5hit, boys, it pains me to admit I didn't find it too funny either.
Mike Clattenburg had negotiated to leave and sell control of his creation to Ricky, Julian & Bubs even before this movie was finished -- so maybe some sort of long-festering 5hitwinds between him & the stars caused tension on the set & tainted the final product. Barrie Dunn (Ray/exec producer) also unloaded his interest and left Team TPB at the same time, and Ray's lack of even ONE friggin scene with any of the other actors in this one suggests a shltload of animosity there, too.
I'm just guessing. Whatever the cause, the characters now display genuine malice and hatred toward each other -- with none of the all-coming-together-in-the-end-as-family stuff that used to make Lahey's constant scheming against Ricky & Julian somehow heartwarming. This time out, the factions aren't just fooling with 5hitipillars and hitches in jail, they really truly mean to hurt and destroy each other.
I mean, even at his PROPANE PROPANE craziest, I couldn't picture Lahey deliberately ruining Ray's funeral. Nor procuring cocaine to plant on anybody, let alone Julian. And Bubbles suckerpunching an elderly stroke victim and beating him to the ground? WTFFFF!?!
Without Clattenburg's subtle direction, sly comedic judgment, and twisted sense of decency, no way the new online series will have the same sensibilities & tone as the original show. Who knows, maybe the Boys will flourish without him & reach new heights in Season 8 ... but we should probably prepare for The New TPB to suffer the same shortages of focus & warmth that made DAODHFH as hard to love as a 5hitpuppy.
way she fu(kin goes, boys way she fu(kin goes
peace
--Big Gus
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