Weekly Ramblecast 055: Your Son's Favorite Comic's Favorite Comic's Son: The Video
Added 2022-06-28 23:07:54 +0000 UTC
Hot time, summer in the... podcast city? We're in the heat now, with rambles this week about surfers vs. skaters, Vinny's burgeoning standup comic, the creative human dismantlement of The Boys, plastics both micro- and macro-, home movie making, and a nice cool afternoon at... Target.
CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Start
00:00:06 Intro
00:00:54 Life at the beach and on the board
00:17:30 There's a summer cap for every interest
00:20:29 Forget expensive camps, let's make a movie!
00:22:35 Brad finally started the next season of The Boys
00:28:58 A nice, chilled Target
00:35:32 None of it is ideal? None of it is ideal
00:35:57 Summer AC check
00:36:42 Need to workshop another kids' comedy set
00:48:55 There were no cell phones or... were there?!
00:50:35 There are a lot more people in the world today
00:53:35 Wrapping up and thanks
00:54:14 See Ya!
As someone who came at this from the opposite direction (watched the first season and then looked up some of the comic), I can vouch for it. First, the characters are actually layered and interesting, with Homelander and "The Female" being standouts, but pretty much everyone is improved. Additionally, it doesn't fall into the trap the comic does, of thinking it needs to get to "the good stuff" RIGHT AWAY. Turns out, if you're good at character writing, anything can be "the good stuff"!
Also, this is very subjective, but I think the show's edginess comes with actual commentary that is saying something, whereas I'd agree: the comic was edgy for edgy's sake.
Derrick C. Shields
2022-07-05 02:35:06 +0000 UTC
All this The Boys talk makes me wonder if I should watch the show. I read the comics a bit a few years back, but I thought it was some of the most try-hard edgelord bullshit I've ever read. The show sounds more ambitious, though.
hjort
2022-07-04 10:21:12 +0000 UTC
Chiming in: I've had friends who surf Northern California in the winter (which is nothing like the Southern California most people think the whole state is).
Frigid water and stony beaches. You are ALL crazy.
Mr. Scratch, His Hand on the Wheel
2022-06-29 19:27:14 +0000 UTC
I'm a surfer in Nova Scotia and we surf all year. Including in the middle of winter. Yes its cold and yes we are idiots.
Hali Moto
2022-06-29 10:50:14 +0000 UTC