228 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 18, 2026 · last updated Oct 18, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 22 | 25 | 129 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| TMDB reviews * | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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The show is praised as a sharp political satire and a deconstruction of superhero tropes. [1][2][3] Some viewers feel the series declined due to a perceived 'woke' agenda and political messaging. [4][5][6] Others appreciate the performances and social commentary despite uneven seasons. [7][8][9]
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The Boys started off well enough but any potential it might have had as entertainment, backed by legitimate social commentary, has been quickly astro-turfed by the agenda pedlars. This series positively oozes woke. If there's a politically loaded pitch to be made, in my opinion, there's a good chance you'll find it here. What I personally found even more odious, in the current season (4) is the belittling of those …
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The Boys, or the reflection of excess Prime Video's crown jewel, and perhaps the best series made in a long time, with all due respect to Sam Levinson and his "Euphoria," has been this brutal and harrowing political satire created by Eric Kripke. A sharp and audacious idea that began as an apparently irreverent deconstruction of the caped crusader subgenre, it has, with the passage of seasons and, above all, with …
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A great series set in a world where superheroes are a real phenomenon. Capitalism is omnipresent, profit and money are in everyone's mind. Of course the 'Sups' abuse their power for their own interests and many more cruel and immoral things. Every hero's doing is explained, some more, some less. There's a perfect balance between big serious storylines and little kind of darker humor ones. 'The Boys' are trying to …
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From the "Superheroes'r'us" department we get the only "superhero" anything that is watchable. Of course, only so because it is a rather thin and blunt allegory to the modern world and the damage it does to the human character, but still funny, witty and grotesque. The best trick is the way it delivers its sermon through the fate of its characters. Worth a watch, although not all seasons are of equal quality.
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The Boys on Prime Video is a dark, thrilling take on superheroes that I can’t get enough of. It’s intense, funny, and filled with unexpected twists that keep you hooked. Soldier Boy is my favorite character—his complex, no-nonsense attitude adds a unique edge to the show. And, of course, Butcher’s relentless, gritty personality is second to none. With powerful performances, sharp social commentary, and unforgettable …
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Critics, per Wikipedia
The Boys has received critical acclaim, although the series' political aspects have been divisive and a major talking point, particularly for its fourth season. The series has an overall rating of 93% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 76 on Metacritic. Many critics and publications have called it among the best Amazon Prime Video series of all time. Starr's portrayal of Homelander has also received much critical acclaim, with multiple critics calling it one of the best performances on television. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds an approval rating of 85%, based on 106 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Though…
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60 of 228 · most liked first‘THE BOYS’ has released an awards FYC advertisement that includes negative reviews accusing the show of having a “woke agenda” and being “communist propaganda”
neutral · AI labelView post →BLIB show in less than a week!! grab your tix and come see The Boys Live...will be a VERY fun show
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the themes of the final season of THE BOYS are people selling their soul to please the power-made man-child tyrant in the show and him always casting them aside as soon as someone more depraved comes by.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Boys is a great show whose writers understand America's relationship with fascism extremely well and which has attracted a large fanbase of borderline political illiterates
positive · AI labelView post →The plan: we spend an entire award show promoting the Boys & Girls Clubs, then give them a donation of a few thousand dollars
neutral · AI labelView post →'The Boys' cast behind the scenes of the series finale
neutral · AI labelView post →THE BOYS ARE BACK FOR A WHOLE NEW SERIES!! AND THEY ARE MARRIED!! IT'S CANON!!! AND I'M THE SHOWRUNNER!!!! 🩷💚🩷💚🩷💚
neutral · AI labelView post →Karl Urban and Antony Starr on set of ‘THE BOYS’ series finale.
neutral · AI labelView post →I've only watched bits and pieces of The Boys, but from what I gathered from the show, the guy who proudly did a Hitler salute twice in front of millions saying the finale was pathetic is a ringing endorsement
positive · AI labelView post →PSA: All of the THE TRIP movies (and the series!) are on Criterion. The Boys Are Back m.youtube.com/watch?v=HFIQ...
neutral · AI labelView post →First look at Jenson Ackles as Soldier Boy in ‘The Boys’ prequel show ‘Vought Rising’
neutral · AI labelView post →The Boys wasn’t great for the last few seasons but the show has been pretty vindicated by Musk and right wingers losing their minds over the finale
neutral · AI labelView post →of the major Ennis series: Preacher: parts have aged poorly, really enjoyable highs though Hitman: parts have aged poorly but the heart still shines through, Hitman #34 is an all time comic issue The Boys: his meanest and worst major work Punisher Max: the GOAT Punisher series
negative · AI labelView post →Saw THE BOYS series finale in 4DX and it kicked off the best way possible- the guy next to me not knowing what 4DX was, getting sprayed in the face hard with water, and being mad for the next hour
positive · AI labelView post →Honestly impressed with The Boys for making their final season feel like a show on its 14th season running out of ideas, especially when they purposely set a "5 season limit" on themselves.
negative · AI labelView post →It’s almost impossible to describe how much better The Boys tv show is than the comic book. Like the show comes from the position that women are also people and that people in general should not die horribly.
positive · AI labelView post →‘The Boys’ ends tonight Series finale runtime is ~1 hour and 5 minutes
neutral · AI labelView post →New poster for ‘The Boys’ series finale
neutral · AI labelView post →Excuse me! It’s Cleo here! You don’t see as much of me as the Boys in the House because I’m always off being BUSY. So I asked Mum to do a little compilation of my day, to show you how I pass the time. You’ll see that I don’t often settle down with them, but I love all my Brothers and they love me 💖
neutral · AI labelView post →Eagerly awaiting the series finale of The Boys because it’s predicted so much shit at this point and I want to know how the world ends.
