The Highs and Lows of The Boys Diabolical

The Highs and Lows of The Boys Diabolical - An Serious Review

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|| SOCIALS ||
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|| CONTENTS ||
0:00 - Initial thoughts
0:52 - Episode 1: Laser Baby
2:07 - Episode 2: the existential criss of unwanted children.
3:11 - Episode 3: terminal velocity
4:48 - Episode 4: Digitial Narcissism
6:20 - Episode 5: the happy Awkwafina one
7:48 - Episode 6: its called entrepreneurship
9:00 - Episode 7: the beautiful one
10:46 - Episode 8: The Homelander one
13:18 - Credits and closing message
|| mystery song of the day ||
How can you see looking through those tears
Don't you know you're worth your weight in gold
I can't believe that you're alone in here
Let me warm your hands against the cold
A close encounter with a hard hearted man
Who never gave half of what he got
Has made you wish that you'd never been born
That's a shame 'cause you got the lot
Hey, yeah you, with the sad face
Come up to my place and live it up
You, beside the dance floor
What do you cry for, let's live it up
If you smiled, the walls'd fall down
On all the people in this pickup joint
But if you laughed, you'd level this town
Hey lonely girl, that's just the point
Hey, yeah you, with the sad face
Come up to my place and live it up
You, beside the dance floor
What do you cry for, let's live it up
Just answer me the question why
You stand alone, by the phone, in the corner, and cry
Hey baby...
How can you see looking through those tears
Don't you know you're worth your weight in gold
I can't believe that you're alone in here
Let me warm your hands against the cold
If you smiled. the walls fall down
On all the people in this pickup joint
But if you laughed, you'd level this town
Hey lonely girl, that's just the point
Hey, yeah you, with the sad face
Come up to my place and live it up
You, beside the dance floor
What do you cry for, let's live it up
Let's live it up
Live it up
Mmm live it up
Hey yeah you
With the sad face
Come up to my place
Come up to my place baby
Hey, yeah you, with the sad face
Come up to my place and live it up
You, beside the dance floor
What do you cry for, let's live it up
You, with the sad face
Come up to my place and live it up
You beside the dance floor
What do you cry for, let's live it up

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@alphaundpinsel2431 Жыл бұрын

I have literally not met a single person that thought episode 5 was even remotely descent

@swagmaster2276 Жыл бұрын

legit skipped it

@alanbrad4564 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed listening to Awkwafina as the main character. Her voice doesn’t really fit at all, but that’s why I loved it.

@ornitorrincoc1borgue767 Жыл бұрын

yeah but even then i think its still better than ep 6

@trapchurches555 Жыл бұрын

I know right lmfaooo

@flashygreenx8828 Жыл бұрын

@@ornitorrincoc1borgue767 nah bro episode 6 is still better than episode 5

@HishamA.N_Comicbroe Жыл бұрын

Making an anthology in The Boys' universe was a great idea. I for one think 'The Homelander one' very much makes him a better character & I'm thankful it's canon.

@lilricebowl9731 Жыл бұрын

It’s cannon?

@sossyrauce2490 Жыл бұрын

@@lilricebowl9731 they were all canon, i believe

@yuvalmaharshak5566 Жыл бұрын

@@sossyrauce2490 i think only the divorce parents, old woman dies gain supe and homelander origin were cannon

@willsniff4644 Жыл бұрын

@@sossyrauce2490 the one where they look like the comics is not cannon but i dont know about the other ones

@LiilYogurt Жыл бұрын

@@sossyrauce2490 no, only 3 were confirmed to be canon. The Nubian V Nubian one, the old woman one and Homelanders origins with black noir. The rest haven't been confirmed to be canon so we don't know if they are, except the one where that supe gets drugged and kills himself, that one isn't canon because it takes place in the comics universe instead of the show universe

@Chessheromusic Жыл бұрын

Small detail in the face cream episode He Never leaves the chair; the cream doesn’t change him… it never worked That story is what played out moments before he died

@Vinegar101 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I absolutely hated that twist, I thought it had a pretty good moral before it happened. I get how cynical the boys can get, but that was just an overdone and uninteresting twist that didn't bring anything to the episode, to the contrary, I think it kind of demeaned it

@ronaldomendoza7578 Жыл бұрын

Never realized that actually, I now hate the episode

@6figure Жыл бұрын

@@Vinegar101 it had a clear message, dont get addicted to drugs, it will never have a good ending

@Threezi04 Жыл бұрын

Then why would they add the detail of his eye twitching right before it cuts to that scene? It's pretty clear it all actually happened.

@allforone3427 Жыл бұрын

@@Threezi04 I believe it was just a clever way to transition from the dream to reality, I mean why would he go back to Vought after everything that had happened, and even if he did go back why would Vought let him in

@saml302 Жыл бұрын

I interpreted it as it was all in his head. there never was a relationship, no cat girl, no influencer status. he imaged it all just before the experimental v cream blew his head off

@christophercrafte Жыл бұрын

Not exactly just your interpretation that's straight up what happened. Lol

@saml302 Жыл бұрын

@@christophercrafte considering the guy who made the video interpreted it differently I felt the need to comment thanks for validating my interpretation

@DEMO_GORG Жыл бұрын

@@christophercrafte really!!! so he just used it once in the lab and it killed him?? that makes sense now, that ending was confusing to me.

