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Gen V TV-MA 2023 - Present 1 Season ... 97% Avg. Tomatometer 83 Reviews 77% Avg. Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings The lives of hormonal, competitive Superheroes as they put their physical, sexual ...
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By Matt Donato
Posted: Nov 8, 2023 9:18 pm
Prime Video hit the jackpot with Gen V. The spinoff forges its own identity as a TV-MA Sky High that brightens the mood of The Boys’ universe while still advancing the franchise’s bigger-picture storytelling arcs. Showrunners Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters put more emphasis on Godolkin University’s troubled attendees than Vought's Seven or Butcher’s crew, valuing a fully developed experience over cheap cameo pops and The Boys callbacks. Gen V never feels like filler or fluff – it’s an unmissable coming-of-age spectacle.
The first season maintains the hellacious hallmarks of The Boys, from extreme superhero violence to a raunchiness that’d make John Waters blush. Thematically and visually, it’s not afraid to flaunt its affiliation with Prime Video’s adults-only supe satire: From early scenes with exploding privates until the campus massacre that colors the finale deep red, Gen V keeps an impressive pace with The Boys’ shock-and-awe highlights. The material isn’t toned down for younger protagonists: Gen V embraces the hormonal anarchy of college and lets the students of Godolkin University run wild, which is frequently and chaotically entertaining. It’s no doubt one of the horniest shows on television, and it wears that distinction with shameless pride.
What’s so exceptional about Gen V is it’s hardly more of the same scorched-earth brand of supe cynicism. The writers tap into the repulsive reality of babies practically sold to Vought International by parents who approve Compound V injections, which richly complicates typical coming-of-age formulas. The Boys has been much quicker to anoint characters “Good” or “Bad,” whereas Gen V rushes no judgments about mere children wrestling with extraordinary abilities, destructive family dynamics, and their futures under Vought’s thumb. It doesn’t lose itself to any equivalent of Butcher’s hate or Homelander’s rage – Gen V is a compelling alternative that speaks with an empathetic voice about what it takes to be a true hero in a world filled with phonies in patriotic costumes spouting scripted platitudes. It’s do-gooding and spunky but also sincerely heartbreaking and sympathetic because the characters are still establishing how they’ll behave as professional supes.
The actors playing the “Guardians of Godolkin” shine as a tight-knit ensemble. It starts with Jaz Sinclair as bloodbender Marie Moreau, who anchors Gen V as the prototypical superhero who discovered their powers under the most tragic circumstances. Sure, the fight sequences where Marie slits her hands and shoots blood spikes like a Mortal Kombat finisher come to mind more quickly thanMarie’s immense moral struggles, but that’s sneakily where Gen V separates itself as a spinoff with conviction. The first season is appropriately tuned into the turbulence that churns inside Marie and her cohorts and gives as much screen time to their psychological struggles, drowning out any fear that this might be a one-note replication of The Boys. The stakes of both shows are heightened by even the slightest bit of hope that someone like Marie might be able to end Vought’s despicable stranglehold over American superhero culture.
Gen V excels as a spinoff of The Boys that asserts its dominant presence as both a standalone series and in-universe continuation. Almost everything about the new supe program keeps fans wanting more, with barely a glimpse of either Billy Butcher or Homelander. The new class commands Prime Video’s diabolical college caper from start to finish (with...
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Rendy S Enjoyed but so much lame especially with the emotion and pacing things. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/14/24 Full Review Doyle M One of the most soulless shows ever made.
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Sep 27, 2023 · The Boys’ college-set spin-off Gen V is exactly what you think it is: Junior supes getting into trouble while attending an institute of power-learning. Just how deep the dysfunction and perversity get is what makes the show a must-see, according to critics.
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Sep 27, 2023 · This betrayal, combined with the youth of “Gen V’s” protagonists, makes them more readily sympathetic than the antiheroes of “The Boys.”. Freshman Marie (Jaz Sinclair) can manipulate ...
Sep 27, 2023 · TV; TV Reviews ‘Gen V’ Review: Amazon’s ‘The Boys’ Spinoff Refreshes the Snark-and-Gore Formula. The team behind the hit vigilante series shifts its focus from the corporate world to the ...
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