😂

    • @ViolentVibrator
      @ViolentVibrator 3 года назад +3

      In the comics, Maeve, Homelander, and Black Noir are considered "The Big Three" of the Seven (irreplaceable) so it isn't too much of a stretch to call them the Holy Trinity.

    • @derekmtl85
      @derekmtl85 2 года назад +2

      It's to continue the parody of batman, superman and wonder woman. They are called the Trinity.

  • @gamingvitamin8948
    @gamingvitamin8948 3 года назад +101

    Recap:
    1/gender swap
    2/homlander more of a killing machine in comic
    3/jack from jupiter becomes translucent in the show
    4/in comic the plane crush in a bridge
    5/the boys use compund v
    6/the deep
    7/the origine of the female
    8/hughie
    9/there is more talk about other sups in the comics
    10/we see butcher dog more in comic
    11/mothers milk back story is explained and he has superstrenght
    12/queen mave is an alcoholic and a smoker
    13/the legend is not on the show
    14/starlight was in a catholic sup team
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    • @localdude2979
      @localdude2979 3 года назад

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      @YusufGinnah 3 года назад

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  • @brucelee7782
    @brucelee7782 3 года назад +13

    Well the show's writers did a great job because often than not changing things fail and they still managed to pull a great story from it

  • @ajthepinoy2124
    @ajthepinoy2124 2 года назад +3

    The worst superpower from superpower-dom: STRETCHY POWER
    Mr. Fantastic: "How DARE you..." *chokes them with his 'worst super power'*

    • @LethalMonarch
      @LethalMonarch 2 года назад +1

      Plastic Man: *laughs in literally one of the strongest characters in the DC universe*

  • @leelee84701
    @leelee84701 3 года назад +75

    Pls just call her kimiko they changed it from "the female" for a reasonnn

    • @h.o.2953
      @h.o.2953 2 года назад

      Pls stop crying nerd

  • @nicov5519
    @nicov5519 2 года назад +3

    "No one stays dead in comics....... except uncle Ben" had me on the floor

  • @ginja8715
    @ginja8715 2 года назад +3

    I love MM’s comic book version way more, that twist was so crazy

  • @narrowmax7382
    @narrowmax7382 2 года назад +4

    He says stretchy powers are useless, yet when characters in fiction use it they are pretty powerful. For example Mr Fantastic the *LEADER* of the fantastic 4 and luffy from one piece.

  • @masonmancoffey1722
    @masonmancoffey1722 3 года назад +16

    I wanna see James Stilwell in the show being played by Walter white

    • @edp44542
      @edp44542 2 года назад +2

      It's Bryan Cranston not Walter white

  • @tanz448
    @tanz448 3 года назад +16

    I want the boys to get powers two seasons before the end

  • @aidan1157
    @aidan1157 Год назад +3

    We got the legend in season 3

  • @giarnigiovanna2769
    @giarnigiovanna2769 3 года назад +8

    As a guy who just finished season 2 i really got disappointed with the thumbnail after searching it

    • @imsadlol4528
      @imsadlol4528 3 года назад +1

      they aren’t doing it in the show so dw

  • @Ironfist514baka
    @Ironfist514baka 2 года назад +2

    "The worst Power in Super Powerdom, Stretchy Powers "😅😅 I think a certain Pirate named Luffy turned that around .

  • @macisr
    @macisr 2 года назад +3

    Talk about spoilers with that thumbnail lol

  • @harrysteel6912
    @harrysteel6912 2 года назад +8

    Feel obliged to point out that Simon Pegg isn't Scottish, he's English. Still cool to find out why they cast him as Hughie's Dad though

  • @morriman0987
    @morriman0987 3 года назад +8

    Simon Pegg's English

  • @aldilahs
    @aldilahs 2 года назад +2

    7 new base : massive yacht

  • @bighuge1060
    @bighuge1060 Год назад +2

    This video nails it: The series strength is its satire. When A-Train did a Kendal Kenner Pepsi commercial for his own soft drink, it was satire gold. I laughed my buttocks off. This is a brilliant series. Raw, yes but brilliant.

  • @karlluigi1987
    @karlluigi1987 3 года назад +9

    14:18 I think you didn't do the reasearch right, since in the comics version A Train didn't run through Hughie's Girlfriend Robin

  • @user-ng2nm9gk7q
    @user-ng2nm9gk7q 3 года назад +8

    I like black noir alot he doesn't talk much but he's an awesome assassin

  • @MrPrice13579
    @MrPrice13579 10 месяцев назад +1

    “Darker secret” 💀 4:01

  • @stevenjones6717
    @stevenjones6717 2 года назад

    watching this video a year later and Paul Reiser is are the legend. I love how they stick to the comic Origins for the show

  • @CAMSALT846
    @CAMSALT846 2 года назад +3

    With the new season this disproves a few of these

  • @KenanVonKaiser
    @KenanVonKaiser 2 года назад +3

    Speaking Of The Legend!

  • @hector60938
    @hector60938 2 года назад +2

    RIP NOIR

  • @hxrmy
    @hxrmy 9 месяцев назад +2

    heres the real difference
    comics- objectively worst character
    show- objectively best character

  • @knightofnights1693
    @knightofnights1693 3 года назад +28

    I'm a sucker for super heroes and brutal violence..not to mention the great mix of modern humor and perfect reflection of the problems we face today with politics, media, and social culture. My respects mmhm.

  • @wanabisufi8843
    @wanabisufi8843 2 года назад +8

    I thought I was alone in thinking the show is waaaay better than the comic.
    But seems most comments agree with me.

  • @azazel_jv1636
    @azazel_jv1636 2 года назад +2

    Comics Noir kills Homelander
    Show: Homelander kills Noir

  • @artyb27
    @artyb27 2 года назад +4

    Interesting, with Season 3 now out I never expected The Legend to be an original character from the comics. Just assumed he was a show-specific parody of Hollywood directors.