College is a bloody mess in new trailer for Prime Video’s Gen V
A younger generation ofThe Boys are still kicking, punching, and fire-bombing their way to the top of the class
TV News Gen V
College can be a messy time for anyone, especially when hormones, substances, and bad decision-making set in. But, hey, at least adolescent ragers for mere humans don’t (usually) end in multiple laserings, head explosions, or… muppet disembowelments? Okay, we’re still scratching our heads on that last one, but all will surely be revealed in due time. This is The Boys’ Eric Kripke we’re talking about here: he’s not exactly known for his subtlety.
The Boys has never pulled its punches, and upcoming Zoomer spinoff Gen V—also from Prime Video—seems no different in its first full-length trailer.
There’s… a lot going on here, so we’ll try our best to break it down for you. The young cast, led by freshman blood-bended Marie Moreau (Jaz Sinclair) and Ant-Man-esque shrinker Emma Meyer (Lizze Broadway), as well as hot Supes on campus Golden Boy (Patrick Schwarzenegger), Jordan Li (London Thor and Derek Luh), and Andre Anderson (Chance Perdomo), all meet in the hallowed halls of Godolkin University, an Ivy-style school for Vought’s future best and brightest.
But Gen V isn’t all super-strength keg stands and flaming frat parties. There’s something sinister lurking around the edges of campus called The Woods, which seems like it might house errant super-teens in a similar way to Stormfront’s Sage Grove Center from season two of the main series. Either way, it doesn’t seem like a fun place to be, with Asa Germann’s super-fast, super-strong Sam consistently attempting to break out and many of the adults that we see (only in short, snappy clips) conspiring to keep him—and the rest of them—locked in.
Through all the guts, viscera, and glitter (again, the whole muppet thing is baffling), a few familiar faces emerge. Colby Minifie’s wonderfully neurotic Vought exec Ashley makes a welcome cameo, along with Claudia Doumit’s Congresswoman Victoria Neuman and P.J. Byrne’s filmmaker Adam Bourke. Jessie T. Usher is also confirmed to make an appearance as A-Train, but no word on his fellow Seven members just yet.
We’re still not really sure what Gen V is about. But if it’s anything like The Boys, we know it will be extremely bloody, and bloody good fun at that.
Gen V premieres September 29 on Prime Video.
16 Comments
While I really have no desire to watch this, it has Clancy Brown, so I guess I have to.
Watched Starship Troopers on cable a few weeks ago because I flipped past it right when he was introduced as their staff sergeant and was likewise powerless to change the channel.
There were exactly 2 good things about the new Dexter series: Dexter’s absolutely hilarious deer hunting method and Clancy Brown.
The man is gravitas personified.
I guess I’m coming from the other way; this looks interesting… Clancy Brown? Sunofabitch I’m in!
Fazekas and Butters are the showrunners. That’s what has piqued my interest.
I really do like The Boys, but 1 season a year of that show and its world are enough for me.
Agreed. This has zero appeal to me. “The Boys” has a shelf life as well that it is exceedingly getting close to.
Also spotted the ever delightful Jason Ritter in that “Not Sesame Street” clip.
Made it through one season and part of the second. That was more than enough of my time.
While I do enjoy The Boys, and the concept of this is interesting, it’s not the show that makes me hesitant, it’s the actors. I just don’t know if I would care at all for any of them. I see cameo spots for the actors from the original show, it gets my attention, then when it goes back to the college kids, they lost my attention. So far the trailer just makes the actors give me bad forgettable slasher movie vibes. I mean I guess it would be too weird to cast likeable actors in their 30’s and 40’s and 50’s who look like they’re in their 30’s 40’s or 50’s to play college kids. Although it would be a strangely hypnotic weird watch. But if the show were revolved around Clancy Brown and he was the main star, then I would be more enthusiastic about this. I will watch for curiosity, but I’m cautious that it’s just going to be another The Walking Dead: World Beyond.
yeah it would be weird to cast people in their 50s as college kids.
Yet hypnotic. My best example would be a 20th Century movie called Teen Wolf. These People are suppose to be high school students barely 18.
fun fact, lizzie broadway’s parents are teachers at where eric kripke went to high school
i was totally not into this concept at all but that was a great trailer. i will be seated.
This really just seems like it’s way too much.