So, I’m glad to go book-club with Homelander, however that isn’t what acquired 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 robust however so merciless. And what higher match might 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 all the things: 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 pressure (and most perverse pleasure), and we strove to keep up that right here.
