Deepfake videos are becoming increasingly popular, seeing the faces of characters swapped out with others who the editor think might be appropriate. A particularly disturbingly effective take on this is having Chris Evans as superpowered villain Homelander from The Boys, which you can check out for yourself above.
Most of the caped characters on the Amazon series are cynical expies of popular and recognizable heroes from DC and Marvel, with Homelander principally being a stand-in for Superman that explores what the Big Blue Boy Scout might be like if he lacked the decency and compassion that typify the Kansas farm boy. As the leader and most powerful member of superteam The Seven, his character is a mix between an insatiable hunger for adulation and sociopathic tendencies that threaten to obliterate the mask of humanity he wears when interacting with people. Antony Starr nails the balancing act on the fine line between the two states,...
Most of the caped characters on the Amazon series are cynical expies of popular and recognizable heroes from DC and Marvel, with Homelander principally being a stand-in for Superman that explores what the Big Blue Boy Scout might be like if he lacked the decency and compassion that typify the Kansas farm boy. As the leader and most powerful member of superteam The Seven, his character is a mix between an insatiable hunger for adulation and sociopathic tendencies that threaten to obliterate the mask of humanity he wears when interacting with people. Antony Starr nails the balancing act on the fine line between the two states,...
- 10/20/2020
- by Andrew Marshall
- We Got This Covered
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