The Big Ride

Wow! Just watched Season 2 Ep.1 of this show so dark and horrific but also funny and very clever. Like Deadpool on steroids and with a series (so tons more character development) vs. movies.

We watched Season 1 a while ago and just binge-watched it again- it was dark (this show makes dark Batman, dark Superman, Thanos, etc. all look like shiny harmless Disney heros) but so far this new season is even more cringe-inducing. Like a train wreck you can't look away from- I did have to look away at parts.

This is one of those very adult shows that you either like enough to watch or you hate it- lots of totally inappropriate adult humor and situations.

Once again The Boys delivers spectacularly with its writing and execution. It's well-paced, well-acted and well-shot. It handles its characters excellently and, once again, has some very cleverly-told social commentary on the media and society in general. Overall, a very well-directed episode that will surprise and entertain most people.

The scene in the metro with Hughie and Annie; not the best acting ever but right up there at least. The subtlety of the facial expressions, combined with authentic dialogue. It's amazing really, how wildly superior this is to most of the absolute garbage I've seen recently. Almost as if I forgot what a good production looks like, but maybe that's the goal of this flood of mediocrity.

The comical, gruesome violence works really well for me but that might be a personal. I just keep laughing out loud whenever someone explodes like a watermelon.

Plot wise. Well, it's the first episode of a new season. The set ups for the main and sub plots are intriguing and we've yet to see if they're gonna pay off satisfactorily.

The direction/cinematography is nothing new or spectacular but it serves its purpose at least.

I love the opening of this episode. The funeral for Translucent .I was just watching Season 1 of that other show Amazon has, Panic. That show was such garbage I had to shut it off in the middle of Episode 5.

The Boys however, is a much better show and Season 2 here starts off with some greatness.

DADDYS HOME!!!!! 9/10.

3.5 out of 5 stars.

The Boys 2 is back. Continuing where it left off. Little weirder. But a lot of fun. This first episode does feel a little slow moving.