The Boys

I watched The Boys, the TV series produced by Amazon Prime that's based on the comic book series by writer Garth Ennis and artist Darick Robertson. The Boys takes a much darker view of superheroes, portraying them as being less than noble brats who are more concerned about their celebrity image than actually saving and helping people, and many of these "heroes" are not above committing murder to protect their image.

The series is very good, with an unrelenting narrative drive that starts with the horrific death of a young woman at the hands of one of the "heroes". Karl Urban is well-cast as the single-minded leader of "The Boys," a group determined to expose these "heroes" as the monsters they truly are (and who inadvertently become the real heroes of the story). The Boys has already been renewed, and I'm looking forward to the next season.