But the great surprise of the series adaptation is how strange and brooding it is. If you read “Under the Banner of Heaven,” Jon Krakauer’s nonfiction bestseller that hinges around a double-murder with deep ties to the Mormon Church, you probably had an inkling of what the show would be like. If you aren’t on board “The Boys” yet, prepare to be.
This season promises to be the most scandalous yet, incorporating elements from the comic book series that we cannot believe they are bringing to the screen. This is the R-rated version of your normal superhero saga think how “Game of Thrones” felt like a grown-up version of “Lord of the Rings.” It’s very risqué and inappropriate but also incredibly entertaining and hugely successful (there’s been a series of animated shorts already released this year and a spinoff in the works). And it’s up to the Boys to keep them in line. In “The Boys” world, superheroes are deeply complicated, morally compromised people who do very bad things. If you’ve never seen the show before, it’s about a bunch of blokes, led by Karl Urban’s Billy Butcher, who unofficially police superhero activity and occasionally, you know, murder them.
🎶 “The Boys” are back in town! 🎶 Prime Video’s outrageous superhero series, based on the beloved, adults-only comic book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, returns for Season 3.
