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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