Literally no one talks about it in the slightest except when Homelander is involved.
They keep trying to up the ante and make him more and more villainous to combat his fandom, and it has failed every time because no one else is remotely interesting or likeable.
So if you are the type who can enjoy a show like that, its probably enjoyable enough.
Oh man, I re-watched DS9 this last summer and they took Gul Dukat from a complex villain/frenemy of the crew to an unredeemable shit by the end of the Dominion occupation of Cardassia.
It's pretty jarring when you bring watch the show and don't have years between the seasons to forget how he used to be.
Because Behr was butthurt Dukat was so popular and Alaimo was so charismatic. There's an awkward bit in the recent documentary where Alaimo says as much in an "is he joking or isn't he?" kind of way and Behr gets defensive.
As an outside observer (I haven't seen the show) I couldn't name a single character except Homelander. I don't think I've ever even seen one in a meme. From where I stand, all anyone cares about is that one character. Not that "morally gray Superman" is exactly a brand new concept, and in fact was done literally in MK vs. DC, but it's more interesting than any description I've heard of any other character. The males are all heckin' misogyrinos and the women are all sluts. Wow, riveting stuff.
Same, I've not watched it but several in my circle gush about it.
I have seen one meme that got half popular involving "The Deep" which was just Deep Thought With the Deep, just a pun on his name.
But from what I get Homelander is unique among the "morally broken Superman" concepts because of the whole corporate and PR angle that dominates his character, which isn't common to the genre in general.
Literally no one talks about it in the slightest except when Homelander is involved.
They keep trying to up the ante and make him more and more villainous to combat his fandom, and it has failed every time because no one else is remotely interesting or likeable.
So if you are the type who can enjoy a show like that, its probably enjoyable enough.
What's the over under on them revealing Homelander is literally Satan to spite the fans, a la Gul Dukat?
Oh man, I re-watched DS9 this last summer and they took Gul Dukat from a complex villain/frenemy of the crew to an unredeemable shit by the end of the Dominion occupation of Cardassia.
It's pretty jarring when you bring watch the show and don't have years between the seasons to forget how he used to be.
Amen. Seeing what they did to Dukat, I finally understood why Damar drinks so much Kanar.
Because Behr was butthurt Dukat was so popular and Alaimo was so charismatic. There's an awkward bit in the recent documentary where Alaimo says as much in an "is he joking or isn't he?" kind of way and Behr gets defensive.
They've already pulled out the Literal Nazi, so Satan is all they have left.
But I think they are also somewhat aware he is the only draw they have so they aren't going full assassination on him.
As an outside observer (I haven't seen the show) I couldn't name a single character except Homelander. I don't think I've ever even seen one in a meme. From where I stand, all anyone cares about is that one character. Not that "morally gray Superman" is exactly a brand new concept, and in fact was done literally in MK vs. DC, but it's more interesting than any description I've heard of any other character. The males are all heckin' misogyrinos and the women are all sluts. Wow, riveting stuff.
Same, I've not watched it but several in my circle gush about it.
I have seen one meme that got half popular involving "The Deep" which was just Deep Thought With the Deep, just a pun on his name.
But from what I get Homelander is unique among the "morally broken Superman" concepts because of the whole corporate and PR angle that dominates his character, which isn't common to the genre in general.
I haven't watched the Boys, but I can buy that some woke shit might actually be entertaining if you root for the "bad guys."