“The Boys”, based on the comic book “Chłopaki”, debuted on the platform in 2019. A world in which heroes with superpowers abuse their power and are far from the positive characters known from comics or Marvel films, won the hearts of viewers. It’s no wonder that the platform decided to develop the universe. In 2020, the short film “The Butcher: The Short” appeared, and in 2022 – the animated spin-off “The Boys Present: Pure Evil”. In the fall of 2023, another spin-off, the series “Gen V”, appeared on Prime Video.
Amazon’s hit “The Boys” has a spin-off. What is “Gen V” about?
“The Boys” perfectly deals with the myth of a good superhero and the typical superhero universe. There is plenty of violence, disgust and humor in it. “Generation V”, also based on a comic book, tells the story of young superheroes, “supki”, students of Godolkin University. At the university run by Vought International, heroes train and test their skills.
Did the creators join in on the pope’s jokes? “Generation V” wasn’t the first
The main character is Marie Moreau, a hemokineticist who can manipulate blood. In the first episode of the series, we meet both her and other university students. There is a moment in one of the scenes that is easy to miss. Marie leaves her dorm room after talking to her roommate. For a split second, the room number is visible – 2137. Fans of the production began to wonder whether “Gen V” had decided to mock the Pope. that “someone here had a Pole on their team.”
Still from the series ‘Gen V’, episode one, dir. Nelson Cragg. Produced by Amazon Prime Video Screen www.primevideo.com
21:37 is not only the hour of John Paul II’s death, but also a motif often used by meme creators. It has been operating on the Internet for many years, at 9:37 p.m. memes with the Pope are published, at 9:37 p.m. Internet users sing “Barka”, and all this to mock the myth of John Paul II still present in Poland, often in a controversial and disturbing way. huge outrage among Catholics. Did the creators of “Generation V” do it on purpose? It’s hard to judge, it could have just been a coincidence. A similar theme appeared earlier in the TV series “Wednesday”. In the eighth episode, this hour of one of the characters. Polish Internet users have perfected the search for 2137 not only in pop culture.
Source: Gazeta
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