Compared to other comic book TV series, Amazon Prime Video’s “The Boys” prefers to feel like a network show on a streamer.
At least, that’s what showrunner Eric Kripke’s background allows for, especially after three critically acclaimed seasons.“The Boys” co-creator told Vulture that while some comic book streaming adaptations have been described as long movies, it dilutes the art of episodic TV — and stalls the storytelling.
(You may recall the debate raging back in 2019 when film publication Cahiers du Cinema named David Lynch’s 18-episode limited series “Twin Peaks: The Return” the best “film” of the 2010s.)“The downside of streaming is that a lot of filmmakers who work in streaming didn’t necessarily come out of that network grind,” Kripke said.
“They’re more comfortable with the idea that they could give you 10 hours where nothing happens until the eighth hour.
That drives me fucking nuts,
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