#like edgar but in the way everyone likes giancarlo esposito's characters

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wait do you have a fav boys character yet ?

i really like butcher but i feel like that's a basic answer and also the wrong answer. in another world id like frenchie but i can't get over how much i hate the actor. I love maeve theres never a moment she's on screen where im thinking get this woman outta here she's always entertaining to me. i like starlight but (and this is probably a bit nasty to say) there's smth a little uncanny valley about her sometimes where when she's talking im not listening but staring at her face trying to see what features throwing me off. I hate ashley but the actress played an insufferable character in jessica jones too and I really appreciate her ability to play The Most annoying woman you know.

centrist answer i like them all (except stormfront. hated her before i even knew she was a nazi. she was on insta live and i was waiting for her to explode and die) but my fave would have to be butcher bc i find im rooting for him the most and constantly justifying his actions. but sometimes karl urbans accent pisses me off. also black noir but he doesn't Do anything so it's hard to have him as a fave bc he's barely there.

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Continuing to garner a resounding fandom from viewers across the world, The Boys, the popular superhero satire series, is all set to present them a desi touch of the show. In a recent announcement, Amazon Prime Video today revealed that they have roped in Bollywood actors Arjun Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao and Disha Patani to dub for the Hindi version of the show.

Cast as Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), Homelander (Antony Starr), and Starlight (Erin Moriarty) respectively, the actors are set to bring their own signature flair to the soon to be launched Hindi version of the popular series. Lauded for being unabashed and unsubtle, The Boys is a glorious dark-comedy fantasy series based on the comic book series of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. The superhero satire created a significant fan-base in India with its season one and has returned for yet another phenomenal season 2.

“The response that the first and second seasons of The Boys has received from fans across the world has been nothing short of phenomenal.” Gaurav Gandhi, Director and Country General Manager, Amazon Prime Video India, said, “At Prime Video, we are continuously committed to working towards what our consumers need and the Hindi, Tamil and Telugu versions of The Boys is perfectly in line with their demands and expectations and ensures that such a popular show reaches out to a wider and diverse audience. With viewers across the country looking to consume foreign shows in their spoken language, we’re extremely excited to bring popular actors and fans of the series, Arjun, Rajkumar and Disha on board and are excited to see them add their own style to these wonderfully wicked characters.”

Voicing the foul-mouth William ‘Billy’ Butcher, Arjun Kapoor said, “I have been a huge fan of the series ever since it released on Amazon Prime Video. The character of Billy Butcher, much like the series, has a unique charm and an impressive character arc. Billy’s wild sarcasm and his alluring ruggedness spoke to me and I can’t be more excited to voice this delightfully-vexed vigilante.”

Ace actor Rajkummar Rao, dubbing for the ‘Seven’s’ leader Homelander, commented, "The Boys is one of my favourite series on Amazon Prime Video. It is fascinating to watch Antony Starr as Homelander – an infuriatingly complex character that everyone loves to hate. Voicing for Homelander has been extremely exciting and I hope that the audiences like what I have done with my voice for Homelander. It's been a great experience doing this."

Lending her voice to the sweet, yet powerful, Starlight aka Annie January, Disha Patani said, “Starlight is probably one of the most humane and grounded amongst the Vought army. You can’t help but feel for her. Having said that, she’s not to be trifled with and terrifying when provoked. So when Amazon Prime Video approached me to lend my voice for the character – there really was no doubt in my mind! Dubbing for the character has been such a fun experience and I hope the audiences are able to enjoy “The Boys” along with my character and her journey in the same way I did.”

Along with Hindi, the series will also be dubbed in Tamil and Telugu. The dubbed versions are set to launch on Amazon Prime Video on October 28th, giving the audience yet another reason to once again watch their favourite show! The second season of the Amazon Original Series The Boys premiered on Amazon Prime Video with the first three episodes having released on Friday, September 4.

