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A Quiet Day
Jan. 23rd, 2021 07:35 pmSpent the day hanging out with Peggy, who continues to be an extremely good dog all around. She mostly didn't even attempt to unlock the back door.
On a friend's recommendation I started watching The Boys, and, uh, yikes. It starts with fridging a woman of colour, and goes downhill from there. Everyone in the show is an asshole to some degree (except Starlight, she has her moments), and it is horrifically violent. I say this, and I watch slasher films for fun. Maybe it's because it's only got moments of extreme violence, so the contrast is especially stark, and the person who recommended it to me didn't warn me about any of it: the fridging, the violence, the subtle misogyny and homophobia, the works. It was billed to me as a satire about superheroes, and instead it's more like a bargain bin Watchmen. I didn't especially enjoy that either, but I think it was done better.
Anyway, so far I can't recommend it unless you really enjoy all of the things I mentioned above. If you are into dark narratives about how superheroes are raping, murdering assholes ruled by corporations and motivated only by self-interest and greed, then you might enjoy this. I think I could enjoy it if there were less rape, and if I weren't being asked to accept yet another woman gruesomely killed off in order to further a man's plotline (actually, the show has several women killed to further the plotlines of men), and if it were better written. The writing is okay, but I feel like better writing could have elevated this show into something really great to watch.
I will fully own that I have watched several episodes. I kind of can't look away, kind of like when I was still watching 24, not matter how bad it got. I'm interested in seeing where the overarching plot goes in the first season, and then I think I will let it drop. Luckily the seasons are short ones.
On that note, it is time to put the puppy to bed, and then eventually myself.
On a friend's recommendation I started watching The Boys, and, uh, yikes. It starts with fridging a woman of colour, and goes downhill from there. Everyone in the show is an asshole to some degree (except Starlight, she has her moments), and it is horrifically violent. I say this, and I watch slasher films for fun. Maybe it's because it's only got moments of extreme violence, so the contrast is especially stark, and the person who recommended it to me didn't warn me about any of it: the fridging, the violence, the subtle misogyny and homophobia, the works. It was billed to me as a satire about superheroes, and instead it's more like a bargain bin Watchmen. I didn't especially enjoy that either, but I think it was done better.
Anyway, so far I can't recommend it unless you really enjoy all of the things I mentioned above. If you are into dark narratives about how superheroes are raping, murdering assholes ruled by corporations and motivated only by self-interest and greed, then you might enjoy this. I think I could enjoy it if there were less rape, and if I weren't being asked to accept yet another woman gruesomely killed off in order to further a man's plotline (actually, the show has several women killed to further the plotlines of men), and if it were better written. The writing is okay, but I feel like better writing could have elevated this show into something really great to watch.
I will fully own that I have watched several episodes. I kind of can't look away, kind of like when I was still watching 24, not matter how bad it got. I'm interested in seeing where the overarching plot goes in the first season, and then I think I will let it drop. Luckily the seasons are short ones.
On that note, it is time to put the puppy to bed, and then eventually myself.
