The Boys' Vought International has released a full clip from one of Soldier Boy's (Jensen Ackles) movies, as well as a humorous content warning for viewers.
Vought International's official Twitter account has tweeted a clip from the show's in-universe film Red Thunder, which was briefly seen in The Boys' "Herogasm" episode and depicts Soldier Boy and the rest of Payback fighting for "democracy and freedom" in Afghanistan. "We saw your tweets, opened your emails, and read your one-star reviews," the tweet reads. "That's why we're making the brave choice to bring Soldier Boy back to Vought++. Films like Red Thunder will now have this content warning to properly prepare patriots before they press play!"
The tweet, along with the content warning shown in front of the clip, revealed that the fictional film was removed from Vought's in-universe streaming services following Queen Maeve's publicly presumed death during The Boys' Season 3 finale. The content warning reads, "The film portrays Soldier Boy as a hero of the American people. Though his time spent in Russian captivity radicalized him to a point where he took the life of Vought's bravest lesbian, Queen Maeve, that should not dissuade us from remembering his time as a defender of democracy and freedom. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact so that we may all learn the lessons of history, together. Viewer discretion is advised."
Although the general public of The Boys universe believes that Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott) died fighting Soldier Boy, the end of "The Instant White-Hot Wild" reveals to viewers that the former member of The Seven faked her death in order to safely be able to live with her girlfriend Elena (Nicola Correia-Damude). While some viewers were left dissatisfied with this fake-out, showrunner Eric Kripke revealed in July that the plan was "always going to give [Maeve] a happy ending." Kripke explained the team's awareness of "the super irritating trend of killing off queer characters" and said they strived to avoid doing that same trope in The Boys. Instead, they decided to "play with the audience's expectation" by exploring a sacrifice play that happens far too often.
Based on the comics of the same name, The Boys has become a massive hit for Prime Video since its premiere in 2019. Its success has led to multiple spinoffs, including the upcoming college-set series titled Gen V. The spinoff series is expected to lead into The Boys' fourth season, which will feature child actor Cameron Crovetti promoted to a series regular position.
The Boys' first three seasons are available to stream now on Prime Video. No release date has been announced for Season 4 or Gen V at this time.
Source: Twitter