tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999500110309022298.post8859186083594175247..comments2024-02-27T07:06:23.481-06:00Comments on Tower of Zenopus: Live Action Superheroes and Settling for LessBlacksteelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16289298640828309072noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999500110309022298.post-68128450116113099452014-10-22T19:49:09.317-05:002014-10-22T19:49:09.317-05:00You left out my favoritest, most favorite Superher...You left out my favoritest, most favorite Superhero TV show of all time! The Greatest American Hero!<br /><br />OK, awesome costume? Check. Humor? Check. Actual superpowers? Check. Dude had super strength, speed, flight, psycho-telemetry, heat vision, could turn invisible, shrink...who knows what else?<br /><br />While the vast majority of his opponents were the 'guys in suits' variety, he starts out with an encounter with aliens.<br /><br />The latter seasons of the series saw him encounter the aliens that gave him the suit again, and you learn of the suits purpose and origin (and the implication that there are other suits with other wearers a la Green Lantern). One episode has a supernatural entity haunting a house that could tear the invulnerable costume (Superman is similarly weak against magic remember). There's even one where they discover there'd been a Golden Age Greatest American Hero who went bad (kinda). <br /><br />Best. Superhero. Show. Ever.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999500110309022298.post-43886382956455213212014-10-22T19:45:03.480-05:002014-10-22T19:45:03.480-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999500110309022298.post-13102641686954440892014-10-22T15:13:21.761-05:002014-10-22T15:13:21.761-05:00You should absolutely give Arrow a second look. T...You should absolutely give Arrow a second look. There's so many "easter eggs" for comic book fans, not to mention a lot of Batman-level villains who aren't from Gotham (Count Vertigo, the Huntress, Bronze Tiger) to keep things interesting. They upgrade things to superhuman level in second two.<br /><br />I think the Incredible Hulk worked so well not because it was a superhero show, but more of a pathos/horror TV series. The Hulk was a modern-day Frankenstein, forever unable to live in human company because of the peril from something every human feels: rage, pain, suffering. Bixby/Banner's humanity meant he was forever wandering down that road at the end of each episode.<br /><br />One TV series you didn't mention from the 1980's was the too-brief "Sable" series, based on a comic book. I just remember that the main character had a cell phone, and how that kept the authorities from being able to locate him by phone. Those were the days...WQRobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436898737750581192noreply@blogger.com