Good for the Soul

Spending time whining about a TV show that you don't like because it makes you uncomfortable is pathetic.

I don't go around watching Christian movies and TV complaining about them being too "christiany". Seriously. If you don't like it, just watch something else! This show has NEVER marketed itself as a "Christian show".

This is the best superhero show ever to air on TV/streaming.

It's a beautifully dark show that feels so fresh and current, despite being based on comics from 2006. It deals with themes of corporate greed, mob mentality, war crimes, revenge, superheros having egos and letting the fame get to their heads.

I don't want to spoil too much but one of the most interesting questions running through the series is, "How would an everyday schmuck like you or me get revenge on beings that are essentially Gods?" The answer(s) are super entertaining.

The acting all around is fantastic; Karl Urban (like usual) is amazing and steals the show as Butcher. Jack Quaid is great as Hughie, Antony Starr is legitimately scary as Homelander (he fills every scene with tension and anxiety). Erin Moriarty is so down to earth and real in her portrayal of StarLight. I could go on, just know that everyone from main to supporting is giving it their all.

The effects are incredible for a TV show, and serve the story perfectly because it's all so realistic and plausible.

Jay Bauman of Red Letter Media said something like, "This feels like what Zack Snyder tried to do with Man of Steel, except better." and he's absolutely right. It's an actual realistic portrayal of superheros in real life that has the balls to get really dark as well as absurd and hilarious at times. Watch it immediately.

I see a bunch of reviews on here saying that this episode is an entire religious or anti-christian. It's not if anything it's showing the false idol angle of the superhero genre people are so ready to jump to whatever they think is their side of the story

I'm a Christian and understand that this a TV show. If people could fly and run quicker than a cheetah, I would say that's a miracle. This show takes place in an place where people are, miraculous.

Everyone is writing that this episode is anti-Christian. I disagree. Is it pro-Christian? Absolutely not. The writers do use the fact that a lot of people, especially large groups of people, have a tendency to be more susceptible to people who "share" those beliefs. But really, let's be honest that is not just people in the church. It is also with those whose beliefs are political as well. It is the Mob effect. That is what I think this episode is against.

The writers used the setting of a Church Gathering to tell their story.