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Mallory has the empty nest issue where she never got to raise her children so maybe she'll be a good parent figure if she can treat Ryan like her own in that respect?
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Oct 15, 2020 15:11
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Eh, I dont think depriving Ryan of a "good" choice is a writing mistake. It's a grim world with grey characters, and having a good Superman growing up in a healthy family goes completely against the thesis of the book and the show. Letting Ryan grow up well-meaning but stunted in some way both opens up new plotlines while still providing opportunities to undermine hero worship. I'm interested in if the college spin-off show will just be an adaptation of the G-Men plot.
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Oct 15, 2020 15:17
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It's certainly better than getting beat to death by a baseball bat moments after you're born.
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Oct 15, 2020 15:28
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I still wonder about the baby in the hospital with the blue eye beams. I mean, that seems to be the thing about Homelander that scares people the most, and it seems to be a pretty rare V power.
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Oct 15, 2020 15:31
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 Hey I don't know if anyone said this yet, but Stormfront at the end gave me some serious Ma Gnucci vibes from Ennis' Marvel Knights Punisher run and that's why I think she's coming back in season 3.
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Oct 15, 2020 15:44
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BIG HEADLINE posted:I still wonder about the baby in the hospital with the blue eye beams. I mean, that seems to be the thing about Homelander that scares people the most, and it seems to be a pretty rare V power. and we all know blue is stronger than red so
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Oct 15, 2020 16:23
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Snazzy Frocks posted:and we all know blue is stronger than red so I thought it was blue light=good and red light=bad? Is that only in regards to robots?
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Oct 15, 2020 17:03
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star wars and gi joe as well, of course
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Oct 15, 2020 17:11
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Bust Rodd posted:
and this is for sure a show that's concerned with having biologically plausible eyes
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Oct 15, 2020 17:24
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Crespolini posted:and this is for sure a show that's concerned with having biologically plausible eyes Exactly. Same thing with Homelander explaining why he couldn't stop that plane in Season 1 . The writers at least try to apply real world physics, though they're not perfect.
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Oct 15, 2020 17:28
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https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BlushingFrightenedFattaileddunnart-mobile.mp4
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Oct 15, 2020 17:30
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For what it's worth, Stormfront in the comics is momentarily blinded by throwing a bunch of crushed glass shards at his face.
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Oct 15, 2020 17:43
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Fionordequester posted:Same thing with Homelander explaining why he couldn't stop that plane in Season 1 . The writers at least try to apply real world physics, though they're not perfect. Except that doesn't make sense in physics. e: the answer to why he couldn't do it is that he didn't want to breadshaped fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Oct 15, 2020 |
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Oct 15, 2020 18:07
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Fionordequester posted:Exactly. Same thing with Homelander explaining why he couldn't stop that plane in Season 1 . The writers at least try to apply real world physics, though they're not perfect. Right. Homelander is a great example actually, because his eyes are also completely normal.
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Oct 15, 2020 18:12
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Bedshaped posted:Except that doesn't make sense in physics. Homelander was lazy in that scene, there's no denying that. But, handling an airplane really would be a lot more difficult than Superman often makes it look. Try to put too much force on any one part of it would be like holding up a cake with a pencil. Even if you got the balance right, the cake would likely get stabbed through the tip, and it'd be the same with Homelander. Try to adjust the tail, and you risk throwing the plane off-balance if you didn't do it exactly right. Same thing with adjusting the wings. Theoretically, he might have been able to gently fly up against the landing gear, and let the wind do most of the work as he either let it glide in the air, or land gently in the water. Perhaps he could have gotten some inflatable rafts, stuffed everyone on them, then carted them off to safety at the same time (so there wouldn't be so many trips back-and-forth). Or perhaps he could've snagged someone's cellphone, gotten to a safe place, then called and asked military/airforce personnel/whoever how he could use his powers to help. He couldn't have just brute-forced it, though... He'd have had to get creative. And unfortunately, he wasn't driven enough to be creative.
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Oct 15, 2020 18:51
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Another Bill posted:
I just figured that Aya Cash wouldn't even pretend to be stoked to do all those press junkets and Inside the Boys if she was actually written off.
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Oct 15, 2020 18:55
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She said in an interview she wanted to do some work that was relatively short, now that You're the Worst is finished.
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Oct 15, 2020 18:59
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Bust Rodd posted:Mesmer erasure that just will not stand Also the stretchy guy in the church event in s1.
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Oct 15, 2020 19:01
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Thundercracker posted:I just figured that Aya Cash wouldn't even pretend to be stoked to do all those press junkets and Inside the Boys if she was actually written off. That's part of the job so yea they would pretend to be stoked.
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Oct 15, 2020 19:17
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itry posted:She said in an interview she wanted to do some work that was relatively short, now that You're the Worst is finished. The monkey paw curls. Cut to 6 years later, the second Boys feature film is released and Cash is forever typecast as a nazi. CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:That's part of the job so yea they would pretend to be stoked. The showrunner literally confirmed she's not dead and is coming back for next season, so we don't actually need to theorize about any of this.
