So, I’m completely satisfied to go book-club with Homelander, however that isn’t what obtained us within the door. We’re right here as a result of Homelander is superior, nice, and horrible, in the way in which a nova or rogue wave or H-bomb has these qualities. He’s the cruel final boss of a narrative with no credible heroes in sight. That’s what punches our ticket. Later, we are able to see he’s lonely, juvenile, and tortured, regardless of unmatchable powers… that he’s, if not sympathetic, not less than comprehensible. Few folks would select the life that made him so sturdy however so merciless. And what higher match may there be for Mortal Kombat, a hard-edged universe the place we typically half-joke there aren’t any good guys?
After cautious preparation, we started work. Nailing tone was key. “Does this really feel like Homelander?” Was our guiding-light query utilized to every little thing: poses, motion, sound results, facial expressions, hand gestures, even the set of a shoulder or angle of a dangling foot. Homelander’s central emotion is a bottomless contempt, which he struggles to cover for the sake of look. Watching that masks slip is the present’s core rigidity (and most perverse pleasure), and we strove to take care of that right here.