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Departments => Movies and TV => Topic started by: Mister M on May 08, 2006, 06:20:56 PM
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From CNN.com:
You can be Stan Lee's new superhero
PASADENA, California (AP) -- The creator of Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk is on the hunt for a new superhero, and he plans to find it on reality TV.
Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee said Friday that his new reality show "Who Wants to be a Superhero?" breaks new ground.
"I've never lived in a world of reality," quipped the 83-year-old writer.
Eleven wannabe superheros -- whittled down from 200 -- are set to compete in the show, which is scheduled to premiere July 26 on the Sci-Fi channel. The winning superhero will be the star of a new comic book created by Lee.
The reported catch-phrase for those who don't make the cut? "Turn in your spandex!"
Although this sounds like it would actually be pretty fun to watch, I've got to wonder...do you think that, at this point, "Reality" TV needs a new moniker? Because it just ain't that real anymore.
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I think they should just start calling them game shows again. That's what they are.
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Oh, good grief! Game show is right. But what "powers" will these guys exhibit? Super cell-phone minute user or something? Dumb.
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Oh no Uber-drama-queen-man, it's Roaming Charge!
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I'm suddenly having visions of these guys doing a superhero LARP on national television.
Man, I've got to figure out which channel will be airing this just so I can see what it's like.
Edit: Well, if the links on http://www.whowantstobeasuperhero.tv/ are any guide, it looks like Sci-Fi will be airing it. And suddenly it all makes sense. (I only saw commercials for one of Sci-Fi's previous reality TV shows, "Mad Mad House," which involved people living together and participating in such mundane activities as being buried up to your neck in pig entrails or turning the house into a nudist colony.)
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TV is TV and reality is reality, and never the twain shall meet.
Archon, you rock and/or roll. ;D