Superheroes

Things that never quite made it: Sky High (2005)

I'm a little burned out on fan films at the moment, so I'm gonna' take a little break. We'll get back to in eventually, but for the moment I think it's more important to bore you with flop movies that were intended as pilots for TV shows that also would have flopped, but never got the chance. When I say "More important," what I mean is "It's something to put here instead of an interesting fan film."

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The Cape (No, not the one with Corbin Bernsen about NASA...)

Yesterday, I mentioned "No Ordinary Family," one of the new fall shows, which looked - no offence - kinda' lame. Then I found out that there's yet another live action superhero show on in the fall. This one is "The Cape" from NBC, and heaven help me, it actually looks kinda' good!

Click through for a sneak peak

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No Ordinary Family: Knockoff or Merely Derivative?

This fall there's a new superhero family series on ABC. When I say "Superhero Family," I assume you're wondering if it's a superhero show aimed at 'the whole family from baby to grandpa' or if it's a show about a family of superheroes. In this case it appears to be both.

Jump through for the trailer!

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FAN FILM FRIDAY: "Batman: Dead End"

This is the most famous superhero-based Fan Film, and for good reason: It's pretty amazing looking.

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FAN FILM FRIDAY: "I'm Power Girl, Dammit!" (2006)

There's endless lists of the differences between professional productions and Fan Films, and pretty much all of them are valid, but if you ask me, one of the most significant is the one no one actually wants to admit to: Professional actors and actresses are, by and large, better looking than us regular folks. Certainly better looking than me (Though I've got kind of a rakish Orson Wells thing going on, but I'm more striking than handsome, really).

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FAN FILM FRIDAY: "Villains Day Off" (2009)

In keeping with our temporary respite from space-based SF Fan Films, I've decided to feature "Villains Day Off." I've been debating running this one for some time now, but I always hold off at the last minute because of that damn "Villains Just Want A Day Off" song that plays through the first half of the soundtrack. And some of the sound is a bit wonky.

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ORIGINAL FICTION: "Superheroes are Gay"

SCIENCE FICTION UNIVERSITY:And The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth

Does the current rise in shows about Geeks and Geek Culture (like Big Bang Theory, Chuck, etc.) signal something more theological than we thought?

Well, maybe and maybe not... but Dr. Starr is going to dive in anyway!

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UNSOLD PILOT REVIEW: “Justice League of America” (1997)

“Well there’s 80 minutes of my life I’ll never get back”
----Mark Waid
(Comics Writer)

It’s fun to watch unsold pilots. It’s fun to second-guess the network executives who passed on a particular show. It’s fun to get a glimpse in to an alternate world where a show may have lasted a whopping 13 hours on Fox, rather than just one. For me, the highlight is seeing the kind of high-concept crap that people developed with no real thought of how they’re going to keep it going.

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BOOK REVIEW: “Soon I Will be Invincible” by Austin Grossman (2007)

As Republispouse, my wife, is fond of pointing out, I’m always thinking. It’s the way I make my horribly obvious OCD and other mental woes work for me. It’s not enough that I don’t like a particular kind of cheese, or that golf doesn’t appeal to me, no, that’d be too simple. I have to know *exactly* why I don’t like cheese, and why for some reason this particular kind doesn’t appeal to me when, in fact, several other similarly-related kinds do. I need to know exactly what it is about golf that makes me think about suicide as a viable alternative to playing it.

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