@pizzasoup Жыл бұрын

@@DEMO_GORG How was that confusing? It was extremely obvious

@TheWazzoGames Жыл бұрын

Well that’s depressing

@user-ev9xm1qx9y Жыл бұрын

I was shocked that episode 7 was written by Andy Samberg, I just wasn't expecting it and he did such a good job

@badreedinedjellali1328 Жыл бұрын

I honestly hoping the make an animated show

@TokenMCPE Жыл бұрын

I don't believe it

@SwaggMessiah69 Жыл бұрын

I'm not surprised, only because I learnt what the loney island dudes have been doing, basically producing a bunch of stuff. They seem to be a part of projects with "feel good" or "just nice" moments that Andy could have learnt from, Brigsby Bear, Palm Springs, etc.

@adamstothers3536 Жыл бұрын

@@SwaggMessiah69 Brooklyn 99 as well is full of nice moments

@davecullins1606 Жыл бұрын

Might just have been an intern who did it and then Andy Samberg just took the credit for it.

@StarrChild. Жыл бұрын

The Homelander one was so sad, because he was so innocent and actually seemed like he wanted to help. He was given Noir as a caretaker and he seemed okay with it but Stillwell twisted and groomed him to believe he was better and he had to care about being the most liked. I believe Noir could have been a fantastic mentor. He's still shady as the rest of the boys but he gets the job done first of all and shows true compassion. Imagine how differently it would have went had he waited for Noir, or spent more time with Noir to learn from him.

@The8merp 8 ай бұрын

Noir shows compassion lol, did you miss the part where he kills a woman to leave no survivors. Noir's a puppet with the mind of a scared abused child, but he's not all that compassionate

@sashawolfson3602 6 ай бұрын

For one, I do agree with ya. It makes it more Sympathetic. (But still understand that Homelander is not a good person)

@teh_durgenburn4968 Жыл бұрын

I liked the show but I couldn’t finish the awkwafina episode. Her voice is absolutely grating and pairing that with an episode about actual talking poop completely killed my motivation for the series. I’ll probably go back and finish the series eventually but not today.

@AA-cf4es Жыл бұрын

Just don't watch her episode. And i agree, it's atrocious.

@joshc.9072 Жыл бұрын

The ones after are actually really good. Just don't watch the awkwafina one it is actually terrible

@flashszz Жыл бұрын

8 10 minute episodes

@boigmord Жыл бұрын

the episodes after are INSANELY better than that episode

@Primorion Жыл бұрын

skip it

@DenderFriend Жыл бұрын

Funnily, I just watched Just Stop's video on Diabolical and he went the opposite way of you, claiming the Awkwafina episode was the worst of the bunch. I'd honestly be interested to see you two discuss your different viewpoints since you're both pretty good online critics (albeit with different approaches)

@ConcernedAlien Жыл бұрын

Just Stop seems to be approaching everything he makes videos on from a generally cynical perspective, which I think a screenname like Just Stop would make pretty clear, essentially saying that to those who make entertainment that he finds frustrating. Implicitly Pretentious is more even-handed, not shying away from saying something negative if he feels something warrants it, but not centering his channel around cynicism or negativity. I definitely wish that the former type of critic was more willing to engage with the latter type, and maybe they can, but it often seems like the former kind would rather just stay in their bubble.

@Idhsbwbwhsusjsmksdbdbdnddndkdb Жыл бұрын

I didn't find the awk episode good

@Lelmao33 Жыл бұрын

Lmao same here. It is funny to see how much of a different both of their views are or atlest the glimpse we got. Just stop only briefly discribe each episode

@AbelDuviant Жыл бұрын

Honestly the awkwafina episode is the only one I didn't finish

@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 Жыл бұрын

Tbh just stop kinda just sounded salty that the story was so stupid and that it was mocking the anime style. Specially that last one. Like he got so nitpicky about it not being quite the same as modern anime, and instead representing cliches and other visual ellements that pusht the anime ridiculisation. And like, yeah, thats the whole point. It looks stupid and it is stupid. So what if you feel anime isn't as stupid as this nowadays. Its a parody. Fucking insecure nitpicky weaboos.

@gabisuciu6785 Жыл бұрын

My favourite is the one with the Numidians and the divorce where I think you missed the focus of the episode. I think the episode was focused on toxic relationships and how "the spark" isn't enough to make up for deeper underlying issues and lack of communication, compromise and one's willingness to deal with past traumas and personal troubles. The kid was trying to rekindle the spark between her parents. And she succeeded. However, contrary to what romantic movies make us believe, that isn't enough to give them a happy ending as they were simply incompatible. This also serves, in my opinion, as a small coming-of-age story for the girl, as she becomes disillusioned with the happyly ever after story. Where at the start she thought "love" was enough to keep to people together, in the end, she learns and accepts that a relationship requires work and maturity, two things her parents don't have. This way, instead of leaving the episode on a "oh no, what about the true victims of the divorce, the children?" note, it leaves us on a hopeful one as we're shown that the girl is smart and mature so we can rest assure that she won't repeat their mistakes and will have, when the time comes, a good marriage.

