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I love The Boys and, especially, how gory it is specifically to make a point. It reminds me a lot of Verhoeven and RoboCop. That being said, Amazon doesn't have any other good shows that I'm willing to tune into. Sneaky Pete was awesome and they fucked them over so bad that it makes it hard for me to get invested in anything put out by Amazon.

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If you like dark humor, Patriot is criminally under-rated. Probably the best thing I've seen on Amazon Prime.

Recommended if you like: In Bruges, pre-2009 Guy Ritchie, Oceans *.

I love everything you mentioned (including Patriot), but it's nothing like those regarding production since it's very slow and the humor is dry, dark and not always easily noticeable. It's a slow burner, which is exactly the opposite of any Oceans x or Guy Ritchie.

In any case I recommend it, the premise was enough to get me to sign up.

I kinda blocked out the other parts of Oceans and Ritchie.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_j9qAhXfNAU

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xVmyBUWB0-A

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_c1kBwsv8PM

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is quite good and worth a go. Maybe it's not for everyone, but it's a very well produced and immersive show. Also Upload was quite good.

The Boys is basically Hollywood not actually doing the source material because it's too controversial. It's a very watered down version of the comic that doesn't even follow the comic's story.

As someone who watches the show and read the comics, I agree with that wholeheartedly but it doesn't detract from my enjoyment of the show. I just have to treat them as 2 separate things. Much like Walking Dead where the comic is awesome to me but I thought the show is terrible. The Boys is a good comic and a good show but only if you don't attempt to resolve the two as being related.

Any thoughts on The Expanse? I quite like it.

Among the best Sci Fi shows I’ve ever seen. I’ve read the book series 3 times and on my 3rd watch through of the show. I’m biased (Sci Fi is about all I watch/read) but it’s truly one of the greats.

Awesome, I agree completely! Have read the first book and about to read the second.

Make sure you read the novellas/side-stories too, especially the Amos origin story.

I watched 2 episodes of it and thought the acting was terrible. It reminded me a lot of Battlestar Galactica. That being said, I have several friends that rant and rave about it and keep telling me to try it again.

> Amazon doesn't have any other good shows that I'm willing to tune into.

If you like The Boys, then you'll also like Utopia.

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