Netflix hits the mark with this “mother” series of The Boys

Netflix preaches the right series

Broadcast in France on OCS between 2016 and 2019, the series Preacher he carried within himself everything that determines success The boysa great success for Prime Video. Violence, blood, black humor and second degree – at least -, all this applied to the development of fun and intriguing personalities in a universe that mixes realism and fantasy (or supernatural). We follow the adventures of Reverend Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), a small-town priest whose American faith is gradually disappearing and whose past contains dark secrets.

In the midst of a spiritual crisis, he will still have definitive proof of the existence of God when he is possessed by a divine entity, Genesiswhich gives him great power… Accompanied by his ex-girlfriend and thief Tulip O’Hare (Ruth Negga) and a new friend, a century-old Irish vampire (Joseph Gilgun), he will embark on a great quest.

Preacher showed the way to The boys

Series Preacher he does not share his universe with that of The boys, but the familiarity is very real. In both cases, in fact, it is originally a literary creation of the screenwriter Garth Ennis. In both cases it was Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg who used it to make a series. We can thus see that the characters of Jesse Custer and Billy Butcher are very similar. Physically first, Dominic Cooper and Karl Urban share the same concept of the “face” which is both seductive and dangerous – we can also include Anthony Starr, revealed in the excellent series Banshees before being consecrated The boys.

So, Jesse is like Billy the leaders of the resistance to the dark forces, often implemented by violently antagonistic secret organizations. Finally, the fantasy scale of the two series is an opportunity for art departments to have fun while creating surprising monsters and inventive deaths.

Over the course of its 4 seasons and 43 episodes, Preacher conquered the audience with his violent tone, terrifying and uninhibited, always making the most of the comic potential of every situation despite a fourth and final season that was inferior to the previous ones. Recently added by Netflix, the series holds up fourth place in the French Top 10behind the new season of Sex education and a new miniseries Tapie AND Dear little one. For fans of The boys who haven’t already seen it, so don’t miss it under any circumstances.

Source: Cine Serie

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