@ptolemeeselenion1542 Жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@suburbanshicken9939 Жыл бұрын

Even if you do understand, the episode is just unfunny and boring as hell

@mxchic05 Жыл бұрын

@@suburbanshicken9939 it was better than Aquafina’s

@suzygirl1843 Жыл бұрын

@@suburbanshicken9939 It seems like the more serious one of all of them. I like the animation.

@fireblizard8366 Жыл бұрын

She still learned how to manipulate people and someone who gets by using manipulation is not a good person.

@ssj4922 Жыл бұрын

Diabolical is a very special spinoff that doesn't really feel like it shares the same vibe as its main series as it has its own unique charm but still managed to sell this pessimistic nature that pertains in the financially corrupt dehumanizing world of the Boys. Still, I hope if there is a 2nd season for this then they further build on these stories with a more cohesive tone across the episodes.

@Tyler_W Жыл бұрын

The show The Boys is one of those few examples where the adaptation is arguably better than the source materual. Maybe that's just me, but I much prefer people being dicks and absolute bastards to each other for an actual purpose of attempting meaningful social commentary instead of people being terrible as a punchline in and of itself like in the comics. The world needs less cynicism and nihilism, not more of it, and if it does exist, it should at least be used for some other constructive purpose.

@quanicle101 Жыл бұрын

arguably? nah the show is way fucking better and it’s not even close

@shiori00 Жыл бұрын

@@quanicle101 not really

@shiori00 Жыл бұрын

I disagree a lot. The changes that they've done was stupid and while some aspects were better, others were far worse like making Soldier Boy the father of Homelander. I think the adaptation we should've gotten was similar to that of I'm Your Pusher.

@quanicle101 Жыл бұрын

@@shiori00 literally everything about the show is better. the comic was a 12-year-old’s power fantasy, all edge and no substance.

@Vote4Vonster Жыл бұрын

@@shiori00 Imma be honest, the comics were horrible. Like honestly bottom of the barrel low effort garbage.

@seniorstudent9768 Жыл бұрын

I hated the awkwafina one. It was really annoying.

@RjGoombes Жыл бұрын

Yeah it fucking sucked lmao. It was just unfunny poop jokes for the entire episode.

@ryxnmichxel2 Жыл бұрын

Yeah couldn’t stand it when he said that’s his favorite it’s hard to believe

@theboy1625 Жыл бұрын

So true. Pointless and worthless. No idea how she even got involved with this project

@RjGoombes Жыл бұрын

@AP AP I don't hate her voice. The episode just lame jokes and a stupid plot. Don't understand the hatred for her voice though.

@viderevero1338 Жыл бұрын

It seems everyone did except this guy. Honestly the episode must’ve been made just for him.

@neiljohnsemaning6227 Жыл бұрын

I love episode 1 but I was on edge throughout the episode because I predicted that at the end the scientist would get lasered by the baby lmao.

@davigurgel2040 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I love how the Boys is so expectedly dark at times that they can break expectations by _not_ breaking expectations and having a happy ending for once

@kingslushie1018 9 ай бұрын

One of my favorite tbh

@noramartinez8520 8 ай бұрын

That would have been too on the comics side of how to handle that story, im glad we got a happy ending despite all expextations

@Smallfigures 2 ай бұрын

Same

@JordnD Жыл бұрын

I'm really surprised the Aquafina episode is your favorite, no offence but I think it's easily the worst episode. Personally I didn't like the humour that much, I don't care much for having 'learn to love yourself' as the main plotpoint because I think it's boring and perdictable once the premise is set-up, plus I find Aquafina kind of annoying. I think the homelander episode is the best, then probably episode 7 or something. Mostly because they have really well animated action sequences and they both feel like they use more interesting plot elements then the other episodes.

@flashygreenx8828 Жыл бұрын

One of his reasons was “because I’m a weeb I guess” something along those lines. So if it wasn’t in a anime art style. YOU WOULD YOU HAVE STILL LIKED IT??👀 that episode is really more for kids. The lazy kind of content

@rsdillbot3646 Жыл бұрын

Damn people get so heated over that episode and someone liking it

@JordnD Жыл бұрын

@@rsdillbot3646 heated? Lol I'm not mad or anything. I never called him names or tried to belittled him for liking the episode or anything, I'm actually just kind of shocked that it is his favorite, he didn't give much reason as to why its his favorite either. So I gave a few of my personal reasons why I didn't like the poop episode, then stated the episodes I do like the most and a couple reasons why I like those episodes.

@hinamatsuro1908 Жыл бұрын

@@rsdillbot3646 Dude it was actually so bad. It felt likes a cartoon network episode

@jimmilton8333 Жыл бұрын

@@hinamatsuro1908 what does that even mean? Cartoon network birthed courage the cowardly dog, the gateway to horror for this generation when they were younger. Ed, Edd, and Eddy, Adventure Time, Flapjack. Most importantly Infinity Train, season 3 is like my favorite all ages cartoon since The Last Airbender, and had a better villain than most shows aimed at all ages and even better than some adult show villains. Not to mention Infinity Train is rather new.