positive · AI labelView post →This doesn’t look like a federal agent doing his job. This looks like Vought assassin Black Noir from the TV show ‘The Boys.’ Unacceptable.
neutral · AI labelView post →UMBERT ACTUALLY PREMIERES NEXT MONTH!! This season is BIGGER and BETTER than ever, and we are SUPER excited to show you what our extremely talented crew has been cooking. THE BOYS ARE BACK!!! #StayTooned
neutral · AI labelView post →The Boys series will be wrapping up soon! I’m curious of Soldier Boy’s involvement this season.
neutral · AI labelView post →Can ‘The Boys’ show just end already please? There’s gonna be an official fight between Superman and Homelander and they had to nerf Supes hard to make it fair. I’m so sick of seeing Homelander and the endless pessimism from that damn show.
negative · AI labelView post →Show: The Boys Language: Dutch Country: Netherlands
neutral · AI labelView post →40-year-old man on a show called “Bussin’ with the Boys” is undignified.
neutral · AI labelView post →Trailer for the series finale of ‘The Boys’
neutral · AI labelView post →Homelander announcing a blockade of the Hormuz Strait, what an incredible series finale to The Boys, but what a silly show. Such cartoonish villains.
negative · AI labelView post →‘The Boys’ S5 has reached over 55M viewers so far 📺 Most-watched season in the series
neutral · AI labelView post →Would be funny if Amazon, still high off the success Invincible and The Boys, accidentally green lit a very high budget Savage Dragon series.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The Boys’ series finale runtime is 1 hour and 5 minutes 📺
neutral · AI labelView post →The series finale of ‘THE BOYS’ will be released in 4DX theaters on May 19.
neutral · AI labelView post →Recapping THE BOYS series finale with @daviddennisjr.bsky.social tomorrow What other shows would you guys like to see us recap this summer on @viewerpod.bsky.social?
neutral · AI labelView post →Who would've guessed that the most realistic late season character from The Boys was Firecracker
neutral · AI labelView post →The Boys Of San Francisco. Can’t wait to show you the photoshoot later 😜😜😜😜. @steveneyth.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Series creator Eric Kripke says The Boys' final season takes place "in an entire country that has drunk Homelander’s Kool-Aid.” He also noted that it "definitely has no comparison to anything going on anywhere in the world...”
neutral · AI labelView post →The toxic edgelords who love The Boys finally realized that the show is mocking their sorry asses
negative · AI labelView post →"The Boys" has a vast gap between the original source material and the adaptation in quality - to the favor of the TV show
positive · AI labelView post →I’m watching several TV shows that I don’t like out of irritable completism (Euphoria, The Boys), one show I’m eh about (Margo) and one show I *love* (Widow’s Bay) What should I be watching instead?
negative · AI labelView post →The Boys subreddit has been melting down for weeks but I thought the final season (and especially series finale) was really good?? Why can’t people just enjoy something???
positive · AI labelView post →‘THE BOYS’ series finale gave almost every character a satisfying ending. So, why are fans so divided? We try to find out why... discussingfilm.net/2026/05/24/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE BOYS’ has finally ended after 7 years. But did the series finale wrap everything up in a satisfying way? Find out here... discussingfilm.net/2026/05/20/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →Genuinely thought this post was about the evil corporation called "Vought" from the TV show The Boys for a moment
neutral · AI labelView post →Kind of loving the Garth Ennis critical redemption arc that’s been happening post The Boys tv show ending being less than well received.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke has offered his reaction after fans pointed out that his Prime Video superhero series accidentally predicted the emergence of a golden statue of U.S. President Donald Trump. https://bit.ly/3PgbVfR
neutral · AI labelView post →So sick of The Boys (not the tv show)
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE BOYS’ has been consistently brilliant for 4 seasons, but does this final season manage to stick the landing too? Find out in our review… bit.ly/TheBoysDF
neutral · AI labelView post →Peacemaker is like if The Boys was a show that was good
negative · AI labelView post →The Boys prequel series Vought Rising has revealed its cast's super suits, including Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy. bit.ly/3V7Ybmt
neutral · AI labelView post →Prime Video has announced that the final season of The Boys will premiere on April 8, 2026. The season will debut with two episodes and then will have one episode released weekly before the series finale premieres on May 20, 2026.
neutral · AI labelView post →was The Boys series stupid? yes. did the writing get progressively worse over its run? yes. did i happily watch every minute of it? absolutely yes.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Boys was a bad show because it wasn't The Girls. Thank you.
negative · AI labelView post →A love letter to a phenomenal show. RIP #theboys, we shall not see its like again. reactormag.com/the-boys-was...
neutral · AI labelView post →Heh, so, y’know that show? The Boys? Turns out JD Vance has something in common with one of the major characters in the show, The Deep. And it sure isn’t super-strength.
neutral · AI labelView post →The final trailer for Season 5 of The Boys, the Prime Video series' last, will arrive Thursday, March 5.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Boys. The comic was awful- the show is surprisingly good.
positive · AI labelView post →The Boys Of Winter The Thermal Pool Series Dad and Ly @pdxsubdad.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Amazon’s satirical superhero series The Boys mocked how the Trump administration decided to handle releasing the Epstein files.
neutral · AI labelView post →Soldier Boy suits up again. See photos of Jensen Ackles and more in their super suits for 'The Boys' prequel series 'Vought Rising.'
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The Boys’ Takes Apparent Shot at Elon Musk in Series Finale #Newsweek
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