"The Boys" is back for season 4 and things are as bleak as ever. Homelander is not just in charge of Vought, but his murdering of an innocent man in broad daylight has earned him even more supporters than ever. (We're well past the point of Homelander being a Trump allegory in subtext only.) There's also the problem of Butcher being terminally ill, while head-exploder Newman is even closer to the White House than before.
The most important subplot of season 4 seems to be the duel of fates that is the fight for the soul of young Ryan Butcher. Last season, Butcher got scared of getting close to the kid and ended up pushing Ryan right into the arms of his dad, Homelander. He could have been a normal kid, or even the greatest weapon against Homelander, but now he's his apprentice instead.
Just as showrunner Eric Kripke teased last year,...
The most important subplot of season 4 seems to be the duel of fates that is the fight for the soul of young Ryan Butcher. Last season, Butcher got scared of getting close to the kid and ended up pushing Ryan right into the arms of his dad, Homelander. He could have been a normal kid, or even the greatest weapon against Homelander, but now he's his apprentice instead.
Just as showrunner Eric Kripke teased last year,...
- 6/14/2024
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Late in “The Boys” Season 4, there’s a relatively minor moment that carries major weight. A hero (it’s best not to say whom) brings an injured person to the hospital. As they turn to go, they see a little boy watching nearby. At first, the kid is awestruck. You can almost hear him thinking, “Wow, a real superhero! Right in front of me!” Then, as he realizes that the hero may have just saved someone’s life, he smiles. And the hero smiles back. That’s it. That’s the scene — so classic it could’ve been from any number of comic book adaptations over the last half-century, and so unironically sweet that “The Boys” may have been one of the last super-stories to be guessed.
Showrunner Eric Kripke’s Prime Video series isn’t averse to earnestness. After all, one hero’s journey starts with the soul-shattering loss of his girlfriend.
Showrunner Eric Kripke’s Prime Video series isn’t averse to earnestness. After all, one hero’s journey starts with the soul-shattering loss of his girlfriend.
- 6/11/2024
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
The Boys and Invincible already had enough in common with both being superhero shows on Amazon Prime. But as early as season 1, The Boys added an element to the show that wasn’t present in the comics. This minor change only added more similarities between the two unconventional superhero shows.
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Boys comic series and television show]
The 1 change that had a massive effect on ‘The Boys’ Antony Star, Karl Urban, and Cameron Crovetti in ‘The Boys’ | Amazon Prime
The Boys television series took a few creative liberties that differentiated it from its comic book counterpart. Alot of these changes ranged from adding characters who don’t exist in the comic. Sometimes, characters’ story-lines from the comics are completely revamped and given new direction in the Amazon series. As early as season 1, the show started tampering with the lore established in the source material. And one of the show’s...
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Boys comic series and television show]
The 1 change that had a massive effect on ‘The Boys’ Antony Star, Karl Urban, and Cameron Crovetti in ‘The Boys’ | Amazon Prime
The Boys television series took a few creative liberties that differentiated it from its comic book counterpart. Alot of these changes ranged from adding characters who don’t exist in the comic. Sometimes, characters’ story-lines from the comics are completely revamped and given new direction in the Amazon series. As early as season 1, the show started tampering with the lore established in the source material. And one of the show’s...
- 8/18/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
This article contains spoilers for "The Boys" season 3.
One childish, love-starved sociopath with all-powerful superhuman abilities is bad enough, but what if there were two of them and one was an actual child? That may be the direction "The Boys" season 4 is headed. As if to literalize the show's title, the very last image of "The Boys" season 3 was a boy smiling, and not just any boy, but Ryan Butcher (Cameron Crovetti), who is sort of like Superman's son if the horror-inspired Superman analog from "Brightburn" grew up to be a demagogue. In "The Boys," it's the murderous Homelander (Antony Starr) who serves as the Superman equivalent, but he also has a bit of Donald Trump in him, according to showrunner Eric Kripke, who has indicated that Ryan will be "a really important piece of the story" in season 4.
What makes Ryan's smile at the end of season 3 so unsettling...
One childish, love-starved sociopath with all-powerful superhuman abilities is bad enough, but what if there were two of them and one was an actual child? That may be the direction "The Boys" season 4 is headed. As if to literalize the show's title, the very last image of "The Boys" season 3 was a boy smiling, and not just any boy, but Ryan Butcher (Cameron Crovetti), who is sort of like Superman's son if the horror-inspired Superman analog from "Brightburn" grew up to be a demagogue. In "The Boys," it's the murderous Homelander (Antony Starr) who serves as the Superman equivalent, but he also has a bit of Donald Trump in him, according to showrunner Eric Kripke, who has indicated that Ryan will be "a really important piece of the story" in season 4.
What makes Ryan's smile at the end of season 3 so unsettling...
- 4/22/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
In this scene from The Boys’ season two finale, Ryan Butcher (played by Cameron Crovetti) unleashes his superpowers for the first time, and in the process accidentally deals a fatal blow to his mother, Becca Butcher (Shantel VanSanten). With her dying breath, Becca asks her estranged husband, Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), to protect her son, who was fathered by Homelander (Antony Starr), who soon arrives to discover Ryan’s powers have also eviscerated Homelander’s romantic partner, Stormfront (Aya Cash).
The original script called for Stormfront to be silent here, but the image of the villain lying badly burned and ...
The original script called for Stormfront to be silent here, but the image of the villain lying badly burned and ...
- 8/24/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In this scene from The Boys’ season two finale, Ryan Butcher (played by Cameron Crovetti) unleashes his superpowers for the first time, and in the process accidentally deals a fatal blow to his mother, Becca Butcher (Shantel VanSanten). With her dying breath, Becca asks her estranged husband, Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), to protect her son, who was fathered by Homelander (Antony Starr), who soon arrives to discover Ryan’s powers have also eviscerated Homelander’s romantic partner, Stormfront (Aya Cash).
The original script called for Stormfront to be silent here, but the image of the villain lying badly burned and ...
The original script called for Stormfront to be silent here, but the image of the villain lying badly burned and ...
- 8/24/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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