First Review: Who Wants to be a Superhero?
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Well shut mah mouth if this isn’t the campest little show on the tube.
Yes it’s a Superhero Idol…..
And what, you may ask, could contestants in a Superhero reality show possibly win?
They become immortalised as a cartoon character in a comic by none other than Mr. Stan Lee. How cool!
I couldn’t keep a straight face watching this. Here are a bunch of Americans seriously focussed on outdoing, outpunching, out-kapowing one another in a bid to win first place. People like this exist?
And in a sense, this is half the fun of the show: watching loonies in tights ponce about with ludicrous names, catchphrases and weaponry. So get ready for self-declared characters like Cell Phone Girl, Nitro G, Major Victory, Iron Enforcer and one single mother who has dubbed herself Fat Momma.
In their mild-mannered other selves, these people are an Interior Designer, Automobile Mechanic, Software Engineer, Bodyguard, Toy Designer, DJ and Investor. One, predictably runs a comic book store (but he doesn’t resemble our friend from The Simpsons). Another is a real life Fire Captain. Isn’t that hero enough?
In an Apprentice like format, this bunch perform super-human feats for the legendary Stan Lee, like changing into their costume in public and similar death-defying feats. An elderly and frail Lee appears only via video link (check his shirt with shoulder pads, that’s a bit of a costume in itself). In the elimination final on a city rooftop he is enlarged on a billboard size video screen. But the budget must have been a bit tight, because beside him is an equally large ad trumpeting the screen is FOR SALE, HUGE SCREEN, HIGH RESOLUTION!!!
Hilarious.
Seriously, this is terrific trash telly. The guy with the Roger Ramjet chin and the perfect hair is a scream in his tights. It’s hard to know whether to laugh with or at this lot.
Either way, who cares? I had a ball.
Who Wants to be a Superhero? premieres at 8:30pm Thursday May 10 on Sci Fi Channel
PS. Beware of official site which has the winner on the front page.
One Response
I have seen the whole series and highly recommend it. Pure geek reality television at it’s finest. The winner has a comic coming out in July and the new series is slated to start midyear as well. Heroes and villains galore.