Monday, July 31, 2006

Worst. Superheroes. EVER.

I managed to catch part of the first episode of Stan Lee's new reality show Who Wants To Be A Superhero? last night, and... it's different.

The dorks on this show have come up with some of the silliest gimmicks ever. Monkey Woman? Cell Phone Girl? I thought Squirrel Girl and Speedball were goofy, but those are just stupid. Now if Monkey Woman was a cross between Beast and Tarzan, I could accept it. And what is Cell Phone Girl's power? Giving someone a brain tumor via radiation?

And then there was their test at the end of the episode. The test the potential superheroes had to undertake also proved that most of them might not have what it takes to be superheroes. See, they were told their objective was to see how fast they could inconspicuously change into their superhero outfits before running across this city plaza to a designated checkpoint. But there was a catch. There's always a catch. See, as the heroes ran through the plaza, they'd have to pass this little girl crying for her mother. Unbeknownst to the heroes, she was the real objective. Those who stopped to help her succeeded, those who passed her failed. And get this, something like two-thirds of the heroes ran right past her. What kind of hero ignores a crying child? Now this one guy, who looks like the hero from God of War with a giant laser gun mounted on his arm, I could buy him running by. He looks like the kind of guy who'd be way too focused on kicking the everloving snot out of some supervillain. That poor crying child would probably be caught up in the crossfire and collateral damage and whatnot.

And let's not forget the one superhero that decided to change into his costume right out in the open. Unless he's The Flash or Superman and could change his clothes in less than a second, he'd have to be a freaking moron to change out in front of everybody. And considering that he ran past the little girl too, it's no wonder that he got eliminated.

This show has "train wreck" written all over it, and I'm totally going to watch it every week.

2 Comments:

Blogger Michael said...

Squirrel Girl is amazingly charming!

August 1, 2006 at 12:46 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This show is so totally you!

August 1, 2006 at 6:13 AM  

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home