{"id":293,"date":"2026-05-04T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/staging-filmshrine\/?p=293"},"modified":"2026-05-04T09:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T08:33:47","slug":"this-throwback-the-boys-scene-shows-its-becoming-the-very-thing-it-hates-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/05\/04\/this-throwback-the-boys-scene-shows-its-becoming-the-very-thing-it-hates-on\/","title":{"rendered":"This throwback The Boys scene shows it\u2019s becoming the very thing it hates on"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s official: The Boys\u2019 ever-expanding universe is now the Vought Cinematic Universe. And if you don\u2019t understand why that\u2019s diabolical, there\u2019s a scene from the first episode that shows it\u2019s at risk of becoming the very thing it hates on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s not get it twisted: I love everything about The Boys<\/a>. Season five has been one of the best so far, and its spinoff Gen V is as brilliantly original (and butt-clenchingly disgusting) as its predecessor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But the main reason it stands out in the superhero space is that it tears into exactly that. Just like Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson\u2019s comics on which it\u2019s based, showrunner Eric Kripke has delivered a satirical take on modern America through consumerism final boss, Vought Inc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vought is The Boys\u2019 version of Disney<\/a> – a cynical antidote to superhero fatigue in a show that\u2019s never afraid to take a swing at the machine. Now, it feels like it\u2019s starting to become the machine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Boys\u2019 Vought machine used to be purely fictional<\/h3>\n