Despite all its similarities to its previous show, "Gen V" is still very much its own thing. It's a relief considering that Claudia Doumit (who plays Congresswomen Victoria Neuman) raised some concerns among the fandom earlier this month when she said that this spin-off "lays a lot of the groundwork" for season 4 of "The Boys." After watching how Disney made nearly everything in the Star Wars and Marvel universes interconnected, nobody wants "The Boys" to become another franchise where you have to watch a whole bunch of ancillary projects just to understand the main story. But while it's easy to see how "Gen V" might play into the main show, the spin-off itself requires zero outside knowledge to understand. Some of "The Boys" characters make minor cameos and/or get occasional shout-outs, but all new viewers really need to know is that supes publicly exist in this world, and they've been monetized. Fans of "The Boys" will get a fun, mostly self-contained story that fleshes out this big, seedy universe even more; newcomers will get a dark superhero boarding school story centered around a captivating small-scale conspiracy. Whether you're a fan of "The Boys" or you just like superhero stories in general, "Gen V" is definitely worth your time.
/Film rating: 8 out of 10
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