[Sci Fi Channel] "Who Wants To Be A Superhero?"

[Felon]

Regarding the guy kicked off at the beginning, it seems fairly obvious that he was kicked off because Stan and the producers intend to utilize the winning character's marketing potential themselves. Legally, it wouldn't be possible for both them and the action-figure guy to both hold the rights to merchandizing. I imagine it was just a flashy way of telling him, "sorry guy, by contract we hold the rights to any character appearing on the show, and we'll be the ones to produce any action figures."

The same thought occurred to me. Levity's remarks about making an action figure out of himself were fairly innocuous.

He was also gay. Wonder what Stan thinks of that?

And "heroes don't kill"? When was the last time Stan read a Marvel comic?

 

[sydbar]

Actually Cell Phone Girls powers aren't that bad.

Teleport from one active cell phone to another; eyes can take digital photos; download any information available on a computer (i.e., learn Japanese on the fly); use cell-phone waves to move physical objects; fires beams from her cell phone.

http://www.scifi.com/superhero/heroes/ has all the info about their powers.

 

[bodhi]

use cell-phone waves to move physical objects;

Is that like the Nextel (I think) commercial where one guy demonstrates the theft deterrence feature by whipping his phone at the other guy's head?

And okay, the list of powers isn't bad. She just needs a new name. Maybe a corporate sponsor?

 

[Wolv0rine]

Is that like the Nextel (I think) commercial where one guy demonstrates the theft deterrence feature by whipping his phone at the other guy's head?

And okay, the list of powers isn't bad. She just needs a new name. Maybe a corporate sponsor?

Which will go down in history as THE best feature of a cell phone in the history of mankind, ever.

Even moreso than placing telephone calls, I'd wager.

As for the Hero's powers, yeah I was seriously more skeptical about them all before I went and read what the powers of the characters are supposed to be.

 

[Richards]

After tonight's episode, all I can say is: Go Monkey Woman! Seriously, I think she ought to get a "get out of having to walk onto a red platform in the future free" card for her attack-dog-stunt grit and fortitude!

As for the costume upgrades, I personally don't think many of them were actually "better" costumes than the originals. Lemuria got rid of her cleavage (which, let's face it, was her most impressive super-power), Tyveculus ended up looking like a goof, Monkey Woman looked much better in her fur-covered bikini, and I actually thought Feedback came to the contest with a really good-looking costume to start with. As for Fat Momma, I preferred her looking like an average person in a superhero costume, as that was part of her charm - she just looks a bit odd all glammed up like that. Iron Enforcer and Creature were about the same before and after the costume change, so no harm done. I think Major Victory looks a bit better with the cape, so that was the one superhero that I thought actually benefitted from the "costume upgrade."

And I foresaw the Iron Enforcer bit at the end (as did at least one other poster to this thread) - it was kind of a giveaway, especially since he got "voted off" when his "transgressions" in the costume incident were nowhere near as bad as the other two. (Although when I stop to think about it, Marvel superheroes have a strong tradition of giving each other crap - think Spider-Man and the Human Torch, or better yet the Human Torch and the Thing - so Feedback's jokes at Tyveculus' expense can be easily forgiven, I think. But lying to Stan - definitely not good.)

All in all, another enjoyable hour.

Johnathan

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Best TV show EVAR.

 

[Tuzenbach]

And I foresaw the Iron Enforcer bit at the end

Good call! That whole ending bit was obviously staged. It appears Iron Enforcer was a plant all along. One of us spotted it last week. Not me, though.

Dark Enforcer? SURE! That's a great idea and lends a whole new drama to the series. Can you believe the whole thing is only 6 episodes? That sucks!

On the down side, we lost Cell-phone Girl. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! She was one of my favorites!!!

 

[DonTadow]

Good call! That whole ending bit was obviously staged. It appears Iron Enforcer was a plant all along. One of us spotted it last week. Not me, though.

Dark Enforcer? SURE! That's a great idea and lends a whole new drama to the series. Can you believe the whole thing is only 6 episodes? That sucks!

On the down side, we lost Cell-phone Girl. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! She was one of my favorites!!!

She was cool but 4 seconds ..man half that time was jumping over the fence. I'm wondering was there a secret to it, did the mission definatly end once you said uncle? Maybe i'd have tried to whisper uncle to the dog or say it like .. i am not going to say uncle nope not saying UNCLE

 

[Goodsport]

This week's episode was certainly an interesting one, to say the least.

Something tells me that Dark Enforcer will be a more intimidating villian than Rotiart was.


-G

 

[DonTadow]

Me and the GF kinda guessed that he was a plant and you can tell during the episode. What sane athelete admits he uses steroids... on public television. Then he seemed to give up on purpose at the door. Who cant drag themselves a foot. He was the only man to fail the task.

PS. Major Victor was once again the MVP of the show, how's my hair?