@DexterGrifFTW Жыл бұрын

That black noir and homelander origin just became 10x more poignant now didn’t it😂

@camarao5590 Жыл бұрын

I hope this is not cannon, bc I really like earving

@gizmod1208 Жыл бұрын

@@camarao5590 it is.

@motmot_is_watching Жыл бұрын

Idk if this is a hot take or not but i think that the Aquafina episode was the worst one compared to the other ones. It felt very lazily written probably because it's written by Aquafina. Although I do have my bias cuz I don't like Aquafina in general,didn't like her in Rya and I don't like her music. Im my opinion she shouldn't go into voice acting because her vocal range is as far as a inchworm and I think she should go back to making music I will not listen to.

@jekkijekster Жыл бұрын

It's almost unanimously considered as the worst one. You're not alone here.

@communistcomputergod6449 Жыл бұрын

@@jekkijekster as it should. I think awkwafina should apologize publicly! That’s how bad it is.

@harrylane4 Жыл бұрын

I don’t mind awkwafina, but man I thought this was one of the worst things I’ve seen on Amazon in a while. It just felt lazy.

@redwing1766 Жыл бұрын

It’s literally a story about shit.

@alessiominervini1175 Жыл бұрын

damn the butthurt is real

@rossman2397 Жыл бұрын

My Episode rankings 8: episode 5. just kinda exists 7: episode 6. dont like the ending 6: episode 4. liked the animation, but dont care about social media, also didnt like the ending 5. episode 2. fun story, but just seemed a little weird and goofy 4. Episode 1. Good first episode, that introduces what diabolical is about 3. Episode 7. Extremely deep and heart warming. i cant believe Andy Samberg wrote it 2. Episode 3. Felt like a proper animated superhero cartoon, that made you feel like the outcome was deserving 1. Episode 8. felt like a great lore episode, that shows why Homelander is the way that he is, and why Edgar, Stillwell, and Noir are important to him

@cr2ngy Жыл бұрын

damn I really liked episode 6. but they did the villain guy dirty

@arnoldj.samson5795 Жыл бұрын

Saying that the akward-fina episode was the funniest is a shit take (no pun intended) on so many levels. Edit: *funny*

@randomguy2402 Жыл бұрын

It’s not the best, but it’s way better than episodes 6 and 7 in my opinion lol

@butters9354 Жыл бұрын

@@randomguy2402 how is better then 7

@randomguy2402 Жыл бұрын

@@butters9354 episode 7 just did not hit me, at all, not enough time to tell that story imo, it’s just too predictable and cliche, 5 at least was funny to me

@vijaz5559 Жыл бұрын

@@randomguy2402 a story about shit is never better than anything. that is just a shit take

@Partyhatmassacre Жыл бұрын

@AP AP Shhh he just doesn’t have any comprehension- let him figure it out on his own

Жыл бұрын

The Awkwafina episode was the worst, i really didn't understand your point of view on that one

@flashygreenx8828 Жыл бұрын

That episode makes me want to vomit. Literally. I guess he’s that one person who finds all fart, poop and other stuff funny that’s made for kids

@chrislatam5423 Жыл бұрын

@@flashygreenx8828 he says that "poop = funy". Guys is just a serie, calm your tits

@Euphoryaaa Жыл бұрын

That episode made me cringe and feel disgusted at the same time. Like, who was that for?

@viderevero1338 Жыл бұрын

He liked it because of the shitty humor. Literally.

@LordSeth-hf8ew Жыл бұрын

Because it's incredibly on the nose and silly, probably why, it's just fun

@MrAskmannen Жыл бұрын

The living poop episode was really bad imo, other than that i liked all the eps, esp the one with the old lady with cancer and the one done in the same style as the comics The rick and morty one was kinda funny too i guess.

@suzygirl1843 Жыл бұрын

Isn't the poop episode as ridiculous a concept as Pickle Rick?

@blueferal8626 Жыл бұрын

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

@666FallenShadow Жыл бұрын

@@suzygirl1843 but pickle rick was just one of the jokes in that episode, in this the poop is the entire joke. also i think the dude was referring to the episode about the failed supes who go after their parents which had one of the rick and morty creators working on it

@duncanchillake8024 5 ай бұрын

@@suzygirl1843 pickle rick wasn't "haha poopyfarts please laugh" That's the difference

@CptRexFilms987654321 Жыл бұрын

"Don't skip meals just because I'm not around." One of the most beautiful lines of dialogue I've heard this year.

@annikaheydl7342 Жыл бұрын

I would’ve sworn ep 7 was the one with the ATLA director, it just had that feel and just you retelling the story made me bawl all over again. 10000/10

@surtech5 Жыл бұрын

You enjoyed the poop episode... Alright then...

@user-rd5rl9oo2o Жыл бұрын

I did

@TheEmperorRaidou Жыл бұрын

@@user-rd5rl9oo2o I didn't

@lokesk9938 Жыл бұрын

@@TheEmperorRaidou i did

@laserbeamlightning Жыл бұрын

The commentary after that last finale regarding the Homelander and Noir short hits different

@oibruv3889 Жыл бұрын

This might be what you mean anyway, but i really feel that (although i had my issues with the finale) the finale confirmed his investment in noir, that's why he felt *so* betrayed. Although it felt like a waste of noirs story, it made sense character wise.

