As someone who doesn’t have the Sci Fi channel, I’m curious as to how this show actually works (especially w/r/t the superpowers). Can someone clue me in?
And me likes Stan. I recommend Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book for all your two-fisted four-color dirt.
From the website:
It’s basically yet another reality show, but instead of competing to host a cooking show or get a job with Donald Trump, they’re competing on various superhero themed stunts.
So the first show had two eliminations. The first was a hidden camera where they tried to catch someone out of character, and the guy eliminated was someone who foolishly told the other contestants that he hoped to make money selling custom action figures. A real superhero doesn’t want to make money, true believers! So he was kicked off.
And the second stunt was to change into your costume in a public place and race to a finish line. As presented, the best times would win, worst times would lose. But…a crying lost little girl! Superheroes who ignored or didn’t notice the little girl and concentrated on their mission weren’t realizing that with great power comes great responsibility. So those that ignored the mission passed the test, and the next elimination was chosen from those that ignored the girl. The guy who was eliminated just changed in the middle of the park…he didn’t even try to protect his secret identity! That’s not gonna fly with Stan.
And so on.
To build on Hey you!'s post, the first episode had our intrepid heroes learning to change into their costumes surreptitiously and sprint to a designated area (I will pay big money to the camera operators who filmed Lemuria changing!). They were told that they were being timed, and that the fastest would win (win what, we don’t know, just win). [spoiler]However, an evil mastermind planted a crying little lost girl in the path of the heroes. The true mark of the hero was to stop and help the little girl, potentially losing one’s edge in the (non-existent) race. 6 of 11 so-called heroes failed to stop to help the little girl! The eliminated hero, in addition to failing to help the young lass, changed into his costume out in the open in full public view, destroying his secret identity.
Next week, our heroes need to rescue a little old lady who is locked out of her house. They need to enter through the back and open the door. There is one small problem, though. Cujo, the lady’s guard dog, is waiting for them in the backyard, and to paraphrase Norm Peterson, they are all wearing Milk Bone underwear.[/spoiler]
Jeez, Lemur, don’t sneak up on me like that 
To build back on D_Odds’ post,
it appears that the heroes will have some degree of protective padding on while facing the Rottweilers. But still…
Anybody else think the guy who stopped to help the girl probably saw she was acting and figured out helping her is what he was supposed to do to win?
Big time! I suspect that he wasn’t the only one. The little girl’s performance wasn’t exactly subtle or nuanced.
Haha, I agree. I just wanted to say to anybody who might have missed that:
If you ever help a lost little girl find her mother, don’t ask her to “jump into my arms!” The police will arrest you. I guarantee it.
Yeah, the lost little girl’s acting wasn’t very convincing. I’m certain everyone of them who noticed her, immediately clued in on her being part of the test. That’s what I liked about Major Victory. Not only did he know it was part of the test, he hammed it up in character. “Jump into my arms, little girl!”
Yeah IRL, he’d prolly get arrested and a psych eval. But it was great for the show.
Correction to earlier post: 6 of 10. One observation I had that the heroes who ignored the young girl were mostly men and younger. The oldest man, a father himself, was the only man who stopped to help.
Helped: Major Victory, Lemuria, Fat Momma, Cell Phone Girl
Ignored: Monkey Woman, Creature, Iron Enforcer, Nitro G, Tyveculus, Feedback
This has to be one of the funniest reality shows I’ve ever seen. Right up there with Joe Schmo. I mean come on. Captain Victory is hilarious, “Be a winner, not a weiner.” And I have to admit Stan Lee might just be the best reality tv show host ever with his mannerisms and speech!!!
I’ve got it scheduled to record, and hell I might just make it pre-scheduled watching on Thursday nights. We’ll see.
Surely someone is going to break out the Raj ratings? Was there ever a more opportune time?
Totally rooting for Fat Momma. Totally loathing Iron Enforcer.
As I’m watching this. I’m wondering if Stan is taking it as an opportunity to flip a big ol’ bird at the comic book industry as it stands today. “Superheroes don’t kill people.” Are there any major heroes who don’t have a body count?
If it wasn’t for Lemuria *(am I obsessing…eh, so what), I’d be rooting for Fat Momma, then Major Victory, just because he looks like he is having so much fun.
I’m hoping that Creature and Iron Enforcer are the heroes introduced simply to be killed to show how bad the bad guy really is.
I actually kinda like Creature. I’m not sure how she’s really a superhero, but for some reason I find her rather hot.
Not as hot as Lemuria. Hotter than Monkey Girl, though- I find MG very annoying.
It’s pretty funny that the only one who didn’t get put on the show in the normal way is the bodacious Lemuria- she looks like such an obvious grab for the male demographic. Whatever… as long as she keeps running in slow motion.
That’s why I think I’m going to really enjoy this show. There are only a few reality shows I’m a sucker for; Survivor, Amazing Race, Hell’s Kitchen.
But I’m so sick & disgusted with most of them. It’s all about lying, cheating, manipulating, backstabbing. It’s like our current culture holds these as virtues. The evilest person is the one who “deserves” the million dollars, the Donald Trump contract. Yuck.
I’ve been wishing for a long time someone could come up with a competitive reality show which would reward the values we should be striving for. But who could pull that off and still get ratings and not have it being really boring. It’d be like a British reality show.
“Oh no, after you.”
“No no, please. After you good Sir.”
“I couldn’t think of it. I insist, after you.”
Snooze. Who could pull it off? Stan the Man!
Excelsior!
I totally want either Levity or NitroG to return in a later episode as a SuperVillan.
Anyone else totally crack up when Lemuria tripped and fell trying to jump the trash can?
:smack: I totally said totally too much, dude. Sorry.
This is the first reality show I sat through beginning to end. I’ve never gotten past one commercial break with any of the others.
Creature does nothing for me. She’s behind Fat Momma (if only that were true, then we wouldn’t see her). My first pick is obvious, followed by Cell Phone Girl.
Hey, Ozymandias did OK out of it. Do they have a Rorshach character? “None of you understand. I’m not locked in with you. You’re locked in with me.”