ingloriousbaxter3 t1_j14ogzf wrote on December 21, 2022 at 5:22 PM

Reply to comment by DONNIENARC0 in 'The Boys' Spinoff 'Gen V' Will Be a Mystery With "Lots of Blood" by impeccabletim

Ohhhh this is going to be hot garbage isn’t it?

I’ll definitely give it a shot but I’m not optimistic

DONNIENARC0 t1_j1560zp wrote on December 21, 2022 at 7:14 PM

Seems like it may depend how well they're able to keep the tone of the original or of they lean into some YA bullshit.

stillestwaters t1_j15i9ir wrote on December 21, 2022 at 8:35 PM

Idk The Boys was pretty good overall I feel, just because they’re making a spin-off doesn’t have to mean it’ll be bad.

Though I will say, I am so tired of things being based in college - but that might be just me.

ingloriousbaxter3 t1_j15ifbo wrote on December 21, 2022 at 8:36 PM

I love the boys. It’s one of my favorite shows. I was even a moderator on the sub for a while.

I just don’t think this show sounds good at all.

stillestwaters t1_j15ngv4 wrote on December 21, 2022 at 9:09 PM

At first blush it didn’t to me either, but when I saw that (and idk how true this really is) it was the idea of being a play on X Men - I got more into it. I feel like the writers probably know the pitfalls to avoid, they know we don’t just want to watch horny teens - so I’m excited for it.

RealJohnGillman t1_j1b5tev wrote on December 23, 2022 at 12:23 AM

It is quite literally (loosely) adapting the one major arc of The Boys the main television series elected to skip, yes, featuring their take on the X-Men (the G-Men, the ‘G’ being the Godolkin of this series’ Godolkin University / God U).