@matthewboer8279 Жыл бұрын

I love these type of anthology shows. Great showcase of animation and I found most of the episodes have a tight closed narratives.

@bigvidboi4909 Жыл бұрын

you like love death robots?

@matthewboer8279 Жыл бұрын

@@bigvidboi4909 I enjoyed all the seasons as a good animation showcase (technical) though the narrative on a lot of them is incomplete or ends just as it begins.

@bigvidboi4909 Жыл бұрын

@@matthewboer8279 i agree, they sadly didnt have as much time to work on the plot which is sad

@matthewboer8279 Жыл бұрын

@@bigvidboi4909 Batman Gotham knight is also a good watch for anthology shows.

@MrHappymanx Жыл бұрын

Episode 7 was heartbroken. It was beautiful and the message behind it was amazing

@DrewBuiscuit Жыл бұрын

Not even trying to sound dramatic but the awkwafina episode almost made me tap out of the series entirely. Thankfully there is nothing that God awful for the rest of the series

@ethanh.7365 10 ай бұрын

I'm so happy I decided to skip it.

@dbrandeau Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I love the live action show but find the comics god awful, so I thank you for reviewing the animated shorts so I don’t have to watch it. I figured I wouldn’t like it, although the one about the elderly lady with cancer sounds like my cup of tea. I’ll give that a watch. Thanks again.

@throwawayaccount4009 Жыл бұрын

I’d rather just watch an entire animated series of The Boys by Garth Ennis. Awkwafina needs to not be around any more creative projects in general, in person or otherwise. She is garbage. Why was she allowed to ruin The Boys Diabolical AND Shang Chi?

@seta2710 Жыл бұрын

Garth Ennis doesn’t take this seriously enough to get a satisfying full series

@thegrimrhino9871 Жыл бұрын

Same reason Amy Schumer is still around making awful attempts at jokes.

@bennett4789 Жыл бұрын

garth ennis is a good writer but the show is leagues better than the comic. the comic is full of needless edgniness while it all serves a purpose in the show with way better character development. also awkwafina is hardly that bad. what did she do to be considered garbage? make some stuff u dont like? i didnt like her episode here but she hardly ruined shang chi

@DarkLordToturials Жыл бұрын

@@bennett4789 wdym a single episode/writer can't ruin an entire show/movie

@bennett4789 Жыл бұрын

@@DarkLordToturials yeah when did i say that lmao

@Courier_333 Жыл бұрын

I kinda hate the boys comic.... But that episode is a perfect encapsulation of what works in the comic... I definitely prefer the emotional, explicitly political show

@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 Жыл бұрын

Hate is a strong word. I like them a lot. I understand if people prefer the show because their sensitivities or preferences aren't the same as other people in terms of morally cynical content, but hating it just because it challenges the mainstream appeal and takes a different approach to its values and storytelling that most media companies wouldn't dare to produce is kinda dumb.

@santi_super_stunts2573 Жыл бұрын

@@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 nah it’s the fact that the comic at times was needlessly edgy

@maximilianopavon7704 Жыл бұрын

@@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 The comic may as well have been written over razors, because of how edgy it is.

@harrylane4 Жыл бұрын

Ennis works best with somebody to hold him back. On the boys comic, he had little, if any, editorial oversight, and because of that, it ended up unnecessary and unpleasant. I’m sure there was some oversight from somebody at Amazon (or at least consideration for Amazon’s standards). This episode was the best thing to come out of the comic, probably ever.

@Courier_333 Жыл бұрын

@@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 I don't hate it cuz it challenges the mainstream appeal. It's cuz they are inferior to the show in every way. They entirely rely on shock value. But I have heard that the boys comic gets better as it goes on. I only read the first volume

@xxxirritation5816 Жыл бұрын

We're all entitled to our own opinions but the episode about living shit was literally shit 💀

@kingslushie1018 9 ай бұрын

Made me sick. I would hate to show anyone that episode and would legit skip it if I was showing people

@neech1311 Жыл бұрын

I genuinely hated the akwafina episode. I cringed the whole way through, hoping for something cool to happen at the end or something. it didn't. 1/10 episode (I know it was supposed to be stupid but I dont care)

@LiilYogurt Жыл бұрын

it was supposed to be stupid, but they somehow even screwed that up. You can't just make a cringy thing and then say "no we did it on purpose, you have to laugh", you still have to make it funny. Making something purposefully bad yet still enjoyable to watch is difficult, and ig Awkwafina didn't have the skills required to pull it off

@phelps6205 Жыл бұрын

Imagine thinking the poop episode was anything but trash and a waste of a spot in the series.

@agabz9971 Жыл бұрын

Lmao let alone your favorite like what?

