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WokeWoke-O-MeterBased. 48% BASED. Gen V is a serviceable placeholder teeming with parent series levels of explosive gore and vile behavior. However, with a lazy plot and only adequate characters, it brings almost nothing new to the franchise and is on a very distant second tier to that of The Boys.
"I had to turn it off because it's too woke " is a direct quote by multiple reviews. Both shows rag on celebrity status and capitalism. Gen V just does it with TikTokers and "influencers" instead of movie stars and athletes.
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I literally know nothing about the plot other than it's at a school for supes, but you can bet everything you have on constant arguments that the Boys has "gone woke" vs people saying it's always been woke.
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By Matt Donato
Updated: Sep 27, 2023 4:11 pm
Posted: Sep 27, 2023 4:00 pm
This is a spoiler-free review of Gen V, the first three episodes of which debut Friday, September 29 on Prime Video.
The first three episodes of Prime Video’s sensationally obscene The Boys spin-off Gen V boldly assure one thing: the kids aren’t alright. The depravity showcased by Homelander’s and Butcher’s teams carries over to this collegiate addition to The Boys cinematic universe. Godolkin University houses the next generation’s superheroes as they hone their newfound abilities, fornicate frequently, and try to come of age under intense Vought scrutiny. It’s a powder keg of dysfunction and big-state conspiracies that makes for electric television, one-upping every sick, twisted highlight of The Boys.
The series stars Jaz Sinclair as bloodbender Marie Moreau, an orphan fueled by a desire to control her deadly powers. Marie’s perspective heavily influences our opinion of Godolkin in the first three episodes, as she pursues studies at Lamplighter’s school for crime fighting – not the alternative Crimson Countess school for performing arts where she’s assigned. Godolkin becomes a microcosm of relevant issues depicted in The Boys, from supe hubris to shady Vought manipulation, and Marie finds herself immediately at odds with renowned professor Richard Brinkerhoff (Clancy Brown, who plays a mean company stooge). Cheery Vought-scripted Godolkin advertisements leading into Marie’s markedly less uplifting experiences make for smashing satire, hitting a tone of salacious storytelling that’d make Riverdale blush.
Gen V does a tremendous job expanding on themes from The Boys that beg for deeper analysis, like the disgusting reality of Compound V injections. Through Starlight’s confessionals and other context clues uncovered by Butcher’s investigation, The Boys establishes how parents robbed their infantile children of normalcy by turning them into supes. Gen V confronts the issue head-on by depicting Marie and her classmates in vulnerable stages of young adulthood, processing Compound V traumas through parent-teacher conferences and dorm-room venting sessions. In a rich dissection of the kids’ lack of consent to their superpowered fates, we see superstrong gender-shifter Jordan Li (Derek Luh and London Thor in a tag-team performance) paraded around a gala event like a show pony. Gen V might roast the youth of today with its tongue-in-cheek “woke” comedy, but also sees the Godolkin student body as unwitting pawns with important stories to tell about being exploited by loved ones, corporations, and the government.
The campus is filled with strong personalities and unique powers, which translates into engrossing performances from a dazzling cast. It’s impossible not to fall in love with Lizze Broadway as Marie’s quirky and compassionate roommate Emma who can shrink and grow on command – the perkier Enid to Marie’s Wednesday. Chance Perdomo commands our attention as metal bender Andre Anderson, a reluctant hero living in the shadow of a famous supe father. As mind empath Cate Dunlap and top-of-his-class Luke Riordan, respectively, Maddie Phillips and Patrick Schwarzenegger expose the turmoil beneath their characters' standard-issue college-movie appearances. Gen V uses archetypes like “The Bookworm” or “The All American” as facades that shatter with tragic results in true The Boys fashion, and while there are plenty of gross, jaw-dropping visual highlights in these first three episodes, I’m more impressed with how the writers are able to handle these almighty characters with bracingly human relatability.
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Gen V exists at the crossroads of contemporary teen sex comedies, ruthless The Boys tomfoolery, and ambitious shock-and-awe excellence that fans deserve. Episodes 1 through 3 are a superpowered knockout jam-packed with storytelling engagement trimmed with a master butcher’s precise cuts. There are multiple layers to Gen V as Godolkin students endur...
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Sep 27, 2023 · Reviews praise Jaz Sinclair's performance and the immature, but clever tone. by Debbie Day | September 27, 2023 | Comments. The Boys ’ college-set spin-off Gen V is exactly what you think it...
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Sep 29, 2023 · Sept. 3, 2020. Fans of “The Boys” know better, but the kids of “Gen V” don’t. They hope to become part of celebrated superhero team the Seven and fight alongside A-Train and the Deep. However,...
Sep 29, 2023 · Lucy Mangan. Fri 29 Sep 2023 00.00 EDT. Everywhere is metaphor. And in the world of Gen V, that is almost literally true. Gen V is the latest (and perhaps first fully fledged) spin-off from...
