Gen V on Prime

[Kirby101]

They are up to Episode 5 and I have been enjoying it, it has The Boys over the top humor and grossness (with some weird scenes involving penises) and unlike The Boys, some characters you may like.

I have gone back 4 months and see no thread about this show. Curious that there is no discussion, since it is the comics' based Boys Universe.,

[j9ac9k]

I've been watching, but not caught up. I think it's fine, but so far it's just "okay." The fame satire is fine, but pretty expected, the superhero satire isn't new either if you've been watching "The Boys," I like the characters well enough, but none of them really stand out to me or have really caught my interest. The plot is okay, but nothing new either. I think I would have preferred a show about the regular day-to-day life at God U rather than this conspiracy plot, but I'm sticking with it.

Also, I think they rely too much on gross sex stuff. You kinda become numb to it after awhile. And the whole, "getting out of sticky situations with a Supe by having embarrassing footage of them" is played out. They need a new plot device to get themselves out of situations.

[Nate Grey]

I'm up to ep 3. I mean...its ok, the acting by the young cast is ok. The actress for the supe with the shrinking powers when she throws up is probably the best. Patrick Schwarzenegger easily smokes them all though, I need to see more of his roles elsewhere didn't know he was that good.

I'm along for the ride.

[j9ac9k]

Random thought - I kinda wish the climax of Ep 1 with Golden Boy happened in Ep 3 instead so that we had more time getting to know him and had more time investigating "the woods" beforehand rather than after. I think it would've been more surprising that way.

[Bunch of Coconuts]

It's fine so far.

As others mentioned, just a lot of shock value with some clever commentary, but I can't see myself attached to any particular character so far. Maybe Emma.

[DanMad1977]

Patrick Schwarzenegger has more talent than his father. He will never that big (but who will), but he is a very promising actor.

I always had the impression that it is forbidden to show erected penises in TV, but in EP 1 we have that. Did that change with streaming?

[mburns]

I'm up to ep 3. I mean...its ok, the acting by the young cast is ok. The actress for the supe with the shrinking powers when she throws up is probably the best. Patrick Schwarzenegger easily smokes them all though, I need to see more of his roles elsewhere didn't know he was that good.

I'm along for the ride.

The cast is mediocre at best other than the shrinking girl. That's why it can't touch the Boys. Anthony Starr, Karl Urban, Jack Quaid and Chace Crawford are what makes the Boys so fun to watch.

[80sbaby]

I'm obviously in the minority of folks on this site who enjoy this more than the Boys. I like most of the main cast on Gen V more than I do the Boys (with the exception of MM.)

[Sutekh]

I'm obviously in the minority of folks on this site who enjoy this more than the Boys. I like most of the main cast on Gen V more than I do the Boys (with the exception of MM.)

I think the Boys comes out a tiny bit ahead for me, because at least a *few* characters seem to be mostly nice people, if still stuck in a messed-up world and having made some questionable decisions to get where they are (Starlight, for instance, but also Hughie and MM). Unfortunately, entirely too many of the Gen V kids seem to be, 'Eh, why bother? If I keep my head down, I can get mine and leave y'all in this mess, that is literally killing people left and right, but if I pretend hard enough, won't kill me?'

I want to like them, but Jordan, Andre and Marie are constantly making selfish and callous choices, IMO, and anybody *not* a main character, like Rufus, is just downright twisted. Emma's the best of them, and kind of only in the middle of this 'top 5 clique' with Andre, Jordan and Marie because she's Marie's roommate.

One of the more *human* people we've seen so far is the invisible RA, giving 'how to human' advice to Jordan in the hall. And he's dating a girl who seems to be perpetually in llama form, and casually mentions that he likes to hide in the showers and jerk off, so, yeah...

[Celgress]

...I think they rely too much on gross sex stuff. You kinda become numb to it after awhile..

That is indeed a big negative, same for the Boys, IMHO. That is why I've rated both shows 4 out of 5 stars rather than 4.5 or 5 stars. The constant gross-out sexual humor is a bit much and has become a cheap storytelling crutch if anything.