NBC's The Cape

[Aikouka]

I saw a few previews for this show on TV and I thought it looked pretty nifty. I checked out the trailer on YouTube and it looks like it definitely has potential. But then again... so did Heroes .

This airs next Sunday (1/9) with a two-hour premier episode.

Any thoughts?

 

[2Xtreme21]

Nothing against you or this thread, but every preview I've seen looks like it's gonna horrendously suck. Then again, I never was into Heroes or anything, so...

 

[guyver01]

It's a midseason replacement... so i'm not holding any hope for it.

 

[manimal]

From the same team that brought you Knight Rider reboot and the last two seasons of heroes....


I would rather watch Brideshead Revisited with the wife while simultaneously giving myself a man vs wild style enema....

 

[BoomerD]

We have different perspectives on this...it looked to me like it's gonna suck.
Come on NBC...is that REALLY the best you can come up with?

 

[Aikouka]

From the same team that brought you Knight Rider reboot and the last two seasons of heroes....

Ouch, that doesn't instill much confidence .

 

[datalink7]

Even the name is stupid, IMO.

 

[SSSnail]

Heroes part II?

 

[Rage187]

Let's take Heroes and Kick Ass and mix them together. Throw a little Rob Schnyder in there as The Carrot and we have a hit.

 

[guyver01]

Heroes part II?

Did you even read the plot?

The series, set in the fictional metropolis of Palm City, follows an innocent cop who has been framed for a crime he did not commit and then left for dead after he is caught. He is eventually saved by a circus ringleader who prepares him with special abilities to defend himself against his foes. Separated from his wife and son, he tries to clear his name while protecting them from being killed in the event that he should be reported alive. He takes the law into his own hands by taking the guise of his son's favorite comic book hero, The Cape, after he is given a special suit that has unique capabilities.

That sounds NOTHING like Heroes. Sounds more like a SPAWN wannabe.

 

[zerocool84]

All super hero shows look stupid.

 

[Anomaly1964]

Watered down BATMAN?

I'll watch but I am VERY skeptical...

 

[Rage187]

Did you even read the plot?



That sounds NOTHING like Heroes. Sounds more like a SPAWN wannabe.

Sounds like the Greatest American Hero.

 

[Imp]

Summer Glau's in it, so going to give it a chance.

It's NBC though, so don't expect to see more than a quarter season.

 

[guyver01]

Sounds like the Greatest American Hero.

Yup.

That too!

The only chance it has is if it has an AWESOME theme song.

"Look at what's happened to meeeeeeeee
I can't believe it myself...
Suddenly i'm on top of the world..
Shoulda been somebody elseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

 

[SKORPI0]

You forgot to mention who'll be on this show. :awe:

 

[guyver01]

You forgot to mention who'll be on this show.

You don't read very well..

Summer Glau's in it, so going to give it a chance.

 

[Wag]

That sounds NOTHING like Heroes. Sounds more like a SPAWN wannabe.

HBO Spawn Animated was awesome!!! It's just too bad it ended on an unresolved plot point.

Any animated superhero show with doggy-style fucking is OK in my book.:twisted:

 

[Pardus]

A guy in a slicker fighting crime, yawn.

 

[Fritzo]

NBC: Why did Heroes fail???? It had superheroes in it---those things are popular!
Writers: Well, we didn't quite know what to do with them, so the story sort of drifted off...
NBC: Well, what superhero has a good pre-written story? We'll just use that!
Writers: Well, Batman is pretty good...
NBC: THAT'S IT! Just change the story around a little bit so we don't get sued, and use that. Here's $10 million dollars.

 

[techs]

We have different perspectives on this...it looked to me like it's gonna suck.
Come on NBC...is that REALLY the best you can come up with?

It's like they are intentionally sucking so that when Comcast officially buys them, Comcast can advertise that NBC sucks less since we bought them.

 

[Aikouka]

NBC: Why did Heroes fail???? It had superheroes in it---those things are popular!
Writers: Well, we didn't quite know what to do with them, so the story sort of drifted off...
NBC: Well, what superhero has a good pre-written story? We'll just use that!
Writers: Well, Batman is pretty good...
NBC: THAT'S IT! Just change the story around a little bit so we don't get sued, and use that. Here's $10 million dollars.

The only similarity to Batman seems to be the whole no actual superpower thing . Although, I guess you could say the whole Dark Knight plot twist of Batman being framed for Two-Face's murder could count.

 

[Muadib]

Summer Glau's in it, so going to give it a chance.

It's NBC though, so don't expect to see more than a quarter season.

This.

 

[Aikouka]

This.

Not sure if you're "this-ing" the first or second part, but isn't it FOX that usually cancels shows before they're given an actual chance? Summer probably knows this well enough from TSCC!

 

[dwell]

Lamest superhero since The Submariner.