@flashygreenx8828 Жыл бұрын

Seriously how can anyone like that episode? It can be in any other from of art style and it will still be bad

@Michael-ww9zt Жыл бұрын

@@flashygreenx8828 I am glad he likes something I don’t because in the end if someone can enjoy themselves I am hay for them

@rsdillbot3646 Жыл бұрын

@@flashygreenx8828 I liked it because of the character and art style, but didn't enjoy the power

@cosmicdoggo9296 Жыл бұрын

That just shows your lak of imagination and deepnes

@SickVoid Жыл бұрын

Episode 7 genuinely made me cry, which was one of the things I expected the least when going into this show.

@Mephiestopholes Жыл бұрын

You never fail to entertain. Thank you, Leo.

@Mephiestopholes Жыл бұрын

Always pulling out the water works.

@Adrian-Sko Жыл бұрын

The Awkwafina episode was unbearable to watch, and I legit regret sitting through it. The whole joke in this episode is that a turd came to life... Listen, I appreciate some mindless toilet humor every once in a while, but this was an absolute overkill. The poop is alive, WE GET IT! Also, the anime style was making me cringe the entire time, but that's personal.

@francoisdemorcy5084 Жыл бұрын

It sucked. Zzzz

@comradesam3382 Жыл бұрын

@AP AP tbh, probbably both

@666FallenShadow Жыл бұрын

dude, i like anime, this was a shallow western interpretation of what anime is like. i agree with everything you said tho, including the cringing part

@jojobizarrelivingstone594 Жыл бұрын

I hate how some western 'anime' has made out anime to be basically like...whatever episode 5 was and it honestly felt more like steven universe

@Memelord6999 10 ай бұрын

I agree that poop episode sucked

@funnirobloxplayer1023 Жыл бұрын

this show is the nicest homelander has ever been in his life

@SOBEKCrocodileGod Жыл бұрын

I still can’t believe Andy Samberg wrote such a serious and emotional story. Dude has hidden depths.

@samuelevans3229 Жыл бұрын

The one where the cream makes his head explodes, I took it as his head explodes the first time he used the cream and all that happened was a hallucination of some sorts

@HK47_115 Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing a scene on KZfaq from one of the episodes and I honestly just thought it was a fan made animation. Then when I took the comments and found out it was a separate spin-off show, I did not hesitate to watch every episode.

@doc420420king Жыл бұрын

I grew up in a very harsh environment not to show my feelings you know a bunch of gangsters and stuff but the second to the last one that makes me cry every time I see it I don't know why damn yo :the beautiful one:

@accidentalmadness1708 Жыл бұрын

If there’s ever a season 2 I would love a sequel to episode 2.

@TheVansnoth Жыл бұрын

Amazing review. As someone who has never watched the comics and this show in digital form, this was amazing take on a very differnt way of looking at the boys and analyzing its meaning

@cheezkid2689 Жыл бұрын

From best to worst, in my opinion: -Episode 7, John and Sun Hee (9/10) -Episode 8, One Plus One Equals Two (8.5/10) -Episode 3, I'm Your Pusher (7.5/10) -Episode 6, Nubian vs Nubian (7/10) -Episode 4, Boyd in 3D (7/10) -Episode 1, Laser Baby's Day Out (6.5/10) -Episode 5, BFFs (3/10) -Episode 2, An Animated Short Where Pissed Off Supes Kill Their Parents (2/10)

@guywhosellsvapes4595 Жыл бұрын

Episode 2 over Episode 1 and 5

@Heatherini Жыл бұрын

I agree on Ep 2 being the worst! I liked the beginning but ultimately couldn't even finish it. I'm usually on board with all the gore of The Boys-verse but that one... I have to admit was just a little too disturbing. 😣

@Lawthefilmmaker Жыл бұрын

The Master Film/TV/Video essayist does it again.

@alext399 Жыл бұрын

“an serious”

@pengu3435 Жыл бұрын

That for the first time in a while for me was a really good video. Thanks

@ashketcham3112 Жыл бұрын

I love the mistype in the title

@nathanjones3792 Жыл бұрын

Episode 5 Is awful and you are the only person who has said it's good, I legit thought it was going to be a rugpull into the last second

@blueshorts8820 Жыл бұрын

legit. i kept watching expecting something good to happen but the episode just ended. I felt so cheated after. Doesn't help that ep6 was mediocre as well.

@cosmicdoggo9296 Жыл бұрын

I like it to

@LiilYogurt Жыл бұрын

The episode shoulda ended with her contracting some disease from the shit or something. It was so disappointing in the end to have litearlly noting happen other than "wow I have poop friends", like who is that episode for? Kids who are 4 and can be entertained by 20 minutes straight of shit? It just didn't fit with the boys

@thebookofdaniel5837 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on 100K subscribers!!🎉

@jackstanley8220 Жыл бұрын

Good to see u doing well Leo

@gravewalker9162 Жыл бұрын

Episode 4's ending really sucked because it's literally just "Haha nothing good ever happens we're all going to die lmao"

@RagaarAshnod Жыл бұрын

You just managed to help me enjoy this series. I tried watching it when it released and hated it, but your "an serious review" actually brought life into the show in a capacity that I couldn't have found on my own

@HishamA.N_Comicbroe Жыл бұрын

Damn why'd you hate it?