The even more intense, more insane Season 2 finds The Boys on the run from the law, hunted by the Supes, and trying to regroup and fight back against Vought. In hiding, Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Frenchie (Tomer Capon) and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) try to adjust to a new normal, with Butcher (Karl Urban) nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, Starlight (Erin Moriarty) must navigate her place in The Seven as Homelander (Antony Starr) sets his sights on taking complete control. His power is threatened with the addition of Stormfront (Aya Cash), a social media-savvy new Supe, who has an agenda of her own. On top of that, the Supervillain threat takes center stage and makes waves as Vought seeks to capitalize on the nation’s paranoia.

The Supes of The Seven also include Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott), A-Train (Jessie T. Usher), The Deep (Chace Crawford) and Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell). Recurring stars in season two include Claudia Doumit, Goran Visnijc, Malcolm Barrett, Colby Minifie, Shantel VanSanten, Cameron Crovetti, PJ Byrne, Laila Robbins and Giancarlo Esposito returning as Vought boss Stan Edgar, among others.

Based on The New York Times best-selling comic by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys was developed by showrunner Eric Kripke (Supernatural), who also serves as writer and executive producer. Joining Kripke as executive producers are Point Grey Pictures’ Seth Rogen (Preacher), Evan Goldberg (Preacher), and James Weaver (Preacher), Original Film’s Neal H. Moritz (Prison Break) and Pavun Shetty (New Girl), as well as Phil Sgriccia, Craig Rosenberg, Rebecca Sonnenshine, Ken Levin and Jason Netter. Ennis and Robertson also co-executive produce along with Michael Saltzman.

The second season of The Boys premiered with the first three episodes on Friday, September 4, and new episodes available each Friday following, culminating in an epic season finale on October 9.

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October 26, 2020 at 12:53PMArjun Kapoor, Disha Patani, Rajkummar Rao to lend their voice to the Hindi-dubbed version of Amazon original series The Boys https://ift.tt/2TqN08Q

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Smokey brand Reviews: Diabolical

I’m about to dive head first into The Haunting of Bly Manor but, before i get into that, i needed to touch upon the other franchise I'm mildly addicted to; The Boys. I didn’t want to reviews this show after checking out the first season because i actually binged the whole thing a few months before the release of the second so i figured, you know two-for-one. And then the release schedule went to weekly. It’s f*cking dumb. I had to wait eight whole ass weeks to finally get to this review. Finally, with both seasons in the rear view, i want to take some time and gush about one of my favorite shows. Again, i just want to be clear, this is a reviews of both seasons so there might be a bit of overlap.

The Good

Out the box, the look of this show is incredible. I love all of the suits, all of the effects, all of the powers; The art direction is one hundred percent! I’ve actually read The Boys comics and i was curious how those pretty comic book-ish outfits would translate, particularly Homelander's duds and, i must say, i was thoroughly impressed. It even has the balls to match the straight up gore from the books. These cats never shy away from an exploding body and a chill session inside the guts of an skewered and beached whale. I love it!

I adore this world. It’s like a live action One-Punch Man but far more violent and even more cynical. This came from the demented mind of Garth Ennis so you know it’s nuts. I mean, this is the dude who gave us Preacher and some of the best stories out of Hellblazer. What is even more nuts is that spirit has translated perfectly to what we‘ve seen onscreen so far, a feat that i have to give to ...

The writing. Bro, the writing in that first season was mad on point. It was some of the cleverest, well thought out, brilliantly executed lore i have ever had the pleasure of viewing. It felt completely in step with that we saw, like there was a proper story they wanted to tell and it was told with precision. I also like a lot of the changes made to the narrative for television’s sake. A lot of the gender swapping and plot digression has been pretty interesting making for a richer narrative than the comic, i think.

This cast is absolutely stacked. I’m particularly fond of Jack Quaid, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, and Laz Alonso as Hughie Campbell, Mother’s Milk, Frenchie, and The Girl, respectively. I’m also fond of Erin Moriarty's Annie January or, as she’s known in her Supe persona, Starlight. Other notable castings include Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher, and Colby Minifie. I also have to give some love to Simon Pegg, Haley Joel Osmet, and Shawn Ashmore for some pretty dope cameos, too. Even with these mentions, i have a few performances that stood out with such fervor that their energy dwarfs literally everyone else in the cast.

