The Cape - 1/9/11

Good fun so far.

Martin Klebba who plays Rollo the dwarf would be perfect as Puck from Alpha Flight.

Yeah, I've been surprised at how entertaining it's been. I predict that Oracle... I mean "Orwell" is actually the main badguy's daughter.

I'm liking it so far as well.

Vince really needs to work on his armor.

Definitely got potential. Though since it's got Summer Glau in it, I imagine it's going to not last the longest. Don't know what it is, but she seems to be cursed.

Scales will always be the Soccer Hooligan on Eurotrip to me.

I envision a rash of attempted knife dodgers being in the news in the coming weeks.

With only 5 minutes left, I gotta say I really enjoyed this. Hope it gets at least 1 full season.

They've got me interested enough to watch next week.

I enjoyed it as well (though I had to fight through weather maps, scrolling text, and bad weather closings the whole time that made the screen half it's normal size....stupid snow in the South).

Really loved her car.

Keith David makes everything better.

Good fun stuff really looking forward to the next one.

only quibble for me is it felt a little rushed like they tried to shove 3 hours into 2. the making the ally of the counselman to me story wise should have come next week, with this weeks 2 hours being build up, training, take down main bad guy and stop his plan.

Still minor quibble and was done effectively.

Just the right mix of awesome and camp...and I like that they acknowledged just how campy it all seems.

This could be a good one...we'll see how it holds up.

I thought it was missing something, it has potential to be really cool but as it is right now it just not quite good enough...

And I want that car... Mercedes SLS AMG for those window shopping, you're gonna need nearly $200,000 for it though.

It's a superhero show, so I'm sold already from the beginning. Enjoyed it, a bit predictable in places, but definite potential. Think it's going to take me a while to warm up to the lead though. He's ok, but just doesn't seem to quite have "it". I do like the way they are handling the villains and what seems like will be a villain-of-the-week. I'll keep watching.

Was I the only one who thought the lead looked a bit...orange?

Caught it, and enjoyed the first half of the pilot and most of the other episode, but the last half of the pilot felt like they were purposely rushing every cliche they could for no real reason. It also seemed like part of the plot that should have been mentioned in the pilot ended up becoming part of the second episode. That and the CGI cape was just... ugh... it's supposed to be one of the bigger selling points of the show and it just looks bad.

No problem with the actors or the story, its solid enough and they take it just seriously enough even though you can see where tongue is firmly entrenched in cheek. It's got some potential, but it needs to shake loose the crap over the next few episodes or else i don't see the Cape making it to the end of it's first season.

It wasn't bad. The acting was a bit....uhhh.....cheesy at some points. Almost like they were trying too hard to be superheroes and supervillains. Yes, Christian Bale's demon Batman voice is corny too, but even with that he seems more believable. I was waiting for Chess to to start wringing his fingers or stroke the back of a cat while laughing manically "now I shall rule all of Palm City, and there's nothing you can do to stop me! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

I also have to echo the sentiment that it seemed like it was pacing itself too fast. They had two whole hours to go more in-depth with the plot and character development. That's more time than most movies. Every now and again, especially in the :30 min to 1:30 part, I felt like I was missing something because of how quickly they leaped over/through stuff.

And also the CGI cape was stupid and obviously-fake-looking. The guy also spends an inordinate amount of time with his hood/mask off, and yet no one seems to notice who he is. I guess the people of Palm City are as stupid as the people in Metropolis.

Those are just the bad things I caught on, and I'm sure (if given time) those things will be ironed out. As others have said, it has potential. And I'm pretty much automatically sold anyway due to the fact that it's a superhero show. I look forward to next week's episode.

It was actually more along the lines of two separate episodes, as opposed to one 2-hour episode, IMO. The on-screen guide had it listed as Pilot; Tarot, iirc. That could explain some of the pacing issues, as well as the fact that there were two different directors.

Good show. Hope it lasts.

Ok, caught this last night. I'm really digging it. A lot of the things people are pointing out that are "bad" I can look past, simply because I watch TV to be entertained, and don't watch something to pick it apart. As long as the show doesn't fall below this quality it will be great. I suspect Vince will continue to improve his "costume" with each episode. He's definitely going to need to get some better hardware from Orwell.

The Cape will fill the gap for Sundays at 9pm, left by Dexter.

One last note, boy am I glad I have the name "Comic Book" reserved on Liberty.

While not perfect , I liked what i saw. He really does need a mask to hide his face more, and for a dead man he shows his face way too much in public. I would love to see a more refined costume on him aswell too Assassins's creediest for me.

The show felt so fantastically 80s.



-np

I liked it, and since it's on the first day of my weekend I'll actually be able to stay up to watch it on a regular basis.

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