@ramadansteve1743 Жыл бұрын

@@HishamA.N_Comicbroe they need people to tell them what to enjoy

@laserbeamlightning Жыл бұрын

Happy 100k!

@Ffishys Жыл бұрын

Love the videos

@xdmztryvsvedine2773 Жыл бұрын

I loved the canon episodes they put in there. The animation on those ones looked better detailed than Invincible.

@alchemistofsteel8099 Жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who thinks it's ironic that the creators of the show hired a bunch of high-up celebrities to work on the show? It's like they missed the point of the whole series

@bigsam0069 Жыл бұрын

I’d love more shorts exactly like episode 3

@Somegoy Жыл бұрын

The beautiful one is one of my favorite pieces of animated anything ever. It hurts every time I watch it. I wished my dad had fought at all against his cancer and didn't just give up and die.

@retro2323 Жыл бұрын

The Awkwafina episode was going fine until her power was a sentient shit. That’s when I had to skip the episode

@LiilYogurt Жыл бұрын

it's possible to make that power funny, but not basing an entire episode around it. Like throw her in for like 2 minutes of an episode, make fun of the powers, maybe have her die in a horrible fashion to show that her powers are shit (hehe). But making us sit throught a full 20 minutes of those powers, with an unlikeable character attached to them, just a horrible idea I don't understand how anyone signed off on

@AlpaChinoDespacito Жыл бұрын

The aquafina episode was actual torture

@spaghetto9836 Жыл бұрын

I'm planning on looking into the main show (never the comic though), its lore & message are interesting. You can really tell how in Diabolical each episode was envisioned by a different person. Even if not all of them are good (looking at *you,* Awkwafina), I just love the idea, as it gives artists a chance & breeds creativity. Now I know which of these I'll enjoy based on my tastes, thank you.

@fforshort4483 Жыл бұрын

Incredible video

@benc77 Жыл бұрын

Jason issacs as butcher is amazing

@NotAGoodUsername360 Жыл бұрын

Everyone complaining about the poop episode clearly just never watched Panty & Stocking or South Park, it was clearly an homage to the former.

@mayonnaise3959 Жыл бұрын

No it’s a homage to anime Cleary. And it’s not funny like those shows because they use black humor. Stuff that’s so fucked up you can’t help but giggle

@jojobizarrelivingstone594 Жыл бұрын

@@mayonnaise3959 more like trash representation of what these guys think anime is like

@dyll_pyckle Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this anthology. Great way to spend under 2 hours

@CyberneticStreetrunner Жыл бұрын

Personally,when I watched Diabolical I only ever really enjoyed I’m Your Pusher and One Plus One Equals Two,the other episodes are not really enjoyable to me also,maybe I am just stupid but that episode with living shit is unironically just unfun for me,i do also like the super cancer episode,pretty sad to be fair

@guywhosellsvapes4595 Жыл бұрын

Episode 3 should get it's own series.

@silashurd3597 Жыл бұрын

I really like how the show has animation from Invincible and Rick and Morty and even animation that looks like you’d see from a kids show for this show. Shows that animation doesn’t always have to be for children

@retroforager Жыл бұрын

100K BABY LETS GOOO!

@alnu8355 7 ай бұрын

I'm actually glad The series took a different direction than the comics but all the same, it was enjoyable to see an unfiltered/unchanged version of the comics written by the creator. It even does some fun things like having Simon Pegg voice Hugie (almost as if it was always intended this way). And yes, I believe Jason Isaacs could have definitely played Butcher just as well as Karl Urban could have (both are brilliant actors). Though my favorite episode has to be Nubian Prince and Nubia's episode. That one is just really funny and cynical, backed up my masterful voice acting from John DiMaggio, Aiesha Keys, and Don Cheedle. There is charm to most episodes except the one by Awkafina. Not even hilarious D-Bag loser "The Deep" could save that one.

@guilhermegabrielmelodafons8710 Жыл бұрын

I loved all the episodes, there's not one that I hate (Let's forget that episode 5 exists)

@oliversvoice4383 Жыл бұрын

I'll be honest, when I watched Diabolical, I just saw it as what people *think* The Boys is about rather than what the show is *actually* about. However, your video has made me tempted to re-watch the show and has given me a new angle to look at the show - I haven't read the original comics, particularly after hearing the show was actually an improvement to it's source material, but I might pick one up (at some point) to see for myself, now. Surprising video but very interesting nonetheless and thank you for highlighting some themes/readings I didn't pick up upon, prior.

@pikakirby1119 Жыл бұрын

I kind of feel like ghost has a pretty useful power to be honest. like it would suck to have but your the perfect spy.

@azrael4894 Жыл бұрын

Such An serious review

@noahlutzke9456 Жыл бұрын

Watching Episode 5 is literally worse than death

@jt_picks Жыл бұрын

“A Serious Review” not “An”

@fabiofanf3e813 6 ай бұрын

5:59 i am shocked, bewildered, suprised, in awe, amazed, frozen, speachless and paralyzed

@CisnePelado Жыл бұрын

If the guy didn't say that ironcast used to drink that blood to "Feel their despair", i would think of that as a good or at least decent act. I mean, i doubt that blood coming from terminal patients could be reused for transfusions (Unless there's any way to "purify" it) so it would be a waste of space to keep that much uselessly gathered in a blood bank.

