The Boys vs Watchmen

[batnbreakfast]

What do you prefer? Garth Ennis deconstruction or Alan Moore's? I like to get your opinions on both... comics and TV shows/movie

Can Someone please insert a Poll?

[numberthirty]

The Boys is way too busy being one guy's angry rant to even be "Solid..." as a piece of deconstruction.

It ain't even in the same league as the other work, and never will be.

[Kirby101]

The Boys is way too busy being one guy's angry rant to even be "Solid..." as a piece of deconstruction.

It ain't even in the same league as the other work, and never will be.

This. Watchmen is a masterpiece, The Boys is fun.

[numberthirty]

To me, The Boys is actually too "Inside Baseball..." to even count as "Fun".

To actually get even eighty-five percent of it, it requires the reader to know a whole lot of "Comics" history.

[batnbreakfast]

The Boys is way too busy being one guy's angry rant to even be "Solid..." as a piece of deconstruction.

It ain't even in the same league as the other work, and never will be.

Personally Boys is much more entertaining and I never intend to read Watchmen a second time. I vote Boys. Btw love the show, haven't watched Watchmen,yet

This. Watchmen is a masterpiece, The Boys is fun.

What about show vs show. What characters do you like in Watchmen... how about Boys

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

Watchmen has a better comic, The Boys is a better show

[Kirby101]

What about show vs show. What characters do you like in Watchmen... how about Boys

You mean the Watchmen movie, or HBO show. I'd say though different I enjoyed the shows about equally.

[batnbreakfast]

You mean the Watchmen movie, or HBO show. I'd say though different I enjoyed the shows about equally.

I love Homelander. The 1st evil Superman I like. Don't care for Manhattan or Injustice or Snyder's nightmare Supes
I'm so ready for Tek Knight
I love the Deep

[Joker]

The Boys was a really fun tv show. Watchmen is a really good comic.

[numberthirty]

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What about show vs show. What characters do you like in Watchmen... how about Boys

The Boys feels like it might wind up a "Preacher"-level tire fire when it comes to adapting IP while somehow managing to lose ninety-plus percent of what made the IP worth adapting.

[Jack Dracula]

What do you prefer? Garth Ennis deconstruction or Alan Moore's? I like to get your opinions on both... comics and TV shows/movie

Can Someone please insert a Poll?

Watchmen was deconstruction.
The Boys is destruction.

[Arfguy]

What do you prefer? Garth Ennis deconstruction or Alan Moore's? I like to get your opinions on both... comics and TV shows/movie

Can Someone please insert a Poll?

I haven't read the Boys comics. I have read Moore's Watchmen and I think it is a stellar piece of work. A lot of comics gets lofty praise and once I have read them, they do fall somewhat short of expectations. Watchmen somehow exceeded my expectations even after everyone was already praising it as one of the finest works in comics. The writing and the art are both so perfect.

I think the Watchmen movie is decent, but it fails to really get the heart of the comics, just like most of Zack Snyder's work. I think he missed the point of Superman in both Man of Steel and BvS: DoJ and he completely missed the mark on Watchmen.

I was reluctant to try the Boys TV show, as it looked from the commercial like it was going to be crap. After a bunch of people swore by it, including one of my friends, I watched it and was surprised how much I loved it.

The Watchmen TV show completely surprised me. Maybe it's blasphemy to say, given the praise I already laid out for the comic, but if there was a 2019 version of the world that the comics set up, I could very well see the TV show being that. The show was brilliant. From what I understand, there won't be any more episodes since Lindeloff has stepped away. Maybe it's for the best. Sometimes things overstay their welcome, but man was the show something special.

[batnbreakfast]

I haven't read the Boys comics. I have read Moore's Watchmen and I think it is a stellar piece of work. A lot of comics gets lofty praise and once I have read them, they do fall somewhat short of expectations. Watchmen somehow exceeded my expectations even after everyone was already praising it as one of the finest works in comics. The writing and the art are both so perfect.

I think the Watchmen movie is decent, but it fails to really get the heart of the comics, just like most of Zack Snyder's work. I think he missed the point of Superman in both Man of Steel and BvS: DoJ and he completely missed the mark on Watchmen.

I was reluctant to try the Boys TV show, as it looked from the commercial like it was going to be crap. After a bunch of people swore by it, including one of my friends, I watched it and was surprised how much I loved it.

The Watchmen TV show completely surprised me. Maybe it's blasphemy to say, given the praise I already laid out for the comic, but if there was a 2019 version of the world that the comics set up, I could very well see the TV show being that. The show was brilliant. From what I understand, there won't be any more episodes since Lindeloff has stepped away. Maybe it's for the best. Sometimes things overstay their welcome, but man was the show something special.

Seriously, I love this. Undecided wether giving HBO my cc details and stream Watchmen (show) right now or wait foooreeverrrrr for the BluRay

[Arfguy]

Seriously, I love this. Undecided wether giving HBO my cc details and stream Watchmen (show) right now or wait foooreeverrrrr for the BluRay

Looking Glass is such a cool riff on Rorschach. I am awaiting the Blu-ray.

[numberthirty]

Looking Glass is such a cool riff on Rorschach. I am awaiting the Blu-ray.

Are they just trying to drag their heels on that, or do they have some sort of "Bonus..." material up their figurative sleeve?

Since the odds of a second season are as low as they are, I can't figure the way they are losing steam on the possible Blu-Ray set.