Episode 164 - The Boys

If you are as tired of superheroes as we are right now then you are gonna love this hot take on The Boys, a dark satire that eviscerates the recent Disney/MCU commodification of the comic book movie genre with a steel-toed kick right to the codpiece. Loosely based on the ultra-violent cult comic by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys explores the basic idea of “What if superheroes were real? And what if they were all a**holes?” Throw in a rag-tag team of vigilantes intent on taking them all down and you get a bonkers, profanity-laden, ultraviolent funhouse ride. But underneath the veneer hides some very pointed critiques of our modern world that resonate beyond simply a bunch of weirdos in spandex blowing stuff up real good. It’s sharp, it’s funny, and we really dig it. So we thought we’d spoil it all for you! | 0:00 - Intros | 3:30 - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) | 10:45 - Freaky (2020) | 15:30 - The Prom (2020) | 23:45 - Escape From L.A. (1996) | 28:00 - Predator 2 (1990) | 37:15 - The Boys SPOILER discussion (2019-2020) | Clips | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl | Underworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx) | Little Nell, Particia Quinn & Richard O’Brien - Time Warp - The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat | Trevor Jones - The Game Is On - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | Bear McCreary - Freaky Credits | The Cast of Netflix’s Film The Prom - Tonight Belongs to You | White Zombie - The One (Escape from L.A. Soundtrack Version) | Alan Silvestri - Predator 2 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh | Lunachicks - Spoilt / Joss Stone - Spoiled / Monty Python - Spam | The Dead Milkmen - Life Is Shit