The Boys - Official Trailer - If you haven't, you guys need to watch this show; The "superheroes" serve as a metaphor for many things, celebrities being one, and I'm sure a lot of you will pick up on all the symbolism and the true meaning of this show.

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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

There's a lot of things that happen in the show. If you watch the show viewing the superheroes as nothing more than celebrities in our world, things make a lot more sense.

There is no difference between the superhero who calls his adoring fans cocksuckers under his breath and the celebrities in the real world who do the same. The show humanizes superheros unlike all other superhero shows/movies; they aren't robots with an urge to do good. Some have selfish, dark or perverse motives - others actually want to help, but discover they just became a prisoner of sorts to a major corporation trying to work it's way into the government and military despite the whole world (including themselves, previously) viewing the level they just reached as the ultimate freedom and chance to do real good.

Celebrities are our superheros, our idols, our gods, in the "real world". Normies & children worship & want to be like them, without realizing they're under a tighter leash than them most-likely, unless they're willing to do some of the most disgusting things imaginable.

[–]Rah 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

If you do not have an ultimate avatar of good to mirror yourself, then its only a corrupted version of it. Its worthless to spend any minute of your attention on this BS. The villain also is comically done and reflects well the fears of the producers.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I respect your opinion.

I think there's a lot to see and pick-up in this short series, despite whatever the producers and directors may have said; we all know real-world symbolism is hidden in programming.

I honestly don't see this as a show about Superheros, I see them as metaphorical devices. And honestly, I too thought the show would be shit when I first saw the trailers. But again, watching it with your "They-Live" glasses on gives it a different perspective entirely that's not even hidden.

[–]Rah 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The problem is the people with such glasses are a tiny minority.

If you want to promote a more wholesome Netflix show (if that ever was a thing), Cobra Kai is relatively mild and has great surprises. Normies will dig the 80's vibe, the mocking of leftists and even get their dose of fighting. Only few degeneracy moments, and they appear at the spots you predict they will.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That's why I'm sharing it on SaidIt!

And thank you for the recommendation, I definitely will check it out! Myself and other users have made threads like this before where we'd post series or shows that a lot of people thought were stupid (or had a stupid premise), but were really predictive programming filled with symbolism like Colony or Containment. Containment literally came out in 2015, and predicted this whole "Pandemic" we're currently living in, down to the shut-downs, face masks, 5-6 feet apart rule, everything.

It's honestly kind of fun and interesting watching shows you know contain predictive programming and seeing just how much was revealed to us (and in cases like Containment, or even Contagion of 2011, a lot is revealed).