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    14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix

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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    10/03/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    This may be a week old Feature but I would just like to say Ben 10 and Ben 10: Alien Force are some of the best superhero 'toons around. Yes, I am an adult that likes to watch Ben 10, and like any of you don't watch something that can be considered childish...jeez
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    09/28/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    Im sorry but power rangers was not fail. I loved it as a kid and it gave me my first love, the pink ranger...

    and amy jo if you read this; I'm a man now look me up.
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    Image of agentgray agentgray
    09/28/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    EXEC: What do we name the mentor for Shazam?

    WRITER: ...
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    09/28/09

    @agentgray:
    To be fair, "Mentor" was originally the proper name of a character from the Odyssey. Given the ties with Greek mythology, it's not impossible that that's what they were going for.
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    09/29/09

    @Wookie1972: Dr. Gargunza, of course.
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    Image of thufir_hawat thufir_hawat
    09/28/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    I'm reasonably certain that Shazam! (always with exclamation point) was joined by its sister show, The Secrets of Isis. Teacher by day, Egyptian Goddess when the mood suited her, by incanting "Oh mighty Isis."
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    09/28/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    No Greatest American Hero?
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    Image of smirkette smirkette
    09/28/09

    @TemporalSword: I don't know if I believe it or not!
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    Image of Brisco_County_Jr Brisco_County_Jr
    09/28/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    Odd trivia: Birds of Prey's Barbara Gordon = Dizzy from "Starship Troopers".
    (So if you ever wanted to see Babs naked, multiple times...I'm sorry. Evil thought, but some of the guys and girls here are thinking it. XD )
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    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    09/28/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    Lois & Clark is about a hundred fold better then Smallville. Its just pure fun.

    For that mater though, I found the start of Heroes this season infinitely suppiour to Smallville as well.
    Smallvile has ideas, but it rarely knows how to have fun. And when it tries to be serious, it falls flat on its face.
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    Image of Alessar Alessar
    09/28/09

    @twDarkflame: Ironically, the lead actor from Smallville was so much better than Dean Cain. He actually was cast on Lois & Clark -- until they found he was on the series it was replacing!
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    Image of crackblind crackblind
    09/28/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    But without the original Electra Woman & Dyna Girl, you wouldn't have the awesomeness that is Markie Post playing a drunken washed up Electra Woman in 2001:

    [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of Alessar Alessar
    09/28/09

    @crackblind: Drat. Someone beat me to it. :D

    Even though it was a KroftBudget show, I really liked Electra Woman. I always felt it was so bad it was good.
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    Image of gaggle64 gaggle64
    09/28/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    I totally reject the concept of Power Rangers as "unwatchably bad." I mean, it was, but the show didn't simply accept it: it embraced it and turned it to awesome. One of the opening lines is: "We need to gather a group of high kicking teenagers... WITH ATTITUDE." These people knew what they were creating.
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    Image of Brisco_County_Jr Brisco_County_Jr
    09/28/09

    @gaggle64: .
    .
    And the solo. THE SOLO! *melts from awesome*
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    Image of Brisco_County_Jr Brisco_County_Jr
    09/28/09

    @Brisco_County_Jr: (Holy hell! Someone starred me! Thank you all!)
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    Image of Daniel-Midnight Daniel-Midnight
    09/28/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    I guess if you want to throw Buffy in there why not "The Six Million Dollar Man"?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    09/28/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    No Greatest American Hero? For shame...
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    09/28/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    Whats the batgirl shot in the lead image from? Looks like it would of fit in birds of prey but I don't remember her in it. Or was that a pre-oracle scene that I don't remember?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    09/28/09

    @tande04:
    [www.flickr.com]

    Better version of the same image, and the comments pretty much explain it all. For the record, the only thing worth buying the BoP DVDs for is the Gotham Girls webseries. Now if they'd just release the Lobo webseries on _something_...
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    09/27/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    I loved Birds of Prey. I will always hold a special place in my heart for Dina Meyer as Oracle... and she looked great in the Bat-girl suit - so much better than Alicia Silverstone.

    Least not to mention Ashley Scott...
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    Image of LifeonQueen LifeonQueen
    09/27/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    Except Buffy isn't a superhero show. Different genre, different tropes, different metaphor, different expectations. Seriously, Graeme, I'd expect io9's comic book guy to understand this instead of turning this piece into another excuse to genuflect before Joss. Get over him already.
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    09/27/09

    @LifeonQueen: really? one mention and this is what you say, clearly you are a bit more hung up on him than "we are".
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    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    09/28/09

    @LifeonQueen: "Buffy isn't a superhero show"? Seriously?

    She's Blade with tits. Get over it.
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    09/27/09

    In reply to 14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don't Mix
    Of course, if it wasn't for spastic TV movie superheroes, we wouldn't have one of the greatest MST3K episodes ever.
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