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Oct 15, 2020 19:19
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i dont know who is gonna save stormfront but i hope they have a plan for an extra unhinged and traumatized nazi supe
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Oct 15, 2020 19:29
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Well, there is the failed resurrection process that the comics occasionally bring up but dont do much with which could give her a few extra cameos, but I'm in the camp of her not being dead, just because they didnt give her "dying" the gravitaz you would expect for a season antagonist that has been establishing herself as a complete POS.
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Oct 15, 2020 19:29
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:The showrunner literally confirmed she's not dead and is coming back for next season, so we don't actually need to theorize about any of this. Oh did they? That's stupid.
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Oct 15, 2020 19:42
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We never saw her die and she was confirmed to be alive in the show, so even if you never heard that interview it was still a very safe bet. She was the throughline through every characters plot, the entire season revolves around her and that coincided with their highest engagement or viewership of any project in their TV division.
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Oct 15, 2020 19:46
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Nah someone with all their limbs off and hosed up like that rambling in German like she's totally gone is a pretty safe "she died" bet. Took less to kill the one in the comic.
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Oct 15, 2020 19:52
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At this point, the question is whether she's gonna be the same character... Or just a brain-dead loony? Then again, she seems to have really good regeneration (if the "laser my tits!" scene is any indication).
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Oct 15, 2020 19:55
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I have faith in these writers, so far they've made every* idea from the books at least slightly better, and Aya Cash is great casting. *I still wish they'd done more with poor Sausage though.
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Oct 15, 2020 20:01
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Groovelord Neato posted:Nah someone with all their limbs off and hosed up like that rambling in German like she's totally gone is a pretty safe "she died" bet. Took less to kill the one in the comic. But this just isn’t how death works in any TV show though
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Oct 15, 2020 20:01
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:I have faith in these writers, so far they've made every* idea from the books at least slightly better, and Aya Cash is great casting. Cindy and Sausage are both confirmed for next season
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Oct 15, 2020 20:11
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Bust Rodd posted:But this just isn’t how death works in any TV show though Stannis still lives! Dr. Fishopolis posted:I have faith in these writers, so far they've made every* idea from the books at least slightly better, and Aya Cash is great casting. Lamplighter's story was better in the comic (apart from the bringing him back bit).
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Oct 15, 2020 20:13
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Azhais posted:Cindy and Sausage are both confirmed for next season I hope they keep most of his origin/personality (obviously since in the show supes are historically US-only it cant be entirely the same), bit of a bummer that he wont get his in-uniform debut Allies-slapping the nazi (unless Stormfront comes back in a not-crippled way). 
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Oct 15, 2020 20:31
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Groovelord Neato posted:Oh did they? That's stupid. She didn't die in the show and there was expository dialogue explicitly saying she was alive, it would be dumb not to do SOMETHING with her in S3
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Oct 15, 2020 20:35
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There was a lot behind Stormfront that was just implied but never fully revealed. I hope the next season tells us how involved she was in the experimentation on adults, why/how is she immortal, or how powerful she really is inside Vought. I like Aya Cash so her coming back as a nazi dath vader for a bit before dying for real would be fun.
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Oct 15, 2020 20:41
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Even if Stormfront only does have a couple cursory appearances next season, the other reason Aya Cash might want to do those press junkets is to maintain a good working relationship with Amazon and the showrunner(s). If this wanted intended to be a short run for her, delivering a solid performance (she did) in this role and then doing all the follow on press to keep the show's popularity up is a great way to get her next role(s).
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Oct 15, 2020 21:20
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I've been a foster parent for a long time and seeing how trauma affects kids who have way less traumatic experience than "literally eyebeamed my own mother to death" its my personal opinion Ryan is hosed.
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Oct 15, 2020 21:26
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Ryan is absolutely hosed. Honestly considering his circumstances he probably turned out the best he could have but killing the one person he loved on accident while trying to save her will absolutely put him in a dark space. I wouldn't be surprised if he tried killing himself but can't.
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Oct 15, 2020 21:31
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Sure, but he's in the custody of someone who lost her similarly-aged grandchildren in an absolutely brutal fashion, so I think it's a pretty safe bet that Mallory is at least going to try to help him.
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Oct 15, 2020 21:35
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Or she'll smother him while hyper overcompensating for failing to protect her own children and he'll grow up even more isolated than Homelander and turn into the show's version of comics Noir
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Oct 15, 2020 21:41
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I dont think being raised by the CIA is going to make you well-adjusted, even if the mother figure is sympathetic. He's going to have a strange view of America even if he doesnt get funneled into wetworks.
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Oct 15, 2020 21:42
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That's a good point, he could turn into Overkill. He just needs to find an artificially intelligent boat
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Oct 15, 2020 21:45
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