Karl Urban as Billy the Butcher is f*cking fantastic. Urban is a great actor and just finds a way to embody his characters. He’s come a long way from Ghost Ship and Chronicles of Riddick. Look, I've loved this dude for years. His Bones is the best thing about the Kelvin Star Trek and his Dredd is easily the best iteration of that character to date. He brought that same, crass, violent, energy to the Supe hating, CIA, psychopath and i love every bit of his carnage.

This show would be nothing without the other side of that barbaric coin in Homelander and this version? F*cking chef kiss, bro. Anthony Starr is bloody brilliant in this role. I mean, i hate Homelander, don’t misunderstand me, but the way Starr portrays him as this inept, smarmy, overpowered, prepubescent teenager is just perfect. He’s a petulant child, a straight up bully, who has gotten everything he’s ever wanted by giving everyone swirlies. It’s f*cking hilarious that Butcher keeps getting over on him.

There are no good people in this show and it was Deep’s sexual assault of Starlight that immediately proved this fact. This scuzzy ass bottom feeder was eventually thrown to the wolves where he experienced his own violation at the hands of a groopie, literally. Witnessing this arrogant, disgusting, rapist effectively crumble into a desperate pile of whimpering regret was awesome to watch and that’s thanks to Chace Crawford’s skeevy ass performance.

God, help me, i completely fell in love with Stormfront. Again, i want to be clear; I despise this Nazi b*tch but, similar to Homelander, the fact that this character was able to solicit such vitriol out of me is what endeared me to the character. That’s a testament to the writing, especially with the gender swap, but i have to give much more credit to Aya Cash. Bro, i love this chick. She’s been excellent in everything I've ever seen her in, especially that old Hulu show, You’re the Worst. That same energy is brought directly to this role in the most insidious and despicable manner and i loved it!

I was surprised to see Elizabeth Shue in this. It’s been a while since she was in anything i actually gave a sh*t about so seeing her pip up in this as what amounts to little more than Homelander’s handler was kind of awesome. her Madelyn Stillwell, anther gender swap i think, was exceptional. She was manipulative and desperate and never in control until those final moments. It’s a shame she went out the way she did. That was f*cked up, mostly because i wanted SO much more with Sitwell but, it opened up an opportunity for...

Stan Edgar portrayed by Gustavo Fring, himself; Giancarlo Esposito. Dude, this cat steals every scene that he’s in. He’s cool, composed, and infinitely calculating. I mean, this is basically Gus in charge of the biggest peddler of superheroes in the world and he maneuvers in the exact same way Fring would. It’s like watching a shark hunt, non-stop, outmaneuvering and corralling schools of oblivious fish right before he feasts. It’s insane how villainous this dude is.

The Meh

The writing in the second season was kinda sus. It was nowhere near as tight as it was in that first run. Don’t get me wrong, it was still pretty good, however, the plot holes were very much obvious. It wasn’t as clever as the first, which is f*cking weird because i thought the overall character writing was much better.

The Black Noir reveal was a bummer. I was looking forward to the Homelander connection but, with this, none of that is a thing. Best reveal of the entire comic and i have no idea how they’re going to manipulate that L into a W.

These first two season felt like The Boys Begin. Like, hindsight in the mirror, there is a lot of ways they can just straight up adapt the comic, point for point, now. It feels like we’re right at the beginning of where the original story started and that kind of takes away from everything we got up to this point. I don’t want to say it cheapened the experienced but, knowing what i know about the books, it does kind of does?

The Verdict

The Boys is excellent. It’s an ultra-violent, amazingly creative, brutally cynical, gratuitously gory, uncomfortably hilarious lampoon of the superhero genre. This thing has one of the dopest cast on TV right now, lead by an irreverent Anthony Starr and an acutely viscous Karl Urban with an outstanding supporting ensemble. The world is intriguing, the Supes compelling, and The Boys enigmatic. The trickle of real-world political satire is mildly concerning but i think the writing handled it well and I'm curious where they take it going forward. The second season is effected by a little bit of that sophomore slump but that first run was excellent. Classic TV in an era of classic TV. This show is great. Even at it’s worst, its still one of the best things available to binge. If you haven’t watched this show, f*cking stop it. Go binge The Boys right the f*ck now!