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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping The Boys and Gen V into the ol’ VCR.

Like a lot of you, I love both The Boys and its spinoff, Gen V. 

For those who don’t know, The Boys is based on Garth Ennis’s comic series that ran for six years and was distributed by Vertigo. 

Garth Ennis is also behind the Preacher series Vertigo released. 

Now, I want to go ahead and address something up top. 

I didn’t *hate* the Preacher series. I think the cast was absolutely wonderful. BUT, I don’t think it’s as good as The Boys. 

IMO, I think if Preacher had Amazon money, it could’ve been a lot better. 

I digress. 

The Boys asks the question, “What if the superheroes we all looked up to growing up were perverse and damaged individuals?” 

And then takes this question and RUNS with it. 

Every fundie couple after they’ve been caught doing something horrible and are doing an apology tour 

I think I personally love The Boys so much because I’ve always rooted for the underdog. I know, first hand, that the “heroes” aren’t always the good guys. 

Additionally, the writing is spot on, and there have been scenes where I’ve laughed so hard, I’ve cried. 

The Boys also comments on and satirizes ongoing political events. I’ll let you take a guess as to who and what they could possibly be making fun of. 

We were then blessed with Gen V. 

I had a tiny reservation with a spinoff, but Gen V more than holds its own. Also, what a hell of a way to pass the seasons back and forth. 

I do want to take a moment to say RIP to Chance Perdamo. He was a wonderful actor, and he was so young. I’m so sorry to all of his friends and family. 

RIP 🖤

With the new season of The Boys quickly approaching (because it’s somehow already May?), now’s the time to catch up or start watching if you haven’t. 

The one caveat is, I sincerely can’t give you enough CW/TWs. There’s just, for lack of a better phrase, a lot of fucked up shit in here. Some of it is for comedic value, but the first episode contains SA. There are mentions and depictions of su*c*d*, drug ab*s*, and other hard topics. 

I DEFINITELY recommend Googling for more specific episode content warnings. This goes for both The Boys and Gen V. 

Season 4 of The Boys premieres on Prime on June 13th. As for me? I’m supes excited.