Superhero orgy in The Boys: reactions to “most explicit episode in TV history”

“It will probably be one of the most explicit hours of mainstream television that I think anyone has ever seen,” promised The Boys showrunner. Eric Kripkein a note with TVLine before the premiere of “Herogasmo”.

The episode has finally arrived. It is number 6 of the third season and shows, in short, an orgy of superheroes.

The most popular series on Amazon Prime Video seems to have reached a limit. “I think you really have to turn to porn to see more graphic stuff,” Kripke had suggested.

The showrunner worked for years in the company of director Nelson Cragg to be able to show on television the adaptation of one of the most controversial comics of The Boys. This, coupled with the curiosity about the cartoon’s explicit content, made “Herogasm” the episode fans were eagerly awaiting.

In order not to be mistaken, Kripke and Cragg checked the standards of the platform and discovered some “fun rules”.

They found out how often it is possible to simulate sexual intercourse, whether or not an erect penis can be shown on television or how long it is allowed to leave a filming of a private party. All for “Erogasmi”.

“Heroisms” everywhere

“Some scenes may not be suitable for some, actually for most, let’s be honest, for all viewers. But rest assured, the consensual relationships depicted, be they human, animal, superhero or otherwise, are not real, harm no one and in fact cost a hilarious amount in visual effects, “Episode 6 warns at the outset.

The “erogenous” sequence offers a delightful combination of real-life intimate shots and CGI-created intimate shots. Among the latter there is what, they say, is the biggest penis ever made by CGI.

Prime Video gave Kripke free rein and made it possible for an episode like “Herogasm” to be available to all subscribers of the platform who are over 18 years old. For this reason The Boys is, almost without a doubt, one of the most explicit and politically incorrect “mainstream” series.

Although from a distance it may seem like another superhero fiction, The Boys do not deprive themselves of anythingwhich is no small feat considering how rigid are the mainstream products that predominate today.

In the case of “Herogasm” dozens of naked people are shown for a good number of minutes having sex and engaging in sexual fetishes rarely seen in this type of production.

Where did ‘Herogasm’ come from?

“Herogasm” is a satirical comic that functions as a spin-off of the 2006 comic titled The boys -also very controversial-. The TV series is based only on the latter, but for episode 6 the showrunner has decided to adapt the sexual miniseries.

In “Herogasm” we see how a group of superheroes participate in an orgy and engage in both legal and illegal sexual activities. The work of Garth Ennis, Giovanni McCrea Y Keith Burns It has always been controversial, even by the standards of an irreverent work like The Boys.

In the comics, “heroism” is an annual festival where most of the superheroes of the Vought-American society secretly meet at a tropical resort to have sex. The event, sponsored by the company, lasts a weekend. Indoors, everything is fine.

In the storyline, Vought-American informs the populace that superheroes come together to deal with a crisis when in reality they are doing it for fun.

The “heroism” of the comics is different from that of the series. The graph is much more explicit than the television onewhile the latter looks according to the tone of the product.

Additionally, there were those who hoped the adaptation would touch upon a key theme of the comics, such as the Twin Towers, but the series chose not to go in that direction.

Another radical difference is that Vought does not attend the event in the series, while in the comics it is he who organizes it. Even the premises, how it comes to both orgies, are different.

To demonstrate just how brutal “heroism” is in comics, one can refer to a scene much criticized by fans in which Black Noir sexual assaults Hughie Campbell with the thumb …

The reactions

On Twitter, it all happened with “eroticism”. Many were dissatisfied, others barely liked it, and some were simply ecstatic. We see.

“’Herogasm’ is one of the best episodes of The Boys. And no, it’s not because of her highly promoted and controversial orgy scene. At least, not only for this “, highlighted this user, who, like many others, saved that the episode, in general, is fundamental for the development of the plot.

“I thought it was going to be an episode full of morbidity and it turned out they gave us the first big fight against Homelander (it’s worth saying that the boy is broken in his universe, it takes 3 super to stop him, and besides these two are at their level), “said another person.

“’Herogasm’ is the best episode of The Boys to date. 10 out of 10, “said a third. One joined him with a comment that no longer allows for words:” Real television. “

Many have also joked about Kali Uchis’ famous theme in relation to how some superheroes appear to have sex by “telepathy”.

Others have simply resorted to foolproof memes.