Can Gen V, spin-off of hit series The Boys, live up to its parent show? We've known for some time that Gen V was coming. The Boys is an epic series and that always makes it difficult to make a successful spin-off. How can the spin-off match the parent show? I think equal is too strong a word, but Gen V is certainly not inferior to The Boys.
In Gen V we follow young adult 'supes' studying at GodU (Godolkin University). I can't really reveal too much because that takes all the fun out of it. It boils down to a group of students discovering that not-so-nice things are happening in an institute beneath the university, of course, facilitated by Vought.
That doesn't sound that original of course, but Gen V has the same roughness that The Boys are used to. Sex, shock, blood, body parts, crazy 'superpowers' and more. These series stop at nothing and that is wonderfully refreshing. The humor is pitch black and the series is again chock full of violence. Moreover, I always find it fantastic to see how The Boys, and also Gen V, comment on social issues such as racism, commercial greed, eating disorders and the like in a completely politically incorrect way.
You work with dangerous animals all day, sooner or later, you're going to get bit.
If you like The Boys, I would definitely recommend watching Gen V. It has the same atmosphere and the same gallows humor, but with a dash of student life. Including all the problems that young people have at university, nice and adolescent. A fantastic combination.
An 8.5! With full conviction.
About the writer, Karzal
Mike (1995) has been a member of MySeries since 2016 and is mainly active on the English version of the site. Since 2018, he has been actively translating news articles, columns, reviews and basically everything that ends up on the Dutch site. The original articles, columns and reviews were actually written by others. During the week Mike can be found at IKEA, where he is a national systems specialist and occasionally also in the classroom to teach an English lesson. In addition, Mike logically enjoys watching series and has actually been spoon-fed this from an early age. The genre doesn't matter, there is a place for everything in the otherwise busy life.
