Gen V: This brilliant reference to WandaVision in The Boys spin-off

Gen V: This brilliant reference to WandaVision in The Boys spin-off



And what Gen V ?

Gen V is the new spin-off of The boys after the animated series The Boys present: Les Diaboliques. This time the plot takes place inside Godolkin University which welcomes students with powers. The goal is then to make them become celebrities, real influencers, or even, for the better, the chance to become superheroes by joining the Seven.

The kids of the fifth generation ©Prime Video
The kids of the fifth generation ©Prime Video

The series takes place after the third season of The boys, and allows you to discover new, younger, but equally interesting characters. Starting with Marie Moreau (Jaz Sinclair), with whom it all begins. If at the beginning her tragic past is presented, the focus is then on her arrival at university Gen Vincluding his meeting with Emma (Lizze Broadway), his roommate.

Although she initially wants to be quite solitary, Marie will get closer to Emma and other students when he finds out something is happening at the university. A secret place, by name the forestthey would lock up some students for obscure reasons…

This nod to WandaVision

From the the first episode, we see Marie and Emma trying to socialize with another group of students. Then it appears Justine (Maia Jae Bastidas)a student who has already played in several programs and who sell auditions that he could have. Then he mentions an upcoming project whose details have not been trivial sincethey are not dissimilar WandaVision.

I have an audition for a Vought Plus miniseries. It’s a reflection on supers and their plight, and a metaphor on grief and suffering told through 70 years of sitcoms. Zach Braff will direct.

The kids of the fifth generation ©Prime Video
The kids of the fifth generation ©Prime Video

In fact, in addition to the rapprochement between Vought+ and Disney+, the Marvel series evokes the psychological suffering of Wanda Maximoff who creates a world in which she lives with her children and her partner Vision. In reality the latter is dead and we understand it Wanda didn’t cry.

Furthermore, the originality of WandaVision it stemmed from the fact that the series was starting over the aesthetics of old American sitcoms since the 1950s, with the use of black and white, he has recorded laughter and glances into the camera.

This wink (not the first when you know The boys) From Gen V has WandaVision It’s pretty subtle, but it wasn’t lost on some viewers. And despite the irony behind it, the proposal seems to have convinced.

Gen V is currently available on Prime Video.

Source: Cine Serie

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