@Chris-jw8vm Жыл бұрын

Lol why do 6 people think drinking the blood of cancerous children would be a good act. Tf is wrong with you lot.

@CisnePelado Жыл бұрын

@@Chris-jw8vm I literally told why i could get to think that in my comment, tho

@shiori00 Жыл бұрын

The only ones I really liked were I'm Your Pusher and One Plus One Equals Two. It was cool to see an episode based off of the comics (and is even canon to it!) and another showing how Homelander failed to be a hero. We should've gotten more like those two, but the one I disliked the most was Boyd In 3D and BFFs. Boyd In 3D was a cheesy and dumb love story that doesn't fit the story of the show or comic and BFFs was just poop jokes galore. The others were alright or boring to me, I liked how In Nubian Vs Nubian we got to see characters from the comics that haven't been in the show yet, AKA the G-Men members (Nubia and Groundhawk)

@ytuser_3122 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t care for this, as I was waiting for Season 3 and only enjoyed the third episode and LOVED Jason Isaacs as Butcher as well as seeing Simon Pegg voice Hughie.

@errorx_x1063 10 ай бұрын

This is like a cross over for Love Death and Robots and The Boys

@troglodude980 Жыл бұрын

Episode 7 has never failed to make me tear up

@koronatime2696 Жыл бұрын

You know, I can see how people hate episode 5, but I hate how people are shitting on your take. You provided great commentary and if someone likes it, good for them!

@grimshock6983 Жыл бұрын

Plot twist to Episode 4. V gave him regeneration powers. He regrew his head. Asked out the girl and they got a cat named Freckles

@dsproductions19 Жыл бұрын

I initially dropped this after episode 1 not appealing to me... But this made me go back and see the rest. I'm glad I did, especially for episode 7. Overall, much better than I expected.

@KaytheWooper Жыл бұрын

I loved episode 2, it would make for a great spin-off. Episode 7 and 8 were amazing too.

@darryljack6612 Жыл бұрын

My favorite episodes from most to least are 8, 5&6 (tied), 7, 2, 1, 4, 3

@sanctitytoad3519 Жыл бұрын

No way you said 5 and 6 is better than 7 and 3 lmao. Wtf lmao

@darryljack6612 Жыл бұрын

@@sanctitytoad3519 I didnt say that they were better, i said that i enjoyed them more. That's thing about anthologies, episode doesnt have to better worst for you to enjoy it more. Episode 7 is emmy worthy, but 5 and 6 are episodes that i would rewatch more in a heartbeat, due to things like their tone and comedy.

@sanctitytoad3519 Жыл бұрын

@@darryljack6612 do you I guess

@grimshock6983 Жыл бұрын

All were great. Except Episode 5

@deathseekr1537 6 ай бұрын

6 is my favorite because groundhawk is the best character in this series

@ChaoticUrges Жыл бұрын

I skipped to the homelander episode but after watching this I'm gonna start from the beginning after work

@AmIAPacifist Жыл бұрын

I agree that everyone has different opinions, and what I like certainly wouldn't be what everyone else would like, but I have to say that the Awkwafina one was my least favourite out of the bunch. I mean, yeah the living poop part was weird, but I had many more issues as well. 1)The humour was sometimes good, sometimes bland, not quite to the same standard as the other episodes. 2) Unlike the other episodes of Diabolical (and The Boys franchise in general) this one had almost NO violence at all. That in itself isn't too bad, but even the one single scene that had gore (the shark eating the man) felt needless and forced, as it it was added not because it served as a logical part of the story, but just so that the audience wouldn't complain about the lack of violence. 3) The Deep's character in this episode was almost nothing at all like the character in the live action series. Here, the Deep was shown as a generic 'good guy superhero with minor issues' instead of the complicated personal mess that the Deep is in the series (Yes having a shark eat a man alive isn't normal by any means, but like I said earlier, that moment felt forced and in the rest of the episode it doesn't seem like the deep has any personal issues or coml. To me, it felt as if the two shared almost nothing with each other. I'll describe the Awkwafina episode as something that was written by a person who has never seen a single episode of The Boys and only seen a couple stills and heard about the characters from some random dude on the street.

@thehale_ Жыл бұрын

An serious review

@scottking8189 Жыл бұрын

I actually really enjoy the anthology format, this, the recent star wars one, what if. All fun stories that show possible expansions to the worlds

@jaryncovell2538 Жыл бұрын

I can't take this video that seriously after you said "an serious review"

@RepaidGold58 Жыл бұрын

The Awkwafina episode was literally the worst. I couldn’t get through the first ten minutes.

@garrisonwade7988 Жыл бұрын

I thought the final episode was so good because I don’t think we’ve ever seen a scene where a super hero trying to save people goes wrong.

@ptolemeeselenion1542 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting essay.

@plumdowner1941 17 күн бұрын

Considering the direction Gen V went in some scenes, and how season 4 is going, judging from trailers, episode 5's talking poo doesn't sound out of place now that I think about it.