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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder is a
controversial figure in superhero movies despite not being actively
involved in creating them for several years. However, his work is a
direct inspiration for The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke's take on his
new show's violent, arrogant heroes.

In the world of The Boys, created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson,
a group of violent, sociopathic superheroes called The Seven run
rampant - even greenlighting their own blockbuster movie deals through
their financial backers, a corporation called Vought. It's through
these movies-within-a-show that Kripke says the 'Snyder' aesthetic
comes out.

�Every time they make a superhero thing, they�re making a Zack Snyder
movie,� Kripke told EW. �In the stuff that Vought makes, we were
inspired more by DC than Marvel. The Marvel stuff is actually
reasonably grounded, but the DC stuff tends to get a little
pretentious, and we wanted the Vought superhero movies to be a little
full of themselves.�

�From Garth and [artist] Darick [Robertson], I think even at that time,
they were more interested in taking shots at DC than they were at
Marvel,� he continued. �I think, even then, DC people were held up as
these gods whereas the Marvel heroes were always regular people.�

However, Kripke says his focus isn't on specifically lampooning DC or
Zack Snyder, but on taking shots at the dominance of superhero culture
on the whole.

�We�re probably way more towards taking shots at Marvel,� Kripke
opined, stressing the nature of Disney and Marvel Studios' high profile
in popular culture and movies. �Marvel�s real and the superheroes they
have are real and they�ve taken over the world and that�s the show.�

The Boys premieres July 26 on Amazon.


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